Pete:
This may be a once in a lifetime use of amateur radio for such an
experiment. I wish the best to the group who will be analyzing these
data - because it will be hard to figure "normal vagaries of the
ionosphere" from those caused, if any, by the eclipse.
72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time
On 8/20/2017 9:28 AM, N4ZR wrote:
Amen, Hank - as of last night, over 1000 hams had pre-registered, so I
know we're all hoping for a lot of activity, because without activity
there's nothing for the RBN, WSPRNET, PSKReporter etc. to log.
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
at<http://reversebeacon.net>, now
spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
On 8/19/2017 9:54 AM, Hank Greeb wrote:
For anyone not working during those hours, please partake of the
Solar Eclipse QSO Party, 21 Aug 2017 1400 – 2200 UTC
This gives us amateur radio operators a great opportunity to
participate in a scientific experiment. The thesis is "Lack of Solar
Radiation during an eclipse will affect the ionosphere enough to be
observable during the period of partial and total eclipse of he
sun." The more information provided by amateur radio operators, the
better the quality of these data.
Rules are at http://hamsci.org/about-hamsci
Note that the majority of the data will be from the reversed beacon
network, though "real" signal reports from individuals will be
useful. This means that the usual "RST 5NN" won't be of much use in
the SENTRST and RECDRST blanks, but qualitative and quantitative
signal strength data will be useful.
So, pleast get on a send CQ SEQP or CQ TEST or CQ URCALL and provide
these data for the RBN. This will help prove or disprove the thesis
of the experiment. Also report your "real RST" results -- N1MM+,
W3KM, and other logging software provides methods for over riding the
"refilled RST 599" boxes. Please report your best estimate of ERP
along with a cabrillo file.
72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time
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