31 January 2024

*2*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: solar flux 135, A-index 8, K-index 1

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 99.9, GOES 18 99.2nt

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1707 ut 435km/s, PHI 339, Density 6.65p/cm3

Notes:

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: No polar but still 603 miles to K0AWu 444 miles to KG0VL and 510 miles to W4DEX not the bad

W4DEX-DEX: Very good local skywave out to at least 100 miles today

CW Reports:

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- START 0, 0, 0, weak det?, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, ?, at END 0db

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 8db, 7db, 9db, 11db, 1 min 7-2-4db, 5-6db, 5db, det??, EOT 0

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 589 peak with rapid QSB

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 good SW some fast qsb good day for locals

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519, no QSB

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 15db, 22db copy call 529, 15db, 1 min 22db, 10-14db, 5-8db, 11db, EOT 21db

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519, peaked 30db above the noise. Similar RST as W4DEX but with much more QSB

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 5db, 3-9db, 10-15db, 16-19db, at ! MIN 20-12db, 12-10db, 5-15db, 10-15db, 13db

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 23db, 23db, copy call 539, 21db, 34db, 1 min 29db copy call 559, 25db, 32db, copy call 559 28db, EOT 32db

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - very slight visual detection with QSB fades

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 during first 20 sec, then quick fade to near visual noise floor at eot

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 5db, 5-9db, 4-8db, 4-9db, at 1 MIN 0, det-10db, 13-10db, 10db, at END 10-5db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 on brief peaks, fast QSB

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - VERY weak visual detect first minute only

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549-559 with QSB. Peaked 40db (or greater) above the noise floor.

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Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 very fast 57 peaks

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I detect SSB deep in the noise looking SE with the beverage

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52 with fast 55 peaks

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II calling on SSB, answered but no reply.

17:06 K0AWU-BILL: NIL on SSB here

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO and KP2AE SSB now fast 58 peaks

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30 January 2024

*4*

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 106nt GOES 18 102nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1714ut 495km/s, PHI 276, Density 8.76p/cm3

Notes:

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: still reflecting off the high charge the pole 

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity was running in the B8.4 level the entire test today

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: A C1.2 started @ 1722ut

CW Reports:

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

17:11 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 avg with moderate qsb fades 9-12db

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- START det, det-1db, det-1, det, at 1 MIN det, det, det, det, at END det Nice bright steady trace

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 18db, 18db, 20db, copy call 539, 18db, 1 min 16db, copy call 519 fading, 15db, 15db, call weaker now, 12db, 15db EOT 11db copy 419

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589 at best some deep qsb fades

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 559, 8, 13, 14, 10, 7, 6, 0. 6, 549 at eot

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, very little QSB

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal seen,

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw 549 avg with moderate qsb higher/lower, the best copy in a while. Enjoy your smooth fist cw.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t 519t fades into noise qsb up to 539 at eot

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 569 with 549 fade near eot

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:15 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det-3db, 9db, copy call 419, 7db, 14db, 1 min copy call 419, fad to 3db then back quick to 12db, det-7db, 12db, copy call 419, 8db, EOT 5db

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559, good copy. Peaked >40db above the noise.

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, good steady visual about 15 dB over noise floor

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw weak but audible on peaks, no usable copy

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20db, 22db, copy call 539, 23db, copy 539 1min 23db, 22db, copy 539, 22db, copy 539, 1EOT 20db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 23db, 23-32db, 32db, 32-36db, at 1 MIN 33db, 28-32db, 25-30db, 20-26db, at END27-30db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw audible at or just above noise, 229 at best peak

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, good visual peaking about 15 dB over noise, fade during last 30 seconds to noise floor.

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 10db, 10db, 7-12db, 12-15db, at 1 MIN 10-15db, 2-8db, 10-13db, 16-18db, at END 10-15db

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: peaked 559 good copy. Signal >40db above the noise floor.

