06 January 2026

*2*

SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 154, A-INDEX 14, K- INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1715 utc, 366 KM/s, PHI 265, DENSITY 7.55 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES18, 89.8 nt, GOES 19, 112 nt

20

gev_20260106_1641

2026/01/06 16:41:00

16:50:00

16:48:00

C2.2

S15E23 ( 4334 )

CW Reports:

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 569 qsb fades no SW poor day for locals

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 16db, 16db tone, 12db, sounds like a puling tone, 20db, 1 min copy call 519 to 529, 20db, 22db, 22db, 22db, EOT 20db, 18db copy call 519

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 439 started weak, gradually increasing

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 QSB, peaks to 25db above the noise

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw detected in the noise first min then 439 the last 45 sec

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - good visual trace 10db above noise in Spec Lab ( signal looks like ocean waves with the QSB)

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

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

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 229 most of transmission, good visual detection with minor QSB

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 8db??, 0, det??, 0, EOT 0

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, questionable very weak visual dots at expected frequency

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 QSB. Peaks >40db with fast QSB

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 30db, 30-20db, 26-32db, at 1 MIN 30-35db, 30-33db, 30-33db, at END 40db

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

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 14db, good tone, 17db, 20db copy call 529, 16db, 1 min 14db copy call 529, 20db, fadding 14db, copy call 519, 9db, EOT 13db

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good visual trace in spec lab - 5db above noise

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 on peaks

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db, 10db, 5-10db, 1 MIN 10-12db, 10-15db, 10-5db, at END 5-10db

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 first min then quick rise to 559 with deep fade back up to 559 at eot

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - Good visual trace in spec lab - 15db above noise

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii some dect. of cxr 329 at best

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539-549 QSB. Peaks to 40db above the noise with fast QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:00 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb in the noise

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing SSB audio deep in the noise, unable to know who

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 copy

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 copy

17:03 WY3T-TIM: SSB faint in the noise . . no copy

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB barely detectable at start, up to 329 copy at eot

17:06 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: heard SSB Q5 for about 5 seconds and then gone

17:26 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb short s3 peak

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05 January 2026

*2*

SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 157, A-INDEX 6, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1712 utc, 377 KM/s, PHI 304, DENSITY 1.99 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 89.8 nt, GOES 19, 96.5 nt

20

gev_20260105_1541

2026/01/05 15:41:00

16:22:00

16:13:00

C1.6

N26W45 ( 4324 )

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589 mostly GW not much SW poor day for locals

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 5db, 10db tone, 18db, 16db, 1 min 8-9db, 2db, 3db, 5-6db, EOT 10db

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, light qsb

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 stable, peaks 25db very little QSB

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

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Start 0, 0, 0-det, 0, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

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

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaked 15db, weak carrier heard

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU det, det, 0, det, 0, 1 min 0-det, 0, 0, det??, EOT 0

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW questionable very weak visual detection

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549-559 QSB, started the test at 45db and down from there.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 13db, 6-13db, det-13db, 12-17db, at 1 MIN 7-13db, 7-12db, 8-18db, 16-18db, at END 18-22db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable signal, in/below noise threshold if any

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 10db tone, 12db, 9-10db, 4-5db, 1 min 7db weak tone, 5db, 12db, 8db, EOT 11-13 db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 15 dB peak, no tone, entire Tx

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

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

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II much weaker from prenet, at/in noise with a couple of peaks 229 at best

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 15 dB peak, no tone start, 12 dB peak EOT

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 at initial key up. very deep fades into the noise. Near 40 dB fade

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 QSB. Peaked close to 40db near EOT.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB detectable, barely copy call only because I know it'

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: I hear SSB deep in the noise

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: S0 noise floor here on SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Detecting W4DEX SSB no call just voice in the noise

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54, groundwave is usually 43. Noise is a bit lower than normal

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: again detecting SSB in the noise

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB up to 56 slow skywave peak

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04 January 2025

*3*

SW0

WW8II-. SOLAR FLUX 165, A-INDEX 12, K-INDEX 0

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @1713 utc, 455 KM/s, PHI 342, DENSITY 0.38 P/cm3

WW8II-, MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 UTC, GOES 18, 100 nt, GOES 19, 104 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, KØAWU 1714, KGØVL 1716, WW8II 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected until :45 -- then very weak broken trace until 1:30

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 40db, 40db, 43db, 1 min call 599, 36db, 38db, 36db, EOT 34db, copy call 599

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX ,0,0,0,28,30,1 min 6,6,15,10,15 599 on peaks QSB to the noise

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady, peaked 25db, very little QSB

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 22db, 22db, 21db, 24db, 1 min 26db, 28db, 26db, 20db, 18db, EOT 15db copy call 529

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW near 599 peaks, 10 to 15 dB fades

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: AB4AM cw 559 or better full time

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 419, 20db above the noise

17:15 KD4RLD-BRIAN: AB4AM 549 with high noise level.

