26 October 2026

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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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25 October 2026

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 93, A-INDEX 5, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1639 utc, 358.8 KM/s, DENSITY 2.22 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 102 nt, GOES 19, 106 nt


CW Reports:

WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW test W4DEX 1640, K0AWU 1642, WW8II 1644

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX good tone 14db, 16db, 22db, 32db, 1 min 27db, 32db, 34db, EOT copy call 599

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

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 18db 20 db copy call 559, 18db, copy call 529, 1 min 16db , 14db, 11db 0db det, EOT 5db

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 11db, 16db, 15db, 15-10db, at 1 MIN 10-0-10db, 16db, 15-20db, 20db, at END 20db GREAT SIG BRUCE !! Welcome back IN THE SHACK :-)

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 579 peak at eot, best heard in many moons

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: i WILL NOW CALL ssb FOR 1 MIN @1635

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: SSB barely heard, assume it is WW8II

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: I heard NO SSB today

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24 October 2026

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SW1

WW8II-SOLAR FLUX 101, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1642 utc, 404.4 KM/s, DENSITY 2.59 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1540 utc, GOES 18, 99.6 nt, GOES 19, 103 nt



CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, AB4AM 1644, K5HFG 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det 2db, 3db, 4db, 4db, (I have a S 6-7 noise), 1 min 7db, 8db weak tone, 7db, det, EOT 5-6db,

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 8,6,12,14,1 min 15,6,8,6,6 599 on peak

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 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T no copy/detect

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW briefly heard tone, 30 dB visual peak

16:45 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw 459, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 439 at eot

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 0, 2db, 4db, det, 1 min det-2db, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM Light visual <5 dB no tone midway and at EOT

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 copy most of transmission

16:53 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO heard AB4AM most of transmission

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw 219, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 0, det, det, at eot

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0,0, 0, EOT 0

16:50 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

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

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

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

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 copy on 45 db visual peak,

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:33 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing W4DEX in the noise SSB

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55

16:34 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing but, noise now

16:35 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected here

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: Weak SSB detected

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB fade to 32 briefly

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23 October 2026

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 106, A-INDEX 20, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1641 utc, 421.4 KM/s, DENSITY 4.27 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 102 nt, GOES 19, 109 nt



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

16:40 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: Q5 copy now on CW

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det?, 0, det?, 0, 1 min 0, det, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 519 stable, peaked at 25db. Was able to copy signal entire 2 minutes with very little QSB

16:44 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB no tone start, fading to 5 dB midwayback to 10 dB EOT

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good visual trace in ARGO

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18dbb good tone 8db weaker tone 8db, copy call 519 26db NOW good tone copy call 559 24db, 26db, copy call 579, EOT 24db solid tone

16:46 K5HFG-DON: WW8II very faint visual mid way <5 dB no tone to EOT

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual trace

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559, peaks >40db good copy

Received at W4DEX:

Recieved at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: kg0vl ssb 51 IN HEAVY NOISE ON MY END

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 52 SSB

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22 October 2026

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 115, A-INDEX 19, K-INDEX 4

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1652 utc, 438.2 KM/s, DENSITY 3.82 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 97.5 nt, GOES 19, 106 nt



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

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaks 10db above the noise, no tone heard

16:44 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL light visual <5 dB peaking to 10 dB. 5 dB at EOT

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 24DB, 24DB SOLID GOOD TONE, COPY CALL 599, 26DB, 1 MIN 28 DB COPY CALL 599+ 39DB, 30DB, COPYCALL 599 +, 32DB, EOT 32DB

16:46 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579! Peaks >40db (off scale) strong signal

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II seen 35 db @ W4DEX spec lab KG0VL not seen or very weak

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:38 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x1 SSB

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II COPIED KG0VL 41-51 SSB

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: I will again call SSB now

16:48 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 51 SSB, Q5 copy

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Great SSB Q with KG0VL SSB 53 to 55 copy

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