[TangerineSDR] Magnetometer Prototype Testing Plan
David G. McGaw
david.g.mcgaw at dartmouth.edu
Thu Nov 12 11:58:57 EST 2020
Please ship to QRZ address.
73,
David N1HAC
On 11/12/20 11:07 AM, Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D. wrote:
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> Hi David,
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> Yes, we can do that. Ship to your CBA/qrz.com?
>
> 73 de Nathaniel
>
> *From:* TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr-bounces at lists.tapr.org> *On Behalf
> Of *David G. McGaw via TangerineSDR
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:25 AM
> *To:* TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>
> *Cc:* David G. McGaw <david.g.mcgaw at dartmouth.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [TangerineSDR] Magnetometer Prototype Testing Plan
>
> Could I please be added to the initial round of testing? Thank you.
>
> 73,
>
> David N1HAC
> Dartmouth/HamSci/TAPR
>
> On 11/11/20 11:09 AM, Phil Erickson via TangerineSDR wrote:
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> l sedsHi Nathaniel,
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> 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
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> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:55 AM Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D.
> via TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org
> <mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>> wrote:
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> Those are good questions, Phil.
>
> As you suggest, I think we should be testing for:
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> * 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
> <mailto: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:
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> *PROTOTYPE ROUND 1*
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> QTY
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> Frissell
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> Nathaniel
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> W2NAF
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> Scranton
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> PSWS PI Institution
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> Kim
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> Hyomin
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> KD2MCR
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> NJIT
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> 2
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> Magnetometer PI Institution
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> Witten
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> Dave
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> KD0EAG
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> TAPR
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> 1
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> Chief Designer
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> Madey
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> Jules
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> K2KGJ
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> HamSCI/TAPR
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> Design Evaluation / Major Contributor
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> Larsen
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> Dave
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> KV0S
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> TAPR
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> Beta Tester (MAIL TO KD0EAG)
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> During Round 1:
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> 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
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinode.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdavid.g.mcgaw%40dartmouth.edu%7C535fd0c4942f4d77307208d88725163e%7C995b093648d640e5a31ebf689ec9446f%7C0%7C0%7C637407940641401474%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=owkchSCnMl53Ot4xe0K33TQ76HL%2BihNDH6By8phJwMU%3D&reserved=0>
> 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/
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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