User:Mert
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Merton Eastman (AC7KY)
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/merton.eastman
- email: mert.ac7ky{at}gmail.blah.com. (leave out the blah)
- Born: 3 months before JFK assassination
- Education: B.S. Food Science, Washington State University, 1986
- Employment: retail meat cutter, Randalls
I moved to Austin in May, 2010 from Bellingham, WA.
Things I've done:
- taught ham radio classes and assisted in giving licensing exams
- built electronic kits
- darkroom work with DIY color chemistry
- experimented with pinhole photography
- learned to work with SMT components and gave demonstrations
- auto and small engine repair (latest: fixing car a/c)
- limited woodworking (would love to improve my skills!)
Interests:
- ham radio (especially digital communication methods)
- bartending/cocktail mixing (emphasis on classic cocktails)
- http://hsmm-mesh.org/
Things I'd like to do:
- learn welding and machining
- learn to program/make my computer do cool things
- learn to build cool things using Arduino and/or other microcontrollers
- learn to design and etch PCBs
- build ham radio kits, then make them smaller using SMT components
- build a bartending robot
- collaborate on other cool projects
Planning to teach: