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Sunday, April 5, 2020

05 April 2020
DST -7 nT

Propagation appears to have been slightly better today.  The KGØVL / KØAWU 323 mile path was good enough for a 54 to 55 SSB QSO.  WW8II on CW was heard on peaks by W4DEX, KØAWU and KGØVL.  WY3T was heard on SSB at WA4LDU and W4DEX but copy was poor.  On CW WY3T was fair copy at WA4LDU, AB4AM and W4DEX.  K5HFG's CW was visually detected by W4DEX during the first 15 seconds of transmission.  AB4AM on SSB was good copy with some deep fades at K4FI, WA4LDU, KW4DE and W4DEX.  
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16:14 AB4AM-ROB: Noise Floor -110 - -120

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: noise today on the SAL antenna N.E. -126db S.E. -125db S.W. -125db N.W. -128db INVERTED v -123db NO STATIC CRASHS TODAY

16:20 K0AWU-BILL: 43deg windy -- Noise floor S5 SSB S2 CW -- Inverted Vee

16:27 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 54-55 SSB in short test

16:27 KG0VL-JEFF: Good ssb signals from Bill this morning in Northern Minnesota, 5X4 ssb

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: JEFF CALL I WANT TO SEE IF I HEAR YOU I AM NOW LOOKING YOUR DIRECTION

16:30 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 54 SSB calling K4FI

16:31 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 44 SSB

16:32 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTHING HEARD

16:32 AB4AM-ROB: Now SSB in the noise

16:32 WY3T-TIM: Hearing W4DEX in the noise

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T about Q3 SSB copy briefly

16:34 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX just came out of the noise

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM S5

16:35 WY3T-TIM: Copying AB4AM SSB at 42

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MIN CW 2WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K4FI 1644 - WY3T 1646 - AB4AM 1648 - K5HFG 1650 - K0AWU 1652 - KG0VL 1654

16:35 WY3T-TIM: 74 deg noise S4 SSB/S2CW

16:35 K5HFG: no SSB heard yet

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL COPY ONLY STATIC

16:36 KG0VL-JEFF: My 100 mile-distant TIS station is quite strong today. Amazing for less than 10 watts.

16:37 WY3T-TIM: Copied AB4AM at 53

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM now barely above the noise talking with WA4LDU

16:37 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI and WA4LDU 54 SSB with QSB to the noise

16:38 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX tough copy

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: OK NOW CW MODE

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

16:42 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II No Copy

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II No Copy

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II nil .... not even detected

16:43 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 8/9 steady

16:43 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 549 559 slight QSB

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II started 419. Made it about 1 minute and 10 seconds then lost to noise. Came back up last 30 seconds or so, but very poor copy.

16:44 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 539for first 20 sec then faded for about 10 sec then back to 539

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 MIN CW 2WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K4FI 1644 - WY3T 1646 - AB4AM 1648 - K5HFG 1650 - K0AWU 1652 - KG0VL 1652

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially nothing, copied call at 16:40:45 then back into the noise....signal back up and 539 copy during last 10 seconds

16:45 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589-599 20 db above the noise

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX START NIL 40 SEC PT 319, 55 SEC PT 419 , 1MIN 12 SEC 519 STAYED 519 TILL LAST 5 SEC THEN 419

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599 with some fades to 559

16:45 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI steady 2 min.

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 429 to 539 at one min and held to the end

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI CAN DETECT ONLY FOR A FEW SEC. NO COPY

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI cw 599+

16:46 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

16:47 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 549 Quick QSB to the noise and back up

16:47 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T Way down in noise 2nd half.

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NIL

16:48 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw peaked at 559 at EOT - slowly building over entire transmission

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially 329 then after about 15 seconds slow rise to 549 for duration

16:49 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5 x 7 Random QSB very short

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NIL NO DETECT NO COPY

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM CW 559 to 599 on peaks

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM initially 559 with fast dips close to the noise, up to 589 during the last min

16:50 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 539 building to 549 to 539 at the end

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: MIN CW WW8II 1640 - W4DEX 1642 - K4FI 1644 - WY3T 1646 - AB4AM 1648 - K5HFG 1650 - K0AWU 1652 - KG0VL 1654

16:51 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T faded into the noise the last 15 sec.

16:51 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No Copy

16:51 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX - K4FI - WY3T - AB4AM - K5HFG none detected or copied

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NIL COPY NO DETECT

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no copy

16:52 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW is no copy

16:52 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG No Copy

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG slow waterfall showed a weak signal during first 15 seconds, nothing see thereafter

16:52 K5HFG: AB4AM light detection but no copy

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No detection from W4DEX, K4FI, WY3T, AB4AM or K5HFG

16:53 W4DEX-DEX: Assume KG0VL at 1654?

16:53 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No Copy

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 549, slight fades, but good constant Q5 signal

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NIL NO COPY NO DETECT

16:54 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

16:54 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: CORRECT KG0VL 1654

16:54 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy

16:54 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU nil

16:55 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL No Copy

16:56 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy

16:56 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw is no copy

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 319 TO START 30 SEC 519 45 SEC 519 1 MIN STILL 519 1 MIN 12 SEC 529 1MIN 30 SEC 539 1 MIN 45 SEC STILL 529 539 AT THE END

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL nil

16:56 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL start 33db, 1min 31db, 1min 30sec 29db 1min:45 22db QSB to below 20db then 20db at the END

16:56 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: AT LEAST I KNOW MY RECEIVER IS STILL WORKING

16:57 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing SSB deep in the noise

16:57 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy, noise here has increased

16:58 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:00 WY3T-TIM: SSB signals now deep in the noise

17:01 K5HFG: If I can't copy AB4AM, I copy no one.

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: Don and I are going to have to tighten our string and polish or cans more
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