By Madison

            Mr. Schwan's class at Saint Michael Lutheran School learned about weather hams from early September to mid-October. A weather ham is an amateur radio operator who reports the weather where he or she lives. Weather hams do it because they want to compare weather with people around the world. Mr. Schwan's class wanted to be able to report the weather in their area by using Mr. Schwan's radio. First the class logged on to the computer to check which weather hams would be able to report the weather. Next, Mr. Schwan's class gathered the local weather information using the computer and their eyes. Third, they reported the weather to the other weather hams on the radio. Finally, the other weather hams reported their own weather, and Mr. Schwan's class wrote the weather information on a log.