1899 kHz Midday Propagation Test

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

28 February 2024

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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.

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