25 January 2024

*4*

17:09 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 172, A-index 10, K-index 2

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 125nt, GOES 18 115nt

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1715ut 419km/s, PHI 285, Density 7.06p/cm3

CW Reports:

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Start det, 2db, 0-det, det-1db, at 1 MIN det, det, det, det, at END 0-det

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 20db 25db, copy 559 27db with beverage antenna, solid 1min copy 529 18db, 20db, 25db, copy 539, 15db, EOT 12db copy 519

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 good SW some deep qsb fades some good local prop.

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 569

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy detected faint in the noise

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 569 loud with fast QSB.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no detect any signal

17:14 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw short 419 peak at 1min in then in the noise - good trace in spectan

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, 10 dB visual peak for a few seconds

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 8db, 12db, copy call 519 6db, 7db, 1 min det, 2b, ?? det-2db, ?? 0, EOT 0

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549-559 with fast QSB. Peaked >40db

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW carrier heard, no copy. Visual peaks about 25 dB over noise

17:18 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 20db, 20db, 15-25db, 17-23db, at 1 MIN 10-17db, 10-23db, 23db, 3-21db, at END 25db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 23db, 23db, copyv 529, 12db, 22db, copy 529, 1min 25db, 25db, 22db, 15db, copy 429, 12db, EOT 7db-10db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW 579 peaks, 25 dB fade

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VLcw no copy/detect

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw 319 peak second minute - goo trace in Spectran

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 599 peak, one 35 dB fade

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START det, det, 10db, 10-13db, at 1 MIN 13db, 14db, 13db, 15db, 15db -- Almost NO QSB

17:20 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii 559 at start of test some deep fades cpy full 2min

17:20 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 569 strong signal. Peaks greater than 40db above the noise.

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw 219 peaks - solid trace on Spectran

17:21 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:21 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- Almost no QSB the last Min

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17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: we were coming of a C5.55 @ 1522ut down to approx a C1.01 during CW testing


SSB Reports:

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 42 at best

17:01 WA4LDU-JOE: can tell WW8II ssb is in the noise - barely detectable

17:01 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX calling KP2AE now 52 SSB

17:01 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB peaking 57, fast QSB

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: I hear someone callng real weak in the noise

17:02 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX now 54 SSB

17:02 WW8II-BRUCE: Still hearing SSB someone calling W4DEX

17:03 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:04 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW HEAR W4DEX loud 53

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU SSB 52

17:06 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 54 skywave peaks

17:06 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB 41

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 54 peak calling KG0VL

17:07 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing SSB to the SE with the beverage antenna weak in the noise

17:08 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX calling WY3T

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 53 QSO

17:23 WA4LDU-JOE: short peak copy on KG0VL 43

17:23 KP2AE-JOE: kg0vl 52 on ssb

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: K2DRH 51 SSB

17:25 WA4LDU-JOE: KP2AE ssb 55

17:27 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB peaking 58

17:28 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB holding steady at 53

17:29 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 53 SSB, still going strong.

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24 January 2024

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 426 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 3 nT, Bz 0 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 180

17:21 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 108nt GOES 18, 104nt

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

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX --- STARTdet, det, 2-4db, 2-4db, at 1 MIN 2-5db, 2-5db, 0-5db, det, at END 0-det

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX start 0, det, det, 2-3db, 1 min 5-6-2db, det-3db, 5db, 0-7db, EOT 7-4-0

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599+25, shallow qsb, no qrn

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: Quick QSB

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no 219, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 8, 569 at eot

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 599 some qsb good day for locals

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 539 some QSB. Strongest near the one minute mark.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T No signal seen

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t 529 at best some qsb cpy full 2min

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard first minute, fast rise to 439 peak during last minute

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw 229 with some fading to noise, better than yesterday

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 559-569 with slight QSB. Strong signal

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 18-20db, 22db, 18db, 17db, 1 min copy 519 wierd cw sound, 12db, 519, 12db, 20 db copy 519, EOT 10db,

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

17:16 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW not heard, very weak visual at start, fade into the noise with peak at eot

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw no definate audible copy today

17:17 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 28db, 12-28db, 20-30db, 30-40db,at 1 MIN 38db, 37db, 40db, 40db, at END37db

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 10db, 15db, 22db, 20db, copy 519 again wierd tone, 1 min 0-4db, 3db, 22db, copy 529, 15db, EOT 10db

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW Brief 439 copy at start, fast fade to noise floor, back up to 439

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw heard last part of transmission, rising from noise to 229 at best

17:18 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:19 KP2AE-JOE: kg0vl some cpy at eot

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 12db, 15db, 20db, 18db, 7-13db, at 1 MIN 7-20db, 2023db, 20db, 20-22db, at END 18-23db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw qsb from noise to 339 over several fade cycles, no static

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW Quick 549 peaks.

