29 February 2024

*2*

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: Current solar activity C2.21 CONTINUING TO MOVE UPWARD so it is sure to be disturbing the ionosphere

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 104nt, GOES 18 100nt

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1717 ut 386km/s, PHI 349, Density 4.57p/cm3

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity was on a down slope entire test period C2.1 to C1,9

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start det, det, 0, 0, 1 min det-2db with bev. 4db nothing with the SAL, det-4db, 5db, det-2db, EOT 0

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX very faint interrupted trace, no tone entire Tx

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519 full period. Peaked close to 30db above the noise.

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual detection on both rx antennas

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

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, det??, 0, 1 min 0, det-3db, det, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start det, 3db, 5db, 5db-7db, 1min 7db, 8db with bev, 5-7db, 8-10db no tone, 5db, EOT 9db

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 10db, 10-5db, det-10db, det-13db, at 1 MIN 13-5db, 5-12db, 0-10 db, 12-7db, at END 5-10db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Light trace, no tone on both antennas entire Tx

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 539 copy peak, Q5 copy on every ID, 35 dB visual on peak

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529 at start, 519 near EOT with QSB. Peaked around 34db above the noise near start.

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, det, 0-det, 0-det, at 1 MIN det, det, det-3db, det-2db, at END 0-det

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II faint trace, no tone. Very deep QSB entire Tx

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW carrier heard, no copy, 25 dB visual peak

17:23 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: similar signal to that of KØAWU, 529 at start, falling to 519 near EOT with QSB. Peaked around 34db above the noise floor.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB nice 57 skywave peaks

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:08 K5HFG-DON: No SSB here.

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28 February 2024

*2*

16:57 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 168, A-index 13, K-index 1

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 98.6nt, GOES 18 96.4nt

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1716ut 451km/s, PHI 335, Density 5.45p/cm3  

WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity was on an upward climb during our test period today.   C2.98 at 1717 UT,  C4.55 At 1732 UT and still climbing

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with normal 9 db up/down qsb, a few very distant lightning crashes beginning to happen

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, det??, det-2db, 1 min 0, 0, det, 0, EOT 4-6db NO TONE HEARD

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX some faint visual last 30 seconds, no tone

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection with strong QSB and several big dips. Peaked 16db above the noise.

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today, increasing lightning crashes

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak visual detection on vertical right at eot

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529-539 with strong QSB. Peaked 35 db and several steep fades into the noise.

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard; increasing qrn bursts

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0-det-3db, 0, 0, det, EOT 0,

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 5db, 3-10db, det-10db, 12-15db, at 1 MIN 10-15db, 12db, 12db, 15-17db, at END 12-15db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min det-4db, 5-6db, det??, det, EOT 3db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL weak trace, no tone. QSB deep at mid point. Back to weak trace towards EOT.

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW carrier heard first few seconds, deep fade to noise floor, about 25 dB visual peaks

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw weakly heard in the noise at times, no usable copy

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, det, 0-det, det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-det, det, at END det (stronger)

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:22 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW carrier detected, no copy, visual peak near 30 dB over noise

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: weak CW carrier heard, good visual detection with gradual ascent and nearing 30db above the noise at EOT.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52 groundwave with quick 54 skywave peaks

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB being detected @ WW8II

17:06 WY3T-TIM: no SSB here

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27 February 2024

*2*

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 172, A-index 11, K-index 0

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 97.2nt, GOES 18 94nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1715ut 418km/s, PHI 199, Density 1.90p/cm3

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min. CW test W4DEX 1710ut, WY3T 1712ut, K5HFG 1714ut, K0AWU 1716ut, WW8II 1718ut

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start det, 4db, det-3db, 4-5db, 1 min 5-6db hearing some crashes now, 4db, 6db, det-3db, EOT 6db signal was bouncing up and down QUICK QSB

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW keying heard the full 2 min but no copy, good visual detection.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det-5db, 5db to 9db, 0to 3db, det-3db, 1 min 0, 3-4db, 5db det-2db, 3-5db, EOT 4-6db quick qsb

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW signal heard but no copy, good visual peaking 25 dB over noise

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 4db, 3-4db, 2db, 2db, at 1 MIN 2db, 2-3db, 2-3db, 3db, at END 3-5db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

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

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO S4 skywave peaks

17:07 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 K5HFG-DON: No SSB heard

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard

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26 February 2024

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 399 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 4 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 181 sfu

CW Reports:
W4DEX-DEX: 2 min CW....W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K0AWU 1714, K5HFG 1716

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw test rst 599+, no noticeable qsb or static

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: 2 min CW....W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K0AWU 1714, K5HFG 1716

17:12 WA1AC-CLINT: W4DEX 579

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual on vertical, not seen on loop

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw at or just above noise most of transmission, 229 best peak, overall poor condx

17:15: *** WA4LDU is now offline ***

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

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw no usable copy today

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 WA1AC-CLINT: no CW heard except W4DEX  579

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB initially 31 then up to 53 peak

17:03 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 56 skywave

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 53

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB now peaking 55

17:09 KW4DE-DARRELL: WA1AC, K4CSO, WA4LDU ssb all 55 to 59 signals 100%

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25 February 2024

*1*

Solar Wind Speed: 396 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 12 nT, Bz 4 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 179 sfu

17:10 KG0VL-JEFF: M class flare in progress

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

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

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX no copy/detect

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no signal detected whatsoever. Highly unusual

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW not heard, visual detection way down from test 20 min ago

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: no signal detected

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

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

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START det, det, 0-det, 0-det, at 1 MIN 0-det, 0, det-0, det at END 0-det --- "1.899 net killer flare"

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: no CW heard. Very weak detection, <10db max signal. Very unusual.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:
17:03 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX SSB no real copy. Deep in the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52, groundwave only so far

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still groundwave only

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24 February 2024

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 374 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 9 nT, Bz 1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 173 sfu

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

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

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 539 with strong QSB

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection. Like yesterday, very stable signal level across the period. Peaked 16db

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 32db, 33db, 33db, 32db, at 1 MIN 32db, 32db, 29-31db, 27-29db, at END 24-26db

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual first 15 seconds, fade into the noise then up to about 15 dB over noise the last 30 seconds

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549-559 with fast QSB. Peaked close to 45db above the noise level.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB barely detectable

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb barely above the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 skywave peaks

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