30 April 2024

*1*

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 138, A-index 6, K-index 2

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16, 112, GOES 18, 109nt

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1643ut 389km/s, PHI 256, Density 4.55p/cm3

19	gev_20240430_1450	2024/04/30 14:50:00	15:28:23	15:11:00	M1.2	S06W61 ( 3654 )
20	gev_20240430_1611	2024/04/30 16:11:00	16:52:27	16:33:00	M1.3	S06W59 ( 3654 )

16:27 WW8II-BRUCE:  new solar flare @ 16:21 still climbing now C5.63  

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Flare peaked @ 1634 M1.31


CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW W4DEX 1540, WY3T 1642, K0AWU 1644, WW8II 1646

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

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 549 no SW not as good as pre test louzy day for locals

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEXS cw 599

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

16:43 WW8II-BRUCE: 1635 M1.19 appears to be leveling

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

16:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

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

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

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

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

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:47 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

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

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, END 0 Tough "gig" today! Sol working against our radio fun

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, very weak visual detection last 30 seconds

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard today



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SSB Reports:

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 to 42 copy, no skywave peaks noticed

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53 groundwave only

16:40 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO and KP2AE ssb signals began as extremely weak/a few words and then steadily degraded to no detection in about 15 min time

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29 April 2024

*2*

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 140, A-index 6, K-index 1

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16, 107nt, GOES 18, 104nt

16:54 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1645ut 493km/s, PHI 125, Density 0.10p/cm3



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, K5HFG 1644, KØAWU 1646, KGØVL 1648, WW8II 1650

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 with qsb now some SW still poor day for locals

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection in SpecLab. Peaks near 6db above the noise.

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, det, 1 min 0, det-3db, 0, 0, det??, EOT 0

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 15 second trace at the EOT

16:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 459 with a couple dips to noise - best day in a while for Dex cw

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

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw - 119 with slight visual detect in and out of noise - best the last 30 sec

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

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

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 3db 5db, det, det-2db, 1 min 0, det, 0, 0, EOT det

16:46 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, det, 0, det, 1 min det, det, 0, EOT 0

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:49 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:49 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 9db, 10db, 10-3db, 3db, at 1 MIN 0db, 0-det, det-3db, 3-13db, at END 13db

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual near eot

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, det??, det??, 0 EOT 0

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:50 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, good visual detection. Peaked 20db with fast QSB

16:51 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual peakd about 7 db over noise

16:52 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0-det, 0, 0-weak det, at 1 MIN 0db, 0, 0-weak det, weak det, at END weak det

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

16:52 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:53 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard, good visual detection that peaked around 10db early in the test.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

16:33 WA1AC-CLINT: W4DEX 55 on SSB

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 53 on peaks

16:35 WY3T-TIM: no SSB here

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54

16:35 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB 4-1 in and out of noise

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54

16:35 WA4LDU-JOE: KP2AE ssb no detect

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB detected, no copy

16:55 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 53 skywave

16:55 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb still somewhat readable - in and out of noise

16:55 WA4LDU-JOE: WA1AC ssb readable

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB now 57

16:57 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 42 skywave

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28 April 2024

*2*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 153. A-index 12, K-index 0

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16, 112nt, GOES 18 102nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1644ut 409km/s, PHI 143, Density 4,06p/cm3

20

gev_20240428_1542

2024/04/28 15:42:00

16:19:25

16:01:00

C6.4

S06W31 ( 3654 )

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: AB4AM 1640, KØAWU 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min DET 2db?? , det,, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak visual trace first minute, then gone. 5db max signal above noise.

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU det, 0, det??, det??, 1 min ??, det, 0, det-2db, EOT 2-3db

16:44 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 4db, 4db, 2-4db, dey-4db, at 1 MIN 2-4db, det-3db, 1-4db, 0-3db, at END 0-2db

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL det-2db, 4db, 0, 0, 1 min 2db, 0, 3db, det, EOT 2db

16:47 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: no CW heard, weak and broken visual detection. Peaked 8-10db above the noise. Unusually low signal level.

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 MIN 0-det( brief and weak), 0, 0, 0, at END weak det

16:48 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: no CW heard, bright visual detection peaking 15db above the noise. Best signal of the day.

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Received at KGØVL:

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27 April 2024

*2*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 153, A-index 19, k-index 3

16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640ut GOES 16 126, GOES 18, 110nt

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1646ut 412km/s, PHI 136, Density 2.84p/cm3

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity on time for the net is currently C4.89 and rising fast

16:43 WW8II-BRUCE: small flare peaked @ 1627 ut 4.96

20

gev_20240427_1622

2024/04/27 16:22:00

16:33:00

16:28:00

C5.0

N19W88 ( 3648 )

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WY3T 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:42 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

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

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 3db 5db 3-4db, det-2db, 1 min det-3db, det-2db, det??, 0, EOT det-9db tone heard

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

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

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: weak CW carrier heard, bright visual detection peaking 25db above the noise level.

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG detected weak@ W4DEX

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL also detected weak at W4DEX

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II detected maybe 2-3db @ W4DEX

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Received at KGØVL:

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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

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:



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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Received at KG0VL:

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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