02/23/2024

The Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU[1], 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[2] or a rig
that can interface with analysis/recording software such as Fldigi[3] 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/[4].  

W8EDU club faculty advisor David Kazdan, AD8Y, said the research project has
received positive attention from the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program[5]
community, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI[6]) 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[7] 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.

[1] https://www.facebook.com/W8EDU/
[2] http://kiwisdr.com/
[3] https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/
[4] https://w8edu.wordpress.com/chu-eclipse-data-collection/
[5] https://www.arrl.org/collegiate-amateur-radio
[6] https://hamsci.org/
[7] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8

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