31 August 2022

*1*

Solar wind speed: 502.0 km/sec
density: 7.34 protons/cm3

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C2 1459 UT Aug31
24-hr: M2 1938 UT Aug30

Sunspot number: 50

10.7 cm flux: 126 sfu

Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 2 quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 3 quiet


Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 7.03 nT
Bz: -4.44 nT south

CW Reports:
16:36 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1640, KØAWU 1642, K5HFG 1644, WY3T 1646, W4DEX 1648

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START -- 9db, 5-9db, 11db, 9db, at 1 min 4-11db, 16db, 18db, 13db, at END 3-10db

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, nice visual on the long dashes

16:42 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 519-529 slight qsb

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG --- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual detection

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T --- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:50 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 589-419 deep qsb

16:50 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX --- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:50 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from W4DEX

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB nice S5 copy about half the time

16:38 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- 51 SSB

16:38 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 51 SSB, weak but there.

30 August 2022

(Addendum)

1899KHz PRE NET TEST FOR 08-30-2022

WW8II (EN82gf) Transmitting a 6 second 1 kw CW signal with id every 1 minute

W4DEX (EM95tg) receiving and recording the signal this is a 510 mile path

The D layer absorption never above 3 db the entire test and there were no major solar events during the pre net testing

1400ut start the test
1555ut test stopped

30 August 2022

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity So far today the sun has not been disturbed low B level events nothing so far exciting the ionosphere

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today lots in SW VA and up in W.VA, and south and central Mississippi, and north Alabama, also in Fl from Gainesville to Tampa and out in the Atlantic few hundred miles off the coast of GA.

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 103nt, GOES 17, 97.9nt

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1642ut 539 km/s, PHI 3, Density 8.47p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KGØVL 1642, KØAWU 1644, K5HFG 1646, WY3T 1648, W4DEX 1650

16:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual dashes peaking 10 dB over noise

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw no audible copy today

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 13db, 14db, 11db, 15db, at 1 min 11-15db, 0, 8-10db, 13db, at END 17db

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no signal heard, increasing lightning static here

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, just a few weak visual traces

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0, 4db, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw no copy today

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 average with a few 539 peaks, some qsb.

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw no signal copied today,

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, one suspicious dash a bit high in freq.....need at least two at same freq to call a positive visual

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw weakly detected at noise threshold 50% of transmission, no usable copy, static increasing

16:52 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faintly for a few sec in the noise

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:52 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with 12 db qsb variations, usual copy most days

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0 EOT 0

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from W4DEX

16:53 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, possible very weak visual close to end

16:52 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB S8 !!, some QSB

16:37 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 53-54 SSB, took me by surprise.

16:37 K0AWU-BILL: Jeff KG0VL 54 :-))) SSB

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I was listening to the NW and heard NO SSB

16:40 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB S2

29 August 2022

*1*

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 252, A-index 7, K-index 3

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: solar activity @1456ut a M2.55 and currently an M still climbing now a M1.69 class is in progress with current 27db D layer absorption

16:25 WW8II-BRUCE: lightning now southern WS., NW ILL, central KY, NW TN., SE Nebraska, SE Kansas, Missouri., Oklahoma Texas, also in the Gulf off the Florida Gulf side in Jacksonville Florida and in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers are not updating last 1610ut GOES 16 117nt, Goes 17 101nt

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1644ut 467km/s, PHI 329, Density 10.77p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KGØVL 1642, KØAWU 1644, K5HFG 1646, WY3T 1648, W4DEX 1650

16:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual peak during first minute

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 0, 0, 2sec det, 5 sec det, at 1 min det, 0, 0, 0, END 0db

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:45 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from KØAWU

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0 0, 0, EOT 0

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: QRN now building up

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:49 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:52 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX

16:52 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

None

28 August 2022

(Addendum)

08-28-2022 PRE NET TESTING

WW8II (EN82gf) transmits a 6-8 sec. 1kw CW signal with id. every 1 minute

W4DEX (EM95tg) receives and records the signal, a 510mile path

28 August 2022

*0.5*

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLARE NOW PEAKING @1615UT M6.61 D LAYER ABSORPTION LEVEL NOW 35+++ DB

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 128 A-index 14, K-index 2 but this was at 1500 ut sure things have changed

16:27 WW8II-BRUCE: The flare appears to have peaked @1618ut @ M6.73

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: The flare and D layer absorption appear top be a fairly long duration

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640utGOES 16 108, GOES 17 99.7nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1640ut 439km/s, PHI 345, Density 5.48p/cm3

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: The flare is still a M3.47 @1647ut and the D layer absorption was still 35db

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640, K0AWU 1642, WY3T 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0db

