30 March 2020

DST +1 nT

Signal levels continued to decline today.  No SSB contacts were made at over one hundred miles but CW still was fair on several distant paths.  WW8II and KGØVL copied each other's CW Q5 at 443 miles.  WW8II on CW who is usually Q5 at W4DEX was not heard today but WW8II did have some CW copy on W4DEX.  WY3T was hearing SSB from K4FI and W4DEX weak on peaks but copy was poor in the other direction.  WY3T on CW was Q5 copy most of the time at K4FI, WA4LDU,  and W4DEX.  The WY3T / W4DEX path is 336 miles.  AB4AM on CW was good copy but weaker than usual at WA4LDU, K4FI, KP2AE and W4DEX.  However, K5HFG who copies AB4AM on CW most of the time at 309 miles heard no signal today.  

GOES- 16  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	30 Mar 2020 17:07:00 GMT	A3.5	Ratio 0.323

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16:29 K5HFG: 61F 65%H cloudy

16:29 W4DEX-DEX: Solar x-ray flux a bit higher today than it was yesterday.

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: my noise level today is real low N.E. -126db S.E. -126 db S.W. -126db NB.W. -127db AND THE INVERTED V -123db

16:29 WA1AC-CLINT: 74 F sunny

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: LOTS OF LIGHTNING IN THE S.W. CORNER OF OKLAHOMA AND N.E. TEXAS I DO NOT HEAR ANY STATIC CRASHES FROM IT.

16:31 K5HFG: None here either Bruce

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: AGAIN HEARING NO STATIC CRASHES TODAY

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: NOISE IS A SOFT SOUNDING NOISE

16:31 WY3T-TIM: 87 deg noise S4 SSB and S2 CW

16:32 WY3T-TIM: Copy W4DEX at 53 SSB

16:34 WY3T-TIM: Copied K4FI in the noise about 32

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MIN CW W4DEX 1640 - K4FI 1642 - WY3T 1644 - K5HFG 1646 - KG0VL 1648 - WW8II 1650

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: NOT HEARING ANY SSB

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: All within 100 miles good copy so far

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: I CALLED KG0VL SB NO RESPONSE

16:35 WA1AC-CLINT: very weak signal from Joe KP2AE

16:35 K5HFG: No SSB heard here

16:36 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX faded to 32 copy

16:36 WA1AC-CLINT: WA4LDU weaker than normal

16:36 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard here so far

16:37 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX now back to 53

16:38 WY3T-TIM: W3DEX faded on your last....Can hear LDU but in the noise

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW LISTENING CW

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599, QSB quick to 539 at 16:41:00

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw is 549 faded to 339 for 10-15 sec back to 549

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX START 419 30 SEC 519 45 SEC 419 1 MIN JUST DETECT 1 MIN 15 SEC 419 1 MIN 30 SEC 419 JUST SETECT AT END OF TRANSMISSION

16:42 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 7 steady

16:42 K5HFG: W4DEX no detect, no copy

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T was heard on SSB but had no copy

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI cw 599 some QSB

16:43 WY3T-TIM: K4FI cw is 539 to 549 for the 2nd min

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI START NIL 45 SEC DETECT ONLY EOT JUST DETECT NO COPY

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI Peaking 589 with dips to 549......interesting that he didn't see the same QSB on my signal

16:44 K5HFG: K4FI no detect, no copy

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 1640 - K4FI 1642 - WY3T 1644 - K5HFG 1646 - KG0VL 1648 - WW8II 1650

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially 549, slight fadeat 90 sec but still Q5 copy to eot

16:46 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 2 x 2 qsb now 3x3, Now steady

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NIL NO DETECT

16:46 K5HFG: WY3T no detect, no copy

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 539 on QSB peaks with some drops to noise

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: REMEMBER MY INTERNET WILL CRASH FOR 2 TO 3 MIN AFTER I TRANSMIT

16:47 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No Copy, Think I may hear letter occasionally.

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not heard

16:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw is no copy

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no copy

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO DETECT

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 539

16:49 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL No Copy

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL no signal detected

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOILD 539 BUILKD TO 559 AT TIMESSOLID

16:50 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw is no copy

16:50 K5HFG: KG0VL no detect, no copy

16:51 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy

16:51 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II No Copy

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: Only signal heard so far is WW8II. Started 549 now fading to just above noise level. Signal rising at 1 min 20 second mark to end at 549.

16:52 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw is no copy

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy

16:52 K5HFG: WW8II no detect, no copy

16:53 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5x6 some qsb, stronger on L by a little

16:53 KP2AE-JOE: ab4am is 549

16:53 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM weaker than normal,

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from AB4AM

16:54 K5HFG: AB4AM no detect, no copy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on either antenna, WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

16:54 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw - started 589 with wide QSB swings

16:54 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II.....maybe just a trace of a signal.....so weak I can't be sure. I believe this is the first day in many months WW8II wasn't heard

16:54 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw is 549 steady then 549 eot

16:54 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM not up to the usual leved....about 579

16:54 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing heard here

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 539 BUILD TO 559 AT 30 SEC UNTIL END OF TRANSMISSION

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM I DETECTED THE SIGNAL NO REAL COPY

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: ANYBODY HEAR ANY STATIC CRASHES

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: No QRN here

16:56 K5HFG: No static crashes here, yet

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: Lot of QSB on local signal now

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: JEFF LETS TEY SB YOU CAL ME REMEMBER MY INTERNET CRASHES WHEN I TRANSMIT

16:57 KG0VL-JEFF: No static crashes here, even to my SW

16:57 WY3T-TIM: No static crashes here and none at 4 to 6 this morning

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SB DETECTED

16:58 KG0VL-JEFF: Called on SSB twice Bruce, don't hear anything.

16:58 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX was 33 on that last

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: OK TNX AT LEAST WE HEArd each other Q5 on CW

17:00 KG0VL-JEFF: Amazing Bruce, you were strong on CW but not a peep heard on SSB.

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: so todaY I HAD SOLID CW COPY ON KG0VL AND SOME COPY ON W4DEX

17:02 WY3T-TIM: Good cw on W4DEX, K4FI and AB4AM...73s until tomorrow
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