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Technology Education Collaborative empowers communities through accessible tech education, fostering digital literacy and advocacy for privacy rights. We provide workshops and resources to equip individuals with the skills to navigate and protect their digital lives.

Study and prepare for the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">FCC&#39;s&nbsp;Amateur&nbsp;Radio&nbsp;Service</a>&nbsp;Technician Class&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service/examinations" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">license exam</a> in a friendly and welcoming environment!&nbsp; Join&nbsp;Patrick Hayes in this monthly dedicated study session at&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/contact/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>, located at Gateway Community College.&nbsp; The first class will be on Monday, November 9 at 6 p.m.&nbsp; Study sessions are free to attend and a study guide will be provided to participants free of charge thanks to Gateway Community College.&nbsp; These meetings will be led by Patrick Hayes, who holds an Amateur Extra License and is president of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://students.engineering.asu.edu/clubs/w7asu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">W7ASU</a>, the Amateur Radio Club of ASU.&nbsp; If you&#39;re interested in ham radio but have been putting off getting your license, now is the perfect time to do it!&nbsp; If you have any questions, contact Patrick at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:prhayes1@asu.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">prhayes1@asu.edu</a>.&nbsp; --&nbsp; ACSL Directions &amp; Parking GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building.&nbsp;If the door to the MA building is locked, call (602) 286-8831 and someone will let you in. Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it.&nbsp; Directions and parking for the ACSL can also be found&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/contact/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1749526384/wysiwyg/qwnfsdmyd1soi0tpzbp5.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

TEC's Ham Operator License Study Group (November 2026 session)

Join TEC and Seabass Chan for a practical conversation on building an open source‑driven business 💻.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll walk through real examples, explore sustainable models, and look at how open source fits into everyday tech work.&nbsp; If you&#39;ve been nervous about trying free tools but also are tired for endless subscription costs for basic business services, this is the session for you.&nbsp; This session supports TEC&rsquo;s mission to help people better understand the tech around them through hands-on, in-person learning.&nbsp; Whether you&rsquo;re curious, just starting out, or already in the field, you&rsquo;ll leave with concrete ideas you can apply right away.&nbsp; Seabass Chan runs his own successful business using an open-source tech stack. That experience, combined with his work as a cybersecurity specialist and systems administrator, means he&#39;s got both the expertise and the experience to lead this useful session.&nbsp;

The Open Source Business Tech Stack with Seabass Chan

This isn&#39;t quite a traditional ham group per se; we&#39;ll do lots of cool activities or have talks that help you learn to use your radio or, in more advanced sessions, really let that ham nerd flag fly on some technical deep dives. All experience levels welcome, and you don&#39;t need a license (or even a radio) to join.&nbsp;You&#39;re welcome even if you&#39;re just ham-curious and get your questions answered in a friendly and welcoming environment. This Month: All About Antennas!&nbsp; You&rsquo;ve got your radio. You&rsquo;ve got your license (or will have it some day!).&nbsp; Now comes the utterly essential piece of equipment that can make a surprisingly big difference in what you can actually hear &mdash; and who can hear you. It&rsquo;s time to talk antennas. Topics may include:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Common types of amateur radio antennas</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Frequency, wavelength, and antenna length</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Directional vs. omnidirectional antennas</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Placement, height, and orientation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Feed lines, connectors, and other fiddly bits between your radio and antenna</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">SWR and why hams keep talking about it</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Practical considerations for home, portable, and mobile setups</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">How to start experimenting without spending a fortune</li></ul>No advanced electronics or RF engineering knowledge required. If you&rsquo;re newly licensed, studying for your license, or simply curious about amateur radio, you&rsquo;re welcome. Experienced hams are welcome, too &mdash; especially if you have antenna knowledge, experiments, successes, or spectacular failures to share. Bring your questions. Bring your radio (or antenna collection) if you&rsquo;d like. And prepare to discover why hams can spend an astonishing amount of time discussing pieces of wire. About Andrew Cornwall:&nbsp;Andrew Cornwall is active in the emergency communications community in Arizona. He has managed and taken part in large scale communications exercises and public service events. He is an ARES Emergency Coordinator, a manager of the Arizona Emergency Net-Maricopa training net, and is accredited as an ICS Incident Communication Center Manager (INCM) and Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) resource. He is a trainer and volunteer examiner.&nbsp; For questions, disability accommodations or feedback, email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a> <img src="https://techedcollab.org/TEC_Directions.webp" alt="Location of Advanced Cyber Systems Lab on a map." width="600" height="450" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: start;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building. If the door to the building is locked, please call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down and let you in.&nbsp; Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it.&nbsp;

Ham Radio Group (Oct 2026): All About Antennaes

Join fellow programmers, students and tech-curious humans for a relaxed, hands-on evening focused on Python &mdash; one of the world&rsquo;s most popular and versatile programming languages. This week topic will be discussing the latest release Python 3.15 and what all changed. Other discussions and questions are also welcome. Whether you&rsquo;re completely new to Python, learning the basics, use it professionally or have a project you&rsquo;ve been meaning to work on, you&rsquo;re welcome. Bring your laptop, bring your questions and bring whatever you&rsquo;re working on &mdash; or just show up and see what everyone else is building. TEC CTO Connor Johnson facilitates PyPhoenix and he&#39;ll be on hand to help newcomers get started, answer questions and provide guidance when somebody inevitably spends 20 minutes discovering the problem was one character on line 37. You&rsquo;ll have time to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Learn and practice Python in a friendly, low-pressure environment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get help&nbsp;with a Python problem or project</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Work alongside other programmers and compare approaches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share something&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve built or discovered</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meet other people in the local tech community</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Eat some food&nbsp;while doing all of the above</li></ul>New to programming? Come anyway. You don&rsquo;t need to arrive with a project or be able to explain what a dictionary comprehension is. Curiosity is enough to get started. More experienced dev?&nbsp;Bring whatever Python problem is bugging you. Come code. Come learn. Come chill. Connor Johnson is Chief Technology Officer and a Board Member of Technology Education Collective (TEC), where he helps develop TEC&rsquo;s technical programs and supports its mission of making technology education accessible while helping students and aspiring technologists find their way into the industry. Connor is a senior web developer and the owner of Design Hewer LLC. He has worked with companies and universities on web development, code quality and building stronger online presences, and brings both professional development experience and a genuine enthusiasm for helping other people learn. Want to share something? If you&rsquo;re interested in presenting a Python project, tool, technique or something else you&rsquo;ve been working on, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you. Email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>._____________________________________________________________________________________________________Finding usAdvanced Cyber Systems Lab (ACSL) GateWay Community College &ndash; Washington Campus 108 N. 40th St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA Building. Park in Lots 3 or 4 near 40th and Washington streets. Enter the MA Building through the double glass doors and take the staircase immediately to your left. Room 2108 is the first door on your right on the second floor. Yes, there&rsquo;s a bright orange wall. Trust the orange wall. If the building is locked: Call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down to let you in. Directions: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> Questions, feedback or disability accommodation requests? <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>

