Insights on Polar Day Antarctica Radio Propagation Using Amateur Radio Beacons on Circumnavigating Balloons

We deployed six pico balloons with 20 m transmitters (14.09 MHz) from Neumayer Station III in the 2022 Antarctic summer. Our objective was to evaluate ionospheric propagation in lower latitudes. Leveraging the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) protocol, we transmitted and received telemetry da...

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Main Authors: Todd McKinney, Nick Perlaky, Mike Newchurch, Bill Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/7/1118