[ML-General] Ham News Update

[Jeff Cotten]

Here's what the HAM Radio interest group has been up to in February:

   - Jeff and Jake worked together to get the KM4KER vanity club call sign
   to be assigned to Jake for makerslocal
   - Started a Ham Email list
   - Fleshed out the HAM Shack Wiki Page
   - Powered up the existing HAM and CB equipment
      - Bruce Determined that the shop-owned HF Radio isn't working, it
      likely has burned out vaccuum tubes
   - Strages shared a youtube series great for those just getting into Ham
   Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhtMxz-BLzo
   - An HF Antenna was donated to the shop by Jeff Cotten.
   - Plans for erecting the HAM Tower have been put off indefinitely. We'd
   like to retain ownership of the tower in case the next place we move would
   have ideal ground for it. In Lieu of the ham tower, we will be
   investigating erecting a mast
      - Desires of putting mesh networking equipment on the mast, both
      standard and Ham-Broadband, have been expressed.
   - An in-person interest meeting has been planned for Tuesday, March 10th
   in the AV Area and Library.
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