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Sunday, February 15, 2026

15 February 2026
*3*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 117, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 627 KM/s, PHI 157, DENSITY 1.16 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt , GOES 19, 116 nt


20gev_20260215_16092026/02/15 16:09:0016:24:0016:17:00B7.3N09E60 ( 4377 )

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 with SpecLab

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 18db 19db, 22db, 24db, 1 min 26db copy call 589 25db, 26db, 26db, EOT 25 db copy cal 589 solid

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 3,3,6,6,1 min 8,0,6,6,8 41-559

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 319 peaks around 18db above the noise floor, very little QSB

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 17db solid 51 52 tone, 14db, 15db, 16db, 1 min 15db, 14db, 15db, 14db, EOT 12db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 559 peak, very fast 20 dB fades

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 519, very stable signal, 26db steady from start to finish, no QSB. Decent copy

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 6db, 8db, 6db, 5db, 1 min 6db, 6db, weak tone most of the time , 4db, 4db, EOT 5db

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 579 loud. Peaks 40db, good copy

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: Very little QSB here

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 38db, 40db, at 1 MIN 35db, 32db, 30db, 30-40db, at END 38-40db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 24db, 26db, 28db, copy call 589, 26db, 1 min 31db, 32 db copy call 599, 30db, copy call 599, 31db, EOT 40db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual first min and right at eot. Noise floor increases due to a brief period of heavy rain

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 15db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at END 20db

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near steady 589 copy full transmission

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

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:


SSB Reports:
17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU at my noise on SSB 22 copy

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x5 SSB

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5x5 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB now dropping 51 copy K0AWU last was up just a little almost copy

17:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now back on SSB, loud

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB now 54

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 54 complete QSO

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 SSB good Q

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

14 February 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 117, A-INDEX 14, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 420 KM/s, PHI 272, DENSITY 5.29 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 111 nt, GOES 19, 122 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, WY3T 1714, K5HFG 1716, KØAWU 1718, KGØVL 1720, WW8II 1722

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw rst 599, no fading

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

17:12 WW8II: W4DEX 1`2db, 14db, good tone, 15db, 14db, 1 min 15db copy call 519, 14db, 15db, 14db, EOT 16dbcopy call 519

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

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, peaks to 22db, virtually little QSB

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 6,8,6,3,1 min 3,0,0,0,3 45-519

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

17:14 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw 579, 11, 12, 15, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 599 at eot

17:14 WW8II: AB4AM 10db, 11db, 11db, 11db, 1 min 9db, 12db weak tone, 13db, 14db, EOT 419 15db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 10 dB, no tone start. tone heard midway 25 dB, 549 copy call at EOT

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 on one peak, 35 dB visual QSB

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw 559 begin, proceeded to 229, then in/at noise halfway, finished totally bombed out in noise

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 519, very little QSB. Peaks 25db.

17:15 K5HFG-DON: correction**** W4DEX no detect,

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak but near steady visual full transmission

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 0,0,3,3,1 min 5, 6,8,8,8 21-559

17:16 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM 35 dB copy call 549

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T 229 at best peak but avg at/below noise floor, no usable audible copy

17:17 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:18 WW8II: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG no cw heard today

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 0,0,6,6,1 min 3,3,0,0,0 419 on peak

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, possible weak visual detection during last 30 sec

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal for the first 20 or so seconds. Then out of the blue 519! Peaks 20db, low QSB

17:20 WW8II: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, det,4db, det, EOT 0

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:20 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:20 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559, good copy. Peaks 36db, slight QSB

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40-35db, 35-40db, 40db, at 1 MIN 41db, 42db, 42db, 42db, at END 42db

17:22 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 18 dB, no tone start. 18 dB midway. 15 dB EOT

17:22 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:22 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:22 WW8II: KG0VL 10db, 12db, 11db, weak tone, 8db, 1 min 10db, 5db, 4db, det, EOT 4-6db

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual peaking 15 dB over noise.

