The international ham radio magazine for enthusiasts operating VHF and up has announced it will award a prize this year to a radio operator studying the scientific validity of global passive WSPR radar in locating aircraft. The theory came to prominence following the use of WSPR log data in the search for the doomed Malaysian flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014 en route to Beijing.
The journal, which publishes four times a year in English and German, has created this award to mark the 75th anniversary of the DARC and the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union. The total prize award is 7,500 euros - the equivalent of $8,450 US - and is in three categories: 1,500 Euros, or $1,600, for proof involving large passenger or cargo aircraft; 2,500 Euros, or $2,800, for proof involving smaller aircraft; 3,500 Euros, almost $4,000 for proof involving helicopters.
Studies should be submitted in either English or German and in PDF format to the email address that appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org by the entry deadline of 31st of December.