Diana Eng, KC2UHB

Field Day hacker discounts and party for Radio Hams

Diana Eng, KC2UHB is the ham radio correspondent for MAKE Magazine and she has been working with the hacker community to create some special events for Field Day.

Diana writes: The original tinkerers were radio hams.
Many of the new generation of tinkerers call themselves hackers. In honor of Field Day, members of the hacker community have teamed up to bring discounts and a free party in NYC to ham radio operators.

Adafruit Industries is like the Hendricks of the hacker community. They have fantastic kits ranging from retro Russian display tube clocks to TV-B-Gone a high power remote that can turn off TVs everywhere (like in noisy bars). Adafruit will be offering a 10% discount on their kits from June 26-27 for all licensed hams. Just enter code “HAMS” at check out and in the comments include your callsign. www.Adafruit.com

MAKE Magazine is the hacker’s version of QST.
MAKE Magazine has projects, profiles makers, and shows tips and tricks. MAKE is offering a 20% discount off of everything in the MakerShed including books, kits, and tools. Just enter discount code "HAMHACKER" from 6/25-6/27 (one time use, not combinable, no minimum purchase). www.MakerShed.com

MakerBot Industries is the first place to sell homebrew 3-D printers. And since the printers are homebrew, they are actually affordable (kind of like some of the early radios kits). MakerBot is offering a 5% discount on MakerBots. Email your callsign this weekend to hamradio@makerbot.com to get the discount code. http://www.makerbot.com/

Hacker groups are the amateur radio clubs of the hacker community. And if you are in NYC, hacker group, NYC Resistor is hosting a free party on June 26th, with demos, prizes, and a DJ mixing dance music from live Morse code transmissions. http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/06/15/
nycr-party-june-26-hackers-and-hams-unite/