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 Please note that these materials are not peer-reviewed.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
HamSCI Glossary

Friday, March 22, 2024

Eastern Daylight Time UTC NR Title Presenter Modality Location
7:15 AM EDT 1115z   Registration & Continental Breakfast     Eldred Hall
8:15 AM EDT 1215z   Day 1 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF
HamSCI Lead
Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering
University of Scranton

Dr. Chris Zorman
Associate Dean, Research
Case School of Engineering

   Eldred Hall

ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station
Chair: Gary Mikitin AF8A
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
HamSCI Community / University of Scranton Alumnus

 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
Chair: Dr. Philip Erickson W1PJE
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
Laura Schwartz AC1PW
Maris Usis KE8TXG
Case Western Reserve University

 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
Chair: Jesse Alexander WB2IFS
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
The College of William & Mary / The Ham Radio Project

 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
Chair: Rachel Boedicker AC8XY
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
HamSCI Community

 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
Cleveland History Center
Chairs: Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF & Kristina Collins KD8OXT
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
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
TAPR / HamSCI Community / ARDC

 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
Chair: Nathaniel Vishner KB1QHX
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
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

 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
Chair: Bill Liles NQ6Z
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
MIT Haystack Observatory

 In-Person Eldred Hall

POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION
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
 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
Department of Education of Indaial

 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