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we go! Welcome to Amtok Live! Good afternoon,
a rare afternoon episode of Ham Talk Live. It's
episode number 321. Ham, Vincent, Duck, Ham,
and Quackers recorded. On July 9th, 2023, I'm
your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning
in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Today we're
joined by Juni Casone, N1DUC. And last episode,
Paul Bork, N1SFE, was here to talk about field
day. If you missed that, you can listen anytime,
hamtalklive .com, or any episode of HamTalk Live.
Just go to hamtalklive .com. or on your favorite
podcast app or on YouTube. So yeah, rare afternoon
episode. We actually recorded this last evening
and things are really crazy around the house
right now. If you haven't checked your calendar,
Yoda camp. uh, starts on Sunday up in Ottawa.
And so I'm putting the finishing touches on all
the preparations for that. And, uh, we're actually
leaving in the morning. So that's why we have
an afternoon one. I still have errands to run
for camp and some other stuff and some programming
stuff that I'm working on, um, tonight. So, uh,
rare afternoon episode here. Uh, but hope you
have a chance to, uh, to tune in to us from Yoda
Camp. We'll be on the Youth on the Air YouTube
channel. We'll be streaming the opening ceremony,
the heiress contact, and then the closing ceremony
and some other things. But one of the real cool
things to check out are the daily highlight videos.
Brian Esche, WB9QVR puts those together for us
every day. And so you get to see a two to three
minute video of what we did the previous day.
So it only takes a couple of minutes to watch.
So make sure you check those out. Again, look
for Youth on the Air on YouTube. And you can
catch that. And we'll be on the air between sessions.
So we don't have a real regular schedule. It's
not like a special event or a de -expedition.
uh... where we're trying to just work everybody
uh... you know what we just give a chance for
people to get on the air uh... during our breaks
uh... and then in the evening hours uh... eight
to eleven p m eastern time uh... you should hear
us on quite a bit uh... we've got the heiress
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that's july uh... eighteenth So we will we will
have that and then We're going to go to a poda
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you can catch us. There as well as we'll be on
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So that's what's coming up. So I'm going to be
gone for Almost two weeks here to make this thing
happen. So I'll be back on ham talk live after
that and You know may send out some some updates
on social media while we're there. But anyway,
that's what's happening here But we've got Juni
and and mochi her duck that was at Hamvention,
so we're going to talk about that right after
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The early bird may get the worm, but the second
mouse gets the cheese. You're listening to HamTalk
Live with Neil Rapp. And welcome back to HamTalk
Live. Tonight Juni Cassone in one D -U -C joins
us. on the Orlando Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation
Zoom line. Junie is now from Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
She spent some time out in Connecticut. She's
a veteran and an avid activator of parks, lighthouses,
and anywhere she can go affordable. She also
has three ducks. And one of them, Mochi, is with
us as well. And we'll hear from Mochi off and
on probably as we go. And we'll try for Mochi
here in a little bit. But you may remember her
back on episode 263. We had her here to talk
about Pota and the ducks. So, Juni, welcome back.
Hey, thanks so much for having me, Neil. Well,
it was great finally meeting up with you at Hamvention
and and we had all kinds of of cool pictures
and I sent out one picture on on Facebook Twitter
and Instagram yesterday of us at the Yoda booth
with mochi and We really enjoyed watching mochi
go around at Hamvention and One of the things
that you Have happened to you at Hamvention if
you know a lot of people know you you stand out,
you know kind of like antenna hair girl and Joe
with the dr. Seuss hat and everything and now
you've got the duck and and I know you made the
comment that was like Okay, I need to leave because
it's gonna take me 30 minutes before I can get
out of the building because That's what happens
to you with fame I'm telling you huh for sure
for sure So yeah, so she spent quite a bit of
time at the Yoda booth and we were we were talking
and we had a lot of younger people come up and
want to pet Mochi and hear about Mochi and everybody.
