31 January 2025

*2*

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 184, A-INDEX 6, K-INDEX 2

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 337 KM/s, PHI 254, DENSITY 4.22 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 128 nt, GOES 18, 114 nt

WW8II-BRUCE: SUN SPOTS 3977, 3978, AND 3979 ARE ACTIVE TODAY BLOWING OFF LOTS OF ENERGY

WW8II-BRUCE: there was a c5.33 @ 1704 utc

17	gev_20250131_1340	2025/01/31 13:40:00	14:22:24	14:06:00	M6.8	N13E42 ( 3978 )
18	gev_20250131_1509	2025/01/31 15:09:00	15:22:00	15:16:00	C6.4	N10E36 ( 3976 )
19	gev_20250131_1531	2025/01/31 15:31:00	15:51:00	15:36:00	C5.1	S11E53 ( 3980 )
20	gev_20250131_1552	2025/01/31 15:52:00	16:07:00	15:56:00	C5.2	N18E28 ( 3977 )

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0,0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0???, EOT 0

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual trace first minute, then gone.

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, det-2db, det??, 1 min det??, 0, det, det-2db, EOT det??

17:14 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 with QSB. Peaked 38db at start then slow decline to EOT.

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 8db, 5-15db, det-14db, det-14db, at 1 MIN 6 -19db, 10db, 8-12db, 2-16db, at END det-13db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Bright trace, no tone. Peak 15 dB

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 0, 7, 7-8, real weak tone, 5-6db, 1 min 10db weak tone, 3-6db, 7db, 5-2db, EOT det-3db

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - weak visual detect

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START2db, 2-4db, 5db, 5-7db, at 1 MIN 4-7db, 3-5db, 2-3db, 3-6db, at END 3-4db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Weak Trace last 30 seconds, no tone 8 dB peak

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - weak visual detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: peaked 38db at start, took a big fade near one minute and lost signal. Weak at EOT

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II peaked 25 db @ W4DEX with QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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30 January 2025

*2*

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 173, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 1

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 315 KM/s , PHI 127, DENSITY 27.09 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 153 nt, GOES 18, 135 nt

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1730 utc, GOES 16, 157 nt, GOES 18, 140 nt



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

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw heard full time but very weak, in/just above noise level. My noise level is Szero using 50hz bandwidth.

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

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

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 429 with QSB

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: faint visual trace detected

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 3db, 2db, 3db, no tone 4db 1 min det-2db, det-5db, 0, 0, det-2db

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 11db, 12db, 3-13db, 12db, at 1 MIN det-7db, 10-15db, 7-14db, 5db, at END 2-10db

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 with QSB. Peaked 36db above the noise level

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL tone 15db , 15db, 13db, copy call 519, 13db 1min 4db, 3db, 7db, 9db weak tone, EOT 16db tone

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

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 12 dB trace, no tone, peaked to 15 dB at middle and thrn those crazy tones came back

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard at/just above noise about 50% time, Signals generally very weak today.

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 5db, 3-4db, 2-4db, det-2db, at 1 MIN 0-2db, det-2db, det, 0-det, at END det -- tough day

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

17:21 WA4LDU-JOE: no other cw heard today after WY3T

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 with QSB. Peaked 36db

17:21 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 10 dB trace, no tone. deep QSB and back to 10 dB at EOT

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II @ W4DEX det to 10 db QSB

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL @ W4DEX det only

Received at W4DEX:


Received at KG0VL:

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29 January 2025

*3*

SW 2

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 171, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 2

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 317 KM/s, PHI 64, DENSITY 0.34 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 105 nt, GOES 18, 99.8 nt


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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Bright trace, no tone peaking 15 dB

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 28db copy call 579, 27db, 28db, 1 min 27 db copy call 579, 13db, 20db, copy call 529, 29db EOT 28 db copy call 529

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599-419 deep fast qsb fades

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb noted

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab maybe 5sec of weak sig during last 20sec??

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, no QSB. Peaked 26db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, near steady weak visual detection

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual trace, no tone.

