@proceedings {499, title = {Implementation of a point-to-point ray tracer}, year = {2021}, month = {03/2021}, publisher = {HamSCI}, address = {Scranton, PA (Virtual)}, abstract = {

Most ray tracers treat the problem as a Hamiltonian optics problem given an index of refraction, i.e., the ionosphere in this case.\  However, Coleman 2011 developed a method for ray tracing that used a direct variation method.\  The advantage of this method is that the endpoints of the ray remained fixed, while in more standard ray tracer, rays are launched until a link is made between the transmitter and receiver.\  Development of this method may provide a potentially efficient method for determining the link between a transmitter receiver pair, given a model ionosphere.\  We present efforts toward implementing the methodology described by Coleman 2011.

}, url = {https://hamsci2021-uscranton.ipostersessions.com/?s=3A-71-3B-21-F1-51-7F-5B-44-BE-57-61-1A-79-02-6B}, author = {Scott Driggers and Steven R. Kaeppler} }