16 November 2023

*1*

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar Flux 119, A-index 12, K-index 2

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 95.2nt, GOES 18 95.8nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1713ut 404km/s, PHI 10, Density 4.19p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU

1714, K5HFG 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 5db, 5-9db, det-5db, 0-5db, at 1 MIN
0-3db, 3-6db, 6db, 6db, at END 3-6db

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy - strong trace in Spectran

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW heard but no copy, visual peaking 35 db over noise

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: weak CW heard with strong QSB. Peaked just
over 30db then back down again. Began 20db decline after second
minute.

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 8db, 8-12db, 0-12db, 0-10db, at 1 MIN
5-10db, 5-12db, 5-17db, 10-17db, at END 15-20db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 12db, 15db, 519copycall, 18db, 519copy,
1 min 25db, 25db 529, 25db, 529copy, EOT 20db

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, no visual signal first min, very
weak 7 dB S/N peak during last min

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, det,0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: hearing CW signal in and out of the noise.
Good visual detection, peaking around 24db above the noise with QSB.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 10db, 9db, 7-9db, 6db, 1 min 0-2db, 0,
2-3db, det??, EOT 0

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 519 to 599 with rapid QSB

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX Light trace, no tone. noticeable QSB, Entire 2 minutes.

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection. Peaked
10-12db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 57 peaks

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 57 peaks

17:09 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO ssb in and out of the noise

17:09 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb S9 to +10

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15 November 2023

*1*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 124, A-index 6, K-index 3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 107nt, GOES 18, 103nt

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1714ut 400KM/s, PHI 239, Density 3.41P/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU
1714, K5HFG 1716, WY3T 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 19db, 20db, 20db, 19db, at 1 MIN
16db, 12-15db, 13db, 13db, at END 13db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard very weakly at noise level last
half of transmission, no usable

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, visual 25 dB over noise first min
then deep fades

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519-529 with QSB. Good visual detection with
slow QSB and deep fades.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start7-2db, 5db, copy 519 to 419, 12db, 12db,
1 min 12db copy 519, 14db, 519 copy, 17db, 18db copy 529, 18db EOT
17db

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard today; all sigs here local are down too

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 35db, 30-25db, 35db, 33db, at 1 MIN
35-40db, 41db, 40db, 33db, at END 30-35db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL visual seen at second half of Tx. strong trace til end of

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peak < 10dB over noise

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det 2db, 5db, 3db, 7db copy 419, det, 1
min 0, det, 2-3db, 7db copy 419, 7db, EOT 10db copy 519

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw, detected change in noise level at
beginning of transmission but, was it a signal??

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, det, det, 1 min 0, 2db, det, 0, EOT 0

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG no signal detected

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539-549 on peaks. Good visual detection,
peaking around 35db with QSB

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no CW heard, good visual trace declining last
30 seconds.

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw rose from noise level to 219 last half of
transmission, no usable copy but present

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T no copy but good trace in Spectran

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 559 steady

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, also earlier ssb 599, moderate qsb
of no consequence

17:22 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 8db, 8db, 7db, 8db,1 min det-2db, det,
3db, 0, EOT det

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 589 some qsb fair locals not as
good as yesterday

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection, peaking
around 14db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB S2 to S3

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52

17:10 W4DEX-DEX: Local SSB signals way down from yesterday.

17:06 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO, WA4LDU, KP2AE all 55-57 ssb

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14 November 2023

*2*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 134, A-index 16, K-index 1

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 119nt, GOES 18, 117Nt

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, K5HFG 1714, WY3T 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:11 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 439 minor QSB, visual averaging 40 dB over noise

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II Brief detection middle of first minute, no tone

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw rst heard 229 entire transmission

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy --good trace in Spectran

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW deep fade during last 10 seconds

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529-539 with QSB. Good visual detection,
peaked around 32db above the noise.

17:26 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO heard WW8II CW today

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 16db, 16db, copy call 519, 15db, 1min
copy call 529. 22db, copy call 529, 25db, copy call 529, EOT 27db

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peak about 15 dB over noise

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable copy but possible brief audible midway

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw no audible copy today

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start det-2db, 0, det??, 0, 1min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 439 copy on peaks

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL Weak trace in and out entire Tx

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw 539 with QSB

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw 339 with qsb to near noise a few short
tim,es but audible 100%

17:18 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t some dect of signal

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX 599 with 9-12 db qsb fades, solid

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599+ at times rather good day for locals some
deep qsb dips

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 15db, 15db, copy call 519 17db, 1 min
copy call 419, 12db, 15db, copy call 519, 17db, EOT 18db copy call @
end 519

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faint in the noise the second min

17:20 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard, good visual detection
peaking around 25db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 57 !!!!

