20 November 2024

*3*

SW4

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 157, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 1

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710ut , 378 KM/s, PHI 80, DENSITY 4.17P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710ut GOES 16 108nt, GOES 18, 104nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:11 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599+ good SW some qsb dips good day for local ssb

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 18db 18db good tone, 12db, 8db, 1 min 6db, 11db, 16db good tone, 2db, EOT 3db

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: faint CW carrier heard, bright visual detection. Peaked 18db above the noise.

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX trace detected at 17 11 00 to end

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no CW heard, bright trace full period. Peaked 15db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 17db, copy call 519, 18db, copy call 519, 15db, 1 min 12db, 12db, 7db, det-5db, EOT 10-8db

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559 average, good signal. Peaked >40db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 43db, 44db, 43-40db, 38-43db, at 1 MIN 40db, 40-30db, 30-40db, 40db, at END 41db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace with tone, 115 Q1 copy entire Tx

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good solid visual detection

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 30db 30 db, big tone , 37db, copy 569, 1 min 30db, 22db copy call 529, 28db, copy 529, 14db, EOT 25db

17:21 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II trace visible, no tone and QSB seenentire Tx.

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW WOW, 589 peak, very little QSB

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 22db, 20db, 20db, 22db, 22db, at END 22db, 20db, 20-18db, 20db, at END 20-16db Good 549 signal

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii trace of sig. 2nd min


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SSB Reports:
17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB 51 copy

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB peaking 57

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB also peaking 57

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 big QSB, peaked 40db with steep fades

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II just heard very weak on SSB

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 42 copy

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19 November 2024

*2*

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 165, A-INDEX 4, K-INDEX 3

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1715ut 382KM/s, PHI 141, Density 0.96p/cm3

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710ut GOES 16 94nt, GOES 18 95.6nt

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: the solar activity is on the upward slope

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity @ 1719ut was C4.78 there was a steady increase in solar activity during the entire 2 min CW testing today

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17:32:00

17:28:00

C9.0

S13W89 ( 3892 )

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: Noise floor holding staedy @ S4 to S5

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 5db, 4-db, 5-3db, 4-5db, 1 min det, 4-5 db, det, 2db, 3db, 7 to 3db

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599-539 qsb swings some SW

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, qsb fluctuations to 12 db

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection. Peaks 18db

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

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw no audible copy today

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

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

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

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18db, 19db, 15-10db, 6-2-det, 7-9db-det,

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak at start, then faded into the noise with a few weak returns

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no audible copy today

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone, deep QSB first minute. spotty trace second minute

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18db, 19db, 15-10db, 6-2-det, 1 min 7-9db-det, 16db, 20db copy call 529, 11db EOT 7db QSB noted

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual but 20 dB lower than 30 min prior test

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II no usable cw audible today

17:21 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Spotty trace, no tone first minute, nothing second minute

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 average with QSB. Peaked 34db with strong QSB

17:21 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

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SSB Reports:

17:01 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard
17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB here

17:04 KP2AE-JOE: SSB kw4de 55 k4cso 52 w4dex 57

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB weak, readable about 50% of the time

17:26 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 42 to 53 copy

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18 November 2024

*2.5*

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 146, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 1

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 ut 437KM/s, PHI 146, DENSITY 0.21P/cm3

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710ut GOES 16, 104nt, GOES 18, 103nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:11 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589 some SW

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 4db, det-2db, det, EOT det

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: very weak visual detection near start and EOT.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual trace, strongest near one minute mark

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 12db, 12db, 10db, 14db, weak tione, 1 min copy call 319, 12db, 9db, 12db, 13db, EOT 7-9db 603miles path

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 average with QSB. Peaked 35db above the noise

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone, entire Tx.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 45db 46db, copy call 599, 22db, 1 min 25db copy call 579, 37db, 38db copy 579, 32db, EOT 35db

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 35db, 37db, 37-35db, 35db, at 1 MIN 35-20db, 30-22db, 30-24db, 24-18db, at END 20-18dd

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual for about 30 seconds then sudden drop close to the noise....looks odd

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 18db, 18db, 20db, 20-13db, at 1 Min 15-10db, 10-14db, 10-12db, 10-20db, at END 20db

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 good copy. Peaked 36db above the noise

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual peaking 20 dB over noise

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SSB Reports:

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB NICE 59 QSO talked about signals and WX

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5X5 SSB and then faded

17:01 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here 

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 fast 58 peaks, good local skywave

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB Q 52 51

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 54 on a few peaks

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17 November 2024

*3*

WW8II - SOLAR FLUX 140, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 2

WW8II - MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710ut, GOES 16, 106nt, GOES 18, 100 nt

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710ut, 362KM/s, PHI 111, DENSITY 0.99P/cm3



