HamSCI 2024 Program
Posters and presentations at the HamSCI workshop are made for community discussion and for exploration of new possibilities. Please note that these materials are not peer-reviewed.
Main workshop page: http://hamsci.org/hamsci2024
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YouTube Playlist of 2024 HamSCI Workshop Recordings by Ham Radio 2.0
Friday, March 22, 2024
Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | NR | Title | Presenter | Modality | Location |
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7:15 AM EDT | 1115z | Registration & Continental Breakfast | Eldred Hall | |||
8:15 AM EDT | 1215z | Day 1 Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF Dr. Chris Zorman |
Eldred Hall | ||
ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station
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8:30 AM EDT | 1230z | O1 | Personal Space Weather Network, Status Report | William Engelke AB4EJ The University of Alabama |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
8:50 AM EDT | 1250z | O2 | Grape 2 - The Finalized Version | John Gibbons N8OBJ Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
9:10 AM EDT | 1310z | O3 | The WsprDaemon GRAPE reporting network | Rob Robinett AI6VN & Paul Elliot WB6CXC WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
9:30 AM EDT | 1330z | O4 | The W2NAF-KC3EEY VLF Observatory: Building Exciting New Developments from a Solid Foundation |
Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
9:50 AM EDT | 1350z | O5 | Citizen Science: Development of a Low-Cost Magnetometer System for a Coordinated Space Weather Monitoring | Joseph Visone New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
10:10 AM EDT | 1410z | COFFEE BREAK | Eldred Hall | |||
ORAL SESSION II
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10:30 AM EDT | 1430z | O6 | Five Years of prop.kc2g.com: Evolution of an HF Forecasting Tool | Andrew Rodland KC2G prop.kc2g.com |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
10:50 AM EDT | 1450z | O7 | Considering the Sudden Loss of WWV's signal as seen by HamSCI Grape Stations | George Kavanagh KB1HFT New England Grape Group |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
11:10 AM EDT | 1510z | O8 | Exploring Ionospheric Variability Through Doppler Residuals: A Study Utilizing the HamSCI Grape V1 Receiver | Sabastian Fernandes New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
11:30 AM EDT | 1530z | O9 | Initial Review of the October 2023 Grape Eclipse Data | Rachel Boedicker AC8XY Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
11:50 AM EDT | 1550z | O10 | Ions and Beacons and Flares: Examining HF Propagation Along the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Path |
Adam Goodman W7OKE |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
12:10 PM EDT | 1610z | O11 | Analysis of changes to propagation and refraction height on specific paths induced by the 14 October 2023 eclipse | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
12:30 PM EDT | 1630z | LUNCH | Eldred Hall | |||
ORAL SESSION III
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1:30 PM EDT | 1730z | O12 | Early Results from the 2023 Eclipse Medium Wave Recordings | Nick Hall-Patch VE7DXR HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
1:50 PM EDT | 1750z | O13 | EclipseNB: A network of low-cost GNSS receivers to study ionospheric response to April 2024 solar eclipse | Dr. Anton Kashcheyev University of New Brunswick |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
2:10 PM EDT | 1810z | O14 | Plans to Observe Changes to the Ionosphere During the April 8 Eclipse Using Doppler Shifts of AM Broadcast Stations | David McGaw N1HAC Dartmouth College |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
2:30 PM EDT | 1830z | O15 | Operating GBO's 20m Radio Telescope with Ham Radio Students | Mia Bridges, KQ4MGZ The College of William & Mary / The Ham Radio Project |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
2:50 PM EDT | 1850z | O16 | Student Reflections of NRAO's Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum - Ham Radio Program |
Erin McDonald, KQ4IES |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
3:10 PM EDT | 1910z | O17 |
"And Science will Know To-morrow": An Exploration of Rudyard Kipling's "Wireless"(Read "Wireless" here) |
Leah Davydov | In-Person | Eldred Hall |
3:30 PM EDT | 1930z | COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS | Eldred Hall | |||
ORAL SESSION IV
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3:50 PM EDT | 1950z | O18 | When Life isn't Gaussian: The Allan Deviation Family of Statistics | Aidan Montare KB3UMD National Institute of Standards and Technology |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
4:10 PM EDT | 2010z | O19 | Extreme Values in Short-Term 20 m Sequential Matched WSPR Observations |
Bob Gerzoff, WK2Y |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