So tell us some stories about how Hamvention
went with taking Mochi around with you the whole
time. Well, you know, I was staying at Cowan
Lake State Park with my friends and we actually,
we did a poda activation from kayaks. and mochi
sat on the back of the kayaks and that was how
we started our hamvention week was going out
kayaking and doing an activation for parks on
the air and you know he of course is like the
best duck ever so you know we we start the camp
out we start with poda and then we get to hamvention
and i had a booth there it was a i don't know
not a booth but a table over in the flea market
we thought we might be able to you know talk
about our youtube channel ham and quackers And
when I could, I took Mochi around in the quack
wagon and we, yes, Mochi, and then we walked
around and it ended up, I don't know, we ended
up just walking around and it just, you get stopped
every five seconds. And whether it's, you know,
people quacking or others. coming up to me and
going you're the one with the duck or i saw you
on qrz because there was a video i posted of
mochi and i doing a poda activation and of course
i hand the microphone over to mochi and he he
quacks on command basically if i put a microphone
in front of him he will quack i actually i have
one right here yeah yeah i was going to say let's
put it to the test here yep yep so hi mochi yep
you want to say hi mochi Don't know if you can
hear him very well. Yep. Yep. We can hear Okay,
so anyway, he he walked around with me and I
think we got the most publicity at least for
the YouTube channel by just walking around in
the quack wagon and I you know, this is my first
-hand venture. So I didn't really know what to
expect That's why we got a little flea market
spot because we thought okay if the duck gets
tired or you know whatever we could just stop
there and you know he'll be able to rest. So
many people wanted to see him though it was very
it was a lot for him and I kind of felt bad a
little bit but by the end of the day he would
he would rest he was eating a salad he was happy
he did just really great with people he's just
so good I was surprised at how well behaved he
was and I think our highlight besides meeting
up at MFJ and talking with the owner there, but
our highlight was going to the Pota tent and
meeting the people that I've made contact with
over the years. I can't believe I'm saying years,
but yes, over the years. And everybody knew who
Mochi was. And that was amazing. I mean, you
know, most people have animals and they do activate,
but I think Mochi really he kind of he's a trendsetter
he's the one who really started the whole you
know animal parks on the air get out and do stuff
and and he he's just so well behaved i i mean
who who wouldn't love mochi oh absolutely and
and so you were you were you know sharing some
some duck education too, you know, so, so I know,
you know, with some of the really young folks
that were at the booth, you were, you know, teaching
them now, always make sure you ask first and
you, you know, here's where you should pet the
duck and And, uh, and Mochi did great, but yeah,
I could tell Mochi was exhausted by the time
you all got to the booth. And I don't know if
it was because of how sunny it was. Um, but the,
it was, the weather was so warm. I didn't expect
it. So I had to really make sure he was hydrated.
He had his water. He had his food. He took breaks.
You know, we would go into the air conditioned
buildings and make, I would make sure that he
was doing. Okay, the problem is when you're walking
outside you get stopped by everybody, you know
every every Every 30 seconds at least, you know
or you know, I try it what I tried to do Keep
my head low and walk straight and just keep going
going Nobody can stop you right and then I would
you know I would take him into shade and let
him walk around and everything I think um what
you know, I learned a lot from going to this
first -hand venture and I think next year We're
just going to walk around in the quack wagon
and have a little setup for him maybe in the
Pota area if they're nice enough to do that.
