[OMIK] HBCUs on the air?

Wed Sep 4 10:49:05 EDT 2024

I will retry something I did a couple of weeks ago. Most 
colleges/universities have dedicated zip codes and I was searching these 
for licenses in the ULS. If I remember correctly I found some students 
at Alabama A&M, Tuskegee, and Jackson State but they have graduated and 
moved on per Linkedin even though they got their licenses while they 
were students. I will try again to see if I can find anything else. 
These would be good people to contact to start ham clubs at their schools.

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On 9/4/2024 10:41 AM, Marion R. McMillan MD via OMIK wrote:
> Lloyd:  Count me in if you want to include another ham volunteer for the
> Morris College trip.  Note the call sign change.
> Marion de K1MRM
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 10:09 AM Lloyd Mitchell KO4L via OMIK <
> omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> I like the idea of planning to have a table during the Juneteenth
>> celebration at Morris College Sumter SC. This HCBU is about 50 miles from
>> home.  Hmmm I'm gonna lay down some ideas to approach them to gain access
>> to their campus..
>> Lloyd M. Mitchell (KO4L)
>> lmitchell at gmail.com
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 9:54 AM jesse Alexander via OMIK <
>> omik at mailman.qth.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Fascinating!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:42 AM Ria Jairam<rjairam at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> There are always value adds - scholarships, ARISS, publicity doing
>>> public good.
>>>> This can be the pitch.
>>>>
>>>> Ria
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:39 AM jesse Alexander<wb2ifs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks as always for your support, Ria!
>>>>>
>>>>> What the best way to do HBCUs on the air (HOTA!) and connect it with
>>>>> the STEM/STEAM/STEMM programs at the schools? As others have said, I'd
>>>>> like HOTA to be more than hams showing up on HBCU quads and calling
>>>>> "CQ HOTA" making QSOs and leaving. Besides with all the bomb threats,
>>>>> harassment, and cyberattacks against HBCUs/MSIs going on now I think
>>>>> security would raise more than a single eyebrow if some hams show up
>>>>> unannounced with radios and start hanging wires from trees on campus!
>>>>> ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> At the same time, I'm (painfully) familiar with the slow walk of
>>>>> approval to do anything on campus if we're perceived as an outside
>>>>> group. We will need alumni and faculty support at the schools to get
>>>>> this project off the ground and if we want to have a lasting effect.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps it better to stick with 3-4 schools at first and make the
>>>>> others jealous ;) and ask "why can't have this at our school?" What
>>>>> say y'all?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think if we should select a single day of significance in history as
>>>>> a gathering day for the special event activation--emancipation day,
>>>>> Juneteenth, an educators birthday, etc. Okay OMIK hive-mind: ACTIVATE!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll continue to dig. I've noticed that there were a lot of clubs
>>>>> during the heyday of shortwave--back in the 1960s. I'm searching old
>>>>> callbooks using the names of the the HBCUs I know and then using
>>>>> general terms like "university", "institute", and "college" . This is
>>>>> how I found Texas Southern University.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interestingly I found 4 hams in the 1960 callbook who used Hampton
>>>>> Institute as an address, but I couldn't find a club callsign for
>>>>> Hampton. Here are the hams I found.  Are the names of callsigns
>>>>> familiar to anyone?:
>>>>> W4DJV BURTON W. LEWIS, PO BOX 847
>>>>> WN5MYE LLOYD A. WALLS, PO BOX 641 (novice...hmmmm)
>>>>> K4PXR THOMAS R. AGNEW SR. BOX 1212
>>>>> K4ZWU EDWARD J. LOWE PO BOX 803
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 11:41 PM Ria Jairam<rjairam at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Jesse
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The expired calls are unfortunate. Seems like a lot of clubs just
>>> vaporize after a while.
>>>>>> What is the next step for outreach and perhaps reviving these clubs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to help in any way I can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ria
