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PSK Reporter
Type of site
Analytics
Available inEnglish
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Founder(s)Philip Gladstone
URLpskreporter.info
Screenshot of PSK Reporter
24 Hours of Reception Reports for Station D2UY

PSK Reporter is an amateur radio signal reporting and spotting network and website started by Philip Gladstone in 2014 which allows operators to see where their radio signals are being received.[1][2] The platform works by collecting digital signal reports from software clients such as WSJT[3] and FLDIGI,[4] then mapping them to show which stations are being heard by other clients.[5][6] The website takes its name from the popular amateur radio digital mode PSK31 and supports numerous digital modes,[7][8][9] but now the vast majority of digital modes recorded by the service are FT8 traffic.[10] Most traffic recorded on PSK Reporter is in the HF amateur radio bands but the platform also supports MF, VHF, and UHF bands.[11][12] As of 2021 PSK Reporter had collected over 20 billion reception reports.[13]

Scientific uses

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Reporting networks such as PSK Reporter allow researchers in near real time to evaluate space weather conditions, particularly changes in the earth's ionosphere.[14][15] There are multiple examples of PSK Reporter being used to aid researchers as well as aiding in the prediction and understand of radio propagation.[16][17] For example, observations made during the 2017 eclipse where over 5,000 amateur radio operators reception reports helped researchers document the eclipse's effect on HF communications.[18]

PSK Reporter data has been used for research in UHF and VHF radio propagation;[11][19][20] to help improve machine learning algorithms that predict HF propagation;[21][22] and to evaluate and test the performance of installed antennas.[23]

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References

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  1. ^ Gladstone, Philip (2018-02-23). "Pskreporter.info & FT8" (PDF). HamSCI 2018.
  2. ^ Casler, David (2016) PSK Reporter: How You Can Be Part! AD #33, retrieved 2022-10-06
  3. ^ Taylor, Joseph (2022). "WSJT-X User Guide". WSJT-X. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  4. ^ van den Hoff, Rob. "PSK reporter | PAØROB". PAØROB Dutch Amateur Radio Station. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  5. ^ Barron, Robert (2020-02-08). "PSK Reporter". KA5WSS. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  6. ^ 力武健次. (2020). インターネットとオープンな無線技術の今後. 研究報告セキュリティ心理学とトラスト (SPT), 2020(1), 1-8. https://rand.pepabo.com/papers/iot51-jj1bdx.pdf
  7. ^ "FreeDV Activity Day | Southgate Amateur Radio News". www.southgatearc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  8. ^ Kinney, Jack (2021). "Getting Stated with JS8/JS8Call" (PDF). Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  9. ^ Peterson, Bill (2018-04-11). "PSKReporter.info: a walk-thur" (PDF). Clallam County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  10. ^ Silver, H. Ward (2021). Ham Radio For Dummies (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-119-69576-9. OCLC 1245417767.
  11. ^ a b Pearce, Nolan; Duncan, Kate J. (2021-03-10). "Simulation and Comparison of Weak-Signal VHF Propagation". SoutheastCon 2021. Atlanta, GA, USA: IEEE. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1109/SoutheastCon45413.2021.9401847. ISBN 978-1-6654-0379-5. S2CID 233333428.
  12. ^ Silver, H. Ward (July 2017), "The Solar Eclipse and Ham Radio", Nuts and Volts Magazine, pp. 50–55, retrieved 2022-10-06
  13. ^ Desmond, John (2021-05-08). "PSK Reporter website passes 20 Billion Reception Records". EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  14. ^ Frissell, N. A.; Miller, E. S.; Kaeppler, S. R.; Ceglia, F.; Pascoe, D.; Sinanis, N.; Smith, P.; Williams, R.; Shovkoplyas, A. (2014-10-22). "Ionospheric Sounding Using Real-Time Amateur Radio Reporting Networks: FRISSELL ET AL". Space Weather. 12 (12): 651–656. doi:10.1002/2014SW001132. S2CID 53355527.
  15. ^ Frissell, Nathaniel A.; Kaeppler, Stephen R.; Sanchez, Diego F.; Perry, Gareth W.; Engelke, William D.; Erickson, Philip J.; Coster, Anthea J.; Ruohoniemi, J. Michael; Baker, Joseph B. H.; West, Mary Lou (2022-03-16). "First Observations of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using Automated Amateur Radio Receiving Networks". Geophysical Research Letters. 49 (5). Bibcode:2022GeoRL..4997879F. doi:10.1029/2022GL097879. hdl:10919/111219. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 247006312.
  16. ^ Nunes, Jose (2021). "There is nothing magic about propagation: In search of MUF isolines" (PDF). Contest University. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  17. ^ "The K7RA Solar Update". ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio. 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  18. ^ Frissell, N. A.; Katz, J. D.; Gunning, S. W.; Vega, J. S.; Gerrard, A. J.; Earle, G. D.; Moses, M. L.; West, M. L.; Huba, J. D.; Erickson, P. J.; Miller, E. S.; Gerzoff, R. B.; Liles, W.; Silver, H. W. (2018-05-28). "Modeling Amateur Radio Soundings of the Ionospheric Response to the 2017 Great American Eclipse". Geophysical Research Letters. 45 (10): 4665–4674. Bibcode:2018GeoRL..45.4665F. doi:10.1029/2018GL077324. hdl:10919/93402. S2CID 135053587.
  19. ^ Kemmerer, Fred (2021-06-06). "A 6m DX Opening to Europe". Nashua Area Radio Society. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  20. ^ Desmond, John (2020-05-06). "VHF & UHF Trans-Atlantic path between Cape Verde Islands and the Caribbean opens up". EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  21. ^ Buckley, Richard; Furman, William N. (2021-11-29). "Application of Machine Learning Techniques to HF Propagation Prediction". MILCOM 2021 - 2021 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). San Diego, CA, USA: IEEE. pp. 623–628. doi:10.1109/MILCOM52596.2021.9653108. ISBN 978-1-6654-3956-5. S2CID 245594949.
  22. ^ Старнавський, І. І.; Швайченко, В. Б. (2020). "Сучасні особливості моніторингу умов поширення радіохвиль". Технології та дизайн (in Ukrainian). ISSN 2304-2605.
  23. ^ Williams, Al (2022-07-30). "Testing Antennas With WSPR". Hackaday. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
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