WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.020 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:06.419 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:13.380 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:18.039 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:23.260 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:23.260 --> 00:00:32.259 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:32.259 --> 00:01:00.380 we go! Welcome to Amtok Live! Good afternoon, 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:03.939 a rare afternoon episode of Ham Talk Live. It's 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:08.859 episode number 321. Ham, Vincent, Duck, Ham, 00:01:09.019 --> 00:01:13.450 and Quackers recorded. On July 9th, 2023, I'm 00:01:13.450 --> 00:01:16.530 your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning 00:01:16.530 --> 00:01:20.209 in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Today we're 00:01:20.209 --> 00:01:26.469 joined by Juni Casone, N1DUC. And last episode, 00:01:26.670 --> 00:01:30.030 Paul Bork, N1SFE, was here to talk about field 00:01:30.030 --> 00:01:32.609 day. If you missed that, you can listen anytime, 00:01:32.930 --> 00:01:37.010 hamtalklive .com, or any episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:37.049 --> 00:01:40.519 Just go to hamtalklive .com. or on your favorite 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:46.060 podcast app or on YouTube. So yeah, rare afternoon 00:01:46.060 --> 00:01:51.040 episode. We actually recorded this last evening 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:55.040 and things are really crazy around the house 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.219 right now. If you haven't checked your calendar, 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:03.219 Yoda camp. uh, starts on Sunday up in Ottawa. 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:06.859 And so I'm putting the finishing touches on all 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:10.199 the preparations for that. And, uh, we're actually 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.500 leaving in the morning. So that's why we have 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:16.120 an afternoon one. I still have errands to run 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.000 for camp and some other stuff and some programming 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.039 stuff that I'm working on, um, tonight. So, uh, 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.840 rare afternoon episode here. Uh, but hope you 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.909 have a chance to, uh, to tune in to us from Yoda 00:02:31.909 --> 00:02:35.430 Camp. We'll be on the Youth on the Air YouTube 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:39.009 channel. We'll be streaming the opening ceremony, 00:02:39.550 --> 00:02:43.930 the heiress contact, and then the closing ceremony 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:47.629 and some other things. But one of the real cool 00:02:47.629 --> 00:02:50.590 things to check out are the daily highlight videos. 00:02:50.889 --> 00:02:54.069 Brian Esche, WB9QVR puts those together for us 00:02:54.069 --> 00:02:57.240 every day. And so you get to see a two to three 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.860 minute video of what we did the previous day. 00:02:59.900 --> 00:03:02.159 So it only takes a couple of minutes to watch. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.280 So make sure you check those out. Again, look 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.639 for Youth on the Air on YouTube. And you can 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:13.860 catch that. And we'll be on the air between sessions. 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:16.680 So we don't have a real regular schedule. It's 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:20.199 not like a special event or a de -expedition. 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.419 uh... where we're trying to just work everybody 00:03:23.419 --> 00:03:26.180 uh... you know what we just give a chance for 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:29.139 people to get on the air uh... during our breaks 00:03:29.139 --> 00:03:32.680 uh... and then in the evening hours uh... eight 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:36.319 to eleven p m eastern time uh... you should hear 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:40.240 us on quite a bit uh... we've got the heiress 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.520 contact at two forty two p m on tuesday uh... 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:51.000 that's july uh... eighteenth So we will we will 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.860 have that and then We're going to go to a poda 00:03:55.860 --> 00:03:58.159 activation right after that weather permitting 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:03.800 so from 3 to 5 p .m. Eastern time Will be out 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.759 in a twofer so you can get the rido canal and 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:12.629 also the experimental park up in Ottawa. So you 00:04:12.629 --> 00:04:15.430 can get us there. And because we shuffled some 00:04:15.430 --> 00:04:17.029 of the schedule around, we're only going to be 00:04:17.029 --> 00:04:18.910 there a couple hours. So we're doing a three 00:04:18.910 --> 00:04:22.870 hour POTA activation on Thursday morning. So 00:04:22.870 --> 00:04:28.470 from nine until noon on Thursday, that would 00:04:28.470 --> 00:04:34.370 be the, let's see, 16, 17, 18, 20th, July 20th, 00:04:34.470 --> 00:04:38.829 you can catch us. There as well as we'll be on 00:04:38.829 --> 00:04:41.529 some satellites Wednesday morning and Thursday 00:04:41.529 --> 00:04:44.970 morning the 19th and 20th So and maybe the 21st 00:04:44.970 --> 00:04:47.790 if we if we have some time So those are some 00:04:47.790 --> 00:04:50.410 times that you can catch us on we've got that 00:04:50.410 --> 00:04:53.750 advertised on youth on the air org so You can 00:04:53.750 --> 00:04:56.810 check that out as well as our social media. So 00:04:57.230 --> 00:05:00.009 So that's what's coming up. So I'm going to be 00:05:00.009 --> 00:05:04.629 gone for Almost two weeks here to make this thing 00:05:04.629 --> 00:05:09.889 happen. So I'll be back on ham talk live after 00:05:09.889 --> 00:05:14.269 that and You know may send out some some updates 00:05:14.269 --> 00:05:16.829 on social media while we're there. But anyway, 00:05:17.490 --> 00:05:21.149 that's what's happening here But we've got Juni 00:05:21.149 --> 00:05:25.199 and and mochi her duck that was at Hamvention, 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:28.139 so we're going to talk about that right after 00:05:28.139 --> 00:05:31.980 this word from ICOM America right here on HamTalk 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:35.060 Live. From base stations to more portable models, 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:38.439 ICOM has the best radio for working your favorite 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.519 bands this summer, whether outside enjoying sunny 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:46.120 skies or inside by the AC. 