>>>>>> N2RJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 9:56 AM jesse Alexander via OMIK <
>>> omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> I've just started a spreadsheet with a list of clubs/stations at
>> HBCU
>>>>>>> that I know about here:
>>> https://sites.google.com/view/hbucs-on-the-air
>>>>>>> Thanks Reggie for the NCA&T entry. Are there another others?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hampton is interesting. It looks like they had a club and it went
>>>>>>> inactive. The callsign has expired.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73s de wb2ifs
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM jesse Alexander<wb2ifs at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I also have a contact at FAMU's NSBE Jr. project. They also have
>>>>>>>> multiple irons in the fire.
>>>>>>>> They responded positively to the this story about first year ham
>>> radio
>>>>>>>> classes:
>> https://news.pantheon.cmu.edu/stories/archives/2024/june/amateur-radio-for-aspiring-professionals
>>>>>>>> and said that they would get back to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think "HBCUs on the Air" can be a boon to HBCUs/MSIs at a time
>>> when
>>>>>>>> too many engineering schools are eliminating Electro-magnetics
>>>>>>>> courses. I spoke with a professor during the HamSCI.org 2024
>>> Workshop
>>>>>>>> that said exactly that his college is eliminating EMag. I was
>>>>>>>> horrified. Wireless is seen as a "known" thing--just buy the RF
>>>>>>>> module, plug it in, done. I think HBCUs are getting big $ to do
>>>>>>>> research in AI and other "hot" technologies--but not for RF
>> active
>>>>>>>> devices, transmission line theory, etc.
>>>>>>>> SMH.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM jesse Alexander <
>> wb2ifs at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hey folks I just sent an email to Dr. Geddis and one of the
>>> students
>>>>>>>>> from my project NRAO ham radio project over at Hampton
>>> University (the
>>>>>>>>> other HU 😉) to get his impressions of this idea. Hampton has
>>> also
>>>>>>>>> received funding from the ARDC. (You can read more about their
>>> project
>>>>>>>>> here:
>> https://jbhe.com/2022/08/higher-education-grants-or-gifts-of-interest-to-african-americans-284/
>>> )
>>>>>>>>> I have 4 contacts at my alma mater, the Real HU 😉, Dr. Marcus
>>> Alfred
>>>>>>>>> KC3JNF and 3 students from my project. I've also reached out to
>>> them,
>>>>>>>>> but they're crazy busy. I'll keep y'all updated with any
>> progress
>>>>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> TNX ES 73,
>>>>>>>>> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>>>>>>>>> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
>>>>>>>>> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
>>>>>>>>> SKYWARN #PG116
>>>>>>>>> twitter @wb2ifs
>>>>>>>>> wb2ifs at arrl.net
>>>>>>>>> QTH: FM18ns
>>>>>>>>> Cell:201-247-0831
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> TNX ES 73,
>>>>>>>> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>>>>>>>> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
>>>>>>>> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
>>>>>>>> SKYWARN #PG116
>>>>>>>> twitter @wb2ifs
>>>>>>>> wb2ifs at arrl.net
>>>>>>>> QTH: FM18ns
>>>>>>>> Cell:201-247-0831
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> TNX ES 73,
>>>>>>> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>>>>>>> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
>>>>>>> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
>>>>>>> SKYWARN #PG116
>>>>>>> twitter @wb2ifs
>>>>>>> wb2ifs at arrl.net
>>>>>>> QTH: FM18ns
>>>>>>> Cell:201-247-0831
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>>>>> --
>>>>> TNX ES 73,
>>>>> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>>>>> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
>>>>> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
>>>>> SKYWARN #PG116
>>>>> twitter @wb2ifs
>>>>> wb2ifs at arrl.net
>>>>> QTH: FM18ns
>>>>> Cell:201-247-0831
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> TNX ES 73,
>>> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>>> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
>>> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
>>> SKYWARN #PG116
>>> twitter @wb2ifs
>>> wb2ifs at arrl.net
>>> QTH: FM18ns
>>> Cell:201-247-0831
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