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Saturday, November 14, 2026

14 November 2026
*2*
SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 118, A-INDEX 4, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1723 utc, 414.7 KM/s, DENSITY 1.52 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1719 utc, GOES 18, 111nt, GOES 19, 113 nt






CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718, K5HFG 1720

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 32db solid tone 40db, 40db, 42db, 1 min 42db copy call 599, 42 db, 42db, 46db, EOT 46db copy call 599

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 with some qsb

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- nothing heard or detected with SpecLab PERHAPS detected for about 5 sec at 1min 45sec into seq

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard 559>, light qsb

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, peaks around 24db, steady signal

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 6,8,3,6,1 min 0,3,6,8,6 559 on peaks QSB to 0

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 18 db good tone, 20db, 24db, 1 min 22db, 22db, 20db, 19db, EOT 17db, copy call 529

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw heard 90% time 559 down to noise with deep qsb

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- DETECTED with SpecLab entire 2min test!! 


17:14 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw 549 with QSB - speclab 35db

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 519 QSB. Peaks 25db above the noise

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 peaks with very fast QSB

17:14 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM no detect

17:15 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU WOW

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 20db 22db, copy call 539, 17db, 1 min 20db copy call 539, 20db, copy call 539, 18db, 22db, copy call 539, 22db, copy call 539, EOT 22db,

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 599! Strong signal, >45db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 49db, 49db, 49db, 49db, at 1 MIN 46db, 41db, 42db, 45db, at END 45db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL quick visual at start, very faint in and out of noise entire Tx

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 34db, solid tone, 36db, copy call 599, 34db, 1 min 40db copy call 599, 36db, 35db, copy call 579, 38db, EOT 40db

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good trace in Speclab 20db with declining to 10db at EOT

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, no visual first 30 sec the up to 15 dB at eot

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL mostly no copy heard with several brief bursts 229 at best, avg25% copy

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 5,5,6,6,1 min 5,6,6,5,6 519 on peak copied call

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 33db, 33db, 33db, 34db, at 1 MIN 35db, 36db, 37db, 37db, at END 37db!!

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II very faint visual in and out of noise first minute. 0 in second minute

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW from barely detectable to steady 579 last 30 seconds

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy- slight tone at EOT good trace Speclab 20db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II heard 100% time, steady tone and clear ID to 559 peaks , avg 549

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 3,5,3,6, 1 min 6,6,4,3,3 519 good tone midway dropped off at EOT

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 599, >45db

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:22 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG no definite tone heard but possible bursts at noise several times

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 2 db, 3 db, 0, 0, 1 min 0, det-3 db, 3 db, 0-det-2db, 1 min det, 0, det-2db, 0, EOT 0

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 529, slowly rising signal from start to finish. 24db peak

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:05 K0AWU-BILL: Heard Jeff SSB -- Bruce was in the noise

17:05 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 5x4 SSB

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 56

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU SSB deep in the noise

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB from barely detectable to 55 peak

17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 5x7 SSB loud

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb 55 with strong QSB

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE ssb 53 with qsb

17:08 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO ssb no copy

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still 43 to 56 copy

17:28 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX and KW4DE ssb in and out of noise - extreme QSB

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Friday, November 13, 2026

13 November 2026
*2.5*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 116, A-INDEX 4, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1716 utc, 359.60 KM/s, DENSITY 1.02 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 109 nt, GOES 19, 111 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: K5HFG 1710, KØAWU 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 4db, 4db, 5db no tone, 4-8db, 1 min 6db, 5-7db, 3-4db, 7db, EOT3db

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaks 6-8db above the noise. No tone heard

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU18db copy call 529, 20db, 18-20 db copy call 529, 1 min 15db copy call , 16db, copy call , 14db, 17db, EOT 13db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 579 steady, peaks >45db good signal

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 35db, 27db, 17db, 30db, at 1 MIN 34db, 35db, 34db, 35db, at END 32db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB notone start, 12 dB no tone peak midway, 15 dB no tone peak EOT

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 17db, 17db, weak tone , 12db, 8db, 1 min 11-18 db copy call 529, 24db, 27db, 26db copy casll 539, EOT 29 db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 22db, 22db, 21db, 20db, at 1 MIN 18db, 17db, 19db, 20db, at END 20db Good signal Bruce

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 dB no tone start, 12 dB peak no tone midway, 15 dB no tone peak EOT

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: heard 559 at start, big QSB and loss of signal. Peaked >40db at start

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW calling SSB

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: He WW8II calling SSB weak, replied but no response

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Thursday, November 12, 2026

12 November 2026
*3*
SW3

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 132, A-INDEX 6, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1720 utc, 446.9 KM/s, DENSITY, 0.89 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 102 nt, GOES 101 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab--- MAYBE a very weak trace at about 1min for 15 sec

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 20, good tone, 22db, 23db, 25db, 1 min copy call 539, 26db, 25db, 26db solid tone, 26db, EOT 26db copy call 539

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 10 dB no tone start, 0 dB midway, 5 dB or less at EOT

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599>

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX:  Peaked 24db, weak tone heard

17:13 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 8,6,6,6,1 min 4,8,6,8,8 579 to the noise at 4db

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 6-7db, 7db, weak tone, 8db, 1 min 10db, 11db real weak tone, 10db, 10db, EOT 6db

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM heard full time but very erratic, not just qsb, maybe loose connection?