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She's 00:08:39.250 --> 00:08:44.549 a veteran and an avid activator of parks, lighthouses, 00:08:44.970 --> 00:08:47.269 and anywhere she can go affordable. She also 00:08:47.269 --> 00:08:52.320 has three ducks. And one of them, Mochi, is with 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.220 us as well. And we'll hear from Mochi off and 00:08:56.220 --> 00:09:01.779 on probably as we go. And we'll try for Mochi 00:09:01.779 --> 00:09:05.080 here in a little bit. But you may remember her 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.480 back on episode 263. We had her here to talk 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:15.000 about Pota and the ducks. So, Juni, welcome back. 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.370 Hey, thanks so much for having me, Neil. Well, 00:09:19.370 --> 00:09:23.610 it was great finally meeting up with you at Hamvention 00:09:23.610 --> 00:09:27.169 and and we had all kinds of of cool pictures 00:09:27.169 --> 00:09:30.730 and I sent out one picture on on Facebook Twitter 00:09:30.730 --> 00:09:35.409 and Instagram yesterday of us at the Yoda booth 00:09:35.409 --> 00:09:41.769 with mochi and We really enjoyed watching mochi 00:09:41.769 --> 00:09:46.830 go around at Hamvention and One of the things 00:09:46.830 --> 00:09:51.179 that you Have happened to you at Hamvention if 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:54.440 you know a lot of people know you you stand out, 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:59.659 you know kind of like antenna hair girl and Joe 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:02.399 with the dr. Seuss hat and everything and now 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.519 you've got the duck and and I know you made the 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.909 comment that was like Okay, I need to leave because 00:10:07.909 --> 00:10:10.370 it's gonna take me 30 minutes before I can get 00:10:10.370 --> 00:10:17.769 out of the building because That's what happens 00:10:17.769 --> 00:10:21.389 to you with fame I'm telling you huh for sure 00:10:21.389 --> 00:10:25.610 for sure So yeah, so she spent quite a bit of 00:10:25.610 --> 00:10:28.629 time at the Yoda booth and we were we were talking 00:10:28.629 --> 00:10:36.409 and we had a lot of younger people come up and 00:10:36.409 --> 00:10:39.610 want to pet Mochi and hear about Mochi and everybody. 00:10:40.230 --> 00:10:43.350 So tell us some stories about how Hamvention 00:10:43.350 --> 00:10:47.190 went with taking Mochi around with you the whole 00:10:47.190 --> 00:10:51.990 time. Well, you know, I was staying at Cowan 00:10:51.990 --> 00:10:55.289 Lake State Park with my friends and we actually, 00:10:55.529 --> 00:11:00.179 we did a poda activation from kayaks. and mochi 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:02.799 sat on the back of the kayaks and that was how 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.259 we started our hamvention week was going out 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:07.720 kayaking and doing an activation for parks on 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.059 the air and you know he of course is like the 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:13.960 best duck ever so you know we we start the camp 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:17.000 out we start with poda and then we get to hamvention 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:21.399 and i had a booth there it was a i don't know 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:23.580 not a booth but a table over in the flea market 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:25.740 we thought we might be able to you know talk 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:28.940 about our youtube channel ham and quackers And 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:32.919 when I could, I took Mochi around in the quack 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:37.440 wagon and we, yes, Mochi, and then we walked 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:41.820 around and it ended up, I don't know, we ended 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:45.279 up just walking around and it just, you get stopped 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:47.779 every five seconds. And whether it's, you know, 00:11:47.899 --> 00:11:51.669 people quacking or others. coming up to me and 00:11:51.669 --> 00:11:54.370 going you're the one with the duck or i saw you 00:11:54.370 --> 00:11:57.169 on qrz because there was a video i posted of 00:11:57.169 --> 00:11:59.610 mochi and i doing a poda activation and of course 00:11:59.610 --> 00:12:02.250 i hand the microphone over to mochi and he he 00:12:02.250 --> 00:12:05.049 quacks on command basically if i put a microphone 00:12:05.049 --> 00:12:07.289 in front of him he will quack i actually i have 00:12:07.289 --> 00:12:09.950 one right here yeah yeah i was going to say let's 00:12:09.950 --> 00:12:14.330 put it to the test here yep yep so hi mochi yep 00:12:14.330 --> 00:12:18.409 you want to say hi mochi Don't know if you can 00:12:18.409 --> 00:12:21.570 hear him very well. Yep. Yep. We can hear Okay, 00:12:21.809 --> 00:12:26.789 so anyway, he he walked around with me and I 00:12:26.789 --> 00:12:29.129 think we got the most publicity at least for 00:12:29.129 --> 00:12:31.610 the YouTube channel by just walking around in 00:12:31.610 --> 00:12:35.950 the quack wagon and I you know, this is my first 00:12:35.950 --> 00:12:38.070 -hand venture. So I didn't really know what to 00:12:38.070 --> 00:12:40.090 expect That's why we got a little flea market 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:42.340 spot because we thought okay if the duck gets 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:44.700 tired or you know whatever we could just stop 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:48.480 there and you know he'll be able to rest. So 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:50.779 many people wanted to see him though it was very 00:12:50.779 --> 00:12:54.179 it was a lot for him and I kind of felt bad a 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:56.679 little bit but by the end of the day he would 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.200 he would rest he was eating a salad he was happy 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:02.039 he did just really great with people he's just 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:05.700 so good I was surprised at how well behaved he 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:10.700 was and I think our highlight besides meeting 00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:13.220 up at MFJ and talking with the owner there, but 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:18.379 our highlight was going to the Pota tent and 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:20.720 meeting the people that I've made contact with 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.659 over