Adelaide South Australia
Locator PF95
35 South 138 East
ALL TIMES UTC
SP Shortpath
LP Longpath
SES Special Event Station
LH last Heard
SWL Call VK5001SWL
September 9th 2018
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FT8 Loggings now in Brackets ( )
Sunrise 2100z Sunset 0831z
F 69 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 16 A0.0
Solar Wind 392km/s at 0218z
21.074 > ( JS6SRY 0215 -13 TEP PL24 Okinawa )
18.100 > ( XE2YWB 0220 -18 DL82 ) ( 8N0CLA/0 0249 +03 SES )
14.074 > ( XE2FGC 0333 -16 DL92 )
7.074 > ( YT9A 0506 -19 LP KN04 ) ( 3D2TS 0507 -19 RH91 surprised to hear this so early )
18.100 > ( VU2EKJ 0643 -18 MK80 )
21.074 > ( UR6IM 0810 -14 SP KN88 )
7.074 > ( MM0SJH 0820 -13 LP IO89 Scotland )
3.573 > ( OA4TT 0825 -15 FH16 Lima 12 South , 13466km , Peru ) ( CO8LY 0825 -09 , much better than
the usual -17 ! )
( LU2DX 1001 -17 , 1014 -13 SP , 1028 -15 , Polar Path , GF05 , 25 decodes in total ,
LH August 5th 2018 )
( ZP4KFX 1006 -18 , 1011 -18 SP, GG15 , Polar Path , Paraguay , 24 South , 13114km )
( CM3DS 1017 -19 Cuba ) ( HH2JR 1039 -16 FK38 Port Au Prince , 18 North , 16477km )
September 10th 2018
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F 68 A 7 K 4 15z K 4 18z K 4 21z No
Storm SN 12 A0.0
Solar Wind 393km/s at 0137z Density 21.0 p/cc at 1402z > IPS VK DST
Index -27 at 1400z
18.100 > ( XE1RP 0150 -15 EK08 ) ( XE2FGC 0157 -16 DL92 ) ( ZL2IFB 0200 +10 F2 stronger and more
consistent now )
( UW5EJX/MM 0642 -16 JI61 ) ( ZS6ZP 0657 -14 SP KG43 , still not hearing many ZS
on 17M atm )
September 11th 2018
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F 69 A 21 K 5 0z K 4 03z K 5 06z K
6 09z K 6 12z K 4 15z
Moderate G2 Storm SN 0 A0.0 Solar Wind 555km/s at
0500z IMF 15nT at 2142z
Bz -13 at 2135z VK DST Index -46 at 0010z , -82 at 0435z , -125 at 0950z
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 48.790GW at 0855z , 56.700GW at 1105z , 64.480GW at 1225z
3.573 > ( LU5VV 1102 -13 SP FE48 , 1131 -16 , LH August 5th 2018 )
7.074 > ( N3U/Flight 93 1138 -11 , 1145 -08 , FN00, SES September 11th 2001 PA Crash Site )
3.573 > ( UN5J 1223 -13 NN19 Kazakhstan )
80M FT8 between 0843z and 1229z had 26 distinct North American Stations , looks like the storm
forced everybody on to
80M digital.
September 12th 2018
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F 69 A 35 K 3 Moderate G2 Storm SN 14
A0.0
Solar Wind 624km/s peak at 0438z.
3.573 > ( R0WC 1523 -11 ) ( R3KF 1524 -13 KO91 )
7.150 F5MUX 0758 5x4 LP wkg VK3.
7.074 > ( W6B 0806 -06 SES Route 66 On The Air , DM13 , Los Angeles )
September 13th 2018
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F 70 A 8 K 4 03z K 4 06z No Storm
SN 11 A0.0
Solar Wind 510km/s at 0150z VK DST Index -39 at 0010z
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 31.140GW at 0235z
18.100 > ( WH0RU 0425 -07 QK25 Mariana Islands , IOTA OC086 , 5628km ) ( ZL2IFB 0428 +10 F2 RF80 )
( VK3JLS 0446 -06 maybe F2 b/scatter , QF22 , 641km )
Darwin VK8 FoEs 0420z > 7.400Mhz.
