31 December 2021

*3*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: solar flux 102, A-index 8, K-index 1

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity last 24 hours max C 9.88 @ 0650 UT in 2918 currently B4.6

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today Nashville and Knoxville TN area and out in the Atlantic 1/2 way between N.C. and the S.C. coastline to Bermuda

17:10 UTC



17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1715ut 426km/s, PHI 83, Density 9.1p/cm3

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1720ut @75.2W 116nt and @137.2W 113nt

17:30 UTC

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, K4FI 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 20db, 23db, 22db, 23db, at 1 min 23db, 23db, 23db, 22db, at END 222db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW 339 first minute then faded and then returned last 45 sec. Good trace in spec lab

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II 349 No QSB, Solid copy

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II CW 549 avg with higher peaks qsb, mostly solid copy

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 589 with slow QSB to 579

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 30 32, 27, 30, 1min 33, 30, 32, 30, EOT 32

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - but good trace in spec lab

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 35db, 40db, 45db, 45db, at 1 min 42db, 43db, 46db, 43db, at END 42db

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL 329 at best today with local noise

17:14 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Very Weak SL.No audio

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II mostly 559 with one 569 peak near one minute

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW barely heard at start, peaked at only 329....amazing since SSB peaked at 55

17:15 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 15, 20, 20, 18, 1min 17, 16, 17, 14, 13

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU no good usable copy, a few characters on peaks

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW heard but no copy, very good stable visual detection

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU peaked 599 with just slight qsb. Not possible to wear the headphones during copy

17:17 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG Weak signal SL,

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW 319 - good trace in Spec Lab

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW no usable copy but detectable/audible in the noise

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG Start det, 3db, 3db, 4db, 1min 4db, 3db, 4db, 4db, EOT 6-7db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW 329 at start, fade into noise. slow rise to 549 at eot

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 stable

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 599

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from K4FI

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4F CW 599 avg with qsb higher, local noise but solid copy

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI start 0, 0, 4db, 7db, 1min 8db, 10db, 8db, 7db, EOT 5db.

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: K4FI -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 579

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX CW 599, peaks to 30 over, solid, no problema

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone, entire Tx, // KG0VL weak trace,some tone in noise, no copy, entire Tx. // W4DEX trace with long tone 5 seconds and then no tone, trace remains to EOT.

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 10db 7db, 10db, 7db, 1min 5db, 10db, 10db, 15db, EoT 15db

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519 at start, eventually falling to 319 near EOT

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:59 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing W4DEX weak on SSB

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: I do not hear W4DEX

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: Quick SSB QSO with KG0VL 51-52 copy

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51-52 SSB

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 51 SSB

17:02 K0AWU-BILL: See WW8II on SpecLab and hear KG0VL (58 SSB)

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 52 QSO

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I now copy W4DEX 41

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: I called K5HFG SSB no response heard

17:04 K5HFG-DON: I do not see or hear any SSB.

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I still hear KG0VL 51 SSB

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: I am not copying W4DEX but KG0VL still 51 52 SSB copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VLSBB peaked 55

17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 52 with qsb

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 52 calling K0AWU 31 in the noise

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB still 52 and K0AWU pk 51

17:09 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 58 SSB, local signal quality

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Quick SSB check with KG0VL 41 copy

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 41 SSB

30 December 2021

*3*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 111, A-index 7, K-index 2

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today LOTS in SE Mississippi and entire central ALABAMA into and past Atlanta GA and central S. C.

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity last 24 hours the sun has calmed down a bit Max B8.39, with the current @B 2.57

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @75.2W 95.6nt, @137.2W 97.1nt

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1644ut 486km/s, PHI 62, Density 6.50p/cm3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1710ut @75.2W 93.9nt, @137.2W 97,7nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1715ut 468km/s, PHI 147, Density 9.14p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, K5HG 1714

17:06 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51-54 SSB with fast qsb

17:13 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii solid cpy full 2min. 519

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20, 30, 30, 30, 1min 34db, 27, 26, 20,17

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 at start, began slow increase and 569 by one minute, by EOT was peaking near 589.

17:15 KP2AE-JOE: just tell kg0vl was there no real cpy

17:16 K5HFG-DON: WW8II strong audio trace but still no tone, Noise is high here from Lightning SE of station. Entire Tx. // KG0VL copy 529 entire Tx.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start start 0, det. det, det, 1min 1-2db, 2-3db, 2db, 3-4db, 3db

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 419 at start, quickly up to 529 by thirty seconds, peaked near 539 second minute. Good copy.

