17 October 2026

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 447 km/sec

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

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 131 sfu

GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	17 Oct 2026 17:21:00 GMT	B7.2	Ratio  0.038
Beginning	17 Oct 2026 15:36:00 GMT	B6.6
Maximum	17 Oct 2026 15:40:00 GMT	C1.7	Integrated flux:  7.3e-4  J m-2
End	17 Oct 2026 15:44:00 GMT	C1.1

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection, max peak 6db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no singal detected

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: (unconfirmed) possible faint visual detection in waterfall

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

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16 October 2026

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GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	16 Oct 2026 17:53:00 GMT	C1.0	Ratio  0.029
Beginning	16 Oct 2026 15:38:00 GMT	B8.5
Maximum	****	****	Integrated flux:  ****  J m-2
End	****	****

No reports:

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15 October 2026

*2*

SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 123, A-INDEX 10, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1640 utc, 478.3 KM/s, DENSITY 2.16 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 104 nt, GOES 19, 111 nt

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, WY3T 1642, K5HFG 1644, KØAWU 1646, KGØVL 1648, WW8II 1650

16:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 5db no tone, 6db, 5db, 6db, 1 min det, det, 2-3 db, 3 db, EOT det

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 some SW now improved fair day for locals

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection, peaks 8-10db above the noise

16:43 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, no static, light qsb

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T no cw heard today

16:44 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

16:46 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG no cw heard

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

16:47 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:50 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 good copy. Peaks 38db above the noise

16:50 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 27db, 27db, 24db, 23db, at 1 MIN 23-28db, 24db, 16db, 15-13db, at END 16-19db

16:50 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 2-6db, 8-3-2, 4db, det-2db, 1 min 4-5db -det, 0, 0-det, 3-4-3 db, EOT det-2db

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, near steady weak visual the full transmission

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:52 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:52 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

16:52 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, det, 0-del, 0, at 1 MIN 0, 0, 0-del, 0-det, at END 0db

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak near start, fair visual full transmission expect for one fade into the noise

16:54 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, peaks around 16db, faint tone heard

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:33 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 to 43 peak copy

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43

16:35 WW8II-BRUCE: I am in SSB mode looking SE and NO SSB detected so far today

16:37 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX ssb 59, K4CSO 56 ssb, KP2AE 54 ssb

16:36 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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14 October 2026

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SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 136, A-INDEX 13, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 utc, 527.9 KM/s, DENSITY 3.67 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 113 nt, GOES 19, 120 nt


CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: UPDATED: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646, KØAWU 1648

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 579 at best no real SW louzy day for locals

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX det, det, det-2db, det-4db, 1 min det, det, det, 3db, EOT 0

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual detection, 6db peak

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5KFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG no cw heard

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 2 days in a row! Weak visual trace seen in waterfall, 5db or less

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:46 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START --- 25db, 25db, 26db, 25-22db, at 1 MIN 22-19db, 20-16db, 21-18db, 16-19db, at END 10-14db

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tne 12db, 14db, 19db, weaker tone, 9db, 1 min 7db, 4-det, 4-5db, 12db copy call 519, EOT 13db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START -- det, det, 2db, det-2db, at 1 MIN 2db, 2-4db, 2-5db, 3-6db, 3db, at END 2-3db

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: bright visual detection, peaked 24db, weak tone heard

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak near start, fair visual detection most of transmission with fade to noise floor during last 15 seconds

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard today

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, det?, 0, det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:50 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: rising signal from start to finish, ended 529 roughly 34db above the noise, fast QSB

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:30 WW8II-BRUCE: calling ssb now looking west

16:31 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB heard here

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from just detectable to only 32 copy on peaks

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13 October 2026

*2*

SW0

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 123, A-INDEX 7, K-INDEX 3

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1646 utc, 541.4 KM/s, DENSITY 9.51 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1649 utc GOES 18, 112 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt

GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	13 Oct 2026 17:12:00 GMT	B8.0	Ratio  0.010
Beginning	13 Oct 2026 16:08:00 GMT	B7.9
Maximum	13 Oct 2026 16:32:00 GMT	C4.2	Integrated flux:  5.4e-3  J m-2
End	13 Oct 2026 16:43:00 GMT	C2.3

CW Reports:

 KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KØAWU 1644, KGØVL 1646, WW8II 1648

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection, peaked 8db above the noise

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 539 GW only black out for locals

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, otherwise poor local condx

16:44 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

16:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: very weak visual trace in waterfall. First reception in a long time.

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 0, 0, 0,0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

16:48 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559 QSB, peaked 40db with QSB

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 22db, 22db, 18db, 13-18db, at 1 MIN 13-3db, 22db, 27db, 29db, at END 30db

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL good tone 16-18db, 22db, 23db, copy call 529, 8db, 1 min 10db tone , 6db, weak tone, 8db, 4db-5db still hewar tone, EOT 8-10db good tone

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:48 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:50 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 0, 0, det,det, at 1 MIN det, det, 2db,2db, at END 2db -det

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, one about 2 second visual peak ??

16:50 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not heard

16:51 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 QSB. Peaks to 35db with fast QSB

Recieved at W4DEX:

Received at KG0VL:

SSB Reports:

16:35 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB barely detectable

16:36 KP2AE-JOE: no SW now lost sig from locals

16:37 KP2AE-JOE: only cpy w4dex weak on GW

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I am in SSB listening mode so far no SSB detected

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: flare in progress still climbing

16:56 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now recovering, up to 43 copy now

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