Successful Field Work at K3LR, PSWS Up and Running

[Gary Mikitin, AF8A]

HamSCI just completed its first ever multi-day field exercise, where two components of the Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) were successfully installed at the world-class ham station K3LR in West Middlesex, PA.  Students, professors, research associates and community volunteers were hosted for four days by station owner Tim Duffy, K3LR.

The field exercise had three goals:  

1. Installation of a PSWS ground magnetometer and a WSPR Daemon/RX888 wide band SDR, plus active antenna
   
2. Exposure to ham radio and practical applications of the applied physics which make HF communication possible
   
3. A chance for all attendees, including HamSCI members from near and far, to enjoy Tim’s special brand of hospitality
   

The event unfolded over four days, and included digging holes, pounding in ground rods, laying cable, software and hardware configuration, cookouts, a tour of the K3LR antenna farm, an afternoon operating Tim's world-class multi-multi contest station.  The best part?  After much teamwork, the PSWS components were working well, generating data and uploading to the HamSCI PSWS Central Control system.

The full story, with photos, is on the HamSCI website:  hamsci.org/k3lr-2025

[john Campbell]

Congratulations !  I am forwarding the the Club / Students at U Penn. - John

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[Gerry Creager]

Gary

Congratulations! Great milestone!

73

Gerry N5JXS

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[Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D.]

Thank you, all!

73 de Nathaniel W2NAF

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[Bill Mader]

Congratulations on another PSWS installation!  And thanks for the 20m and 15m SSB QSO's!

73, Bill Mader, K8TE

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