03 November 2026

*2*

SW4

Solar Wind Speed: 332 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz -2 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 100 sfu

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, K5HFG 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T - Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 349 - 20db at eot

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw no usable copy today

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaks around 14db above the noise, faint tone heard

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaks around 26db above the noise

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB no tone, QSB, entire Tx

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - fair trace speclab 10db

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 30db,30db,30db, 30db,at 1 MIN 25db, 31db, 34db, 35db, at END 37db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:30 WA4LDU-JOE: Darrell, Charles, and I had a good SSB round table discussion after the 1899 test today. All were Q5 with Darrell s9+and Charles s7 (150 miles), until about 1250 est when qsb started

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02 November 2026

*2*

SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 94, A-INDEX 19, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1715 utc 394.1 KM/s, DENSITY 1.66 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 ut GOES 18, 105 nt, GOES 19, 110 nt

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

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

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy Faint detection in the noise the first min and at the end of the sec min

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 6, 8db weak tone, 8, 12db better tone, 1 min 14db, copy call 519, 16db, 18db, 18db, EOT 18db copy call 529

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, peaked 15db, weak tone heard

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEXheard 599 cw

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599

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

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 349 excellent visual speclab 25db

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw heard at/just above noise most of the time, about 229 avg

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, brief 10 dB visual peak at start. Then weak random visual detections

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

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

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWUcw not heard today

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy -slight visual detectat EOT

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549, peaks around 35db, fairly steady signal

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 12db, 9-12db, 12-22db, 22-11db, at 1 MIN 18db, 16-20db, 15-23db, 20-18db, at END 20-23db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 20db good tone 20db, 22db , copy call 529, 16db, 1 min 19db, copy call 529, 20db, 26db, copy call 549, 24db, EOT 30db

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

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - fair visual detect spec lab 10db 1st 30sec then 5db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not definitely heard today, but maybe at noise floor at times

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 8 dB visual at about 10 seconds, fade to noise floor with a few weak visual peaks until eot

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

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 9db, 4db, 3db, det-3db, at 1 MIN 4-10 db, det-3db, det-3db, at END det-5db FAST QSB

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect speclab 10db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time, from near noise floor to 229 avg tone, not clear ID today

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW tone detected entire transmission, peaked about 549

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 QSB, peaked >40db, decent signal

Recieved at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 copy so far

17:04 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX and WA4LDU both ssb 59 or better

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX and KW4DE both ssb 59

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB still peaking 55

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01 November 2026

*2*

SW4

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX @ 1710 utc , 92, A-INDEX 24, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1707 utc, 472.7 KM/s, DENSITY 3.33 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 108 nt, GOES 19, 118 nt


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

17:11 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX good tone to start 16db 16db, 17db, 14db, 1 min 13db fading 13db, 14db, 15db, 14db EOT 10db fad

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, peaked 20db, slight QSB

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

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 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU det, det-2db, 0, 2-3db, 1 min 3-5db, 4db, 4-0db, 3db-6db, EOT peak 5db

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaks to 35db above the noise, sharp QSB

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 18db, 24db, 26db, 22-20db, at 1 MIN 20-6db, 10-13db, 10-13db, 12-6db, at END 5db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start good tone 12db then fad, 14db then fad, 8db, 1 min 14db good tone, copy call 529, 16db, 18db, fad copy call 519, EOT 17db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual on peaks

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

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, det, det-0, det, at 1 MIN det-8db, 7-9db, 5-10 db, 7-11 db, at END 7-det VERY fast QSB

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519 QSB, peaked 30db, fast QSB

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 449 tone near eot, visual peak near 40 dB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 59+ again today

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I called SSB just now

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: NOT hearing any SSB

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB deep quick fades

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31 October 2026

*2*

SW4

Solar Wind Speed: 512 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 9 nT, Bz -6 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 90 sfu

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

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

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy detectedin the noise

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 529 steady. Peaked 25db, Q5 for the duration

16:43 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard steady 20 over S9 today, no static, noise floor Szero cw, S3ssb

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

16:44 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

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

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak keying seen on spec lab

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

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

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

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

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual trace in waterfall, max signal 5db

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

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

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 QSB, peaks around 34db above the noise, decent copy

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

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 12db, 6-12db, 8db, det-10db, at 1 MIN 10-20db, 22db, 22-14db, 14-8db, at END 6-10db

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW near steady 559, near 50 dB over noise on speclab

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw heard---steady tone and ID full time 449 or better

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB no tone start, 10 dB no tone midway, 5 db no tone EOT. Deep QSB throughout Tx

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB steady 59+

16:36 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

16:53 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still peaking 59 with no QSB

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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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