14 November 2024

*2.5*

SW4

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 150, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 2

SOLAR WIND @ 1718UT 384 KM/s, PHI 137, DENSITY 0.70P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710ut GOES 16, 97.5nt, GOES 18, 96.3nt 

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 15db, 14db, 9db, 8db, 1 min 3db, 5db, 3db, det, EOT 0

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599 with moderate qsb 12 db

17:13 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy detected the full 2 min

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, bright visual detection. Peaked 22db above the noise, down from twenty minutes previous by 10db

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

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

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, visual peak 15 dB S/N

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

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 17db, 15db, 21db, copy call 519 to 529, 1 min 12db, 14db, 7db, 3db-0, EOT det

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 loud. Peaks >40db (off scale)

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

17:17 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 50db, 50-48db, 48db, 48db, at 1 MIN 48-45db, 45-40db, 40-32db, 32- 30db, at END 32-37db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 20db, 25db, 24db, 27db 1 min copy call 539, 28db, copy call 539 22db, 13db copy call 529, 23db, EOT 22db

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks near 15 dB over noise. quick strong carrier source unknown?  Possible quick skywave peak?

17:19 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 25db, 25-20db, 20-26db, 26-23db, at 1 MIN 23db, 23db, 24-23db, 22db, at END 22-20db GREAT sigs!!

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual near 20 dB over noise

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 good copy. Peaked >40db. Looks like I will have to re-scale SpecLab for winter conditions.

Received at W4DEX:

Signal spike at 1717 was heard by K4CSO, KW4DE and W4DEX.  Extremely unlikely it was a quick peak from KG0VL.

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 55 to 57 peaks!

17:04 WY3T-TIM: no SSB here

17:05 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now peaking 58

17:10 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX, K4CSO SSB far above normal sig today much sw enhancement, overall less noise level too

17:23 K0AWU-BILL: VERY VERY weak SSB being heard from WW8II

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU SSB at the noise level

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB contact 52 copy

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU still at noise KG0VL now 53 copy

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL now 51

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: OK quick opening 603 miles and 444miles

17:27 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X8 SSB, WW8II 5X2 SSB

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