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Thursday, February 12, 2026

12 February 2026
*2*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 129, A-INDEX 18, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 391 KM/s, PHI 276, DENSITY 1.76 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 97.2 nt, GOES 19, 106 nt




CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, K5HFG 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T no audible cw heard today

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

1712 NO copy on WY3T

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - intermittent visual detect

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

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual detection, peaked 12db, no tone heard

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU very faint trace in and out of noise, no tone. peaking 5 dB

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaked 35db, fast QSB

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 10db, 10-15db, 13db, 10-12db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10db, 5-10db, 10-12db, at END 10-15db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 db, no tone start, 15 dB midway, 10 dB EOT

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 2db, 4db, 3-4db, 2-3db, 1 min 6-7db real weak tone, 7db, 9db, 6db, EOT 9-10db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 229, tone heard full time length

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - slight visual detect last 30 sec

17:19 K5HFG-DON: WW8II faint trace, no tone, start.

17:19 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 db, midway to EOT

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START12db, 12db, 14db, 16db, at 1 MIN 16-20db, 15-20db, 18db, 10-14db at END 15db

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

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect first minute and last 30 sec

17:21 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw tone heard most of time 229, id and cw characters weaker, into noise

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539, up to 40db at start of test, stable with very little QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:04 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE ssb weak in the noise

17:05 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU weak ssb Joe, not good local condx it appears

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

11 February 2026
*2*
SW0


WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 142, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 451 KM/s, PHI 337, DENSITY, 2.70 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 101 nt, GOES 19, 106 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, ------ 1718, WW8II 1720, KG0VL 1722

17:10 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing W4DEX! 

17:11 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb. KP2AE ssb today 55, K4CSO ssb 53. Relatively low noise level S3 ssb, cw Szero

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 4db, 8db weak tone, 13db good tone, 16db real good tone 1 min 14db copy call 529, 18db, 18-19db, 14db, EOT 16db to 12db copy call 519

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 not much SW poor day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Very faint Trace last 30 seconds

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw faint detection in and out during the 2 min

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 at start, peaked 25db, QSB

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:15 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0,0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

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

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

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

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection. Peaked 12db no tone heard

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

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, det?, 0, det, 1 min 0, det?, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539, unable to measure signal peak

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START brief sig then gone -- Nothing more heard -- TX failure?

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 8db, 6-10db, 5-10db, 0-11db, at 1MIN 0-10db, 0-12db, 12db, 8-10db at END 0-10db

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

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 copy most of transmission, abut 35 dB visual peaks

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:23 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 229 but gradually faded to noise, much like Jeff faded out

17:25 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 good copy, slight QSB

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 10db, 10db, 8db, 4db, 1 min 5db, 2db, 2db, det-0, EOT det-2db

17:24 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL Start 25db, 25db, 25-18db, 10-15db, at 1 MIN 12-20db, 0-10db, 10db, det-15db, at END 10-15db --- Strange quick QSB on Jeff and Bruce

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW good tone most of transmission, visual peak about 25 dB over noise

17:24 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL second attempt 10 dB, no tone entire period

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SSB Reports:
17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32, no skywave noticed

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard WW8II extremely weak on SSB

17:04 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43, normal groundwave only

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: No SSB detected here today
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

10 February 2026
*2*

WW8II-, SOLAR FLUX 144, A-INDEX 6, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711utc, 426 KM/s, PHI 283, DENSITY 2.93 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt, GOES 19, 117 nt


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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

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

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T was peak 32db to start W4DEX then deep qsb

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T no usable cw heard today, no static, normal noise floor, not good D condx

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 8db weak tone 7-8db, 6db, 4-5db, 1 min 8-9db weak tone, 10db, 9-10db, 8-9db weak tone, EOT 8db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaks around 38db above the noise, decent signal

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 10-20db, det-20db, det-22db, at 1 MIN 10-20db, 5-20db, 10-22db, 10-15db, at END10-20db

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone 14db, 14db, copy call 519, 9db, 10db, 1 min 4-6-0db, 3-4db, 6db, 11db good tone , 12-13db EOT 14db

17:16 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL no usable signal heard today

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db, 10db, 10db, 5-10db, at 1 MIN det-10db, 10-20db, 10-20db, 20db, at END 20db

17:18 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 50% time, at times near/in noise, avg 229

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539, slowly rising signal from start to finish. Around 35db above the noise at EOT.

