W3USR Ham Radio Open House 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025   11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
The University of Scranton, 800 Linden Street, Scranton, PA

Part of the University of Scranton's Physics and Engineering Department
a student-run radio club, and a flagship station for the
Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) project initiative.

Attention BARA Members and Guests:

We are cordially invited by Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF to attend this special event celebrating Citizen Science Month and World Amateur Radio Day. To celebrate, W3USR and HamSCI are teaming up with the ARRL and SciStarter to host an Amateur Radio Open House and participate in One Million Acts of Science.

Dr. Frissell is an Associate Professor at the University’s Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering,
Faculty Advisor to the W3USR Amateur Radio Club, and lead organizer of the HamSCI.
He will also be the featured speaker at the Kopernik Observatory’s Friday Night Program on May 23rd.

Event Details - Thursday, April 24, 2025

· 11:00 - 11:30 AM – Arrival and parking. Please plan to arrive in this window to allow time to get to the venue.

· 12:00 PM – IEEE Talk:
Rob Robinett, AI6VN – “Next-Generation HamSCI Receive System: Advancing Space Weather Monitoring”
Location: Moscovitz Theater, 4th Floor, DeNaples Student Center
Rob is the founder of WSPRDaemon and a key HamSCI collaborator.

· 1:15 PM – Lunch at Trax Bar & Kitchen (located in the historic Lackawanna Radisson Hotel,
a former train station adjacent to campus).

o Note: Each person is responsible for their own meal. Only one check per table will be issued,
so please bring cash or be prepared to use a mobile app to split the bill.

· ~3:00 PM – Tour of W3USR Station
Following lunch, we’ll walk over to the station for a guided tour. Feel free to stay as long as you like.

· 4:00–9:00 PM – Open House for the General Public

RSVP Required

Please RSVP by April 18 using the form at W3USR Open House RSVP to help us coordinate lunch reservations.

Carpooling is encouraged. Scranton is approximately a one-hour drive from Binghamton.

Click Here for a Map with the Different Locations

Special parking passes with detailed driving directions are available upon request.

For more information: www.scranton.edu/academics/cas/physics-engineering/w3usr/

For questions, contact:   [email protected]

Hope you can join us on this very exciting and informative special event.

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