19 February 2026

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SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 119, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 511 KM/s, PHI 152, DENSITY 2.58 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 106 nt, GOES 19, 112 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: noise floor S 5 with crashes to S9+20db

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

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219, 1, 1, 0, 0, DET, DET, 1, 1, 219 at eot

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569 steady

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 18db, 20db, 16db, 14db, good tone 1 min 8db, 6db, 9db, 11db, EOT 14db copy call 519

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX 5 dB, no tone start. 5 dB midway. 5 dB EOT

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 18db at start, slowly declining signal from start to finish. Bright visual detection

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw nio copy - audible detect first 30 sec, good visual detect complete time

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW very weak signal heard. Visual peak near 15 dB S/N

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab EXCEPT!! 20sec after start, broken trace detection for 10sec

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaks 12db, no tone heard

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT0

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 7db, 4db, 0, 0, 1 min det, det, det, 4db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:19 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 569 QSB, peaks >45db, fast QSB

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 40db, 15-35db, at 1 MIN 35-39db, 39-30db, 20-31db, 30db, at END 30-40db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 10 dB, no tone start. 15 dB midway. 15 dB EOT

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - slight visual detect last 30 sec

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 18db, 18db, 20db, copy call 529, 12db, 1 min 10db, weak tone, 7-8db, 11db, 12db, EOT 12db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VLcw no copy/detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 copy during a 30 dB visual peak

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 329 peak copy, quick deep fade to noise floor

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 15db, 15-18db, 20db, 22db, at 1 MIN 22-25db, 23db, 23-30db, 28db, At END 28db nice sig

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - good visual detect - getting stronger thru entire transmission

17:23 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB at very end

17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: I did a steady 2 min CW carrier with ID at the end

17:24 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 at best. However, Speclab shows >40db signal peak (near KØAWU) yet will hardly move the S-meter.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 43 peaks

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 57

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 54

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18 February 2026

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SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 122, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 6

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 466 KM/s, PHI 161, DENSITY 2.18 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 104 nt, GOES 19, 113 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

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

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 not much SW poor/fair day for locals

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 . . 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 219 AT EOT

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX Det, 2db, 4db, 5db drop to 2db,1min 2db, 6db, 12db weak tone , 10db, EOT 8-6db

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard 599 with minor qsb

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Faint trace 10 dB, no tone start. Lost at 17 11 00.

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual detection, peaks to 15db, faint carrier heard

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 339 - deep QSB- 439 peak at EOT

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T 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 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no copy - fair visual last 15 sec

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW Not heard, near 15 dB visual peak at start, steady fade to no detection at eot

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection, peaked 12db, no tone heard

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, ??det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:19 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519 QSB, peaked 26db with sharp QSB present

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 12db, 15db, 17db, 17-20db, at 1 MIN 8-20db, 8-15db, 5-10db, det-10db, at END 0-10db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 15 dB, no tone start. 15 dB midway. 10 dB EOT

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 5db, 6db, 7db-8db weak tone 4-5db, 1 min 7db-8db weak tone , 4db, 5-6db, 0, EOT det-2db

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW tone detectable first 30 seconds, then even visual fade to noise floor

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw heard very weakly last half transmission in/out noise, no usable

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 5 dB, no tone start. in the noise midway. gone at 17 21 30

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db,10-12db, 10-12db, 8-12db, at 1 MIN det-5db, 0-det, 0, 0-det, at END det-10db (brief 10db)

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II no usable cw copy

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW tone detectable most of transmission, big peak near eot, visual peaked at 30 dB over noise

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:02 WA4LDU-JOE: Weak SSB detected, not identified

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 with brief 43 peaks

17:04 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB steady 43 copy

17:06 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB detected, very weak

17:08 WW8II-BRUCE: I have detected NO SSB today

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17 February 2026

*2*

SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 118, A-INDEX 29, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711utc, 555 KM/s, PHI 193, DENSITY 1.99 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 105 nt, GOES 19, 110 nt

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 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det, 2db, 3-4db, 4-5db, 1 min 2db, 2db, 2-3db, 2db, EOT 6-7db real weak tone

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 589 some SW qsb fair day for locals

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 529 stable, peaked 34db, good signal

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, moderate qsb 9-12 db   
17:14 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

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

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: broken visual trace, peaked around 6db above the noise, no tone heard

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

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

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: peaks around 28db, QSB with fading

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 15-20db, 10-15db, 5-12db, at 1 MIN det-10db, det-10db, 10-15db, 5-11db, at END 0-8db

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very faint detection, no tone,entire Tx

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 4db, 5db, 6-7db,3-4db, 1 min 4db, 2-3db, 4db, det , EOT 4db

