28 February 2025

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 170, A-INDEX 32, K-INDEX 4

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1709 utc, 776 KM/s, PHI 132, DENSITY 1.09 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 115 nt, GOES 18, 105 nt



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

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

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone, 15 dB start. 17 dB @ EOT

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 15db good tone, 16db, 16db, copy call 419, 1 min 15db, 10 db copy call 519 interesting 17db, 20db copy call 519 EOT 17db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529, Peaked 35db at start and end of test. Big fade in the middle and loss of signal.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II @ W4DEX 18-19-20-24-20

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27 February 2025

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SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 180, A-INDEX 16, K-INDEX 4

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 540 KM/s, PHI 136, DENSITY 21.56 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 121 nt, GOES 18, 106 nt


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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 569 some qsb little or no SW poor day for locals

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det??0, det-2db, det, 1 min 0, det???,, 0, 0, EOT det-3db

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

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 539

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard. Slowly incresing signal level from start to finish. Peaked 16db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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

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, 10 dB visual peak at start, only one other weaker visual peak detected

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 439 last 30 sec - mostly in the noise -excellent trace in ARGO

17:15 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL: CW not heard, weak visual detection

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 4db, 5db, 5-6db, NO tone, 3db, 1 min det-2??, det, 2-3db??, 5-7db, EOT 8-9db

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace,no tone,12 dB start. Finish 5 dB

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - fair trace in ARGO

17:19 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone 10 dB start to less than 5 dB at EOT

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

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - very faint visual trace

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 first 30 seconds then into the noise, visual peak about 25 dB over noise. fade to noise floor at eot

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 419-529 with QSB. Peaked 34db above the noise floor.

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 2 minute key down 5 to 10 dB broken trace no tone

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SSB Reports:

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE 32 copy

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 copy

17:06 WA4LDU-JOE: faint SSB detected in the noise - not identified

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here today

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now 54 copy, just a bit of skywave I assume

17:08 WA4LDU-JOE: Dex SSB in the noise telling Charles the schedule

17:08 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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26 February 2025

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 190, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc 544 KM/s, PHI 96, . DENSITY 14.27 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 127 nt, GOES18, 113 nt


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

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

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 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T seen @ W4DEX 10 to 15 db fast QSB

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 339 - excellent trace in ARGO

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw signal heard but weak at/just above noise 50%

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

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

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

17:15 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 8db 8db NO tone, 13db weak trone 8db, 1 min 9db no tone, 10db, 10db no tone, det-2db, EOT 8db

17:16 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Weak trace, no tone, 10 dB start, no trace after 17 14 30

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - fair trace in ARGO

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL @ W4DEX 5-10db fast QSB

17:18 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WW8II weak trace, no tone 10 dB start to EOT

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard 100% time but very weak just above noise floor

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519 with QSB. Peaked 26db above the noise.

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II @ W4DEX start 15db-quick drop to 0db then gradual fast QSB 3-7db to end 20db FAST QSB

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25 February 2025

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 203, A-INDEX 14, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 367 KM/s, PHI 8, DENSITY 1.16 P/cm3m

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16 109 nt, GOES 18, 99.9 nt

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

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det-2db, 2-3db, 3-5db, 5db, 1 min 5-2db, det-2db, 7db no tone, det-2db, EOT 5-7db

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 qsb fades no real SW louzy day for locals

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual trace. Peaked 8-10db near start.

17:13 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Brief detection at 17 10 45 to 17 11 15

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW keying was heard but not copyable. visual peaks 15 dB over noise

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

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

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

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks about 5 dB over noise

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 25db, 27db, 26db, copy call 559, 25db, 1 min 24db, copy call 549, 17-22db, 23db, 25db copy call 549, EOT 25db

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

17:19 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Broken light trace, no tone, 12 dB in middle to EOT .

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 steady. Peaked 42db above the noise.

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, weak to fair visual...one quick interesting visual peak

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II very light trace in and out to EOT

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

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SSB Reports:

17:01 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected here

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 copy, maybe 50%

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected

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24 February 2025

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SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 210. A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 394 KM/s, PHI 226, DENSITY 8.19 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 16, 124 nt, GOES 18, 114 nt

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det-2db, 3-4db, 3-4db, NO tone, 2-3db, 1 min det-3db, 5db, det-2db, 0, EOT 0

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 qsb no SW poor day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, no tone. Peaked 12db

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak visual detection

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

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

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: very weak visual detection near EOT.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 5db, 7db, 4-5-3db, 0, 1 min 3-5db det-0, 4-5db,5-7db, EOT 5-3db

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

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone 10 dB start.10 dB @ EOT

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual peaking just a few dB over noise floor.

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 539 peak copy, visual peaked near 30 dB S/N

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II bright trace, no tone, 10 dB start. 15 dB @ EOT

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

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 on peaks. Max signal 30db with QSB

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SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from 32 to 43 copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 32 to 53 copy

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here today

17:08 K5HFG-DON: no SSB here

17:23 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now 54 copy

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