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N395JP Case Study

N395JP Case Study

In a previous paper we have successfully detected and tracked a large aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, but what about small aircraft. In this case study we detect and track the flight of a Diamond DA40 single engine aircraft registration N395JP during a 48 minute...
EK421 Case Study

EK421 Case Study

Emirates flight EK421 on 1st June 2022 from Perth, Australia to Dubai, UAE took 10 hours 31 minutes. The aircraft operating this flight was a Boeing 777-300ER and departed Perth International Airport at 14:26 UTC arriving in Dubai International Airport at 00:57...
WSPR Propagation

WSPR Propagation

There are around 4 Million WSPRnet global links between amateur radio transmitters and receivers every day. Approximately 60,000 of these are propagations over distances greater than 15,000 km. The question arises exactly how far can HF radio waves propagate?...
MH370 WSPR Technical Report

MH370 WSPR Technical Report

WSPR technology can be used to detect and track aircraft. This paper underpins the flight path report published 31st December 2021 which provided the findings every two minutes during the entire flight of MH370 from 7th March 2014 16:42 UTC to 8th March 2014 00:20...
Guest Post by Dr. Robert Westphal

Guest Post by Dr. Robert Westphal

Rob presents his working paper on remote sensing of aircraft in the Southern Hemisphere by using WSPR at open sea without surveillance radar and ADS-B location, demonstrated using four different cases. Rob asks 4 key questions in his paper and provides the answers: Is...
SpaceX Launch

SpaceX Launch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on 3 February 2022 at 18:13:20 UTC with 49 Starlink satellites to be deployed on mission Starlink 4-7. As the Falcon 9 was inclined towards the equator at approx 53 degrees, TI4JWC in Costa...