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:00 KG0VL-JEFF: Answered you twice on ssb Bruce, no reply. Very weak on this end.

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: I thought I heard something deep in the noise

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: Looks good to me Just worked KG0VL 55 to 51 quick QSB

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE QSO SSB with KG0VL 55 copy exchanged info about 6 mtrs what he is hearing there

17:18 K5HFG-DON: NO SSB heard or seen today

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: another SSB QSO with KG0VL 41 to 52 copy QSB

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51 to noise level on SSB

29 December 2021

*2*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 121, A-index 8, K-index 2

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity last 24 hrs. Max c4.67 currently B 2.68

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning some in Central Arkansas

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @75.2W 121nt, @137.2W 111nt

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1647ut 358km/s, PHI 48, Density 12.95p/cm3

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1720ut 75.2W 119nt, @137.2W 111nt

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1720ut 357km/s, PHI 34, Density 13.50p/cm3


CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, K4FI 1718, K4LY 1720, W4DEX 1722

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 26db, 26db, 26db, 25db, at 1 min 26db, 28db, 28db, 28db, at END 27db

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 429 at best with qsb

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW steady 559 first min, then 10 dB QSB.....also some QRM

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II Very weak on SL. disappeared 1

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: :45 in

17:13 K4LY: WW8II 539 averaging 15 dB above noise with little QSB

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 15, 22, 32, 31, 1min 35db, 34, 31, 33, EOT 37db

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 27 db, 34db, 36db, 33db, at 1 min 36db, 33db, 30db, 22db, at END 30db

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 559 with several 569 peaks, slight qsb

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW weak copy beginning, faded into noise---

17:14 K4LY: KG0VL poor 319 averaging 6 dB above my noise floor

17:14 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Very weak occasional trace SL. Faded out last minute.

17:16 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 11, 8, 0, 0, 1min 4db, 7, 10db, 12db, EOT 14db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU CW no usable signal today, local qrn

17:16 K4LY: K0AWU no detection

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 549 with several 559 peaks near EOT

17:17 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW--no usable signal today

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 K4LY: K5HFG no detection

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 at start, began slow decline after one minute and falling into noise around 1 minute, 35 seconds, back up to 519 by EOT

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 4db, 0, 2db, 1min 2, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:19 K4LY: K4FI pretty strong 30 to 40 dB above noise floor with some QSB

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4FI CW 589 avg with higher peaks---moderate qsb

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI no signal detected

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 579 to 589

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: K4FI -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: K4LY CW 579

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4LY CW 569 avg with qsb higher/lower--solid copy

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: K4LY start 0, 4, 5, 6, 1min 8db, 10, 11, 12db, EOT 10

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: K4LY -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from K4LY

17:22 K4FI-DOUG: K4LY 569, signal fairly steady, somewhat stronger last minute.

17:23 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 579, Steady throughout.

17:24 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 14db, 10, 12, 11, 1min 13db, 8db, 7db, 0, EOT 2db

17:24 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX CW 599 peaks to 20 over S9--- 10 dB qsb--solid copy

17:24 K4LY: W4DEX peaking 35 dB above noise floor, but QSB to noise

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529, stable, vy Q5 copy

17:24 K5HFG-DON: WW8II trace showed up at last 15 seconds of Tx, no tone. // KG0VL stronger trace with tone heard in noise, no copy, entire Tx. // NO other stations detected.

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL55 and K0 AWU in the noise

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 52 SSB

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU also 52 with qsb

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I had a nice QSO with KG0VL 52 solid peak to a 55

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4LY SSB Q5 but weak....now building up....much better than yesterday

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening to the SE and am hearing no SSB

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI SSB 55

17:06 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL noise - 5.2 SSB in very short test

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Quick SSB check with KG0VL copy 41 to 51 QSB signals way down

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: I am still listening to the SE and HEAR NO SSB today

28 December 2021

*2*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 124, A-index 10 K-index 1

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flares last 24 hours MAX M1.89, and a M1.62 @1611ut with a +25db absorption event in progress

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @75.2W 85.9nt, @137.2W 90.6nt

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1647ut 459km/s, PHI 71, Density 6.78p/cm3



17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1720utc @75.2W 90nt, @137.2W 95.2nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1716utc 456km/s, PHI 107, Density 8.05p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, K4LY 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 21db, 23db, 26db, 27db, at 1 min 29db, 29db, 28db, 24db at END 20db

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8I CW 559, minor QSB

17:13 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 319 some cpy 2nd min

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy - weak trace in spec lab

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 31db, 39db, 38db, 30db, at 1 min 37db, 40db, 45db, 41db, at END30db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 4, 5, 7, 10, 1min 14, 5, 8, 2, EOT 0

17:14 K4LY: WW8II poor in noise peaking 6 dB above noise a few times

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - weak trace in spec lab

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: about 75% copy, 519-529 on early peaks with numerous dips to the noise.

