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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

20 October 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 2, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1443 utc, 369.5 KM/s, DENSITY 5.43 P/CM3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 111 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt




CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

116:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: w4DEX 19db weak tone , 12db, 13db, 1 min 12db-10db, 16db, 18db good tone, 18db real good tone, EOT 22db copy call 559

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual trace in waterfall, 8db max

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual detection, 5db

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very light visual, <5 dB in and out of noise first minute. nothing after.

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0V), 19db 12db copy call 18db good tone 1 min 20db copy call 579, 20db good tone 18 db copy call 559, EOT 14 db fair tone,

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW weak tone heard, nice visual peaking 30 dB over noise

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time with light qsb, tone excellent,339 best with near noise least. ID characters sporadic. Overall much improved.

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 QSB. Peaked close to 30db above the noise level
Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:37 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CS0 ssb 56 today, 100 % copy with no static,

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with a few 55 peaks

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now peaking 57

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Monday, October 19, 2026


  • 19 October 2026
  • *2*
  • Solar Wind Speed: 363 km/sec
    Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 3 nT
    Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 137 sfu




    GOES-
    18
     LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
    Current19 Oct 2026 16:43:00 GMTB5.6Ratio 
    0.009
    Beginning19 Oct 2026 14:21:00 GMTB5.4 
    Maximum19 Oct 2026 14:29:00 GMTC1.9Integrated flux: 
    1.1e-3
     J m-2
    End19 Oct 2026 14:34:00 GMTC1.2 

  • CW Reports:
    KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644

    16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

    16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection, peaks about 8db above the noise level

    16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

    16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: broken visual trace in waterfall, 6db

    16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

    16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

18 October 2026
*2*
SW0

Solar Wind Speed: 425 km/sec
Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 4 nT
Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 132 sfu


GOES-
18
 LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current18 Oct 2026 16:55:00 GMTB7.2Ratio 
0.029
Beginning18 Oct 2026 14:31:00 GMTB5.3 
Maximum18 Oct 2026 14:42:00 GMTB8.6Integrated flux: 
9.6e-4
 J m-2
End18 Oct 2026 14:51:00 GMTB6.6 


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, AB4AM 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection first minute of test, peaks around 10db

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 4,4,6,6,1 min 6,8,6,3,8 51-559 on peaks.

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW from barely heard to 559 copy, very fast QSB

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak visual detection in waterfall, max signal <5db above the noise level

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL nocopy/detect

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:34 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 to 55 copy

16:36 AB4AM-ROB: Called SSB a couple of times nothing heard

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

17 October 2026
*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 447 km/sec
Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz 2 nT
Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 131 sfu



GOES-
18
 LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current17 Oct 2026 17:21:00 GMTB7.2Ratio 
0.038
Beginning17 Oct 2026 15:36:00 GMTB6.6 
Maximum17 Oct 2026 15:40:00 GMTC1.7Integrated flux: 
7.3e-4
 J m-2
End17 Oct 2026 15:44:00 GMTC1.1 


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection, max peak 6db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no singal detected

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: (unconfirmed) possible faint visual detection in waterfall

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:



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Friday, October 16, 2026

16 October 2026
*?*




GOES-
18
 LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current16 Oct 2026 17:53:00 GMTC1.0Ratio 
0.029
Beginning16 Oct 2026 15:38:00 GMTB8.5 
Maximum********Integrated flux: 
****
 J m-2
End******** 

No reports:

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