14 October 2026

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SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 136, A-INDEX 13, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 utc, 527.9 KM/s, DENSITY 3.67 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 113 nt, GOES 19, 120 nt


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

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 at best no real SW louzy day for locals

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det, det, det-2db, det-4db, 1 min det, det, det, 3db, EOT 0

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual detection, 6db peak

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5KFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG no cw heard

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 2 days in a row! Weak visual trace seen in waterfall, 5db or less

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START --- 25db, 25db, 26db, 25-22db, at 1 MIN 22-19db, 20-16db, 21-18db, 16-19db, at END 10-14db

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tne 12db, 14db, 19db, weaker tone, 9db, 1 min 7db, 4-det, 4-5db, 12db copy call 519, EOT 13db

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 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START -- det, det, 2db, det-2db, at 1 MIN 2db, 2-4db, 2-5db, 3-6db, 3db, at END 2-3db

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, peaked 24db, weak tone heard

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak near start, fair visual detection most of transmission with fade to noise floor during last 15 seconds

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard today

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, det?, 0, det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:50 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: rising signal from start to finish, ended 529 roughly 34db above the noise, fast QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: calling ssb now looking west

16:31 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB heard here

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from just detectable to only 32 copy on peaks

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13 October 2026

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SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 123, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1646 utc, 541.4 KM/s, DENSITY 9.51 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1649 utc GOES 18, 112 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt

GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	13 Oct 2026 17:12:00 GMT	B8.0	Ratio  0.010
Beginning	13 Oct 2026 16:08:00 GMT	B7.9
Maximum	13 Oct 2026 16:32:00 GMT	C4.2	Integrated flux:  5.4e-3  J m-2
End	13 Oct 2026 16:43:00 GMT	C2.3

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 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 539 GW only black out for locals

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, otherwise poor local condx

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

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

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: very weak visual trace in waterfall. First reception in a long time.

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

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 QSB, peaked 40db with QSB

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 22db, 22db, 18db, 13-18db, at 1 MIN 13-3db, 22db, 27db, 29db, at END 30db

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone 16-18db, 22db, 23db, copy call 529, 8db, 1 min 10db tone , 6db, weak tone, 8db, 4db-5db still hewar tone, EOT 8-10db good tone

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

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, det,det, at 1 MIN det, det, 2db,2db, at END 2db -det

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, one about 2 second visual peak ??

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 QSB. Peaks to 35db with fast QSB

Recieved at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB barely detectable

16:36 KP2AE-JOE: no SW now lost sig from locals

16:37 KP2AE-JOE: only cpy w4dex weak on GW

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I am in SSB listening mode so far no SSB detected

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: flare in progress still climbing

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now recovering, up to 43 copy now

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12 October 2026

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SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 122, A-INDEX 13, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1645 utc, 454.6 KM/s, DENSITY 1.121 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 100 nt, GOES 19, 109 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 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det-3db, 3-4 db, 3db, det-3db, 1 min 5-6-2db, det,det, 4-5 db, EOT 3-5db

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 210, 1, 1, DET, DET, DET, DET, DET, 1, 219 AT EOT

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 no static

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: fair visual detection, peaks around 8db above the noise

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

16:44 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw 329 avg, hearing tone and cw

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, fair visual cw keying detected

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

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

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, det??, 0, det-2db, 1 min 0, 2db, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

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

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549, peaks around 36db above the noise, good signal

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

16:54 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 13db, 20db, 21db, at 1 MIN 24db, 27db, 26db, 27-30db, at END 26db

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 3-4db, 3db, 5db, 2-0db, 1 min det, 0, det-3db, 3db, EOT det

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL no usable signal heard, change in noise floor noted

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

16:52 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:52 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0,0,0-det, det, at 1 MIN det, det, det, 0-det, at END det -- Strongest sig last 15sec -- still too weak to measure strength

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, very questionable few visual dots detected

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, peaks 15db, weak tone heard

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB DETECTED HERE TODAY

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589 some good SW real good cpy on locals

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 with 59 peak

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 43 at best on peaks

16:59 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 57 skywave peak

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11 October 2026

*2*

SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 126, A-INDEX 46, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1642 utc, 557.4 KM/s, DENSITY 0.97 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 109 nt, GOES 19, 117 nt



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

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

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: fair visual detection, peaks around 8db above the noise

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det to 4db the entire transmission. I was seeing noise and thought that was what it was but after W4DEX transmission the signal disappeared

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

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: bright visual detection, peaks around 16db above the noise, weak tone heard, slowly rising signal from start to finish

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 2db, 4db, 4db, 2-3-4db, 1 min 6-7db NO tone, det-2db, 2db, 0, EOT det-3db

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 0.10-5db,12-2db, 2-13db, at 1 MIN 2-6db, det-8dn=b, 2-8db, 3-10dn, at END2-7db

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

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0-det,0-det, det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0, 0, at END 0db -- strongest about 50sec in --- otherwise VERY weak

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, peaks 20db above the noise, weak tone heard

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, questionable few dots at expected frequency

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB barely detectable over the constant QRN

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB a few skywave peaks good enough for some 43 copy over the high QRN

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10 October 2026

*2*

SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1640 utc, 498.4 KM/s, DENSITY 77.97 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 144 nt, GOES 19, 208 nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: density @ 1640 utc was 77.97 P/cm3 solar wind was 498.4 KM/s

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, K0AWU 1644, WW8II 1646

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

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det weak??. 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, det???, 0, 0, EOT det??

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 439

16:43 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX prenet and test time heard 599, K4CS0 ssb poor signal heard today, some qrn distant, generally higher noise floor cw and ssb

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

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

16:44 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

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

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

16:45 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect.

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

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

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

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

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

16:48 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW no signal detected

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard today

16:49 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB from not heard to 32 copy

16:37 WA4LDU-JOE: no ssb here

16:38 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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