Log from David Vitek

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

June 1st 2018
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FT8 Loggings now in Brackets ( )

Sunrise 2150z Sunset 0742z

F 77 A 12 K 4 06z K 4 09z K 4 12z K 5 15z
K 4 18z

No Storm SN 21 A6.0 Solar Wind 634km/s at 0654z
Density > 25.0 p/cc at 1500z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 41.840GW at 0135z , 60.720GW at 0720z

VK DST Index > -100 at 0645z.

3.573 > ( R9MJ 1455 FT8 -13 MO65 ) ( BV1EK 1457 FT8 -05 )

21.074 > ( K3WW FT8 -15 FN20 ) ( AA5AT 0111 FT8 -10 ) ( K6NR 0123 FT8 -07 DM14 ) many more but
mostly weaker.
( ZL1BDW 0128 FT8 -18 ) ( NZ3O 0243 FT8 -10 FM29 )

18.100 > ( SM4EMO 1231 FT8 -17 ) ( R9XM 1231 FT8 -06 LP51 ) ( OZ7GO 1245 FT8 -11 JO46 )

( RY8CAA 1249 FT8 -17 MO06 ) ( SP6EIY 1252 FT8 -18 JO80 ) ( YB0MWM 1312 FT8 -09
OI33 )

3.573 > ( VA7FC 1309 FT8 -18 CN79 )

June 2nd 2018
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F 75 A 26 K 4 06z K 4 21z Minor G1 Storm
SN 22 A6.7

Solar Wind 772km/s at 1934z , Bz -11 at 2103z , VK DST Index -83 at 0330z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 40.340GW at 0530z

7.074 > ( K3ND 0057 FT8 -16 FN20 LP 22694km at 248 degrees )

Sydney VK2 FoEs 0150z > 6.0Mhz , 0155z Trace to 13.170Mhz.

28.265 VK4RRC/b 0248 339 Es , 1037 539 Es.

Norfolk island VK2 FoEs 0440z > 8.210Mhz

VK4HJ > 50.310 VK8VF/b 0447z 529 2Es , QG63>PH57 2764km.

7.074 > ( WP4AZT 0712 FT8 -12 FK67 ) ( CM8NMN 0712 FT8 -11 FK29 Cuba ) ( CO8WN 0712 FT8 -06 FL20 )
( CO3LT 0712 FT8 -11 ) ( V31MA 0714 FT8 -18 EK58 Belize )

VK6HV > VK4HJ 50.313 FT8 -13 0516z 2Es , OG89>QG63 3692km.

28.262 VK2RSY/b 1237 559 Es , 1308 549 , 1342 539 , seeing that Winter Es is supposed to be a
evening mode , most
of the Es we are having has been during the day , very little night Es about.

50.289 VK2RSY/b 1251 549 Es , LH May 25th 2018.
50.288 VK2RHV/b 1251 539 Es , LH May 25th 2018.

18.100 > ( JN1VXL 1346 FT8 -18 ) ( JE2FUP 1354 FT8 -17 ) does not often open to JA this late in our
evenings.

June 3rd 2018
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F 74 A 17 K 4 0z No Storm SN 20 A5.0

Solar Wind 636km/s at 0112z , 768km/s at 1411z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 45.700GW at 0150z , 35.01GW at 1335z.

14.074 > ( TA1CM 0127 FT8 -15 LP KN30 ) ( VK3BOB 0127 FT8 +13 Es QF22 )
18.100 > ( CO8LY 0151 FT8 -19 FL20 )

28.074 > ( VK2ZMT 0209 -08 Es , 0228 +05 QF57 1233km ) ( VK2EFM 0209 FT8 -11 Es QF56 1187km )

28.262 VK2RSY/b 0222 539 Es , 0326 539 , QF56.

28.074 > ( VK3OER 0233 FT8 -12 Es QF23 562km )

21.074 > ( KB8U 0252 FT8 -13 ) ( VK6TU 0310 FT8 -12 Es ? OF76 2169km ) rare appearance of VK6 on 15M

28.074 > ( VK7BBB 0342 FT8 -04 Es QE38 1027km ) ( 9W6EZ 0340 -11 F2+Es ? 0355 -04 OJ85 5017km wkg
VK7BBB )

( VK2MBK 0406 FT8 -19 Es QF57 1232km ) ( BD4WN 0428 FT8 -03 F2 , 0550 -12 OM91 7637km )

( VK4CZ 0433 FT8 -7 Es 0437 +09 , 0639 -06 QG62 1608km )

50.046 VK8RAS/b 0509 569 Es , 0537 549 , 0607 339 , 0629 569 , 0719 559 , LH February 25th 2018.

28.265.60 VK4RST/b 0514 539 Es , 0522 569 , 0558 549 , 0647 549 , QG41 , 1225km.
28.265 VK4RRC/b 0514 539 Es , QG62 , 1630km.

