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     <nav role="navigation">
       <ul class="nav">
         <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
+        <li><a href="why-join.html">Why join</a></li>
         <li><a href="shack.html">Our Shack</a></li>
         <li><a href="membership.html">Membership</a></li>
         <li><a href="wifi.html">802.11 (WiFi) Information</a></li>

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+title: Why join?
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+Why you should join ham (amateur) radio
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+ - Ham radio lets you communicate with people all over the world without using any commercial infrastructure
+ - Ham radio will be very helpful during a zombie apocalypse (or, say, after a tornado)
+ - Many of the astronauts on the International Space Station are hams. Joining ham radio might help you continue the fine tradition of hams in orbit!
+ - Ham radio will help you with electrical engineering and physics
+ - Ham radio can be very hands-on
+ - There are many scholarships available to ham radio operators
+ - Ham radio provides community service opportunities
+ - You can earn bragging rights by participating in ham radio competitions
+ - Confuse just about everybody with ham radio’s version of textspeak, which has been around for about a hundred years (“QSL? btu pse kn”)
+ - There’s a huge variety of things to do and experiment with
+ - And finally, ham radio is FUN!
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+Why you should join TAMShams
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+ - TAMShams members have access to state-of-the-art radio equipment
+ - We’ll help you get started with ham radio
+ - We’re eleven states away from earning the Worked All States award. Join us and be a part of the class that finished off the hard part.
+ - Dr. Sinclair is a member, and he never minds people coming by his office with radio-related questions
+ - Most of the things we do can be done in whatever spare time you have; there are very few rigid time commitments
+ - We’re a new, small club, so new members are always welcome!