the years. I can't believe I'm saying years, 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:28.399 but yes, over the years. And everybody knew who 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:32.179 Mochi was. And that was amazing. I mean, you 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:35.679 know, most people have animals and they do activate, 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:38.850 but I think Mochi really he kind of he's a trendsetter 00:13:38.850 --> 00:13:41.549 he's the one who really started the whole you 00:13:41.549 --> 00:13:44.870 know animal parks on the air get out and do stuff 00:13:44.870 --> 00:13:47.830 and and he he's just so well behaved i i mean 00:13:47.830 --> 00:13:51.690 who who wouldn't love mochi oh absolutely and 00:13:51.690 --> 00:13:54.669 and so you were you were you know sharing some 00:13:55.070 --> 00:13:59.470 some duck education too, you know, so, so I know, 00:13:59.470 --> 00:14:02.330 you know, with some of the really young folks 00:14:02.330 --> 00:14:04.590 that were at the booth, you were, you know, teaching 00:14:04.590 --> 00:14:07.049 them now, always make sure you ask first and 00:14:07.049 --> 00:14:09.590 you, you know, here's where you should pet the 00:14:09.590 --> 00:14:13.039 duck and And, uh, and Mochi did great, but yeah, 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.879 I could tell Mochi was exhausted by the time 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.580 you all got to the booth. And I don't know if 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:24.220 it was because of how sunny it was. Um, but the, 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:27.200 it was, the weather was so warm. I didn't expect 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:30.360 it. So I had to really make sure he was hydrated. 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:32.840 He had his water. He had his food. He took breaks. 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:34.659 You know, we would go into the air conditioned 00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:36.980 buildings and make, I would make sure that he 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:40.360 was doing. Okay, the problem is when you're walking 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.600 outside you get stopped by everybody, you know 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.960 every every Every 30 seconds at least, you know 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.799 or you know, I try it what I tried to do Keep 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.320 my head low and walk straight and just keep going 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.059 going Nobody can stop you right and then I would 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:57.639 you know I would take him into shade and let 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.379 him walk around and everything I think um what 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:02.759 you know, I learned a lot from going to this 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.360 first -hand venture and I think next year We're 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.179 just going to walk around in the quack wagon 00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:09.919 and have a little setup for him maybe in the 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.379 Pota area if they're nice enough to do that. 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:15.700 They were wonderful and just to have a little 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:17.899 place for him to hang out so that you know he 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:20.559 he's safe and everything. I was going to bring 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.120 all three ducks this year but that didn't work 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.059 out quite the way I had anticipated because I 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:30.080 decided to swing over to Connecticut and pick 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.200 up household goods and I just didn't have the 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:35.370 room in my truck to bring three ducks and all 00:15:35.370 --> 00:15:38.629 my stuff and you know if i broke down it wouldn't 00:15:38.629 --> 00:15:42.250 be a good a good experience so maybe next year 00:15:42.250 --> 00:15:43.850 i think that that will be the thing and we're 00:15:43.850 --> 00:15:47.350 also we're planning on going to hamcation in 00:15:47.350 --> 00:15:51.809 orlando right mochi right yeah are you excited 00:15:51.809 --> 00:15:56.269 yeah oh yeah yeah he's ready and um i'll probably 00:15:56.269 --> 00:15:59.929 end up bringing all three ducks to that Okay, 00:16:00.149 --> 00:16:03.269 well as long as things go according to plan I 00:16:03.269 --> 00:16:05.450 will I will see you there with all three ducks 00:16:05.450 --> 00:16:11.789 but it's You know, it's not every day you see 00:16:11.789 --> 00:16:17.509 a duck, you know with people and so that was 00:16:17.509 --> 00:16:19.769 that was kind of a draw and I know you you had 00:16:19.769 --> 00:16:22.009 tons and tons of people wanting pictures with 00:16:22.009 --> 00:16:25.389 mochi and Yes, and the pet mochi and so that 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:27.750 was a great experience. But but what what you 00:16:27.750 --> 00:16:29.820 know, you were talking about you know, marketing 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:33.580 your YouTube channel a little bit. Yes. And so, 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.700 you know, this is the first year I haven't had 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:39.960 Hammy, the HamTalk Live mascot around. So I have 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:43.220 this, you know, somebody wear this pig outfit, 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:45.860 you know, with the HamTalk Live t -shirt going 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:49.600 around at Dayton. And, you know, we figured out 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.779 that, you know, we talked about having a booth 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:55.759 and then I'm so tied up with Yoda and all this 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.419 other stuff that I There was no way in the world 00:16:58.419 --> 00:17:03.139 I was going to have a podcast booth, but the 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:07.019 best advertising was, was, you know, somebody 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:10.880 in the pig costume walking around for a couple 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:14.759 hours. We ended up, you know, in the local newspaper 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:18.660 and you know, everything else, lots of people 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:21.759 took pictures. So, so you're on the right track. 