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
August 18th 2018
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FT8 Loggings now in Brackets ( )
Sunrise 2129z Sunset 0815z
F 67 A 13 K 4 09z No Storm SN 11
A1.3 Solar Wind 573km/s at 1933z
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 34.07GW at 0810z
21.074 > ( VK7XX 0231 -14 Es QE38 ) ( ZL1BRL 0252 -08 RF73 )
18.100 > ( JD1BHA 0316 -12 Ogasawara )
14.074 > ( TI2DYP 0321 -17 ) ( HK6JG 0325 -14 FJ25 )
21.074 > ( 3W9XG 0338 -18 , 0355 -09 OK45 )
14.074 > ( VK0AI 0426 -09 Maquarie Island QD95 )
28.265 VK4RRC/b 0449 549 Es.
21.074 > ( BD7BS 0808 +2 best on band )
3.573 > ( ZL1GIT/LH 0849 0 NZ0002 Manukau Heads Lighthouse RF72 ) ( HK3W 0856 -02 FJ34 )
7.074 > ( CT3MD 0913 -13 LP IM13 Madeira Islands , IOTA AF014 )
3.573 > ( LU5YF 0928 -19 FF61 )
7.074 > ( D73V 0948 -17 SES 73rd anniversary liberation of Korea ) ( YB3MM/8 0949 -06 IOTA OC213
Togian )
Norfolk Island VK2 FoEs 0455z > 6.320Mhz spread Es
August 19th 2018
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F 67 A 12 K 2 No Storm SN 11 A1.3
Solar Wind 499km/s at 0015z
IMF 12nT at 1808z
21.074 > ( 4I1AFT 0234 -13 PK04 )
14.074 > ( ZS9V 0553 -15 , 0659 -06 JF96 IOTA AF064 Robben Island , Western Cape Province , 33 South
, 10175km )
7.074 > ( LA3BO 0605 -16 LP JO59 )
14.074 > ( D73V 0611 -16 SES PM36 )
7.168 ZL6LH 0626 4x4 Piha Lighthouse NZ0012 , RF72.
7.074 > ( T46LC 0630 -19 , 0812 -09 , EL92 Los Colorados Lighthouse , CU0008 , Cuba , 15984km )
18.100 > ( MW0ZZK 1020 -08 SP IO72 )
3.573 > ( YV5KAJ 1039 -16 )
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0535z > 7.010Mhz
August 20th 2018
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F 67 A 8 K 4 03z K 4 21z No Storm SN
15 A1.2
Solar Wind 598km/s at 0414z 658km/s at 1206z VK DST Index -38 at 0300z
IMF 13nT at 0310z
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 44.110GW at 0320z
28.262 VK2RSY/b 0221 559 Es , 0302 549 , 0406 539 , 0430* gone.
50.288 VK2RHV/b 0233 559 Es , 0236* gone , 0259 329 , 0326 trace JTDX , LH July 28th 2018.
28.490 VK2MKK 0329 5x6 Es QF56 , LH December 6th 2017 10M SSB.
28.490 VK7OT 0407 5x9 Es QE28 932km , LH December 11th 2017 10M SSB.
28.267 VK7RAE/b 0412 559 Es , 0425 539 , 0438 faint , LH July 17th 2018.
Sydney VK2 FoEs 0115z > 8.400Mhz , 0215z > 10.050Mhz.
Hobart VK7 FoEs 0115z > 21.050Mhz , three hours of Es 0000z > 0305z, 1205z > 9.060Mhz.
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0740z > 7.230Mhz.
VK2ZMT heard 28.260 VK5WI/b 0302z 579 Es QF57>PF95 1220km and 28.263 VK3RRU/b 579 Es QF57 >QF15 895km.
VK7OT wkg VK5FMLO 28.490 0819z 5x9 Es.
August 21st 2018
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F 68 A 14 K 3 No Storm SN 15 A1.0
Solar Wind 710km/s at 2106z
28.265 VK4RRC/b 0143 549 Es , 0157 539.
14.074 > ( VU2EKJ 0207 -12 MK80 ) ( VK7XX 0207 +17 Es QE38 1029km )
28.262 VK2RSY/b 0258 539 Es , 0317 539 steady , 0326 329.
18.100 > ( VK3GYH 0501 +07 Es QF21 698km ) MUF 31.980Mhz , path centre QF03.
