This Service allows you to insert and retrieve operational data on trans-ionospheric communications.
Ultimate goals of this Service are to :
a) characterise local (i.e. your station) radio-propagation with respect to Space Weather conditions : it is indeed known that radio-propagation depends on TX/RX stations locations and ... on Space Weather conditions affecting primarily the useable frequencies and antenna pointing. By correlating your achieved (and here inserted QSL data on) trans-ionospheric communications with the Space Weather indexes (mainly the Smoothed Sunspot Number - SSN, and the Geo-magnetic A or K), you will be helped in selecting the best station parameters for your desired links.
b) provide Scientists and amateurs with operational and distributed data on trans-ionospheric communications : in order to complement the huge amount of work carried on by Scientists (and Radio-amateurs) on Ionosphere topics, this Service aims at sharing the data collected herein for research purposes.
Practically ?
In the following "Inputs" page, you are asked to insert (like in a logbook) QSL-type information about achieved trans-ionospheric communications. By Communications we mean both transmitted (DX) as received (SWL, Beacons) signals. Please remember that site characterisation, in order to be validated, requires a large amount of data so ... contribute with as much data as possible !
The "360" Award has also been created for this purpose : an individual ranking based on the quantity of data provided will be established and the site characterisation of the monthly "Winner" will be displayed on this site. Please follow the link below to learn more about the "360" Award, its rules, the current Top 10 List and the Winner's site characterisation.
Otherwise, if you would like to retrieve and analyse some data for your own research please visit the "Retrieve" page first, in order to extract the information you are interest in and then use either your own Tools or the ones in Service 2.