17 August 2023

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16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar X-ray flux 160,  A-index 8,  K-index 2

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 123nt, GOES 18 107nt

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1644ut 314km/s, PHI 112, Density 4.61p/cm3

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: I did a 5 minute transmission with 650 watts from 1605 to 1619ut then a 1KW 3 minute transmission from 1612ut to 1615ut wanted to see what power and 1/2 pwer would look like

CW Reports:

WW8II-BRUCE: 2 Minute CW test K0AWU 1640ut, K5HFG 1642ut, WY3T 1644ut, W4DEX 1616ut
16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start NO signal seen

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:42 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:42 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal seen

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, good visual detection! First in a while...Interesting

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal seen

16:46 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 119 first minute good trace then faded to no detect

16:47 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:47 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t some dect of sig end of 2nd min no real cpy

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with some quick fades (ground wave/sky wave clash ?), solid copy

16:48 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 3db, 0, 0, det, 1 min CRASH, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

16:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faint in the noise the second min

16:48 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 569 mostly GW louzy day for locals

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 439 with QSB - solid trace

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB weak, poor copy

16:33 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 42 copy, a bit down from normal groundwave