PyPhoenix Meetup  (Oct 2026)

This month Mustafa Uygur from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://microfix24.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">MicroFix</a>, will walk everyone through&nbsp;fixing your phone screen.&nbsp; But, if you have a different tech device that needs to be tinkered with, bring that too! It&#39;s extremely likely that Mustafa can answer your questions about that, too.&nbsp; Or, come and take apart our busted tech worry free.&nbsp; Remember, though, we will not fix your tech for you.&nbsp; Mustafa will help you find the right manuals, credible online videos and demonstrate how to properly use the iFixIt tools and equipment.&nbsp; In addition to being an experienced repair technician, Mustafa has nearly 20 years of teaching experience. He&#39;s also really funny so everyone has a great time learning from him. You couldn&#39;t ask for a more knowledgeable, ethical guide than Mustafa for your right-to-repair journey. Date:&nbsp; Wednesday, October 7&nbsp;&nbsp; Time:&nbsp;7 p.m. NOTE LATER-THAN-USUAL-TIME!!!&nbsp; Where:&nbsp;Advanced Cyber Systems Lab - Gateway Community College (ACSL / a.k.a. &quot;The lab&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;108 N 40th St&nbsp;Phoenix, AZ 85034&nbsp; IF THE DOOR TO THE MA BUILDING IS LOCKED CALL (602) 286-8831 &nbsp; &nbsp;Parking Map &amp; Directions: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> The more the merrier! Forward this link to your friends who may also want to come!&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/right-to-repair-august-2026-open-house" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/right-to-repair-august-2026-open-house</a> HOW THIS WORKS 🤳 Bring your own broken phone or tablet OR use one of our busted devices to learn on risk free! After a brief introduction to the Right to Repair movement, you&rsquo;ll have time (and guidance) to fix a techno-widget. 🔧 We have all the specialty tools you&#39;ll need thanks to iFixit! That includes everything from &nbsp;technical screwdrivers to antistatic tables. ❗ Note: We are NOT going to fix your device for you. The point of this event is to empower you to learn to REPAIR TECH YOURSELF. ❗ 🌍 Save the planet! And money! 💲 Your old tech does NOT have to end up in a landfill and you don&#39;t need to be a techie to save some money. ⭐ MicroFix is a locally owned cell phone repair shop in Tempe, Arizona. They&#39;ve been fixing phones, tablets, and PCs since 2016, addressing a wide variety of technical problems. If they can&#39;t fix it, they don&#39;t charge for it.&nbsp;

Right to Repair Workshop - October 2026 | Fix Your Phone Screen

Study and prepare for the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">FCC&#39;s&nbsp;Amateur&nbsp;Radio&nbsp;Service</a>&nbsp;Technician Class&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service/examinations" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">license exam</a> in a friendly and welcoming environment!&nbsp; We&#39;re excited&nbsp;to announce that Patrick Hayes will lead a second cohort of monthly dedicated study sessions at&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/contact/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>, located at Gateway Community College.&nbsp; The first class will be on Monday, October 5 at 6 p.m.&nbsp; Study sessions are free to attend and a study guide will be provided to participants free of charge thanks to Gateway Community College.&nbsp; These meetings will be led by Patrick Hayes, who holds an Amateur Extra License and is president of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://students.engineering.asu.edu/clubs/w7asu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">W7ASU</a>, the Amateur Radio Club of ASU.&nbsp; If you&#39;re interested in ham radio but have been putting off getting your license, now is the perfect time to do it!&nbsp; If you have any questions, contact Patrick at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:prhayes1@asu.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">prhayes1@asu.edu</a>.&nbsp; --&nbsp; ACSL Directions &amp; Parking GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building.&nbsp;If the door to the MA building is locked, call (602) 286-8831 and someone will let you in. Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it.&nbsp; Directions and parking for the ACSL can also be found&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/contact/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1749526384/wysiwyg/qwnfsdmyd1soi0tpzbp5.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

TEC's Ham Operator License Study Group (Oct. 2026 session)

Join fellow programmers, students and tech-curious humans for a relaxed, hands-on evening focused on Python &mdash; one of the world&rsquo;s most popular and versatile programming languages. Whether you&rsquo;re completely new to Python, learning the basics, use it professionally or have a project you&rsquo;ve been meaning to work on, you&rsquo;re welcome. Bring your laptop, bring your questions and bring whatever you&rsquo;re working on &mdash; or just show up and see what everyone else is building. TEC CTO Connor Johnson facilitates Code &amp; Chill and he&#39;ll be on hand to help newcomers get started, answer questions and provide guidance when somebody inevitably spends 20 minutes discovering the problem was one character on line 37. You&rsquo;ll have time to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Learn and practice Python in a friendly, low-pressure environment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get help&nbsp;with a Python problem or project</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Work alongside other programmers and compare approaches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share something&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve built or discovered</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meet other people in the local tech community</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Eat some food&nbsp;while doing all of the above</li></ul>New to programming? Come anyway. You don&rsquo;t need to arrive with a project or be able to explain what a dictionary comprehension is. Curiosity is enough to get started. More experienced dev?&nbsp;Bring whatever Python problem is bugging you. Come code. Come learn. Come chill. Connor Johnson is Chief Technology Officer and a Board Member of Technology Education Collective (TEC), where he helps develop TEC&rsquo;s technical programs and supports its mission of making technology education accessible while helping students and aspiring technologists find their way into the industry. Connor is a senior web developer and the owner of Design Hewer LLC. He has worked with companies and universities on web development, code quality and building stronger online presences, and brings both professional development experience and a genuine enthusiasm for helping other people learn. Want to share something? If you&rsquo;re interested in presenting a Python project, tool, technique or something else you&rsquo;ve been working on, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you. Email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>._____________________________________________________________________________________________________Finding usAdvanced Cyber Systems Lab (ACSL) GateWay Community College &ndash; Washington Campus 108 N. 40th St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA Building. Park in Lots 3 or 4 near 40th and Washington streets. Enter the MA Building through the double glass doors and take the staircase immediately to your left. Room 2108 is the first door on your right on the second floor. Yes, there&rsquo;s a bright orange wall. Trust the orange wall. If the building is locked: Call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down to let you in. Directions: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> Questions, feedback or disability accommodation requests? <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>

Code and Chill: Python Meetup  (Sept 2026)

