5 March 2020

DST +2

Several of our regular reporters were not available today so propagation reports are limited.  The short paths between KP2AE, WA4LDU and W4DEX  has a lot of QSB with signals below the noise at times.  WY3T on SSB was good copy on propagation peaks at W4DEX and was solid copy on CW.  WW8II on CW was 559 copy at W4DEX with very slight QSB.  KØAWU had good CW copy on WW8II.

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17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: noise floor -123 to -125 db

17:29 K0AWU-BILL: 32deg overcast (snow earlier) Noise floor S5 SSB Inverted Vee, S2 CW

17:29 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB is 54

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: I see heavy lightning Alabama and Georgia but I am hearing NO crashes

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T peaked 54 SSB then QSB

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening SSB and hearing nothing but static

17:32 WY3T-TIM: noise today is S4 on SSB and S2 on CW with static bursts of S7-S8

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: I MADE A SSB CALL NO RESPONSE

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: NOT LOOKING GOOD ON THE PROPAGATION

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: Lot of QSB on WA4LDU, KP2AE

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING ONLY STATIC NOISE OK GOING TO CW MODE

17:40 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 559 at start

17:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II very slight QSB down to 549 at end

17:41 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II start 10db at 1min 13db QSB to 10db at 1min 30sec ended 12db

17:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw is no copy

17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW - could detect in the scope at about 1741 otherwise no copy

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU I DETECT 319

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU ON SCOPE RIGHT IN THE NOISE

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 559 start, quick fade to 539 the back up to 559

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO COPY OR NO DETECT

17:45 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW strong peaks to 549 but often dropped into the noise not detectable. best at EOT

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 419 TO START,  519 AT 45 SEC POINT,  BUILD TO 539 AT THE 1.5 MIN POINT,  529 AT THE END

17:48 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599 very slight QSB

17:48 K0AWU-BILL: No sig observed on WY3T or W4DEX 

17:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 549 to 559 steady

17:50 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX in the noise can tell you are in there only

17:52 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU in the noise but no copy

17:53 WY3T-TIM: KP2AE SSB no copy

17:55 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB copy only on QSB peaks

18:00 W4DEX-DEX: So much QSB on KP2AE we cant talk at 51 miles

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