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Saturday, December 9, 2023

09 Demcember 2023
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16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 133, A-index 4, K-index 0

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 & 18 both 104nt EQUAL

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1710ut 393km/s, PHI 209, density 4.16p/cm3


16:53 K0AWU-BILL: Signal captured by SpecLab 2 or 3min ago -- I was out of the room  (W4DEX tune-up 1650-1651)


CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1710, K0AWU 1712, K5HFG 1714, W4DEX 1716

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 5db, det-5db, 0-det, 0-5db, 2-4db at 1 MIN, 5-10db, 6db, 0-4db, at END 5db

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Fair trace appeared at17 10 20 with deep QSB and NO tone to end of Tx.

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: WW8II copy carrier and full call 2nd min

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569 peaks, very deep fade just after start

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, det-2db, 3-4db, 1 min det, 0, 0, det??, EOT 2-5db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, positive visual detection near end of transmission on both rx antennas

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start det, det, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, det, det-3db,?? EOT 2-4db

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG no signal detected

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 - S9+20db - unusually strong and steady

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start det, 3db, 13db, 13db, 1 min 14db, 18db, 23db, 25db, EOT 24db copy call 519

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Bright trace first 1min 15sec, faint trace next 30 sec, 0-det last 15 sec!!  
Jan 26th was last time I had seen W4DEX for this much of the transmission

17:19 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

Received at W4DEX:


SSB Reports:
17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 58, nice skywave

17:03 W4DEX-DEX:KM4MMD SSB S7 (groundwave, 21 miles)

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB skywave peaking S9

17:10 W4DEX-DEX: Strongest skywave signal from KP2AE in many moons, S9 peaks

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU skywave SSB S9++



WW8II-BRUCE: Notes:
The sun remained at a B 9.1 throughout the test today
A C level flare started @ 1720 ut but the sun was relatively quiet throughout the CW testing today
1723 ut C1.15
1728 ut C1.54
1730 ut C 1.53

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