• 1993:
  KYHAM started as a message group on a telephone based BBS called Intellectual Dementia. The BBS had a Usenet connection that brought users in from around the state. Hams in the Central KY area were calling the BBS directly and other hams from around the state were contributing from universities and other corporate mainframes that were connected to the small but growing Kentucky Internet community. Many thanks to James Riser at stdio.com for this auspicious start.
• 1996:
  The BBS was getting maybe 2-3 calls a week. The whole BBS scene was dying with the advent of the Internet, and I was trying to find a way to take Intellectual Dementia offline forever, but I didn't want to disconnect KYHAM. Then I ran into Al Waller, K3TKJ over at qsl.net and qth.net, and he was offering free listservs and web pages to hams, and ham organizations. Al never told me this, but I think that we started something by bringing KYHAM to his system. Shortly after we installed KYHAM there, I began to notice that there were listservs for all 50 states.
• 1996-2003:
  I learned more about web sites, and kept "tinkering." Then, people kept saying that they were using it for a resource, which is the entire reason I wanted to put the site online in the first place. I take their comments as an honor, because I feel I did something right, and it was useful to hams in Kentucky.
  
  Over the years, I have thought about registering a domain for the site, but had resisted the urge because the prices were a little much in the beginning. The thought slipped my mind for quite a while until Tyler Allison, KI4BUM (don't let the callsign fool you, he ain't one) approached me and said he was willing to help. That is where we are today. But we will be changing the site even more in the coming weeks/months. With Tyler's help, we are going to have some new capabilities and features to make the site an even better resource.
  
  Also, thanks to Don Marquardt, K9SOA, for transferring the "deed" on the www.kyham.net domain. He had registered it a long time ago, but had never used it.
  
  
• 2006-2008:
  In Feburary 2006, the KYHAM listserv was transferred to the www.kyham.net domain so that more control and ability to respond to technical issues could be accomplished. While all KYHAM facilities are leaving QSL and QTH.NET we continue to praise their efforts while enterring a new era in trying to serve amateur radio operators in KY. Those who support amateur radio are encouraged to support their efforts by donations to their services. They give freely, and amateur radio should give back to them!
• January 2009:
  KYHAM moved to a new hosting company. Boy was the transition a challenge. The sudden hosting change, and too many hours at the office turned out to be a recipe for problems. Links were broken, the forms didn't work, etc, etc. I thank everyone for their patience.
  
  Onward and upward in 2010.
  

The list of thank you's from KYHAM is long, and I how we don't omit anyone. Let's start at the top of the list.

• You! - The Kentucky Amateur Radio Community. If it were not for the support of the hams in Kentucky, this web site would have withered on the vine a long time ago. Since 1993, we have believed that an outdated and inaccurate web site would not serve the amateur radio community.
• Organizations! - So many Kentucky ham radio clubs, organizations, VEs, ARES groups, and the ARRL KY Section Coordinators have supplied KYHAM with information that it started becoming a touchstone where anyone looking for amateur radio resources in Kentucky can start finding them. In the past six months (June-November 2009), we have been averaging a shade over 4000 hits per month. This does not include search bots.
• Individuals! - There have been quite a few individuals who have contributed above and beyond the call to support and/or shape KYHAM's mission.

  • Tyler Allison, KI4BUM - Tyler really helped bring KYHAM into its own. He urged me to get my own domain www.kyham.net and provided hosting and technical support. Thank you Tyler for giving KYHAM it's domain name. He also donated a lot of personal resources to the keeping the site going. Tyler hosts a site that provides real time level 3 radar and weather data for subscribers. I thank him for doing that.
  • Jim Brooks, KY4Z - As SM, Jim has perpetuated the role that KYHAM plays in the Kentucky amateur radio community.
  • Amber Clayton, KG4IFO - In 2009, Amber began grading KY ARES EmComm Training online exams. By doing so, Amber has has allowed the site admin to spend more time on site development.
  • Ron Dodson, KA4MAP - As SEC, Ron brought KYHAM into its own in a different way. He introduced it to the KY ARES community over local and HF nets. He spent a great deal of time writing training that we could publish on the site for state and local ARES nets to use.
  • Kenny Garrett, N4KLG - Named SEC in 2009, Kenny has continued the promotion of KYHAM as a resource by KY ARES. Like Dodson, he has put his full support behind the site. Kenny is a co-administrator on the KYHAM BBS and helps when needed on any other site needs.
  • Martin Hensley, KF4EBC - Marty pushed me to do better, better, and make it work.
  • Craig Still, N4CQR - As SEC in the mid 1990's Craig did his best to gather hams to the email list, and even when it was ugly, to the web site.
  • John Meyers, NB4K - John wasn't sure about KYHAM at first, but when he realized that it was objective, he also championed it.
  • Al Waller, K3TKJ - Al's contribution to the national ham radio community with www.qsl.net and several other ham related domains. Al retired in 2008 to pursue other interests, but the legacy he started in providing free mailing lists and web sites to individual hams and clubs truly is in the spirit of amateur radio!