22 February 2026

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SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 110, A-INDEX 16, K-INDEX 4

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 633 KM/s, PHI 15, DENSITY 2/57 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt

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gev_20260222_1528

2026/02/22 15:28:00

17:00:00

16:31:00

C1.5

S12W8

CW Reports:

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 16db, 16db, good tone, 16db, 14db, 12db tone fading, 1 min 8-10 db weak tone 10db, 6db, 3db det, EOT det

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab -- Except brief detection 1min 20sec for 2 or 3 sec

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, peaked 16db no tone heard

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 15,10,18,15, 1 min 10,10,8,6 55-599 41 @EOT

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

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: bright trace in waterfall. Peaks 15db, no tone heard

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW near steady 57 to 58 first 90 seconds, then 599 for the rest of the transmission

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, det??, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 QSB, peaks to 35db fast QSB

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 30db, 30db, 32db, at 1 MIN 20-30db, 25-20db, 25db, 20-30db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 6db, 4db, 6db, 8db, 1 min 9-10db, 14db, weak tone call , 12db 15db tone, 12db EOT 14db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW tone detectable most of transmission, visual about 30 dB over noise

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

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det,det,0-det, 0-det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0, 0, at END 0db

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549 tone at start, deep slow fade then steady rise to 579 copy at eot

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

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 QSB, peaked 32db with QSB

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Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB from 32 copy to a slow rise and fall peaking 56

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still slow 57 peaks

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21 February 2026

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SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLU7X 111, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 487 KM/s, PHI 282, DENSITY 2.03 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 109 nt, GOES 19, 119 nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 14db, 14db, 14db, 14db, 1 min 12db, copy call 419, 13db, 13db, 11db, EOT 10db

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw rst 599 with distant lightning static to S9, no qsb

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 5 dB, no tone start...5 dB midway...5 dB EOT

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 10,6,8,6, 1 min 6,8,6,6,8 51-559

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, peaks to 12db

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM det, det, 0, det, 1 min 2db, 0, det??, 0, 0, EOT det?

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw rst 559 avg with higher peaks, light qsb

17:14 KP2AE-JOE: ab4am 579 some slight qsb fades

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 599 with minor QSB

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM 10 dB, no tone start...5 dB midway...10 dB EOT

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 419, peaked 18db, good ID copy at EOT

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: K6HFG CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual trace, peaked 16db, no tone heard

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw ?, no usable signal, lightning static to S9

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 12db weak tone, 13db, 12db, 13db, still weak tone, 10db, 1 min 8db, 10db, 8db, 9db, EOT call 319, 7db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

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

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 loud, peaks 35db good signal

17:19 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 45db, 45db, 42db, 43db, at 1 MIN 43db, 43db, 43db, 43db, at END 42db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 559 start....to finish 30 dB

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw, no usable signal heard

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 24db loud tone, 18db, 24db copy call 559, 22db, 1 min 20db copy call, 17db, 17db tone going weak, 6db, EOT 16db

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW keying heard but no copy, visual peak 20 db over noise

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL Possible detect a few times. hard to tell with QRN

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 18db, 18db, 18db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20db, 20db, 19db, 18db, at END 18db

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 339 avg, rising throughout transmission, clear ID, steady tone

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 on peak, fast deep fade near enn visual about 40 dB over noise

17:23 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii just dect cxr no real cpy

17:23 K5HFG-DON: WW8II very faint trace in the second minute peaking a bit above 5dB. gone at 17 22 08

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569 loud! 35db above the noise and super stable. No QSB present, 35db at start and 35db at end.

17:24 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II A quick burst tone @162030 and 1620:58 6db 45-519

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Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 32 copy

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x4 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE SSB QSO with KG0VL 52 plus copy

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 54

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO SSB to the SE direction

17:08 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO ssb 59, KP2AE ssb 57, ssb copied on AB4AM S4

17:08 KP2AE-JOE: k4cso 57 on ssb good day for locals

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 58

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB also now 58

17:25 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 32 copy

17:31 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 51 SSB, replied several times, no response

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20 February 2026

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 116, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 477 KM/s, PHI 81, DENSITY 4.27 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 117 nt, GOES 19, 131 nt

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: very weak trace outline in waterfall, otherwise nil

