18 December 2025

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WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 119, A- INDEX 18, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1710 utc, 487 KM/s, PHI 348, DENSITY 14.38 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 101 nt, GOES 19, 108 nt

NOTE: @ 1715 a start of an increase in solar activity B 7.82 to a peak @ 1730 utc of C1.02

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 of detected with SpecLab

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599 peak with some QSB - 35db above noise

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 30 db, 30db, 30db, 28db, 1 min 28 db copy call 569, 30db, 26db, 28db, EOT 30db copy call 569

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX start at 10 15 weak trace, no tone, 5 dB. 10 dB at EOT

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright detection, peaks 25db, able to copy callsign at one minute and EOT

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 5db 5db ? 4-5db, 3db, 1 min 2db, 4db, 5db, 0db, 6db, EOT 6-4db

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no copy - weak trace about 5db above noise

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 20db at start, fast QSB, Took a big fade and then slow climb to EOT. Weak carrier heard

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, good visual peaking over 10 dB S/N

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 8db, 8db, 6db no tone 2db, 1 min 2db, 0, det, 4db, EOT 4db

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549 QSB. Peaked >40db above the noise with QSB

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peak about 23 dB over noise

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 6db, 7db, 8db weak tone, 13db, copy call weak 10db, 1 min 3-4db, 2db, 2-det, 3-4db, EOT 11db

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 10db, 10-24db, 12-22db, 18-25db, at 1 MIN 20-23db, 20-23db, 8-25db, 22-24db, at END 24-28db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone start, 10 dB. 12 dB EOT

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy good trace about 20db peak above noise with QSB dips

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 20db, 20db, 20db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20db, 20-18db, 15db, 15-17db, at END 12-14db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II bright trace, no tone, 15 dB start. 12 dB at EOT

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy slight detect second minute - good trace about 25db pek above noise -

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 579 copy with one fade to 549

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: peaked 35db at start of test, huge fade and LOS at one minute. No carrier heard thereafter.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb 59

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 55 copy QSO 

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB Q 52 53 copy

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Still hearing W4DEX

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 55 with fast QSB

17:05 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II SSB Very weak, answered but no reply

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 57 peaks, fast deep fades to  43 copy

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB now 56 copy

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: another GOOD SSB Q with W4DEX 53 good copy

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing W4DEX SSB

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 43 with fast increase to 56

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