The HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science will occur October 14, 2023 and April 8, 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.

♦ HamSCI FoEIS Contests (Non-WARC Bands, 6-160 meters)

• The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) using CW, FT4/8, SSB and other digital modes
• The Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge (GSSC) using CW, WSPR and FST4W modes
• The HamSCI FoEIS Contest Info Page has all of the details

♦ Additional Events Taking Place Across the Radio Spectrum

• Medium Wave (MW) Recordings Event - Making IQ recordings (using software defined radios) of medium wave broadcast stations for future studies of eclipse-influenced ionospheric dynamics

• ​VLF Reception Exercise (Definition in progress - please check back at a later date)

• 2017 Eclipse HamSCI Home Page
• 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) Results
• 2017 SEQP Data Archive
• National Contest Journal NCJ Solar-Eclipse Wrap-Up
• Geophysical Research Letters Peer-Reviewed Science Article

​Participating Universities

• The University of Scranton (W3USR) (Lead Institution)
• Case Western Reserve University (W8EDU)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology (K2MFF)
• The University of Alabama
• Dartmouth College
• Montclair State University
• Rice University (W5YG)

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