17:14 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM 10 dB no tone start, 10 dB no tone midway, 10 dB no tone EOT

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW near 589 on a peak, Fast fades to as much as 25 dB

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: peaked 24db, weak tone heard. Appears to be several Hz higher in frequency than normal

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det, det, 0, 3db, 1 min 3db, 0, 0, det, EOT 2db

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, 5 dB visual peaks near eot

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 539-549 QSB, peaked 38db, decent copy

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 2db?, 1 min 0, 3-4db, 3db, det, EOT det

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy detect

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no signal detected

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 579, peaks >45db good signal

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 33db, 33db, 31db, 30db, at 1 MIN 30-24db, 27db, 30db, 30-33db, at END 37db

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 549 copy most of transmisson. 35 dB visual peaks

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 28db, 28dbm, good tone 30db, copy call 559, 32db, 1 min 38db copy call 559, 40db, 44db, copy call 599, 39db, 42db, EOT 42db

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 15 dB no tone start, 10 dB no tone midway, 15 peak dB EOT

17:21 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not audible first half but out of the noise last 20 sec to audible tone

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569 copy most of transmission

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db, 10-5db, 10db, 10db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10-8db, 10-4db, 4-10db, at END 4-8db

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 db no tone start, 12 dB no tone midway, 10 dB no tone at EOT

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time, steady tone and FB id, qso quality 449 avg

17:23 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 0,4,3,4,1 min 4,6,6,6,6 41-51 copied call

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569 QSB, peaks >45db, decent signal with QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 53 ssb

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE SSB QSO with KG0VL 53-55 copy

17:02 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX SSB just above the noise

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 55 with a fade near end of transmission

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing SSB deep in the noise

17:04 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing here

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 43 to 55 copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB detectable

17:07 KW4DE-DARRELL: Distant ssb WW8II at, just above noise heard

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 32 copy on last transmission

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy SSB

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: I am now hearing SSB in the noise using all the noise reduction filtering

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB QSO KG0VL 51 52 copy

17:26 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now peaking 59 !

17:28 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO copied AB4AM and WW8II

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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

11 November 2026
*3*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX, 132, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1722 utc, 513.5 KM/s, DENSITY 2.23 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 110 nt, GOES 19, 114 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: K5HFG 1710, KØAWU 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det??, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 519 QRN, unknown signal peaks due to strong static crashes. Able to copy callsign

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 18, 18, copy call 529, 17db 20db, copy call 529, 1 min 18db copy call , 20db, 18db copy call 529, 20db, copy call 529, 23db,

17:14 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 579! Estimated peaks >40db in static crashes. Strong enough signal to quell QRN

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 36db, 40db, 40db, copy call 599, 40db, 1 Minn copy call 599, 40db, 40db, copy call 599, 38db, EOT 42db

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 32db, 30db, 25db, 30db 45db,43db, 40db, 40db, at END 42db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB no tone start, 15 dB tone midway, copy call at EOT

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 32db,33db, 32db, 31db, at 1 MIN 30db, 30db, 27db, 22db, at END 20-22db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II faint visual no tone <5 dB start, gone at end of first minute, faint visual back at EOT

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw clearly heard full time 339 avg

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 steady. Estimated peaks >40db in static crashes

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE SSB CHAT WITH KG0VL 57 OR BETTER COPY

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 53ssb, QRN

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II SSB 5-2

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU now SSB 44 at the best

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 5x3 ssb

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 57 SSB copy to 53 copy after a 2 min Q

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

10 November 2026
*2*
SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 129, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 614.5 KM/s, DENSITY 0.75 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 99.9 nt, GOES 19, 103 nt


CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, K0AWU 1716, WW8II 1718

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 some SW deep qsb poor day for locals

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with qsb, a few slow dips, slightly higher noise floor hash today, no distant signals heard prenet

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 12 db, 12, 12, moderate tone 519 10db, 1 min 5-6db, 4db, det-0, 4db, 5db EOT 4db

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW keying detectable but no copy, Visual peaking about 35 dB S/N

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard

17:15 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy . . faint detection in the noise the first min . . 219 the second minand at eot

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det??, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 6db, 8db, 8-6db, 8db9db weak tone, 1 min 14db 519 copy, 16db, 15db, 18db copy 529, 18db copy 529 EOT 18db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

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

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 20db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 21db, 20db, 20db, 20db at END 23db GREAT SIG!!

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near steady 549 copy

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time, tone and ID FB, 339 avg

17:21 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii some cpy just above noie

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:
17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from barely detectable to 43 copy on peaks.

17:05 WY3T-TIM: detect No SSB here

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: also NO SSB heard or detected here

17:26 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB still from barely detectable to 43 copy

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