04 April 2020

DST -4 nT

The most distant confirmed reception today was 603 miles by KØAWU who copied WW8II on CW at 5 to 7 dB above local noise.  WY3T reported almost readable CW reception from W4DEX at 336 miles.  K5HFG reported possible signal detection from KØAWU at 915 miles, WW8II at 639 miles, W4DEX at 518 miles and WY3T at 515 miles.  WY3T was copied at 419 by WA4LDU and was detected by K4FI.  

Signals between K4FI, WA4LDU and W4DEX ranged from S9+ to near the noise on fades.  

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16:26 K5HFG: 69F 52%H partly cloudy

16:26 K0AWU-BILL: 28deg and sunny after an overnight low of 12deg. Noise floor S5 SSB and S2 CW Inverted Vee

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: 56 deg F bright sunshine but suppose to rain this afternoon

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: noise level today on the SAL N.E. -126db S.E. 26db S.W. -127db N.W -127db and on the inverted V -122db

16:29 WY3T-TIM: 81 deg noise S5 SSB / S3 CW

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: OK looks like a small group today Jeff is out stocking up on food supplies Rob is at work

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: Lots of QSB on WA4LDU from S7 to poor copy

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing no signals so far in any direction

16:31 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB so far

16:32 K5HFG: Called WW8II, no response

16:32 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW set up WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K5HFG 1644 - K0AWU 1646 - WY3T 1648

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: AND I HAD THE ANTENNA POITED IN THE SW DIRECTION NO SIGNALS HEARD

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I MAYBE HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE POINTED SE AND THEN MAYBE MY WISHFUL HEARING

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: NO I HEAR DEEP IN THE NOISE SSB TO MY SE DIRECTION

16:35 WY3T-TIM: hearing nothing

16:35 K5HFG: I am calling WW8II now

16:36 K5HFG: No response

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: LISTENING SW HEARING NOTHING

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM ALSO SWITCHING BETWEEN ANTENNAS TO SEE IF I GET ANYTHING ON EITHER ONE

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW set up WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K5HFG 1644 - K0AWU 1646 - WY3T 1648

16:39 K5HFG: listening CW

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: OK READY TO GOTO CW MODE I AGAIN TODAY RUNNING FULL LEGAL LIMIT

16:40 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW set up WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K5HFG 1644 - K0AWU 1646 - WY3T 1648 K4FI 1650

16:41 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw is no copy

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II some detection, no copy

16:42 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II No Copy

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II at start nil then string of dits ... at about 10sec signal 8-10 db balance of first min. QSB 5db at 1:30, a couple times up to brief 7db peaks, but mostly 5db until EOT

16:43 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 7/8 Very slight QSB

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 pm peaks with much QSB

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NIL UNTIL 1 MIN 32 SEC BRIEF DETECT NO REAL COPY

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is deep in the noise but coming up to almost readable but not able to copy characters

16:44 K5HFG: W4DEX some detection, no copy

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II signal detected for first 10 seconds then gone.

16:45 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No Copy

16:45 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw is no copy

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO COPY NO DETECT

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no copy

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG cw no copy

16:47 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No Copy

16:47 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX and K5HFG were not detected or copied

16:47 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU I HAD NO COPY AND NO DETECT

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy

16:48 K5HFG: K0AWU some detection, hear CW in the noise but can not copy. detection and hearing now gone ay 1647

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU nil

16:49 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T Heard one time in noise

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO DETECT NO COPY

16:50 K5HFG: WY3T Faint and spotty detection, no copy

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T nothing heard or seen

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: Neither WY3T 1or K4FI were detected or heard

16:51 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3

16:51 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 419

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI cw 599+

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI 22 SEC DETECT FOR 3 SEC THEN GONE AGAIN 1 MIN 18 SEC DETECT NO REAL COPY

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599+ with slight QSB to only 599

16:52 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: OK ALL GOOD DATA AND MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BRING US SIGNALS THAT WILL BE HEARD BUT THIS IS STILL ALL GREAT DATA

16:53 WY3T-TIM: K4FI cw is in the noise but not able to copy characters

17:02: *** NET CLOSED *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test
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