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 569, 579 peak, fast deep fade into noise

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 439 at best with qsb down to 229, 100% copy

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii some cpy 2nd min 319 ar best

17:21 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

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SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 439 copy

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 51 SSB

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 51 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Good 444mile SSB QSO with KG0VL 51 copy

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I did not hear W4DEX

17:02 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 43 SSB

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 54 peaks

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 57 peaks

17:06 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 43 SSB but then faded to noise . . answered

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T SSB 32 copy

17:09 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB 54 on peak

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29 January 2024

*4*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: MASSIVE POLAR CAP EVENT IN PROGRESS 

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: solar flux 141, A-index 8, K-index 2

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 102nt, GOES 18, 101nt

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1718 ut 426km/s, PHI 333, Density 7.03p/cm3

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: 1642ut another C5.93 flare Peak

CW Reports:
17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, K5HFG 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal seen

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw very weak copy 229 or less to noise about 40% time

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 339 first minute - 449 peak at middle back to 339 at last 30 sec

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal seen

17:14 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 10-20db, solid copy call 529 17db, 15db, 1 min 17db still copy call solid, 6-17db, 12db, 12db still copy call, 15db, 8db, still copy call 519, EOT 17db

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 average with 549 peaks. Signal near 36db above the noise.

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU no cw heard today

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no copy - VERY slight visual detect first minute

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 18db, 18db, copy 529, 12db, 18db, 1 min 17db copy 529, 20db, 17db, copy 519, 18db, copy 519, 15db, EOT 17db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 26db, 26-22db, 25db, 23-25db, at 1 MIN 27db, 26db, 27db, 30db, at END 27-29db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - sight visual detect first minute

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL no usable cw heard today

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw very weak today, 229 on best peaks with signal dipping to noise 50% time.

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II --- START 22db, 22db, 22db, 22db, at 1 MIN 21db, 20-21db, 20db, 22db, at END 23db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:20 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw 439 then faded with strong visual in Spectran the entire time

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Received at KGØVL:

NOTES: WW8II:  good copy signals 510 mile SE path 603 mile NW path, 444 mile E-W path

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WOW --- So VERY LITTLE sig strength variation on Bruce and Jeff today -- Unusual

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WOW 603 mile path to K0AWU good copy CW during this event and 444 mile path to KG0VL good CW copy

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Another WOW to the SE having copy

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 with QSB. Peaked about 36db above the noise, similar to Bill's signal.

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: So much for the cannot make contacts during a massive so-called blackout

SSB Reports:

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: KW4DE ssb S5 here - good contact

17:29 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA4LDU and K4CSO SSB both S7 to S9+ today and were hearing each other at times. Solid ssb here on both.

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28 January 2024

*2*

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 148, A-index 5, K-index 2

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometwers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 111nt, GOES 18, 106nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1716ut 423km/s, PHI 325, Density 8.10p/cm3

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE:  We are coming down off a slow burn C3.07 @ 1600UT, NOW AT APPROX C1



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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX --Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 549, 6, 10, 12, 11, 8, 10, 8, 8, 559 at eot

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start -0, 0, det??, 1 min 2-3db, 1 min 0, det???, det??, 2-4db, EOT 2-3db

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal seen

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 549 with minor QSB full transmission

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start0, det, 7db, 10db, fad quick to 3db, 1 min 7-8db, 3-4db, 0, 2-4db, EOT 3-0db,

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

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

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW signal heard, no copy. visual peak about 35 dB over noise

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 13db, 14db, weak call 5-7db, 15db, 1min 4-7db, 5db, 3db, 8db, EOT 15db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 16db, 12-16db, 17db, 10-18db, at 1 MIN 5-15db, 15db, 15-20db, 15-18db, at END 13-16db

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539-549 with fast QSB. Signal peaked around 32db above the noise floor.


17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START -- 5db, 0-5db, det, 0-det, at 1 MIN det-1db, 1-9db, 5-9db, 3-5db, at END5-12db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549 copy, 439 fades

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539-549 with fast QSB. Signal peaked around 35db above the noise level.

