WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.459 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:06.860 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:13.800 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:18.480 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.699 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:32.780 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:38.780 we go, welcome to Amtoply Calling Let's Talk, 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:59.000 Neil's your guy Amtoply, here we go Hey, good 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.979 evening, everyone. We are actually live tonight. 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:06.980 It's HamTalk Live, episode number 318, Youth 00:01:06.980 --> 00:01:10.599 and Collegiate Activities at Hamvention. Recorded 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:14.920 on May 11th, 2023. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:18.540 WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:21.959 of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined by the 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.790 famous Malusi Brothers. And the last episode, 00:01:26.129 --> 00:01:29.989 Fabio Scattino, I for UFH was here to talk about 00:01:29.989 --> 00:01:33.950 the World Radio Sport Team Championships, 2023 00:01:33.950 --> 00:01:36.849 coming up this summer in Italy. If you missed 00:01:36.849 --> 00:01:39.329 that show, you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive 00:01:39.329 --> 00:01:43.310 .com or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:46.469 And we're going to be talking to Hamvention again 00:01:46.469 --> 00:01:48.790 tonight, so let me remind you that the National 00:01:48.790 --> 00:01:51.930 Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting will 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:55.469 have their usual extended hours during Hamvention 00:01:55.469 --> 00:01:59.430 once again. On Thursday and Friday next week, 00:01:59.569 --> 00:02:03.329 the hours will be 1 to 9 p .m. On Saturday, they 00:02:03.329 --> 00:02:07.170 will be open from 12 noon until 9, and then on 00:02:07.170 --> 00:02:11.449 Sunday from 12 noon until 5. So if you need a 00:02:11.449 --> 00:02:16.270 list to remind you of that, go to wc8voa .org 00:02:16.270 --> 00:02:21.469 slash hamvention. Again, that's whiskeycharlie8voiceofamerica 00:02:21.469 --> 00:02:27.129 .org slash hamvention. And you can check that 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:29.729 out. They'll have the Drake exhibit, the WLWO 00:02:29.729 --> 00:02:32.629 transmitter. It's been restored and all the other 00:02:32.629 --> 00:02:34.830 exhibits as well as the ham shack, which has 00:02:34.830 --> 00:02:38.430 been newly restored. Uh, and you can make a few 00:02:38.430 --> 00:02:41.889 cues while you're there and admission is $10 00:02:41.889 --> 00:02:44.909 at the door. And don't forget HamTalk Live will 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:49.990 be live on Hamvention Eve as always live from 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:52.750 Dayton with weather traffic and the latest news. 00:02:53.460 --> 00:02:58.060 So we'll hope to speak with Michael Calder, WHCI, 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:00.539 the official spokesperson of Hamvention, and 00:03:00.539 --> 00:03:03.919 also the new Green County Sheriff to talk a little 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.060 bit about traffic, so make sure you tune into 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:10.259 that. We're putting that at nine o 'clock. Don't 00:03:10.259 --> 00:03:13.060 know that that's going to be exactly on the dot 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:17.159 at nine o 'clock on Thursday evening of Hamvention 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:21.340 Eve, but look around nine o 'clock for that to 00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:25.169 take place. Alright, well tonight Tony and Andy 00:03:25.169 --> 00:03:28.349 Maluzzi from the Collegiate Amateur Radio Program 00:03:28.349 --> 00:03:30.610 are here and we're going to talk about Hamvention 00:03:30.610 --> 00:03:33.770 right after this word from Tower Electronics 00:03:33.770 --> 00:03:39.310 right here on HamTalk Live. Thanks for choosing 00:03:39.310 --> 00:03:42.349 Tower Electronics. How may we help you today? 00:03:43.030 --> 00:03:46.680 We have PL 259s. We have end connectors. We have 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:50.259 SMA adapters. We have BNC adapters. What can 00:03:50.259 --> 00:03:53.520 I show you today? Where's the tower? Well, we 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.699 don't actually have a tower with us, but we have 00:03:56.699 --> 00:03:58.960 all kinds of things you can use with a tower. 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.659 We have power poles, antennas, soldering irons 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:05.919 and meters. Where's the tower? 