The station was opened on Novemwith a Special Event station. Originally Bob Southworth chaired this responsibility. This stage will be a continuing operation as long as the station exists. Stage three was recruitment and training of volunteer Amateur Radio Operators to operate and display the station to the general public.

Ervin Jackson chaired this stage which started upon approval by Discovery Place of the final plans and specifications, letting of bids, and acceptance of contracts to build. Stage two was the fund raising and promotion of the project. Bob chaired responsibility for stage one. Stage one covered the design of the station, purchase of equipment, and installation. Working with Discovery Place, a three stage program was established. Several club members visited similar installations and reported to the committee.

Bob visited several Amateur Radio Exhibits on the east coast for ideas and mainly to find out what did not work. Since Bob was available during working hours, he worked with the architect and reported back to the rest of the committee, which would periodically report on progress made and the time schedule, to our Board of Directors. A committee with our club president Wilton McAllister WB4PCS, Karl Boxer AB4BI, and Bob Southworth KI4YV, was appointed by our Board of Directors. Freda assigned Bob to working with the newly selected architect as a consultant for the radio room. In 1987, Ervin Jackson N4BIG, attended a meeting of the Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society urging the club to support and foster a Ham station in Discovery Place.Д«ob Southworth KI4YV, planning retirement, contacted Freda Nicholson, Executive Director of Discovery Place, offering his services in the preparation of a feasibility study for incorporating an Amateur Radio station in the new building. They were promised that the next addition would include the station and now the dream has been realized. They did however instill in Discovery Place planning, the need for a Ham station at this facility. Those working on the project back then, and I know I will miss some, were Regan Rowe W4FHI, Bob Thomas N4BX, Ervin Jackson N4BIG, and others at this writing. Due to budget constraints, Discovery Place Museum was opened in 1981 without the Amateur Radio Education Center. The Amateur Radio Education Center has been a dream since the late 1970вЂ™s when the Discovery Place concept was being developed. After the remodeling of Discovery Place in 2009, they decided they needed the space occupied by the Amateur Radio Education Center for other use and did not allow it to reopen. Origin of our Discovery Place Amateur Radio Education Center The Amateur Radio Education Center at Discovery Place is closed.

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