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

October 5th 2018
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FT8 loggings now in Brackets ( )

Sunrise 2023z Sunset 0850z

F 67 A 4 K 3 No Storm SN 11 A0.0
Solar Wind 392km/s at 0050z

14.074 > ( VK9XT 0324 -18 ) ( CE1OEB 0331 -17 FG46 Antofagasta 23 South ) ( AP2AM 0333 -14 MM63 )
18.100 > ( T88UW 0647 +03 )
14.074 > ( VK0AI 0652 +4 , 0751 +06 )
7.074 > ( LU2DX 0657 -15 GF05 ) ( H88X 0657 -09 EJ98 Panama ) ( C31MF 0658 -15 JN02 LP Andorra )
( G3PXT 0705 -14 LP )
21.074 > ( IT9XTP 0711 -15 SP JM68 ) ( EA3CAZ 0714 -20 JN01 )
24.915 > ( JI1BNU 0724 -10 TEP best of the JA's )
18.100 > ( SV9BMG 0746 -19 Crete )
7.074 > ( M0TTT 0752 -15 IO92 ) ( G8AJM 0805 -14 ) ( EI9IB 0806 -16 )
14.074 > ( RI0BC 1005 -17 SP OQ09 Severnaya Zemlya IOTA AS042 61 North )
18.100 > ( LA9BM 1025 -14 JP40 )
3.573 > ( OH5KUY 1059 -19 SP KP42 ) ( T88UW 1219 -01 PJ77 ) ( R9YW 1221 -15 MO93 )

Sydney VK2 FoEs 1000z > 7.500Mhz

October 6th 2018
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F 69 A 9 K 3 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 370km/s at 0106z

21.074 > ( VK4CMV 0112 +7 F2 ) ( VK4FB 0110 +04 ) ( VK8AW 0103 -05 F2 )
18.100 > ( 3W9XG 0113 -10 )
21.074 > ( VK2LAW 0141 -02 Es QF56 ) ( VK3YB 0138 -16 Es QF22 )
14.074 > ( VK7BBB 0153 +14 Es )
3.573 > ( PY5HOT 0853 -16 GG46 SP 13454km LH November 11th 1998 on 20/15/10 SSB )
( HI8AR 0855 -19 FK48 16583km )
7.074 > ( HQ2DDL 1231 -12 EK55 Honduras 15 North 14921km )
( HR1LW 1235 -15 EK64 Tegucigalpa Honduras , JA Op )
18.100 > ( F5RRS 1249 -15 SP JN36 ) ( F1RHS 1252 -19 JN03 ) ( IK2FIR 1323 -13 JN45 ) ( IK1QFT
1325 -19 JN35 )

October 7th 2018
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F 69 A 6 K 4 15z K 5 18z K 5 21z
Moderate G2 Storm

SN 0 A0.0 Solar wind 490km/s at 1356z Density 24.3
p/cc at 0741z

Bz -14 at 1418z IMF 18 Nt at 1226z VK DST Index -31 at 1206z

18.100 > ( HK3J 0031 -18 )

28.490 VK4FACC 0355 weak Es
28.495 VK4KW 0427 5x6 Es , QG62 , 1580km , 0442 5x5 , CQ Contest ( Oceania )
28.270 VK4RTL/b 0535 539 , LH August 17th 2018.

3.573 > ( XE1H 1125 -13 ) ( VE3XN 1127 -14 EN93 ) ( R0AGX 1125 -15 ) ( BG3LDH 1138 -12 ) ( EU1FQ
1152 -13 )
18.100 > ( VK3EW 1152 -14 QF21 696km )

Sydney VK2 FoEs 0225z > 6.350Mhz.
Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0510z > 6.850Mhz.

October 8th 2018
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F 68 A 24 K 5 0z K 4 03z K 4 06z K
4 09z K 4 15z

Minor G1 Storm SN 0 A0.0 Solar Wind 616km/s peak at
1756z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Forecast > 36.880GW at 0440z , 43.390GW at 1310z VK DST
Index -50 at 0040z

14.074 > ( G3UAS 1432 -10 SP ) ( G8APB 1432 -13 ) ( G7TYT 1432 -16 IO93 )
7.074 > ( ZS6JES 1435 -13 ) ( KL2R 1435 -11 BP64 )
3.573 > ( R9MJ 1438 -16 MO65 ) ( UC6A 1442 -11 ) ( RA1AOB 1443 -16 KO59 )

28.270 VK4RTL/b 0354 very weak Es.

7.074 > ( CO8RCP 0740 -11 FL20 ) ( MD0CCE 0741 -09 LP Isle of Man IO74 )
3.573 > ( T88UW 1112 -06 ) ( BG3IAY 1113 -13 ON40 ) ( UB0A 1119 -12 NO56 )

October 9th 2018
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F 69 A 21 K 4 12z K 4 18z Minor G1 Storm
SN 0 A0.0