What happens when one of Arizona&rsquo;s most respected (and dare we say beloved?) cybersecurity professionals also happens to own a traveling Chinese tea tavern? Obviously, you invite him to TEC and do both things at once. This month, Seabass Chan is bringing the&nbsp;Traveling Tea Tavern to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab for an evening of cybersecurity, conversation and premium, thoughtfully sourced Chinese tea. Seabass is a well-known and respected member of Arizona&rsquo;s local cybersecurity community who also happens to know his way around a gaiwan. He&rsquo;ll lead us through a cybersecurity topic while serving premium Chinese tea from Tea Tavern &mdash; giving you the chance to learn something new about&nbsp;both&nbsp;tea and cybersecurity. &nbsp; Come ask questions, meet other members of the local tech community and experience an authentic Gongfu tea experience along the way.&nbsp; The cybersecurity topic will cover maintaining your privacy and anonymity online - even in 2026.&nbsp; Whether you&rsquo;re a cybersecurity professional, student, enthusiast or simply cyber-curious, you&rsquo;re welcome. No previous expertise -- in either cybersec or Gongfu tea -- is required. Come for the cybersecurity. Stay for the tea. Ideally, come for both. About the Traveling Tea Tavern The Traveling Tea Tavern is the mobile version of the Tea Tavern, a digital storefront that brings premium Chinese tea and traditional Gongfu tea preparation out into the community. If your only experience with tea begins and ends with a bag and some hot water, prepare to discover just how much more delightful tea can get. About Seabass ChanSeabass Chan is a longtime member of Arizona&rsquo;s technology and cybersecurity community and the owner of Tea Tavern. His experience includes working in cybersecurity for DPS and the ACTIC as for Rackspace in the private sector. When it comes to digital privacy - if not anonymity - there&#39;s no better resource or engaging SME.&nbsp; Cybersecurity topic:&nbsp;Maintaining your privacy and anonymity online.&nbsp; Tea: Gongfu. Ethically sourced. Made with custom water. Poured from a gaiwan.&nbsp;

Cyber Securi-Tea with Seabass Chan

This isn&#39;t quite a traditional ham group per se; we&#39;ll do lots of cool activities or have talks that help you learn to use your radio or, in more advanced sessions, really let that ham nerd flag fly on some technical deep dives. All experience levels welcome, and you don&#39;t need a license (or even a radio) to join.&nbsp;You&#39;re welcome even if you&#39;re just ham-curious and get your questions answered in a friendly and welcoming environment. This Month: DIgital Ham Radio Basics&nbsp; Digital Ham Radios use computer processing to turn voice or data into digital signals sent over radio waves. This month we&#39;ll explore:&nbsp; - How digital ham radio works and how it differs from regular ham radio&nbsp; - Who uses digital radio, when, and why? Should you? Let&#39;s find out together!&nbsp; - Different digital radio modes (voice modes and data modes)&nbsp; - How to get started on a digital radio adventure - what equipment you&#39;ll need to get started and how to make digital radio friends By the time we&#39;re done, you&#39;ll be able to decode the acronym soup of DMR, C4FM, PSK31, FT8, and RTTY like a pro! Or you&#39;ll at least have a vague idea of what they are.&nbsp; Radio Show and Tell: If you have a digital radio, we want to see it!&nbsp;And if you just have a regular ham radio, bring that, too!&nbsp; So come cue up with us!&nbsp; About Andrew Cornwall:&nbsp;Andrew Cornwall is active in the emergency communications community in Arizona. He has managed and taken part in large scale communications exercises and public service events. He is an ARES Emergency Coordinator, a manager of the Arizona Emergency Net-Maricopa training net, and is accredited as an ICS Incident Communication Center Manager (INCM) and Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) resource. He is a trainer and volunteer examiner.&nbsp; For questions, disability accommodations or feedback, email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a> <img src="https://techedcollab.org/TEC_Directions.webp" alt="Location of Advanced Cyber Systems Lab on a map." width="600" height="450" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: start;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building. If the door to the building is locked, please call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down and let you in.&nbsp; Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it.&nbsp;

Ham Radio Group (Sept 2026): Digital Ham Radio Basics

🎮 Retro 90s Gamer LAN Party &amp; Fundraiser 📼💾 Smells like TEC spirit. Grab your Game Boy, fire up the dial-up modem, tell your Tamagotchi you&#39;ll be home late, and prepare to party like it&#39;s 1999 because&nbsp;TEC is going FULL 90s for one totally rad night of gaming, nostalgia, and fundraising.&nbsp; Whether your 90s belonged to&nbsp;Nirvana or Boyz II Men, Doom or Myst, Lisa Frank or grunge flannel, we&#39;re bringing everybody together&nbsp;for an old-school gamer party at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab. 💾 WHAT&#39;S HAPPENING? 🖥️ AN ACTUAL LAN PARTY.&nbsp;Our lab techs and some TEC board members have spend an unreasonable amount of time to&nbsp;network the lab computers and loaded up **Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition** for some honest-to-goodness, person-sitting-ten-feet-away-from-you multiplayer. Derek and Wyatt spent a frankly unreasonable amount of time making this work. Please honor their sacrifice by fragging your friends. 🎮 Vintage consoles &mdash; IRL. We&#39;ll (most likely) have real retro consoles set up and ready to play. Got some vintage gaming or tech gear of your own?&nbsp;Bring it!&nbsp;PalmPilots, old consoles and other gloriously obsolete technology are among friends here. 📺 Pop-Up Video!&nbsp;Remember when VH1 covered music videos in tiny bubbles full of facts you absolutely did not need but desperately wanted to know?&nbsp;WE DO.&nbsp; 🧠 90s Tech Quiz! How well do you actually remember the decade that gave us Windows 95, AOL, the World Wide Web and the phrase &quot;You&#39;ve Got Mail&quot;?&nbsp;Come prove your technological elder credentials. 🎁&nbsp;90s Raffle!&nbsp;We&#39;re assembling a collection of appropriately nostalgic **90s paraphernalia** for you to win. Radical prizes await. 🥤&nbsp;90s gamer food &amp; drinks! We&#39;re stocking the party with some of the finest culinary achievements of the decade &mdash;&nbsp;including Jolt Cola and Bagel Bites&nbsp;&mdash; because nothing says&nbsp;responsible adult fundraiser like voluntarily recreating the nutritional choices we made while watching SNICK. (We&#39;ll have real food, too, for our...slightly aged digestive systems that may now rebel against Bagel Bites.)&nbsp; 📼&nbsp;Dress the decade.&nbsp;Flannel. Windbreakers. Overalls. Scrunchies. JNCOs. Chokers. Bucket hats. Your most aggressively neon **Lisa Frank fever dream.** Costumes aren&#39;t required, but glory awaits those who participate. 🎵 Choose your 90s music vibe.&nbsp;Nirvana? Boyz II Men? TLC? Green Day? Spice Girls? Weird Al? Unlike the middle-school cafeteria, all tables have open seats. &nbsp; 💿&nbsp;IT&#39;S A MOST EXCELLENT PARTY FOR A PURPOSE Because unlike AOL free-trial CDs, unfortunately **TEC&#39;s programs aren&#39;t actually free to produce.** Your ticket supports the Technology Education Collaborative (TEC), an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and helps us keep hands-on, community-driven technology education accessible. So come play games, eat questionable food, win stuff, show off your ancient hardware, test your 90s knowledge and help support TEC. You&#39;ll be&nbsp;all that AND a bag of chips. 📟&nbsp;WHO SHOULD COME? Gamers. Techies. 90s kids. People who wish they&#39;d been 90s kids. People who remember when the Internet screamed at you before you could use it. People who have no idea why a hard disk is the universal &quot;save&quot; icon. Everyone and anyone, really.&nbsp; And people who know exactly why it&#39;s the save icon and probably still have several hard and floppy disks in a drawer somewhere. Bring the PalmPilot. Bring your deeply held opinions about physical media. Bring your friends. And unlike Blockbuster,&nbsp;we don&#39;t charge late fees. 🎮 Game on. Be kind, rewind. And we&#39;ll see you at the lab!

Retro 90s Gamer LAN Party & TEC Fundraiser

Sure, you can buy an Ethernet cable. But where&rsquo;s the fun in that?Come get hands-on and learn how to build your own&nbsp;CAT 6 Ethernet cable from scratch from Wyatt Johnson. We&rsquo;ll walk you through the process of preparing the cable, arranging the wires, terminating the ends and testing your finished cable to make sure it actually works. TEC will provide&nbsp;all the tools, materials and equipment you need, so no previous experience &mdash; or mysterious collection of networking tools &mdash; required. Along the way, you&rsquo;ll learn a little about how Ethernet cabling works, what all those tiny color-coded wires are actually doing, and how to troubleshoot one of the most fundamental pieces of a wired network. Best of all?&nbsp;You&rsquo;ll leave with a working CAT 6 cable you made yourself &mdash; ready for your computer, gaming system, home network, smart TV or whatever else you&#39;d rather plug in than trust to Wi-Fi. Come make a cable. Test the cable. Take home the cable. And enjoy the peace of mind of, for once, knowing&nbsp;absolutely certain that it&rsquo;s not the cable. (This time, at least. Probably.) Wyatt Johnson is everyone&#39;s favorite IT instructor at Gateway Community College as well as a TEC Board Member. When not teaching mainly Networking and Cybersecurity classes, he is also the CNT/CIS Program Director at Gateway Community College in teaches. He has a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from ASU, a decent sized stack of certifications and years of IT experience. He firmly believes that Star Wars &gt; Star Trek and that Tom Baker was the best Doctor. One of his most disappointing moments was finding out that there was no way to make watching Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail a prerequisite for any class.

Build Your Own CAT 6 Cable Workshop

Have you ever wondered how a car can be hacked?&nbsp; Join&nbsp;Anthony &quot;RedHatAugust&quot; Radzykewycz as he introduces participants to car hacking using CAN bus, &nbsp;the digital wiring and communication system used in cars, trucks, and some machines that lets various auto parts (e.g., the brakes, engine or dashboard) &quot;talk&quot; to each other.&nbsp; In this workshop, &nbsp;participants will:&nbsp; - Learn to set up a virtual car simulator - What the CANbus is - How the OBD-II connector plays a role in the vehicular network - How devices communicate over that network - How to intercept and replay CAN bus communications - How to master the packets to trigger desired effects on the vehicle. About&nbsp;Anthony &quot;RedHatAugust&quot; Radzykewycz.&nbsp;Anthony is an instructor at GateWay Community College who has helped shape the Linux Program course material and champions many of the school&#39;s cybersecurity courses. Anthony has a wide range of technical experience but is most fascinated with the offensive side of cybersecurity. His most recent venture is as founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.haymarketers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Haymarketers, LLC.</a>, a company that offers in-depth technical training and enterprise security consultations. ⚠️&nbsp;A Quick Note Before You Start Your Engines This workshop is provided&nbsp;for educational and demonstration purposes only. All hands-on activities will take place in a controlled, simulated environment. Participants should not attempt to access, intercept, modify, or manipulate the systems of any vehicle they do not own or have explicit authorization to test, nor should they attempt techniques demonstrated in this workshop on a real vehicle without understanding the potential safety, legal, and mechanical consequences. Technology Education Collective (TEC), GateWay Community College, the workshop instructor, and affiliated organizations are not responsible for damage, loss, injury, legal consequences, or other outcomes resulting from participants attempting to reproduce workshop activities outside the authorized workshop environment. Hack the simulator. Leave your neighbor&rsquo;s Honda alone.

Car Hacking Workshop with Anthony "RedHatAugust" Radzykewycz

Learn the basics of the soldering iron, one of the fundamental tools for electronics work. Join TEC for an Intro to Soldering workshop that will take you through the fundamentals of melting hot metal to form electrical connections. You&rsquo;ll get experience with different kinds of soldering irons and soldering workstations, and leave with a completed project you soldered yourself. TEC will provide all necessary tools and equipment.&nbsp; This&nbsp;workshop&nbsp;is for:<ul fr-original-style="text-align: start;" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">people who&nbsp;have never soldered before and&nbsp;want to get started</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">those who have recently started&nbsp;soldering&nbsp;and want to learn more.&nbsp;</li></ul> Come to learn about:<ul fr-original-style="text-align: start;" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The equipment you need to solder</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Different kinds of soldering irons and workstations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Types of solder and what to avoid</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Techniques for soldering wires, circuit board components, headers, and cable connectors</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">How to desolder when things go wrong</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tools that can make your life easier when soldering</li></ul> The Right to Repair folks say, &ldquo;if you can&rsquo;t repair it, you don&rsquo;t own it.&rdquo; With today&rsquo;s electronics, that often means you need to solder something. But&nbsp;soldering isn&rsquo;t just for when you want to&nbsp;repair someone else&rsquo;s electronics.&nbsp;If you want to&nbsp;create&nbsp;your own electronics projects, soldering is a&nbsp;key&nbsp;skill. Limited to 9 attendees. About&nbsp;Andrew&nbsp;Cornwall:Andrew Cornwall has been burning his fingers for over 45 years. He has assembled kits designed by others and built his own electronics using through-hole and surface mount hand-soldering techniques. Andrew knows that soldering can be intimidating at first, and his goal is to introduce others and build their confidence and ability.