17:15 K4LY: KG0VL fair, but Q5 with no QSB, averaging 6 dB above noise

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 5, 9, 16, 1min 17, 16, 13, 7, EOT 2

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, questionable visual detection

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:17 K4LY: K5HFG and K0AWU no detection

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start det, det, 1-2, 2-3, 1min 0, 0, det, 3-4, EOT 5

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: would say 549 average with a few 569 peaks. Several qsb dips to noise and back up again.

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: K4LY CW 559, possibly off freq enough to not show properly on speclab

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: K4LY start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: k4ly 579-519 deep qsb

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: K4LY -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: K4LY CW 539 with QSB - 5 high in freq

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589-539 qsb not a good day for locals

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 10, 10, 11, 8, 1min 9, 7, 9, 5, EOT 3

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 529 with QSB into the noise at times

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4LY

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace seen, no tone, gone at 17 11 00 // KG0VL very weak trace seen several seconds and faded away. // NO other stations detected.

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529 first 1.5 minutes, slowly down to 519 final thirty seconds

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: I have been calling on SSB no response heard

17:00 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II abt 20db on your tuning

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: OK will try SSB again

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Guess SSB not doing it today

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE and K4LY SSB very weak, WW8II SSB not heard

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB or carrier heard here

17:07 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 5-2 to 5-4 SSB in very short test

17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU from 54 SSB to gone in minutes

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: I was listening to the NW and heard NO SSB

17:10 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE and K4LY SSB copy about half the time

17:23 WA4LDU-JOE: Dex, - I can tell you are transmitting SSB - I can hear your voice but cannot tell what you are saying

17:24 K5HFG-DON: NO SSB heard or seen here.

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB barely detected

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO SSB today

17:26 K4LY: Dex was mostly 10-20 above noise on CW and Q4 on SSB

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now steady 55 copy

27 December 2021

*2*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 125, A-index 3, K-index2

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today NONE

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity last 24 hrs: Max C3.29 and current B4.61 there is a minor D layer absorption in the Southern Hemisphere South America

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650 @75.2W 103nt, @137.2W 104nt

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1650ut 462km/s, PHI 88, Density 8.15p/cm3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1710ut 102nt and 102nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1714ut 467km/s, PHI 81, Density 8.19p/cm3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1710ut 102nt and 102nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1714ut 467km/s, PHI 81, Density 8.19p/cm3




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

17:11 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 23db, 25db, 25db, 24db, at 1 min 21db, 15-20db, 19db, 20db, at END 20db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy but solid trace in spec lab

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II CW avg 329 with qsb and generally poor conditions, sig rising throughout transmission

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 13db, 23db, 23db, 22db, at 1 min 10-20db, 24db, 25db, 22db, at END 25db

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy --- strong trace in spec lab

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW 329 at best with average just above noise, qsb into noise several times, poor overall conditions

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 10db, 15, 4, 7, 1min 9db, 10, 16, 12, EOT 17,

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WWII 519 with 529 peaks, copied about 75% of transmission, many dips to noise level with qsb

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0AWU CW not heard today, poor overall conditions

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 12, 16, 14, 12 1min 10db, 8db, 6db, 8db, EOT 10db

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519-529 with fast qsb, lost signal several times for a few seconds then back up.

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW no copy today, generally poor conditions

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, det, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB on the signals today

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II patchy trace very light, no tone, entire Tx. // NO other stations detected.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 for about the first minute, falling to 519 by EOT. Much more stable than WW8II or KØAWU

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I called several times on SSB NO response

17:02 KW4DE-DARRELL: No SSB heard so far today

17:05 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU faint SSB copy today with deep qsb-----weak local sigs

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: Darrell, I can hear you talking but it is not strong enough to make ou what you are saying

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: I now hear KG0VL 41 to 51 SSB

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: Called you twice on SSB Bill, no reply.

17:08 K5HFG-DON: Hearing and seeing nothing but the static

17:08 KW4DE-DARRELL: No SSB copy distant signals today and very weak local sigs

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB heard here

17:09 K0AWU-BILL: No signals heard

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: I called several times SSB NO response

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing WW8II on SSB right at the noise level

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: I have called several more times SSB NOthing heard

26 December 2021

*3*

Note:  Propagation between WW8II and W4DEX at 510 miles was better than between K4FI and W4DEX at 93 miles and KD4RLD and W4DEX at 30 miles.

