Brief Description:
This is a simplified prediction program for the maximal usable frequency (MUF)
along an HF propagation path. The closer to MUF one operates, the more
efficient the communications channel becomes. The model is based on a large
number of oblique ionograms from a wide variety of sounding paths. Given the
date, transmitter and receiver locations, and the solar flux index or sunspot
number, hourly MUF values can be obtained.
Availability:
- From the National Technical
Information Service, search for MINIMUF or QSTMUF
- QSTMUF executable from the National Geophysical Data Center (ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/IONOSPHERE/MODELS/QSTMUF/)
- NTIA/ITS site for HF propagation models
- IPS site for HF prediction tools
References:
R. B. Rose, J. N. Martin, and P. H. Levine, MINIMUF-3: A Simplified HF MUF
Prediction Algorithm, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Report 186, San Diego,
California, 1978.
R. B. Rose, MINIMUF: A Simplified MUF Prediction Program for Microcomputers, QST 66(12), 36, 1982.
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