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Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

  • HamSCI’s annual Workshop, ‘HamSCI’s Big Year’, was held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in late March, attracting over 100 attendees from around the world.
  • The two-day event featured 25 talks on topics such as analysis of HamSCI’s Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science events and space weather observations during a geomagnetic superstorm.
  • Keynote and Invited Tutorial speakers included distinguished scientists and leaders in the Amateur Radio community, showcasing current research and future concepts for Sun-space-Earth science topics.
  • The Workshop concluded with a poster session, featuring submissions from over 20 countries, including the US, Brazil, Egypt, the UK, and Turkey.
  • HamSCI is supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) foundation, fostering collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers to advance scientific research and understanding.

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Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

Collage of scientific posters and visualizations from the HamSCI March Workshop 2025. Topics include college physics course integration, amateur radio visualization, propagation mode analysis, magnetometer overview, plasma bubble studies, space weather stations, and data plotting using DARN/HOPS systems.
A collage of Posters from HamSCI’s March workshop. You can read them all online!

Love Ham Radio? The HamSCI project fosters collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers. Its goals are to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, encourage the development of modern technologies to support this research, and provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public. 

HamSCI held its annual Workshop, ‘HamSCI’s Big Year’, at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in late March. Over 100 members of the HamSCI community attended: researchers, students (secondary through graduate level), and citizen scientist volunteers. Over the two-day event, in-person and virtual participants experienced twenty-five talks on topics ranging from analysis of HamSCI’s 2023/24 Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science events to space weather observations made during the May 10, 2024 geomagnetic superstorm.

The Workshop hosted a variety of Keynote and Invited Tutorial speakers, including distinguished scientists and leaders in the Amateur (ham) Radio community.  The Workshop concluded with a poster session, featuring current research, ongoing educational activities, and concepts for future events involving Sun-space-Earth science topics.  Posters were submitted from the US, Brazil, Egypt, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.

Explore the workshop presentations and posters.  Videos of conference presentations will be available at the HamSCI website in a few months.

HamSCI is supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) foundation.

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May 01, 2025

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Q. What is the HamSCI project?
A. The HamSCI project fosters collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities.

Q. Where was the 2025 HamSCI Workshop held?
A. The 2025 HamSCI Workshop was held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in late March.

Q. How many participants attended the 2025 HamSCI Workshop?
A. Over 100 members of the HamSCI community attended the workshop, including researchers, students, and citizen scientist volunteers.

Q. What were some of the topics covered during the workshop presentations?
A. The workshop featured talks on topics such as analysis of HamSCI’s 2023/24 Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science events and space weather observations made during a geomagnetic superstorm.

Q. Who hosted the workshop?
A. The workshop was hosted by HamSCI, with support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) foundation.

Q. What was the format of the workshop’s conclusion?
A. The workshop concluded with a poster session, featuring current research, ongoing educational activities, and concepts for future events involving Sun-space-Earth science topics.

Q. Where can viewers access videos of conference presentations?
A. Videos of conference presentations will be available at the HamSCI website in a few months.

Q. What is the goal of the HamSCI project’s collaboration with amateur radio operators?
A. The goal is to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, encourage the development of modern technologies to support this research, and provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public.

Q. How did the workshop participants experience the event?
A. In-person and virtual participants experienced twenty-five talks on various topics during the two-day event.

Q. What is HamSCI supported by?
A. HamSCI is supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) foundation.