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 131, A-index 7, K-index 0

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flare activity last 24 hr mild a few C level Max C3.43 and currently B7.48

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: There is a minor D layer absorption in progress

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: No lightning noted today

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @ 75.2W 104nt, @137.2W 103nt

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1649ut 357km/s, PHI 180, Density 2.89p/cm3

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1710ut 75.2W 105nt, @137.2W 104nt

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1715ut 352km/s, PHI 184, Density 3.13p/cm3

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, K4FI 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 579 minor QSB

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II 229, Copy some. Steady trace SL.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 25, 25, 27, 1min 32, 32, 30, 29, EOT 28

17:14 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Very weak trace SL, in and out. No audio.

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 559 start then QSB to 329

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 569 at start, peaked 579 near one minute, down to 539 near EOT in qsb

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 579 start then QSB to noise floor,

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI start 15, 15, 15, 16, 1min 15, 15, 14, 10, EOT 7

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:17 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 559 to 569, light QSB.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 25, 25, 28, 27, 1min 27, 22, 24, 22, EOT 23

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: Well that was interesting I saw slight quick QSB

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529 little to no qsb

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB QSO with W4DEX 41 copy

16:58 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 2 SSB QSO

117:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51 SSB

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 41 SSB

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB QSO 51 copy with some slow QSB

17:02 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX SSB  in and out of my S7 noise.

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI SSB very weak, no stronger than WW8II

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: I am copying W4DEX SSB 41 in Q with someone not sure who

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now building to 51 peak talking to KD4RLD I copy him 41

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI and KD4RLD SSB very weak

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB signals now @ the noise

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB stronger than KD4RLD and K4FI

17:08 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 51 SSB QSO

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 51 SSB with WW8II 51 SSB

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL quick check Q 51 copy peak to 52 QSB

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO peaked to 52

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: Now copying W4DEX solid 52 now

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing SSB in the noise no copy

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II started 54 on SSB, then nearly gone

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Nice SSB chat with KG0VL peaked 52 then slow to the noise after about 1 min

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: Strange local prop today

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: final SSB 73 SSB was 51

25 December 2021

*2*

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 126, A-ndex 5,K-index 2

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @37.2W 92.9nt and @137.2W 94nt

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1652ut 472km/s, PHI 352, Density 7.55p/cm3

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE:  D layer absorption in progress

  

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: lightning noted in extreme West Central OHIO

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flares last 24 hours lots of C levels MAX so far 3.35 current C1.68

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1714ut 470km/s, PHI 1, Density 8.49p/cm3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer 92.5, 95nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, K5HFG 1714, K4FI 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II weak signal SL, Steady, some audio very deep in noise.

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 539 very little QSB

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 25, 35, 33, 36, 1min 37, 27, 32, 27, 29

17:14 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL No copy

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy but weak trace in spec lab second minute

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 569 average with several 579 peaks

17:15 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 519 at start, slowing rising to 529 by EOT

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI start 4, 2, 2, 4, 1min 3, 2, 2, 4, EOT det

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL signal appeared at 20 seconds into first minute and gone 30 seconds later. NO copy. // NO other stations detected

17:20 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 579 Steady except for onw small dip in signal.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 20, 15, 11, 7, 1min 2, 10, 15, 15, EOT 12

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519, weak but there

SSB Reports:

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: I hear SSB deep in the NOISE to the SE

17:01 K5HFG-DON: Nothing heard or seen here yet

17:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 55 SSB with slow qsb

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Nice QSO with KG0VL 51-53 copy some QSB

17:10 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI and WA4LDU SSB about normal copy with moderate QSB

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: LOTS of QSB today

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: YEP tried one last time called KG0VL no response now

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing WW8II just above the noise level on SSB now

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: one last SSB to KG0VL copied the RR

24 December 2021

*2*

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 130, A-index 4, K-index 1

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: solar activity last 24 hours lots 2907 and 2908 really acting up all C level MAX C7.45 and there is an active D layer absorption in progress We can hope maybe some aurora tonight

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today none

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1650ut @75.2W 106nt, @137.2W 103nt

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1655ut 424km/s, PHI 329, Density 4.67p/cm3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer absorption in progress:

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1720ut 105nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1715ut 410km/s, PHI 325, Density 5.25p/cm3

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 11db, 12db, 13db, 13db, at 1 min 12db, 11db, 13db, 14db, at END 115db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy but good trace in spec lab

