28 March 2020

DST +3 nT

Distant signals were weak today but still good enough for several 800+ mile receptions.  KGØVL on CW was Q5 copy at W4DEX during most of the two-minute transmission.  There was no signal heard in the other direction likely due to QSB.  K7TOP reported briefly hearing a K4 on SSB right after K4FI made a transmission.  That is a 808 mile path.  

KØAWU and KGØVL was able to make the usual SSB two way exchange.  WW8II and KGØVL also had a SSB QSO.  WW8II on CW was good copy at W4DEX and was also copied on SSB several times.  K5HFG copied KGØVL and AB4AM on SSB.  WY3T on CW was copied by WA4LDU, KW4DE and W4DEX.  AB4AM's SSB at W4DEX ranged from 52 to way over S9+ on peaks.  All short-range signals had a lot of QSB.

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16:15 AB4AM-ROB: Noise Floor -112 - -125 db S8 - S7

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: 49 DEGREES LIGHT RAIN

16:23 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM calling KW4DE SSB

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: HEAVY LIGHTNING FROM DALLAS TO KANSAS CITY AND IOWA AND NORTH OHIO INTO PA

16:25 AB4AM-ROB: No Copy on KW4DE

16:25 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING CRASHES HERE BUT ONLY SUBDUED TO ABOUT +5db ABOVE THE NOISE LEVEL

16:25 W4DEX-DEX: Copying AB4AM SSB Q5 but much weaker than the signal was yesterday

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO 2nd harmonic on 1900 Khz from the local broadcast station on 950 today

16:27 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening to the SW and hearing nothing but static

16:28 AB4AM-ROB: was hearing SSB deep in the noise. My noise level just came up to S9 for some reason

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: now listing to the SE still just static

16:28 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 33-43 in the noise

16:29 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise

16:29: *** K0AWU is now online ***

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: Jeff how bad is the lightning there

16:30 K0AWU-BILL: 42deg thin overcast, Noise floor S5 SSB and S2 CW Inverted Vee

16:30 WY3T-TIM: 86 deg noise S5 SSB and S3 CW

16:30 KG0VL-JEFF: Just getting the rig turned on. I don't hear any outside yet.

16:31 WY3T-TIM: Copying AB4AM at 45

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM peaked 57

16:32 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL S4 to S6 SSB in short test --- occasional Lightning QRN but not too bad yet

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: N4AOW was 58 when first heard

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: just worked KG0VL SSB Q5 52-55

16:33 WY3T-TIM: Copying N4AOW at 34

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: N4AOW now 57

16:34 K5HFG: I can hear AB4AM SSB in the noise

16:34 WY3T-TIM: Copying W4DEX at 33

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: my noise level today for the SAL N.E -125db S.E. -125db S.W. -124 db N.W. -125db INVERTED V -122db lightning crashes adding +5 to +7 db

16:36 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM copied deep in the noise maybe a 33

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K4FI 1644 - AB4AM 1646 - WY3T 1648 - K0AWU 1650 - KG0VL 1652 - K5HFG 1654

16:38 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 59 SSB Q5

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING NOTHING TO THE SE

16:39 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 55 W/QSB

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: OK GOING TO CW MODE

16:40 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 559

16:40 WY3T-TIM: WW8II CW is no detect

16:41: *** K4DBK is now online ***

16:41 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II Hearing Bruce in noise, no copy, first minute, nothing second.

16:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 569 very little QSB

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II No Copy maybe in the noise

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II some detection, no copy

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II nothing detected until 40sec, sig 3db at 1:30, sig 5db at 1:45, and 6db at the end

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539 to start. builds to 559 now back down again near end with qsb

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559 ON THE SAL AND THE INVERTED V

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy no detect

16:42 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II CW 455

16:43 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 7, Some QSB, Up* second minute.

16:43 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599 15 dB above the noise steady

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 539 to 549 then deep fade for 15 sec at 1 min back to 539 to 529

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599 on peaks but much QSB - down to 539 at one point

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 30 SEC QSB THEN 45 SEC GONE JUST DETECT AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION

16:44 K5HFG: W4DEX some detection, no copy

16:45 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX CW 547 faded to 223

16:45 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 599 some QSB to 559 short

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX or K4FI

16:45 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI cw 599+

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI NO DETECT NO COPY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599 no QSB

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K4FI cw is 559 QSB to noise at the end

16:46 K5HFG: K4FI no detect, no copy

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM START 559

16:46 K4DBK-DENNIS: K4FI 222

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM BUILDING TO 589 AT 30 SEC THEN QSB AT 45 SEC AND GONE

16:47 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5 x 8 little QSB, 5 x 7 second half.

16:48 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw is 559 no QSB

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw 599 with QSB dips to 559

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 1MIN 10 SEC QSB BACK TO 529 BUILDING 1 MIN 30 SEC 570 1MIN 45 SC 559 EOT 449 GONE

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599 very little is any QSB

16:48 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM CW no copy

16:48 K5HFG: AB4AM copy 539 entire Tx, no QSB

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM no copy until 1-minute mark. Peaked around 419 among the static crashes

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially 549

16:49 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 559

16:49 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 3/4 x 3/4, dropped into noise, Slow QSB, still in noise second half.

