04 December 2023

*1.5*

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 139, A-index 11 , K-index 2

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1659 545 KM/s, PHI 337, Density 13.73p/cm3

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @1710ut GOES 16, 123nt GOES 18 114nt

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1716ut 542 KM/s, PHI 337, Density 15.49P/cm3

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: The the solar wind appears to be causing some turbulance in the ionosphere today

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: Updated: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, K5HFG 1716, WY3t 1718, W4DEX 1720

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

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II No detect

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, fair visual peaking just over 20 dB S/N

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: weak CW heard, good visual detection. Peaked 28db above the noise with QSB

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

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0-10db, 10db, 0-10db, 7db, 1 min 7-10db, 0-4db, copy 318, 10db, 8-10db, EOT 0-7db

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

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

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fair visual peaking just over 10 dB S/N

17:15 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

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

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

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

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: weak CW heard, fast QSB. Peaked 26db above the noise.

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

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

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no signal detected

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected today

17:19 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 439 copy full transmission, Best in many moons!

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal dected

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

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

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:22 KP2AE-JOE: no dx today w4dex 599 /w some qsb fades SW at times poor day for locals

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, det, det, det, 1 min det-4db, det-5db, 3-5-3db, 0, EOT 0

17:22 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

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

17:22 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw 219 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 4, 6, 10, 549 at eot

17:23 WA1AC-CLINT: W4DEX 54 to 57 QSB

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak CW carrier heard, good visual detection. Peaked around 12db with a big QSB dip.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 54

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC SSB 53

17:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 53

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03 December 2023

WW8II & AB4AM PRE NET TESTS - RAPID FAST AND DEEP QSB

The first data is WW8II 1 kw steady CW carrier with id and the second is AB4AM 1kw CW carrier with id as received @ W4DEX receiving station.

Solar flux was 148, A -ndex 14, K-index 2


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03 December 2023

*1.5*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 148, A-index 14, K-index 2

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 114nt, GOES 109nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1712ut 444km/s, PHI 355, Density 7.22p/cm3

CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: WW8II 1710, KGØVL 1712, KØAWU 1714, WY3T 1716, AB4AM 1718, W4DEX 1720

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 2db, 2-6db, 3-6db, 0-2db, at 1 MIN 0-2db, det-5db, 0-2db, det-5db, at END 0-3db

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

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549 peaks, very fast deep fades, visual peaks 45 dB over noise

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no detect

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519-529 with QSB. Good visual detection, peaking 32db above the noise.

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

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 14db, 10-18db, 10-15db, 8-26db, at 1 MIN 26db, 21-26db, 12-16db, 13-18db, at END 13-20db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 5db, 8db, weak tone 228 copy, 8db, 318copy, 11db, 1 min 10db, 11db 13db, 519copy, 14db, EOT 10db

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

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy - good trace last 45 sec

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, visual peaks 25 dB over noise, fast QSB

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

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

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

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 519-529 with QSB. Good visual detection with peaks around 35db above the noise.

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

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW 329 copy on peaks, very fast QSB

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw slight detect 2nd minute - good trace in Spectran

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:21 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T no copy/detect

17:19 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW 549 on sever fast peaks

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:20 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM cw no copy/detect

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NO signal detected

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: no CW heard, good visual detection. Peaked 8-10db above the noise.

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM cw 339 - strong solid trace in Spectran

17:20 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

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

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX star 0, 5db, 3db, det, 1 min 10db weak tone, 2-5db, 0, 0, EOT det-2-0

17:22 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy but detected in the noise most of the two min

17:23 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 549

17:23 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 559-599 10,15,12,15,1 min 8,20,15,8,15,12 very fast dips

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 decent copy. Good visual detection with peaks near 30db above the noise.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:03 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing SSB deep in the noise. Maybe W4DEX

17:03 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected here

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: No SSB detected

17:09 AB4AM-ROB: Called WA4LDU SSB no copy

17:11 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb in the noise

17:24 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb barely copy in and out of noise

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB heard, poor copy

17:24 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM ssb slight copy

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB now 42 copy

17:25 AB4AM-ROB: Tried calling W4DEX and WA4LDU nothing but, noise here

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02 December 2023

*1.5*

16:53 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 162 , A -index 56, K-index 1

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 94.6nt, GOES 18 93.9nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1716ut 471km/s, PHI 291, Density 3.35p/cm3

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

17:12 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 549 average full period, fast QSB

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw 339 entire transmission, solid

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II light trace on Argo, no tone and QSB deep first minute. Nothing second minute

17:13 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw barely perceptable, no copy but solid trace in Spectran

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 519-529 with fast QSB. Good visual detection and peaked around 38db above the noise.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start det-5db, 14db, weak Copy, 15db, 15db 1 min 4db-10db 419copy, 21db, 519copy call, 18db, good copy, 15db, EOT 22db

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 549 at start, fades into the noise

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

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

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable copy heard

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

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

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:17 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: no CW heard, weak but positive trace in SpecLab.

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

17:17 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:18 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

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

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw no usable copy today heard

17:19 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw occasional copy with deep fade first 30 sec of 2nd minute - good trace in Spectran

17:19 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw copied 599+ entire transmission, very light/shallow qsb today, solid copy

17:20 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX weak trace, no tone, very deep QSB entire Tx.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 11db copy 419, 12db, 8-10db, 12db, 1 min 15-7db, copy 419, 16db, 10-12db, 318 copy EOT 7db,

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 539 steady

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 519 steady. Bright visual detection with 30db peaks.

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB heard here \

17:04 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX ssb VERY weak - difficult copy

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB detected, no copy

17:05 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52, no skywave detected

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01 December 2023

*2*

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 167, A-index 5, K-index 6

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 128nt, GOES 18, 125nt

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 15db, 10-15db, 8-12db, 5-10db, at 1 MIN 1-5db, 1-3db, 0-2db, 1-5db, a END 1-2db

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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw copied entire time, 100%, 339 at best with slow qsb

17:12 K5HFG-DON: WW8II signal detected on Argo, no tone. QSB but visual the entire Tx.

17:15 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 average with QSB, good visual detection with a peak around 44db above the noise.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL START 25db, 25-30db, 20-25db, 1-10db, at 1 MIN 20-25db, 25-30db, 30db, 32db, at END 33db

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 20, 20db, copy 529, 22db, 1 min 18db copy 529, 14db, copy 519,15db, copy 519, EOT 22db

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

17:14 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL strong trace no tone, entire Tx. noted QSB

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL, heard weak cw midway in transmission at noise level, no usable copy

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 3db, 5db, 8db, det to 6db, 1 min det??, 0, det-3db, 5db, EOT 0

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

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard today

17:16 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:17 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 average, signal nearly identical with WW8II other than more QSB. Peaked around 44db above the noise.

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

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

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard

17:18 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak and broken visual trace, no CW heard

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

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

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

17:20 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw heard in noise midway into transmission, no usable copy though

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

Received at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

None

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