The SID Monitor

Overview Presentations

• Introduction to SID: A PowerPoint presentation by Ray Mitchell, chief engineer for the SID monitor.
• Designing Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitors -- A unique Collaboration Between Scientists and Educators: A PowerPoint presentation for the Spring 2005 AGU conference.
• CISM Space Weather Professional Development: A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the space weather monitor program for the NSF/CISM site visit

Technical Descriptions

• SID Manual
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Sources of Noise in SID Monitors (a PowerPointer presentation about interference signatures in SID data)
• List of Technical Documents for the SID Monitor

Accessing VLF Transmitters Around the World

• VLF Transmitter List
• List of Tuning Resistors needed to develop additional SID frequency boards
• Notes about working with tuning resistors

Schematics and Photos

PrePost Amp Schematic	SID Monitor Board Photo
Frequency Board Schematic	Frequency Board Photo
Power Supply	Outputs
More Photos

Antennas

• Building a SID Antenna
• List of Simple Antenna Parts
• Antenna examples - NEW!

Requirements

Obtaining a SID Monitor

Tracking Solar Flares
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Sounds

• Monitoring 25.2 KHz (NML)
  Note there is some sort of tone they are transmitting every 5 or 10 seconds.

Data

• Access to Database
• About SID Data
• Understanding SID Data (pdf)

Map of SID & AWESOME Sites

Quick References on the Ionosphere

A list by Leandra Merola of South Side High School, NY.

• About the Ionosphere (HAARP)
• Aguirre, E. L. (2005 May). Amateurs detect effects on earth. Sky and Telescope, 109. Available through ProQuest
• Contreira, D., Rodrigues F. S., Makita K., and Brum, C. G. (2004). An experiment to study solar flare effects on radio-communication signals. Advances in Space Research, 36(12), 2455-2459.
• Davies, Kenneth (1990). Ionospheric Radio. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd.
• The Effect of Solar Flares on the VLF Radio Waves Transmitted in the Ionosphere, a PowerPoint presentation by Sharad Khanal, 2004.
• Leary, W. E. (2006, March 6). Scientists say next solar cycle will be stronger but delayed. New York Times.
• Peter N., (2003, March 3). In Iraq, solar storms play havoc with communication. Christian Science Monitor, p. 15.
• Radio Frequency Wikipedia Foundation, Inc.
• The Science Behind the Monitors (Solar Center SID Site)

Acknowledgements

• DATAQ: Data Logger and Data Acquisition Products