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
July 29th 2018
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FT8 Loggings now in Brackets ( )
Sunrise 2148z Sunset 0800z
F 68 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 354km/s at 0141z
14.074 > ( VK6HV 0151 FT8 -12 OG89 , don't often hear OG89 grid on 20M )
( VK3VM 0312 FT8 -16 Es , QF11 , 557km )
28.263 VK3RRU/b 0351 very weak Es , QF15 , 337km.
18.100 > ( E51BQ 0421 FT8 -13 BG08 )
14.074 > ( E51BQ 0430 FT8 -15 ) ( VK0AI 0435 FT8 -03 QD95 IOTA AN005 )
7.074 > ( EG8RRC 0655 FT8 -15 LP IOTA AF004 Canary Islands )
7.160 CR5CW 0700 5x4 LP Culartra Islands IOTA EU145 , IM66.
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0240z > 5.110Mhz.
July 30th 2018
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F 68 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar wind 302km/s at 0031z
Had sunk to 275km/s at 0952z Density 17.0 p/cc at 1310z > IPS
7.074 > ( S01WS 0658 FT8 -16 LP IL46 Western Sahara , LH March 11th 2017 40M SSB )
( HI8AR 0708 FT8 -16 FK48 16652km ) ( YJ8RN 0715 -05 RH42 3583km )
( G0BLB 0713 FT8 -14 LP IO81 ) ( HJ2GKY 0729 FT8 -18 Colombia )
( WL7SG 1427 FT8 -13 Alaska )
July 31st 2018
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F 68 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 317km/s at 0140z
14.074 > ( XE1RP 0202 FT8 -13 EK08 ) ( TG9ANF 0203 FT8 -20 EK44 ) ( VK2LAW 0205 +19 Es QF56 1152km )
18.100 > ( VK2BGL 0246 FT8 +09 Es QF55 1119km )
28.262 VK2RSY/b 0253 539 Es.
18.100 > ( G0BLB 0751 FT8 -13 SP IO81 ) ( SA0BDC 0814 FT8 -14 SP JO89 Sweden ) ( HA1RB 0815 FT8
-14 JN86 )
7.074 > ( FS4WBS 1135 FT8 -15 Saint Martin IOTA NA105 , FK88 17177km )
Norfolk Island VK2 FoEs 0240z > 5.910Mhz
Perth VK6 FoEs 0520z > weak trace to 5.850Mhz.
August 1st 2018
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F 69 A 6 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 306km/s at 0203z
Density 18.0 p/cc at 0314z > IPS Bz -07 at 1841z Sun 17 Degrees North
14.074 > ( VK2BYF 0221 FT8 +10 Es QF55 1135km )
28.262 VK2RSY/b 0343 539 Es , peaked almost 549 then soon gone.
Sydney VK2 FoEs 0255z > 9.020Mhz.
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0255z > 7.170Mhz.
August 2nd 2018
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F 70 A 6 K 3 No Storm SN 11 A0.0
Solar Wind Peak 404km/s at 0316z
18.100 > ( VK7AC 0201 FT8 +14 Es QE38 1023km ) ( YB1AQH 0203 FT8 +08 , better than it has been , OI33 )
( ZL3NB 0212 +14 Es RE66 ) ( ZL3GAV 0212 +12 Es RE66 ) ( VK3FFB 0214 FT8 -18 Es
QF22 )
50.285 VK4RTT/b 0421 539 Es , 0450 539 , 0502 539 , QG62 , 1630km
50.285 0423 -19 0.6 1024 # VK4RTT QG62NS JT65 , best 0429 -13.
50.284 VK4RSC/b 0432 539 Es , 0445 back in , QG63 , 1665km.
7.074 > ( CM8RBD 1052 FT8 -17 FL10 Cuba )
3.573 > ( UA0ZEO 1116 FT8 -18 QO93 )
Sydney VK2 FoEs 0325z > 8.430Mhz.
Canberra VK1 FoEs 0850z > 8.550Mhz.
August 3rd 2018
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F 70 A 6 K 3 No Storm SN 11 A0.0
Solar Wind 386km/s at 0216z
18.100 > ( ZL1PR 0218 FT8 +06 F2 RF82 ) ( V31DL 0219 FT8 -14 EK57 Belize )
14.074 > ( VK7XX 0240 FT8 +16 Es QE38 1029km )
18.100 > ( CO3GD 0244 FT8 -12 EL93 ) ( KG6JDX 0247 FT8 -11 QK23 Guam )
21.074 > ( KG6JDX 0312 FT8 -03 ) ( W4PH 0320 FT8 -21 EM85 ) ( KB9VK 0326 FT8 -13 EM79 )
( XE1MEX 0337 FT8 -16 EK08 , first time heard on 15M FT8 )
