1899 kHz Midday Propagation Test

This blog documents the results of mid-day North American 160 meter propagation. Daily test started in 2017. The daily blog has documented the activity since December 1218. Most of the regular activity has been by stations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Mississippi. All stations are welcome to participate. Join us via NetLogger at: https://www.netlogger.org/ email W4DEX at w4dex (at) arrl.net for questions.

Monday, October 19, 2026

19 October 2026
*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 363 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 3 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 137 sfu

GOES- 18 LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	19 Oct 2026 16:43:00 GMT	B5.6	Ratio 0.009
Beginning	19 Oct 2026 14:21:00 GMT	B5.4
Maximum	19 Oct 2026 14:29:00 GMT	C1.9	Integrated flux: 1.1e-3 J m-2
End	19 Oct 2026 14:34:00 GMT	C1.2

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: good visual detection, peaks about 8db above the noise level

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

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: broken visual trace in waterfall, 6db

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

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

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