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\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Cripe (NM0S) for sharing the flyer above announcing the first annual Midwest STEM TechFest. This looks like an exciting event and frankly where I believe where most amateur radio conventions should be investing their time: in recruiting future engineers and makers! Well done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Cripe (NM0S) for sharing the flyer above announcing the first annual Midwest STEM TechFest. This looks like an exciting event and frankly where I believe where most amateur radio conventions should be investing their time: in recruiting future engineers and makers! Well done!<\/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":[545,3,43],"tags":[7039,2011,4501,4102],"class_list":["post-32036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2018-arrl-midwest-convention","tag-arrl","tag-dave-cripe-nm0s","tag-ham-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8kI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33241,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/building-the-cricket-qrp-transceiver-at-hope-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":32036,"position":0},"title":"Building the Cricket QRP Transceiver at HOPE 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"July 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm currently at the Circle of HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) convention in New York City. 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