September Soldering Workshop

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1787780266/wysiwyg/qdlzj1jq84y1dn2ngpfa.jpg" style="width: 259px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; text-align: center; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 259px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; text-align: center; max-width: calc(100% - 10px);" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> This month one of our favorite Friends of TEC, Mustafa Uygur from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://microfix24.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">MicroFix</a>, is back (he&#39;s the gent pictured above).&nbsp; Mustafa will offer expert guidance on fixing your device. He&#39;ll help you find the right manuals, credible online videos and demonstrate how to properly use the iFixIt tools and equipment. In addition to being an experienced repair technician, Mustafa has nearly 20 years of teaching experience. He&#39;s also really funny so everyone has a great time learning from him. You couldn&#39;t ask for a more knowledgeable, ethical guide than Mustafa for your right-to-repair journey. Date:&nbsp; Wednesday, September 2 &nbsp; Time:&nbsp;6:30 p.m.&nbsp; Where:&nbsp;Advanced Cyber Systems Lab - Gateway Community College (ACSL / a.k.a. &quot;The lab&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;108 N 40th St&nbsp;Phoenix, AZ 85034&nbsp; IF THE DOOR TO THE MA BUILDING IS LOCKED CALL (602) 286-8831 &nbsp; &nbsp;Parking Map &amp; Directions: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> The more the merrier! Forward this link to your friends who may also want to come!&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/right-to-repair-august-2026-open-house" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/right-to-repair-august-2026-open-house</a> HOW THIS WORKS 🤳 Bring your own broken phone or tablet OR use one of our busted devices to learn on risk free! After a brief introduction to the Right to Repair movement, you&rsquo;ll have time (and guidance) to fix a techno-widget. 🔧 We have all the specialty tools you&#39;ll need thanks to iFixit! That includes everything from &nbsp;technical screwdrivers to antistatic tables. ❗ Note: We are NOT going to fix your device for you. The point of this event is to empower you to learn to REPAIR TECH YOURSELF. ❗ 🌍 Save the planet! And money! 💲 Your old tech does NOT have to end up in a landfill and you don&#39;t need to be a techie to save some money. ⭐ MicroFix is a locally owned cell phone repair shop in Tempe, Arizona. They&#39;ve been fixing phones, tablets, and PCs since 2016, addressing a wide variety of technical problems. If they can&#39;t fix it, they don&#39;t charge for it.&nbsp;

Right to Repair - September 2026 Open House

Meet like minded programmers and enjoy some food as we work on our projects together. The group is not pigeonholed into using one specific language meaning anyone from any background or tech stack can join. Chat, collaborate, or work on your own project at your own pace.&nbsp; If anyone is interested in presenting what they are working on then feel free to reach out. Email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> We look forward to seeing you there. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Code and Chill: August 2026

This isn&#39;t quite a traditional ham group per se; we&#39;ll do lots of cool activities or have talks that help you learn to use your radio or, in more advanced sessions, really let that ham nerd flag fly on some technical deep dives. All experience levels welcome, and you don&#39;t need a license to join.&nbsp;Drop in even if you&#39;re just ham-curious and get your questions answered in a friendly and welcoming environment. This Month:&nbsp;Participating in a Net What is a net, anyway? And how do you join in? When are they and why should join one? What&#39;s good Net etiquette? We&#39;ll cover all this and more in this fun and informative session. Bring your radio!&nbsp; About Andrew Cornwall:&nbsp;Andrew Cornwall is active in the emergency communications community in Arizona. He has managed and taken part in large scale communications exercises and public service events. He is an ARES Emergency Coordinator, a manager of the Arizona Emergency Net-Maricopa training net, and is accredited as an ICS Incident Communication Center Manager (INCM) and Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) resource. He is a trainer and volunteer examiner.&nbsp; For questions, disability accommodations or feedback, email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> Can&#39;t wait to see you there!&nbsp; <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Ham Radio Group (Aug 2026): How to Participate in a Net

Stay up to date on Arizona&rsquo;s latest tech and privacy laws 🗓️ Join TEC for&nbsp;Privacy PIE: Arizona Tech Laws &amp; Policy 2026,&nbsp;a clear, no-jargon look at new and current Arizona technology legislation and policy shifts and what they mean for your digital rights. Come to learn about:&nbsp; -&nbsp;What laws the state Legislature passed last session pertaining to tech -&nbsp;What national court cases AZ is involved in and where they stand (pertaining to tech) - What the FLOCK is going on with ALRPs and where&nbsp;-&nbsp;The data center tango Gov. Katie Hobbs is dancing **Personal Privacy Information &amp; Education; affectionately called Privacy PIE for short ----- &nbsp; About Christina Eichelkraut: Christina Eichelkraut is a former print journalist, current digital communications professional, and civic leader with nearly two decades of experience covering and engaging with state and local government. She began her career in southern Nevada, covering the state Legislature and Board of Education for the Pahrump Valley Times/Stephen&#39;s Media Group&nbsp;and was the state law reporter and crime reporter for the&nbsp;Las Vegas Examiner.&nbsp;She also covered the 2008 federal elections in Nevada for the Associated Press. After moving to Arizona, she continued reporting on state government, elections, immigration, public health, and regulatory policy for the Casa Grande Dispatch and several other Arizona publications. Her civic experience includes serving as an elected school board member, legislative district committee chair, neighborhood association president, and founder of a neighborhood block watch. She was an an elections observer and poll worker long before either of those gigs were cool (or paid, for that matter). In those roles, she has worked directly with local, state, and federal officials on public policy&mdash;including Arizona&rsquo;s approach to emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles. She currently serves on the Camelback East Village Planning Committee as a mayoral appointee. Christina is known for being the nerdy, wonky person who reads the entire backup, every constituent email, and the history of the procedural rule just for funzies. She holds degrees in Mass Communication and Political Science from Franklin Pierce University and is the founder and CEO of the Technology Education Collaborative, a Phoenix nonprofit focused on technology education, digital literacy, and the ways technology shapes our communities.

Privacy PIE: AZ Tech Laws & Policy Update

Bring your busted phone, laptop, tablet or other tecno-gizmo to the ACSL and use our iFixIt repair stations to repair it.&nbsp; This&nbsp;is a FREE Open House event&nbsp;during which someone will be on hand to help you find credible resources or the right tool for the job!&nbsp; OR just practice tinkering and poke around one of our devices worry-free!&nbsp; We&#39;ll bring the snax, you bring the tech!&nbsp;

Right to Repair - August 2026 (Open House)