00:17:22.649 --> 00:17:25.890 Yeah, you know, maybe for Hamvention next year, 00:17:25.990 --> 00:17:31.210 I'll get in the duck suit and put my logo on 00:17:31.210 --> 00:17:34.950 a shirt and we'll have a duck and a pig walking 00:17:34.950 --> 00:17:39.069 around. Wouldn't that be fun? That would be. 00:17:39.509 --> 00:17:43.410 That would be. I have my little stickers here 00:17:43.410 --> 00:17:49.490 and my koozie. and my Mochi notebook sitting 00:17:49.490 --> 00:17:53.289 here as we're doing this that Junie was kind 00:17:53.289 --> 00:17:58.869 enough to give me at Hamvention as well. How 00:17:58.869 --> 00:18:03.769 was that for you though? I mean, it wore Mochi 00:18:03.769 --> 00:18:07.029 out, but you've got to take the Quackmobile out, 00:18:07.230 --> 00:18:11.680 you know, the Quack Wagon. You know, how was 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.460 that for you dealing with the massiveness of 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:20.240 Hamvention? You know, it was way more overwhelming 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.440 than I thought it was going to be, but almost 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:26.099 in a good way. I think if I didn't have Mochi 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:28.460 with me, it would have just been very plain. 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:31.380 You know, you go around, you spend a ton of money 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:33.299 that you don't really need to be spending money 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:36.559 on, and you know, on radio equipment and such. 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.240 i mean who who doesn't go to invention and spend 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.619 some money uh... i have to say i was exhausted 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:45.839 by the end of the day and and i do have health 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.519 issues and they started things started to bubble 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.700 up you know the day progressed i knew when my 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:56.400 time was you know uh... but when it was time 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.660 you're saying so near by the end of the day i 00:18:58.660 --> 00:19:02.119 was pretty exhausted and Each day was a little 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.119 bit more exhausting, but you know what? We ended 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.579 up going out and doing kayaking, even in the 00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:09.119 evening sometimes, or just fishing, something 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:12.920 relaxing, so that after Hamvention it was, you 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.759 know, it was fun. We had a good time. I can cook 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.480 a mean steak on a fire, let me tell you. I'm 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:20.339 good at cooking steak. Everybody's got their 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:23.180 claims to fame. I'm good at cooking over the 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:26.240 fire. And that's what we did. I mean, I was exhausted. 00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:28.519 I was hungry. I was like, OK, get me some steak. 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.980 Let's do it. So we made gumbo, too. I brought 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:36.700 some gumbo mix. It's not from scratch. But this 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:41.059 is the way that I wound down after such an event. 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:44.519 So yeah, I would have to say it was pretty overwhelming 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.740 for my first time. But I think now that I have 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:50.200 an idea of how big it is, how many people there 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:54.680 are, I can plan better for next year. Yeah, I 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.960 know you know we had planned on meeting up and 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.619 it's like every time we turn around we check 00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:03.700 our phones and it's like oh Well, I can't right 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:10.099 now. Oh, I can't right now Yeah, it was it was 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:14.759 crazy it was and I'm coming I'm coming from the 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:18.400 women's conference and You know, I said it might 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:20.759 take me 45 minutes or an hour to get to you, 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:22.660 but just Stay there. Stay at the Yoda booth. 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:30.299 Well, we got it. So let me ask you this out of 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:34.039 all the photos with with Bochy, what was the 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:39.740 most interesting photo op at Hamvention? I have 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:44.319 to say it would be him sitting on his bag or 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.319 on something. I can't remember what it was in 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:49.230 the podo booth with a podo. He has a, they gave 00:20:49.230 --> 00:20:52.529 him a badge that says Park Coactivator and it 00:20:52.529 --> 00:20:54.549 has Mochi's name on it and it's got the parks 00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:56.529 on the other symbol and he's sitting on his bag 00:20:56.529 --> 00:20:59.509 and I have the POTA, the POTA sign in the background. 00:20:59.750 --> 00:21:02.529 That was my favorite photo that he took at Hamvention. 00:21:02.970 --> 00:21:05.650 I think that was the best. Besides meeting some 00:21:05.650 --> 00:21:09.569 of the youth, there was a Abigail. That's the 00:21:09.569 --> 00:21:12.609 other, if you want to talk about people meeting 00:21:12.609 --> 00:21:15.220 Mochi and getting a photo with him. I would have 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:19.019 to say Abigail, who does 4 -H and lives in Xenia, 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:22.680 she's not a ham yet, but she's looking forward 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:27.079 to becoming a ham and Carlos was doing his skydive 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:30.059 mobile activation or whatever, you know, jumping 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:34.500 off of a frame and they had ARRL pulled a whole 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:37.359 bunch of the, you know, youngsters aside and 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.960 I happened to be standing there and they said, 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:41.279 we need somebody's call sign because some of 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.440 these, you know, some of the youth is not, what 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:47.519 do you call it, licensed. So yeah, they needed 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:49.500 a call sign. I said, yeah, sure, I'll do it. