HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science Events

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The HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science will occur 14th October 2023 and 8th April 2024 during spectacular North American solar eclipses.​

The Festivals will consist of multiple events, each with a goal of increasing our understanding of sun-ionosphere-earth relationships. ​Participants will include volunteer amateur radio operators, short wave listeners and science researchers from multiple US universities.

Events Include

  • The Solar Eclipse QSO Party

  • The Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge

  • Time Delay Arrival Event

  • Measuring doppler effects on the reception of WWV and CHU

HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science - https://hamsci.org/eclipse

Michigan Hams Exempt from “distracted driving” Law

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Michigan Hams Exempt from “distracted driving” Law

In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently signed into law a bill making it illegal to manually use a cell phone or other mobile electronic device while operating a vehicle on Michigan roads. Under the law, which went into effect 1st July 2023, a driver cannot hold or support a phone or other device with any part of their hands, arms, or shoulders.

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Edison Research: Motorists Still Love Radio

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Edison Research: Motorists Still Love Radio

Despite all the hype surrounding in-car streamed audio, motorists still love radio best — the research proves it. That was the takeaway of an Edison Research study presentation at the WorldDAB Automotive 2023 conference on June 15, 2023. The one-day conference was staged in person in Paris, France, and made available to the world online. The WorldDAB association promotes the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio transmission standard around the globe. It commissioned the Edison Research study.

This presentation was based on 800 interviews with “radio listeners who purchased their vehicle within the past three years in France, Germany and the UK,” said Megan Lazovick, Vice President of Edison Research. The interviews were done with two different groups: “Half the in-person interviews were done with people in their own vehicles,” Lazovick said. “They drove up and we talked to them.” The other half were people that Edison Research put into new vehicles with touchscreen content dashboards, so that they could gauge their reactions.

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