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Friday, October 30, 2026

30 October 2026
*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 89, A-INDEX 4, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 utc, 332.8 KM/s, DENSITY 3.52 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 118 nt, GOES 19, 132 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1640, K5HFG 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 m,in 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw heard today,339 at best but avg at/just above noise floor which is Szero.

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - visual detect 5db

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

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFGG cw no copy/detect

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

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: well-defined visual trace in waterfall, peaks 10db, no tone heard

16:46 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 4db, 6db, 7db, 7db, 1 min 3db, det, 2db, det-2db, EOT 7db faint tone

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 QSB, peaks >40db, fast QSB

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 29db, 30db, 29db, 26db, at 1 MIN 23db, 23db, 20-23db, 21db, at END 25db

16:48 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 7db, 7db, 9db, 15db, good tone 1 min 18db copy call 539, 18db, 19db, copy call 539, 16db, EOT 14db

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard now, but heard prenet

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 13db, 15db, 15db, 15db, at 1 MIN 15db, 12db, 10-0db, det-11db, at END 11db

16:50 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 449, no competing warble as yesterday

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - visual detect 10db peak in spec lab

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539, peaks 30db above the noise level, fair signal

Received at W4DEX:

Recieved at KG0VL:

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

29 October 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 93, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1645 utc, 345.5 KM/s, DENSITY 1.88 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 19, 107 nt, GOES 19, 111 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

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

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 at times then some deep fades fair day for locals

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 14db tone, 12db, 7db, 8db weak tone, 1 min 16db, 10db, 14db, 17db, EOT 18 db copy call 528

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: 529

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 529 peaks around 28db

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599

16:43 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with deep fades

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 2db, 4db, 2, 6db, 1 min det, 4db, 3-0db, det-2db, EOT det

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 519 QSB, peaked 24db above the noise with QSB

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU no cw heard today

16:46 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU @ 1644-1646 ut 18db, 20db, copy call 538, 20db, 20db, 1 min copy call 539, 17db,10db, 5db, 11db, EOT 14db

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18db, 20db, copy call 538, 20db, 20db, 1 min copy call 539, 17db,10db, 5db, 11db, EOT 14db

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL peaked 12 to 14 db

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL <5 dB no tone start, <5 dB no tone midway, 0 EOT

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy visual detect 5db above noise

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 25db, 25db 24db,15-25db, at 1 MIN 15-25db, 22-24, 25-20, 20db, at end 15-25db -- STRANGE fast QSB first min like aircraft flutter SO ODD

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL  CW not heard, good visual detection

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 15db, 15db, 17db, 19db, one MIN 19db, 18db, 18-13db, 13--9db, at END 12db

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 most of the transmission with fade near eot

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - visual detect 10db above noise

16:51 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard up to 459 on peaks today

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 QSB, peaks close to 40db above the noise, decent copy

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 54

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB also 54.....now peaking 56

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: I will call SSB for30 sec starting @ 1635 utc

16:36 KG0VL-JEFF: Faint SSB heard, not workable

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO SSB today in any direction

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

28 October 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 89, A-INDEX 6, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1645 utc, 399.4 KM/s, DENSITY 4.67 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 111 nt, gOES 19, 118 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 at best qsb fades 539 quick swings some good SW

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab except 
during the last 30sec of DEX's TX period -- I thought I was seeing a trace on freq for 20 sec of the period

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 12db good tone 14db, 12db, 10db weak tone, 9db 1 min 8-3db, 8db, weak tone , 13db fair tone,10db, EOT 7db

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 - 50db above noise

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, peaks 25db

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

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 419-519 peaked around 22db above the noise

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

16:45 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, det-3db, 5-6db, 8db real weak tone, 1 min 7db tone, 7db, 8db fair tone, 3db, EOT 4-5db

16:46 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559, signal >40db, good copy

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 31db, 31db, 30db, 32db, at 1 MIN 30db, 25-28db, 27db, 28db, at END 30db

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone 12db, 14db, 13db, copy call 519, 19db, 8db, 1 min copy call 519, 8db, 11db, 7-8db, EOT 13db

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 15 dB no tone start, 10 dB no tone midway, 10 dB no tone EOT

