[OMIK] Fwd: HBCUs on the air: campus security during the QSO Party

[Jesse Alexander]

During the HBCU net last night, Lloyd KO4L asked the question about
how we would deal with campus security and get access to HBCU campuses
during the QSO party.

I know the Howard University community has faced many cyberattacks,
bomb threats, harassment, and other threats. I’m sure the same thing
is true for the other HBCUs. Just showing with your POTA gear,
throwing a sloper over a tree branch, and operating will probably
raise eyebrows.

Besides, "the yard" or "quad" on many HBCU campus is perceived as
"sacred ground."

Answer: We would need to be inviting on campus. This means that we
would have to develop a relationship with our hosts from school of
engineering or physics before the QSO party. We have a year. How best
do we do this?

Ultimately, I'd also like to leave a self-sustaining station (licensed
staff/faculty, equipment, local club support, etc.) behind at each of
the HBCUs we operate from.

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I take my HT with me whenever I go to Homecoming because the cell
sites get overloaded and start blocking calls. (Howard is probably too
cheap to hire a COW from Verizon or AT&T... but I digress.) The point
is that I’ve never been challenged or approached be anyone.

Your thoughts?

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.
SKYWARN #PG116
https://thegreenbook.tiddlyhost.com/
https://mastodon.hams.social/@wb2ifs
wb2ifs at arrl.net
QTH: FM18ns

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