{"id":32033,"date":"2018-05-13T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32033"},"modified":"2018-05-13T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T10:19:00","slug":"kettering-freshman-is-bringing-back-ham-radio-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/kettering-freshman-is-bringing-back-ham-radio-club\/","title":{"rendered":"“Kettering freshman is bringing back ham radio club”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: Michigan Public Radio<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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In a world of Skype and FaceTime, a Kettering freshman is bringing back ham radio club<\/h2>\n

She may be busy with her double major in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics, but\u00a0Kettering University<\/a>\u00a0student\u00a0Ruth Willet<\/strong>\u00a0always finds time for her passion: amateur radio \u2013 also known as\u00a0“ham radio.”<\/p>\n

And even in this era of FaceTime and Skype, the Kettering freshman is doing her best to fire up enthusiasm\u00a0on campus<\/a>\u00a0for amateur radio.<\/p>\n

Willet\u00a0joined\u00a0Stateside\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0talk about the radio club at school and what she gets out of it.\u00a0Listen\u00a0above\u00a0to hear\u00a0what she’s doing to reestablish\u00a0the university’s\u00a0amateur radio club, why she believes amateur radio is still relevant and useful today, and how being a part of the ham radio\u00a0community\u00a0has affected her view of the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here to listen to this story on Michigan Public Radio.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Michigan Public Radio) In a world of Skype and FaceTime, a Kettering freshman is bringing back ham radio club She may be busy with her double major in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics, but\u00a0Kettering University\u00a0student\u00a0Ruth Willet\u00a0always finds time for her passion: amateur radio \u2013 also known as\u00a0“ham radio.” And even in this era of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[4102,7037,7038],"class_list":["post-32033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-ham-radio","tag-michigan-radio","tag-ruth-willet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8kF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/black-friday-radio-deals-icom-ic-7300-959-95-after-rebate\/","url_meta":{"origin":32033,"position":0},"title":"Black Friday Radio Deals: Icom IC-7300 $959.95 after rebate","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, James (W4AMP), who notes that the excellent Icom IC-7300 general coverage transceiver (click here to read our review) is currently $959.95 after coupons and rebates at GigaParts, DX Engineering and Ham Radio Outlet.\u00a0 Click here to view at DX Engineering. 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