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Why join? |
- Ham radio lets you communicate with people all over the world without using any commercial infrastructure
- Ham radio will be very helpful during a zombie apocalypse (or, say, after a tornado)
- Many of the astronauts on the International Space Station are hams. Joining ham radio might help you continue the fine tradition of hams in orbit!
- Ham radio will help you with electrical engineering and physics
- Ham radio can be very hands-on
- There are many scholarships available to ham radio operators
- Ham radio provides community service opportunities
- You can earn bragging rights by participating in ham radio competitions
- Confuse just about everybody with ham radio’s version of textspeak, which has been around for about a hundred years (“QSL? btu pse kn”)
- There’s a huge variety of things to do and experiment with
- And finally, ham radio is FUN!
- TAMShams members have access to state-of-the-art radio equipment
- We’ll help you get started with ham radio
- We’re eleven states away from earning the Worked All States award. Join us and be a part of the class that finished off the hard part.
- Dr. Sinclair is a member, and he never minds people coming by his office with radio-related questions
- Most of the things we do can be done in whatever spare time you have; there are very few rigid time commitments
- We’re a new, small club, so new members are always welcome!