17:23 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw at/in noise first half, improved to 229 last 20 sec

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near steady 559 during most of transmission, visual peaking 45 dB S/N

17:24 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, det, det, det, at 1 MIN det, det, det, det, at END det --- NO QSB

17:24 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:24 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB, no tone start, 0 dB midway. 10 dB EOT

17:24 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:24 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II mostly at/in noise but rising toward end 229

17:25 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559, peaks 35db, good copy.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:08 WY3T-TIM: Just herd AB4AM SSB calling at 33

17:08 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

17:29 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with fast 56 peaks


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Friday, February 13, 2026

13 February 2026
*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 129, A-INDEX 9, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 412 KM/s, PHI 329, DENSITY 0.15 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 102 nt, GOES 19, 113 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 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T0, 0, 0, 0, 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

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

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

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright trace in waterfall, peaked 10db no tone heard

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 steady, slight QSB. Peaks to 40db above the noise.

17:17 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 20-25db, 30db, 30db, at 1 MIN 29db, 23-27db, 22db, 20db, at END 20db

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

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB no tone, start. 10 dB midway. >5 dB EOT

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, det, ??, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, det, det-0, det, at 1 MIN det-0, 0-det, det, det-5db, at END 5-10db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB, no tone start. 5 dB midway. 5 dB EOT

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

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 229 with brief fades to noise then back to 229 audible----using headphones, 50hz filter

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519, peaks to 25db, bright visual detection as well

Received at W4DEX:


Received at KG0VL:

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

12 February 2026
*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 129, A-INDEX 18, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 391 KM/s, PHI 276, DENSITY 1.76 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 97.2 nt, GOES 19, 106 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 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T no audible cw heard today

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

1712 NO copy on WY3T

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - intermittent visual detect

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

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

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaked 12db, no tone heard

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU very faint trace in and out of noise, no tone. peaking 5 dB

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaked 35db, fast QSB

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 10db, 10-15db, 13db, 10-12db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10db, 5-10db, 10-12db, at END 10-15db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 db, no tone start, 15 dB midway, 10 dB EOT

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 2db, 4db, 3-4db, 2-3db, 1 min 6-7db real weak tone, 7db, 9db, 6db, EOT 9-10db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 229, tone heard full time length

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - slight visual detect last 30 sec

17:19 K5HFG-DON: WW8II faint trace, no tone, start.

17:19 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 db, midway to EOT

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START12db, 12db, 14db, 16db, at 1 MIN 16-20db, 15-20db, 18db, 10-14db at END 15db

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

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect first minute and last 30 sec

17:21 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw tone heard most of time 229, id and cw characters weaker, into noise

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539, up to 40db at start of test, stable with very little QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:04 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE ssb weak in the noise

17:05 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU weak ssb Joe, not good local condx it appears

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

11 February 2026
*2*
SW0


WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 142, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 451 KM/s, PHI 337, DENSITY, 2.70 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 101 nt, GOES 19, 106 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, ------ 1718, WW8II 1720, KG0VL 1722

17:10 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing W4DEX! 

17:11 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb. KP2AE ssb today 55, K4CSO ssb 53. Relatively low noise level S3 ssb, cw Szero

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 4db, 8db weak tone, 13db good tone, 16db real good tone 1 min 14db copy call 529, 18db, 18-19db, 14db, EOT 16db to 12db copy call 519

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 not much SW poor day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Very faint Trace last 30 seconds

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw faint detection in and out during the 2 min

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 at start, peaked 25db, QSB

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:15 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0,0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection. Peaked 12db no tone heard

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

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

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

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539, unable to measure signal peak

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START brief sig then gone -- Nothing more heard -- TX failure?

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 8db, 6-10db, 5-10db, 0-11db, at 1MIN 0-10db, 0-12db, 12db, 8-10db at END 0-10db

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 dB, no tone start. 10 dB midway, 10 dB peak at EOT

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 copy most of transmission, abut 35 dB visual peaks

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

17:23 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 229 but gradually faded to noise, much like Jeff faded out

17:25 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 good copy, slight QSB

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 10db, 10db, 8db, 4db, 1 min 5db, 2db, 2db, det-0, EOT det-2db

17:24 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL Start 25db, 25db, 25-18db, 10-15db, at 1 MIN 12-20db, 0-10db, 10db, det-15db, at END 10-15db --- Strange quick QSB on Jeff and Bruce

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW good tone most of transmission, visual peak about 25 dB over noise

17:24 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL second attempt 10 dB, no tone entire period

Received at W4DEX:


SSB Reports:
17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32, no skywave noticed

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard WW8II extremely weak on SSB

17:04 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43, normal groundwave only

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: No SSB detected here today
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