They were wonderful and just to have a little
place for him to hang out so that you know he
he's safe and everything. I was going to bring
all three ducks this year but that didn't work
out quite the way I had anticipated because I
decided to swing over to Connecticut and pick
up household goods and I just didn't have the
room in my truck to bring three ducks and all
my stuff and you know if i broke down it wouldn't
be a good a good experience so maybe next year
i think that that will be the thing and we're
also we're planning on going to hamcation in
orlando right mochi right yeah are you excited
yeah oh yeah yeah he's ready and um i'll probably
end up bringing all three ducks to that Okay,
well as long as things go according to plan I
will I will see you there with all three ducks
but it's You know, it's not every day you see
a duck, you know with people and so that was
that was kind of a draw and I know you you had
tons and tons of people wanting pictures with
mochi and Yes, and the pet mochi and so that
was a great experience. But but what what you
know, you were talking about you know, marketing
your YouTube channel a little bit. Yes. And so,
you know, this is the first year I haven't had
Hammy, the HamTalk Live mascot around. So I have
this, you know, somebody wear this pig outfit,
you know, with the HamTalk Live t -shirt going
around at Dayton. And, you know, we figured out
that, you know, we talked about having a booth
and then I'm so tied up with Yoda and all this
other stuff that I There was no way in the world
I was going to have a podcast booth, but the
best advertising was, was, you know, somebody
in the pig costume walking around for a couple
hours. We ended up, you know, in the local newspaper
and you know, everything else, lots of people
took pictures. So, so you're on the right track.
Yeah, you know, maybe for Hamvention next year,
I'll get in the duck suit and put my logo on
a shirt and we'll have a duck and a pig walking
around. Wouldn't that be fun? That would be.
That would be. I have my little stickers here
and my koozie. and my Mochi notebook sitting
here as we're doing this that Junie was kind
enough to give me at Hamvention as well. How
was that for you though? I mean, it wore Mochi
out, but you've got to take the Quackmobile out,
you know, the Quack Wagon. You know, how was
that for you dealing with the massiveness of
Hamvention? You know, it was way more overwhelming
than I thought it was going to be, but almost
in a good way. I think if I didn't have Mochi
with me, it would have just been very plain.
You know, you go around, you spend a ton of money
that you don't really need to be spending money
on, and you know, on radio equipment and such.
i mean who who doesn't go to invention and spend
some money uh... i have to say i was exhausted
by the end of the day and and i do have health
issues and they started things started to bubble
up you know the day progressed i knew when my
time was you know uh... but when it was time
you're saying so near by the end of the day i
was pretty exhausted and Each day was a little
bit more exhausting, but you know what? We ended
up going out and doing kayaking, even in the
evening sometimes, or just fishing, something
relaxing, so that after Hamvention it was, you
know, it was fun. We had a good time. I can cook
a mean steak on a fire, let me tell you. I'm
good at cooking steak. Everybody's got their
claims to fame. I'm good at cooking over the
fire. And that's what we did. I mean, I was exhausted.
I was hungry. I was like, OK, get me some steak.
Let's do it. So we made gumbo, too. I brought
some gumbo mix. It's not from scratch. But this
is the way that I wound down after such an event.
So yeah, I would have to say it was pretty overwhelming
for my first time. But I think now that I have
an idea of how big it is, how many people there
are, I can plan better for next year. Yeah, I
know you know we had planned on meeting up and
it's like every time we turn around we check
our phones and it's like oh Well, I can't right
now. Oh, I can't right now Yeah, it was it was
crazy it was and I'm coming I'm coming from the
women's conference and You know, I said it might
take me 45 minutes or an hour to get to you,
but just Stay there. Stay at the Yoda booth.
Well, we got it. So let me ask you this out of
all the photos with with Bochy, what was the
most interesting photo op at Hamvention? I have
to say it would be him sitting on his bag or
on something. I can't remember what it was in
the podo booth with a podo. He has a, they gave
him a badge that says Park Coactivator and it
has Mochi's name on it and it's got the parks
on the other symbol and he's sitting on his bag
and I have the POTA, the POTA sign in the background.
That was my favorite photo that he took at Hamvention.
