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Solar Eclipse QSO Party | CHU Eclipse Data Collection Project

Only One Week To Go: HamSCI Presents the Solar Eclipse QSO Party!

https://www.rac.ca/hamsci-presents-the-solar-eclipse-qso-party-april-8-202
4/

Join with thousands of your fellow Amateurs as part of the largest crowd-s ourced event for ham radio scientific exploration ever!

The SEQP is part of The Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science and is fo
r learning more about how the ionosphere works. Use any mode, any band f
or all or part of the day!

Participation can be from everywhere – you need not be near the pa
th of the eclipse to contribute valuable data by participating.
* Are you a contester? For details on the SEQP contest and rules go to www .hamsci.org/contest-info. Don’t forget to send in your log!
* For the Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge using CW, WSPR and FST4W m
odes go to www.hamsci.org/contest-info.
* If you’re an SWL or AM DX’er, there is The Medium Wave
Recording Event for you as well! Go to www.hamsci.org/mw-recordings/.

Or just get on the air and help provide the data to better understand the
ionosphere.
* Save the date – Monday, 8 April 2024
* Get on the air! 1400-2400 UTC
* Do it for science!! Any band/any mode (except the WARC bands)

advance scientific research and understanding through Amateur Radio activi
ties and encourage the development of new technologies to support this res earch.
* For more information about HamSCI, please visit the HamSCI website (ht tps://hamsci.org/) (www.hamsci.org).
* For more information about the Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science
educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public please
visit our information pages. (https://hamsci.org/eclipse)


** Canadian Amateurs Invited to Participate in Solar Eclipse Project in Ap
ril 2024
------------------------------------------------------------ https://www.rac.ca/canadian-amateurs-invited-to-participate-in-solar-eclip se-project/

"The Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU of Case Western Reserve University in C leveland, Ohio is excited to invite Canadian Amateurs to participate in
our upcoming eclipse research project!"



** Attention all Canadian Amateurs: ------------------------------------------------------------
The following item is courtesy of the Case Amateur Radio Club (https://w8e du.wordpress.com/about/) :

The Case Amateur Radio Club would like to invite you to participate in the
CHU Eclipse Data Collection Project!

We will be monitoring the reception of the Canadian time standard CHU befo
re, 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 th
e day and ‘de-ionizing’ at night (which is why many freque
ncy bands propagate differently during the day and the night).

We understand how the ionosphere changes over a normal 24-hour period in r esponse to the relatively slow transition from daytime to night time, bu
t want to learn more about how it changes over a much shorter period (whic
h is what the eclipse provides). We want you to help!

Our goal is to study how the eclipse affects radio wave propagation, hel
ping us understand the ionosphere’s recombination time. To achieve
this, we need your help recording Canada’s time standard statio
n CHU for two weeks surrounding the April 8 eclipse. Anyone with a KiwiSDR
or a rig capable of interfacing with analysis/recording software like Fld
igi is encouraged to join the effort!

This project has already garnered enthusiastic support from various commun ities, including the American Radio Relay League, the Radio Amateurs o
f Canada, and the Ham Radio Citizen Science Investigation HamSCI.

We have over 20 stations across the continent participating, from univer
sities and high schools to representatives from the Radio Amateurs of Cana
da and even a station in Mexico!

To join us and contribute valuable data, simply visit our website (https ://w8edu.wordpress.com/chu-eclipse-data-collection/) and follow the instru ctions (https://w8edu.wordpress.com/chu-eclipse-data-collection/) to set u
p your station and notify us about your participation.

Please reach out to eclipse-research@case.edu (mailto:eclipse-research@cas e.edu) if you have any questions or comments. – 73,

Adam Goodman W7OKE, President, Case Amateur Radio Club
David Kazdan AD8Y, MD, PhD, Faculty Advisor, Case Amateur Radio Cl
ub
Chistian Zorman, PhD, Faculty Advisor, Case Amateur Radio Club, As
sociate Dean for Research, Case School of Engineering
2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA | NASA (https://plus.na sa.gov/scheduled-video/2024-total-solar-eclipse-through-the-eyes-of-nasa/)

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