17 February 2026

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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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