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 13db, 14db. good tone, copy call 519, 15db, 1 min 17db copy call 519, 12db, 17db, copy call 519, EOT 12-14db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw no usable signal heard

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

17:17 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 slight QSB. Peaks to 40db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 15db, 15-5db, 12-3db, 13-4db, at 1 MIN 15-18db, 10-12db, 12-5db, 5-10db, at END 10-15db

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 21db, 21db, 18db, 5-3db, 1 min 10-15db, copy call 529, 17db, 10db-3db, EOT 9-12db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL call copied 539 peaking 25 dB

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual first 30 sec, then lots of fades with a few visual peaks

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 9db, 9db, 9-3db, 0-5db, at 1 MIN 10db, 10db, 10-12db, 12db, at END 10db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II CW RST 549 at best with 100% copy, 539 avg

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone. QSB deep. peaked 15 dB

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 589 peaks, very deep fade near the visual noise floor

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 529 at best 1st min slow fade 2nd min

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 with QSB. Peaked 45db with several deep fades.

K4CSO: Copied ID and carrier the full transmission

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:
17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard WW8II SSB weak

17:01 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 41 on ssb

17:01 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II SSB being heard

17:04 KP2AE-JOE: kw4de 58 peek on ssb

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 32 copy on peaks

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 43 on peaks

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 only on fast peaks

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 54 peaks

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: Hearing WW8II now very weak on SSB

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 41 on ssb

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 54 QSO

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54 peaks, fast fades

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB Q was 51

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28 January 2024

*2.5*

SW 0

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR FLUX 162, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 3

WW8II-BRUCE: SOLAR WIND @ 1710 UTC, 320 KM/s, PHI 232, DENSITY 2.33 P/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 UTC, GOES 16 113 nt, GOES 18, 106 nt

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gev_20250128_1655

2025/01/28 16:55:00

17:14:00

17:05:00

C5.3

S07W59 ( 3969 )

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


17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab --- MAYBE a VERY WEAK trace from about 10sec in until the 30sec point.

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 559 some qsb no SW louzy day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Weak trace, no tone first 30 seconds.Nothing after that

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 10db, 7db, 5db, 10db weak tone , 1 min 10db, 10-13db, still weak tone 14db, 10-11db, 14db, EOT 13db,

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no qsb

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 419 at start, slow decline thereafter. Peaked 22db above the noise.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG det, 0, det, 3db??, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT det??

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

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual trace, no tone. Peaks to 10db

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 3-4db, 2db, 0, det, 1 min 0, det??, 2db, 3-5db, no tone, EOT det-4db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard


17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 average with QSB. Peaks to 32db above the noise level.

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 329 copy call. peaked 25 dB. No copy last 15 seconds

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 20db, 24db, good tone, 25db, 30db copy call 579, 17db, 1 min 28db, copy call 579, 29db, 30db, copy call 579, 28db, EOT 30db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peak <10 dB

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 539 most of transmission, visual near 40 dB over noise

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START WW8II START 10db, 10db, 10db, 11db, at 1 MIN 12db, 12db, 13db, 12db, at END 10db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Weak trace first 20 seconds, no tone. Nothing after

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard at/above noise full time , best peak 229

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569 loud. Peaks >45db above the noise.

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL now 41 51 at best on SSB 444 mile E-W path

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:00 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB 52 good QSO

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB weak, copy just a few words

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 32 copy at best

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27 January 2025

*2*

SW 3

Solar Wind Speed: 290 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 8 nT, Bz -1 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 171 sf

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, k5HFG 1712, KGØVL 1714

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX very faint trace, no tone Peaking 10- 12 dB

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard. Peaked 25db above the noise.

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 579 with slight QSB

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Bright trace, no tone peaking 22 dB

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks about 5 dB over noise.

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: good visual trace, no tone. Peaks 8db

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53 to 55 skywave

17:04 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb 55

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 55

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: WA1AC 56 with QSB

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX 59peak

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 peak

17:19 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB 57 peak - much QSB

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