TY - Generic T1 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at the University of Scranton T2 - HamSCI Workshop 2023 Y1 - 2023 A1 - Cuong Nguyen A1 - Veronica Romanek A1 - Francis Lynch Jr. A1 - Joseph Tholley A1 - Robert Troy A1 - Matthew Dittmar A1 - John Nelson A1 - Sade Lugo AB -

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an international professional association for all things electronic engineering and electrical engineering. The mission of the IEEE is “advancing technology for the benefit of humanity”. At the University of Scranton, we help physics and engineering majors see the possibilities of where they could end up after college in their respective fields. Weekly seminars are tailored to present the business processes involved and innovative ideas developed by various researchers, companies, and industries. The club also serves as the social network through which our students and alumni can share their experiences and form a friendship that transcends many stages of life.

JF - HamSCI Workshop 2023 PB - HamSCI CY - Scranton, PA ER - TY - Generic T1 - An Algorithm for Determining the Timing of Components within the HamSCI-WWV/WWVH Scientific Test Signal T2 - HamSCI Workshop 2022 Y1 - 2022 A1 - Cuong Nguyen A1 - Tyler Jordan A1 - Joseph Tholley A1 - Vaibhavi Patel AB -

Beginning in November 2021, WWV and WWVH radio stations have been broadcasting a test signal developed by a Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) working group to study what additional ionospheric measurements can be gleaned from the WWV/WWVH transmitter beyond carrier Doppler shift and time-of-flight of standard timing pulses. The signal consists of various individual components including tones, chirps, and Gaussian noise bursts [1]. Interested operators record the signal data at their location, providing researchers with the data naturally manipulated in many different ways [2]. This project seeks to precisely identify the timing of each signal component in the recorded data. The algorithm involves passing the data through various software filters to remove unwanted elements such as frequencies outside of range of interest, DC offset, and so on. Correlation is then performed between the recorded data and each original component to produce their timing. The performance of the algorithm itself is estimated by calculating the SNR of each received signal and the corresponding confidence interval of the algorithm. The results can help to explain the broken symmetry between the transmitted signal and the received signal.

References
[1] Lombardi. “Radio Station WWV.” NIST, 16 Nov. 2021, https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv.
[2] Pamela.corey@nist.gov. “WWV/WWVH Scientific Modulation Working Group.” NIST, 5 Nov. 2021, https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-services/wwvwwvh-scientific-modulation-working-group.

JF - HamSCI Workshop 2022 PB - HamSCI CY - Huntsville, AL ER -