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Then they'll be in Green Bay, 00:04:42.490 --> 00:04:46.250 Wisconsin June 3rd, Newberry, Michigan June 10th, 00:04:46.470 --> 00:04:48.790 Monroe, Michigan June 18th, but you can visit 00:04:48.790 --> 00:04:54.769 them anytime at PL -259 .com. All the information 00:04:54.769 --> 00:04:57.769 you need for your trip to Dayton. It's Hamvention 00:04:57.769 --> 00:05:15.680 Preview here on HamTalk Live. And welcome back 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.220 to HamTalk Live. Tonight, Tony Maluzzi, KD8RTT, 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:24.879 and Andy Maluzzi, KK4LWR join us on the Orlando 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:29.540 Amateur Radio Club and hamcation Zoom line. Andy 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:32.019 is the past president of the Gator Amateur Radio 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:34.839 Club at the University of Florida in Gainesville, 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:38.560 and he is currently a senior ride control systems 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:42.970 engineer for Walt Disney Imagineering. And he's 00:05:42.970 --> 00:05:45.829 a key leader in the Collegiate Amateur Radio 00:05:45.829 --> 00:05:49.050 Program at ARRL, a group that's been formed to 00:05:49.050 --> 00:05:52.180 share ideas and... promote amateur radio clubs 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:56.839 in colleges and universities. And Andy got into 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.500 ham radio thanks to his brother Tony KD8RTT. 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.399 He is an electrical engineer with Garmin and 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.839 he's attended grad school at Ohio University 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:09.220 where he was the amateur radio club president 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:12.120 and during undergrad he was the president of 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:16.860 Rose Tech in Terre Haute, Indiana. W9NAA, he 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:20.660 is a pilot and also a key leader of carp and 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:23.139 you can find him on the satellites or operating 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:28.959 cw or portable on hf and probably regrets ever 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.560 introducing andy to to ham radio because he never 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:36.600 gets a word in edgewise is that right tony yeah 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.439 but hold on there tony you don't want to yeah 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.740 it's been a great great hobby for andy you know 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:52.060 yeah We always have to get that joke in there 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:57.720 and Andy and I have to fight about the Gators 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:02.019 and the Wildcats on the basketball scene and 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:05.420 the football scene. I don't know about baseball. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:11.439 Gator baseball is very good. Gators have a great 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:18.540 baseball team. You know, we can't be good and 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:23.759 everything, you know, at UK. So, uh, well we're 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.019 going to talk about Hamvention tonight and later 00:07:26.019 --> 00:07:28.560 on we're going to talk about just some of our 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.819 favorite stuff. Uh, but first we want to, to 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:36.800 do the, uh, the, the proper thing here and talk 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:42.240 about, uh, some of the youth activities and the, 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:46.279 um, collegiate activities that will be taking 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:51.100 place at hamvention so I have my list here which 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:55.000 is going to be on a big poster in the at the 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.199 youth on the air booth but on Friday we've got 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:03.560 the instructors forum so if you are interested 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:08.899 in you know teaching young people about ham radio 00:08:10.679 --> 00:08:13.600 Carol Perry has a forum just for you. It's on 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:18.240 Friday at 10 25 to 11 25 and the guest speaker 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.680 this year is Me, so I'm not sure if you want 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:28.579 to go or not, but But I'll be talking about how 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:33.299 Yoda can help you do your job basically so that 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:36.299 that's what I'll be talking about at the instructors 00:08:36.299 --> 00:08:41.769 forum and then at 12 noon we have A youth social 00:08:41.769 --> 00:08:44.269 hour at the Yoda booth. So we have free food, 00:08:44.529 --> 00:08:47.529 free drinks. In fact, I made my Costco run this 00:08:47.529 --> 00:08:52.049 afternoon. Um, so I'm stocked up on, on water 00:08:52.049 --> 00:08:56.970 and Gatorade and pop and chips and all that fun 00:08:56.970 --> 00:09:01.210 stuff. Um, so just, uh, just finish that up this 00:09:01.210 --> 00:09:05.490 afternoon. So come to the Yoda booth and we'll 00:09:05.490 --> 00:09:07.889 have just a social hour. There's, there's no 00:09:07.889 --> 00:09:11.750 program. uh... no speakers it's just a get -together 00:09:11.750 --> 00:09:14.970 uh... just uh... all the young people and typically 00:09:14.970 --> 00:09:19.889 we we say under under twenty six but we can we 00:09:19.889 --> 00:09:22.610 can slide that a little bit but uh... come and 00:09:22.610 --> 00:09:25.710 socialize but then on saturday we've got a whole 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:29.690 bunch of things and you know it starts off with 00:09:29.690 --> 00:09:31.610 the youth forum we'll come back to that because 00:09:31.610 --> 00:09:34.269 i want to talk about some of this collegiate 00:09:34.269 --> 00:09:37.559 stuff here what with uh... andy and tony Um, 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:39.399 and then we'll have another youth social hour 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.600 and everything, but, uh, you guys have a forum 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:46.519 on Saturday afternoon. So tell us about the forum. 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.960 Yep. So, uh, we have a collegiate amateur radio 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.940 forum at two 40, uh, on Saturday afternoon in 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:57.740 room three. And, uh, you know, we've been doing 00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:00.620 these every year for the past, uh, what? 2016, 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:03.740 2017, something like that. 17. We started at 00:10:03.740 --> 00:10:07.929 Orlando hamcation. Yep. And we kind of model 00:10:07.929 --> 00:10:10.870 this as a really a forum that's open discussion, 00:10:10.970 --> 00:10:13.909 not so much us talking to you, but encouraging 00:10:13.909 --> 00:10:16.470 the audience to be full of college students and 00:10:16.470 --> 00:10:18.190 previous college students and college students 00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:21.669 to be to talk about Ham Radio, get involved, 00:10:22.210 --> 00:10:23.870 figure things out, what we can do to serve the 00:10:23.870 --> 00:10:27.830 community better. So that will be happening again 00:10:27.830 --> 00:10:31.370 this year. And we'll actually also be streaming 00:10:31.370 --> 00:10:34.750 it online, part of our monthly calls, our monthly 00:10:34.750 --> 00:10:38.220 call this month of May was moved to be that forum. 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:44.519 So you can register on the AWRL .org slash we 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.639 want the letter U website. There's a, there's 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:50.159 a link there to register for our zoom call to 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:51.899 register for that. You can listen into the forum 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:58.220 live. Okay. And that's in forum room three is 00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:01.940 what I have here. Is that right? Yes. Yep. To 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:06.440 40. Okay. So, you know if you are interested 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.220 in what's going on at the collegiate level or 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:12.259 you are one of those collegiate persons or a 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:15.460 sponsor this would be a great time to go and 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:19.159 Interact with with others. So so who is your 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.179 audience? Who all do you want to show up at this 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:25.440 thing? We would love to have every college ham 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.399 in the world be at the forum. That's the goal 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.600 but we will settle for any that just happened 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.500 to be in Dayton that weekend. That is our audience. 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:38.279 We are looking for students, faculty, staff, 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.580 advisors, those who are directly involved with 00:11:42.580 --> 00:11:44.600 college or university amateur radio programs. 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:46.379 That could be a faculty member that's using amateur 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:48.539 radio in their classroom. That could be students 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:50.539 that are actually running a club at their school, 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.879 or alumni and staff that are active participants 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.519 and keeping the club going, maybe even between, 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:00.090 you know, activities. you know, just to sort 00:12:00.090 --> 00:12:03.190 of keep it around. So that is our audience. That's 00:12:03.190 --> 00:12:04.350 what we're looking for. We really would love 00:12:04.350 --> 00:12:06.210 to see students out there. We want to hear the 00:12:06.210 --> 00:12:08.549 most from students. We want this, you know, one 00:12:08.549 --> 00:12:11.269 of the major things of CARP has been about the 00:12:11.269 --> 00:12:13.950 students for the students sort of thing. It's 00:12:13.950 --> 00:12:16.950 a unique ARL program in that it's open to any 00:12:16.950 --> 00:12:19.070 student. You do not need to be an ARL member 00:12:19.070 --> 00:12:22.169 to participate in CARP. You can get all the benefits 00:12:22.169 --> 00:12:25.570 from the Facebook group, from the Discord, from, 