16:49 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy 5db above noise

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, a lot of QSB. very interesting brief tone heard during last few seconds. about 25 dB visual

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START10db, 8-12db, 13-15db, 13db, at 1 MIN 13db, 15db, 15db, 16db, at END 17-20db Good copy above 15db

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy detect 10db above noise w much QSB

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II some sporadic visuals no tone <5 db in and out of noise

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519, peaks to 34db above the noise

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 tone on peak. visual peak about 35 dB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:31 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 55

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55

16:32 WA4LDU-JOE: KP2AE ssb 54 in and out

16:33 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB here

16:33 K5HFG-DON: No SSB here

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: NO response heard

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE and WA4LDU SSB deep QSB to noise floor


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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

27 October 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 91, A-INDEX 4, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1642 utc, 413.8 KM/s, DENSITY 2.62 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 104 nt, GOES 19, 111 nt




CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, K5HFG 1644, KØAWU 1646, KGØVL 1648, WW8II 1650

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 with a few moderate dips qsb

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det? 0, 0, 0-7db, 7-4db, 1 min 1 min 14db good tone, 15db good tone 14db, 12db EOT 8db,

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 first minute of test, peaked 25db at start, slowly falling thereafter.

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 339 20db peak above noise in spec lab

16:44 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0,, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaked around 6db above the noise, no tone heard

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

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, det, 1 min det, det-3db, 5db, det, EOT 4db

16:48 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 QSB, peaks >40db with QSB. Loud signal

16:50 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, 4-6db, 4db, 1 min 0-6db quick QSB, 0-det, 2db, 0, EOT det-5-7db

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 17db, 15-18db, 20db, at 1 MIN 19db, 17-12db, 11-13db, 20-23db, at END 20-10db

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VLCW not heard, weak visual detection

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:52 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW tone detected, not copyable. 20 dB visual peak\

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 12db, 12db, 10db, at 1 MIN 10-7db, 7-2db, 2-0db, 0-2db, at END 2-10db

16:52 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II very weak audible tone midway transmission, much weaker than prenet, in and out of noise

16:52 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:53 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no dopy - fair visual 10db peak above noise 2nd minute

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519, peaked 28db, bright visual detection

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:33 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 with fast fades

16:36 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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Monday, October 26, 2026

26 October 2026
*2*
SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 89, A-INDEC 5, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1650 utc, 335.1 KM/s, DENSITY 5.23 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 116 nt, GOES 19 127 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, AB4AM 1642, K5HFG 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 9db fair tone, 11db tone, 13db, 14db, 1 min 17db copy call 529, 16db, 20db, 24db, copy call 539

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 -

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 30,30,18,25,1 min 35,6,20,30,30 599+++ with one big dip to the noise

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: fair visual detection, peaked 10db, no tone heard

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM 599

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 5db, 6db, 5db, 4-5db, 1 min 7db, 5-6db, 3-4db, 7db, EOT 4db

16:44 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM 10 dB no tone start, 5 dB notone midway, 15 dB notone EOT

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: good visual detection, peaked 10db, no tone heard

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 599 peak, moderate QSB at about 15 second intervals

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, det?, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaked 10db, no tone heard

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 26db great tone 28db, copy call 579, 26db, 1 min copy call 539 24db, 23db, 26db copy call 559, 27db, EOT 25db

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 5 dB notone start, deep QSB, 0 dB midway, 5 dB no tone EOT

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected, about 15 dB visual during test at 1627

16:49 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw - no copy - slight visual detect first minute

16:49 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II faint visual no tone at edge of NF start, 0 midway, 0 EOT

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect entire time

16:50 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

16:51 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 459 tone and CW ID at eot. 45 db visual peak

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 steady, bright detection, peaks >40db above the noise

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:31 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 5x2 SSB

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: 1631 ut complete 2 way SSB 52 with KG0VL

16:32 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 59 +++ SSB

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 59 peaks

16:34 AB4AM-ROB: KW4DE 55-57 SSB

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: OK enough settle for a nice 444 mile E-W SSB Q today

16:35 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 59+5 SSB

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 57 last heard

16:54 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB still peaking 55

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