4:30 PM EDT | 2030z | O20 | Comparative Analysis of Medium Scale Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances: Grape PSWS vs. SuperDARN | Veronica Romanek KD2UHN Virginia Tech |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
4:50 PM EDT | 2050z | O21 | Possible Drivers of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances by Analysis of Aggregated Ham Radio Contacts | Diego Sanchez KD2RLM and Dr. Mary Lou West KC2NMC New Jersey Institute of Technology & Montclair State University |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
5:10 PM EDT | 2110z | F01 | Forum: How Ham Radio Can Further Help Ionospheric Research | In-Person | Eldred Hall | |
5:50 PM EDT | 2150z | Day 1 Closing Remarks | Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Eldred Hall | |
Friday Night Banquet
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6:30 PM EDT | 2230z | Banquet Begins | Cleveland History Center | |||
7:30 PM EDT | 2330z | Results from the 2023 SEQP and GSSC | Gary Mikitin, AF8A HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Cleveland History Center | |
7:45 PM EDT | 2345z | Keynote: On Final Approach To Solar Maximum: Testing A Hypothesis In Real Time | Dr. Scott McIntosh National Center for Atmospheric Research |
In-Person | Cleveland History Center |
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | NR | Title | Presenter | Modality | Location |
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7:15 AM EDT | 1115z | Registration & Continental Breakfast | ||||
8:30 AM EDT | 1230z | Welcome & Opening Remarks | In-Person | Eldred Hall | ||
9:00 AM EDT | 1300z | T1 | INVITED TUTORIAL: The ka9q-radio SDR package |
Phil Karn KA9Q |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
9:45 AM EDT | 1345z | T2 | INVITED TUTORIAL: HF Ray Tracing | Dr. Kate Zawdie Naval Research Laboratory |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
10:30 AM EDT | 1430z | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
ORAL SESSION V
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11:00 AM EDT | 1500z | O22 | Why is sporadic-E propagation so weird? | Dr. Chris Deacon G4IFX The University of Bath |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
11:20 AM EDT | 1520z | O23 | Sensitivity analysis of ray-tracing techniques to ionospheric electron density profiles |
Dr. Ana G. Elias |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
11:40 AM EDT | 1540z | O24 | On the ray tracing block of a sky wave over-the-horizon radar simulation tool | Zenon Saavedra Universidad Nacional de Tucumán |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
12:00 PM EDT | 1600z | O25 | Trial of applying PHaRLAP raytracing to reproduce HAM spot data | Dr. Kornyanat Hozumi NASA CCMC & Catholic University of America |
Virtual | Eldred Hall |
12:20 PM EDT | 1620z | LUNCH | ||||
ORAL SESSION VI
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1:30 PM EDT | 1730z | O26 | CatSat: CubeSat Engineering and Communication Technologies | Shae Henley & Walter Rahmer University of Arizona |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
1:50 PM EDT | 1750z | O27 | Earth's Magnetic Field Migration and Its Effects on HF Propagation |
Dr. Phil Erickson W1PJE |
In-Person | Eldred Hall |
POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION |
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2:15 PM EDT | 1815z | POSTER / DEMO SESSION BREAKOUT SESSSION BEGINS | think[box] | |||
3:00 PM EDT | 1900z | COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS | ||||
BREAKOUT Sessions / Special Programs | ||||||
B1 | ARDC - 44Net and Grants | John Hays K7VE Amateur Radio Digital Communications |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
B2 | Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) Panel | Nathaniel Vishner KB1QHX Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
B3 | W8EDU Open Station Hours / GOTA Station | In-Person | W8EDU Shack (Glennan 709) | |||
4pm | B4 | VE Session - Ham Radio Exam | Glennan 458 | In-Person | think[box] | |
POSTERS AND DEMOS | ||||||
P01 | Why you should attend the Youth on the Air camp! | Jack Roberts W9RFT and Dylan Romero KN6IVW Youth on the Air |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P02 | Operating GBO's 20m Radio Telescope with Ham Radio Students |
Mia Bridges, KQ4MGZ
The College of William & Mary / The Ham Radio Project
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In-Person | think[box] | ||
P03 | Student Reflections of NRAO's Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum - Ham Radio Program | Erin McDonald, KQ4IES The College of William & Mary / The Ham Radio Project |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P04 | ||||||