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.619 And they paired me up with Abigail and I asked 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:54.900 her, are you planning on becoming a radio operator 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.920 and all this stuff? And she's like, yeah, I'm 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.900 so into this. I'm so excited. And we got to know 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.539 each other and because she did 4 -H, she got 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:05.839 to meet Mochi and oh my gosh, it was like, they 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:08.279 fell in love and I got this picture of them with 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:12.430 me. And I just, I'm so happy. She reached out 00:22:12.430 --> 00:22:17.549 to me and messaged me on I guess on our page 00:22:17.549 --> 00:22:20.970 on our website and unfortunately it doesn't show 00:22:20.970 --> 00:22:23.329 an email that it was sent from it just kind of 00:22:23.329 --> 00:22:25.369 comes from and she's like I'm so I'm looking 00:22:25.369 --> 00:22:27.690 forward to meeting you again and you know thank 00:22:27.690 --> 00:22:30.369 you for everything and I'm getting my license 00:22:30.369 --> 00:22:33.430 and it really felt great like that photo encompasses 00:22:33.430 --> 00:22:38.579 what I am trying to to have happen, you know, 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:41.640 that was my first interaction really with the 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:46.559 youth and I was more than willing to help I think 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:50.839 that it's important to You know to do that. So 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.259 yeah, that would probably be those two photos 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.920 would be probably the most memorable out of everything 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:02.099 Alright, well we're going to take a break right 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:04.279 now and when we come back we're going to talk 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:06.819 some more with Mochi and Juni and we're going 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:11.319 to talk about the Ham and Quackers channel. So 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:14.339 we'll do that right after this word from Tower 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:28.619 Electronics right here on HamTalk Live. We have 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:32.200 SMA adapters. We have BNC adapters. What can 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:35.460 I show you today? Where's the tower? 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Okay, well, 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:20.660 we're going to get back to Mochi and Juni in 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:23.119 just a minute, but right now it's time for the 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:29.220 N9 GSU Joke of the Week. Now it's time for the 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:32.480 HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:35.240 part of the show where Rick tells us a ham radio 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:38.140 joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:41.880 Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:46.160 Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:53.960 Joke of the Week. My buddy and I were doing a 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:56.559 POTA activation last week and it required quite 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.579 a hike to get to the top of the hill where we're 00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:00.839 going to activate from. As we were hiking up 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:03.839 the trail we came across this beautiful flowering 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.619 tree and my buddy says, what kind of tree is 00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.839 that? I said, it's a dogwood. He said, how did 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.559 you know that? I said, by its bark. This has 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.559 been the Ham Talk Live. Ham radio joke of the 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:18.259 week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:24.470 next week for another joke from Rick. Welcome 00:26:24.470 --> 00:26:28.369 back to HamTalk Live. We're here with Junie N1DUC 00:26:28.369 --> 00:26:34.549 and Mochi. Say hi, Mochi. Say hi. Mochi, you 00:26:34.549 --> 00:26:37.529 wanna say hi? Oh, he's getting tired. I don't 00:26:37.529 --> 00:26:40.390 know. Mochi's getting tired. Okay. There we go. 00:26:40.470 --> 00:26:43.569 There we go. Are you done, Mochi? Do you wanna 00:26:43.569 --> 00:26:50.470 quack? Come on. Yeah? Say hi. Say hi, Mochi. 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:59.279 Oh, he's... He's speechless. He has his moments 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:01.220 where he's really chatty, and then he has his 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:03.359 moments where he's not. But generally speaking, 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:07.400 when I'm operating on HF, I throw that microphone 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:10.720 in front of him, he is on it. Yeah, every time 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:13.119 I turn on a video camera, here comes Rainbow 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:19.160 the cat. Well, let's talk a little bit about 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:21.559 the Ham and Quackers YouTube channel. You've 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:26.880 started this up and I know that you want to educate 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.099 people a little bit about domesticated ducks 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:32.500 as well as ham radio and portable operations 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:37.519 and I love the catchphrase, quacking up the ham 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:41.599 radio community one ham at a time. So tell us 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.019 a little bit about Ham and Quackers. Sure, of 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:48.740 course. I and a lot of people ask me why a duck 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:51.619 why a duck and and I raised ducks as a child 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:56.759 and I Got I connected with them They have this 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.339 because they imprint on their owners, you know, 