28.074 > ( UA4CC 0547 FT8 -17 LO31 Saratov 51 North ) ( VK4NJR 0551 FT8 -10 Es , 0603 -06 QG53
1574km )

( VK2IZ 0612 FT8 -09 Es , 0622 -04 QG60 1490km ) ( JM2HHY 0619 FT8 -18 )

50.304 VK6RSX/b 0634 569 Es , 0704 569 , 0740 549 , 0824 539 , 0850* gone , OG89 2665km LH January
16th 2018.
First time that i have heard it during our Winter , first logged January 13th 2005.

28.264 VK6RWA/b 0646 549 Es , OF78 2126km , LH May 22nd 2018.

28.074 > ( JH1SUN 0649 FT8 -06 , 0716 -02 ) ( YG5TKN 0649 -18 F2 +Es? OJ20 5252km , new log )

( BG5IFW 0650 FT8 -18 F2 OM90 7531km ) ( VK6RK 0650 FT8 +08 Es OF77 2116km LH
February 25th 2018 )

( JA4OK 0652 FT8 +05 ) ( YE6YE 0659 FT8 -02 F2 + Es? NJ93 5932km )

( VK3FZ 0657 FT8 -04 F2 b/scatter QF22 681km ) ( VK4YH 0659 FT8 -15 Es QG53 1576km )

( JH8XVH 0713 FT8 0 ) ( VK4YPB 0709 FT8 -13 Es QG62 1605km ) ( JF1LMB 0709 FT8 -09 )

( JG4AKL 0732 FT8 +04 ) ( JH3CUL 0730 FT8 +07 ) ( JA3LBF 0731 FT8 -09 )

( VK4QG 0733 FT8 +06 Es QG63 1670km ) ( JE8MBD 0735 FT8 -17 )

50.110 VK6HV 0804 5x5 2Es , 50 watts , OG89 , 2627km , LH January 15th 2018 6M FT8.
50.313 VK6HV 0811 FT8 -07 2Es , 0814 +04 , 0833 -09 .

June 4th 2018
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F 74 A 9 K 2 No Storm SN 16 A4.4
Solar Wind 730km/s at 0034z

18.100 > ( VK2BGL 0125 FT8 +12 Es QF55 1119km )

28.262 VK2RSY/b 0141 539 Es , 0203 549 back in , 0221 569 , 0248 539.

18.100 > ( VK2CRA 0158 FT8 +02 Es QF57 1179km )

Canberra VK1 FoEs 0150z > 6.290Mhz.

28.074 > ( ZL4AS 0227 FT8 -17 2Es RE43 2899km 10M new mode wkg KE0U ) ( VK2IZ 0229 FT8 -13 Es QG60
1490km )

28.265 VK4RRC/b 0302 539 Es , 0533 339 Es.

Townsville VK4 FoEs 0305z > 7.170Mhz.

28.074 > ( VK4ACN 0339 FT8 -07 Es , 0354 -03 QG62 1611km new band )

( VK2TRD 0404 FT8 -11 Es QG62 1605km , new log ) ( JA1SCE 0520 FT8 -05 )

( JA6KJQ 0520 FT8 -14 )

7.074 > ( HK3J 0802 FT8 -10 FJ24 ) ( CO2II 0804 FT8 -16 EL83 )

June 5th 2018
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F 71 A 5 K 2 No Storm SN 11 A4.1
Solar Wind 471km/s at 0015z

18.100 > ( CO3GD 0032 FT8 -17 ) ( CO8LY 0033 FT8 -19 ) ( VK3GYH 0035 FT8 -17 Es QF21 701km )

28.263 VK3RRU/b 0106 539 Es , another brief Es reception.

18.100 > ( ZL2DD 0119 FT8 +11 F2 , RF82 , better than usual, amongst the North American stations )

( VK3CVF 0211 FT8 -15 Es , 0214 +06 , 0243 +10 Es QF22 641km ) ( VK1DJA 0214 FT8
+03 Es QF44 958km )