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Noted real fast QSB today on all signals detected

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity remained real low was B9 level during test

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SSB Reports:

None

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27 January 2024

*3*

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 112nt, GOES 18 104nt

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity during net was steady and low

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1714ut 362km/s, PHI 280, Density 6.50p/cm3

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 15db, 17db, 17db, 17db, copy call 529 with beverage, 1 min 12db, 15db, 15db, 20db, EOT 20db copy call 539

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599+20 with static bursts, qsb dips 15db at 30 sec intervals

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 good SW some qsb dips good day for locals

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy faint detection in the noise

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529 first minute, then began a slow fade down to the noise level by EOT.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal seen

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 copy first minute, deep fade into the noise then back up peaking 429 briefly

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw 229 with higher peaks to 439, near 100% copy, static crashes increasing in intensity

17:14 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t some cpy during 2nd min 419 at best

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det, 3db, 6db, det-3db, 0, 1min det-5db, det??, 4db, 5db-12db, 0, EOT 8db

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 average with QSB. Peaked 32db above the noise.

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW brief carriers heard, doubt it was Bill. Otherwise, no signal detected

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw heard at or above noise level 229 at best entire time

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

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 35db, 37, copy call 599, 30db, 1min copy 559 25db, fading15db, 8db, copy 519, 17db, 15db, copy 539, 27db, EOT 28db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 329 avg with qsb to near noise briefly, near 100%, static crashes

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 26db, 25db, 10-20db, 15-20db, at 1 MIN 10-20db, 8-18db, 12-16db, 12-20db, at END 15-23db

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: kg0vl 529 solid cpy full 2min

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 copy most of the transmission, slight fade near the end

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 599 near steady the full 2 minutes. Should be SSB copyable?

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 539 with higher and lower peaks, 100%

17:20 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 12db, 10db, 10db, 12db, at 1 IN 12-15db, 15-19db, 20db, 18db, at END 17db --- Very slight QSB

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: www8ii WOW 559 1st min some fades 2nd min

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569-579 with QSB, loud signal, peaked >40db above the noise. Fuerte!

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SSB Reports:

17:00 KW4DE-DARRELL: weak SSB heard now

17:00 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 53 SSB

17:00 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II and KG0VL SSB about 32 copy

17:00 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL heard 52 SSB in QSO with WW8II -- Bruce NOT heard

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing W4DEX weak on SSB

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL complete SSB QSO nice copy 53 +

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing SSB 44 in the noise

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 on peaks, a slight bit of skywave

17:03 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54 on skywave peaks

17:05 KW4DE-DARRELL: KP2AE and K4CSO ssb both being received 57 today

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB again just above the noise

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX still weak on SSB

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: Still hearing SSB in the noise

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 32 sevral times

17:24 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II ssb copied 54 steady on his transmission with W4DEX

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 41 SSB

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: I do not hear DEX KG0VL was 52 QSO telling me I was doubling with DEX

17:29 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 53

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO and KP2AE SSB now seeing 57 peaks

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: I still hear SSB in the noise

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26 January 2024

*3*

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 98.1nt, GOES 18, 101nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1714 ut 419km/s, PHI 299, Density 6.63p/cm3

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: There was a C2.36 small flare @ 1711ut

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1710, KØAWU 1712, KGØVL 1714, WW8II 1716, K4DBK 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:13 K4DBK-DENNIS: WY3T 0000 no copy

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det, 3db, 8db, 5-11db, hear tone,1 min 3db, 9db, 8db, 4-8db, EOT 9db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:15 K4DBK-DENNIS: K0AWU no copy

17:15 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 25db, solid tone 25db copy 559, 27db, 1 min 31db,copy 559, 30db, 25db, copy 559, 25db, EOT 27db

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 25db, 25-32db, 27-32db, 25-30db, at 1 MIN 32db, 14-25db, 25-32db, 24-29db, at END 30db

17:16 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 copy with QSB, good signal. Peaks 40-45db above the noise floor.

17:17 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II no copy / detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det4db, 3-5db, 5-10db, at 1 MIN 5-11db, 10-14db, 15db, 15db, END 16db

17:18 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 with QSB. Peaks >40db above the noise.

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 m,in 0, 0, 0 ,0,

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK NO signal seen

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: K4DBK -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab "for sure" == Perhaps a very weak detection for some of the first MIN.

17:20 WY3T-TIM: K4DBK cw no copy/detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T seen 20-25 db @ W4DEX

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: K4DBK: no signal detected

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SSB Reports:

17:22 K4DBK-DENNIS: faint voice at 1722

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