16 September 2022

*1*

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 140, A-index 6, K-index 1

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity lots last a M6.2 peaked @ 1559UT currently 35+db D LAYER ABSORPTION AND ALSO A POLAR CAP EVENT IN ADDITION

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 116nt, GOES 17, 110nt

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1642ut 332 km/s, PHI 22, Density 4.67p/cm3

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity @1642ut was C3.2 and D layer was still +25db absorption with polar cap

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 minute CW TEST WW8II 1640, K0AWU 1642, K5HFG 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II --- START 0, 0, 0, 0, at 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, at END 0

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual peaked about 7 dB over noise

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU START 0, 0, 0, 0, 1MIN 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 extreame10db local noise SW direction

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

16:48 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0, 10db elevated noise floor SE direction also

16:48 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

16:49 WA4LDU-JOE: No detect cw WW8II, K0AWU, K5HFG

16:50 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 549 with minor QSB

Received at W4DEX:

SSB Reports:

16:34 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX SSB not heard

16:36 W4DEX-DEX: Have made multiple SSB calls....no one heard

15 September 2022

(Addendum)

09-15-2022
PRE NET TESTING

Start 1504ut End 1600ut
1513ut Solar wind was 304 km/s, PHI 260, Density 6.94p/cm3
1600ut Solar wind was 320 km/s, PHI 320, Density 4.04p/cm3
1600ut there was a C1.54 minor flare

15 September 2022

*1*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 144, A-index 9, K-index 1

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today only off the southern 1/3 Atlantic coast of Florida to several hundred miles out into the Atlantic

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: Current solar activity C1.38 with a D layer absorption of 6db

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16 121nt, GOES 17, 112nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1642ut 328 km/s, PHI 286, Density 2.75p/cm3

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 Minute CW Test WW8II 1640, K5HFG 1642, WY3T 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual peaked about 12 dB over noise

16:42 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw not copied today

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

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

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

16:45 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, visual peaked about 10 dB over noise

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw no usable copy today

16:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 db > nf at eot

16:48 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, moderate qsb

16:48 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 several 2-4 db visual peaks

16:51 WA4LDU-JOE: no detect cw WW8II, K5HFG, WY3T

16:52 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 539 with 4 strong QSB dips

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SSB Reports:

16:39 WA4LDU-JOE: I gave a long call, hearing nothing

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB not heard

14 September 2022

(Addendum)

PRE NET TESTING TODAY 09-14-2022

Start 1428ut end 1600ut

WW8II transmit a 6 second 1 kw CW carrier with ID every 1 minute

W4DEX receive the signals and record them, a 510-mile path

14 September 2022

*1*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 154, A-index 4, K-index 2

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: The solar activity has BEEN MODERATE several C level events with M 1.1 @ 1019ut most activity is still happening in event 3098

16:29 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer absorption has now dropped to 5db there were some QUICK moderated polar absorptions in the past hour that reached 18 to 20 dB

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 159nt, GOERS17, 13`1nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1642ut, 294 km/s, PHI 123, DENSITY 49.78p/cm3

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: that density is real 49.78p/cm3

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 min CW WW8II 1640, K5HFG 1642, WY3T 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, long dashed peaked about 8 dB over visual noise

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected

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

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signals detected

16:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, visual peak about 10 dB over noise

16:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy . . . Faintly detected in the noise during the sec min

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, det 2-3db, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT det 3db

16:49 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

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SSB Reports:

16:38 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here

16:38 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB from S2 to S6

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB now peaking S9 !!

13 September 2022

(Addendum)

TODAY PRE NET TESTING

Start : 1412ut and End 1604ut

WW8II transmits a 6 sec 1KW carrier followed by id every 1 minute

W4DEX receives and records the signal, A 510-mile path

The solar wind @1458 was 312km/s, with Density 1.36p/cm3
1508ut Solar wind 299km/s, Density 2.67p/cm3
1511ut a C7.77 event, solar wind 299 km/s, Density 2.02p/cm3
1527 solar wind 301 km/s, Density 1.63p/cm3
1547 a C6.6 event solar wind 309 km/s, Density 1.39 p/cm3

Note the solar wind and density remained fairly constant over the 2-hour period

13 September 2022

*1*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 150, A-index 9, K-index1

16:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning today, Extreme NW PA (Erie). Albany, N.Y. some out in the Atlantic way off the coast of N.C. and in the Central and SE Gulf and the SW part of Florida

16:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity last 24 hrs. Moderate with a lot of C level activity and 1 M level currently a C2.7 level event with a 11 db D layer absorption Propagation Conditions the past 2 hours as seen by the pre net testing were extremely poor over the 510-mile path between WW8II and W4DEX

16:39 WW8II-BRUCE: D layer absorption still 10db with a C2.3 solar level

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1640ut GOES 16, 108nt, GOES 17, 106nt

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1639 UT 307 km/s, PHI 177, Density 1.53p/cm3

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: The solar wind and density have remained constant over the past 3 hours

CW Reports:

WW8II-BRUCE: 2 minute CW TEST WW8II 1640, K5HFG 1642, W4DEX 1644. WW8II 1646

16:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0 ,0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:46 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 549 slight QSB

16:47 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw 2nd round no detect

16:48 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, weak visual detection

Received at W4DEX:


SSB Reports:

(None)

12 September 2022

(Addendum)

Today's 1899 KHz PRE NET TESTING

Start 1348. END 1540ut

WW8II transmit A 1kw CW carrier for 6 seconds with ID every 1 minute

W4DEX receive and record the signal, A 510-mile path

12 September 2022

*1*

16:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar Flux 152, A-index 9, K-index 2

16:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar activity Several C level events mostly in area (3101) with a C7.2 @ 1300ut current D later absorption disturbance +40 db polar cap

16:24 WW8II-BRUCE: Lightning seen today in the middle of the Gulf and on the gulf side of Florida from Gainesville to Miami and the Bahamas also some out in the Atlantic off the coasts of N.C. to N.Y.

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1640utGOES 16, 114nt , GOES 17, 106nt

16:49 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @1643ut 361km/s, PHI 88, Density 4.73p/cm3

CW Reports:
WW8II-BRUCE: 2 minute CW Test WW8II 1640, K5HFG 1642, WY3T 1644, W4DEX 1646

16:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, fair visual detection peaking 8 dB over noise

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

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

16:44 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, weak visual at start and end of transmission

16:48 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0 Possible det a couple of times 2-3 db

16:48 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

16:48 K5HFG-DON: NO signals detected here today.

16:49 WY3T-TIM: No stations copied or detected today

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SSB Reports:

W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB amazingly good copy considering current D layer ionization. Signal peaking S8 with QSB to about S4

16:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I have been listening antenna pointed SE and have heard NO SSB

16:38 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard here

16:40 W4DEX-DEX: Armchair quality QSO with WA1AC