{"id":12226,"date":"2015-03-27T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=12226"},"modified":"2015-03-27T14:25:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T14:25:21","slug":"rsgb-eclipse-experiment-yields-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2015\/03\/27\/rsgb-eclipse-experiment-yields-data\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB Eclipse Experiment yields data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12201\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12201\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2015\/03\/solar-eclipse-rsgb-hq.png\" alt=\"Solar Eclipse 2015\" width=\"251\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2015\/03\/solar-eclipse-rsgb-hq.png 251w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2015\/03\/solar-eclipse-rsgb-hq-150x102.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The partial eclipse of the sun as witnessed from RSGB HQ on Friday, 20 March 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The RSGB\u2019s solar eclipse radio experiments on 20 March were deemed a great success.<\/p>\n<p>Radio amateurs took part in a wide range of experiments on many bands, including a QSO party on 160, 80m and 40m.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the reverse beacon network and Morse code meant that the received signal-to-noise ratios of those taking part could be automatically logged.<\/p>\n<p>Other stations, including some in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, used WSPR, the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter, to test propagation on paths around Europe.<\/p>\n<p>All this data is now available for RSGB Members to download and analyse themselves on the RSGB\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.thersgb.org\/index.php?forums\/radio-propagation-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Propagation Questions forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of analysis can now be done to look at specific paths and times using the data that were collected and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/propagation-studies-committee\/\">Propagation Studies Committee<\/a> Chair, Steve Nichols, G0KYA, would like to thank everyone who took part in the experiments.<\/p>\n<p>A full report will appear in a future edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/radcom\/\"><em>RadCom<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A longer version of this article can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/eclipse-2015\">www.rsgb.org\/eclipse-2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB\u2019s solar eclipse radio experiments on 20 March were deemed a great success. Radio amateurs took part in a wide range of experiments on many bands, including a QSO party on 160, 80m and 40m. The use of the reverse beacon network and Morse code meant that the received signal-to-noise ratios of those taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}