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Saturday, October 24, 2026

24 October 2026
*2*
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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Friday, October 23, 2026

23 October 2026
*2*

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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Thursday, October 22, 2026

22 October 2026
*2*

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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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

21 October 2026
*2*
SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 utc, 480.4 KM/s, DENSITY 3.5 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt, GOES 19, 119 nt



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

16:40 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex deep fades 549 to 599

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex short SW peaks then nothing

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX weak tone 6db, 6-8db, 5db, 10db, 1min 10db, 13 db,14db good tone, 13db, 12db, 13db, EOT 12db

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection full period. Peaked 18db, weak tone heard

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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

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

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection full period. Peaks around 14db above the noise, no tone heard

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 12db good tone, 14db, 15db, copy call 539, 13db, 1 min 12db, 10db, 12db, 19db, EOT 9db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fairly consistent visual peaking 15 dB over noise

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL faint visuals throughout period <5 dB

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual peaking 20 dB over noise

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529, peaked close to 30db, bright visual detection. Decent copy

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:37 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from just detectable to short 43 peak copy

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected today

16:38 KP2AE-JOE: short bursts of SW from w4dex 54 up to 59+10

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with a few 56 peaks

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 55 peak

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

20 October 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 2, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1443 utc, 369.5 KM/s, DENSITY 5.43 P/CM3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 111 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt




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

116:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: w4DEX 19db weak tone , 12db, 13db, 1 min 12db-10db, 16db, 18db good tone, 18db real good tone, EOT 22db copy call 559

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual trace in waterfall, 8db max

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

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

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

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual detection, 5db

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very light visual, <5 dB in and out of noise first minute. nothing after.

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0V), 19db 12db copy call 18db good tone 1 min 20db copy call 579, 20db good tone 18 db copy call 559, EOT 14 db fair tone,

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 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW weak tone heard, nice visual peaking 30 dB over noise

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time with light qsb, tone excellent,339 best with near noise least. ID characters sporadic. Overall much improved.

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 QSB. Peaked close to 30db above the noise level
Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
16:37 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CS0 ssb 56 today, 100 % copy with no static,

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with a few 55 peaks

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now peaking 57

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