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.559 they follow you around They really think that 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:05.259 they are, you know your mom and I love the connection 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:08.660 and I've always enjoyed sharing my animals with 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:11.220 others and what a what a better way to do that 00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:13.519 and educate people not only about ham radio, 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:17.069 but about ducks and animals in general, is to 00:28:17.069 --> 00:28:20.730 have a YouTube channel. And what my mission is, 00:28:21.269 --> 00:28:23.170 and this is my mission statement, is to motivate 00:28:23.170 --> 00:28:26.130 individuals to become excited about amateur radio, 00:28:26.470 --> 00:28:28.670 participate in activities, support the hobby 00:28:28.670 --> 00:28:31.450 through education, and ultimately keep the spirit 00:28:31.450 --> 00:28:34.829 of amateur radio alive. So the mission is basically, 00:28:34.829 --> 00:28:38.049 you know, get on the air and do what you can 00:28:38.049 --> 00:28:43.430 to help others to get there. My goal with this 00:28:43.430 --> 00:28:46.390 YouTube channel, I've got 41 videos, I think, 00:28:46.470 --> 00:28:49.430 posted that's mixed with live videos and some 00:28:49.430 --> 00:28:55.250 shorts that I did. But my goal is to get people 00:28:55.250 --> 00:29:00.390 who are new, you know, interested and understanding 00:29:00.390 --> 00:29:03.049 the different facets of the hobby. You know, 00:29:03.049 --> 00:29:05.250 and for people who've been hams for a while, 00:29:05.470 --> 00:29:09.210 I just want to have a place where people can 00:29:09.210 --> 00:29:12.450 come. to learn about the hobby and feel comfortable 00:29:12.450 --> 00:29:16.230 doing so. A lot of people can be very, you know, 00:29:16.509 --> 00:29:18.609 intimidating. There are some people who are mic 00:29:18.609 --> 00:29:22.009 shy. I know a lot of YLs or young ladies that, 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:23.910 you know, they don't feel comfortable. They've 00:29:23.910 --> 00:29:25.589 been licensed for years, but they don't feel 00:29:25.589 --> 00:29:28.349 comfortable talking. Sometimes they just do FTA, 00:29:28.470 --> 00:29:31.349 but they don't want their voice to be heard over, 00:29:31.349 --> 00:29:34.490 you know, a microphone. And I just hope that, 00:29:34.490 --> 00:29:37.130 you know, this can inspire those to do that. 00:29:37.130 --> 00:29:40.559 And also the youth is where it's at. and I do 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:44.680 hope to become more involved in getting the youth 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:49.579 involved. You know, Mochi is just, he's my pet, 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.299 but he also loves ham radio. I mean, he gets 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:55.880 on the air. He's not just a mascot necessarily. 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:59.960 I want people to know that, you know, this hobby 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:04.799 is, it's just so vast and so wonderful and the 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:08.690 people are amazing. Somebody went when mochi 00:30:08.690 --> 00:30:11.069 was hot. I mean it was hot. I didn't have an 00:30:11.069 --> 00:30:12.630 umbrella I didn't have anything to shade him 00:30:12.630 --> 00:30:14.910 while I was walking around and some guy came 00:30:14.910 --> 00:30:17.789 by and And I just said to my friend, you know, 00:30:17.789 --> 00:30:19.930 I could really use an umbrella some guy walks 00:30:19.930 --> 00:30:23.549 by 30 seconds later hands me an umbrella I mean 00:30:23.549 --> 00:30:27.970 Who does that? You know, I just feel like the 00:30:27.970 --> 00:30:30.529 the family and and parks on the air definitely 00:30:30.529 --> 00:30:35.869 has a family it's It's a close -knit group, and 00:30:35.869 --> 00:30:38.490 I really hope that people who are not a part 00:30:38.490 --> 00:30:41.529 of it but are interested can come into it. And 00:30:41.529 --> 00:30:43.690 when they watch the YouTube channel, they feel 00:30:43.690 --> 00:30:46.769 like, oh, I can do this. It's feasible. It's 00:30:46.769 --> 00:30:51.630 not so big. That's what I'm trying to do. Yeah. 00:30:52.970 --> 00:30:56.289 And Mochi's a great way to kind of break the 00:30:56.289 --> 00:31:02.150 ice with that. And you can have fun with this. 00:31:02.369 --> 00:31:07.670 It's not just... Let's build everything. That's 00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:10.710 a great facet of the hobby, but it's not the 00:31:10.710 --> 00:31:16.430 only one. You can have some fun with this. I'm 00:31:16.430 --> 00:31:18.769 just glad that you're having some fun getting 00:31:18.769 --> 00:31:25.170 out there with the POTA operations and other 00:31:25.170 --> 00:31:29.089 lighthouses and all that. Take Mochi along at 00:31:29.089 --> 00:31:33.359 times. it draws attention and and the more people 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:38.299 are aware of ham radio i think the the better 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:42.519 off we are uh i'm i'm kind of yes you know fighting 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:46.220 this whole hoa thing right now and it's like 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:49.700 you know i i i you know i want to i want to talk 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:54.559 to our people and get them to realize, you know, 00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:57.480 what ham radio is and no, I don't want to put 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:00.380 up a, you know, a 200 foot tower in my backyard. 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:03.680 I just want to string up a piece of wire. And, 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:08.720 you know, if people don't know about it, then 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:12.839 they're not going to, you know, be as likely 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.740 to say yes. And so I think the more that we can 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:19.880 make people aware of it, even if they don't become 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:26.140 hams, the more mainstream it is, the better off 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:29.420 we're all gonna be. And I think that's where 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:34.759 that can help out a lot. Sounds like a great 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:38.539 plan. