HamSCI will be playing a major role at the 2023 Dayton Hamvention.  It will be held in Xenia, Ohio May 19-21, 2023 at the Greene County Fairgrounds.  It is the world's largest ham radio gathering, having over 30,000 attendees in 2022. The Hamvention, sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA), is an extremely important event for engaging with the amateur radio community, sharing ideas, developing collaborations, and sharing scientific results. The Hamvention 2023 theme is Innovation!, an excellent fit for HamSCI's goals.  HamSCI will be hosting Booth 5008 in the Hertz Building, giving presentations in the ARISS/YOTA area and hosting the HamSCI Forum..  Support for the 2023 HamSCI Hamvention activities comes from The University of Scranton, the Yasme Foundation, TAPR, the National Science Foundation, NASA, and volunteers like you. 

HamSCI will be in Booth 5008, next to TAPR, in Building 5, the Hertz Building (map below).  Stop by to learn about HamSCI's mission, our space weather projects and how you can play a role in our citizen science activities.  HamSCI members will be hard to miss - just look for our white lab coats!

HamSCI Presentations

Members of HamSCI will be speaking and taking questions at various forums throughout Hamvention Weekend.  Consult the links below, your Hamvention program or  Hamvention phone app for details on how and where to attend.

Date & Time	Sponsor/Venue	Title	Presenter(s)	Organization	Home QTH(s)
Thursday, May 18th 1:00 PM	Contest University	Contesting for Ionospheric Science During the 2023 and 2024 North American Solar Eclipses	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA
Thursday, May 18th 8:00 PM	FlexRadio Banquet	HamSCI, The Personal Space Weather Station and the 2023 and 2024 North American Solar Eclipses	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA
Friday, May 19th 12:00 PM	Hamvention Innovation Forum	Working Title: From Boy Scout to HamSCI Lead - W2NAF's Innovation Journey Final Title: TBD (to be determined)	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA
Friday, May 19th Time TBD	Hamvention Antenna Forum	HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA
Friday, May 19th Time TBD	TAPR/AMSAT Banquet	Working Title: HamSCI/TAPR Collaboration. Final Title: TBD (to be determined)	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA

HamSCI Forum

Date & Time	Sponsor/Venue	Title	Presenter(s)	Organization	Home QTH(s)
Saturday, May 20th 2:50 PM	Forum Room 4	Solar Eclipse QSO Parties and More: Contesters and HF Operators Wanted!	Gary Mikitin AF8A		Cleveland, OH
Saturday, May 20th 3:05 PM	Forum Room 4	Measuring Ionospheric Variability with Grape Receivers	Rachel Boedicker AC8XY	CWRU	Cleveland, OH
Saturday, May 20th 3:20 PM	Forum Room 4	Climatology of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (LSTIDs) Observed with Amateur Radio Networks	Diego Sanchez KD2RLM	NJIT	Nutley, NJ
Saturday, May 20th 3:35 PM	Forum Room 4	Automated Techniques for Detecting and Measuring LSTIDs	Bill Engelke AB4EJ	UAlabama	Tuscaloosa, AL

Booth Talks

Booth talks, social hours and demonstrations will be given by ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), HamSCI and YOTA (Youth on the Air).  They will take place at Booth 4303 in the Building 4, the Volta Building (map below). If you would like to give a demonstration on HamSCI's behalf, please e-mail gmikitinaf8a@gmail.com.  The HamSCI Team will review all proposals and get back to you with questions (if any), scheduling details, etc.

Date & Time	Sponsor	Title	Presenter(s)	Organization	Home QTH(s)
Friday, May 19th 10:00 AM	ARISS*	ARISS Educational Opportunities:  SPARKing Interest in Amateur Radio in Teachers and Students	Dan White AD0CQ	ARISS-USA Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, IN
Friday, May 19th 11:00 AM		The Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU Work on Coherent CW	David Kazdan AD8Y	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH
Friday, May 19th 12:00 PM	YOTA*	Youth Social Hour	YOTA  team	YOTA	Americas
Friday, May 19th 1:00 PM		VLF Natural Radio: From Radio Parts to Scientific Analysis	Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY	University of Scranton	Scranton, PA
Friday, May 19th 2:00 PM	ARISS	ARISS Engineering	Randy Berger WA0D	ARISS-USA	Ft. Worth, TX
Friday, May 19th 3:00 PM		Tracking Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using AM Broadcast Signals	David McGaw N1HAC	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH
Saturday, May 20th 10:00 AM	ARISS	ARISS How-To:  Intro to Working Repeaters on the ISS	Randy Berger WA0D	ARISS-USA	Ft. Worth, TX
Saturday, May 20th 11:00 AM		Festival of Eclipse Ionospheric Science	Gary Mikitin AF8A	HamSCI	Cleveland, OH
Saturday, May 20th 12:00 PM	YOTA	Youth Social Hour	YOTA  team	YOTA	Americas
Saturday, May 20th 1:00 PM		prop.kc2g.com: Developing an Open-Source HF Prediction Tool	Andrew Rodland KC2G	HamSCI	Allendale, NJ
Saturday, May 20th 2:00 PM	ARISS	ARISS Post-Forum Q&A:  Meet & Greet	Frank Bauer KA3HDO	ARISS-Int'l	Baltimore, MD

*YOTA = Youth On The Air (youthontheair.org), ARISS = Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ariss.org)

Booth Location

HamSCI will be at Booth 5008, next to TAPR, in the Building 5, the Hertz Building.

HamSCI Booth Photo 2023