HamSCI Makes Significant Impact at the NSF's Annual CEDAR Workshop

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HamSCI Makes Significant Impact at the NSF's Annual CEDAR Workshop

The annual Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, ended recently in San Diego, bringing together a group of scholars from the ionospheric science community. This year, HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation), a collaborative group of amateur radio enthusiasts and researchers, demonstrated significant contributions to the event, highlighting the distinct role of amateur radio in advancing scientific understanding.

HamSCI’s Notable Contributions

During the event, HamSCI members presented 11 research posters and 6 oral presentations on a variety of topics related to ionospheric science. Their research not only covered a broad range of interests while recognizing the expertise of the amateur radio community and its ability to contribute to cutting-edge scientific space physics research.

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ARRL Teachers Institute Kicks Off Summer Cohorts

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ARRL Teachers Institute Kicks Off Summer Cohorts

Teachers are gathered from around the United States to learn about amateur radio, and how to use it in their classrooms as part of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The 2024 cohorts of the ARRL Teachers Institute (TI) on Wireless Technology have begun.

The first group members for the year are each returning teachers participating in the second round of learning, TI-2.

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YLS Ascend Summits To Be "Queens Of The Mountains"

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In many parts of the world, amateur radio is moving in sync with Mother Nature, finding its way increasingly outdoors. The first weekend in June seemed to be a worldwide celebration of operating from mountains and other summits, and here in the US, an organized group of YLs established a new tradition.

Never mind playing King of the Hill. Paula K9IR, Amy AG7GP, and a few dozen YLs around the US - if not the world - were Queens of the Mountains. It happened on the weekend of June 8th and 9th when it seemed that many of the more adventurous ham radio operators were heading to the summits. The pair were kicking off an inaugural YL SOTA event to encourage women to try activating for Summits on the Air and to support one another in making summit-to-summit QSOs. Amy told Newsline she and Paula were inspired to try out this event after a group of eight YLs activated a summit in July of last year during the Pacific Northwest W7O (W Seven Oh) SOTA campout. Although near-blackout conditions for radio posed challenges on the first day, this was hardly the toughest obstacle the YLs faced. Amy said many of the activators braved heavy rain, mud, poison ivy and vehicle break-downs. She told Newsline: "Doing Summits on the Air, you learn to be prepared for the extra environmental challenges." Despite those challenges - or perhaps because of them - expect the Queens of the Mountains to be back on top next year.