WA2HOM, the amateur radio station at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will soon be moving into a permanent space at the museum. The target date for being set up in our permanent space is November 1, 2008.

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In August, we were awarded a $10,000 grant from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Part of this money is for the station and its equipment, part for a couple of "hands on" exhibits for the museum.

The museum has set up a Web page - http://www.aahom.org/wa2hom - and sent out postcards notifying hams in the 481XX zip codes of the project and encouraging them to donate some time and/or money to the project. Some folks have already donated some money and some have volunteered some time. The momentum is building!

We have set up a Yahoo Groups mailing list for those who are interested in and are currently working on the project. To subscribe to the list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HamRadioattheHandsOnMuseum/.

I'm developing a project plan and will be posting this to the list soon.

If you're in the area, and would like to help us operate the station, please drop by. The list of dates on which we'll be at the museum (until we get the permanent station set up) are on the events calendar at www.w8pgw.org. If you have any questions, please contact Dan KB6NU (kb6nu@w8pgw.org).