02 April 2020

DST -1 nT

Propagation seemed slightly better today on some paths.  WW8II was fair CW copy at KGØVL at 529/539 and at W4DEX copying 549 with a slight fade near the end of the two-minute transmission.  KØAWU reported KGØVL's SSB slightly weaker today but still Q5 copy.  It seems odd that there was no signal detected between KØAWU and WW8II.  

WY3T heard no SSB today but did copy W4DEX on CW at 539 with no QSB.  In the other direction, WY3T's CW was weaker at W4DEX but likely just due to very slow QSB cycles.  

At less than one hundred miles signal between KW4DE, K4FI, WA4LDU, KP2AE and W4DEX were noticeable weaker today with some paths dipping close to the noise at times.   
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16:27 K0AWU-BILL: 40deg overcast & windy -- Noise floor S5 SSB, S2 CW Inverted Vee

16:27 W4DEX-DEX: intermittent power line noise, windy 58F

16:28 WY3T-TIM: 69 deg and sunshine noise S4 SSB and S2 CW

16:28 K5HFG: 62F 43%H sunshine

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: NOISE TODAY N.E. -125db S.E. -126db S.W. 1-26db N.W. -127db TRHE INVERTED V ANTENNA -123db

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: I SEE A PATCH OF LIGHTNING KANSAS CITY AREA BUT I HEAR NO STATIC CRASHES

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: SO FAR NOT HEARING ANY SB SIGNALS IN ANY DIRECTION

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW LISTENING TO THE N.W. FOR 0 LAND

16:32 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 53 SSB in short test --- weaker than the last several days

16:33 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB so far

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MIN CW WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - WY3T 1644 - K5HFG 1646 - K0AWU 1648 - KG0VL 1650

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT DETECT ANY SB SIGNALS FROM THE N.W. 0 LAND

16:33 K5HFG: no SSB heard

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: Locals good copy but weaker than normal with deep fades

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW LISTENING S.E. FOR 4 LAND SSB SO FAR NIL

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MIN CW WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - WY3T 1644 - K5HFG 1646 - K0AWU 1648 - KG0VL 1650 - K4FI 1652

16:37 WY3T-TIM: SSB nonexistent today down here

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SB SIGNALS HEARD IN ANY DIRECTION WITH BOTH ANTENNAS

16:38 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI is on but can't get on netlogger

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: OK TELL HIM HE HAS THE 1652 CW SPOT

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: RR

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

16:39 WY3T-TIM: Starting to hear someone very deep in the noise

16:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 549 slight fade near end but still Q5

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw is no copy

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II no detect, no copy

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy

16:43 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II negative copy ... local "birdie" in bandpass at the moment ... New issue

16:44: *** W4RTT is now online ***

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 539 no QSB

16:44 K5HFG: W4DEX no detect, no copy

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 579 with QSB - much weaker than usual

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NIL FIRST 40 SEC THEN DETECT AND 50 SEC PT 419 1 MIN PT 519 1 MIN 30 SEC 529 EOT 519

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NIL NO COPY NO DETECT

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially barely detectable, at 30 sec 329, held 329 to end

16:46 K5HFG: WY3T no detect, no copy

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw could barely detect last 15sec

16:47: *** W4RTT is now offline ***

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NIL NO COPY NO DETECT

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG no signal detected

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

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no copy

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU nothing detected

16:50 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

16:50 K5HFG: K0AWU no detect, no copy

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy

16:52: *** K4FI is now online ***

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy

16:52 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw is no copy

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL nothing

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 22db at start, up to 25db and then QSB to 15db at 30sec, 20db at 1 min, QSB to 12db at 1:25min up and down 17db at end ... ARGH

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 419,, 15 SEC GONE,, 1MIN 10 SEC START TO DETECT,, 1MIN 30 SEC 419,, 519 LAST 5 SEC OF TRANSMISSION

16:52 K4FI-DOUG: Have no one except W4DEX

16:53 K5HFG: KG0VL no detect, no copy

16:53 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI cw 599+ slight QSB

16:54 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589, very little QSB noticed.

16:54 WY3T-TIM: K4FI did not copy if sending at 1652

16:54 K5HFG: K4FI no detect, no copy

16:55 WY3T-TIM: Still no SSB today

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI NO DETECT NO COPY

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: OK IF ALL GOES AS IN THE PAST SOLAR WIND TOMORROW WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER DAY

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: THIS IS ALL GREAT DATA

16:57 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL lost logger -- trying different computer shorthly

16:57 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II did you hear anything from K0AWU on CW??

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: TODAY ONLY SIGNALS HEARD WAS CW FROM W4DEX AND KG0VL

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: NEG I DID NOT COPY ANYTHING FROM K0AWU

16:59 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II RR Thanks ...

16:59 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB weak now

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: I CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF THE AIM WINDOW WHEN I COPY IT

16:59 WY3T-TIM: Talk to some tonight or on Friday,, 73s

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: OK COPYING LOG NOW

17:00: *** WY3T is now offline ***

17:01 K5HFG: 73 all CUTomorrow

17:02: *** K5HFG is now offline ***

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I COPIED LOG AND SENT A COPY TO BILL K0AWU

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: 73

17:04: *** WW8II is now offline ***

17:06: *** KP2AE is now offline ***

17:06: *** STOPPED LOGGING *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test

17:06: *** NET CLOSED *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test
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