04 January 2025

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SW0

WW8II-. SOLAR FLUX 165, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @1713 utc, 455 KM/s, PHI 342, DENSITY 0.38 P/cm3

WW8II-, MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 UTC, GOES 18, 100 nt, GOES 19, 104 nt



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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected until :45 -- then very weak broken trace until 1:30

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 40db, 40db, 43db, 1 min call 599, 36db, 38db, 36db, EOT 34db, copy call 599

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX ,0,0,0,28,30,1 min 6,6,15,10,15 599 on peaks QSB to the noise

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, peaked 25db, very little QSB

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 22db, 22db, 21db, 24db, 1 min 26db, 28db, 26db, 20db, 18db, EOT 15db copy call 529

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW near 599 peaks, 10 to 15 dB fades

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw 559 or better full time

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 419, 20db above the noise

17:15 KD4RLD-BRIAN: AB4AM 549 with high noise level.

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, 5 dB visual peaks

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 4db?, 2db, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0 det=2db, EOT 4db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU no cw heard today

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

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559, peaked 30db above the noise

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 28db, 30db, 32db, 32db, at 1 MIN 32-28db, 25-21db, 23-25db, 26db, at END 27db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 229 avg with dips below noise threshold 30% time

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 14db 14db, 20db, copy call 559, 1 min 23db, copy call 569, 22db, 24db, 23db caspy 569, EOT 28db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 559 to 549 copy with minor QSB

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

17:19 KD4RLD-BRIAN: KG0VL light trace just above noise

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, 3-5db, det-2db, det-2db, at 1 MIN det-4db, 2-5db, 3db, 3-7db, at END 2-5db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 559 avg with higher peaks to near 599, best copy in a while

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near 599 copy with very little QSB

17:21 KD4RLD-BRIAN: WW8II 559 30 db or so above noise

17:21 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 8,10,15,12,1 MIN 15,12,18,15,10 599 slight fades even call was 6-8 db

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 QSB, peaked 30db with fast QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Repeorts:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 5x5

17:01 K0AWU-BILL: NO SSB has been heard

17:01 K0AWU-BILL: Some SSB just now

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II Q with W4DEX 52 copy

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II Q with KG0VL 51

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing W4DEX calling AB4AM 54 copy

17:02 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX in the noise no real copy SSB

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing SSB in the noise antenna aimed SE

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB in and out of the noise to 52 copy then quick back to the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 5x5

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO calling WW8II SSB

17:06 K0AWU-BILL: I suspect that Bruce

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX =now at the noise again

17:07 K0AWU-BILL: "Worm" turns quickly in a couple weeks

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: Q on the worm

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now 51 copy SSB

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing other station SSB now did not get the call

17:09 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here now. W4DEX was in and out of noise

17:06 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX givng AB4AM 55 hearing AB4AM just above the noise W4DEX still 52 to 55 AB4AM now 52 SSB copy

17:09 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II and AB4AM both 55 or better

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: KD4RLD SSB only 43 at best, no local skywave

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing W4DEX SSB 51

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Still copy W4DEX SSB 52

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX talking to K4CSO

17:24 KD4RLD-BRIAN: KW4DE AND W4DEX 57 TO 58 here. K4CSO barely detectable SSB

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 also only at best

17:26 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX calling WW8II 51 SSB

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing W4DEX SSB

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03 January 2026

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SW3

Solar Wind Speed: 490 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz -2 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 166 sfu

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX CW 599, light qsb today

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 559 peak rapid QSB

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 12 dB, no tone, start. Peaking to 15 dB EOT

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- at 1min 30sec a trace until the end of sequence

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, peaks to 22db, light QSB

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW 329, 2, 3, 1, 9, 13, 14, 13, 10, 579 at eot

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

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO copied WY3T CW ID

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 549 copy first min, deep fade back up to 43 copy at eot. Visual about 40 dB over noise floor

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 119 - excellent trace 20db peak above noise

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T CW 559 avg with light qsb not affecting readability, Happy New Year!