Solar Wind 632km/s at 0943z VK DST Index -44 at 0750z

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Index > 34.190GW at 0750z

3.573 > ( A45XR 2044 +02 ) ( CT3MD 2044 -16 IM13 Madeira ) ( DM5TI 2045 -19 ) ( R6MK 2050 -18 )

7.074 > ( WW1WW 2100 +01 LP ) ( K1EDG 2100 -14 LP ) ( NF3R 2101 -18 LP FN20 ) ( K1GND 2102 -17 LP )
( CO8TH 2133 -14 LP ) ( N4ZZ 2138 -03 LP strongest NA station ) 21 NA stations heard LP.
( GM7TUD 0713 -14 LP IO85 ) ( CT7AJL 0714 -17 )

14.074 > ( SQ100I 1253 -15 JO73 SES , Szczecin )
7.074 > ( W5B 1310 -12 DM65 SES 40th anniversary of backstage music )
14.074 > ( G4PWO 1318 -17 IO80 CQ NA )

October 10th 2018
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F 70 A 17 K 4 03z SN 0 SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 583km/s at 2240z

VK DST Index -37 at 0200z

14.074 > ( JO7GVC/VK9 0510 -19 Norfolk Island ) ( TA3BP 0530 -18 )
7.163 VK9QR 1139 4x3 Norfolk Island.

Darwin VK8 FoEs 0420z > 6.400Mhz.
Norfolk island VK2 FoEs 2300z > 7.00Mhz.

October 11th 2018
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F 70 A 18 K 3 SN0 A0.0 Solar Wind
532km/s at 0005z

VK DST Index -56 at 1505z , -45 at 0150z

24.915 > ( JA4LKB 0100 +04 TEP , best JA ) 27 JA stations heard between 0042z >0133z on 12M FT8.

28.266 VK4RST/b 0146 439 Es , LH August 28th 2018.

Brisbane VK4 FoEs 0025z > 7.880Mhz
Norfolk Island VK2 FoEs 0725z > 5.490Mhz
Darwin VK8 FoEs 1020z > 5.750Mhz.
Sydney VK2 FoEs 0100z > 7.00Mhz.

October 12th 2018
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F 71 A 9 K 2 No Storm SN 0 A0.0
Solar Wind 453km/s at 0047z

21.074 > ( VK4JAO 0052 -06 F2 )

Brisbane VK4 FoEs 1055z > 6.880Mhz

October 13th 2018
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F 72 A 5 K 5 18z K 4 21z Minor G1 Storm
SN 11 A0.0

Solar Wind 350km/s at 0020z

18.100 > ( DS2GOO/3 0123 -17 IOTA AS080 Hwang Island PM36 )
14.074 > ( C21GJ 0518 -12 RI39 , -0.5 South , Nauru 4826km )

October 14th 2018
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F 72 A 14 K 4 0z No Storm SN 22
A0.0 Solar Wind 507km/s at 2056z

IMF 12nT at 1806z Bz -13 at 1524z

24.915 > ( JJ2LPV 0131 -06 best JA ,TEP ) 17 JA stations heard on 12M FT8 between 0131z > 0135z.

28.074 > ( JH1XYB 0141 -15 ) ( JH2JUG 0136 -11 ) ( JH1LAH 0136 -18 ) ( JH0INP 0148 -15 ) (
JH8XVH 0150 -07 )
( JA0GJJ 0152 +01 ) ( JA2QXP 0153 -07 ) ( JR7AMZ 0159 0 ) ( HL3EFM 0204 -20 PM36 )
( JR1FTY 0205 -20 ) ( VK2NSS 0206 -20 Es QF45 , 0217 -16 ) ( JE3CDW 0207 -18 ) (
JL1MTY 0207 -16 )
( JA6JNF 0208 -17 ) ( JA1BBC 0208 -17 ) ( JA2VMU 0210 +01 , 0218 +06 ) ( JR1AQI
0216 -17 )
( JA1CFZ 0216 -15 ) ( JA2QXP 0219 +02 ) ( JA4FSH 0222 - 08 )

24.915 > ( KH6AP 0234 -+03 F2 BL10 ) ( VK3BDX 0240 -17 F2 b/scatter QF21 625km ) ( VK4AQJ 0240 -20
Es )

28.074 > ( VK4CAG 0307 -14 Es QG62 ) ( JA0DIN 0308 -14 ) ( BG7BDB 0311 -17 OL69 ) ( JH1XUM 0313 -19 )
( JR7TEQ 0318 -17 , 0329 -17 , 0339 -09 ) ( 7L1WII 0334 -19 ) ( JA5BGA 03336 -14
) ( JE1FQV 0405 -15 )
( JA1NRH 0424 -20 ) ( JA4FSH 0434 -17 ) JE1FQV 0438 -08 ) ( JR1LJZ 0438 -14 )

3.573 > ( E51WL 0944 -14 BI00 Penrhyn Atoll , North Cook Islands , 9 South , 0953 -12 ) ( RW0LT
0954 -1 )

73 de David Vitek

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