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II start 20db QSB to 10db then peak to 40 DB @W4DEX spec lab

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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Monday, February 9, 2026

09 February 2026
*2*
SW4

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 167, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 387 KM/s, PHI 288, DENSITY 2.25 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 95.9 nt, GOES 19, 102 nt


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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 some deep qsb fades see some SW fair/good day for locals

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det, det, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 1-2db

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with light qsb

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, peaked around 12db, faint carrier heard.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, det, 1 min det-2db, 0, 0, det-1db, EOT det

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539-549 QSB, peaked 40db! Fast QSB

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 20-25db, 25-35db, 35-5db, at 1 MIN 10-23db, 10-22db, 20-25db, 5-25db, at END 10-20db,

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual detection. Noise floor 5 dB higher than an hour ago

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 8db weak tone, 8db, 9db, weak tone, 7db, 1 min 16dbcopy call 519, 14db, 13db, copy call , 12db, EOT 14db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0-det, det, det-10db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10db, 10-12db, 10-18db, at END 10-20db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW tone heard on peaks, ID keying heard but not copyable. deep 20 dB fade

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw no usable signal, maybe a bit of ripple in the noise floor at times

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529, bright visual detection, peaks 30db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB fast 56 peaks

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 58 near steady!

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here today

17:11 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO and KP2AE SSB both 55 with qsb 

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB still good copy peaking 57

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still near steady 58, best seen in a long time

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Sunday, February 8, 2026

08 February 2026
*2*
SW2

Solar Wind Speed: 468 km/sec
Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 8 nT, Bz 0 nT
Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 169 sfu


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

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

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection, 10db peaks, no tone heard

17:13 AB4AM: W4DEX 0,0,0,1min 6,8,8,8,6 559

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 579 with minor QSB

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: bright visual detection, peaked 15db, no tone heard

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

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 5 db visual first 30 seconds then weak visual for the rest of the transmission

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 20-30db, 30db, 30db,at 1 MIN 22-30db, 10-25db, 12-30db, at END 30-15db

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaked 35db above the noise, fast QSB

17:20 AB4AM: no signal detected from KØAWU or KGØVL

Received at W4DEX:



SSB Reports:
17:08 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB peaking 56, fairly steady skywave

17:09 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM states that he has called on SSB but heard no stations

17:09 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB barely detectable

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB no fading down to 43, up to 55 peaks

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

07 February 2026
*2*
SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 164, A-INDEX 16, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1709 utc, 456 KM/s, PHI 329, DENSITY 2.25 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETIOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 94.4nt, GOES 19, 99.8 nt




20gev_20260207_16342026/02/07 16:34:0016:55:0016:47:00C3.2N14W37 ( 4366 )

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, WY3T 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det only then 0

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual trace in waterfall, max signal 5db

17:13 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 0,0,0,0,1 min 0,0,3,4,3 no tone

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 559 peaks, 30 dB visual fade

17:14 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw 219, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 219 AT EOT

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 0 no det NO signal detected

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw heard, up from below noise to 339 midway back into noise before end

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: bright visual detection full period. Steady signal about 12db above the noise, very little QSB

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 0,0,0,0,1 min 3,0,3,5,3 no tone

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw heard last half of time slot briefly 229, no usable signal

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL weak tone 10db, 10db, 8db, 5db, 1 min det-2db, d0, 0,0 EOT 0

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

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

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

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 10 dB visual first about 30 sec then fade into noise floor

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 15 dB visual peaks with 5 dB fades

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

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519, decent signal, peaks to 25db, slight QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening to the SE for SSB and none detected so far today

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43, no skywave noticed

17:08 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

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