00:12:25.590 --> 00:12:27.649 you know, what the league has put up there for 00:12:27.649 --> 00:12:30.830 anyone. That is a college student that is doing 00:12:30.830 --> 00:12:32.190 amateur radio. So you don't have to be a league 00:12:32.190 --> 00:12:34.629 member So if you're unsure if you can show up 00:12:34.629 --> 00:12:36.830 because of that, nope, definitely come share 00:12:36.830 --> 00:12:39.590 your ideas share your challenges And hopefully 00:12:39.590 --> 00:12:41.590 we can you know have some good learnings again 00:12:41.590 --> 00:12:47.169 this year in the room It's uh, it's always amazing 00:12:47.169 --> 00:12:52.740 how much red tape there is at the college level 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:56.159 to you know get antennas up on the roof or you 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:01.360 know install this or get that and and so That's 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.379 a challenge, but you guys have You know the stories 00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:08.899 of how you finally got it to go through and can 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:12.259 help each other do that and and I know that was 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:15.000 You know part of the goal of the Facebook group, 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:17.639 which you know was just to kind of get everybody 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:21.129 together So talk a little bit about that Yeah, 00:13:21.129 --> 00:13:24.950 actually We have a perfect example of that recently 00:13:24.950 --> 00:13:28.330 There was a club that was had to take down their 00:13:28.330 --> 00:13:30.950 their tower for some maintenance at the building 00:13:30.950 --> 00:13:33.350 and Basically, there was some concern when they 00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:36.370 tried to put it back up from from the school 00:13:36.370 --> 00:13:38.929 administration About you know, the aesthetics 00:13:38.929 --> 00:13:40.570 of it and it's something I know a lot of people 00:13:40.570 --> 00:13:44.389 can You know commiserate with but they've reached 00:13:44.389 --> 00:13:46.840 out to the group and said hey other schools that 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.700 have ham clubs. Can you send us pictures of the 00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:51.379 antennas on your building? Give us some background. 00:13:51.700 --> 00:13:54.019 We want to pull this together, present it to 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:55.799 the administration, show that there's other schools 00:13:55.799 --> 00:14:00.159 doing this. This is an important part of the 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.580 hobby, but for the school also. And they collected 00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:05.399 all that and they were successful in showing 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.059 the administration to get them to approve that 00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:10.580 they could put the tower back up. So that's the 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:12.799 kind of stuff we really want to be able to facilitate. 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:15.200 with our Facebook group and Discord of having 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:17.559 the central place people can go, communicate, 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.220 and build the hobby through colleges all across 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:27.779 the world, really. We've kind of been through 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:32.179 some of that with Yoda. We're at a university 00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:36.399 campus for the first time this year, and had 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:43.320 all these wonderful plans. Safety code and that 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.679 safety code came up and this and that and and 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.620 so you know it they were surprised how difficult 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:55.600 The job was and I know I'm still trying to get 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:59.639 just an antenna up where I teach So hopefully 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:04.100 we can work on that again this year, but after 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:11.200 the forum In that same room, AWRL has the youth 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:14.360 outreach forum and Steve Goodgame, K5 ATA will 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:17.259 be doing that. And so that'll be kind of the 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:20.240 same, kind of the same thing. It'll talk about 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:24.840 how to, you know, reach young people and work 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:29.899 with young people. And then after that, we have 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:34.100 another collegiate event. So Tony, tell us about 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:39.950 Dewey's. Yep, so for many years there has been 00:15:39.950 --> 00:15:42.990 a collegiate amateur radio dinner at Dayton. 00:15:43.230 --> 00:15:44.789 I think it's typically been on Friday nights. 