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Amateur Radio Signal Report

ResourceID
spase://HamSCI/NumericalData/HFRadars/AmateurRadioSignalReport/AmateurRadioSignalReport

Description

This data set contains amateur radio signal report collected from three up-stream data providers including WSPRNet, PSKReporter, and Reverse Beacon Network. Data are available in HDF5 format on madrigal database, with web-based system to plot, download file, print file, and view file information. Each file contains data from one day of amateur radio signal report and the file contains twenty-four data parameters:
year: Year (universal time), units: y
month: Month (universal time), units: m
day: Day (universal time), units: d
hour: Hour (universal time), units: h
min: Minute (universal time), units: m
sec: Second (universal time), units: s
recno: Logical Record Number, units: N/A
kindat: Kind of data, units: N/A
kinst: Instrument Code, units: N/A
ut1_unix: Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at start, units: s
ut2_unix: Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at end, units: s
call_sign_tx: Transmitting station call sign, units: N/A
txlat: Decimal latitude of sending station, units: deg
txlon: Decimal longitude of sending station, units: deg
call_sign_rx: Receiving station call sign, units: N/A
rxlat: Decimal latitude of receiving station, units: deg
rxlon: Decimal longitude of receiving station, units: deg
tfreq: Transmitted frequency, units: Hz
sn: Signal to noise ratio, units: N/A
smode: Sender mode of operation, units: N/A
ssrc: Sender source type, units: N/A
pthlen: Signal path length (assuming shortest path), units: km
latcen: Latitude of signal center point, units: deg
loncen: Longitude of signal center point, units: deg

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NumericalData

ResourceID
spase://HamSCI/NumericalData/HFRadars/AmateurRadioSignalReport/AmateurRadioSignalReport
NamingAuthority
HamSCI
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Amateur Radio Signal Report
AlternateName
HamSCI Spot Data
ReleaseDate
2025-04-17 14:10:13
Description

This data set contains amateur radio signal report collected from three up-stream data providers including WSPRNet, PSKReporter, and Reverse Beacon Network. Data are available in HDF5 format on madrigal database, with web-based system to plot, download file, print file, and view file information. Each file contains data from one day of amateur radio signal report and the file contains twenty-four data parameters:
year: Year (universal time), units: y
month: Month (universal time), units: m
day: Day (universal time), units: d
hour: Hour (universal time), units: h
min: Minute (universal time), units: m
sec: Second (universal time), units: s
recno: Logical Record Number, units: N/A
kindat: Kind of data, units: N/A
kinst: Instrument Code, units: N/A
ut1_unix: Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at start, units: s
ut2_unix: Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at end, units: s
call_sign_tx: Transmitting station call sign, units: N/A
txlat: Decimal latitude of sending station, units: deg
txlon: Decimal longitude of sending station, units: deg
call_sign_rx: Receiving station call sign, units: N/A
rxlat: Decimal latitude of receiving station, units: deg
rxlon: Decimal longitude of receiving station, units: deg
tfreq: Transmitted frequency, units: Hz
sn: Signal to noise ratio, units: N/A
smode: Sender mode of operation, units: N/A
ssrc: Sender source type, units: N/A
pthlen: Signal path length (assuming shortest path), units: km
latcen: Latitude of signal center point, units: deg
loncen: Longitude of signal center point, units: deg

Funding
Agency
NASA
Project
Enabling Space Weather Research with Global Scale Amateur Radio Datasets
AwardNumber
NASA 80NSSC21K1772
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Nathaniel.Frissell
2.TechnicalContactspase://SMWG/Person/William.Engelke
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Kornyanat.Hozumi
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://HamSCI/Repository/Madrigal
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
URL
https://cedar.openmadrigal.org/listExperiments?isGlobal=on&categories=4&instruments=8308&showDefault=on&start_date_0=1950-01-01&start_date_1=00%3A00%3A00&end_date_0=2025-12-31&end_date_1=23%3A59%3A59#
Description

Daily HamSCI Amateur Radio Signal Report on Madrigal database

Format
HDF5
Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge HamSCI team at The University of Scranton and The University of Alabama that collects amateur radio signal report from volunteers via three up-stream data providers including WSPRNet, PSKReporter, and Reverse Beacon Network. The data are available to public at MIT Madrigal database. This effort is supported by NASA grant number 80NSSC21K1772.
ProcessingLevel
ValueAdded
InstrumentIDs
spase://HamSCI/Instrument/HFRadars/AmateurRadioSignalReport/AmateurRadioSignalReport
MeasurementType
Waves
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2009-02-24 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P1M
Note
Data are current to within about a month. Cadence is irregular.
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
Parameter #1
Name
Year
Description

Year (universal time)

Units
y
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
month
Description

Month (universal time)

Units
m
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
day
Description

Day (universal time)

Units
d
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
hour
Description

Hour (universal time)

Units
h
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #5
Name
min
Description

Minute (universal time)

Units
m
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #6
Name
sec
Description

Second (universal time)

Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #7
Name
recno
Description

Logical Record Number

Support
SupportQuantity
Housekeeping
Parameter #8
Name
kindat
Description

Kind of data

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
kinst
Description

Instrument Code

Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode
Parameter #10
Name
ut1_unix
Description

Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at start

Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #11
Name
ut2_unix
Description

Unix seconds (1/1/1970) at end

Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #12
Name
call_sign_tx
Description

Transmitting station call sign

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #13
Name
txlat
Description

Decimal latitude of sending station

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #14
Name
txlon
Description

Decimal longitude of sending station

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #15
Name
call_sign_rx
Description

Receiving station call sign

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #16
Name
rxlat
Description

Decimal latitude of receiving station

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #17
Name
rxlon
Description

Decimal longitude of receiving station

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #18
Name
tfreq
Description

Transmitted frequency

Units
Hz
Wave
WaveQuantity
Frequency
Parameter #19
Name
sn
Description

Signal to noise ratio

Wave
WaveQuantity
Intensity
Parameter #20
Name
smode
Description

Sender mode of operation

Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode
Parameter #21
Name
ssrc
Description

Sender source type

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #22
Name
pthlen
Description

Signal path length (assuming shortest path)

Units
km
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #23
Name
latcen
Description

Latitude of signal center point

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #24
Name
loncen
Description

Longitude of signal center point

Units
deg
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional