15 August 2020

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16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today HEAVY Davenport Iowa area Heavy Wilmington N.C, charlotte N.C., Charleston S.C. Savannah GA, South GA to FL again heavy Jacksonville Gainsville Tampa cape coral Florida, and scattered to heavy though out the Gulf some scattered in south Mississippi

WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1630ut was 112nt

WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind speed @ 1627 was 277km/s, the PHI was 338, and the Density was 4.81

WW8II-BRUCE: the Magnetometer @ 1650 was 109

WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind speed @ 1645ut was 280km/s, the PHI was 330., and the Density was 4.85

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WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MINUTE CW  KG0VL 1642, K5HFG 1644, W4DEX 1646, WW8II 1648

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL was 319 copy most of the transmission as high as 7db

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II barely audible, peaking about 18 dB SN on SpecLab, 10 dB fade at middle of transmission

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: heard first 20 seconds 319-419, gone for remainder of sequence

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start I detect 1-2 db, 14 sec still 1-2 db, then again at 37 sec to 50 sec 2-3 db, 1min 24 sec 6db copy 319 for few sec to EOT

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16:24: *** STARTED LOGGING *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test

16:24: *** NET OPENED *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test

16:25: *** K5HFG is now online ***

16:25: *** WW8II is now online ***

16:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Real nice day 69 degrees 73% humidity

16:26 K5HFG: 88 F 55% H mostly sunny wind NNW @10

16:26 W4DEX-DEX: Cloudy, 81 very humid

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Noise today is low N.E. -131db, S.E. -132db, S.W. -132db, NW -134db and the inverted V was -127db

16:28: *** KG0VL is now online ***

16:28 W4DEX-DEX: Just a bit of QRN now but seems to be increasing fast over the past hour

16:28 K5HFG: Noise Floor here -105 dBm on SDR Rx and inverted L

16:29 W4DEX-DEX: Rain every afternoon or evening.....has to give up and mow wet grass

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today HEAVY Davenport Iowa area Heavy wilmington N.C, charlotte N.C., Charleston S.C. Savannah GA, South GA to FL again heavy Jacksonville Gainsville Tampa cape coral Florida, and scattered to heavy though out the Gulf some scattered in south Mississippi

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: Looks like I'm also alone locally today.......now I know how it feels 

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: Just figure bush hog it next week LOL

16:32 KG0VL-JEFF: They say one is the loneliest number

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: Have to do that also but the samll area around the front of the house has to be push mowed.

16:33 K5HFG: Three Dog Night

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: Beat me to it Don 

16:33 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 can be as bad as one, as it's the loneliest number since the number one

16:34 K5HFG: Hand him a vegamite sandwich

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: 2 MINUTE CW WW8II 1640, KG0VL 1642, K5HFG 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: Been listening recently to Jackson Browne tunes

16:35 KG0VL-JEFF: I wonder if we will have any luck today on 1899?

16:35 KG0VL-JEFF: That Girl could sing

16:36 K5HFG: never cared for JB

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1630ut was 112nt

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: I've give up on trying to predict Jeff

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: The Pretender

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind speed @ 1627 was 277km/s, the PHI was 338, and the Density was 4.81

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: Load out song, Stay.

16:37 K5HFG: Just a little bit longer

16:38 W4DEX-DEX: 1st weekend of the 10GHz and up contest and my 10 GHz antenna is out of commission

16:38 W4DEX-DEX: Bad flex waveguide rotor loop I suspect......it last longer than i expected.

16:38 KG0VL-JEFF: We have a few rovers out now in my next grid

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: OK lets get the CW rolling I am ready

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: WA4PGI is on a fire tower near his qth.....he called me this morning wanting a contact.....had to dissapoint him

16:41 W4DEX-DEX: No trace of WW8II? That will be a first not to show up on SL

16:42 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

16:43 W4DEX-DEX: Rig and computer settings look normal.....if no other signal seen I'll have to check settings with a generator

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL not seen

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: Something wrong, not a peep out of WW8II here

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: I was on the wrong FREQ I will go again at 1648

16:44 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL was 319 copy most of the transmission as high as 7db

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: RR on 1648

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not seen

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO TRACE 

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from Mississippi

16:48 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Bruce now in weak

16:50 K5HFG: WW8II second Tx no copy

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II barely audiable, peaking about 18 dB SN on SpecLab, 10 dB fade at middle of transmission

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: heard first 20 seconds 319-419, gone for remainder of sequence

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: C class flare earlier today?

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start I detect 1-2 db, 14 sec still 1-2 db, then again at 37 sec to 50 sec 2-3 db, 1min 24 sec 6db copy 319 for few sec to EOT 

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: Light static crashes also noted

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/swx-overview-small.gif

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: There were no solar events since 0800 and they were not facing the earth

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: the Magnetometer @ 1650 was 109

16:55 KG0VL-JEFF: Looking at the logs from last year, it was about late August when things started to pick up on 1899 here

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind speed @ 1645ut was 280km/s, the PHI was 330., and the Density was 4.85

16:56 K5HFG: 73 guys. gotta bounce.

16:57: *** K5HFG is now offline ***

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: 73 Don

16:57 W4DEX-DEX: like a rubber ball I'll come bounding back to you

16:57 KG0VL-JEFF: I have to mow then finish staining the deck railings

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: There was a C2.1 @0632 but was not yet visable on our facing side

16:58 KG0VL-JEFF: You don't go writin' hot checks, down in Mississippi

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: RR the mowing I am saving the logs now 73 till tomorrow

16:59 KG0VL-JEFF: The morning sun is shining like a big rubber ball

16:59 W4DEX-DEX: Good stuff! 73

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: Logs all saved

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: I am going out and take a quick look in H-Aplha light

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: I am going out and take a quick look in H-Aplha light

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Momma always told me not to look at the light of the sun
17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: and I do not unless I have proper filtering
17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: take care see everyone tomorrow I did my 3 ac of grass 2 days ago
17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: 73 guys, see you all tomorrow
17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: Dixie Chopper
17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: I have a DIXIE CHOPPER
17:04 W4DEX-DEX: Nice machine
17:04: *** KG0VL is now offline ***
17:05: *** WW8II is now offline ***
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17:05: *** NET CLOSED *** 1899 KHz Midday Prop Test