HamSCI 2020 Program
Participation is free thanks to support from the The University of Scranton and National Science Foundation
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 Please note that these materials are not peer-reviewed.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/hamsci2020
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Click here for the full HamSCI 2020 Workshop playlist on YouTube by KC5HWB/Ham Radio 2.0.
Friday, March 20, 2020
| Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | Title | Presenter | Organization |
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| Opening Remarks & Oral Session I Personal Space Weather Station Engineering & Science Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Bill Liles NQ6Z & Diego Sanchez KD2RLM |
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| 9:30 AM | 1330z | Opening Remarks / Webinar Opens | ||
| 9:45 AM | 1345z | Overview of the Personal Space Weather Station and Project Update | Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF | The University of Scranton |
| 10:00 AM | 1400z | TangerineSDR Data Engine and Overall Architecture | Scotty Cowling WA2DFI | TAPR |
| 10:20 AM | 1420z | TangerineSDR Dual‐Receiver RF Module Design | Tom McDermott N5EG | TAPR |
| 10:40 AM | 1440z | TangerineSDR Clock Module Design | John Ackermann N8UR | TAPR |
| 11:00 AM | 1500z | TangerineSDR Database and Control System Architecture | William D. Engelke AB4EJ | University of Alabama |
| 11:20 AM | 1520z | Magnetometer Support for the Personal Space Weather Station and Related Projects | David M. Witten, III KD0EAG, Frances Bonte KE8HPA, & Hyomin Kim KD2MCR | TAPR; DeSales High School, Columbus, OH; New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 11:40 AM | 1540z | Break | ||
| Oral Session II Personal Space Weather Station Engineering & Science Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Dr. Gareth Perry KD2SAK & Dr. David Larsen KV0S |
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| 12:00 PM | 1600z | Update on the Low‐Cost Personal Space Weather Station | Kristina Collins KD8OXT & David Kazdan AD8Y | Case Western Reserve University |
| 12:20 PM | 1620z | Synchronized Multiple Radio Telescope Microwave SETI | Skip Crilly K7ETI | Green Bank Observatory |
| 12:40 PM | 1640z | WWV Time Tick Arrival Time Study to Investigate Multiple Modes During Daily Dawn and Dusk Transitions | Steve Cerwin WA5FRF | HamSCI Community |
| 1:00 PM | 1700z | David McGaw N1HAC | Dartmouth College | |
| 1:20 PM | 1720z | Amateur digital mode based remote sensing: FT8 use as a radar signal of opportunity for ionospheric characterization | Phil Erickson W1PJE | MIT Haystack Observatory |
| 1:40 PM | 1740z |
Lunch Discussion (Open Webinar) |
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| Oral Session III Eclipses and Citizen Science Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Dr. Laura Lukes KK4FYT & Dr. MD Maktoomi |
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| 2:50 PM | 1850z | Update on the Golden Ears Project | Gareth Perry KD2SAK | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 3:10 PM | 1910z | Observations and Modeling Studies of the Effects of the 2017 Solar Eclipse on SuperDARN HF Propagation | Magdalina Moses KM4EGE | Dartmouth College |
| 3:30 PM | 1930z | EclipseMob: Initial Planning for 2024 | William Liles NQ6Z | HamSCI Community |
| 3:50 PM | 1950z | A new CHAIN site in New Brunswick: low‐cost HF and GNSS instruments for Solar Eclipse 2024 | Aaron Farnham VE9CG, Anton Kashcheyev | University of New Brunswick |
| 4:10 PM | 2010z | Propagation Teepee: A High Frequency (HF) Radio Spectral Feature Identified by Citizen Scientists | Shing F. Fung | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 4:30 PM | 2030z | Break | ||
| Oral Session IV Citizen and Professional Space Science Results Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Kristina Collins KD8OXT & Dr. Phil Erickson W1PJE |
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| 4:50 PM | 2050z | Using amateur radio to validate model‐based properties of earth's protective shield | David A. Smith W6EY | Utah State University |
| 5:10 PM | 2110z | Statistical Study of Open Closed Boundaries (OCB) using ULF Wave Observations from Antarctic AGOs, McMurdo Station, and South Pole Station | Rachel Frissell W2RUF | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 5:30 PM | 2130z | Temporal and Spatial Development of TEC Enhancements during Substorms | James Weygand | UCLA |
| 5:50 PM | 2150z | Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Observed using HamSCI Amateur Radio, SuperDARN, and GNSS TEC | Diego Sanchez KD2RLM | Essex County College |
