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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The complete results for the December 12-13, 2025 running of the Meteor Scatter QSO Party (MSQP) have been published.  They contain participants' scores, event statistics and a sampling of soapbox comments.  Finally, credits appear for those who helped make the MSQP possible.

Download the Complete December 12-13, 2025 MSQP Results

 

Congratulations are in order for a number of HamSCI community members, performing their research at many different home institutions.  In chronological order, we'd like to recognize these principal authors and their co-authors....

February, 2026

HamSCI wishes to dedicate the Workshop 2026 to Paul Nicholson's memory.  Paul, G8LMD, passed on 12 August, 2025.  Jonathan Rizzo, KC3EEY, details Paul's many accomplishments, both radio and community related, below.