00:15:45.289 --> 00:15:47.190 It's just been an open invitation to people to 00:15:47.190 --> 00:15:51.210 come hang out, you know, eat some food. So we're 00:15:51.210 --> 00:15:53.210 continuing that again this year. This year will 00:15:53.210 --> 00:15:55.990 be a Saturday night, so the 20th on Saturday 00:15:55.990 --> 00:15:59.769 at 630 p .m. We'll be meeting at Dewey's Pizza 00:15:59.769 --> 00:16:03.679 at New University of Dayton. Again, all are welcome 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.340 who are associated with Collegiate Amateur Radio. 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:11.419 It's a big social hour. Again, no agenda per 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.720 se other than just to give an opportunity for 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.019 everyone to hang out and talk. So we actually 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:19.340 have an RSVP if you'd like to come. I don't know, 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:23.580 Neil, if you can add a link somehow. If you make 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:26.580 it to our Discord or Facebook group for the Collegiate 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:28.480 Amateur Radio program, we have a link there. 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.279 We just want to have RSVP so we have enough seats 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:34.169 saved. So definitely join us for that. And it's 00:16:34.169 --> 00:16:36.610 worth noting that the league is graciously stepping 00:16:36.610 --> 00:16:38.309 in and helping offset some of the costs of that 00:16:38.309 --> 00:16:42.830 as well. So that is fantastic. As always, the 00:16:42.830 --> 00:16:45.429 league has been very generous for this sort of 00:16:45.429 --> 00:16:47.970 stuff. And you mentioned Steve. Steve Goodgame 00:16:47.970 --> 00:16:51.210 not only does the youth, but he's also one of 00:16:51.210 --> 00:16:53.870 the liaisons for the collegiate program as well. 00:16:54.769 --> 00:16:57.889 So a lot of great support there. Yeah. So that'll 00:16:57.889 --> 00:17:02.309 be a whole afternoon of of AWRL youth outreach 00:17:02.309 --> 00:17:05.329 between the collegiate program, the youth outreach, 00:17:05.430 --> 00:17:10.150 and then the dinner at Dewey's. So that'll be 00:17:10.150 --> 00:17:14.049 cool. Yeah, we have a QR code that's on the poster 00:17:14.049 --> 00:17:17.349 at the Yoda booth to RSVP for that, but I'll 00:17:17.349 --> 00:17:20.250 put a link in the description here after we get 00:17:20.250 --> 00:17:25.349 done. And that way people will have a link to 00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:30.809 sign up for that. So let's see. about that at 00:17:30.809 --> 00:17:33.049 the collegiate amateur radio program booth at 00:17:33.049 --> 00:17:35.670 Amvention. We'll have QR code also in sign. So 00:17:35.670 --> 00:17:38.250 stop by there for more info. We'll be in the 00:17:38.250 --> 00:17:41.549 ARRL area. You'll see Andy or me or some other 00:17:41.549 --> 00:17:45.220 students. Yeah, we have a great group of volunteers. 00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:48.339 They'll be manning the booth. I think almost 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:51.839 all of them are active students, you know, that 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.839 are coming down to Hamvention and hanging out 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:58.519 for a couple hours with us in the booth. So hopefully 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.140 trying to build those connections again as well. 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:02.759 So if you are a student out there, I know Neil 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.059 has a large portion of the collegiate community 00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:07.980 that listens to HamTalk Live. So be sure to stop 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:11.180 by. you know the booth and you know you might 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.960 see us but you also might see some other students 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.920 and you can have some of those very practical 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.339 conversations that you know oh yeah I have this 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:19.200 struggle at my club too here's how I got around 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.539 it or yeah this is something that we would love 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:24.559 to collaborate on and you know build a lot of 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.680 those connections I mean that's what Dayton's 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.220 all about is building connections and seeing 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:29.819 friends so trying to facilitate as much of that 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:35.859 as we can. Absolutely that's what it's about 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:40.799 is seeing everybody and Gathering together and 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:48.799 sharing ideas and some deals occasionally. That's 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.859 what we're after. So that's some of the stuff 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:55.000 on Saturday. Of course, Saturday morning right 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.460 at the beginning, 9 15 is the youth forum that 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.759 Carol Perry puts on in forum room two. And we 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.720 have some former Yoda campers that will be speaking 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:09.200 at the forum. I know Katie and Lyle are there. 