| 6:10 PM | 2210z | Let’s Push the Exploration of the Ionosphere to The Next Level (Invited) | Tim Duffy, K3LR | Team K3LR, World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF), and DX Engineering |
| 6:30 PM | 2230z | Closing Discussion and Remarks | ||
Saturday, March 21, 2020
| Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | Title | Presenter | Organization |
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| Invited Tutorials I Auroral Connection: Optical and Radio Auroral Physics Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Laura Brandt & Dr. Phil Erickson W1PJE |
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| 9:30 AM | 1330z | Opening Remarks / Webinar Opens | ||
| 10:00 AM | 1400z | Aurorasaurus: Citizen Science Observations of the Aurora (Invited Tutorial) | Elizabeth MacDonald | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, New Mexico Consortium |
| 10:45 AM | 1445z | Observing Radio Signals of Auroral Origin (Invited Tutorial) | James LaBelle | Dartmouth College |
| 11:30 AM | 1530z |
Break |
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| Invited Tutorials II Auroral Connection: Auroral Model Ham Radio and Ham Radio History Chair: Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF; Zoom Moderators: Dr. Liz MacDonald & Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA |
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| 11:45 AM | 1545z | Operating Auroral Mode Ham Radio (Invited Tutorial) | David Hallidy K2DH | HamSCI Community |
| 12:30 PM | 1630z | Nikola Tesla – The Pioneer who Paved the Road to the World and Ham Radio as We Know It (Invited Tutorial) | Jim Breakall WA3FET | Penn State University |
| 1:00 PM | 1700z |
Lunch Discussion (Open Webinar) |
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ePoster/eDemo Session I |
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| 2:00 PM | 1800z |
Into the Ionosphere: Real-Time Aurora Mapping Through Citizen Science |
Laura Brandt | New Mexico Consortium, NASA |
| 2:15 PM | 1815z | An Aurorasaurus Citizen Science Database of Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) Observations |
Michael Hunnekuhl, presented by Elizabeth MacDonald |
Aurorasaurus Community |
| 2:30 PM | 1830z | Live Aurora Network | Michael McCormack NQ1O | Live Aurora Network |
| 2:45 PM | 1845z | Construction of an Aurora Camera in North Dakota to Aid in Citizen Science and Space Weather Applications | Vincent Ledvina | University of North Dakota |
| 3:00 PM | 1900z | Novel methods for characterizing ionospheric irregularities in the high-latitude ionosphere | Lindsay V. Goodwin | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 3:15 PM | 1915z | Break | ||
| ePoster/eDemo Session II HamSCI Posters/Demos Chair: Laura Brandt; Zoom Moderators: Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA & Dr. Gareth Perry KD2SAK |
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| 3:30 PM | 1930z | Patterns in Received Noise: Methods, Observations and Questions | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL | HamSCI Community |
| 3:45 PM | 1945z | Neutral Winds in the Equatorial Thermosphere as Measured With the SOFDI Instrument | Sovit Khadka | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 4:00 PM | 2000z | Using a PVC Pipe antenna and a Raspberry Pi to Detect VLF Natural Radio | Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY | The University of Scranton |
| 4:15 PM | 2015z | Electromechanical ELF Transmitters for Wireless Communications in Conductive Environments | Jarred Glickstein & Soumyajit Mandal | University of Florida |
| 4:30 PM | 2030z | Visualizing the Electromagnetic Spectrum in the Time Domain | Stephen Hamilton KJ5HY & Charles Suslowicz KD2RQS | West Point |
| 4:45 PM | 2045z | Break | ||
| ePoster/eDemo Session III HamSCI Posters/Demos Chair: Laura Brandt; Zoom Moderators: Kristina Collins KD8OXT & Dr. David Kazdan AD8Y |
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| 5:00 PM | 2100z | Nolan Pearce KE8JCT | West Point | |
| 5:15 PM | 2115z |
Jonathan M. Smith
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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| 5:30 PM | 2130z | Visualizations of HF Doppler Observations | Aidan Montare KB3UMD |
Case Western Reserve University
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| 5:45 PM | 2145z | The Language of Amateur Radio | David Vine WA1EAW |
:Amateur Radio Club of Augusta
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| 6:00 PM | 2200z | Closing Discussion and Remarks | Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF | The University of Scranton |