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

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 3, 7, 7, 2, 1min 0, 1-2, det, 8, 12

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 41db, 39db, 45db, 50db, at 1 min 48db, 45db, 35db, QSB 20db, at END 15db

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - very weak intermittent trace in spec lab

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 319-419 with about 80% of two-minute copy, fast qsb

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 7, 3, 8, 2, 1min 0, 0, 1, 3-4, EOT 3

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, det, 0, 1min 1-2, 0, 0, 0,EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no copy but weak trace in spec lab first minute then faded

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW no copy/detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 at start, some qsb. Peaked several times at 589, fist near midpoint and again at final 15 seconds with growing signal.

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 529-539 with light qsb, decent quality signal

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW no copy but good trace in spec lab

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very faint trace, no tone, deep QSB noted, entire Tx // NO other stations detected.

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

SSB Reports:

7:07 WW8II-BRUCE: I made several calls on SSB nothing heard in any direction

17:08 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU copied SSB 57 with qsb. No other SSB heard

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: OK I am ready to start the 2 min CW @1710ut

17:09 K0AWU-BILL: Nice Christmas eve visit with KG0VL SSB 54 to 57

17:09 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU up to 57 on SSB, great signal


17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: I heard NO SSB today

16:54: *** STARTED LOGGING *** 1899 KHz Midday Propagation

16:54: *** NET OPENED *** 1899 KHz Midday Propagation

16:54: *** K0AWU is now online ***

16:55: *** K5HFG is now online ***

16:55: *** KW4DE is now online ***

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 130, A-index 4, K-index 1

16:55 K0AWU-BILL: 39deg!! overcast, pretty good breeze. Noise floor S4 SSB S3 CW -- Inverted Vee

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: Noise floor SSB S7, CW S2-3

16:57 K0AWU-BILL: My not be on tomorrow -- Merry Christmas to all. Have a WONDERFUL Holiday season and stay safe.

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: solar activity last 24 hours lots 2907 and 2908 really acting up all C level MAX C7.45 and there is an active D layer absorption in progress We can hope maybe some aurora tonight

16:59: *** KG0VL is now online ***

16:59: *** WA4LDU is now online ***

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: RR on tomorrow I too have kids and grandkids tomorrow but after 1 pm so I may be here

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today none

17:00 WA4LDU-JOE: S9 noise level here today...not sure I will hear anything

17:01: *** WY3T is now online ***

17:01 KW4DE-DARRELL: S4 ssb noise, S zero CW noise, 56 degrees, Carolina Blue sky....

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Local WX 45 degrees 77% humidity cloudy with a south wind of 9mph

17:03 WY3T-TIM: 69 F sunny . . . noise S5 SSB / S3 CW . . -115 dbm noise floor . . no static lightning crashes

17:05 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, WY3T 1718

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1650ut @75.2W 106nt, @137.2W 103nt

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1655ut 424km/s, PHI 329, Density 4.67p/cm3

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: I made several calls on SSB nothing heard in any direction

17:08 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU copied ssb 57 with qsb. No other ssb heard

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: OK I am ready to start the 2 min CW @1710ut

17:09 K0AWU-BILL: Nice Christmas eve visit with KG0VL SSB 54 to 57

17:09 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU up to 57 on ssb, great signal

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 11db, 12db, 13db, 13db, at 1 min 12db, 11db, 13db, 14db, at END 115db

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy but good trace in spec lab

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

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 3, 7, 7, 2, 1min 0, 1-2, det, 8, 12

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 41db, 39db, 45db, 50db, at 1 min 48db, 45db, 35db, QSB 20db, at END 40db

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - very weak intermittent trace in spec lab

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 319-419 with about 80% of two minute copy, fast qsb

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 7, 3, 8, 2, 1min 0, 0, 1, 3-4, EOT 3

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II END sig strength was of course 15db -- sorry for typo

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, det, 0, 1min 1-2, 0, 0, 0,EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no copy but weak trace in spec lab first minute then faded

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 at start, some qsb. Peaked several times at 589, fist near midpoint and again at final 15 seconds with growing signal.

17:19: *** KD2WKJ is now online ***

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 529-539 with light qsb, decent quality signal

17:19: *** KD2WKJ is now offline ***

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy but good trace in spec lab

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very faint trace, no tone, deep QSB noted,entire Tx // NO other stations detected.

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: OK I will send the logs to DEX

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: Merry Christmas and 73 all!