( VK7AP 0225 FT8 +04 Es QE36 1193km ) ( VK3GYH 0226 FT8 +09 Es , 0240 +14 Es QF21
701km )

( TG9ANF 0239 FT8 -19 F2 EK44 )

28.262 VK2RSY/b 0247 549 Es , 0337 539 back in.

28.074 > ( VK7BBB 0252 FT8 -12 Es QE38 1027km )

18.100 > ( ZL2DD 0305 FT8 +12 ) ( VK7XX 0325 FT8 +08 Es QE38 1029km )

28.267 VK7RAE/b 0331 539 Es , 0629 539 Es.

Canberra VK1 FoEs 0320z > 7.040Mhz.
Hobart VK7 FoEs 0420z > 6.820Mhz

14.074 > ( HP1AVS 0438 FT8 -07 FJ08 )

28.074 > ( JI4JGD 0502 FT8 -08 ) ( VK4QG 0625 FT8 -14 Es QG63 1670km ) ( VK7ZGK 0637 FT8 -09 Es
QE371158km )

28.265 VK4RRC/b 0655 439 Es.

28.074 > ( JH1SJN 0706 FT8 -11 ) ( VK4QG 0717 FT8 -04 Es QG63 , back in )

June 6th 2018
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F 71 A 6 K 4 21z No Storm SN 0 A4.2
Solar Wind 439km/s at 0117z

21.074 > ( W4LK 0108 FT8 -18 )
18.100 > ( W1LY 0116 FT8 -09 ) ( W1EQ 0116 FT8 -10 FN41 ) ( TG9ANF 0213 FT8 -17 )
21.074 > ( KC5LT 0220 FT8 -13 EM86 ) ( VK7DD 0236 FT8 0 Es QE38 1018km )

Sydney VK2 FoEs 0155z > 8.360Mhz , 0340z > 13.470Mhz

28.262 VK2RSY/b 0301 539 Es , 0323 539 , 0600 549 , 0627 539Es.

Canberra VK1 FoEs 0235z 7.360Mhz , Es layer to 129km.

18.100 > ( KH6/G4KHG 0312 FT8 -15 ) ( VK7XX 0319 FT8 +12 Es QE38 1029km )

28.267 VK7RAE/b 0324 539 Es QE38 966km.
28.490 VK4LA 0333 5x4 Es , QG62 1623km, 5/8 vertical, LH February 24th 2018 10M SSB.

28.074 > ( BG4VRG 0404 FT8 -19 F2 OM93 7849km wkg JA ) ( VK2GDF 0422 FT8 -06 Es QF67 1366km , new log )

28.265 VK4RRC/b 0426 539 Es.

24.915 > ( BD4WN 0440 FT8 +04 OM92 )

28.490 VK4LS 0601 5x5 Es QG62 1605km , LH May 9th 2018 10M SSB.

Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0555z > 7.300Mhz , 0710z > 9.100Mhz.

28.074 > ( JA6KJQ 0629 FT8 -14 ) ( JA3LBF 0647 FT8 -19 ) ( VK2ZMT 0653 FT8 +01 Es QF57 1233km )
( JI1RSF 0704 FT8 -18 )

June 7th 2018
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F 71 A 7 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A2.8
Solar Wind 417km/s at 0150z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 39.250GW at 0235z

21.074 > ( KD0NEO 0157 FT8 -15 EM48 )
18.100 > ( EA8TL 0215 FT8 -13 F2 LP , 0251 -09 , IL18 Canary Islands , 22520km ) ( KP4IA 0217 FT8
-17 FK68 )
21.074 > ( VK2HFP 0422 FT8 -11 Es QF57 1219km )
18.100 > ( VK7GM 0722 FT8 +13 Es QE38 964km ) ( OG5N 1248 FT8 -16 ) ( HL2KV 1317 FT8 +01 )

( EA6AJ 1307 FT8 -21 F2 SP JM19 IOTA EU004 Balearic Islands ) ( JY5IB 1314 FT8 -08
KM71 Jordan )

( 9K2HS 1311 FT8 -17 LL39 ) ( EA3DNC 1312 FT8 -19 JN01 ) ( IK4HAL 1315 FT8 -12 JN54 )

( DF7TV 1347 FT8 -16 ) ( DL/LZ2JE 1349 FT8 -12 ) ( OK5CW 1408 FT8 -13 JN89 )

( R16JSV 1428 FT8 -18 MP11 , SES )

73 de David Vitek

Adelaide South Australia
Grid Locator PF95
35 South 138 East
SWL Call VK5001SWL