VLF/LF and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

Publication Type Conference Paper
Author
Conference Name
Dayton Hamvention
Year of Publication
2017
Conference Location
Xenia, OH
Abstract

Previous solar eclipse studies have observed different propagation effects at VLF/LF frequencies (3-300 kHz) compared with those observed at HF (3-30 MHz) frequencies. These differences are primarily due to the much longer wavelengths at lower frequencies in concert with ionospheric D layer interactions. To better understand the unusual eclipse-induced effects at VLF/LF frequencies, we present EclipseMob, a crowdsourced collection effort that will use smart phones as simple VLF/LF software defined radio (SDR) receivers to record changes in propagation from known transmitters during the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.

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Dayton Hamvention 2017
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eng
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