18 February 2023

*1.5*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 343, A-index 6, K-index 2

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Not a lot of movement (MINOR ) in the Solar event or the D layer absorption

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer steady 9db no real solar events

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1710ut GOES 16, 112nt, GOES 17, 108nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1714ut 439km/s, PHI 92, Density 6.46p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, AB4AM 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:11 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual on both antennas

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 10db, 6-10db, 3-8db, 3-8db, at 1 MIN 0-3db, det, det, 0-det, at END 0

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519, steady very little qsb

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 12db, 6-12db, 10db, 12db, 1min 10-13db, 14db, 15db, 16db, EOT 17db

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 15db, 13db, 10-13db, 6-10db, at 1 MIN 8-11db, 6-10db, 3-8db, 2-6db, at END 9-14db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual on both antennas

17:14 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected on both antennas

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 first minute, 529 next 40 seconds, into the noise final 20 seconds.

17:17 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

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

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected on either antenna

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no copy

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy/detect

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 529 on both antennas

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: ab4am 549-519 some qsb good cpy 2min

17:20 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM no copy

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: no tone, faint trace first 20 seconds

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589-549 slight qsb good day for locals

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

17:22 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start det, det, det-3db, solid 4-5db, 1min 0, det-2db, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:23 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 3 db at start then no detect to eot

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: CW tone heard first thirty seconds. Strong spectral return against -128db noise floor.

Received at W4DEX:

Vertical wire RX antenna

Loop RX antenna

SSB Reports:

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB seen or heard

17:03 KP2AE-JOE: ab4am 52 here

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52, AB4AM 53 same time calling Don

17:04 AB4AM-ROB: Called W4DEX, KP2AE, and K5HFG SSB no copy so far

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53

17:08 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing occasional weak SSB no real copy