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no copy - excellent trace

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Start, det, det, det, 0, AT 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-det,0-det, at END 0-det

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, good visual first min peaking about 25 dB, deep fades during second min

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW no usable signal heard

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 529 steady. Peaked 25db above the noise

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU broken trace, no tone, 5 dB peaking to 10 dB in and out of noise floor to EOT

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, weak visual most the transmission peak near 10 dB

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWUcw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU CW no usable signal heard

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 40-45db, 45db, at 1 MIN 43db, 40db, 39db, 42db, at END 41db

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

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 559 30 dB. Q5 copy call entire Tx

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - excellent visual trace in spec lab

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW no usable copy heard

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG9VL CW not heard, good visual most of transmission peak over 20 dB at eot

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 steady, peaks 35db above the noise, good copy

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:


SSB Reports:

17:01 WY3T-TIM: Hearing SSB faint in the noise

17:04 WY3T-TIM: Copied W4DEX SSB at 32

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T SSB 32 copy, enough to get call sign'

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB in the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 at best

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB not peaking 57

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02 January 2026

*3*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 169, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 641 KM/s, PHI 288, DENSITY 2.40 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc GOES 18, 113 nt, GOES 19, 120 nt

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 25db, 26db, solid tone, 26db, 28db, 30 db copy call 599, 1 min 30db, 30db, 29db, 32db, EOT 30db copy call 589

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

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 6,8,6,8,1 min 8,6,8,8,6 51-559

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 529 Q5 copy. Peaks 30db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 26db, 27db, 26db, 18db 1 min 16db, 21db, 23db, 26db, EOT 26 db copy call 579

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 589 peaks, fast fades to 559

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 529 steady, peaks around 30db above the noise

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 18db, 20db, copy call 579, 22db, copy call 579, 17db, 1min copy cal 559, 12db, 15db, copy call 539, 20db copy call 550, copy 550 EOT 20

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 599 loud!

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 32db, 32-40db, 40db, 40db, at 1 MIN 40-42db,42db, 40-43db, 42db, at END 45db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 549 copy of CW ID, visual peaking 40 dB S/N

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 22db, 23db, copy call 539 14db, 10db, 16db, copy call 579, 18db, 24db, 28db, copy call 589, EOT 32db

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 0,0,6,6,1 min 6,8,6,6 519 -559

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 copy on peaks, visual peaks 45 dB S/N

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 25db, 25db, 25db, 24db, at 1 MIN 21-23db, 20-22db, 20db, 20-16db, at END 16-5db

17:21 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 6,6,6,8,1 MIN 6,6,8,8,0 559 ON PEAK

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 589 strong signal. Peaks >40db

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB quick 55 peak

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU at the noise level on SSB

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL still peaking SSB 59 K0AWU in the noise

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0vl now fading K0AWU still at the noise

17:05 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL S9 SSB -- Nice visit

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 53 SSB calling KG0VL

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: another SSB Q with KG0VL but signals are now fading

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01 January 2026

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SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 171, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 549 KM/s, PHI 298, DENSITY 0.52 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 104 nt, GOES 19, 111 nt

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw avg 599 but very deep 20+db qsb dips frequent

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 2db, 6db, 8db no tone , 10db weak tone, 1 min 6db, 2-4db, 2db, det, EOT 8-10db some tone

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 22,28,32,18,1 min 8,10,18,20,26, 599

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 529 steady. Peaks to 30db, good signal

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw avg 579 with higher peaks to 59+ several times

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw 589 with QSB

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 4db, 4db, 4db no tone , 2-3db, 1 min det, det-0, det??,det-2db, EOT 0

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 599 with just a few minor fades

17:14 KD4RLD-Brian: ab4am 589 with some qsb.

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 519 QSB, peaks 25db, fast QSB

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 10db weak tone 12db, 10db, 4-5db, 1 min 14db, copy call 519, 14db, 14db, 4db, EOT 7-8db

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual with 20 dB peak

17:16 KD4RLD-Brian: No trace on KG0VL

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - broken trace in and out of noise

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

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL mostly at/in noise but there ....peaks to 229 but infrequent

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - solid trace 15db peak

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW weak tone heard during last minute, visual peak near 30 dB S/N

17:18 KD4RLD-Brian: WW8II broken traces 10db above noise.

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw no usable signal today

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529-539 QSB. Peaks 35db, fast QSB
Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX came out of the noise 57 SSB

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening SSB so far nothing heard

17:05 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX Quick QSB 59 to the noise SSB

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KD4RLD 54 to 58 peaks

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 43 to 57 peaks

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 54 to 58 peaks, good local skywave today

17:09 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb very weak

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb just above noise

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 32 copy

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE ssb in and out of noise

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU in the noise SSB

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