30 November 2023

*2*

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 171, A-index 5, K-index 1

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 104nt, GOES 18, 105nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1715ut 495km/s, PHI 134, Density 3.80p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, W4DEX 1714

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 559 peak, 549 average full 2 min

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II no copy but good trace in Spectran

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 549 average, good visual detection, peaked >40db

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO heard WW8II carrier and CW

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak, fades into the noise

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 30db, 589copy 30db, 30db, 1min still solid copy, 24db, 25db, 22db, EOT 30db

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy but fair trace in Spectran

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 579 with QSB

17:16 KP2AE-JOE: just dect. ww8ii w4dex 589 qsb deep fades fair day for locals

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 7db 437, 10db, 14db, 1min 9db weak tone, 9db, 6-9db, EOT 6-9-3db

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, decent copy on CW. Increasing signal from start to finish, ending 30db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

17:00 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x5 SSB

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Nice SSB QSO with KG0VL 59+5db 

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 53

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB detected, no copy

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4LY SSB 54

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB QSO 53 to 55 copy

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29 November 2023

*1.5*

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 182, A-index 7, K-index 1

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1710ut GOES 16 103nt, GOES 18 104nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1716ut, 386km/s, PHI 124, Density 3.44 p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, WY3T 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 8db, 5-10db, 8-12db, 10-12db, at 1 MIN 12db, 10db, 10db, 10db, at END 12db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW carrier heard, no CW copy. Good visual peaking 25 dB over noise

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw audible full time 229 at best

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529-539 with QSB. Peaked 40db above the noise

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 33db, 33db, 35db, 35db, at 1 MIN 35db, 35db, 37db, 40db, at END 40db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 24db, 24db, 12db, copy 519 to 419, 12db, 1min 519 copy 15db, 20db, 12db, 15db, copy 519, EOT14db, QSB

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not copied/heard

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected 1st min. very weak peaks last min. Unusually weak

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not audible today

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

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

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 average, good visual detection. Peaked 45db above the noise.

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW keying heard 1st min, no copy.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:18 WA1AC-CLINT: hearing WY3T very faint

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with wild/deep variations in signal strength from <S9 to 20 over S9

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 12 db tone heard, 10db, 7db, 10db,no tone, 3db, 1 min 2db, 3-6db, 0-det, 2-3db, EOT 5-6db

17:20 WA1AC-CLINT: wild swings on W4DEX S3 to S9

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but faint detection 2nd min

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected first 30 seconds. Then out of the depths and up to 20db above the noise with a good visual detection.

Received at W4DEX;

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54 peaks, 52 QSB

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here today

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 52, 53. no significant skywave detected

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28 November 2023

*1.5*

Solar Wind Speed: 424 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz 1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 187 sfu

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: KGØVL 1710, KØAWU 1712, WY3T 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 18db, 20db, 18-20db, 16-18db, at 1 MIN 5-12db, det-12db, 10-15db, 12-20db, at END 2-25db.

What a huge difference with KGØVL's prenet sig test (close to 30db and almost no QSB) to loss of close to 10db or more during net

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks 15 dB over noise, very little QSB

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - weak trace in Spectran

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 at start and began slow decline thereafter. Peaked 35db at start, falling to around 15db above the noise at end.

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - Good solid trace in Spectran

17:17 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW signal heard, no copy, visual 23 dB over noise, QSB near eot

17:18 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 with QSB dips to noise 2nd minute

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, weaker than normal with peaks 10-12 db above the noise.

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 579 some qsb not much SW poor day for locals

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SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55, nice skywave peak

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52, 53 peak

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 56

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52 at best

17:06 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO call copied - mostly in the noise

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE marginal copy

17:08 WA4LDU-JOE: WA1AC 59

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27 November 2023

*2*

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 180, A-index 10, K-index 2

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 106nt, GOES 18, 105nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar Wind @ 1714ut 421km/s, PHI 134, Density 1.16p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, WY3T 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det, 0-det, 0-3db, at 1 MIN 2-5db, 5-0db, 0-det, 0-det, at END 0-2db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - solid trace first minute then faded

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 peak copy start and end, 30 dB peak visual with deep QSB

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539-549 good copy. Bright visual detection peaking around 40db above the noise.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20db solid tone18db, 15db copy519, 17db, copy 519, 1min 15db, 10db copy 419, 12db, copy 419. 6db, EOT det

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START det, det-10db, 0-10db, 5-11db, at 1 MIN 4-10db, 0-6db, 10db, 5-10db, at END 5-9db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, brief fair visual detections

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

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

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, peaked 20db above the noise with QSB. Much weaker signal than usual.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - slight visual detection

17:18 WA1AC-CLINT: hearing WY3T but no copy

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:19 WA1AC-CLINT: DEX CW 599

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW heard near eot, no copy. good visual at eot

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 2-3db,0, 0, 1 min 0, 1-2db, 0, 3db, EOT det QSB

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 db at eot

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 599+10 qsb at times good local SW good day for locals

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: No CW heard, weak signal trace in SpecLab. Peaked 6db above the noise, much lower than normal.

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SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 to 55

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54 peaking 58

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB 59

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53 54

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 then fade to 52

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26 November 2023

*1.5*

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 176, A-index 38, K-index 2

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers GOES 16 105nt, GOES 18, 103nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1712ut 531km/s, PHI 103, Density 12.18p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, WY3T 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: ready to switch to CW mode @ 1710ut for 2 min CW test

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det, det-4db, 0-det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-3db, det at END 0-3db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569 peaks, one 30 dB fade into the noise

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519-539 with slow QSB. Good visual detection, peaked 36db above the noise level.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 17db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 22db, 22db, 21db, 23db, at END 25db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 10db 419, 12db, 11db copy 419, 18db copy 519, 1 min 17db, 15db, 10db copy 419, 13db, EOT 15db,

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual detection, much weaker than yesterday

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

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

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519-539 average with slow QSB. Good visual detection, peaking around 38db above the noise.

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 first min, QSB to noise floor

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 439 steady

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 mion 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, det-2db??, 1 min 0, det??, 3db, 5db, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 with QSB to noise at EOT

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faint in the noise . . . my noise level is up by 3 to 4 today.

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection, peaking 16db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 3x2 copy, replied no answer

17:01 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I copy KG0VL SSB start in the noise then 41 then 51 copy at the end

17:03 WA4LDU-JOE: copy W4DEX ssb but extremely weak

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB heard, no copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53

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