[GCARC] FW: Amateur Radio Operators Needed for Help with Solar Eclipse Project

[Jeff QSO]

Forwarding this message to all the Club members.

D. Jeffrey Garth
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-----Original Message-----
From: ARRL Members Only Web site [mailto:memberlist at www.arrl.org] 
Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 10:05
To: qsowebdesign at gmail.com
Subject: Amateur Radio Operators Needed for Help with Solar Eclipse Project

The Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU, the club station at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is asking for amateur radio
operators to help with a research project centered around the April 8,
2024, solar eclipse.

W8EDU club member Adam Goodman, W7OKE, said the project centers around
studying the effects of the eclipse on propagation to better understand
the recombination time of the ionosphere.  

"To do this, we are recruiting North American amateur stations
interested in recording the Canadian time standard station CHU (Canada's
WWV) for two weeks surrounding the eclipse," added Goodman. "Anyone with
a KiwiSDR or a rig that can interface with analysis/recording software
such as Fldigi is encouraged to reach out to us to participate."  

W8EDU club member and project software manager Maris Usis, KE8TXG, said
that while the software is simple to use, there is some detailed work
involved. "We can help make it easier and there are good online
instructions as well," said Usis.  

All of the participation details are on the club's website at
https://w8edu.wordpress.com/chu-eclipse-data-collection/.  

W8EDU club faculty advisor David Kazdan, AD8Y, said the research project
has received positive attention from the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio
Program community, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI)
community, and Case Western Reserve University's engineering deans. "It
is already a truly international effort, and we are collaborating with
more than 20 stations across the continent, from collegiate and high
school stations, to a representative from the Radio Amateurs of Canada,
to a station in Mexico," said Kazdan.  

The 2024 solar eclipse will over Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
ARRL is a partner with HamSCI to help promote this opportunity for radio
amateurs to participate in an active science experiment, through the
Solar Eclipse QSO Party.

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