HamJam 2016

From the venue:

HamJam 2016 to take place November 19, 2016 at The Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta

HamJam 2016, an annual lecture series about amateur radio topics presented by the North Fulton Amateur Radio League, will take place November 16, 2015 at The Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta, GA.

Said Spokesperson John Kludt, “Doors open at 8:00 AM. Admission is free, and the talks will start at 9:00 AM and last until 1:00 PM concluding with raffle drawings for thousands of dollars in prizes of amateur radio gear and accessories.” He continued, “HamJam began as a means to promote amateur radio in the Southeast by bringing respected contributors to the local community.”

This year’s HamJam speakers include: Ruth Willet, Paul Newbury, and Jay Slough.

Ruth Willet is a freshman at Kettering University in Michigan, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics. She discovered amateur radio through an interest in learning Morse code, and in less than two years she earned the top level amateur radio license, Amateur Extra.

Ruth loves every aspect of amateur radio that she has encountered, and enjoys making contacts with voice and Morse code. Ruth will discuss her journey into Amateur Radio, what attracted her to it and what she has learned from it — so far.

Paul Newbury contacted 73 counties from his mobile station in the 2016 Georgia QSO Party. He will discuss how he did that. Paul has visited over 100 countries and operated amateur radio from many of them. He has made amateur radio contacts with 383 different countries and every county in the United States. Paul is the current president of the Georgia Contest Group.

Jay Slough was a member of the VP8STI/VP8SGI amateur radio expedition to South Thule Island and South Georgia Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, and his talk will be about his adventures on this trip. He has operated amateur radio from about 50 different countries.

Jay is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and the University of Memphis. Besides South Thule and South Georgia, Jay has also operated amateur radio from over 50 countries including exotic and often inhospitable locations such as Mongolia, Uganda, The Ivory Coast, Liberia, Clipperton Atoll, American Samoa, Tuvalu, Amsterdam Island and St. Paul Island.

Admission to HamJam is free.

Raffle tickets for over 30 prizes worth more than $6,000 total finance the event. All proceeds from HamJam are used to fund the North Fulton Amateur Radio League’s educational outreach programs, which include youth scholarships and other activities, such as the Girl Scout Super STEM Expo, Atlanta Maker Faire exhibit, ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, and Amateur Radio PR at the Georgia Science Teachers’ Convention.

HamJam will be held at The Metropolitan Club, 5895 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005. For more information, see the event’s web site at www.hamjam.info or email Jeffrey Otterson at otterson at yahoo.com.