08/07/2017

The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP[1]) is just a couple of weeks away! The SEQP is a special operating event organized by the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI[2]) to study ionospheric effects caused by the August 21 total solar eclipse.

During the SEQP, hams are being asked to operate on the HF bands in a manner similar to a contest or QSO party. Let the HamSCI researchers know where you plan to be and what modes you plan to operate. Visit[3] the SEQP Pre-Registration page.

Systems such as the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN[4]), PSKReporter[5], and WSPRNet[6]. Participants' logs will provide the contact and spot data that researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and at Virginia Tech will use to study eclipse-induced ionospheric effects.

Event rules and operating procedures[7] are available on the HamSCI website.


[1] http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This20in%20QST/August2017/Silver.pdf
[2] http://www.hamsci.org/
[3] http://hamsci.org/seqp-prereg
[4] http://www.reversebeacon.net/
[5] http://pskreporter.info/
[6] http://wsprnet.org/
[7] http://hamsci.org/seqp

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