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone to start 16db, 16 db, copy call 519 13db, 14db, 1 min 11db, tone going weak, 12db, tone getting better, 16db copy call 519, 15db EOT 17db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 5 Db, NO TONE START...5 Db MIDWAY...10 Db EOT

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw tone heard full time 229 or better, id characters about 50%

17:15 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5dB, no tone start

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw rst much as Jeff, 229 or better, full time tone with about 50% cw characters id

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539, peaked 30db, decent signal

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Received at KG0VL:


SSB Reports:
17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 4x1 SSB

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB Q with SURPRISE KG0VL 41

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19 February 2026

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SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 119, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 511 KM/s, PHI 152, DENSITY 2.58 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 106 nt, GOES 19, 112 nt



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

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: noise floor S 5 with crashes to S9+20db

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

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219, 1, 1, 0, 0, DET, DET, 1, 1, 219 at eot

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569 steady

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 18db, 20db, 16db, 14db, good tone 1 min 8db, 6db, 9db, 11db, EOT 14db copy call 519

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 5 dB, no tone start. 5 dB midway. 5 dB EOT

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 18db at start, slowly declining signal from start to finish. Bright visual detection

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 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw nio copy - audible detect first 30 sec, good visual detect complete time

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW very weak signal heard. Visual peak near 15 dB S/N

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab EXCEPT!! 20sec after start, broken trace detection for 10sec

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaks 12db, no tone heard

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT0

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 7db, 4db, 0, 0, 1 min det, det, det, 4db

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

17:19 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 QSB, peaks >45db, fast QSB

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 40db, 15-35db, at 1 MIN 35-39db, 39-30db, 20-31db, 30db, at END 30-40db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB, no tone start. 15 dB midway. 15 dB EOT

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - slight visual detect last 30 sec

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18db, 18db, 20db, copy call 529, 12db, 1 min 10db, weak tone, 7-8db, 11db, 12db, EOT 12db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VLcw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 copy during a 30 dB visual peak

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

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 peak copy, quick deep fade to noise floor

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 15db, 15-18db, 20db, 22db, at 1 MIN 22-25db, 23db, 23-30db, 28db, At END 28db nice sig

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect - getting stronger thru entire transmission

17:23 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB at very end

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: I did a steady 2 min CW carrier with ID at the end

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 at best. However, Speclab shows >40db signal peak (near KØAWU) yet will hardly move the S-meter.

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SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 43 peaks

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 57

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54

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18 February 2026

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SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 122, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 6

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 466 KM/s, PHI 161, DENSITY 2.18 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 104 nt, GOES 19, 113 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 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 not much SW poor/fair day for locals

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 . . 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 219 AT EOT

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX Det, 2db, 4db, 5db drop to 2db,1min 2db, 6db, 12db weak tone , 10db, EOT 8-6db

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard 599 with minor qsb

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Faint trace 10 dB, no tone start. Lost at 17 11 00.

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual detection, peaks to 15db, faint carrier heard

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 339 - deep QSB- 439 peak at EOT

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - fair visual last 15 sec

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

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW Not heard, near 15 dB visual peak at start, steady fade to no detection at eot

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 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaked 12db, no tone heard

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

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

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519 QSB, peaked 26db with sharp QSB present

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 12db, 15db, 17db, 17-20db, at 1 MIN 8-20db, 8-15db, 5-10db, det-10db, at END 0-10db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 15 dB, no tone start. 15 dB midway. 10 dB EOT

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 5db, 6db, 7db-8db weak tone 4-5db, 1 min 7db-8db weak tone , 4db, 5-6db, 0, EOT det-2db

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW tone detectable first 30 seconds, then even visual fade to noise floor

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw heard very weakly last half transmission in/out noise, no usable

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB, no tone start. in the noise midway. gone at 17 21 30

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

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

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db,10-12db, 10-12db, 8-12db, at 1 MIN det-5db, 0-det, 0, 0-det, at END det-10db (brief 10db)

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II no usable cw copy

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW tone detectable most of transmission, big peak near eot, visual peaked at 30 dB over noise

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SSB Reports:

17:02 WA4LDU-JOE: Weak SSB detected, not identified

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 with brief 43 peaks

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB steady 43 copy

17:06 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB detected, very weak

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: I have detected NO SSB today

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