ChirpView
A program for receiving chirp sounders
ChirpView is a Windows program for receiving ionospheric chirp sounders. These sounders are HF radio transmitters used for monitoring ionospheric propagation. ChirpView provides one way of receiving these transmissions. More information on this technique can be found here.
System requirements are:
1. A PC running Windows 95/NT4 or later with a 16-bit stereo soundcard and at least a Pentium 133 MHz CPU.
2. A HF receiver with USB capability (and preferably with the ability to turn off the AGC)
3. A GPS receiver with a PPS (pulse per second) output or a receiver capable of tuning an LF time signal such as MSF on 60 kHz to produce an audio tone output.
Click here to download the installation program (a self-extracting archive).
Before you do so, please note that ChirpView is freeware for amateur radio use only and comes with NO WARRANTY! Please back-up your system before using the software. You use it at your own risk.
LATEST VERSION: A public beta release incorporating some new features and bug fixes can
be found here.
If you have any questions regarding this software please contact me at:
a.senior
lancaster.ac.uk
Realtime chirp reporting
The ChirpView realtime chirp reporting protocol is described here.
The output of a server collecting realtime chirp reports from ChirpView users using the recent beta versions of the software can be found here, if it is working!
Note: This service is not currently operating
Copyright Andrew Senior, 1st July 2001
Last updated 2005-06-06.
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