About KYHAM:

Mission:
The mission of KYHAM is very simple - "To build connections within the Kentucky amateur radio community." Building connections includes providing platforms for hams across the 43,000 square miles of the Commonwealth to communicate. It also entails providing accurate contact information for local amateur radio organizations, coordinators, and volunteer examiners for the general public, new hams, hams who have recently moved to an area and public safety officials. Lastly, connection means providing a vehicle for amateur radio data to travel from the local area to section, then national levels. This is accomplished through our reporting facility.

History:
KYHAM began in 1993 as an forum hosted on a local dial-up bulletin board system for hams in Lexington, KY. When a then, strange offer to port the forum to the new commercial Internet, we took that step. Thanks to James Risner of stdio.com and Greg Parsons, KE4OOO for that opportunity. The forum spread around universities and dial up providers around the state as a "newsgroup."

In the mid 90's, it became possible for home Internet users to put up a web page on their personal account. The KYHAM web site was born as a list of coordinators around the state with their contact information so that any ham in Kentucky could find them. If you saw that web page today, you would agree that it was the ugliest web page ever. My, how technology and our skills have grown. :) So here we are today and you are reading this page.

The Staff of KYHAM:

	Dan Rubino, KD9CHL KYHAM Administrator Dan Rubino came on board as the Administrator of KYHAM in November of 2021. Dan is originally from Illinois and retired to Marion, KY in 2018 (hence the KD9CHL callsign). His wife, Annette, also has her license (KD9KPK). He earned a B.A. majoring in physics in 1973 from Elmhurst College and an M.P.M. in 1989 from DeVry Institute of Technology. He has worked in mechanical engineering and high school teaching. Rubino has also served as a certified EMT, ERT, and Level II Firefighter with the Yorkfield Fire Department in Illinois. He has his private pilot license and keeps a Grumman Tiger at the Marion-Crittenden County Regional Airport where he serves on the board of directors as secretary. He earned his Technician license in 2014 and continued to work through the General and Amateur Extra licenses. He operates the 443.400 MHz repeater (pl 100.0) out of his ham shack (Marion, KY) and is net control for the Crittenden County ARES net on Thursdays at 7 p.m. He is also V.P. of the Princeton Ham Radio Club and enjoys checking into their net and participating in the Winlink Thursday assignments. He enjoys antenna construction and uses his hand made VHF/UHF and EFHW antennas. The repeater uses a commercial antenna. Please give a listen on Thursdays at 7 p.m. central time on 443.400 pl 100.0 and check into the Crittenden County ARES net.

	Pat Spencer, KD4PWL KYHAM Founder (Retired) The founder of KYHAM in 1993. He has served in many local, district and section coordinators roles since he was licensed in 1992. He and his wife Kim live in Lexington, and he is the Production Art Supervisor for a licensed sports manufacturer. He also does after hours computer consulting and web site/graphic work.

	Roman Rusinek, KE6YCW Backup-Administrator Roman came on board as the Administrator of KYHAM in 2011 and has served for over 10 years, He became Backup Adminstrator in 2021. He achieved his Technician Amateur Radio license in 1995 and General Amateur Radio license in 2012. Being interested in emergency communications, he became involved with the Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK), serving as President for two terms, and assisting in the organization of an ARES and RACES group serving the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, California. Both Roman and his wife Linda (KE6YKN) are private pilots and enjoy equestrian activities, having served on the East Bay Regional Park District Volunteer Mounted Patrol and involved in search and rescue, before moving to Kentucky in 2001. They currently enjoy other volunteer activities and assist the elderly and low income with tax preparation through the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program. Roman also developed and maintains several web sites for non-profit organizations including the Oldham County ARES site.