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:43 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual very weak but appears to be some signal there

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

16:47 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 219 - copied call a few times - good trace in spec lab

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1mimn 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, visual very weak but appears to CW spreading over the 10 Hz window compared to the previous 2-minute transmission

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

None

27 August 2022

(Addendum)

There was a major Polar Cap Absorption event today before and during the net

PRE NET TESTING for August 27, 2022, was from 1342ut to 1600ut

WW8II (EN82gf) Transmitting a 6 second 1 kw CW signal with ID every 1 minute

W4DEX (EM95tg) receiving and recording the signal this is a 510-mile path

27 August 2022

*1*

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 119, a-INDEX 5, k-INDEX 4

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: A MAJOR POLAR CAP ABSORPTION IN PROGRESS SHOULD BE MOST INTERESTING DATA TODAY

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR ACTIVITY LOTS OF C AND M LEVEL EVENTS LAST M1.8 EVEN SEEN @ 1558

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16 108nt, GOES 17 86.4nt

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1644ut 368km/s, PHI 298, Density 12.55p/cm3


CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640ut, K0AWU 1642, K5HFG 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, one visual peak about 5 dB over noise

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0,0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:45 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw no copy, good trace in spec lab

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0,0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

Received at W4DEX:

 

SSB Reports:

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: No answer to my SSB calls

26 August 2022

*1*

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 118, A-index 5, K-index 1

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Lots of solar activi9ty today there was a M class flare starting at 12:08ut peaking @ 12:14ut M7.24 level and officially ending @ 112:31ut but the M level event really continued and was still @ a M1.02 level @ 1524ut, D layer absorption reached in excess of 27db and currently @ C5.36 event level and D layer absorption is still 17db

16:31 WW8II-BRUCE: Today's Pre-net testing was a no signals seen over the 510-mile path between WW8II and W4DEX

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today some in the gulf from San Antonio TX to Houston TX to south LA, and on the Florida gulf side from Tampa south and south of Jacksonville to Orlando and West Palm Beach with some scattered out in the Atlantic

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar active is rising again C5.73 and climbing Absorption 17db

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 114nt, GOES 17, 110nt

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1640ut 335 km/s, PHI 275, Density 5.48p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KGØVL 1642, KØAWU 1644, K5HFG 1646, WY3T 1648, W4DEX 1650

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START -- 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, one 10 dB visual peak

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NO signal seen

16:44 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 0, det, det, det-0, at 1 min 0-det, det, det, det, at END det .. never measurable

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:45 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, hard call on a visual but doubt what is seen is valid signal

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NO signal seen

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: No signal (rare)

16:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal seen

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal seen

16:51 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NO signal seen

16:52 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer absorption still 15db

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 219 --in and out of noise, good trace in spec lab

16:52 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:53 WY3T-TIM: No stations copied/detected here

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: No SSB heard

25 August 2022

(Addendum)

1899Khz PRE NET TESTING

WW8II (EN82gf) Transmit a 1 kw CW signal for 6 seconds every 1 minute

W4DEX (EM95tg) Receive and record the signal a 510mile path

1641 today there was a C3.25 flare event with a 12 db D layer absorption during the net..

There were multiple C level flares during the testing today

1400ut START TEST
1545ut END TEST

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25 August 2022

*1*

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 108, a-INDEX 3, k-INDEX 2

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR ACTIVITY lots of c LEVEL EVENTS HAPPENING ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today West Central Mississippi, SE Mississippi, Baton Rouge, San Antonio TX and scattered in the western Gulf also Orlando Florida, and SW Alabama SE coast of South Carolina out into the Atlantic

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: The solar present activity C1.03 with 5db D layer absorption @1620ut

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: The D layer absorption still holding @5db @1631ut lots of stirring, charging and discharging of the particals in the ionosphere today

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16 106nt, GOES 17, 105nt

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1644ut 349Km/s, PHI 334, Density 1.05p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KGØVL 1642, K5HFG 1644, WY3T 1646, W4DEX 1648

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, weak visual detection with QSB into the noise

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:44 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG no signal seen HIGH local QRN to the SW direction

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 3-6db increase of noise floor to the SE direction

16:49 KP2AE-JOE: some short sky prop. Rapid and deep qsb, lo qrn. w4dex 579-519 lousy local prop.

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NO signals seen, I have a 6 db increase in the noise floor to the SE direction

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from W4DEX

16:50 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:50 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today. Noise now increased to S7.

16:53 WY3T-TIM: No stations copied/detected today, 73s to all

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB Q2 to Q5 copy peaking S6, wild QSB again today
16:32 WW8II-BRUCE: I called for 1 minute SSB no response heard

16:34 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB here