Amateur Radio Celebrated at HamJam 2016:

eHam.net News — ALPHARETTA, Ga. — HamJam 2016, the promotional event of amateur radio, is set to take place on Nov. 19 at The Metropolitan Club. Spokesperson John Kludt said “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.

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