17:20: *** WA4LDU is now offline ***

17:21: *** K0AWU is now offline ***

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: I heard NO SSB today

17:21 K5HFG-DON: 73 guys, CUL, will check in tomorrow

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Everyone MERRY CHRISTMAS

17:21: *** K5HFG is now offline ***

17:21 WY3T-TIM: Merry Christmas to all and 73s

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: I should be here tomorrow if anyone wants to play

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: Happy Christmas Eve. 73

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer absorption in progress https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-region-absorption-predictions-d-rap

17:24: *** KG0VL is now offline ***

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1720ut 105nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1715ut 410km/s, PHI 325, Density 5.25p/cm3

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: copy logs now

17:26: *** STOPPED LOGGING *** 1899 KHz Midday Propagation

17:26: *** NET CLOSED *** 1899 KHz Midday Propagation

23 December 2021

*2*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 140, A-index 11, K-index 0

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today NONE

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flare activity last 24 hours 20 plus all C level events mostly in 2908 max was C8.88 and current is a B 9.35

16:56 WW8II-BRUCE: There is a D layer absorption in progress

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @ 75.2W 99.6nt, @137.2W 99.7nt

16:58 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1650ut 472km/s, PHI 358, Density 6.19p/cm3

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1720ut 97.6nt and 98.3nt

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1716ut 523km/s, PHI 265, Density 12.44p.cm3

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II Start det, det, 5db, 2-4db, at 1 min 11db, 12db, 5-12db, 4db, at END10db

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 start and end, fast QSB, deepest fade 15 dB

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 10, 11, 7, 8, 1min 2, 7, 4, 5, EOT 20 solid long dash

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 439 first min. fade to noise floor returning to 329 at eot

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 50db, 49db, 50db, at 1 min 50db, 49db, 43db, 39db, END 23db Last 45sec was a very slow QSB downward

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 no trace seen

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

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 419 with qsb. Signal in and out of the noise

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: correction K0AWU NO signal seen

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW no copy/detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 at start, slow climb eventually peaking 589 just after one minute. Slow descent, falling 549 by EOT.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal seen

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG. (unusual)

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: \WY3T no signal seen

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 4, 5, 8, 7, 1min 4, 6, 7, 3, EOT 8

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 419-519, weak but there for two minutes, no qsb

17:22 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL trace with no tone, beginning to hear tone in second minute but deep in noise // NO other stations detected

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 229 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0,1 db > nf at eot

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: I have called on SSB several times no response so far

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I have called several times SSB still NO response

17:04 W4DEX-DEX:  WW8II SSB not heard

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: I now hear KG0VL 41 SSB calling K0AWU no copy

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 55 SSB, good copy.

17:08 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL BEAUTIFUL 56 SSB sig and stable for our short chat

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: Thought I just heard WW8II on SSB, but very weak copy

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: It was me I called you twice

17:09 WY3T-TIM: No SSB signal heard here

17:10 W4DEX-DEX: KD4RLD SSB S3 at 30 miles

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: I called KG0VL SSB did not get a response

17:24 K5HFG-DON: NO SSB heard or seen here today

22 December 2021

*3*

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 137, A-index 10, K-index 3

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @ 1700ut 95.5 amd 90.5

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1656ut 574KM/s, PHI 6. Density 15.27p/cm3

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1720 576km/s, PHI 310, Density 15.45p/cm3

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: there is a d layer absorption event in progress

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, K4FI 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 19db, 17db, 14db, 10db, at 1 min 9db QSB, 13db, 20db, 22db, at END 23db

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II 549 Steady signal no QSB.

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy but good trace in spec lab

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 579 wit 569 QSB, much better than expected

17:13 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Slight trace now and then, hardly visible on SL.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20, 25, 27, 25, 1min 26, 32, 29, 33, EOT 32

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 on brief peak, QSB into noise, 25 dB fade

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - slight detect in spec lab

17:15 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 10db, 15db, 10db, 20db, at 1 min 25db, 23db, 20db, noise - 20db, at END 5-23db

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 589 at start, first carrier peaked 599. Down to 579 after one minute and ending 549 with qsb.

17:15 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 10, 12, 12, 15, 1min 17, 17, 16, 17, EOT 16

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:17 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG Start 0 1min 15sec ??det, 1min 45 sec det, EOT det

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519 at start, peaked 539 near midpoint with qsb. Signal into the noise at 1.37 and slowly rising to EOT.

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW heard but no copy, good near steady visual 10+ dB above noise

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 first minute and 539 second minute, no qsb, decent copy.