3.573 > ( CO2II 0923 -14 EL83 )
Sydney VK2 FoEs 1145z > 5.280Mhz.
August 22nd 2018
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F 68 A 7 K 3 No Storm SN 15 A1.3
Solar Wind 569km/s at 2144z
28.262 VK2RSY/b 1445 539 Es , 1503 539.
Sydney VK2 FoEs 1440z > 9.310Mhz
August 23rd 2018
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F 67 A 6 K 2 No Storm SN 12 A0.0
Solar Wind 484km/s at 2132z
14.074 > ( 4W6VA 0301 -15 Timor Leste )
7.074 > ( KV4FZ 0923 -12 US Virgin Islands )
3.573 > ( TI5/N5BEK 1041 -13 )
Darwin VK8 FoEs 0250z > 6.800Mhz.
Learmouth VK6 FoEs 0625z > 6.350Mhz spread Es.
August 24th 2018
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F 70 A 5 K 3 No Storm SN 15 A0.0
Solar Wind 400km/s at 0911z
Density 16.0 p/cc at 0911z > IPS.
7.074 > ( CO8AF 1133 -15 FL10 ) ( VU2EKJ 1342 -14 MK80 ) ( XE1J 1342 -15 ) ( XE1GK 1342 -18 DL70 )
August 25th 2018
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F 72 A 5 K 3 No Storm SN 29 A0.0
Solar Wind 379km/s at 0239z
18.100 > ( ZL4TT 0245 +13 F2 RE54 best of the ZL's ) ( 3D2TS 0253 -13 RH91 ) ( WT8V 0313 +04 EM98
best of USA )
( XE2V 0316 -19 DL44 ) ( 4Z4ML 0408 -13 KM72 ) ( DM5EL 0606 +05 SP best of Europe
) ( 4Z5AV 0609 -04 )
21.074 > ( RM0F 0616 -03 QN16 IOTA AS018 )
3.573 > ( RZ9U 1355 -18 ) ( BG3UPA 1358 -05 OM67 )
14.074 > ( JR3IIR 1405 -10 , the only FT8 signal )
August 26th 2018
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F 72 A 11 K 4 0z K 6 03z K 7 06z K
7 09z K 5 12z
Strong G3 Storm Solar Wind 400km/s at 0216z Density 29.0 p/cc at
0557z > IPS
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 84.480GW at 0640z VK DST Index 0731z > - 240
IMF 21nT at 1227z Bz -17nt at 0231z
21.290 VK8PKH/mobile 0216 5x4 F2 , some F2 to Darwin.
21.074 > ( K8JH 0229 -03 EN73 ) ( K9EKP 0233 -17 EN70 ) ( KF6MK 0246 -16 DM04 ) ( N6ED 0248 -12 )
( KG6JDX 0253 -16 QK23 Guam )
28.263 VK3RRU/b 0309 329 Es QF15 337km
21.074 > ( WB6UOU 0520 -16 CM95 )
14.074 > ( HK0RMR 0529 -15 IOTA NA033 EK92 Isla De San Andres , 12 North , 15331km )
( TI2CDA 0533 -12 EJ79 ) ( RA0CGY 1046 -12 PN78 ) ( RW9HSB 1046 -11 ) ( RC0C
1047 17 PO71 )
Canberra VK1 FoEs 0235z > 5.670Mhz
August 27th 2018
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F 71 A 76 K 4 12z K 4 15z K 6 18z K
5 21z Strong G3 Storm
SN 26 A1.2 Solar Wind 543km/s at 0111z VK DST Index - 75
at 0750z
Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 38.550GW at 0715z
14.074 > ( D73V 1157 -05 SES ) very little else to report , no riveting DX !!
Perth VK6 FoEs 1500z > 9.00Mhz
Niue ZK2 FoEs 0400z > 17.800Mhz
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 1425z > 5.750Mhz
73 de David Vitek
Adelaide South Australia
Grid Locator PF95
35 South 138 East
SWL Call VK5001SWL
