20 January 2025

*2*

SW 3 

Solar Wind Speed: 601 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz 1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 234 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: AB4AM 1710, KØAWU 1712, KGØVL 1714

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab -- Perhaps 10sec detection 40sec in

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: bright trace, no tone. Peaked 10db

17:14 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: 35F here - 63F in the greenhouse

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 18db, 15db, 2-10db, 2-12db, at 1 MIN 3-12db, det-17db, 17-3db, 20-13db, at END 9-14db (Quick deep QSB)

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 good copy. Peaked 45db above the noise floor.

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM S9+20 then faded after short exchange

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:06 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing a station in the noise SSB no copy

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 55-59 S9+10 on peak SSB

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19 January 2025

*2*

SW 0

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 222, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 3

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 475 Km/s, PHI 283, DENSITY 1.09 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 103 nt, GOES 18, 96.2 nt


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 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, det??, 1 min det??, det, 0, 0, EOT 0 I have massive interference from local 950 AM

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 0,0,0,0,1 min 0,5,5,5,3 no tone

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection. Signals down significantly past 20 minutes

17:13 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw no copy/detect

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

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak visual detection. Max peak 8db

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 329 peak copy, good visual peaking 30 dB over noise

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU ???, ???, ???, 0, 1 min det-2db, 0, 0, 0, EOT det??

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected. noise floor increased several dB

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

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 steady. Peaked 32db little QSB

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 8db, 8-4db, 4-2db, det-4db, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, det-3db, 0-3db, at END 3-det

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual close to 5 dB S/N

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0-2, 3, 5, 5-8-3, 1 min 8 NO tone, 11 weak tone, 14 weak tone, copy call 319, 14db, EOT 14db

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

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

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, det, 0-det, 0-det, at 1 MIN det, det, det,det-1db, END det --- signal was stronger the last 1 MIN

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual averaging about 7 dB over noise

17:22 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529 steady, very little QSB. Peaked 35db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB weak, 32 at best

17:04 AB4AM-ROB: Called SSB nothing heard

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX and AB4AM ssb in the noise

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18 January 2025

*2*

SW 0

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 227, A-INDEX 21, K-INDEX 2

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc 486 Km/s, PHI 318, DENSITY 1.92 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc GOES 16, 99.7 nt, GOES 18, 96.2 nt


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

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb, no static, no runs/hits/errors

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det, 4-5db, 4-5db, no tone, 3-5db, 1 min 6-7db, det-3db, 0-4db, 5db, EOT 5-6db NO tone

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Bright trace, no tone entire Tx. peaked 15 dB.

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection full period. Peaked 15db with little to no QSB.

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 339 with QSB into noise at times

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

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 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T faint cw last half of transmission 229 best, no real usable signal

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 229 in and out of noise - good trace in Argo

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab KG0VL

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det peak 7db, 3db, 2db, 1 min 0, 0, 0, det??, EOT 0

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual trace second minute

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw not detected

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw not detected

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

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

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, det??, 1 min det-3db, det-2db, det??, quick peak 4db,

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 on peaks. Max signal 28db with QSB

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Weak trace, no tone, deep QSB, peaking 12 dB.

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 0, det, det-2db, 4db, at 1 MIN 2-4db, 4db, det-3db, det-3db, 4db, at END 4db

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, steady visual averaging 10 dB S/N

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw not detcted

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0vl start 12db weak tone 14db, 12db, 15db 1 min 7db, 12db, 8db, EOT 8DB

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, det, det, at 1 MIN det, det, 0-det, 0, at END det

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

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

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good trace in ARGO

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw extremely weak 50% time at/in noise floor, no usable copy

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW signal barely heard near eot, visual peaking about 20 dB

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 on peaks, very little QSB. Peaks 28db above the noise level.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: KD4RLD SSB 55

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53, no skywave noticed

17:08 WY3T-TIM: no SSB here

17:08 WA4LDU-JOE: some slight SSB detected but not identified

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17 January 2025

*2*

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 208, A-INDEX 14, K-INDEX 3

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 575 KM/s, PHI 326, DENSITY 1.71 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 103 nt, GOES 18, 102 nt

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 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:13 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T peak 15db -5-12-14-5-12 deep QSB @ W4DEX

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 529 steady

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, det, 0, 0, det 1 min 0, 0, det 0 EOT 0

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: faint trace at start of test, then nil.

17:15 WY3T-TIM: K6HFG cw no copy/detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU det, 0, 0, 0, 5db, 1min det-2db, det, det, 0, EOT 0-3db??

