2023 HamSCI Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge (GSSC) Data and Scoring Calculations

<p>The ZIP file contains all data sources used in scoring the October 13, 2023 running of the HamSCI GSSC competition: &nbsp;ReverseBeacon.net, WSPRnet.org, PSKReporter.info. &nbsp;There is a ZIP file containing each entrant's data as extracted from the WSPRnet data. &nbsp;Further, it contains the participant entries (in an Apple Mac OS Numbers formatted spreadsheet) along with the scoring calculation file (Numbers format). &nbsp;Included is a description of the scoring methodology (Apple Mac OS Pages format) and the shell scripts used to extract the WSPRnet data. &nbsp;The GSSC 2023 Results Writeup.pdf, as published to the HamSCI.org website, summarizes the entire event. &nbsp;</p> <p>Additional ZIP files, eg gssc2023bonusXX.zip, contain emails and attachments (PDF, jpg, etc) submitted by the entrants for bonus points.</p> <p>The purpose of the GSSC competition was to generate ham radio 'spots' (records of 1- and 2-way amateur radio contacts on the shortware bands, aggregated in the form of transmission and reception reports stored in the data sources referenced above). &nbsp;The 'spot' data is intended for use in studies of radio wave propagation via the ionosphere.</p>