21 February 2025

*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 184, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 306 KM/s, PHI 309, DENSITY 0.53 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1717 utc, GORES 16, 97.2 nt, GOES 18, 95.7 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, WW8II 1712
17:04 

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 10db, 10db, no tone, 7db, 7db, 1 min 6-7db, det, 4-5db, 7-8db, EOT 7db only a weak tone heard today

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL peak 10 DB @ w4dex SPEC LAB

17:15 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II PEAK 20 DB @ w4dex SPEC LAB

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529, slowly increasing signal from start to finish. Ended at 35db above the noise floor.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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20 February 2025

*2*

SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 178, A-INDEX 20, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 429 KM/s, PHI 72, DENSITY 6.24 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 100 nt, GOES 18 97.2 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, KGØVL 1712, WW8II 1714

17:11 WA1AC-CLINT: W4DEX cw 599

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det??, det weak , 0, 2-3db, 1 min 0, 0, 0, det-2db, EOT 0

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 with qsb some SW LOS last 15sec.

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection. Peaked around 12db above the noise

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL det to 2db 3db, 5-6db, 3db, 1 min 5-10db weak tone , 5-6db, 15db, 10db, EOT 13-14db weak tone

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak visual on loop

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone at 10 dB to EOT

17:16 KD4RLD-BRIAN: WW8II 14db above noise. Visual copy only

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 20 dB over noise floor visual on loop, not seen on tx vertical Deep fades

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519 with QSB. Peaked 30db above the noise.

17:17 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone, 10 dB at start and gone at 17 14 30

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

KP2AE SSB at W4DEX:   From barely detectable to 53 peak copy

K4CSO SSB at W4DEX:   53 to 55 on peaks

WA1AC SSB at W4DEX:   55 to 57 on peaks

KD4RLD SSB at W4DEX:  53 to 55 on peaks

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19 February 2025

*2*

SW4

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 178, A-INDEX 14, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 453 KM/s, PHI 13, DENSITY 9.38 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc GOES 16, 107 nt, GOES 18, 101 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, det-2db, 1 min 0, 0, det??, 0, EOT 0

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 some SW good day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX couple of bright spots, no tone in second minute

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection, no tone. Peaks to 10db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 219 at eot

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal detected

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T 100% time copy at or just above noise 229 best

17:15 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t some dect of sig 1st min

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone 15db, 15db, 13db, 10db weak call , 15db, 1 min 14db call 419, 12 db 15db, call 419, 8db, EOT 13db

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone, 10 dB start. 15 dB EOT.

17:16 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 439 copy at start, good visual most of first min then fade to visual noise floor

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone, 10 dB start to EOT.

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II heard 229 latter part of transmission coming out of the noise

17:19 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 good copy. Peaked 38db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 59+ !!

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 43 at best

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:06 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO, KP2AE,W4DEX, WA1AC ssb all q5

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 58

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB back to up 59+

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB now peaking 59

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO had good SSB copy on WA1AC at about 125 miles via skywave

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18 February 2025

*3*

SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 185, A-INDEX 15, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 103 nt, GOES 18, 99 nt

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1723 utc, 473 KM/s, PHI 327, DENSITY 12.09 P/cm3


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0-, 0, 0, det??, 0, 1 min 0, 2db- 3db, 3db, 5db, EOT 5-2-det

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579qsb with some short SW peaks fair day for locals

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, 6-12 db dips and peaks qsb

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, no tone. Peaked 14db above the noise floor.

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL det, 2db??, 6db, 4db, 1 min 12db weak tone 5db, 7-8db, 0, EOT 4-5db

17:16 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable sig heard

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW keying heard but no copy, visual peak about 25 dB over noise with deep fades

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time, very weak just above noise, 229 at best peak

17:18 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519 with QSB. Peaked 30db above the noise floor.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB detectable, copy just a few words

17:03 KP2AE-JOE: kw4de 52 k4cso 42 on ssb

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54, must be some skywave

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17 February 2025

*2*

SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 185, A-INDEX 18, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc 477 KM/s, PHI 8, DENSITY 1.45 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16 104 nt, GOES 18, 101 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, K5HFG 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, det??, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Weak trace, no tone start 5-7 dB.  Faded to nothing at EOT

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 8,8,6,10, 1 min 3,6,6,8,10 419-559 on peak

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection. Peaked 16db with very little QSB

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM 539 avg with dips to noise and peaks to S5, wildly frequent and drastic qsb

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 peaks, fast 20 dB fades

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak and broken visual detection, max signal 6db

17:15 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM bright trace, no tone, 10 dB start. 15 dB at EOT

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak and very brief visual detection near start of test.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, det-2db, 0, 1 min 0, det??, 0, 0, EOT 0-det

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL broken weak trace, no tone second minute

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, questionable very weak visual detection during last minute

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW no signal detected, very unusual

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II no signal heard today

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no signal detected. Not sure if that has ever happened this time of year.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: Calling W4DEX SSB (not heard at W4DEX)

17:05 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing heard SSB

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 at best, not much if any skywave

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: No SSB detected here today

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