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI start 15, 15, 12, 8, 1min 10, 12, 15, 15, EOT14

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: K4FI -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 30, 30, 32, 25, 1min 25, 22, 27, 25, EOT 25

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 579 just a slight variation in signal strength

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 569 with QSB

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 419 at start, slow rise and peaking 529 final thirty seconds.

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 579, 10+ fade near eot

17:23 K5HFG-DON: WW8II bright trace, no tone, no noticeable QSB, entire Tx. // KG0VL bright trace, detect call in the noise copy 319, no measurable sig strength, entire Tx. // W4DEX quick trace first 5 seconds then gone. // NO other stations detected.

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:06 KG0VL-JEFF: Called you twice on SSB Bill, no reply.

17:07 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now calling W4DEX 53 SSB

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB QSO S8

17:08 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI and WA4LDU SSB below normal, fades into noise at times

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL @ the noise calling K0AWU quick QSB

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: I just called W4DEX SSB I hear SSB AT THE NOISE

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB building now 52

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 57 W4DEX 52

17:29 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 52 SSB

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB 53 QSO

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 53 SSB QSO

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 53 SSB QSO

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL QSO 59 big signal!!

17:31 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 58 SSB

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 55 peak while WA4LDU went into the noise

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: Interesting and there is a D layer ABSORPTION event that says we should have no propagation yet 400 to 600 miles was good

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 55 SSB QSO

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 55 another QSO

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now 57 SSB

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX building S8

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO now 53

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: I do not copy K4FI

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now 41 going into the noise

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX still at the noise

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now 52

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX last 55

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: Still do not hear K4FI

21 December 2021

*2*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 123, A-index 16, K-index 2

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity Lots of C level and at least 2 M class flares the Max M1.48 with the current showing B9.24 there is a D layer absorption in progress

16:59 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar noon for WW8II 1732ut, K0AWU 1812ut, KG0VL 1806ut, K5HFG 1756ut, WY3T 1725ut, W4DEX 1720ut, K4FI 1723ut, K4LY 1726ut we are at the bottom all the big climb back up to the top

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @75.2W 101nt, @137.2W 97.4nt

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1655ut 571km/s, PHI 312, Dernsity 13.17p/cm3

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: There is a D layer absorption in Progress

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1720ut 101nt and 98.8nt

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1722ut 571km/s, PHI 329, Density 13.19p/cm3

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: Still a D layer absorption in progress:: 

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, WY3T 1718, K4FI 1720, K4LY 1722, W4DEX 1724

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 10db, 7db, 8db, 18db, at 1 min 17db, 15db, 15db,18db, END 21db about 2-3db fast QSB all periods

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 start, steady rise to 569, solid copy full 2m

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II Fair trace SL. Some tone deep in noise.

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 519 at best 1st min

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II CW avg 329 with qsb to noise, about 50% copy today

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW no copy but good trace in spec lab

17:13 K4LY: WW8II weak 419 to 529. some qsb

17:13 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL occasional trace on SL.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start det, 15, 8, det, 1min 5, 6, 14, 18, 2min 15

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 37db, 38db, 35db, 35db, at 1 min 36db, 36db, 36db, 37db, at END 39db

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW barely perceptible above noise, no usable copy today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 on peaks, 15 dB QSB

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy but weak trace in spec lab

17:14 K4LY: KG0VL weak, but 519 with little QSB

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 519 average with several 529 peaks, light qsb

17:15 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, good visual peaking 10 dB SN

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 10, 8, 10, 5, 1min 7, 10, 10, 7, EOT 4

17:16 K4LY: K0AWU no copy of detection

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0AWU CW no usable signal today

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 539 at start, up to 559 by one minute and peaked 579 final ten seconds of test.

17:17 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW no usable signal today

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, NO signal detected

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, weak visual detection at start and at eot

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 with little to no qsb

17:18 K4LY: K5HFG no copy or detection

17:19 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T Very weak trace SL. No audio

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:20 K4LY: WY3T noise moved onto 1899 so no cpy or detection

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW heard, no copy, visual 10 dB SN at start and eot

17:20 ND3L-DES: cOPY K4FI 529 HERE

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T CW no usable signal today, but detected light copy on peaks

17:21 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no detect

17:21 K4LY: W$FI weaker than normal with occ peaks to + 35 dB

17:21 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW no copy but weak trace in spec lab

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 589 peaks, near 20 dB fades

17:21 KP2AE-JOE: k4fi 579-539 qsb

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4FI CW avg 589 with shallow qsb, solid copy

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: K4FI -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI Start 6, 7, 6, 4, 1min 5, 4, 7, 7, EOT 7,