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:49 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 579

16:49 K0AWU-BILL: Nothing detected or copied from W4DEX - K4FI - AB4AM - WY3T

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T CAN JUST DETECT COUPLE TIMES IN BETWEEN STATIC CRASHES NO REAL COPY

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T starting to fade at the 90 sec mark....back up to 549 eot

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T 529 with QSB dips to noise

16:50 K4DBK-DENNIS: WY3T CW no copy

16:50 K5HFG: WY3T, no copy

16:51 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No Copy

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559 steady with slight qsb

16:51 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU heard the K0 then gone

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NIL AT THE START AT THE 1MIN 40 SEC CAN DETECT NO REAL COPY THEN AT THE EOT NIL

16:52 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

16:52 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no sig detected

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy

16:52 K4DBK-DENNIS: K0AWU CW no copy

16:53 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No Copy

16:53 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL initially 429 building up to 539 at 60 sec mark.....held 539 until 90 sec then fade to 319

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 579 ON SAL AND 529 IN INVERTED V STEADY 579 FULL FIRST MIN BUILD TO 599 AT 1 MIN 20 SEC 1 MIN 40 SSEC 559 1 MIN 50 SEC 589 599 AT END

16:54 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL CW is no copy

16:54 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL CW no copy

16:54 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 40db at start, 35db at 15sec-40sec,36db at 1min, 38db at 1:30,35db at 1:45 and 32db at the end

16:54 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy

16:54 K5HFG: KG0VL copy 519 QSB back to 519 entire Tx

16:54 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: CORRECTION KG0VL WAS 579 AT START

16:55 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not heard

16:56 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW is no copy

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG START NIL 1 MIN JUST DETECT HEARING BURSTING ON K5HFG INBETWEEN CRASHES NO REAL COPY

16:56 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG No Copy

16:56 K4DBK-DENNIS: K5HFG CW no copy

16:57 WY3T-TIM: Copying no SSB at this time

16:57 K4DBK-DENNIS: Just tx in LSB

16:57 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING WEAK SB IN THE NOISE AND STATIC CRASHES WHICH ARE GETTING STRONGER AND MOR FREQUENT NOW

16:58 K4DBK-DENNIS: May be me...

16:59 K4DBK-DENNIS: calling now

16:59 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK 55 SSB

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: CRASHES NOW TO THE SOUTH AND SW ARE NOW HITTING 10+db OVER THE NOISE

16:59 K5HFG: No SSB heard

16:59 K4DBK-DENNIS: just finished test count

16:59 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 52 SSB calling K4DBK

17:00 WY3T-TIM: Can tell someone is in there but no SSB copy

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: OK ENOUGH EAR POPPING COPYING AIM WINDOW AND LOG

17:00 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU still good on ssb amongust the static crashes

17:00 K4DBK-DENNIS: no copy on WW8II

17:00 K4DBK-DENNIS: 73s all

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: ADD JOE WA4LDU TO THE LOG

17:00 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 55 SSB QSB to the noise

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Welcome to summer everybody

17:01: *** K7TOP is now online ***

17:01 WY3T-TIM: Copied W4DEX at 32

17:02 K5HFG: Copy AB4AM 51 SSB

17:02 WY3T-TIM: Copied AB4AM calling W4DEX at 43

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now calling W7TOP on ssb

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I JUST CALLED BERRY K7TOP

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: JEFF CALL BERRY

17:03 K7TOP-BARRY: Hi, not sticking around, but will listen for few minutes

17:03 K7TOP-BARRY: No Copy

17:03 K7TOP-BARRY: I did hear a K4 sign just about 3 minutes ago SSB

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: CW KG0VL CALLING K7TOP

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB QSO peaked way over S9 then took a dive down to 53

17:05 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM was 54 calling K4FI which was about 33

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: OK GUESS THE QSB AND CRASHED RULE TODAY

17:05 K7TOP-BARRY: heard about 50% of KG0VL on cw

17:05 AB4AM-ROB: Sorry Joe gotcha added to the log

17:06 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 59 last time over but, WA4LDU was in the noise

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: OK NOW SAVING THE AIM

17:06: *** K0AWU is now offline ***

17:06: *** K4NX is now online ***

17:06 KG0VL-JEFF: Barry are you now at the new location?

17:06 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise W4DEX 55

17:07: *** WY3T is now offline ***

17:07: *** K5HFG is now offline ***

17:07: *** K4NX is now offline ***

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: YEP 73 COPIED KG0VL CW 73 550

17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: 73 Don

17:07 WY3T-TIM: Talk to some tonight depending on the static crashes. 73s

17:07 K7TOP-BARRY: S1 CW just now, missed the call

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 55

17:07 K7TOP-BARRY: Hi Jeff, no, not yet. Still in OK. Not sure when we'll move now with the COVID situation changing daily.

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise

17:08 K7TOP-BARRY: someone calling me

17:08 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU in the noise

17:08 K7TOP-BARRY: KG0VL maybe

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: WE SHOULD BE ON 1900 Khz THIS EVENING MAYBE CATCH SOME OF YOU THERE

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: OK LOG ALL COPIED

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: 73

17:11 K7TOP-BARRY: sorry for my terrible cw

17:11 KG0VL-JEFF: K7TOP 519 cw qso. Good signal at the end Barry

17:11 K7TOP-BARRY: copying is even worse than my sending

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: Would be a piece o' cake if we didn't have those static crashes

17:13 K7TOP-BARRY: yeah, and I have wind and atmospheric static here to boot




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