09 August 2026

*2*

SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 94, A-INDEX 27, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1641 Uutc, 409.7 KM/s, DENSITY 4.04 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 96.2 nt, GOES 19, 105 nt

WW8II- C1.83 flare peaked 1640 utc 

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, AB4AM 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, possible det weak, weak det, 6db, 1 min 3-db to det, 0, 0, 0, EOT ??

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 5,3,3,0,1 min 0,0,0,5,6 419 on single peak. mainly detect only

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: no signal detected

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 439 peak with a lot of QSB. Test at 1600 was near stable at 589

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: bright visual detection, peaked around 6db, no tone heard

16:47 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START det, det, 0-det, det, at 1 MIN det,det,det-0, det

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, det??, det-2db, det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, det??? EOT 0

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, several brief visual detections

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0,0,0,0, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0 --- "outside chance" about 10deg of last 30 sec was weakly detected10 sec of last 30 sec

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: weak and broken visual detection, 5db, no tone heard

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:38 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43, no skywave

16:38 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here so far

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08 August 2026

*2*

SW1

Solar Wind Speed: 360 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 15 nT, Bz -15 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 97 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, AB4AM 1642, K5HFG 1644, KØAWU 1646, KGØVL 1648

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, light qsb, much more stable than prenet

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected

16:43 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 5,3,6,5,1 min 3,3,6,6,0 419 on peak in and out of the noise

16:44 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM no detect

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw heard 50% time from noise floor to 339 on several peaks, avg <50% copy

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: very weak visual detection near start of test, <5db

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 peak, 35+ dB visual fades

16:45 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

16:47 AB4AM-ROB: k5hfg no copy/detect

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:48 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak about 5 second visual detection

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 13db, 13-20db, 20-22db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20-10db, 15-25db, 25db, 25-26db, at END 25-18db

16:50 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard,

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 steady, signal peaks 28db, very little QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 32 to 43 peaks

16:40 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO ssb steady 56 with sharp static crashes 80 mi distant to 15 over S9

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now 55 copy

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07 August 2026

*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 101, A-INDEX 3, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 UTC 268.2 KM/s, DENSITY 3.62 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc GOES 18, 108 nt, GOES 19, 113 nt


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

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

16:44 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0 1 min possible det??, possible det?? 0, 0, EOT 0

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: peaked 22db, strong static crashes. Weak CW heard

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 22db, 22db, 22-25db, 20-22db, at 1 MIN 10-20db, 22db, 23-30db, 18-30db, at END 20-10db

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL whip out with sweeping carrier possible det??

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0db

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: very weak visual detection, <5db

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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06 August 2026

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 302 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 3 nT, Bz 1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 108 sfu

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

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or setected with SpecLab

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

16:44 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 21db, 20-13db, 21db, at 1 MIN 22db, 22db, 24db, 25db, at END 25-14db

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519-539 QSB. Peaks close to 35db above the noise with QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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05 August 2026

*1*

SW1

Solar Wind Speed: 351 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 3 nT, Bz 0 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 118 sfu

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

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 579 with slight QSB

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 with 599 peak 1st min still poor day for locals

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected.

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual detection

16:45 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:32 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB just detectable

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 at best

16:33 KP2AE-JOE: wa4ldu ssb 3x2

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 copy

16:36 WA4LDU-JOE: KP2AE ssb detectable sometimes but no copy

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB quick 43 peak

16:50 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex quick SW peak 59

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