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I
am the new STEAMlab coordinator at the Montana Science
Center in Bozeman, and have been a ham since
1990, AE7PJ. It has been a while since I have been to
any W7ED meetings, but was fairly active as a
non-voting member for a few years.
The Montana Science Center was formerly the Bozeman
Children's Museum, and has recently rebranded
and relocated to across Huffine from the mall. In the
rebranding, one of our goals is to raise the
average age of our customers, begin to target middle
and high school students, and get them excited
in all things technology related. In that effort, I
feel that creating a ham station at the Science
Center is perfectly in line with our vision.
When I was active with W7ED, one of the areas of
focus was to attract the interest of younger
hams. What better way, than to bring ham radio to
where there are middle and high school students
are, who already have expressed an interest in
technology. However, I can not do it all myself. There
is plenty of opportunity for the Gallatin Ham Radio
Club to help! I know there are members
who have built many more stations than I have, so I
would greatly appreciate some consultation in
planning and installing one when the time comes. Any
hardware that could be donated to bolster the
utility of the station would be fabulous. I also plan
on providing license classes, and could use
the help of your experienced instructors and VEs
My long term goal is to start a youth ham club at the
Montana Science Center to participate in
the various aspects of ham radio, both in the shack
and in the field. I think W7ED would be a great
Elmer club to help it get off the ground, and maintain
a healthy relationship between the
generations of hams.
Best regards,
Tim Schober
STEAMlab Coordinator
Montana Science Center
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Harley ki7xf