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Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio?


Last fall, under the aegis of Ham Radio Village, I was awarded a grant to take my one-day Tech class on the road. Ham Radio Village believes that more people in technical fields should have amateur radio licenses and that amateur radio is underrepresented in the hacker, STEM/STEAM, and maker communities.

Last fall, under the aegis of Ham Radio Village, I was awarded a grant to take my one-day Tech class on the road. If accepted, HRV will give a talk about amateur radio, teach a one-day Technician Class license course, and offer a Volunteer Examiner test session at an event. One fellow, a young guy working with the Philadelphia Maker Faire, invited me to contact him about doing a class next spring.

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