20 August 2022

*1.5*

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 105, A-index 20, K-index 1

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity low to this point low B level events little or NO D layer absorption

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today NE Indiana, East IL, UP of MI, W. TN, North MS, South LA, Florida panhandle, Heavy in the Atlantic from North Florida to South Carolina also south central MI

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: GOES 16, 108nt, GOES 17, 102nt

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1641ut 470km/s, PHI 13, Density 5.56p/cm3


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KG6VL 1642, K5HFG 1644, WY3T 1646, W4DEX 1648

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

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW heard briefly during a peak, good visual peaking about 18 dB over noise

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

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

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

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

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

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 HEAVY +30db crashes to my SW

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0 EOT 0

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:50 KP2AE-JOE: lo noise some sky wave fair local prop. no dx w4dex 589-549 some qsb

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX Start 0, 0, -0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0 EOT 0 unable to copy anything QRN now solid 20+ db

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

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX

16:50 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 11, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 8, 9 db >nf at eot . . . Good 549 copy

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW nice Q5 copy near eot

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from S1 Q3 to S5 Q5

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I will call SSB @ 1635ut for 1 minute

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB S4 nice Q5 copy

16:38 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB here

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here today

16:20: *** STARTED LOGGING *** 1899 kHz Mid-day Prop Test

16:20: *** NET OPENED *** 1899 kHz Mid-day Prop Test

16:20: *** WW8II is now online ***

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 105, A-index 20, K-index 1

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Local WX 76deg 70% humidity sunny and dry now but expect rain this afternoon

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activiy low to this point low B level events little or NO D layer absorption

16:22: *** WY3T is now online ***

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Noise floor @1620 SSB S7 , CW S3 normal so far

16:24: *** K5HFG is now online ***

16:24: *** KP2AE is now online ***

16:25: *** KG0VL is now online ***

16:25 K5HFG-DON: I think the tstorms have move far enough north of me. I will keep an eye on them.

16:25 WY3T-TIM: 88 F partly cloudy . . noise S5-6 SSB / S3 CW . . -111 dbm ave noise floor . . no static lightning QRN

16:25 K5HFG-DON: 72 F light rain. S5 CW noise

16:27 W4DEX-DEX: Noise floor lowest I've seen in a while

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today NE INdiana, East IL, UP of MI, W. TN, North MS, South LA, Florida panhandle, Heavy in the Atlantic from North Florida to South Carolina also south central MI

16:28 WW8II-BRUCE: I am getting lightning crashes of 5 to 10 db

16:28 K5HFG-DON: Lot of static crashes, lightning 50 miles north, moving north

16:29: *** WA4LDU is now online ***

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: I think the T storm here will not arrive here until about 1730ut so I hope

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from S1 Q3 to S5 Q5

16:33 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KG6VL 1642, K5HFG 1644, WY3T 1646, W4DEX 1648

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I will call SSB @ 1635ut for 1 minute

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB S4 nice Q5 copy

16:34: *** K4ZH is now online ***

16:35: *** K4ZH is now offline ***

16:36 WW8II-BRUCE: My static crashes are not +20db

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning now 75 miles out to me SW and moving my way fast

16:38 WY3T-TIM: Hearing no SSB here

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here today

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: I am ready to start the 2 min CW

16:42: *** WA4LDU is now offline ***

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

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WW8II

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW heard breifly during a peak, good visual peaking about 18 dB over noise

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

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

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

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

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

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 HEAVY +30db crashes to my SW

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0 EOT 0

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

16:50 KP2AE-JOE: lo noise some sky wave fair local prop. no dx w4dex 589-549 some qsb

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX Start 0, 0, -0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0 EOT 0 uable to copy anything QRN now solid 20+ db

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

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Disconnecting

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from W4DEX

16:50 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 11, 10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 8, 9 db >nf at eot . . . Good 549 copy

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: ES 16, 108nt, GOES 17, 102nt

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW nice Q5 copy near eot

16:50 K5HFG-DON: 73 guys, gotta bounce, this lightning makes me nervous. CUL

16:51: *** K5HFG is now offline ***

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1641ut 470km/s, PHI 13, Density 5.56p/cm3

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: 73 guys

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: I am shut down all power plugs and antennas disconnected

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: RR Bruce

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Going to work on today prenet data

16:53 WY3T-TIM: 73s to all

16:54: *** WY3T is now offline ***

16:55: *** KP2AE is now offline ***

16:55: *** KG0VL is now offline ***

16:55 W4DEX-DEX: 73

16:56: *** STOPPED LOGGING *** 1899 kHz Mid-day Prop Test

16:56: *** NET CLOSED *** 1899 kHz Mid-day Prop Test