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, WY3T 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 10db, 12db, 14db copy call weak, 15db, 1 min 13db copy 419, 18db, 20db, copy 519, 24db, EOT 25db copy 529

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 3, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1 db at eot

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 0,8,8,10,1 min 3,10,5,8,3 519 to the noise

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady. Peaked 30db, very little QSB

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw det, det, 0, 0, 0, 1 , 0, 1 db at eot

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 12db, 14db, 14db, 15db, 1 min 16db copy weak 10db, 7db, 5-2db, 8db, EOT 7db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 559 peak at start, fast deep fades

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak CW carrier heard, bright visual detection full period. Peaked 15db above the noise.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 12db, 12db, 11db, 11db, 1 min 16db, copy 419, 17db, 12db, 9db, EOT 11db

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 copy on one peak. fast deep fades

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 6,5,8,3, 1 min 10,8,10,10,8 559 on peak

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 2db, 12db, 11db, 11db, 1 min 16db, copy 419, 17db, 12db, 9db, EOT 11db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:19 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 good signal. Peaked 40db above the noise.

17:19 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 37db, 37-12db, 12-37db, 37-17db, at 1 MIN 24-27db 27-30db, 27-20db, 27-30db, at END 30-32db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual detection

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL peaking `17db, averaging 12db, weak copy

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 5,6,10,0, 1 min 0,0,0,0,0, 519 then nothing

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 10db (late start?), 5-10db(ID), 10-13db, at 1 MIN 13-15db, 15db, 15-10db, 5-10db, at END 10-16db

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569 near steady the full transmission

17:22 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 0,0,0, 1 min 8,8,10,8,0 519 on peak deep QSB

17:23 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 with QSB, peaks to 32db above the noise.


17:26 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU @ 1724ut  0,0,0,0, 1 min 0,0,0,0,0

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 2nd run @ 1724ut,, 10, 10, 12, 12, copy 319, 1 min 15, 17, 519, 16db, EOT 18db

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SSB Reports:
17:06 AB4AM-ROB: Called WY3T and WW8II SSB no copy

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB seen or heard

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

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16 November 2024

*2.5*

WW8II - SOLAR FLUX 149, A-INDEX 13, K-INDEX 2

WW8II - SOLAR WIND @1710ut 373 KM/s, PHI 151, DENSITY 1.53 P/cm3

WW8II - MAGNETOMETERS @ 1720ut GOES 16, 91.9 nt, GOES 18, 91.7 nt



CW Reports:
17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, KØAWU 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 14db, 14db, 15db, 15db, 1 min 17db copy call 419, 15db, 7db, 3db, EOT 6db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 549 with short dips into noise

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with 12 db infrequent qsb dips

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection, peaks 14db

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 17db, copy call 519, 17db, copy call 419, 15db, 1 min 16db, copy 419, 18db, 419, 17db, 15db, EOT 18db copy 519

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 average, increasing signal from start, peaked 32db near EOT

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 20-23db, 25db, 25db, at 1 MIN 25-22db, 22-25db, 27db, 27-22db, at END 23db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 15db, 10db, 27db, 539 copy call, 23db, 1min 19db, copy 519, 23db, 28db copy call 539, EOT35db

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw visual detect last 45 sec

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 20db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20db, 21db, 21db, 22db, at END 22db 

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard today at/above noise 229 avg

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 copy at end, visual peak near 30 dB over noise

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569 loud! Peaks >40db

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SSB Reports:
17:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x1 SSB and then gone

17:03 WA4LDU-JOE: hear W4DEX ssb

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: Jeff you call on SSB

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE SSB in the noise

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU weak SSB heard but not copied

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 51 SSB, just above noise level. Huge difference from CW to SSB

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL started 52 SSB then 51 SSB

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15 November 2024

*2*

WW8II - SOLAR FLUX 147, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 2

WW8II - MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710UT GOES 16, 92nt, GOES 18 , 97nt

WW8II - SOLAR WIND @ 1717 UT, 447 KM/s , PHI 337, DENSITY 11.30P/cm3



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, K5HFG 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal detected

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG signal detected @ the 1 min again 1 min 40sec

17:14 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual trace, stronger first minute. Max signal 6db

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 6db, 4db, 5db, 6db, 1 min 8db, det-5db, det-4db, det, EOT det-3db

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:17 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 7db, 7-5db, 3-10db, 5-14db, at 1 MIN 10-18db, 18-3db, 3-15db, 15-20db, at END 20-16db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL solid tone 25db, 25db, 27db copy call 559, 23db1 min 20db copy call 539, 22db, 23db, copy call 539, 23db, EOT 23db

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, good visual detection. Peaks 23db with QSB

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db, 10db, 10db, 10db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10-11db, 10db, 10db, at END 10db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 with QSB. Peaks 36db above the noise
 

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SSB Reports:

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: I will call on SSB @ 1721

17:22 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: heard weak on SSB a few moments ago

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