18 October 2022

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16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 126, A-index 6, K-index 2

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today lots out in the Atlantic a few hundred miles off the coast from Florida to New York with some in the SW Gulf and scattered in the central Gulf

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity LOW 1628ut B5.82 with a 2 DB D layer absorption

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: the sun's activity is heading top the back side of the sun and the part of the Northern Hemisphere is looking more and more to the south, so tis the time for better propagation

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers GOES16, 111nt, GOES 17, 106nt

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1642ut 495 km/s, PHI 307, Density 6.71p/cm3

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: There was a QUICK solar burst @1639ut a C1.0 with a 4db D layer absorption and gone @1642ut to a B6.21 and a D layer absorption of 2db

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1640, KGØVL 1642, W4DEX 1644
16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329, visual peak about 20 dB S/N

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 539, solid carrier 17db CW carrier now 22db cw 23db, solid 539 copy, 23db long dash, long dash 22db

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak visual detection.....test at 1623 was about 10 dB S/N

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529 stable through entire two minute transmission

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from W4DEX

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 319 copy , 319, 219, det long dash, 0, long dash, 319, 219

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569 steady ( started late?)

16:46 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today-w4dex 1min late 599-589 wa4ldu 53 good day for locals

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:31 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 55

16:32 WW8II-BRUCE: I am listening to the SE and hear NO SSB

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52

16:38 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX very weak SSB, just above noise

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB now 55

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 57

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing NO SSB so far today, was listening SE now antenna is NW