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, 5 dB visual peaks

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 4db?, 2db, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0 det=2db, EOT 4db

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU no cw heard today

17:17 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559, peaked 30db above the noise

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 28db, 30db, 32db, 32db, at 1 MIN 32-28db, 25-21db, 23-25db, 26db, at END 27db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 229 avg with dips below noise threshold 30% time

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 14db 14db, 20db, copy call 559, 1 min 23db, copy call 569, 22db, 24db, 23db caspy 569, EOT 28db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 559 to 549 copy with minor QSB

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:19 KD4RLD-BRIAN: KG0VL light trace just above noise

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START det, 3-5db, det-2db, det-2db, at 1 MIN det-4db, 2-5db, 3db, 3-7db, at END 2-5db

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 559 avg with higher peaks to near 599, best copy in a while

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near 599 copy with very little QSB

17:21 KD4RLD-BRIAN: WW8II 559 30 db or so above noise

17:21 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 8,10,15,12,1 MIN 15,12,18,15,10 599 slight fades even call was 6-8 db

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 QSB, peaked 30db with fast QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Repeorts:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 5x5

17:01 K0AWU-BILL: NO SSB has been heard

17:01 K0AWU-BILL: Some SSB just now

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II Q with W4DEX 52 copy

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II Q with KG0VL 51

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing W4DEX calling AB4AM 54 copy

17:02 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX in the noise no real copy SSB

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing SSB in the noise antenna aimed SE

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB in and out of the noise to 52 copy then quick back to the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 5x5

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO calling WW8II SSB

17:06 K0AWU-BILL: I suspect that Bruce

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX =now at the noise again

17:07 K0AWU-BILL: "Worm" turns quickly in a couple weeks

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: Q on the worm

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX now 51 copy SSB

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing other station SSB now did not get the call

17:09 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here now. W4DEX was in and out of noise

17:06 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX givng AB4AM 55 hearing AB4AM just above the noise W4DEX still 52 to 55 AB4AM now 52 SSB copy

17:09 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II and AB4AM both 55 or better

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: KD4RLD SSB only 43 at best, no local skywave

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Hearing W4DEX SSB 51

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Still copy W4DEX SSB 52

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX talking to K4CSO

17:24 KD4RLD-BRIAN: KW4DE AND W4DEX 57 TO 58 here. K4CSO barely detectable SSB

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 also only at best

17:26 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX calling WW8II 51 SSB

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing W4DEX SSB

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03 January 2026

*3*

SW3

Solar Wind Speed: 490 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz -2 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 166 sfu

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX CW 599, light qsb today

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 559 peak rapid QSB

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 12 dB, no tone, start. Peaking to 15 dB EOT

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- at 1min 30sec a trace until the end of sequence

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519, peaks to 22db, light QSB

17:14 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW 329, 2, 3, 1, 9, 13, 14, 13, 10, 579 at eot

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

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO copied WY3T CW ID

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 549 copy first min, deep fade back up to 43 copy at eot. Visual about 40 dB over noise floor

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 119 - excellent trace 20db peak above noise

17:15 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T CW 559 avg with light qsb not affecting readability, Happy New Year!

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW no copy - excellent trace

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Start, det, det, det, 0, AT 1 MIN 0-det, 0-det, 0-det,0-det, at END 0-det

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, good visual first min peaking about 25 dB, deep fades during second min

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG CW no usable signal heard

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 529 steady. Peaked 25db above the noise

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU broken trace, no tone, 5 dB peaking to 10 dB in and out of noise floor to EOT

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, weak visual most the transmission peak near 10 dB

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWUcw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU CW no usable signal heard

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 40-45db, 45db, at 1 MIN 43db, 40db, 39db, 42db, at END 41db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL CW no copy/detect

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 559 30 dB. Q5 copy call entire Tx

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW no copy - excellent visual trace in spec lab

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL CW no usable copy heard

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG9VL CW not heard, good visual most of transmission peak over 20 dB at eot

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 steady, peaks 35db above the noise, good copy

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:


SSB Reports:

17:01 WY3T-TIM: Hearing SSB faint in the noise

17:04 WY3T-TIM: Copied W4DEX SSB at 32

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T SSB 32 copy, enough to get call sign'

17:05 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB in the noise

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 at best

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB not peaking 57

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