There are a number of research and commercial ionospheric sounders running pretty much all the time. If you have a panadapter you can see and if listening hear them. Lots of info found using the search term: Chirp Sounding OR Sounder I found this one interesting.
I suspect there are also spread spectrum sounders running. 73, -Bob ah7i/w4 On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:00 PM, <topband-requ...@contesting.com> wrote: > Send Topband mailing list submissions to > topband@contesting.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > topband-requ...@contesting.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > topband-ow...@contesting.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN (Jim) > 2. Re: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN (Hardy Landskov) > 3. Re: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN (Dave Blaschke, w5un) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 19:46:24 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jim <wa3...@comcast.net> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > Message-ID: > <1441545254.9736169.1464637584081.javamail.zim...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Why waste time and energy with RBN stuff. We have the tool that does 90% > of the work for us an no one uses it because it is digital. WHISPER is the > perfect tool. If everyone would put their SSB transmitter a WHISPER > frequency for 24 yrs before and after the eclipse we would have more data > than anyone could ever want. Then all you have to do is download the data > and start crunching with a computer program or manually... whichever is > your to your liking. If this were done over the entire world you could > filter out what you didnt want or even see how the propagation on the other > side of the planet was during the eclipse. > > If you have not looked at this program... it was written by Nobel Laureate > ( Physics ) Joe Taylor K1JT here is the web site: > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wspr.html > > > Jim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 20:24:03 -0400 > From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> > To: Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Topband@contesting. com" <Topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > > > This sounds really interesting. Should be able to ramp up a mob of activity > for that. 160 up through VHF. Be very interesting to see if edge of eclipse > is a propagation enhancer. > > Too bad eclipse isn't ten days later on Field Day. That would be a flood of > data for free. > > We'll start talking this one up. Reserving a vacation day to operate. > > Also may need a module in N1MM to match the science questions and rules. > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > During the eclipse next year we will undertake a ham radio based study of > > the Ionosphere using RBN. > > > > http://hamsci.org/article/hamsci-eclipse-team-meets-dayton > > > > 73s > > N4HY > > > > > > -- > > Bob McGwier > > Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc > > Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc > > Research Professor Virginia Tech > > Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and > > Technology > > Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY > > Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) > > Director of AMSAT > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 16:31:37 -0400 > From: "Hardy Landskov" <n...@cox.net> > To: "'Jim'" <wa3...@comcast.net>, <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > Message-ID: <019801d1bab2$44ae6580$ce0b3080$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Should be 24 hrs--right? > N7RT > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 3:46 PM > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > > Why waste time and energy with RBN stuff. We have the tool that does 90% of > the work for us an no one uses it because it is digital. WHISPER is the > perfect tool. If everyone would put their SSB transmitter a WHISPER > frequency for 24 yrs before and after the eclipse we would have more data > than anyone could ever want. Then all you have to do is download the data > and start crunching with a computer program or manually... whichever is > your > to your liking. If this were done over the entire world you could filter > out > what you didnt want or even see how the propagation on the other side of > the > planet was during the eclipse. > > If you have not looked at this program... it was written by Nobel Laureate > ( > Physics ) Joe Taylor K1JT here is the web site: > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wspr.html > > > Jim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 20:24:03 -0400 > From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> > To: Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Topband@contesting. com" <Topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > > > This sounds really interesting. Should be able to ramp up a mob of activity > for that. 160 up through VHF. Be very interesting to see if edge of eclipse > is a propagation enhancer. > > Too bad eclipse isn't ten days later on Field Day. That would be a flood of > data for free. > > We'll start talking this one up. Reserving a vacation day to operate. > > Also may need a module in N1MM to match the science questions and rules. > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > During the eclipse next year we will undertake a ham radio based study > > of the Ionosphere using RBN. > > > > http://hamsci.org/article/hamsci-eclipse-team-meets-dayton > > > > 73s > > N4HY > > > > > > -- > > Bob McGwier > > Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc > > Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor > > Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for > > National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: > > N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. > > (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT _________________ Topband Reflector Archives > > - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 20:57:58 +0000 > From: "Dave Blaschke, w5un" <w...@wt.net> > To: Jim <wa3...@comcast.net>, topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > Message-ID: <a029bb42-c898-42d8-62ea-8e1588700...@wt.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > This is why. I want to know who is calling CQ on there. > > Dave > > On 5/30/2016 7:46 PM, Jim wrote: > > Why waste time and energy with RBN stuff. We have the tool that does 90% > of the work for us an no one uses it because it is digital. WHISPER is the > perfect tool. If everyone would put their SSB transmitter a WHISPER > frequency for 24 yrs before and after the eclipse we would have more data > than anyone could ever want. Then all you have to do is download the data > and start crunching with a computer program or manually... whichever is > your to your liking. If this were done over the entire world you could > filter out what you didnt want or even see how the propagation on the other > side of the planet was during the eclipse. > > > > If you have not looked at this program... it was written by Nobel > Laureate ( Physics ) Joe Taylor K1JT here is the web site: > > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wspr.html > > > > > > Jim > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 20:24:03 -0400 > > From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> > > To: Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > > Cc: "Topband@contesting. com" <Topband@contesting.com> > > Subject: Re: Topband: OT: Studying the ionosphere using RBN > > > > > > This sounds really interesting. Should be able to ramp up a mob of > activity > > for that. 160 up through VHF. Be very interesting to see if edge of > eclipse > > is a propagation enhancer. > > > > Too bad eclipse isn't ten days later on Field Day. That would be a flood > of > > data for free. > > > > We'll start talking this one up. Reserving a vacation day to operate. > > > > Also may need a module in N1MM to match the science questions and rules. > > > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> During the eclipse next year we will undertake a ham radio based study > of > >> the Ionosphere using RBN. > >> > >> http://hamsci.org/article/hamsci-eclipse-team-meets-dayton > >> > >> 73s > >> N4HY > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bob McGwier > >> Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc > >> Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc > >> Research Professor Virginia Tech > >> Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and > >> Technology > >> Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY > >> Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. 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