1 March 2020

DST -11

What several of us thought was going to be a good day sure proved to be the opposite.  KGØVL reported: "My 100 mile-distant TIS station is the loudest I have ever heard it"  And AB4AM reported hearing AA4CW running 100 watts S9+.  That looks like a 131-mile path.  So local propagation may have been excellent but beyond that it was poor.  The AB4AM / W4DEX 216 mile path was very poor.  Had there not been several weak DX contacts made the date above would have been shown in red.  Two way SSB contacts were made between KØAWU, KGØVL, and WW8II.  Also, WW8II and W4DEX were able to made an S2 quick SSB exchange on a peak.  
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17:17 AB4AM-ROB: Noise Floor S9-S7 SSB S6-S4 CW

17:21 K0AWU-BILL: 37deg and thin overcast -- Noise floor S5-6 SSB Inverted Vee

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: Noise floor S2 CW

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM listening .... SSB

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM LISTENING SSB NOTHING SO FAR

17:26 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM n AA4CW 59 exchange SSB

17:26 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 5-1 SSB

17:30 AB4AM-ROB: Welcome to the group W6NCB, AA4CW, and KF5SRH

17:31 W6NCB-JEREMY: Scrolling through the net logger checking out the nets, don't hear much at 1.899 in CA though, going to be a drive by, 73 all!

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: JEFF KG0VL GIVE A CALL ON SSB

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM very weak

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: Heard WW8II very weak

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: AA4CW and W4DEX exchange AA4CW 59 No Copy on W4DEX

17:33 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II stil 51-52 SSB

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: JUST HAD 52 SSB QSO WITH W4DEX

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 52 QSO

17:33 AB4AM-ROB: AA4CW still 59 no QSB

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: My 100 mile-distant TIS station is the loudest I have ever heard it.

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: Think I'm hearing AA4CW but not sure

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: No Copy on W4DEX interesting

17:35 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX AA4CW is responding to you RST 55 on you

17:36 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL --- WOW 5-2 to 54 SSB quick test OUCH

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX STILL 52 SSB

17:39 W4DEX-DEX: AA4CW 54 QSO on a peak

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 329

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW9II started at 549 faded to 539 the up to 569 and holding

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II still 329 little QSB

17:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 16db at start up to 19db at 1 min slow rise to 21db at end

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 549 steady

17:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II up 6db from yesterday

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 329 building to 559

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX weak 519 but fairly stable

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 329 at start then 559 remainder of trans. very little QSB

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU up to 559 but with rapid fading

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU NO Copy

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 419 TO START AT 30 SEC 529 AND 519 ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA 539 AT THE END ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 219

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NIL COPY

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 519 ON THE SAL AND 539 ON THE INVERTED V

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 219-319 to the noise rapid drops and peaks

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL STILL COPY 2 S UNITAS BETTER ON THE INVERTED V 539 FAD TO 419 AT THE END

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL not heard for the first min.....then barely detectable during the second min 

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 519 ON THE INVERTED V 539 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STILL 539 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:49 N3EIO-HARRY: I heard CW a moment ago

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL started at 26db QSB right away sig went into the noise briefy at 50sec and at 1:20, 25 of last 30sec was up to 26db but last 5sec around 22db. A WILD ride

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 529 decent Q5 signal

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 559 with fast QSB to 529. Way below average signal

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STILL 519 ON INVERTED V AND 539 ON THE SAL

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOTE SOME SLOW FADE ON AB4AM

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: AA4CW I CAN DETECT BUT NOT COPY

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: AA4CW 599++ 30db above the noise

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: AA4CW NOW 319 ON THE SAL NO COPY ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: AA4CW 559 QSB to 539 then up to 569 at end

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: No QSB on AA4CW 599++

17:52 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not copy AA4CW

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: Barely hear W4DEX SSB no copy

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING W4DEX OFF BACK OF ANTENNA

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 51

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 5-1/ 5-2 SSB calling WW8II

17:55 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5-1 SSB

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 51 SSB COPY

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: AA4CW 59 exchange SSB still no real copy on W4DEX
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