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU One bright spot for 5 seconds at beginning then nothing to EOT

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519 with QSB. Peaked 24db above the noise.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 6db, 12db, 11db, 10db, at 1 MIN 10db, 7db, 5db, 7db, at END 2-4db

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL tone 15db, 17db, 17db weak tone copy call 419, 12db 1 min 15db, call 219, 12db, 15db, copy cal 419, 14db, EOT 12db lots of QSB

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very weak broken trace, no tone entire Tx. peaked 5 dB in the middle of Tx.

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - very slight visual detect second minute only

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 6db, 7db, 6db, 6db, at 1 MIN 6db, 5db, 5db, 5db, at END 5db

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

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Weak and broken trace, no tone peaking 3-5 dB in mid Tx.

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - slight visual detect 17:19 to 17:19:30

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 on peaks with QSB. Max signal 32db above the noise floor.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

None

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16 January 2025

*2*

SW 0

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 174, A-INDEX 16, K-INDEX 3

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 423 KM/s, PHI 269, DENSITY 1.18 P/cm3

WW8II- BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS STOPPED REPORTING @ 1630 utc READING THEN WAS goes 16, 105 nt, goes 18 91.4 nt

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 4db, det, 4db, 2-3 db, 1 min det, no tone, det, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 419-529 poor local prop no SW

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 419 with QSB. Peaked 22db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 549, 5, 6, 5, 8, 7, 8, 9, 9, 579 at eot

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 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW barely detectable during first min, visual peaked 20 dB over noise

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

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, weak visual first 30 seconds

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw no heard today

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection first minute, then straight to noise level. Peaked 15db. Odd signature

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

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 17db, 20db, 22db copy call 539, 21db, good tone 1 min copy call 529, 12db, 8db, 7db, 8db, EOT 11 db

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

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

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 with QSB. Decent copy, peaked 44db

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 5db, 5-8db, 5-8db, 8-10 db, at 1 MIN det-8db, det-5db, 2-6db, 2-3db, at END 3-10db ARGH

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 8db, 11db, 5db, 1 min det-4db, det, 2db, det-4db, EOT 5db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Bright trace, no tone, peaked 12 dB

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaked about 10 dB S/N with slow fade to eot

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 22db, 22db, 21db, 20-18db, at 1 MIN 18db, 17db, 16db, 14-12db, at END 10-6db

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw very weak but audible at to just above noise 50% time

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual peaked about 12 dB SN

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Broken trace detected, no tone. Deep long QSB. peaked 10 dB

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 on peaks. QSB, peaked 32db above the noise level.

Notes:

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTED deep QSB today

K4CSO copied WY3T CW

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 KG0VL-JEFF: Answered WW8II SSB call twice, no reply

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Possible SSB signal heard in the noise 21 at best

17:04 KP2AE-JOE: not a good day for locals w4dex 42 on ssb

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 32 at best

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB barely detectable

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15 January 2025

*3*

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 166, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 3

WW8II-BRUCE SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc 464 KM/s, PHI 4, DENSITY 8.36 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc GOES 16 105 nt, GOES 18, 101 nt


CW Reports:
17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, KGØVL 1712, WW8II 1714, W4DEX 1716, K5HFG 1718

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw rising from below noise to marginal copy 229 at best but weak overall

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 321 at best, good visual at about 20 dB S/N

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable copy

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 12db, 12db, 14db, weak tone 15db-12db, 18db, 1 min 20db-23db, copy 559 call, QSB, 23db, 22db, 20db copy 539 17db EOT 23db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, steady visual at 15 dB S/N

17:16 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:16 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 579 loud, peaks >45db with QSB

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw marginally heard in/at noise, no usable copy today

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 15 dB visual peak 1st min, then QSB

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard 599 with 9-12 db qsb dips, normal copy

17:18 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 329, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 549 at eot

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 3-4db, det-2db, det, 0, 1 min 3-5db, 0, det, det??EOT ??det

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection, peaks 22db with QSB

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, weak to fair visual peaking 10 dB S/N

17:20 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX short trace detected midway in Tx

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw no usable signal heard

17:20 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG no signal detected

17:21 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright trace, no tone. Peaked 16db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:59 KW4DE-DARRELL: Copying weak ssb now

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 54 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Nice SSB QSO with KG0VL 52 to S9 copy QSB noted

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB with KG0VL now 41 to 51 at best way down from 25 min ago

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