28.266 VK4RST/b 0406 559 Es , QG41 1225km.
18.100 > ( XE2MAM 0458 FT8 -13 DM61 , new log )
7.074 > ( XE2T 0647 FT8 -12 DM41 )
Townsville VK4 FoEs 0420z weak trace to 6.490Mhz
August 4th 2018
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F 70 A 6 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A1.5
Solar wind 384km/s at 0200z
14.074 > ( MM0JZB 1515 FT8 -10 IO75 Glasgow ) ( OZ4TX 1515 FT8 -16 JO55 )
18.100 > ( XE1MEX 0306 FT8 -11 ) ( VE3MZD 0306 FT8 -17 EN82 ) ( VE3OTL 0354 FT8 -13 EN76 )
( 4S7VG 0557 FT8 -15 SP )
7.074 > ( 4W6VA 0917 FT8 -08 ) ( VK6MP 0918 FT8 -11 OG74 near Carnarvon , grid not often heard )
August 5th 2018
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F 70 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A1.6
Solar Wind 546km/s at 0208z
18.100 > ( KG6JDX 0211 FT8 -16 QK23 ) ( XE2BY 0306 FT8 -19 DM12 ) ( OE5RI 0718 FT8 -05 SP )
17M FT8 open to Europe SP , UA3 , RA3 , SV7 , SV1 , OH8 , F5 , OK1 , DL5 , OM3 ,
E7 , all around 0730z.
3.573 > ( LU2DX 0824 FT8 -10 SP Polar Path , best 0843 -08 , 0920 -10 , 1059 -15 , FE48 )
( HK3W 0824 -03 , 0843 -01 FJ34 ) ( KL7NC 0828 FT8 -14 CO45 Alaska ) ( XE2T 0901
FT8 -15 DM41 )
( PY2YP 0932 FT8 -18 SP Polar path GG66 13505km Sao Paulo , new log on 80M FT8 )
( VK6HV 0952 FT8 -11 OG89 ) ( VK3MEG 0951 FT8 +05 QF22 , new on 80M FT8 Steve !!! )
( LU5VV 0920 FT8 -10 SP Polar Path , dozens of decodes , nice to see !! , 1059 -17 ,
FE48 Bariloche )
August 6th 2018
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F 69 A 4 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A1.2
Solar Wind 311km/s at 0224z
18.100 > ( 8J9K 0327 FT8 -08 PM86 SES , very little information found )
14.074 > ( VK0AI 0420 FT8 -15 QD95 )
7.074 > ( EU2Q 0426 FT8 -16 LP , 0431 -12 KO34 , one of the few Europeans that make it thru this early )
3.573 > ( TI5/N5BEK 1042 FT8 -18 EJ79 14871km ) used to like reading his observations from Costa
Rica in the
ARRL Prop letter.
August 7th 2018
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F 69 A 4 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A1.2
Solar Wind 333km/s at 0140z
Density 16.0 p/cc at 0140z > IPS
14.074 > ( VU3RSB 0248 FT8 -10 MK97 )
18.100 > ( XE1MEX 0303 FT8 -11 )
21.074 > ( VK2XAX 0359 FT8 -19 Es QF56 1124km )
18.100 > ( VK2DX 0504 FT8 0 Es , 0647 +07 Es QF56 1171km )
14.074 > ( VK3BL 0621 FT8 +18 Es QF22 685km )
18.100 > ( SM7BHM 0648 FT8 -17 SP ) ( SM5CRV 0705 FT8 -12 JO89 ) ( SG6URQ 0715 FT8 -13 )
( OZ1HX 0725 FT8 -09 JO56 ) ( SM0CXS 0733 FT8 -13 JO99 ) ( LA9DSA 0741 FT8 -20 )
Opening mainly confined to Scandinavia. ( MW0ZZK 0753 FT8 -05 SP )
( GD8GNI 0835 FT8 -17 SP, Isle Of Man , IOTA EU116 ) ( EI7HDB 0842 FT8 -15 IO62 ,
furthest West )
3.573 > ( WP4G 0959 FT8 -12 FK68 Puerto Rico )
Canberra VK1 FoEs 0635z > 11.150Mhz moderate Es , weak trace to 12.480Mhz , at 141km , rather high.
August 8th 2018
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F 70 A 10 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A1.2
Solar Wind 386km/s at 0200z
Density 22.5 p/cc at 1438z > IPS
3.573 > ( RD9U 1450 FT8 -06 NO33 ) ( KH6AP 1446 FT8 -16 BL10 )
18.100 > ( WP4KGL 0222 FT8 -19 FK67 Puerto Rico 16839km ) ( EA4TD 0227 FT8 -18 LP IN80 23423km at
292 degrees )
( VE3ARF 0235 FT8 0 FN25 ) ( VE3SSV 0255 FT8 -16 ) ( XE2V 0302 FT8 -16 DL44 )
(XE1GZU 0346 FT8 -12 DL80 )
7.074 > ( G0BLB 0538 FT8 -15 LP ) ( A35RR 0819 FT8 -13 , 0955 -06 AG28 ) ( VE9GJ 0959 FT8 -15 FN77 )
Very few VE9's in the log , only have seven distinct calls , only the third one on FT8.
73 de David Vitek
Adelaide South Australia
Grid Locator PF95
35 South 138 East
SWL Call VK5001SWL
