HamSCI will be playing a major role at the 2024 Dayton Hamvention.  It will be held in Xenia, Ohio May 17-18-19, 2024 at the Greene County Fairgrounds.  It is the world's largest ham radio gathering, having over 30,000 attendees in 2023. 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 2024 theme is Expanding Our Community, 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 2024 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)
Friday, May 17th 2:00 PM	Hamvention Antenna Forum	First Results of the HamSCI 2023-2024 Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science	Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF		Scranton, PA

HamSCI Forum  

Date & Time	Sponsor/Venue	Title	Presenter(s)	Organization	Home QTH(s)
Friday, May 17th 3:55 PM	Forum Room 2	HamSCI: Bringing the Amateur Radio and Professional Scientific Communities Together	Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF		Scranton, PA
Friday, May 17th 4:00 PM	Forum Room 2	Results from the 2023/2024 Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science and Solar Eclipse QSO Parties	Gary Mikitin AF8A		Cleveland, OH
Friday, May 17th 4:15 PM	Forum Room 2	Solar Eclipse Observations Using the HamSCI Grape Personal Space Weather  Network	Rachel Boedicker AC8XY	CWRU	Cleveland, OH
Friday, May 17th 4:30 PM	Forum Room 2	WSPRDaemon, KA9Q Radio, and the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station	Rob Robinett AI6VN		Half Moon Bay, CA
Friday, May 17th 4:45 PM	Forum Room 2	The NRAO Exploring the EMS/Ham Radio Project: Progress and the Way Ahead	Jesse Alexander WB2IFS	NRAO	Clinton, MD

Booth Talks:  ARISS, HamSCI and YOTA

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). 

Date & Time	Sponsor	Title	Presenter(s)	Organization	Home QTH(s)
Friday, May 17th 10:00 AM	ARISS*	Ham TV from ISS	Randy Berger WA0D	ARISS-USA	Ft. Worth, TX
Friday, May 17th 11:00 AM		MUF Observations Using Personal Space Weather Stations	Gary Mikitin AF8A		Cleveland, OH
Friday, May 17th 12:00 PM	YOTA*	Youth Social Hour	YOTA  team	YOTA	Americas
Friday, May 17th 1:00 PM		Observations of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances with SuperDARN Radars	JP Fox KE2ANL	University of Scranton	Scranton, PA
Friday, May 17th 2:00 PM	ARISS	ARISS 2.0 Education: STEREO/SPARKI and STAR	Tanya Anderson KD9BQZ	ARISS-USA	Lisle, IL
Friday, May 17th 3:00 PM		Ionospheric Science Using AM Broadcast Signals	David McGaw N1HAC	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH
Saturday, May 18th 10:00 AM	ARISS	How to Develop a Winning ARISS Contact Proposal	Tanya Anderson KD9BQZ	ARISS-USA	Lisle, IL
Saturday, May 18th 11:00 AM		In-Depth:  WSPRDaemon, KA9Q Radio, and the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station	Rob Robinette AI6VN, Paul Elliott WB6CXC	HamSCI	Half Moon Bay, Occidental CA
Saturday, May 18th 12:00 PM	YOTA	Youth Social Hour	YOTA  team	YOTA	Americas
Saturday, May 18th 1:00 PM		KA9Q Radio: Software Defined Radio System	Phil Karn KA9Q	ARDC	San Diego, CA
Saturday, May 18th 2:00 PM	ARISS	Amateur Radio Demo of Lunar Operations	Randy Berger WA0D	ARISS-USA	Ft. Worth, TX

*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