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539 average, fast QSB. Peaked around 40db above the noise.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: Real QUICK QSB on all signals heard or seen today

Received at W4DEX:


Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:
17:03 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 52 with fast 57 skywave peaks

17:04 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II very weak on SSB here, replied but no response.

17:04 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB also 52 with fast 57 skywave peaks

17:05 KW4DE-DARRELL: KP2AE 55-57 ssb, K4CSO 57-59 ssb

17:09 KP2AE-JOE: k4cso 54 on ssb

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23 January 2024

*2*

17:22 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16, 112nt, GOES 18, 102nt

17:23 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1710ut 409km/s, PHI 178, Density 0.31p/cm3

WW8II-BRUCE: How to use the ionoshpere layers imigine a line your lat. you long. in 3 d go stright up and see you are hitting all the heavy charged layers

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16:55 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar NOON W4DEX 1734ut, WY3T 1739ut, WW8II 1746ut, K5HFG 1810ut, KG0VL 1821ut , K0AWU 1826ut

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1710, WY3T 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 0,0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex 569 little or no SW louzy day for locals

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw heard 599, light qsb, no distant signals heard today so far---generally poor condx

17:12 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: no CW heard, good visual detection. Peaked 14db above the noise.

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO signal detected

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T no detect

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw weakly heard midway through timeslot, 229 at best, generally at noise no usable copy

17:14 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW no signal detected

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw no copy/detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO signal detected

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4HFG no audible cw copy today

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

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

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 0, 0, 3db, 2db, 1 min 0, det??, det??, 3db, EOT 0

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU no detect

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU CW no signal detected

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw no usable audible copy but possible "in the noise" cw detection

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 549, strong signal! Peaked >40db above the noise with fast QSB. Zilch heard on SSB just 15 minutes prior.

17:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 0, 0, 0,. det-3db, 1 min 0, det, 0, 0, EOT 0

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 25db, 24db, 25db, 26db, at 1 MIN 21-24db, 21db, 22db, 23db, at END23db

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, weak visual about 5 dB above noise first minute, then fade close to noise

17:21 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw no usable copy today

17:21 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW singal heard but no copy. Visual peak 30 dB over noise

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- START 5db, 5db, 5-10db, 5-10db, 3-6db, at 1 MIN 2-5db, 1-5db, 2-5db, 2-6db, at END 5db

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II audible in the noise about 50% time but no usable copy

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529 average with QSB. Peaked near 28db above the noise.

Recieved at W4DEX:

Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports:

17:04 K0AWU-BILL: called KG0VL seven times -- nil

17:05 KG0VL-JEFF: Dead here.

17:05 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

17:07 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB 32 copy at best

17:08 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO weakly copied ssb, KP2AE very weak and into the noise

17:09 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 42 at best so far

17:29 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CSO ssb 55 last transmission, so some sky wave is there

17:24 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now solid 52 copy

Notes:

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: The flare activity was steadly dropping throughout the entire test time was C6.45 @ `1714ut

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: The density of the ionosphere remained fairly constent during the test period

17	gev_20240123_1427	2024/01/23 14:27:00	14:55:32	14:38:00	C9.5	S17W40 ( 3561 )
18	gev_20240123_1445	2024/01/23 14:45:00	15:05:00	14:59:00	M1.3	S18W41 ( 3561 )
19	gev_20240123_1614	2024/01/23 16:14:00	16:36:00	16:33:00	C7.6	N27W01 ( 3559 )
20	gev_20240123_1636	2024/01/23 16:36:00	16:47:00	16:40:00	M4.3	S17W39 ( 3561 )

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22 January 2024

*3*

16:50 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar flux 179, A-index 6, K-index 2