P05 | A Low-Cost Low-Power Chirp Ionosonde for Studying Eclipse Ionospheric Impacts | Gerard Piccini KD2ZHK & Dr. Robert W. McGwier N4HY The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P06 | Analysis of the HamSCI Solar Eclipse High Frequency Time Difference of Arrival Experiment Observations Using Automated Techniques | Alex Papadopoulos KC3WUD, Gerard Piccini KD2ZHK, & Steve Cerwin WA5FRF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P07 | Estimation of Ionospheric Layer Height by Measuring the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) Between 1 and 2 Hop Propagation Modes: 2023 Annular Eclipse Observations | Steve Cerwin WA5FRF HamSCI Community |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P08 | Construction of a Table-Top Antenna Range for Learning Electromagnetics Concepts | Augustine Brapoh KC3YNE, Matthew Dittmar KC3WAV, Aidan Szabo, Robert Troy KC3VJC, Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF, & Steve Cerwin WA5FRF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P09 | Learning Communications Systems Using Amateur Radio Satellites | Augustine Brapoh KC3YNE, James Hankee KC3YND, Aidan Szabo, Robert Troy KC3VJC, Robert W. McGwier N4HY, & Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P10 | Incorporating HamSCI Project into a College Physics Course | Dr. Hyomin Kim KD2MCR New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P11 | University of Michigan Space Weather Sensor Package | Theodore Masterson University of Michigan |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P12 | 3D Printing of the Grape 2 Enclosure | Majid Mokhtari The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P13 | Development of Back-End Software for the Grape 2 | Cuong Nguyen KC3UAX The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P14 | The Grape III: Pondering new varietals for the RF vineyard | Dr. David Kazdan AD8Y Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P15 | PyLap/PHaRLAP HF Ray Tracing and SAMI3: Integration and Refactoring | Devin Diehl The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P16 | Ray-trace modelling of diurnal variation in two-hop sidescatter propagation | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P17 | High Resolution WSPR Transmissions for Ionospheric Research | Rob Robinett AI6VN & Paul Elliott WB6CXC WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P18 | The ka9q-radio SDR package | Phil Karn KA9Q TAPR / HamSCI Community / ARDC |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P19 | Three-Channel VLF Reception System using a Raspberry Pi, Soundcard, and GNSS Receiver | Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY HamSCI Community |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P20 | Signatures of Space Weather in the NJIT V1 Grape Low-IF Receiver | Tiago Trigo New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Virtual | think[box] | ||
P21 | Ionospheric response to geomagnetic storm | Samuel Abaidoo | Virtual | think[box] | ||
P22 | Statistical Study of the Magnetospheric Open-Closed Boundary (OCB) using ULF Wave Observations from Antarctic Ground Magnetometers As Compared to the Tsyganenko Model | Prof. Rachel Frissell W2RUF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P23 | Reexamining the Characteristics of Flare-Driven Doppler Flash using multipoint HF Observations | Dr. Kristina Collins KD8OXT Space Science Institute |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P24 | Effect of X-class Solar Flare on 40 Meter Propagation | Vincent Leveque KF6FLJ HamSCI Community |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P25 | Wave Activity in Thermospheric Vertical Winds and Temperatures at Subauroral Latitudes | Anneliese Schmidt New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P26 | Reworking the MUSIC Algorithm to Mitigate MSTID Direction Estimation Bias Associated with SuperDARN Radar Field-of-View Geometry | Michael Molzen, Thomas Pisano KE2BAC, and Nicholas Guerra AC3LB The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P27 | Detection of SuperDARN-Observed Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances in the Southern Hemisphere | James P. Fox KE2ANL The University of Scranton |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P28 | Automated Methods for Studying Long Scale Ionospheric Disturbances and Climatology | William Engelke AB4EJ The University of Alabama |
In-Person | think[box] | ||
P29 | Quality of AM Radio Reception at Night and Daytime for Future Use in Natural Disaster Situations |
Alexandre Takio Kitagawa |
Virtual | think[box] | ||
P30 | Optimizing Location Estimation with Novel Numerical Solution using Real-Time Transmitting Beacons WSPRlive, Weak Signal Propagation Reporter Protocol, and Friis Propagation Model | Gamal Zayed | Virtual | think[box] | ||
6:15 PM EDT | 2215z | DINNER and CLOSING REMARKS | Dewey's Pizza | In-Person | think[box] | |
7:00 PM EDT | First Showing of Frequency on 35mm | CWRU Film Society - films.case.edu | In-Person | Strosacker Auditorium | ||
9:00 PM EDT | Second Showing of Frequency on 35mm | CWRU Film Society - films.case.edu | In-Person | Strosacker Auditorium |