Code and Chill: July 2026

Code and Chill: June 2026

The Hardware Happy Hour is a social get-together of engineers, designers, coders, and builders, both hobbyists and professionals. There are no presentations or an agenda. We just get together to talk, share projects, offer suggestions, and often learn in the process. If you have a project, bring it! If you need project ideas or help, stop on by! <span data-testid="emoji" fr-original-style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1/16/1f4c5.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;' style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1/16/1f4c5.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;'>📅&nbsp; Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m.&nbsp; <span data-testid="emoji" fr-original-style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;' style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;'>📍&nbsp;Advanced Cyber Systems Lab&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;GateWay Community College - Washington Campus &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;108 N. 40th St. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Phoenix, AZ 85034 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Directions and parking map:&nbsp;<a dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> Register here (or just show up) All skill levels welcome. This is a low-key social event, so no speakers, just socializing, snacking and tinkering.&nbsp; If you have a hardware project you&#39;re working on, bring it!&nbsp; If you have a project you&#39;re stuck on, bring it.&nbsp; Or just stop in&nbsp; - There&#39;ll be chill, experienced folks who can answer your questions.&nbsp; We&#39;ll supply (almost any) specialty tools and workspace you may need.&nbsp; There&#39;s plenty of software talk, and programmers are welcome&nbsp;too!&nbsp; This month will have food from Pei Wei, but you&#39;re welcome to bring your own food and (non-alcoholic) beverages to accommodate any allergies or preferences. :)&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1750740659/wysiwyg/g95sr9js1ujqpz3owc2a.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

June 2026 Hardware Happy Hour (3H) - Phoenix

Meet like minded programmers and enjoy some food as we work on our projects together. The group is not pigeonholed into using one specific language meaning anyone from any background or tech stack can join. Chat, collaborate, or work on your own project at your own pace.&nbsp; If anyone is interested in presenting what they are working on then feel free to reach out. Email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> We look forward to seeing you there. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Code and Chill: May 2026

This isn&#39;t quite a traditional ham group per se; we&#39;ll do lots of cool activities or have talks that help you learn to use your radio or, in more advanced sessions, really let that ham nerd flag fly on some technical deep dives. This Month: You&#39;ve got your license, you&#39;ve got your radio....now what? Learn to program your radio and the basics of getting on the air from Andrew Cornwall, who literally&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://a.co/d/0cAIvQDw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">wrote the book&nbsp;</a>on the subject!&nbsp; All experience levels welcome, and you don&#39;t need a license to join.&nbsp;Drop in even if you&#39;re just ham-curious and get your questions answered in a friendly and welcoming environment. About Andrew Cornwall:&nbsp;Andrew Cornwall is active in the emergency communications community in Arizona. He has managed and taken part in large scale communications exercises and public service events. He is an ARES Emergency Coordinator, a manager of the Arizona Emergency Net-Maricopa training net, and is accredited as an ICS Incident Communication Center Manager (INCM) and Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) resource. He is a trainer and volunteer examiner.&nbsp; For questions, disability accommodations or feedback, email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> Can&#39;t wait to see you there!&nbsp; <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Ham Radio Group (May 2026): Learn to program your radio!

The Hardware Happy Hour is a social get-together of engineers, designers, coders, and builders, both hobbyists and professionals. There are no presentations or an agenda. We just get together to talk, share projects, offer suggestions, and often learn in the process. If you have a project, bring it! If you need project ideas or help, stop on by! <span data-testid="emoji" fr-original-style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1/16/1f4c5.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;' style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1/16/1f4c5.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;'>📅&nbsp; Thursday, November 13 at 7 p.m.&nbsp; <span data-testid="emoji" fr-original-style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;' style='cursor: default; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;'>📍&nbsp;Advanced Cyber Systems Lab&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;GateWay Community College - Washington Campus &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;108 N. 40th St. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Phoenix, AZ 85034 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Directions and parking map:&nbsp;<a dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> Register here (or just show up) All skill levels welcome. This is a low-key social event, so no speakers, just socializing, snacking and tinkering.&nbsp; If you have a hardware project you&#39;re working on, bring it!&nbsp; If you have a project you&#39;re stuck on, bring it.&nbsp; Or just stop in&nbsp; - There&#39;ll be chill, experienced folks who can answer your questions.&nbsp; We&#39;ll supply (almost any) specialty tools and workspace you may need.&nbsp; There&#39;s plenty of software talk, and programmers are welcome&nbsp;too!&nbsp; This month will have food from Z&#39;s Greek, but you&#39;re welcome to bring your own food and (non-alcoholic) beverages to accommodate any allergies or preferences. :)&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1750740659/wysiwyg/g95sr9js1ujqpz3owc2a.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

May 2026 Hardware Happy Hour (3H) - Phoenix

Would you like to get away? To where everybody knows your name... or just work on some code? Then this is the group for you. Meet like minded programmers and enjoy some food as we work on our projects together. The group is not pigeonholed into using one specific language meaning anyone from any background or tech stack can join. Chat, collaborate, or work on your own project at your own pace.&nbsp; If anyone is interested in presenting what they are working on then feel free to reach out. Email:&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> We look forward to seeing you there. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Code and Chill: April 2026

This will be a two-part event.&nbsp; First, there will be&nbsp;a presentation on the apps, gadgets and tech resources that can help keep you safe. This includes everything from tracking apps (that aren&#39;t Google Stalk) to apps that turn your phone into a panic button and more. We&#39;ll also go over credible content creators and other resources that can help you learn to be prepared for a variety of situations that women disproportionately face.&nbsp; After the tech presentation, that can keep you safe + a women&#39;s self defense <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.phxkravfit.com/what-is-krav-maga/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Krav Maga</a> class by Phoenix <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.phxkravfit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Krav Maga and Fitness.</a> You will learn a number of specific self-defense moves specifically designed to keep women safe when faced with aggressive and often larger opponents. The class will be led by&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.phxkravfit.com/who-is-sifu-matt-numrich/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Sifu Matt Numrich</a>, who has specialized in self defense specifically for decades.&nbsp; About Sifu Matt Numrich:&nbsp;Matt Numrich began studying martial arts (under Guru Dan Inosanto) in Bruce Lees&rsquo;s art of Jeet Kune Do. His work on JKD has been published in a number of international martial arts publications and he was a media resource post-9/11 who also trained the Federal Air Marshal&rsquo;s Chicago O&rsquo;Hare office in 2003.&nbsp; In addition to decades of training a wide swath of military, police, and security personnel, Matt has developed self-defense classes specifically young adults, children with learning disabilities (ADD/ADHD), and family members seeking proactive home/environment safety.&nbsp; His interest in Krav Maga began when Matt saw a need for untrained civilians to have access to a martial art method that was accessible to them and, after a lifetime of both physical and theoretical study, he determined Krav Maga is best suited for this purpose. Matt earned his black belt and is a certified Krav Maga instructor.&nbsp; Email:&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> We look forward to seeing you there. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions and Parking Map:&nbsp;Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Women's Self Defense Tech

Let&#39;s all get depressed about our increasingly dystopian surveillance society together! Part support group, part watch party! Come to the ACSL and meet like-privacy-minded folks, enjoy food or snax, and watch the&nbsp;Data Privacy Week 2026 Kick-off from&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="http://StaySafeOnline.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">StaySafeOnline.org</a>. About the video:&nbsp;Kick off Data Privacy Week with an eye-opening conversation about the information you share online every day, often without even realizing it. From shopping online to asking questions to an AI chatbot, our digital footprint has grown in ways that can feel complicated, or even out of our control. Join us as we bring clarity to the confusion and give you the tools to feel confident in a rapidly changing online landscape. You&rsquo;ll hear from privacy champions and technology experts who break down what &ldquo;data privacy&rdquo; really means for individuals today. We&#39;ll take a look at how personal information moves through the digital world, why it matters, and what simple steps you can take to take control of your data.

