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:

[Ham Radio 101]