1899 kHz Midday Propagation Test

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

17 February 2026

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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

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