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599

17:22 WY3T-TIM: K4FI cw start 329, 2, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 1, 2 db > nf at eot

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: K4LY CW 569, 579 peak

17:24 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4LY CW 569 avg with higher peaks, solid with shallow qsb

17:24 K4FI-DOUG: K4LY 579, some QSB

17:24 KP2AE-JOE: k4ly 599-539 qsb

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: K4LY start 7, 7, 7, 5, 1min 5, 3, 1, det, EOT 3,

17:24 WA4LDU-JOE: K4LY CW 589 with QSB

17:24 WY3T-TIM: K4LY start cw detect, 0,0,1,0,0, 1, 2, 1 db > nf at eot

17:24 K0AWU-BILL: K4LY -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:24 ND3L-DES: k4ly 529

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: K4LY: Copied about 50% of two-minute transmission, 419 and near noise level.

17:25 ND3L-DES: w4dex 529

17:26 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 569 to 579 halfway thru, some QSB

17:26 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599avg, several sharp/deep qsb fades 12-15db, but solid copy

17:26 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 589 with QSB

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start12, 11, 12, 6, 1min 5, 8, 16, 16, EOT 17

17:26 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX start cw 219, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 2 db > nf at eot

17:26 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599+10-579 qsb

17:26 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL see trace, hear tone in noise but no copy, entire Tx // NO other stations detected.

17:26 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529 with several 539 peaks, no qsb

17:26 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab --- PERHAPS det for about 5sec around 1min 40sec ?? Not sure

17:27 K4LY: W4DEX weaker than norman peaking + 35dB with QSB to +15
 

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SSB Reports:

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I called several times SSB NO response

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO SSB today

17:05 K0AWU-BILL: Nothing heard here listening for over 10min

17:06 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB signals here

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: I now hear SSB to my NW sounds like KG0VL at the noise

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 53-54 SSB

17:08 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL SSB -- started 51 built to 53 or 54

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: OK I called KG0VL SSB no response

17:09 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB heard calling KG0VL

17:26 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX now weak on SSB

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: I again called SSB no response

17:28 K5HFG-DON:  NO SSB heard here today

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB detected

17:30 WY3T-TIM: Heard no SSB today and very lite CW, 73s to all

20 December 2021

*2*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 115, A-index 12, K-index 2

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Sun activity last 24 hours LOTS OF ACTIVITY all C level events except 1 M1.9 @ 1136utc in 2908, currently a C1.07 plus there is a D layer absorption event in progress

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today al in the central Gulf

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1650ut @75.2W 99nt, @137.2W 94.5nt

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1647utc 575km/s, PHI 347, Density 9.45p/cm3

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometer @1710ut @75.2W 99nt, @137.2W 95.3nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1712ut 573km/s, PHI 340, Density 9.72p/cm3


CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 minute cw schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, WY3T 1714, K4FI 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II Very weak signal SL. Weaker as time went by.

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW only 329 at best

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II CW barely audible on best qsb peaks, no usable signal

17:13 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii just detect sig. no real copy.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 8, 8, 11, 11, 15, 12, 13, 9, 9

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

17:14 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Occasional trace of short duration.

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW no usable signal today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 439 near eot

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529 at start, fast qsb and back to noise level at twenty seconds, back up again and peaked at 539 near one minute, ending 529 at EOT

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: I noted what sounded like distortion on KG0VL CW maybe just mixing with the noise but so noted

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 first min, dip into noise returning to 329 at eot

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T CW 429 avg,/ in and out of noise level with qsb

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal detected

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:16 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 569, Steady and then deep dip at end.

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI CW 589 minor QSB

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K4FI cw 559, 20, 30, 33, 27, 23, 20, 20, 20 db > nf at eot

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: k4fi 599 steady

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4FI CW 599 with 20db over S9 peaks, qsb deep but solid copy

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI start det, 3, 4, 2, 1min 2, 3, 2, 5, 5 visual only no tone

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX CW 599 +20 on peaks, deep qsb but solid copy

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599+10 steady

17:20 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 589, some QSB.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 2, 4, 9, 5, 1min 0, det, 6, 1, EOT 6

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 339, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 14, 11, 10 db > nf at eot

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519 at start, slow rise and up to 529 near EOT. Little to any qsb noted.

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SSB Reports:

17:08 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB signals here

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB signals heard here

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: I have also not heard any SSB signals today

17:30 W4DEX-DEX:  KP2AE and K4FI SSB averaging S8.  Good prop out to 100 miles.  No DX SSB heard