Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation

Advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities.
Encourage the development of new technologies to support this research.
Provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the general public.

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The HamSCI Community is led by The University of Scranton Department of Physics and Engineering W3USR, in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University W8EDU, the University of Alabama, the New Jersey Institute of Technology Center for Solar Terrestrial Physics K2MFF, the MIT Haystack Observatory, TAPR, additional collaborating universities and institutions, and volunteer members of the amateur radio and citizen science communities. We are grateful for the financial support of the United States National Science FoundationNASA, and Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC).

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Group photo of students at K3LR

A Successful Field Exercise

HamSCI just completed its first ever multi-day field exercise, where two components of the Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) were successfully installed at the world-class ham station K3LR in West Middlesex, PA.  Students, professors, research associates and community volunteers were hosted for four days by station owner Tim Duffy, K3LR.

Tim Duffy, K3LR, is inviting the HamSCI community, including local schools and colleges, to a BBQ Picnic and HamSCI Meet & Greet on Wednesday, August 6th (1200 local time) at Tim's QTH in West Middlesex, PA.  (RSVP required)

QST magazine cover, August, 2025

HamSCI has been prominently featured in the August 2025 issue of the ARRL's QST magazine, with fourteen pages of content, plus the issue's cover photo, devoted to our citizen science initiative.