17:03 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1650ut were GOES 16 122nt, GOES 18 is 107nt

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Magnetometers @ 1710ut GOES 16 134nt, GOES 18 116nt

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: Solar wind @ 1718ut 434km/s, PHI 144, Density 5.09p/cm3

16:52 WW8II-BRUCE: There was a M1.5 @ 0622ut and another C5.8 @ 0826 causing a polar cap event to start and is in progress now 35+db

17:01 WW8II-BRUCE: Another flare same location peaked @ 1649ut C7.08




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

17:12 KW4DE-DARRELL: W4DEX cw 599, minor qsb fluctuations, no static

17:12 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX START 17DB 19DB, 19db, 20db, 1 min copy call 529, 18db, 20db, 20db, EOT 20db copy call 529

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab START 0, 0, 0, 0, 0-det, 0-det,0, 0, END 0-det -- very very weak dets

17:12 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX cw 539 steady

17:12 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw no copy/detect

17:12 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX trace detected, no tone. Deep QSB in second minute.

17:12 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX START 0, 0, 0, 0, 0-det, 0-det,0, 0, END 0-det -- very very weak dets

17:13 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: 539 steady, good copy. Peaked near 35db above the noise.

17:14 K0AWU-BILL: WY3T -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:14 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T no signal detected

17:14 KG0VL-JEFF: WY3T: no signal detected

17:14 KW4DE-DARRELL: WY3T cw not heard today

17:14 K5HFG-DON: WY3T Bits and pieces of trace, no tone throughout Tx

17:15 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T CW not heard, very weak visual detection

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T cw no detect

17:16 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG start 0, 3db, 2db, 4db, NO tone, 4db, 1 min 6db, 5db, 4db, 3db, 4db, EOT 3db

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

17:16 K0AWU-BILL: K5HFG -- Nothing heard or detected with SpecLab

17:16 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG cw no detect

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

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

17:16 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: 519 steady, Q5 signal.

17:18 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU start 20db copy 529, 15-20db, 23db, 20db, copy call 529, 1 min 17db, 12db copy 519, 10db, 7db, 9db, EOT 15db copy 519

17:18 K5HFG-DON: K0AWU Bits and pieces of trace, no tone.entire Tx

17:18 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw no copy/detect

17:18 KW4DE-DARRELL: K0AWU cw not heard

17:18 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no signal detected

17:18 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU cw no detect

17:21 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU: 539 with QSB. Peaked 36db above the noise, loudest near EOT.

17:19 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL start 35db, 35db, copy 559, 35db, 37db, copy 599, 38db, 39db, copyv 599 35db,NO signal last 30 sec.

17:20 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw no copy/detect

17:20 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw heard entire time, avg 229

17:20 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- START 18db, 10-18db, 12db, 12-16db, at 1 MIN 10-20db, 10-15db, 22db,0, at end 0db (KG0VL-JEFF: Bumped the wrong button near the end. Was down on 1890)

17:20 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL 539 copy 25 dB above noise. Q5 signal with some minor QSB. Perfect!

17:20 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW brief 429 copy at start, fade into the noise. Lost visual last about 10 seconds (KG0VL-JEFF: Bumped the wrong button near the end. Was down on 1890)

17:20 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL cw no copy, very slight, intermittent visual

17:22 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II START 15db, 10-15db, 10-15db, 10-15db, at 1 MIN 5-12db, 10-17db, 2-12db, 13db, at END 10-15db

17:22 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw no copy/detect

17:22 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard entire time avg 229

17:22 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II cw no copy, very weak visual detection

17:22 K5HFG-DON: WW8II 529 copy 15 dB above the noise. Some deep QSB in middle of second minute. 529 at end

17:22 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW 589, peaking near 599 at eot.

17:23 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 559 good copy. Peaks >40db

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Received at KGØVL:

SSB Reports: 

17:07 WA4LDU-JOE: SSB deep in noise

17:09 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 52 groundwave only

17:25 K5HFG-DON: No SSB detected

17:25 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB 53

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE SSB QSO with KG0VL 52 copy

17:25 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II SSB. 5-2 to noise level

17:27 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II ssb copied 53 steady on two transmissions

17:26 WY3T-TIM: No SSB here

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