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 57 peaks, QSB

17:07 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:08 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB also 57 !!!!

17:10 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO ssb in the noise

17:10 WA4LDU-JOE: KP2AE SSB 55 just before cw time but in the noise before that

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: Local skywave still good peaks

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13 November 2023

*2*

16:51 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 137, A-index 10, K-index 3

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 110nt, GOES 18, 109nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1711ut 441km/s, PHI 77, Density 3.87p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU
1714, K5HFG 1716, WY3T 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 12db, 12db, 12db, 13db, at 1 MIN
12db, 12db, 12db, 12db, at END 12db

17:12 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II some momentary detections on SL, no tone

17:13 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549, visual peak about 45 dB over noise

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 549 average, good visual detection, peaked
>40db. Strong QSB second minute

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy good trace in Spectran

17:24 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II 233 cw copy last 30 sec, W4DEX cw 599, no
other cw copy

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 23db, 529 copy, 25db, 25db, 1min
539copy, 27db, solid 539, 27db, 27db, EOT 30db,

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 23db, 23db 23db, 22db, at 1 MIN 23db,
23db, 13-20db, 13-15db, at END 12-14db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL bright trace, no tone entire Tx.

17:14 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:15 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - fair trace in Spectran

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual peaks with deep fade

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 6db, 10db, 12db, copy 419, 10db, 1 min
copy 419, 8db, 12db, still copy call, 12db, EOT8db

17:16 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, good visual detection with
QSB. Early peak of 35db and then slowly downhill.

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, det, det, 0, 1 min 0, det, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:19 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no CW heard, fair visual trace all but final
15 seconds.

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WY3T some possible detections at beginning of Tx

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 589 peak with QSB

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start det-3db, 0, 2db, 4db, 1 min 7db, 12db
copy 419, 15db, 15db, EOT 4-6db

17:22 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:22 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected faint in the noise.

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519-529 good copy, strong visual detection
peaking close to 30db above the noise.

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SSB Reports:

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 53

17:04 WA4LDU-JOE: K4CSO in the noise but no copy

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 56 peak, QSB

17:06 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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12 November 2023

*2*

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 142, A-index 5 K-index 2

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers GOES 16, 120nt, GOES 18, 115nt

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind 516km/s, PHI 5, Density 10.39p/cm3




CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU
1714, AB4AM 1716, W4DEX 1718

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 17db, 15db, 17db, 17db, at 1 MIN
17db, 16db, 15db, 15db, at END 15db --- VERY GOOD SIG!!

17:12 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy/detect

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549 copy at eot, visual peak 50 dB over noise

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 28db, 28db, 25db, 20db, at 1 MIN 20db,
18db, 17-20db, 22db, at END 24db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 7db, 10db, 11db, 5db 1 min 4db, 9db,
12db,copy call 419, EOT 5db

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 average, good visual detection, peaked
around 35db above the noise with QSB

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peak about 15 dB over noise

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:14 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL no copy/detect

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no detect

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:16 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy/detect

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start det det det 1min 0, 3, 0, 0, EOT 0
maybe my radio broke???

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 529-539 with QSB, good visual detection.
Peaked about 38db above the noise.

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 439 on peaks, very fast and deep QSB

17:17 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NO signal detected

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw 539 with QSB

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: no CW heard, good visual detection full
period. Peaked 14db above the noise floor.

17:19 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected wit SpecLab

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 25db, 25db, 25db, 1 min solid 539copy,
22db, 23db, 24db, EOT copy call 539

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected wit SpecLab

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 599

17:21 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 45-59 10,10,5,18,1 min 18,10,18.6,22

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW S9 +10

17:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard. Good visual detection.
Peaked 20db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:



Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:00 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU SSB 55-58

17:01 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU SSB just above the noise now

17:01 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX barely

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB from 31 to 55 copy

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:02 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX 2 s-units above noise

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: SSB deep in the noise

17:03 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB peaking 57

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: Pretty sure it's WA4LDU talking with W4DEX

17:10 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM SSB just above the noise which is S7 here

17:24 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU SSB going from deep in the noise to 55

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: I am now getting BURSTING of SSB

17:26 AB4AM-ROB: Can barely hear W4DEX

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