17 April 2023

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16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 178, A-index 4, K-index 1

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity moderate, but signals were way down during prenet testing there is a large CORONAL HOLE in the SE part o\f the sun

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16 110nt, GOES 18 101nt

16:47 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1636ut 377 km/s, PHI 112, Density 1.30p/cm3

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

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no cw heard, good visual detection

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

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

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not copied today

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start det?? 0, 2-3db,3-5db, 1 min det, 2-4db, det, 0, EOT 0

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 copy but weaker than normal, 6-12db qsb noted over 2 min transmission

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min det??, det??, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 KP2AE-JOE: no DX today w4dex 559-419 louzy day for locals

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very faint visual on both rx antennas

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, peaked about 5db above the noise floor, QSB noted on the visual detection

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:31 KP2AE-JOE: W4DEX SSB not sounding too good. Just detectable

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 1st transmission solid copy 52, 2nd transmission barely detectable.  Skywave with QSB

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 5x2

16:38 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CS0 and KP2AE no copy today SSB