04 May 2020

DST -3 nT

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WY3T was again able to get some CW copy from W4DEX at 336 miles but nothing was heard in the other direction.  The 323 miles between KGØVL and KØAWU was S2 SSB copy both ways.  CW was also peaking 539 but some fades took the signals down to the noise.  KGØVL's CW was detectable at WW8II with a brief peak good enough for a positive call signal copy.  

The short 51 miles between KP2AE and W4DEX was very poor with difficult copy at times.  

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16:27 WY3T-TIM: 82 deg clear and sunny ...noise S4 SSB / S2 CW

16:28 K0AWU-BILL: 48deg sunny, Noise floor -- SSB S4-S5, CW S2 -- Inverted Vee

16:29 W4DEX-DEX: 78F clear and breezy

16:29 K5HFG: 80 F 63% H lots of static noise

16:30 K0AWU-BILL: BIRD located and vanquished / XYLs HP ink jet power supply

16:30 KG0VL-JEFF: 50 F and breezy here

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: 55 deg sunny

16:32 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL S2 SSB in short test -- way down from yesterday

16:32 WW8II-BRUCE: noise floor today SAL antenna N.E. -126dB S.E. -126dB S.W. -125dB N.W. -129dB and the V -120dB

16:32 KP2AE-JOE: Dex, you don't hear me!

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

16:34 K0AWU-BILL: Question --- has anyone here observed on 160m remote meter reading signals on panadapters? I am seeling and hearing "suspects". No proof that that is what it is however.

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: noise static today hearing a weird hollow saw sound today has higher pitch to it

16:36 KG0VL-JEFF: Mega lightning to my South, occasional static crashes

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: my 950 second harmonic on 1900 is much stronger today even getting bleed over onto 1899

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: PP local prop.....KP2AE fades into the noise about half the time

16:37 WY3T-TIM: No crashes being heard here

16:38 WY3T-TIM: Not seeing the 1900 2nd harmonic today

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: light observed today HEAVY LIGHTNING all of west MO. and all of Esat Kansas down to the SE corner of Ok and \SE corner of Neb.

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640 W4DEX 1642 WY3T 1644

16:40 KG0VL-JEFF: Short list

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II - nil

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: AWU at 1646??

16:43 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640 W4DEX 1642 WY3T 1644 K5HFG 1646 - K0AWU 1648 - KG0VL 1650

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 min cw: WW8II 1640 W4DEX 1642, WY3T 1644 K5HFG 1646 KØAWU 1648 KGØVL 1650

16:43 WW8II-BRUCE: RAN OUT OF TIME HAD TO GO CW QUICK

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 319 the first 20 sec then faded to noise came back some but still deep in the noise

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NIL

16:44 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II no copy

16:45 KP2AE-JOE: at times dex CW was in the noise our 51mi path is poor today

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NIL

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T no copy

16:46 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NIL

16:47 KI5GLN-BILL: sending CW id right here not on cw

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX - WY3T - K5HFG NIL - None detected or heard

16:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW no copy/detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG no copy

16:49 KI5GLN-BILL: sending pulse then id

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 529 at start. Remained 529-539 until midpoint. Signal lost at 1 minute, back up to 529 at EOT. No other stations heard or detected.

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NIL

16:50 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

16:50 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no copy

16:50 KI5GLN-BILL: 400 watts on dipole 33ft to apex gave it a try from oklahoma sorry not much help

16:51 KI5GLN-BILL: pulse os on now 800 hz

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL no copy

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL start 22db, 30db at 15sec & 30sec , 28db at 45se 25db at 1min, 22db at 1min 15sec, 15db at 1min 30sec, 18db at 1min 45sec and 14db at end

16:52 WY3T-TIM: KG9VL cw no copy/detect

16:52 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 42 SEC DETECT NO COPY 1 MIN 43 SEC COPY CALL IN NOISE 1 MIN 51 SEC GONE

16:53 KI5GLN-BILL: pulse off and id off. sorry no help for your test

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: KI5GLN GO WITH YOUR 2 MIN CW AT 1655 OK WE WILL TURN ANTENNAS TO YOU

16:54 KI5GLN-BILL: RR

16:54 KI5GLN-BILL: RUN A PULSE THEN ID

16:55 KI5GLN-BILL: STARTED

16:55: *** KP2AE is now offline ***

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: KI5GLN NO DETECT BILL WE TRANSMIT ON 1899Khz NO OFFSET I DID GO LOWER AND CHECK BUT NO DETECT TODAY

16:57 K5HFG: KI5GLN no copy

16:57 KI5GLN-BILL: RR

16:57 WY3T-TIM: KI5GLN cw no copy/detect

16:57 KG0VL-JEFF: no copy from KI5GLN

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: OK DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED HEARING NO SIGNAL IS IMPORTANT AS HEARING ONE

16:58 KI5GLN-BILL: I TRANSMITTED RIGHT HERE NO OFFSET

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: OK THIS ONE IN THE LOG SAVING NOW