[OMIK] HBCUs on the air?

[Jesse Alexander]

Thanks to Chris KA2QWC for poking me about this project. I thinks it's too
important and fun for me to be the bottleneck.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM Jesse Alexander <wb2ifs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello OMIK,
>
> I haven't given up on the HBCUs on the Air idea. (Thanks to I just don't
> have the bandwidth to make it happen right now.
>
> I understand that "many hands make light the work". So if you're
> interested in helping to set this up for next year on 3/14/2026 (or
> earlier).
>
> I've updated the project management site to reflect what I seen in this
> thread so far: https://sites.google.com/view/hbucs-on-the-air/home
>
> What's your best thinking? Perhaps we can use a separate slack, Signal 😉,
> or groups.io to work out the logistics.
>
> Interested? Ideas?
> Please share.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 2:11 PM Jesse Alexander <wb2ifs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey team.
>>
>> I had to step away to bury my "little" brother, James. 😢
>> Free advise you didn't ask for: Please review and update your estate
>> and/or end-of-life plans--especially if you have children.
>>
>> I'm still interested in HBCUs on the air:
>> https://sites.google.com/view/hbucs-on-the-air
>> What are the next steps:
>> 1. I like the idea March 14, 1NP / W1NP / K2MP's birthday idea because
>> it's also PI Day. We should probably pick the "closest" weekend.
>> 2. find points of contacts at each of the schools we want to activate.
>> 3. it would be good to give a briefing at each school about RF, the
>> spectrum, and wireless tech in the run up to the activations.
>> 4. what format should the activation take: POTA-like, informal net,
>> something else.
>>
>> What your best thinking on this?
>> -Jesse, WB2IFS
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM Pam Kelly <pamkellyrtpnc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for sharing. What a treasure.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 10:15 PM Lloyd Mitchell KO4L via OMIK <
>> omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I came across this website late one night this week.  I have been
>> educated
>> >> like never before...
>> >>
>> >> https://samepassage.org/
>> >>
>> >> Lloyd KO4L
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 2:17 PM Jesse Alexander via OMIK <
>> >> omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Excellent. Pete.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> https://archive.org/details/WilliamB.GouldIiiWirelessRadioPioneer.His500KhzRecordingsOfMarch
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM <TwelveVDC at aol.com> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > How about the March 14, 1902 birthday of William B. Gould, (1NP /
>> W1NP /
>> >> > K2MP) the first African American licensed Radio Amateur in the world?
>> >> > > -Pete / NL7XM
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > On Sep 16, 2024, at 1:07 PM, jesse Alexander via OMIK <
>> >> > omik at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:31 AM jesse Alexander <
>> wb2ifs at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > >> I was thinking about birthdays of famous African American hams
>> as a
>> >> > > >> date for the event but Rufus Turner was born on Christmas. 😂
>> >> > > >> Other suggestions ?
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > TNX ES 73,
>> >> > Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
>> >> > OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
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>
>
> --
> TNX ES 73,
> Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
> OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
> Prince George's County ARES/RACES
> SKYWARN #PG116
> https://mastodon.hams.social/@wb2ifs
> wb2ifs at arrl.net
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-- 
TNX ES 73,
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
OMIK Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
Prince George's County ARES/RACES
SKYWARN #PG116
https://mastodon.hams.social/@wb2ifs
wb2ifs at arrl.net
QTH: FM18ns
Cell:201-247-0831