Falmouth Amateur Radio Association (FARA) and Barnstable Amateur Radio Club (BARC) members gave an Introduction to Amateur Radio presentation as part of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Advanced Studies and Leadership (ASLP) camp. The presentation was held in the Academy’s new conference center with approximately 180 students in attendance.
The presentations included:
- What is Ham Radio - An overview of the many facets of amateur radio
- Emergency Communications (EmComm) - Amateur Radio's role in emergency communications in events such as a hurricane.
- Amateur Satellites - An overview of the satellite communication facet of amateur radio, focusing on Cube Satellites, several of which have been built by students
In addition, two "Get On The Air" (GOTA) stations were setup. These stations allowed students to make radio contacts and to see amateur radio in action. The VHF station contacted several FARA members on the N1YHS repeater. The HF station made several contacts, including contacts with amateur radio stations in Bulgaria, Italy and Nova Scotia.
The students in the ASLP camp were very attentive and asked a number of good questions.
Thanks to BARC members: Bruce Semple-WA3SWJ, Norm Cantin-WA1NLG, Rob Leiden-K1UI, Lem Skidmore-W1LEM and FARA members: Chris Ranney-WA1CMR, Ralph Swenson-N1YHS for their work on this presentation/demonstration.
 Bruce-WA3SWJ (standing) and Rob-K1UI |
 Rob-K1UI and Lem-W1LEM assisting with HF GOTA station |
 Bruce-WA3SWJ, Rob-K1UI, Ralph-N1YHS, Chris-WA1CMR setting up |
 Go Kit and CubeSat simulator |
 Chris-WA1CMR,Lem-W1LEM, Bruce-WA3SWJ setting up |
 Lem-W1LEM, Rob-K1UI demo'ing HF ops |
 Ralph-N1YHS, Chris WA1CMR operating VHF GOTA station |
 Bruce-WA3SWJ demo'ing CubeSat's |
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