September 14th 2108
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F 70 A 17 K 5 0z K 4 03z Minor G1 Storm
SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 524km/s at 0215z Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 39.980GW at 0245z
VK DST Index -57 at 0245z Adelaide PF95 UV Index 6
3.573 > ( RA9DZ 1441 -18 MO06 ) ( VR2IL 1441 -15 )
18.100 > ( VK3EW 0516 -13 Es QF21 696km ) ( IZ0RVI 0519 -16 SP JN62 )
( EA6SX 0815 -15 SP IOTA EU004 Balearic Islands )
3.573 > ( W6B 1050 -17 SES Route 66 On The Air )
September 15th 2018
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F 69 A 16 K 3 Minor G1 Storm SN 0
A0.0
Solar Wind 676km/s at 0038z
14.074 > ( TI2DYP 0232 -14 SP EJ79 )
18.100 > ( ZL2RX 0246 +09 F2 RE68 ) ( RC0LAR 0311 -18 PN64 ) ( VK7XX 0312 -09 Es ) ( VK7AC 0312
-10 Es )
( KG6JDX 0322 -02 F2 )
7.074 > ( SM6THE 0706 -16 LP JO68 )
18.100 > ( RA0T 0737 -17 OO06 )
3.573 > ( RA4RT 1429 -16 LO64 )
September 16th 2018
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F 69 A 8 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 473km/s peak at 0222z.
7.074 > ( 4E1EEE 1442 -12 )
21.074 > ( HL3IB 0159 -04 F2 ) ( BG3INB 0216 -15 ) ( YF9CDL 0218 _04 F2 OI71 )
18.100 > ( ZL3LF 0227 +08 F2 RE66 ) ( VK7AC 0514 -07 Es )
7.074 > ( YU7U 0507 -19 LP KN05 ) ( I1FQH 0527 -15 LP )
21.074 > ( 4X1RU 0647 -15 SP ) ( 4X4MF 0648 -16 )
7.141 CT1EHI 0701 5x4 LP CQ Pacific.
7.074 > ( EI4KF 0704 -08 LP IO54 ) ( CO8TH 0718 -18 )
Norfolk Island VK2 FoEs 0045z > 5.160Mhz
September 17th 2018
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F 69 A 6 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 582km/s at 0812z
Density 24.0 p/cc at 0117z > IPS
Nothing to Report , bands flat, normal these days !!
September 18th 2018
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F 68 A 11 K 3 No Storm SN 0 a0.0
Solar wind 523km/s at 0216z
18.100 > ( RA4P 0453 -18 SP LO64 ) ( KG6JDX 0453 +04 F2 )
7.074 > ( HA7TM 0459 -14 LP consistently the earliest European )
14.074 > ( BG2VIA 1057 +09 PM08 ) our sunset on 20M FT8 almost entirely North Asian DX lately.
18.100 > ( JA4BSR 1114 -14 TEP )
3.573 > ( VA3DIF 1132 -10 FN04 )
7.074 > ( JT1XC 1255 -17 ON37 Ulaanbataar )
3.573 > ( BD4KA 1301 -16 PM17 ) ( UN3G 1304 -20 MN83 Kazakhstan ) ( UA0ACG 1315 -18 NO76 )
September 19th 2018
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F 68 A 6 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar wind 469km/s at 0229z
7.074 > ( KV4FZ 0532 -20 FK77 US Virgin islands )
14.183 VI5MARCONI 0539 5x4 SES YL Op.
21.074 > ( YT7AW 0916 -07 SP ) ( E72U 0917 -13 SP JN74 )
14.074 > ( JT1XC 0949 -19 )
21.074 > ( VR2XMT 1038 -12 OL72 )
18.100 > ( G3XPO 1100 -15 SP ) ( G4WCP 1101 -17 SP IO90 ) ( EI7HDB 1103 -17 SP IO62 )
17M FT8 1058z > OK2 , EW8 , UN2 , SP5 , DL6 , OH1 , YB4 , JA4 , IZ0 , A41 , HB9 , EK4 , SM7 , F5 ,
BG3 , LY2 , HS0,
UA , PA3.
September 20th 2018
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F 68 A 4 K 1 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 386km/s at 0218z
18.100 > ( EK4JJ 0525 -06 SP ) ( IT9DVZ 0830 -14 JM78 Sicily )
14.074 > ( RI1ANL 0837 -18 SP , JB59 , Polar Path , Novolazarevskaya Base , 70 South , at 197
degrees , 7543km ,
IOTA AN016 , best 0847 -12 , 13 decodes , last one at 0847.15 -14 ) 3 days before
Equinox.
Darwin VK8 FoEs 0220z > 5.670Mhz.
73 de David Vitek
Adelaide South Australia
Grid Locator PF95
35 South 138 East
SWL Call VK5001SWL
