{"id":59182,"date":"2024-03-09T08:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59182"},"modified":"2024-03-09T08:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:54:52","slug":"rac-canadian-amateurs-invited-to-participate-in-solar-eclipse-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/rac-canadian-amateurs-invited-to-participate-in-solar-eclipse-project\/","title":{"rendered":"RAC: Canadian Amateurs Invited to Participate in Solar Eclipse Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard, who shares the following announcement from the RAC<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Contribute to Eclipse Science and History: Research Propagation with Your Receiver!<\/a><\/h1>\n
\"\"<\/a>March 5, 2024 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is excited to invite Canadian Amateurs to participate in the upcoming CHU Eclipse Data Collection Project!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will be monitoring the reception of the Canadian time standard CHU before, during, and after the eclipse to measure the recombination time of the ionosphere. In other words, we know that the ionosphere changes in response to the presence of UV radiation in the sun by ionizing during the day and \u2018de-ionizing\u2019 at night (which is why many frequency bands propagate differently during the day and the night).<\/p>\n

We understand how the ionosphere changes over a normal 24-hour period in response to the relatively slow transition from daytime to night time, but want to learn more about how it changes over a much shorter period (which is what the eclipse provides). We want you to help!<\/p>\n

Our goal is to study how the eclipse affects radio wave propagation, helping us understand the ionosphere\u2019s recombination time. To achieve this, we need your help recording Canada\u2019s time standard station CHU for two weeks surrounding the April 8th eclipse. Anyone with a KiwiSDR or a rig capable of interfacing with analysis\/recording software like Fldigi is encouraged to join the effort!<\/p>\n

This project has already garnered enthusiastic support from various communities, including the American Radio Relay League, the Radio Amateurs of Canada, and the Ham Radio Citizen Science Investigation HamSCI.<\/p>\n

We have over 20 stations across the continent participating, from universities and high schools to representatives from the Radio Amateurs of Canada and even a station in Mexico!<\/p>\n

To join us and contribute valuable data, simply visit our website and follow the instructions (https:\/\/w8edu.wordpress.com\/chu-eclipse-data-collection\/<\/a>) to set up your station and notify us about your participation.<\/p>\n

Please reach out to\u00a0eclipse-research@case.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you have any questions or comments.<\/p>\n

Adam Goodman W7OKE, President, Case Amateur Radio Club<\/em>
\nDavid Kazdan AD8Y, MD, PhD, Faculty Advisor, Case Amateur Radio Club<\/em>
\nChistian Zorman, PhD, Faculty Advisor, Case Amateur Radio Club, Associate Dean for Research, Case School of Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard, who shares the following announcement from the RAC: Contribute to Eclipse Science and History: Research Propagation with Your Receiver! March 5, 2024 \u2013\u00a0 The Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is excited to invite Canadian Amateurs to participate in the upcoming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43],"tags":[10463,13,6282,6478,7677],"class_list":["post-59182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2024-solar-eclipse","tag-chu","tag-eclipse","tag-eclipse-propagation","tag-rac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-foy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59520,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/richs-propagation-observations-during-the-total-solar-eclipse\/","url_meta":{"origin":59182,"position":0},"title":"Rich’s propagation observations during the total solar eclipse","author":"Thomas","date":"April 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rich Stahl, who writes: In Ocean View NJ, our eclipse started at 2:08, 3:23 totality, and ended 4:35. 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