The HamSCI Zoom sessions resumes with programming for the 2025-26 academic year with whet should be an excellent program on “The Owens Valley Radio Observatory-- Instruments and Science”. The program will be on Thursday, October 9th at 4PM Eastern (2000 UTC) (9 October, 4 PM Eastern, 2000 UTC). We are starting off with what should be an excellent program: Dale Gary, from NJIT, will be presenting. (Zoom details below.) Our presenter will be Dale Gary from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Caltech Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) hosts several radio instruments targeting the Sun (operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology), active galaxies, the transient sky, and cosmology. The Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array images the near surface of the Sun at high frequencies (1-18 GHz) while the OVRO Low Frequency Array images the entire sky (including the larger-scale solar emission) at low frequencies (15-88 MHz). Other instruments include the Deep Synoptic Array-100 (DSA-100) and the 40-meter radio dish surveying Blazars and very long baseline interferometry. These instruments and their science are discussed, as well as plans for future instruments of much larger scale. Dale Gary’s 40-year career has focused on using radio observations to study explosive energy releases from the Sun, contributing to more than 150 peer-reviewed publications that have advanced the field. Since joining NJIT’s faculty in 1997, Gary has been at the forefront of research applying microwave spectral imaging to better understand complex physical processes in the solar atmosphere that drive solar flares and coronal mass ejections — massive eruptions that can profoundly impact Earth’s space environment. The American Astronomical Society (AAS) named Gary a distinguished professor of physics at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) in 2025. The Zoom link to the presentation can be found here: https://scranton.zoom.us/j/286316405?pwd=QWdwMlFPbDlYeXg5ZDg1dmYzeFdCUT09 Meeting ID: 286 316 405, Passcode: hamsci So please plan to attend this interesting and important topic to the amateur radio and ionospheric science community. Please follow the HamSCI Community Participation Guidelines at http://hamsci.org/hamsci-community-participation-guidelines. --- HamSCI serves as a means for fostering collaboration between professional researchers and amateur radio operators. It assists in developing and maintaining standards and agreements between all people and organizations involved. Its goals are to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, encourage the development of modern technologies to support this research and provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public. For more information about HamSCI, and to join our mailing list, please visit the HamSCI website. For those unable to attend in person, check back on the HamSCI website shortly following the discussion.
