28 November 2023

*1.5*

Solar Wind Speed: 424 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz 1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 187 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, KØAWU 1712, WY3T 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 18db, 20db, 18-20db, 16-18db, at 1 MIN 5-12db, det-12db, 10-15db, 12-20db, at END 2-25db.

What a huge difference with KGØVL's prenet sig test (close to 30db and almost no QSB) to loss of close to 10db or more during net

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks 15 dB over noise, very little QSB

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - weak trace in Spectran

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

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 at start and began slow decline thereafter. Peaked 35db at start, falling to around 15db above the noise at end.

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - Good solid trace in Spectran

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

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

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW signal heard, no copy, visual 23 dB over noise, QSB near eot

17:18 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 with QSB dips to noise 2nd minute

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, weaker than normal with peaks 10-12 db above the noise.

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 579 some qsb not much SW poor day for locals

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SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55, nice skywave peak

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52, 53 peak

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 56

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52 at best

17:06 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO call copied - mostly in the noise

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE marginal copy

17:08 WA4LDU-JOE: WA1AC 59

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27 November 2023

*2*

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 180, A-index 10, K-index 2

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 106nt, GOES 18, 105nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar Wind @ 1714ut 421km/s, PHI 134, Density 1.16p/cm3

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det, 0-det, 0-3db, at 1 MIN 2-5db, 5-0db, 0-det, 0-det, at END 0-2db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - solid trace first minute then faded

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 peak copy start and end, 30 dB peak visual with deep QSB

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539-549 good copy. Bright visual detection peaking around 40db above the noise.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20db solid tone18db, 15db copy519, 17db, copy 519, 1min 15db, 10db copy 419, 12db, copy 419. 6db, EOT det

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START det, det-10db, 0-10db, 5-11db, at 1 MIN 4-10db, 0-6db, 10db, 5-10db, at END 5-9db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, brief fair visual detections

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

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

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

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, peaked 20db above the noise with QSB. Much weaker signal than usual.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - slight visual detection

17:18 WA1AC-CLINT: hearing WY3T but no copy

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:19 WA1AC-CLINT: DEX CW 599

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW heard near eot, no copy. good visual at eot

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 2-3db,0, 0, 1 min 0, 1-2db, 0, 3db, EOT det QSB

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 db at eot

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 599+10 qsb at times good local SW good day for locals

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: No CW heard, weak signal trace in SpecLab. Peaked 6db above the noise, much lower than normal.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 to 55

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54 peaking 58

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB 59

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53 54

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 then fade to 52

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26 November 2023

*1.5*

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 176, A-index 38, K-index 2

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers GOES 16 105nt, GOES 18, 103nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1712ut 531km/s, PHI 103, Density 12.18p/cm3

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

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: ready to switch to CW mode @ 1710ut for 2 min CW test

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det, det-4db, 0-det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-3db, det at END 0-3db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569 peaks, one 30 dB fade into the noise

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519-539 with slow QSB. Good visual detection, peaked 36db above the noise level.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 17db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 22db, 22db, 21db, 23db, at END 25db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 10db 419, 12db, 11db copy 419, 18db copy 519, 1 min 17db, 15db, 10db copy 419, 13db, EOT 15db,

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual detection, much weaker than yesterday

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

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

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519-539 average with slow QSB. Good visual detection, peaking around 38db above the noise.

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 first min, QSB to noise floor

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 439 steady

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 mion 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, det-2db??, 1 min 0, det??, 3db, 5db, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 with QSB to noise at EOT

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faint in the noise . . . my noise level is up by 3 to 4 today.

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection, peaking 16db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 3x2 copy, replied no answer

17:01 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I copy KG0VL SSB start in the noise then 41 then 51 copy at the end

17:03 WA4LDU-JOE: copy W4DEX ssb but extremely weak

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB heard, no copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53

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25 November 2023

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 555 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 13 nT, Bz -8 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 178 sfu

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 53db, 53db, 50db, 49db, at 1 MIN 44db, 38db, 43db, 48db, at END 47db

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 copy, slightly weaker than 10 min ago, visual peak 30 dB over noise.  Best signal in many months.

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 good copy. Peaked 54db above the noise.

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

117:17 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard. VERY weak detection with SpecLab the last 1 min. NOT present after TX period was completed

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 419 decent copy. Peaked 35db above the noise.

17:12 W8RIH-TOM: Negative copy here in Ohio. Using Kenwood TS-2000x w/ 133' End Fed Half Wave @ 133' length sloper North - South

17:16 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 579 /w qsb not much SW poor day for loclas

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing very weak SSB, no copy

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX now very weak on SSB

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 with minor QSB

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24 November 2023

*1.5*

Solar Wind Speed: 355 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 8 nT, Bz -4 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 194 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, KØAWU 1712, WY3T 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 45db, 45db, 42-44db, 40db, at 1 Min 41db, 42db, 45db, at END 47db -- OUTSTANDING SIG

17:12 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual 20 dB over noise peak, then fade to noise floor

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good trace in Spectran

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 average. Strong signal, >40db peaks (off scale). Sounds like a local.

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 459 with one fade to noise for 10sec at middle of 2min transmission

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 439 peak, deep QSB to noise floor

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected. Since 2018 only station in this group I have not heard! Hoping That will change soon.

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 with occasional QSB to 559

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0 at eot

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, good visual detection. Q5 CW full period

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52 to 55 

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB now into the noise

17:07 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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23 November 2023

*1.5*

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, KØAWU 1712

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 23db, det-23db, det-10db, 13-20db, at 1 MIN 3-18db, 8-18db, 20-23db, 17-22db, at END 8-13db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good trace in Spectran

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529-539 with QSB. Peaked 35db above the noise early in test, QSB thereafter

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Received at KGØVL:

22 November 2023

*1.5*

Solar Wind Speed: 486 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 8 nT, Bz -3 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 172 sfu

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

17:11 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no audible copy today, some distant lightning on all rcv today

17:12: *** W6BQZ is now offline ***

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 15db, 15-20db, 3-9db, 5-20db, at 1 MIN 7-15db, 15-18db, 15-20db, 12-15db, at END 9-14db

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 25 dB over noise peak

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - slight trace in Spectran

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599+, qsb fading up to 15db plus on a few deep nulls

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569

17:16 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 589 qsb some SW fair day for locals

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, interesting few dots in line at expected freq

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 average, with 539 peaks. Good visual detection, peaking around 32db above the noise.

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard, good visual detection. Peaked around 18db above the noise.

 Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52 with 55 quick peaks

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52 with 54 peaks

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21 November 2023

*1.5*

Solar Wind Speed: 374 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 9 nT, Bz -7 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 157 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, KØAWU 1712, WY3T 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 5db, 5-13db, 1-11db, 5-20db, at 1 MIN 15-20db, 18-20db, 15db, 10-15db, at END 10-15db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual peaking near 20 dB over noise

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

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

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519 average with fast QSB. Good visual detection, peaked around 34db above the noise.

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 copy on peaks

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 KP2AE-JOE: some cpy of wy3t 319 at best

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 peaks deep qsb some SW now up and down

17:19 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 339 5 ,5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 219 at eot . . have not see that in a long time - pretty good copy!

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: heard about 30 seconds of weak CW then lost power. Not sure of peak reading as lost SpecLab and it did not archive.

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SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB S2 groundwave, some QSB, very little skywave detected

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB S3 groundwave, slight skywave peak

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard/detected here

17:09 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 skywave peak

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