Fwd: Attached are some results I got from monitoring eclipse effects in Utah

[Breakall, James Kenneth]

To All. Results from recording the effect of the eclipse on an AM station in Utah. 

73. Jim. WA3FET 

Penn State. 

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Subject: Attached are some results I got from monitoring eclipse effects in Utah

Hello All,

 

I decided to do an experiment using the Northern Utah SDR Server #1 on websdr.org to explore the effects of the eclipse on the mid-path reflection point between an AM broadcast station in Las Vegas, NV transmitting to the SDR in Corinne, UT.  I was able to see an increase of the signal by about 5 dB during the eclipse as the absorption of the D-Region clearly seemed to reduce.  I have provided all of the results and other information, and have not tried to do any ray tracing, or other more rigorous analysis.  I hope some of you can look it over and provide comments and more ideas on what was seen.

 

Thanks and 73,  Jim  WA3FET

 

PS:  I tried to think of people who would be interested in this and most likely forgot some people to include.  Please feel free to forward this to any other interested parties.

 

James K. Breakall

Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering

 

Electrical Engineering East

Penn State University

University Park, PA 16802

 

Cell Phone: 814-883-6521

Email: ji...@psu.edu

Amateur Radio Callsign: WA3FET