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:12.839 I forgot to look at the list and see who else 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:16.480 is there, but I know for sure they will be there 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:20.019 speaking. And again, we'll do the youth social 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:23.839 hour at noon again, so we're gonna keep these 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:28.299 college kids well fed we have snacks both days 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:32.779 and then pizza At Saturday evening, so we'll 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:36.480 keep everybody well fed So those are some of 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:41.160 the things for the young people And then let 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.559 me talk a little bit about what's going on at 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.380 the Yoda booth in the behind the Yoda booth. 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:50.839 There's a small area for some miniature forums 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:56.480 and Eris is partnering with us on that this year 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:03.250 and we've always had Ham -Sci there. And so there'll 00:20:03.250 --> 00:20:07.650 be some many forums there. At 10 o 'clock on 00:20:07.650 --> 00:20:10.309 Friday, Dan White from Valparaiso University 00:20:10.309 --> 00:20:13.529 will be there talking about sparking interest 00:20:13.529 --> 00:20:16.329 in amateur radio and teachers and students through 00:20:16.329 --> 00:20:20.049 Eris. So that will be going on Friday morning 00:20:20.049 --> 00:20:24.190 at 10. And that's going to be at booth 4303. 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:28.559 So 4303 behind the Yoda booth and behind the 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:31.279 Eris booth there is where you'll find that. And 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:35.339 then Dave Casden, 88Y from Case Western Reserve, 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:39.000 will be speaking with HamSci at 11. And then, 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:41.420 of course, our youth social will be at 12. And 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:46.079 then one of Dr. Nathaniel Frisell's students 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:47.920 from the University of Scranton will be speaking 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:52.440 at 1 o 'clock. And then at 2 o 'clock, Eris's 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:58.019 engineering Chair, Randy Berger, W A 0 D will 00:20:58.019 --> 00:21:02.299 be speaking. So those are on Friday. And then 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:05.279 on Saturday at 10 o 'clock, Randy will be speaking 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:09.220 again, giving a how to work the repeaters on 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:13.119 the ISS. So if you wanted to do that, Randy is 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.799 going to be there to talk about that and take 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:18.460 some questions. Gary McKeaton from HamSci will 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:23.119 be speaking at 11 about the festival of eclipse 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:26.240 ionospheric science so we've got another eclipse 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.119 coming up so that's at 11 and then 12 o 'clock 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:35.339 again youth social One o 'clock VLF science by 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:38.940 another one of the University of Scranton folks. 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:42.779 And then at two o 'clock on Saturday, heiress 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:45.960 will have a post forum question and answer session. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:48.740 So that'll be right after their forum and a meet 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:53.400 and greet. So that will be taking place and we'll 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:57.000 have a big poster up with all of that on it. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:59.779 But if you go to youth on the air dot org slash 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:03.369 ham vincen, twenty, twenty three, or just look 00:22:03.369 --> 00:22:05.509 on the front page of youth on the air dot org. 00:22:05.509 --> 00:22:08.309 There's a link and it'll run all those times 00:22:08.309 --> 00:22:11.369 down. So if you missed those, uh, you can, you 00:22:11.369 --> 00:22:15.329 can check those out. All right. Well, we're going 00:22:15.329 --> 00:22:17.029 to take a break. When we come back, we're going 00:22:17.029 --> 00:22:20.029 to talk some more about Hamvention with Tony 00:22:20.029 --> 00:22:25.599 Malusi, KD8RTT. and Andy Malusi KK4 LWR right 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:28.839 after this word from ICOM America right here 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:31.740 on HamTalk Live. 