I think that was the best. Besides meeting some
of the youth, there was a Abigail. That's the
other, if you want to talk about people meeting
Mochi and getting a photo with him. I would have
to say Abigail, who does 4 -H and lives in Xenia,
she's not a ham yet, but she's looking forward
to becoming a ham and Carlos was doing his skydive
mobile activation or whatever, you know, jumping
off of a frame and they had ARRL pulled a whole
bunch of the, you know, youngsters aside and
I happened to be standing there and they said,
we need somebody's call sign because some of
these, you know, some of the youth is not, what
do you call it, licensed. So yeah, they needed
a call sign. I said, yeah, sure, I'll do it.
And they paired me up with Abigail and I asked
her, are you planning on becoming a radio operator
and all this stuff? And she's like, yeah, I'm
so into this. I'm so excited. And we got to know
each other and because she did 4 -H, she got
to meet Mochi and oh my gosh, it was like, they
fell in love and I got this picture of them with
me. And I just, I'm so happy. She reached out
to me and messaged me on I guess on our page
on our website and unfortunately it doesn't show
an email that it was sent from it just kind of
comes from and she's like I'm so I'm looking
forward to meeting you again and you know thank
you for everything and I'm getting my license
and it really felt great like that photo encompasses
what I am trying to to have happen, you know,
that was my first interaction really with the
youth and I was more than willing to help I think
that it's important to You know to do that. So
yeah, that would probably be those two photos
would be probably the most memorable out of everything
Alright, well we're going to take a break right
now and when we come back we're going to talk
some more with Mochi and Juni and we're going
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next week for another joke from Rick. Welcome
back to HamTalk Live. We're here with Junie N1DUC
and Mochi. Say hi, Mochi. Say hi. Mochi, you
wanna say hi? Oh, he's getting tired. I don't
know. Mochi's getting tired. Okay. There we go.
There we go. Are you done, Mochi? Do you wanna
quack? Come on. Yeah? Say hi. Say hi, Mochi.
Oh, he's... He's speechless. He has his moments
where he's really chatty, and then he has his
moments where he's not. But generally speaking,
when I'm operating on HF, I throw that microphone
in front of him, he is on it. Yeah, every time
I turn on a video camera, here comes Rainbow
the cat. Well, let's talk a little bit about
the Ham and Quackers YouTube channel. You've
started this up and I know that you want to educate
people a little bit about domesticated ducks
as well as ham radio and portable operations
and I love the catchphrase, quacking up the ham
radio community one ham at a time. So tell us
a little bit about Ham and Quackers. Sure, of
course. I and a lot of people ask me why a duck
why a duck and and I raised ducks as a child
and I Got I connected with them They have this
because they imprint on their owners, you know,
they follow you around They really think that
they are, you know your mom and I love the connection
and I've always enjoyed sharing my animals with
others and what a what a better way to do that
and educate people not only about ham radio,
but about ducks and animals in general, is to
have a YouTube channel. And what my mission is,
and this is my mission statement, is to motivate
individuals to become excited about amateur radio,
participate in activities, support the hobby
through education, and ultimately keep the spirit
of amateur radio alive. So the mission is basically,
you know, get on the air and do what you can
to help others to get there. My goal with this
YouTube channel, I've got 41 videos, I think,
posted that's mixed with live videos and some
shorts that I did. But my goal is to get people
who are new, you know, interested and understanding
the different facets of the hobby. You know,
and for people who've been hams for a while,
I just want to have a place where people can
come. to learn about the hobby and feel comfortable
doing so. A lot of people can be very, you know,
intimidating. There are some people who are mic
shy. I know a lot of YLs or young ladies that,
you know, they don't feel comfortable. They've
been licensed for years, but they don't feel
comfortable talking. Sometimes they just do FTA,
but they don't want their voice to be heard over,
you know, a microphone. And I just hope that,
you know, this can inspire those to do that.
And also the youth is where it's at. and I do
hope to become more involved in getting the youth
involved. You know, Mochi is just, he's my pet,
but he also loves ham radio. I mean, he gets
on the air. He's not just a mascot necessarily.