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. So one of the 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:40.819 things that I found is when I tell people about 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:43.160 amateur radio from the start and they're not 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.420 licensed they go well you could just pick up 00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:47.359 your your cell phone and talk to that person 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:52.160 and I go But that isn't the case if your cell 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.259 phone towers are down. Well, they'll you know, 00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:56.559 they'll they'll get fixed I said well if you 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:58.599 have a hurricane, let's let's remember Hurricane 00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.880 Katrina, you know How long were they without 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.400 cell phone service? I mean we're talking weeks, 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:09.019 maybe even months so you know people I think 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:12.640 don't the general public doesn't understand how 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.700 important it is to know how to use emergency 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:19.059 communications and also have a good time you 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:21.400 know just socializing I think the coolest thing 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:24.779 about amateur radio and and I still it still 00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.960 puts chills down my you know I I get goosebumps 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.640 on the back of my neck so when you make that 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:34.329 contact you know with this antenna that really 00:33:34.329 --> 00:33:38.730 is is not much more than a wire, right? And you 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:42.130 make a contact in like, you know, Puerto Rico, 00:33:42.450 --> 00:33:44.410 you don't even know the person or, you know, 00:33:44.410 --> 00:33:48.430 you make a contact in Poland or Germany or, you 00:33:48.430 --> 00:33:50.410 know, oh, gosh, anybody who gets New Zealand 00:33:50.410 --> 00:33:52.990 or Australia, I haven't made that contact yet. 00:33:53.809 --> 00:33:56.930 But to say that you did it and you might not 00:33:56.930 --> 00:33:59.529 know the person, but the idea that you even were 00:33:59.529 --> 00:34:02.269 able to speak with somebody bouncing the signal. 00:34:02.329 --> 00:34:06.109 off the atmosphere. It's amazing. It's mind blowing. 00:34:06.329 --> 00:34:09.070 I mean, even Morse code, you know, to think about 00:34:09.070 --> 00:34:13.030 CW and sending Morse code as a means of communication 00:34:13.030 --> 00:34:17.309 and that it actually works. We are, it is, scientifically, 00:34:17.630 --> 00:34:21.289 it is an amazing thing. And yeah, okay, I could 00:34:21.289 --> 00:34:25.250 go on my cell phone and call you too, but I like 00:34:25.250 --> 00:34:28.650 the challenge. Because my brother he's up in 00:34:28.650 --> 00:34:31.570 Virginia. I'm down in Mississippi my friend Angela 00:34:31.570 --> 00:34:38.429 N3 ARB and her husband's Matt that's K2 EAG which 00:34:38.429 --> 00:34:40.650 you'll see on the show You know, they live up 00:34:40.650 --> 00:34:43.329 in New York and we actually over the weekend. 00:34:43.329 --> 00:34:46.849 We were able to make contact on 20 meters and 00:34:46.849 --> 00:34:49.889 It's that challenge of like are we gonna be able 00:34:49.889 --> 00:34:52.429 to make it? Can we make it happen? And then once 00:34:52.429 --> 00:34:54.800 once you get it down and You know, you might 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.179 have a house and, you know, an antenna at your 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:59.340 house and it's very consistent. You know, you 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.619 keep it up all the time. So you're pretty much 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:03.719 going to have consistent results. Well, then 00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:06.079 you start getting into home building. And then 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:08.280 when you make it, you know, a card antenna, then 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:10.679 you start like my brother is always trying new 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:15.099 antennas. So he'll be like, hey, stop. Sorry, 00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:20.960 he was touching the computer. Distractions, sorry, 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:28.539 duckstractions. Duckstractions, yes. So anyway, 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:31.199 my brother will make an antenna and want me to 00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.300 test it out with him because he knows consistently 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:36.860 my antenna does work, but will his work. So we 00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:40.079 have a lot of fun. It's just a great hobby and 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:44.519 it brings people together and regardless of how 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:48.849 you're able to communicate. My YouTube channel, 00:35:48.849 --> 00:35:52.289 I try to make it fun. I don't want it to be boring. 00:35:52.469 --> 00:35:55.969 I don't want it to be me sitting at a table or 00:35:55.969 --> 00:36:00.070 a bench at a park making contacts. It's about 00:36:00.070 --> 00:36:03.170 showing people what's out there. You know, some 00:36:03.170 --> 00:36:04.949 people aren't going to like what I what I put 00:36:04.949 --> 00:36:07.329 out there. I mean, not everybody's going to enjoy 00:36:07.329 --> 00:36:11.230 the show. And I knew that from the start. So, 00:36:11.329 --> 00:36:14.250 you know, for example, my video about, you know, 00:36:14.269 --> 00:36:17.610 being a member of a club and how important it 00:36:17.610 --> 00:36:19.769 is. Well, I'm not talking about the people who 00:36:19.769 --> 00:36:21.650 are older who have been doing this for a long 00:36:21.650 --> 00:36:23.710 time and they've been hurt by, you know, going 00:36:23.710 --> 00:36:25.530 to a club that didn't work for them. There are 00:36:25.530 --> 00:36:27.849 clubs out there. You're always going to have 00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:29.730 politics in the club. There's always going to 00:36:29.730 --> 00:36:33.230 be something like that. But if it overall is 00:36:33.230 --> 00:36:36.829 educating, is educating its members and getting 00:36:36.829 --> 00:36:39.769 people on the air and it's a positive experience, 00:36:40.750 --> 00:36:43.659 then I mean, I wouldn't know as much as I did. 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:45.659 I wouldn't have learned as quickly as I did if 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:48.539 I didn't have a club. So sometimes the clubs 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:51.280 are great and sometimes they're the, you know, 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:53.280 let's meet on a Saturday morning and have breakfast, 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:56.460 which is fine. It's perfectly fine. But, you 00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:58.400 know, you have to take this for that. You know, 00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:01.039 some, some clubs, they end up shutting down because 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:03.300 there is so much, there are so many problems. 