[DARARepeater] Hackers (DC937) and TNG

[Larry Sack]

Cool Jeremy! Maybe we can learn more ourselves!

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 3:04 PM Jeremy Hong <jhong at hongseleco.com> wrote:

> To all TNG attendees,
>
> For the past 2 months, I have been helping one of the local hacking groups
> that I am heavily involved in, DC937 (short for DEFCON 937) (
> https://www.defcon937.com/), and finding them a new place to meet. This
> group used to meet at Proto BuildBar (closed in December), on the 4th
> Thursday of the month @6:00 PM. I have mentioned this situation to a few of
> the TNG regulars already, and so far everyone has been receptive and
> welcoming to the idea of integrating this group with TNG.
>
> I believe that integrating the hackers with TNG it is a natural fit,
> because hackers, cybersecurity professionals, and information security
> professionals (Prime example is our own Jack G. WB8SCT) have a lot in
> common with Hams as far as technical interests and skills. A lot of the
> attendees of DC937 have used and are interested in SDR (Software Defined
> Radio) also! I have also seen this as an opportunity to bring down the
> average age of the TNG and get more of my friends and their friends to get
> into ham radio. Also, a reminder that the record for most licenses
> issued/upgraded in a single day was set at DEFCON 22 in 2014!
>
> This upcoming Thursday (1/23/2020), will be the first DC937 meeting at the
> DARA clubhouse, we are scheduling to meet at 6:00 PM, there aren't any
> presentations currently planned, but it will most likely be some discussion
> about current hacking/cybersecurity news and tools in the past month. We
> are also planning for a "conference"/event on a Saturday at the end of May
> or at the beginning of June, and another set for Saturday November 21st,
> 2020 called BSidesDayton.
>
> Please let me know if you have any comments and/or concerns.
>
> 73
>
> Jeremy Hong, KD8TUO
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