26 April 2024

*2*

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 167, A-index 3, K-index 3

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640 BIG spread GOES 16, 116nt, GOES 18, 90.8nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1640, KØAWU 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T detected @ W4DEX 3db

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: broken visual detection. Unable to determine signal level due to static crashes.

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 0, det, 5db, det-1db, at 1 MIN 0-2db, det-2db, 2-5db, det-2db, at END 0-det

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 7db, 7db, det, 5db, 1 min 0-det?? 0, 0, 0, EOT 2 det

16:47 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:49 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det?, 0, 0, at 1 MIN 0-det, det, 0-det, 0, at END 0-det --- all but one detection sequence was VERY weak. "best one" at 15 sec after first MIN

16:49 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: broken, albeit bright visual detection within the static crashes. Unknown signal level

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL detected about 2-3db @ W4DEX

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II detected 5-7db @ W4DEX

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU not seen @ W4DEX

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25 April 2024

*2*

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 199, A-index 4, K-index 1

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16, 103, GOES 18, 99.4nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1640ut 318km/s, PHI 39, Density 1.57p/cm3

20

gev_20240425_1626

2024/04/25 16:26:00

16:39:00

16:32:00

C3.2

N19W59 ( 3648 )

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:40 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU CW at 16:29 559 copy

16:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 569 some SW deep qsb fades better now but still poor day for locals

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 4-5db, 0,2-4db, 1 min 0, 0, det, det, EOT det??-2db

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: Visual detection 30 seconds into test, steady thereafter. Peaks around 6db

16:43 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 329 in and out of noise

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 did you forget to transmit?

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks 8 dB over noise

16:46 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

16:47 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard, good visual detection peaking 10db above the noise.

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual copy 10 dB over noise

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

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SSB Reports:
16:31 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB very weak but did copy him calling me

16:33 WW8II-BRUCE: SO far NO SSB detected today

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB Q4 copy over the S5 noise

16:35 WY3T-TIM: no SSB here

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB Q5 copy over the S6 noise

16:41 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO, KP2AE not good ssb copy today

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24 April 2024

*2*

16:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 219, A-index 8, A-index 1

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 101, GOES 18 98.7nt

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1644ut 361km/s, PHI 356, Density 0.30p/cm3

(1534 UTC plot is the closest available time during today's test)

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 at best with deep qsb fades little SW poor day for locals

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, det??, 0, 1 min 0, det??, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 329 in and out of the noise - good trace in ARGO

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright and well-defined visual return despite low signal level.

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min det-2db, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WT3T cw no detect

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:48 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, det-4db, det, 1 min 0, det 0, det-3db, EOT 0

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 5db, 5db, 5db, 2-5db, at 1 MIN 5-6db, det-5db, det-5db, det-5db, at END det-5db

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very faint visual detection

16:49 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: faint CW carrier heard final seconds of test, good visual detection that peaked around 12db with fast QSB

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0,0,0,0,at 1 MIN 0, 0, brief det?, 0, at END 0db

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, weak visual detection

16:50 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:51 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard, good visual detection peaking around 10db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52 on brief peaks, seems to be a bit of skywave

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 53 on a brief peak

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 53 on peaks

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23 April 2024

*2*

16:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Lots of active sunspots. 15 named active regions

16:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 227, A-index 8, K-index 2

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16, 98.1, GOES 18, 93.4

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1644ut 372km/s, PHI 304, Density 0.36p/cm3

19	gev_20240423_1514	2024/04/23 15:14:00	16:23:00	15:51:00	C7.4	S05E36 ( 3654 )
20	gev_20240423_1623	2024/04/23 16:23:00	17:30:00	16:51:00	M1.0	S12W50 ( 3647 )

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: The entire test there was a flare in progress currently @ 1644ut was C8.53 and still climbing

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, det, det, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, det??, EOT 0

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 559 no SW poor day for locals

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 319

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, faint visual detection final 30 seconds of test. Static crashes to 10db.

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, 0, det??, 1min 0, 2db, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, extremely weak visual detection.

16:48 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, extremely weak visual detection.

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard, good visual detection that peaked around 10db and numerous static crashes.

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SSB Reports:

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 42 at best

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52, no skywave

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22 April 2024

*2*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16 , 97.3nt, GOES 18, 94.1nt

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1643ut 418km/s, PHI 295, Density 0.20p/cm3

18	gev_20240422_1508	2024/04/22 15:08:00	15:32:00	15:19:00	M1.6	N21E05 ( 3646 )
19	gev_20240422_1541	2024/04/22 15:41:00	15:58:00	15:50:00	M2.8	S11E68 ( 3656 )
20	gev_20240422_1626	2024/04/22 16:26:00	16:36:00	16:30:00	M1.1	S12E67 ( 3656 )

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 559 no SW poor day for locals

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 319 with QSB

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: no CW heard, good visual detection peaking 10db above the noise.

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, det?, 1 min 0, det-2db, det?, 0, EOT 0

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START det, 2db, det-3db, 1-2db, at 1 MIN det-2db, 2-det, det-3db, det-2db, at END 1-3db

16:48 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very weak visual detection

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, det??, 0, 2db, 1 min DET??, 0, 0, 3db, EOT 0

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0,0,0,0-det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-det, 0-det, at END 0-det

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:50 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard good visual detection that peaked at 12db above the noise.

16:51 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, only a few visual specks seen

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SSB Reports:

16:32 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 52 on SSB

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 42 no skywave

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO 52 no skywave

16:34 WA4LDU-JOE: possible SSB in the noise but not identified

16:34 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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21 April 2024

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 465 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz -5 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 210 sfu

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646

16:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, weak visual detection that peaked about 5db above the noise.

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:45 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: no CW heard, weak visual detection that peaked around 10db above the noise.

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 2db, 2db, 3db, 3-7db, at 1 MIN 7-10db, 10-6db, 6db, 4-7db, at END 5db

16:48 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:49: *** WY3T is now offline ***

16:49 WY3T-TIM: 73s to all

16:49: *** K0AWU is now offline ***

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, very questionable few visual peak

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SSB Reports:

16:32 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52 ground wave only

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