HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is pleased to announce that its 2025 community workshop will be held beginning Friday, March 14, 2025, and concluding the next day. The venue will be the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. The theme for the conference is “HamSCI’s Big Year” and conference and registration details will follow shortly. The conference venue offers easy access to Newark International Airport and conveniently located to New York City. The annual HamSCI meeting will provide an opportunity for both the amateur radio and professional research communities to collaborate and share ideas. HamSCI 2025 is planned to be a forum that will be both interesting and accessible to the amateur radio and professional communities. This year’s meeting will take place on Friday and Saturday, allowing both professionals and amateurs to attend at least one day (in person or virtually). Friday will be organized in the format of a traditional science workshop, with a full day’s program of oral technical and scientific presentations. Saturday will focus more on the ‘citizen science’ (volunteer) aspects of HamSCI, where amateur radio operators make the greatest impact. HamSCI and NJIT will be hosting a banquet on Friday night, with a keynote speaker sure to be engaging, interesting and relevant to both amateur radio and space physics research. HamSCI's chief area of interest is the use of amateur radio techniques for the characterization and study of ionospheric phenomena such as traveling ionospheric disturbances, sporadic E, response to solar flares, geomagnetic storms, the 2024 total solar eclipse other space weather events. To facilitate this science, continued development of the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station and discussion of integration of amateur radio into the collegiate curriculum, the agenda will be quite broad in scope. The Workshop schedule may also offer presentations relating to amateur radio and science, particularly space and atmospheric science, space weather, and radio astronomy. 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 and receive our quarterly newsletter, please visit the HamSCI website. ###