Privacy PIE Watch Party – Data Privacy Week 2026 Kickoff

Would you like to get away? To where everybody knows your name... or just work on some code? Then this is the group for you. Meet like minded programmers and enjoy some tacos as we kick off this new group together. The group is not pigeonholed into using one specific language meaning anyone from any background or tech stack can join. Chat, collaborate, or work on your own project at your own pace.&nbsp; If anyone is interested in presenting what they are working on then feel free to reach out. <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> We look forward to seeing you there. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a>.

Code and Chill

If you haven&#39;t heard, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/phoenix.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">MicroCenter</a> has opened a new Phoenix location on 44th St. and Thomas in the Arcadia shopping center. We&#39;ve arranged a TEC Trip to the store with a personally led tour by the manager, some swag, and a Q&amp;A with one of their workbench techs. Sure, you could&nbsp;bop around the store on your own, but why not go with awesome TEC folks and get the luxe concierge version? We promise it&#39;ll be way more fun.&nbsp; There&#39;s a ton of great eating options in the shopping center so we may do a Five Guys or Chipotle dinner after. Let us know if you&#39;re interested in an after-event nosh.&nbsp; &nbsp;Thursday, March 19 6 p.m.&nbsp; &nbsp;MicroCenter Phoenix&nbsp;4531 E Thomas RdPhoenix, AZ 85018 We may grab a bit at one of the restaurants nearby afterwards if there&#39;s enough interest.&nbsp;

TEC TRIP: MicroCenter Phoenix

Learn to build AI applications with enhanced security, implementing best practices for secure and responsible AI development. In this session, Gavin will walk through the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model (LLM) applications &mdash; and cover the most critical security risks associated with AI systems. As the author of two of the OWASP top 10, he&rsquo;ll share lessons from his work in penetration testing, practical ways these risks show up in real-world environments, and strategies to mitigate them. 📅 Wednesday, February 18🕖 6 p.m.&nbsp;📍 Advanced Cyber Systems Lab Directions and parking map:&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gtklondike?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAE1Cz30Bf3TuG9I8R1oHos1qElsEPzzQBtE&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all%3B2hhGy%2FzHRqCXmtFeKCOT1g%3D%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Gavin Klondike</a> is a principle security consultant and an independent researcher specializing in penetration testing and AI. He is the former head of demos and workshops for the AI Village and the lead author for two of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications.&nbsp;He is also the founder of the YouTube channel&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://youtube.com/@netsecexplained" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">NetSec Explained</a> where he shares intermediate to advanced level network security topics in an easy-to-understand way.&nbsp; Gavin is dedicated to sharing his knowledge with the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, to help them level up their skills. His current research focus is in finding ways to address the cybersecurity skills gap, by utilizing AI/ML to augment the capabilities of existing security resources.

OWASP Top 10 Talk by Gavin Klondike of NetSec Explained

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">🌟 Empower people with TEC! 🌟<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">TEC is a 100% volunteer-driven organization.<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable. Your donation is 100% tax deductible. Your support directly pays our annual costs which include, but are not limited to:&nbsp; - Website hosting services&nbsp; - Insurance (required for our MOU with Gateway for use of the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab and other events)&nbsp; - Legal fees (occasional, but needed for things like the Right to Repair waiver)&nbsp; - Accounting fees (nonprofit tax filing by a certified nonprofit CPA)&nbsp; - The delicious food we provide at most of our events&nbsp; - Filament for the 3D printer (Occasional - TEC fidget spinners; community projects)&nbsp; - Supporting the AZ Tech Community (sponsoring tickets to DEFCON, CactusCon, and other educational events for aspiring technologists; co-sponsoring the Sober in Cyber CactusCon after party, etc.)&nbsp; - Miscellaneous administrative costs (business cards and occasional meetings with community partners like AzTEA or the EFF) - Instructors and equipment for workshops (e.g., the hotspots for last year&#39;s Rayhunter workshop; the Stop the Bleed course for the emergency ham radio session, etc.).&nbsp; All TEC volunteers and board members are unpaid and generously donate A LOT of time, energy, and whole ton of effort to keep this awesome lil&#39; org going.&nbsp; This isn&#39;t boilerplate: when we say we appreciate your donation, we mean it in the most sincere and literal sense possible.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;

🌟 Empower people with TEC! 🌟TEC is a 100% volunteer-driven organization.Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable. Your donation is 100% tax deductible.Your support directly pays our annual costs which include, but are not limited to: - Website hosting services - Insurance (required for our MOU with Gateway for use of the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab and other events) - Legal fees (occasional, but needed for things like the Right to Repair waiver) - Accounting fees (nonprofit tax filing by a certified nonprofit CPA) - The delicious food we provide at most of our events - Filament for the 3D printer (Occasional - TEC fidget spinners; community projects) - Supporting the AZ Tech Community (sponsoring tickets to DEFCON, CactusCon, and other educational events for aspiring technologists; co-sponsoring the Sober in Cyber CactusCon after party, etc.) - Miscellaneous administrative costs (business cards and occasional meetings with community partners like AzTEA or the EFF)- Instructors and equipment for workshops (e.g., the hotspots for last year's Rayhunter workshop; the Stop the Bleed course for the emergency ham radio session, etc.). All TEC volunteers and board members are unpaid and generously donate A LOT of time, energy, and whole ton of effort to keep this awesome lil' org going. This isn't boilerplate: when we say we appreciate your donation, we mean it in the most sincere and literal sense possible.

