Noise Measuring Campaign<\/a>\u201d launched in 2012.\u00a0 This invites UK amateurs to become involved, raising awareness of RF noise, its measurement, geographical distribution, daily and longer-term variation, etc.\u00a0 It may though prove difficult to separate out the local from the long-distance impact, which is something the study will aim to resolve.<\/p>\nStudying the remote effects of RF noise from large conurbations is a particular goal of the Noise Floor Study.\u00a0 As in all research the outcome is uncertain.\u00a0 It may be that the established RF Noise Floor figures are unaffected; conversely the study may find a relationship with these relatively new sources of RF noise.\u00a0 If the former, the experimental work can act as a baseline for a repeat of the work in say 5 years time.\u00a0 If the latter, the RSGB will have some sound measurements for use in technical studies, etc, within CEPT and the ITU.\u00a0 Having some independently and scientifically validated measurements would enhance our position in discussions within these bodies.<\/p>\n
The Noise Floor Study is to be scientifically led by Prof. Mike Warrington, University of Leicester, and conducted through a series of MSc projects, supported by funding of approximately \u00a310k through the generosity of the Ken Rowell, G5RL, legacy.\u00a0 The funding mostly provides for equipment and the running cost of the data collection.\u00a0 The study will be directed and project managed by volunteers within the RSGB with links to the Propagation Studies Committee and the EMC Committee.<\/p>\n
The study was planned and funding approved\u00a0in late 2013. \u00a0It is expected\u00a0to take two or three years. \u00a0The initial plan for\u00a0the project was for the research to be undertaken by students within their MSc programme; it was thought that this would require two or possibly three sets of students. \u00a0As the project was not taken up by any of the 2013 intake of students the work will be undertaken by a visiting academic. \u00a0This person is due to take up his position at the University of Leicester shortly following the necessary visa clearance process. \u00a0The study\u00a0will look for support from the amateur community during the experimental stages of the work.<\/p>\n
31 October\u00a02014<\/p>\n
This University project was unable to proceed due the lack of suitable interested MSc candidates.<\/p>\n
January 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The RF noise floor is of interest to probably all radio amateurs, as many of us operate at low signal-to-noise ratios.\u00a0 Many amateurs will be aware of rising RF noise levels in recent years from nearby sources of noise. The RSGB has been concerned about protection of the RF noise floor for some time and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":657,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8246\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}