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CLUBS SOLVE THESE CHALLENGES BY OFFERING ENCOURAGEMENT, ADVICE, AND JUST
PLAIN OLD FUN.  CLUBS CAN OFFER ACCESS TO MICROWAVE TEST GEAR, AS WELL AS
MENTORS WHO ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO ASSIST WITH GETTING ON THE AIR,
STATION MAINTENANCE, AND QSO OPPORTUNITIES.  TYPICALLY, MICROWAVE CLUBS
TEND TO BE FOUND IN HIGHER DENSITY POPULATION AREAS WITH HIGH TECH
ELECTRONIC COMPANIES AND SURPLUS ELECTRONICS SOURCES.  ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
DOESNT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF MICROWAVE OPPORTUNITIES.  YOU MIGHT SAY WE ARE
IN A BLACK HOLE.  STILL, A SMALL GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTS DECIDED THAT IF
THERES A WILL, THERE IS A WAY, AND SO THEY CREATED SLAMS IN NOVEMBER 2008.
THE IDEA FOR SLAMS CAME 2 YEARS EARLIER, WHEN HERBERT ULLMANN, AF4JF, AND
JOHN GERMANOS, WB9PNU, DECIDED TO EXPERIMENT WITH 2 METER EME USING WSJT.
THEY WANTED TO TRY 23 CM NEXT, BUT NEITHER HAD MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH
MICROWAVES.  SO, THEY FOUND DAVE CALVERT, KB0PE SK, TO LEND HIS EXPERTISE.
WHILE ATTENDING THE 2008 CENTRAL STATES VHF SOCIETY CSVHFS CONFERENCE IN
WICHITA, JOHN AND HERBERT BECAME FASCINATED WITH 10 GHZ, AND THEY PURCHASED
DEMI 3 CM TRANSVERTERS.  SOON, THEY HAD A 10 GHZ BEACON, WB9PNU/B,
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