I want people to know that, you know, this hobby
is, it's just so vast and so wonderful and the
people are amazing. Somebody went when mochi
was hot. I mean it was hot. I didn't have an
umbrella I didn't have anything to shade him
while I was walking around and some guy came
by and And I just said to my friend, you know,
I could really use an umbrella some guy walks
by 30 seconds later hands me an umbrella I mean
Who does that? You know, I just feel like the
the family and and parks on the air definitely
has a family it's It's a close -knit group, and
I really hope that people who are not a part
of it but are interested can come into it. And
when they watch the YouTube channel, they feel
like, oh, I can do this. It's feasible. It's
not so big. That's what I'm trying to do. Yeah.
And Mochi's a great way to kind of break the
ice with that. And you can have fun with this.
It's not just... Let's build everything. That's
a great facet of the hobby, but it's not the
only one. You can have some fun with this. I'm
just glad that you're having some fun getting
out there with the POTA operations and other
lighthouses and all that. Take Mochi along at
times. it draws attention and and the more people
are aware of ham radio i think the the better
off we are uh i'm i'm kind of yes you know fighting
this whole hoa thing right now and it's like
you know i i i you know i want to i want to talk
to our people and get them to realize, you know,
what ham radio is and no, I don't want to put
up a, you know, a 200 foot tower in my backyard.
I just want to string up a piece of wire. And,
you know, if people don't know about it, then
they're not going to, you know, be as likely
to say yes. And so I think the more that we can
make people aware of it, even if they don't become
hams, the more mainstream it is, the better off
we're all gonna be. And I think that's where
that can help out a lot. Sounds like a great
plan. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. So one of the
things that I found is when I tell people about
amateur radio from the start and they're not
licensed they go well you could just pick up
your your cell phone and talk to that person
and I go But that isn't the case if your cell
phone towers are down. Well, they'll you know,
they'll they'll get fixed I said well if you
have a hurricane, let's let's remember Hurricane
Katrina, you know How long were they without
cell phone service? I mean we're talking weeks,
maybe even months so you know people I think
don't the general public doesn't understand how
important it is to know how to use emergency
communications and also have a good time you
know just socializing I think the coolest thing
about amateur radio and and I still it still
puts chills down my you know I I get goosebumps
on the back of my neck so when you make that
contact you know with this antenna that really
is is not much more than a wire, right? And you
make a contact in like, you know, Puerto Rico,
you don't even know the person or, you know,
you make a contact in Poland or Germany or, you
know, oh, gosh, anybody who gets New Zealand
or Australia, I haven't made that contact yet.
But to say that you did it and you might not
know the person, but the idea that you even were
able to speak with somebody bouncing the signal.
off the atmosphere. It's amazing. It's mind blowing.
I mean, even Morse code, you know, to think about
CW and sending Morse code as a means of communication
and that it actually works. We are, it is, scientifically,
it is an amazing thing. And yeah, okay, I could
go on my cell phone and call you too, but I like
the challenge. Because my brother he's up in
Virginia. I'm down in Mississippi my friend Angela
N3 ARB and her husband's Matt that's K2 EAG which
you'll see on the show You know, they live up
in New York and we actually over the weekend.
We were able to make contact on 20 meters and
It's that challenge of like are we gonna be able
to make it? Can we make it happen? And then once
once you get it down and You know, you might
have a house and, you know, an antenna at your
house and it's very consistent. You know, you
keep it up all the time. So you're pretty much
going to have consistent results. Well, then
you start getting into home building. And then
when you make it, you know, a card antenna, then
you start like my brother is always trying new
antennas. So he'll be like, hey, stop. Sorry,
he was touching the computer. Distractions, sorry,
duckstractions. Duckstractions, yes. So anyway,
my brother will make an antenna and want me to
test it out with him because he knows consistently
my antenna does work, but will his work. So we
have a lot of fun. It's just a great hobby and
it brings people together and regardless of how
you're able to communicate. My YouTube channel,
I try to make it fun. I don't want it to be boring.
