Personal Space Weather Station Dataset Published in Earth System Science Data

I’m pleased to report that our article describing the Grape V1 dataset to date was published by Earth System Science Data yesterday morning: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1403-2023 The Grape V1 is the first prototype of the Low-Cost Personal Space Weather Station, designed by our own John Gibbons N8OBJ, and something of a flagship research project for W8EDU.

The paper describes the process of data collection, gives instructions for data access and visualization, and shows a few examples of how the data can be useful for science.

If your Grape V1 node isn’t online yet, don’t worry – this is a living dataset, so future data will be incorporated and accessed in the same way. As we discussed at the HamSCI workshop, our goal is to keep a robust network going through Cycle 25, so keep those nodes active!

Please enjoy, share and make sure to cite in future work. Many thanks to all members of the Grape team, old and new, for your support of this project. 

Very 73 de KD8OXT

W8EDU Visits HamSCI 2023!

W8EDU visited the Spring 2023 HamSCI Workshop, hosted by the Amateur Radio Science Citizen Investigation. We sent a diverse delegation including undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, staff, and alums. John N8OBJ, Dr. Kristina Collins KD8OXT, and Rachel AC8XY all gave oral presentations. Adam W7OKE, Andre KE8VZF, and Aidan KB3UMD gave poster talks and demonstrations. Club members also discussed future projects and how to scale up our current ones in anticipation of the 2024 solar eclipse.

At the conference, W8EDU members had the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and new developments in the field of amateur radio science. They also had the chance to network and share their own insights with other experts in the field. The presentations covered a wide range of topics, from ionospheric measurements to propagation prediction, and included both theoretical and practical discussions.

We are grateful to have been a part of this exciting event and would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone involved in making it a success. We would like to especially thank the University of Scranton for hosting the conference, along with the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Foundation and CWRU Electrical Engineering Department for their financial support. We are already looking forward to hosting HamSCI 2024 and continuing to collaborate with our fellow amateur radio scientists. Stay tuned for more updates on our upcoming projects and events!