@proceedings {869,
	title = {High Resolution WSPR Transmissions for Ionospheric Research},
	year = {2024},
	month = {03/2024},
	abstract = {<p>There are currently over 4000 HAM radio stations worldwide continuously transmitting and receiving beacon signals using the WSPR RF modulation format.\&nbsp; WSPR is implemented in the open source WSJT-x application program authored by Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor and a large group of contributors. Recent software enhancements to WSJT-x and newly available low-cost transmit and receive hardware using GPS disciplined oscillators permit records of these transmissions (known as {\textquoteleft}spots{\textquoteright}) to be used to study ionospheric events like Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances. Records of those 3 million+ receptions per day are publicly available to all researchers and citizen scientists in a SQL database which ensures access for all. In this presentation we give an introduction to WSPR, the publicly available databases where the {\textquoteleft}spots{\textquoteright} are stored.\&nbsp; Also included are websites with text, map and graphical outputs which allow easy queries about {\textquoteright}spots{\textquoteright} and examples of low cost research quality transmitters and receivers which are in operation.</p>
},
	author = {Rob Robinett and Paul M. Elliott}
}
@proceedings {748,
	title = {How Do I Talk From Scranton to Pakistan Using​ High Frequency Amateur Radio?​},
	year = {2023},
	month = {03/2023},
	publisher = {HamSCI},
	address = {Scranton, PA},
	abstract = {<p>This poster will demonstrate the possible ways to send propagation transmissions from The University of Scranton to Karachi, Pakistan. To do this, VOACAP will be used to map out possible paths and peak times for transmission and then WSRP.rocks will be used to compare the empirical VOACAP model outputs to observed data. A recommendation will then be made for the optimal time and frequency to communicate using high frequency (HF) radio between Scranton, PA and Karachi, Pakistan.</p>
},
	author = {Zainab Shah and Gwyn Griffiths and Rob Robinett and Nathaniel Frissell}
}