Join fellow programmers, students and tech-curious humans for a relaxed, hands-on evening focused on Python &mdash; one of the world&rsquo;s most popular and versatile programming languages. Join fellow programmers, students and tech-curious people for a relaxed evening focused on Python &mdash; one of the world&rsquo;s most popular and versatile programming languages. Whether you&rsquo;re completely new to Python, learning the basics, use it professionally or have a project you&rsquo;ve been meaning to work on, you&rsquo;re welcome. Bring your laptop, bring your questions and bring whatever you&rsquo;re working on &mdash; or just show up and see what everyone else is building. TEC CTO Connor Johnson facilitates PyPhoenix and he&#39;ll be on hand to help newcomers get started, answer questions and provide guidance when somebody inevitably spends 20 minutes discovering the problem was one character on line 37. You&rsquo;ll have time to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Learn and practice Python in a friendly, low-pressure environment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get help&nbsp;with a Python problem or project</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Work alongside other programmers and compare approaches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share something&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve built or discovered</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meet other people in the local tech community</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Eat some food&nbsp;while doing all of the above</li></ul>New to programming? Come anyway. You don&rsquo;t need to arrive with a project or be able to explain what a dictionary comprehension is. Curiosity is enough to get started. More experienced dev?&nbsp;Bring whatever Python problem is bugging you. Come code. Come learn. Come chill. Connor Johnson is Chief Technology Officer and a Board Member of Technology Education Collective (TEC), where he helps develop TEC&rsquo;s technical programs and supports its mission of making technology education accessible while helping students and aspiring technologists find their way into the industry. Connor is a senior web developer and the owner of Design Hewer LLC. He has worked with companies and universities on web development, code quality and building stronger online presences, and brings both professional development experience and a genuine enthusiasm for helping other people learn. Want to share something? If you&rsquo;re interested in presenting a Python project, tool, technique or something else you&rsquo;ve been working on, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you. Email <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>._____________________________________________________________________________________________________Finding usAdvanced Cyber Systems Lab (ACSL) GateWay Community College &ndash; Washington Campus 108 N. 40th St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA Building. Park in Lots 3 or 4 near 40th and Washington streets. Enter the MA Building through the double glass doors and take the staircase immediately to your left. Room 2108 is the first door on your right on the second floor. Yes, there&rsquo;s a bright orange wall. Trust the orange wall. If the building is locked: Call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down to let you in. Directions: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://techedcollab.org/directions/</a> Questions, feedback or disability accommodation requests? <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">contact@techedcollab.org</a>

PyPhoenix Meetup - Python Group (Nov 2026)

This isn&#39;t quite a traditional ham group per se; we&#39;ll do lots of cool activities or have talks that help you learn to use your radio or, in more advanced sessions, really let that ham nerd flag fly on some technical deep dives. All experience levels welcome, and you don&#39;t need a license (or even a radio) to join.&nbsp;You&#39;re welcome even if you&#39;re just ham-curious and get your questions answered in a friendly and welcoming environment. We have a topic every month and Andrew Cornwall leads an informal discussion about it, answering questions and sharing ham stories and tips. It is not a formal talk but you will most likely learn something new or cool.&nbsp; Radio Show and Tell: If you have a ham radio or cool ham-related techno-widget we want to see it!&nbsp; So come cue up with us!&nbsp; About Andrew Cornwall:&nbsp;Andrew Cornwall is active in the emergency communications community in Arizona. He has managed and taken part in large scale communications exercises and public service events. He is an ARES Emergency Coordinator, a manager of the Arizona Emergency Net-Maricopa training net, and is accredited as an ICS Incident Communication Center Manager (INCM) and Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) resource. He is a trainer and volunteer examiner.&nbsp; For questions, disability accommodations or feedback, email: <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:email:contact@techedcollab.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">contact@techedcollab.org</a> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://techedcollab.org/directions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab</a> <img src="https://techedcollab.org/TEC_Directions.webp" alt="Location of Advanced Cyber Systems Lab on a map." width="600" height="450" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: start;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building. If the door to the building is locked, please call (602) 286-8831 and someone will come down and let you in.&nbsp; Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it.&nbsp;

Ham Radio Group (November 2026): Topic TBD

Learn the basics of the soldering iron, one of the fundamental tools for electronics work. Join TEC for an Intro to Soldering workshop that will take you through the fundamentals of melting hot metal to form electrical connections. You&rsquo;ll get experience with different kinds of soldering irons and soldering workstations, and leave with a completed project you soldered yourself. TEC will provide all necessary tools and equipment.&nbsp; This&nbsp;workshop&nbsp;is for:<ul fr-original-style="text-align: start;" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">people who&nbsp;have never soldered before and&nbsp;want to get started</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">those who have recently started&nbsp;soldering&nbsp;and want to learn more.&nbsp;</li></ul> Come to learn about:<ul fr-original-style="text-align: start;" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The equipment you need to solder</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Different kinds of soldering irons and workstations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Types of solder and what to avoid</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Techniques for soldering wires, circuit board components, headers, and cable connectors</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">How to desolder when things go wrong</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tools that can make your life easier when soldering</li></ul> The Right to Repair folks say, &ldquo;if you can&rsquo;t repair it, you don&rsquo;t own it.&rdquo; With today&rsquo;s electronics, that often means you need to solder something. But&nbsp;soldering isn&rsquo;t just for when you want to&nbsp;repair someone else&rsquo;s electronics.&nbsp;If you want to&nbsp;create&nbsp;your own electronics projects, soldering is a&nbsp;key&nbsp;skill. Limited to 9 attendees. About&nbsp;Andrew&nbsp;Cornwall:Andrew Cornwall has been burning his fingers for over 45 years. He has assembled kits designed by others and built his own electronics using through-hole and surface mount hand-soldering techniques. Andrew knows that soldering can be intimidating at first, and his goal is to introduce others and build their confidence and ability.

November Soldering Workshop

Meshtastic is a free, open-source mesh network that lets you send text messages, share GPS locations, and communicate off-grid using small, affordable radios. No cell service, no internet, no monthly fees, no license required.&nbsp; Come join us in discussing Meshtastic; whether you are a licensed ham operator, a hardware hacker, someone who likes to be prepared, or love the outdoors and are looking for off-grid comms, this circle is for you.&nbsp; &middot;&nbsp;Hardware Show &amp; Tell:&nbsp;Bring your nodes! Discuss the pros and cons of different boards and setups. &middot;&nbsp;Troubleshooting:&nbsp;Stuck on a firmware issue or range problem? Let&rsquo;s solve it together. &middot;&nbsp;The Future of the Mesh:&nbsp;How can we grow the local network?&nbsp; Bring your devices, your questions. No prior experience or hardware is necessary&mdash;newcomers are welcome to participate. _______________________________________ Directions to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at Gateway Community College <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1794174727/wysiwyg/dfnurcqoybhagamhdq7l.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> GateWay Community College - Washington Campus&nbsp; 108 N. 40th St.&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ 85034 The ACSL is located in Room 2108 of the MA building upstairs. &nbsp;Park in lots 3 and 4 at Gateway Community College on 40th and Washington Street. The Advanced Cyber Systems Lab is located on the second floor of the MA building in room 2108. Go through the double glass doors and up the staircase to your immediate left. The room is the first door on the right in the hallway. The wall is bright orange so you can&rsquo;t miss it. There is also a sign on the door with a number you can call for someone to come down and lead the way.

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