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:06.900 So you have to take things, you know, one step 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:08.860 at a time, one day at a time, right? So some 00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:12.800 of these videos I post, I think you'll find our, 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.920 I just had a recent one of us doing the kayak 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.519 activation from Cowan Lake State Park with my 00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:23.599 friends, Angela and Matthew. And we had such 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:27.119 a blast and I show, okay, this is us doing daytime. 00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:30.780 This is us doing nighttime. And then what did 00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:33.579 we use? How do we put it together? You know, 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:37.420 how can I help those people who want to do something 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:40.480 like this, who have kayaks get on the air? or 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.280 somebody who doesn't have a kayak and they thought 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:45.139 it was so cool, well, now they know what products 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:47.300 to kind of search for, what things to look out 00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:50.300 for so that they can do it too. The goal is to 00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:55.579 get people on the air and having fun. Well said. 00:37:55.659 --> 00:38:01.199 I know. Well said. Quacking up the ham radio 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:04.679 community one ham at a time. So there we go. 00:38:06.489 --> 00:38:11.309 Judy tell everybody how to find ham and quackers 00:38:11.309 --> 00:38:13.809 and then we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna 00:38:13.809 --> 00:38:18.889 wrap this up Okay, so we have a website. It's 00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:23.269 ham and quackers calm You can also go to our 00:38:23.269 --> 00:38:27.409 YouTube channel, which is ham and quackers 73 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:31.900 We have an about section, which also links you 00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:34.760 to our Facebook. We're working on an Instagram. 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:37.960 You know, once again, we just started this YouTube 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:42.000 channel and we're still, you know, working on 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:45.800 building a social media base. Right now, YouTube 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:51.039 is where we're really on what we do. But on our 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.840 Facebook page, we do update it and we try to 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:57.119 just reach out to everybody. But yes, HammondQuacker73. 00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:01.460 On YouTube and well, we hope to we hope to see 00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:06.159 you there. It's a fun little channel and We're 00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:08.579 we're trucking along that's as I like to say 00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:14.260 we're trucking along right mochi All right mochi 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:17.059 got a little of a couple of words in there so 00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:21.739 yeah Well, thanks so much for coming back and 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:25.239 and talking about this and and we'll be watching 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:29.559 the the Hammond Quackers YouTube channel and 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:32.800 looking forward to seeing you and Mochi down 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:35.719 at Hamcation and probably, I'm guessing, next 00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:40.480 year at Hamvention as well. And thanks for being 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:43.659 here. Thank you so much for having me. I really 00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:47.059 appreciate it. Quack, quack. Quack, quack. Bye, 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:53.280 Mochi. Say bye. Yep. All right. So that is a 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.820 wrap for this edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:59.849 to thank my guest. Juni Kasone in 1DUC and everybody 00:39:59.849 --> 00:40:02.550 out there in cyberspace for listening and invite 00:40:02.550 --> 00:40:07.929 you back next time and We'll be gone for a couple 00:40:07.929 --> 00:40:11.730 of weeks here again Getting ready to leave for 00:40:11.730 --> 00:40:15.010 Ottawa for Yoda camp. So make sure you listen 00:40:15.010 --> 00:40:21.110 for VE3 Yoda and Juni, I know you'll be interested 00:40:21.110 --> 00:40:26.170 in this. We're going to have 15 QRP stations 00:40:26.170 --> 00:40:31.550 on the air from a two -fer in Ottawa. So it's 00:40:31.550 --> 00:40:36.489 the RIDO canal and the experimental farm. So 00:40:36.489 --> 00:40:41.670 we'll have 15 stations on the air simultaneously 00:40:41.670 --> 00:40:47.309 on every band and mode we can come up with to 00:40:47.309 --> 00:40:52.030 keep them all separated. for a Parks on the Air 00:40:52.030 --> 00:40:56.510 activation one day, so make sure you check that 00:40:56.510 --> 00:41:01.489 out. But listen for VE3 Yoda, and check out youthontheair 00:41:01.489 --> 00:41:05.670 .org for a schedule for all of that. And for 00:41:05.670 --> 00:41:09.309 a schedule of upcoming guests, visit hamptalklive 00:41:09.309 --> 00:41:14.110 .com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:41:14.210 --> 00:41:17.530 saying seven three, seven five, and may the good 00:41:17.530 --> 00:41:24.019 DX be yours. So 73's, to you and your family, 00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:28.659 I'll be seeing you further down the loch. Yeah, 00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:33.480 73's, to you and your family, I'll be seeing 00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:37.900 you further down the loch. It's hard to believe 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:40.960 that you're N2OD, because you sound just like 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:45.679 a local up here. But why don't those whistling 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:49.480 Mediterranean's check it when the frequency's 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:57.429 clear? We have talked about thousands of things 00:41:57.429 --> 00:41:59.150 about shoes.