31 December 2023

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16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 140, A-index 4, K-index 0

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity @ 1653ut was C2.1 and dropping

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 111nt, GOES 18 110nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind 1713ut 301km/s, PHI 346, Density 3.83p/cm3

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTE solar wind was changing several km/s from 1710 to 1720

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716

17:11 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 539, yet I couldn't hear his SSB just seconds previous.

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 539 at start, 529 near EOT. Fairly stable signal, peaked 35db above the noise.

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 15db, 15db, 12db, 4-10db, 1 min 15-10db copy call 319, 12db, 15db, Call 419, 15db, 15db, EOT call 319

17:13 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 18,23,20,20,1 min 25,23,25,12 599-559

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM start det, 0, 0, 0, 1 min det, 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT det

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 589 average, 599 peaks with moderate QSB

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak CW heard, peaked 26db near start of test. Began slow decent into the noise. Good visual detection full period.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 15db copy call 529,20db, 1min 25db copy call 559, 23db, 24db copy calll 559 EOT 30db

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW keying heard, no copy, deep fades

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy detect

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 579, slow fade to 559

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 average, fast QSB. Peaked >40db above the noise. One large QSB dip.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:02 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 559 SSB QSO with K4CSO K4CSO in the noise

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard or detected here

17:05 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 55-59 QSB to the noise SSB

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 57 peaks

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB mostly 52 groundwave, just a few 53 peaks so far

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: K4CSO SSB still at my noise

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB nice 59 peak, then gone

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing SSB not sure who

17:26 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX SSB noise to 52 back to noise SSB

17:26 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II very weak on SSB. Replied twice, no response.

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: no SSB now

17:28 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM very weak on SSB!

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 52 SSB calling AB4AM

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: Now weak SSB

17:29 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 32 peak

17:32 K4DBK-DENNIS: copy WW8II SSB calling KG0VL 

17:32 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 52 SSB

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: QSO with KG0VL 51 to 52 SSB

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK SSB 32

17:34 K4DBK-DENNIS: copy ww8ii ssb

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing SSB in and out of the noise

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX SSB 55

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK SSB 55 QSO

17:35 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX was 57

17:36 K4DBK-DENNIS: no copy on AB4AM

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: K4DBK no copy

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now 51 SSB

17:40 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 53, answered call

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