[TangerineSDR] Magnetometer Prototype Testing Plan

[Phil Erickson]

l sedsHi Nathaniel,

  How about concerns over proximity to large metal structures?  A useful
thing to define here would be minimum distance from any metal sheds, roofs,
fences, etc.

73
Phil W1PJE

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:55 AM Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D. via
TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:

> Those are good questions, Phil.
>
> As you suggest, I think we should be testing for:
>
>    - Varying RF/Magnetometer noise environments (e.g.
>    urban/suburban/rural)
>    - Varying climates (hot, cold, dry, wet)
>    - Ability to work in close proximity to a 100W to 1500W class amateur
>    radio station.
>
>
> The current Round 2 test site list was chosen primarily based on locations
> of current project participants who would be able to provide reasonable
> engineering support. I believe it does already cover a number of the
> different conditions above. We can certainly revise the list if needed. We
> also kept a few units in reserve.
>
> I would be very glad to have you field some of these and we can increase
> your count to 3.
>
> 73 de Nathaniel
>
> —
> Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell, Ph.D., W2NAF
> HamSCI Lead
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering
> University of Scranton
> (973) 787-4506
>
> On Nov 11, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D. via
> TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I’ve spoken to a number of people individually, but now I want to send a
> group e-mail so we are all on the same page regarding the magnetometer
> prototype testing plan.
>
> I would like to do the distribution of prototypes in two rounds. This is
> because we do not yet have an established protocol for installation or
> basic data collection. Round 1 will be a small distribution with
> magnetometer boards being sent to:
>
> *PROTOTYPE ROUND 1*
>
>
> QTY
>
> Frissell
> Nathaniel
> W2NAF
> Scranton
> 1
> PSWS PI Institution
> Kim
> Hyomin
> KD2MCR
> NJIT
> 2
> Magnetometer PI Institution
> Witten
> Dave
> KD0EAG
> TAPR
> 1
> Chief Designer
> Madey
> Jules
> K2KGJ
> HamSCI/TAPR
> 2
> Design Evaluation / Major Contributor
> Larsen
> Dave
> KV0S
> TAPR
> 1
> Beta Tester (MAIL TO KD0EAG)
>
> During Round 1:
>
>    1. Dave KD0EAG will be testing his code to make sure it works with the
>    new magnetometer layout.
>    2. Dave KD0EAG will be developing a quick-and-dirty file-based data
>    collection system (see below).
>    3. Jules K2KGJ will be doing side-by-side testing of two magnetometers
>    in Hillsdale, NY.
>    4. Hyomin KD2MCR will lead the development of the installation
>    instruction manual with input from Dave KD0EAG and Jules K2KGJ.
>    5. Dave KV0S and Nathaniel W2NAF will help as needed.
>
>
> The data collection system Dave KD0EAG is going to be quick-and-dirty
> file-based data collection system. The goal is to simply rsync or scp
> *.csv.bz2 files up to a central server hosted by linode.com on some
> hourly or daily basis. The goal here is simplicity and reliability to allow
> us to get access to data ASAP. No databases or visualization will be done
> at this point. This will not be the final solution, but it should be
> something we can get working within one to two weeks. We can use NJIT’s
> antarctic GMAG data server as an example:
> https://antarcticgeospace.njit.edu/Data/Fluxgate/
>
> Once we have that running, and an initial draft of the installation manual
> is complete, we will distribute the rest of the magnetometers to the people
> on the Round 2 list.
>
> If you are on the Round 2 list and would like a magnetometer set sooner
> rather than later, let me know, and I am sure we can accommodate you.
>
> Thanks for your hard work, everyone!
>
> 73 de Nathaniel W2NAF
>
>
> —
> Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell, Ph.D., W2NAF
> HamSCI Lead
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering
> University of Scranton
> (973) 787-4506
>
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