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw 439 heard today, no qsb, steady good ID

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

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

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 229 at best today down to near noise by time end, not as strong as other days

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, slowly rising signal from start to finish. Peaked 20db

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 W4DEX-DEX:  KP2AE SSB 43 to 54 peaks

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53 to 55 peaks

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

17:13 KW4DE-DARRELL: SSB on K4CSO, KP2AE avg 54

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17 February 2026

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++SW4++

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 118, A-INDEX 26, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1713 utc, 680 KM/s, PHI 240, DENSITY 0.37 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 112 nt, GOES 19, 122 nt



WW8II-BRUCE: Big CORONAL HOLE on the sun from SE to W center

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, AB4AM 1712, K5HFG 1714, KØAWU 1716, KGØVL 1718, WW8II 1720

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

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 10, 12db, 11db, weak tone 12db, 1 min 10db, 12db, 12-13db, 14db, weak tone, EOT 15db copy call 419

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 20,25,18,10,1 min 15,10,15,25,20 599+

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB from 59+30db down to 55 copy

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak carrier heard, peaked 18db

17:13 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX very faint trace detected just at NF, no tone and no signal measurement at EOT

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 6db, 5-6db, 4db, 4db NO tone, 1 min 3-4db, 0-det??, 0, det-2db, EOT det

17:14 K5HFG-DON: AB4AM 10 -15 dB, no tone entire Yx.

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW near steady 599, fast fade near eot

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

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 419, peaked 25db above the noise

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

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak carrier heard, peaked 16db, bright visual trace in waterfall

17:17 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, det??, det, 1 min 0, det, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU some very weak detection through out Tx

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 QSB, peaked 32db with QSB

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 329 ID copy, visual 25 dB S/N

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 20db, 0-25db, 8-15db, 2-15db, at 1 MIN 2-12db, 2-28db, 15-20db, 5-20db, at END 10-20db

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 20 dB with tone start. copy ID, entire Tx

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 8db, weak tone 10db, 9db, 7-8db real weak tone, 1 min 5db, 3-4db, 3db-det, 3db, EOT 10db

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 10db, 10db, 6-10db, 5-10db, at 1 MIN det-10db(Id?), 5-10db, det, det-7db, at END 4-10db

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 559 copy on peaks, visual 45 dB over noise

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II very weak trace, no tone. no measurement entire Tx

17:22 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II possible detect a few times. Can't say for sure

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 559 peaked 38db, good copy

Received at W4DEX:


Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 59+30 Strongest ever seen!

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB 55 QSB

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 51-53 on peak. In and out of the noise SSB

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB just detectable

17:04 K5HFG-DON: no SSB detected

17:05 AB4AM-ROB: Heard some SSB, not sure if W4DEX or WW8II

17:09 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX still detectable in the noise

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB still peaking S9+30 Amazing

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15 February 2026

*3*

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 117, A-INDEX 11, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1711 utc, 627 KM/s, PHI 157, DENSITY 1.16 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1710 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt , GOES 19, 116 nt

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gev_20260215_1609

2026/02/15 16:09:00

16:24:00

16:17:00

B7.3

N09E60 ( 4377 )

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 with SpecLab

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 18db 19db, 22db, 24db, 1 min 26db copy call 589 25db, 26db, 26db, EOT 25 db copy cal 589 solid

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 3,3,6,6,1 min 8,0,6,6,8 41-559

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 319 peaks around 18db above the noise floor, very little QSB

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 17db solid 51 52 tone, 14db, 15db, 16db, 1 min 15db, 14db, 15db, 14db, EOT 12db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 559 peak, very fast 20 dB fades

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: 519, very stable signal, 26db steady from start to finish, no QSB. Decent copy

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 6db, 8db, 6db, 5db, 1 min 6db, 6db, weak tone most of the time , 4db, 4db, EOT 5db

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 579 loud. Peaks 40db, good copy

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: Very little QSB here

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 40db, 40db, 38db, 40db, at 1 MIN 35db, 32db, 30db, 30-40db, at END 38-40db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 24db, 26db, 28db, copy call 589, 26db, 1 min 31db, 32 db copy call 599, 30db, copy call 599, 31db, EOT 40db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual first min and right at eot. Noise floor increases due to a brief period of heavy rain

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

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW near steady 589 copy full transmission

17:20 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:
17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU at my noise on SSB 22 copy

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5x5 SSB

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5x5 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB now dropping 51 copy K0AWU last was up just a little almost copy

17:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II now back on SSB, loud

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB now 54

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 54 complete QSO

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 SSB good Q

17:07 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB here

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