I don't want it to be me sitting at a table or
a bench at a park making contacts. It's about
showing people what's out there. You know, some
people aren't going to like what I what I put
out there. I mean, not everybody's going to enjoy
the show. And I knew that from the start. So,
you know, for example, my video about, you know,
being a member of a club and how important it
is. Well, I'm not talking about the people who
are older who have been doing this for a long
time and they've been hurt by, you know, going
to a club that didn't work for them. There are
clubs out there. You're always going to have
politics in the club. There's always going to
be something like that. But if it overall is
educating, is educating its members and getting
people on the air and it's a positive experience,
then I mean, I wouldn't know as much as I did.
I wouldn't have learned as quickly as I did if
I didn't have a club. So sometimes the clubs
are great and sometimes they're the, you know,
let's meet on a Saturday morning and have breakfast,
which is fine. It's perfectly fine. But, you
know, you have to take this for that. You know,
some, some clubs, they end up shutting down because
there is so much, there are so many problems.
So you have to take things, you know, one step
at a time, one day at a time, right? So some
of these videos I post, I think you'll find our,
I just had a recent one of us doing the kayak
activation from Cowan Lake State Park with my
friends, Angela and Matthew. And we had such
a blast and I show, okay, this is us doing daytime.
This is us doing nighttime. And then what did
we use? How do we put it together? You know,
how can I help those people who want to do something
like this, who have kayaks get on the air? or
somebody who doesn't have a kayak and they thought
it was so cool, well, now they know what products
to kind of search for, what things to look out
for so that they can do it too. The goal is to
get people on the air and having fun. Well said.
I know. Well said. Quacking up the ham radio
community one ham at a time. So there we go.
Judy tell everybody how to find ham and quackers
and then we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna
wrap this up Okay, so we have a website. It's
ham and quackers calm You can also go to our
YouTube channel, which is ham and quackers 73
We have an about section, which also links you
to our Facebook. We're working on an Instagram.
You know, once again, we just started this YouTube
channel and we're still, you know, working on
building a social media base. Right now, YouTube
is where we're really on what we do. But on our
Facebook page, we do update it and we try to
just reach out to everybody. But yes, HammondQuacker73.
On YouTube and well, we hope to we hope to see
you there. It's a fun little channel and We're
we're trucking along that's as I like to say
we're trucking along right mochi All right mochi
got a little of a couple of words in there so
yeah Well, thanks so much for coming back and
and talking about this and and we'll be watching
the the Hammond Quackers YouTube channel and
looking forward to seeing you and Mochi down
at Hamcation and probably, I'm guessing, next
year at Hamvention as well. And thanks for being
here. Thank you so much for having me. I really
appreciate it. Quack, quack. Quack, quack. Bye,
Mochi. Say bye. Yep. All right. So that is a
wrap for this edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like
to thank my guest. Juni Kasone in 1DUC and everybody
out there in cyberspace for listening and invite
you back next time and We'll be gone for a couple
of weeks here again Getting ready to leave for
Ottawa for Yoda camp. So make sure you listen
for VE3 Yoda and Juni, I know you'll be interested
in this. We're going to have 15 QRP stations
on the air from a two -fer in Ottawa. So it's
the RIDO canal and the experimental farm. So
we'll have 15 stations on the air simultaneously
on every band and mode we can come up with to
keep them all separated. for a Parks on the Air
activation one day, so make sure you check that
out. But listen for VE3 Yoda, and check out youthontheair
.org for a schedule for all of that. And for
a schedule of upcoming guests, visit hamptalklive
.com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG,
saying seven three, seven five, and may the good
DX be yours. So 73's, to you and your family,
I'll be seeing you further down the loch. Yeah,
73's, to you and your family, I'll be seeing
you further down the loch. It's hard to believe
that you're N2OD, because you sound just like
a local up here. But why don't those whistling
Mediterranean's check it when the frequency's
clear? We have talked about thousands of things
about shoes.