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Eastern Time, look for us to be on HamTalkLive 00:24:11.950 --> 00:24:16.650 .com for the live feed and then the recording 00:24:16.650 --> 00:24:20.250 will instantly post to all the podcast outlets 00:24:20.250 --> 00:24:24.210 and YouTube as soon as we are done with that. 00:24:24.269 --> 00:24:28.549 So to listen live, make sure you go to HamTalkLive 00:24:28.549 --> 00:24:34.420 .com. We're back with Tony Melusi, KD8RTT and 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:41.880 Andy Melusi, KK4LWR. And guys, I just want to 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.240 talk a little bit about Hamvention. I'm excited 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:47.579 and ready, almost ready to go, I should say. 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:52.680 The pile of stuff in my dining room is getting 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:57.200 bigger by the day. All these banners and signs 00:24:57.200 --> 00:25:06.880 and pamphlets and... TV, TV show up today. There's 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:10.859 all kinds of stuff down there. And so, you know, 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.480 I'm really looking forward to having the booth 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.539 and having all the young people meet each other 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:24.319 again and see how they're doing. Since they attended 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:28.650 camp and meet some new young people who might 00:25:28.650 --> 00:25:32.549 be coming to camp at some point. So what are 00:25:32.549 --> 00:25:35.609 you guys looking forward to this year at Hamvention? 00:25:36.930 --> 00:25:40.930 So I haven't been to Hamvention since COVID in 00:25:40.930 --> 00:25:42.990 person. So I am looking forward to just being 00:25:42.990 --> 00:25:45.650 back. You know, it's one of those things where 00:25:45.650 --> 00:25:48.029 it was such a big part of my life. Then we took 00:25:48.029 --> 00:25:49.829 those two year break and last year I ended up 00:25:49.829 --> 00:25:52.390 getting married. So, you know, this is going 00:25:52.390 --> 00:25:54.930 to be my first time going back to Hamvention. 00:25:55.929 --> 00:25:59.529 since 2019. So, you know, that's a long time. 00:25:59.890 --> 00:26:01.690 So I'm just looking forward to that, seeing friends 00:26:01.690 --> 00:26:04.670 who I haven't seen in a while. All that sort 00:26:04.670 --> 00:26:06.490 of thing, you know, watching to see what Jocelyn 00:26:06.490 --> 00:26:11.529 points to, you know, all of that stuff. Yeah, 00:26:11.630 --> 00:26:16.029 there's an inside joke there about Jocelyn. It 00:26:16.029 --> 00:26:19.089 seems like every time at camp we would have a 00:26:19.089 --> 00:26:21.230 picture of him, he would be pointing to something 00:26:21.230 --> 00:26:24.500 to show somebody something and so. So we say 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:27.420 that Jocelyn's continually pointing at things. 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:32.500 So yeah, Jocelyn will be there and probably even 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.019 have his little pointer stick. You haven't seen 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:37.460 the pointer stick? No, I haven't. He's got the 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:41.000 pointer stick with the little Mickey hand on 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:44.150 the end of it. Oh. Is he going to be taking that 00:26:44.150 --> 00:26:47.869 to to Yoda camp this year? Yeah, I would imagine 00:26:47.869 --> 00:26:50.529 so. He did last year anyway. So, you know, I 00:26:50.529 --> 00:26:53.349 think he's got the official the official Jocelyn 00:26:53.349 --> 00:26:57.690 pointing stick so he can point out everything. 00:26:58.490 --> 00:27:02.230 Well, how about you, Tony? Yeah, no, it's kind 00:27:02.230 --> 00:27:04.349 of the same thing. I mean, I was there last year, 00:27:04.369 --> 00:27:07.009 but I'm so excited to get back, see people. That's 00:27:07.009 --> 00:27:08.910 that's the main thing. You know, there's there's. 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:11.039 There's a handful of people I run into every 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.579 year at Dayton that's nice to see them. People 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:16.559 I met on the air and then only knew from on the 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:19.160 air, then met in person, ran into them by chance. 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:21.779 There's also a bunch of the collegiate people 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:24.279 and other younger hams I've been seeing for years, 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:27.759 Sterling, Marty, et cetera, just hanging out, 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:31.460 seeing people again, my favorite part, and me 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:33.940 entering through the flea market a few times 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:38.559 to see if I can find anything good. Find something 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:42.859 that you can't live without. Yes, but I can stuff 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:48.400 in my suitcase. Yeah, that boat anchor might 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:52.039 be a little expensive to get home. Yeah. Yeah, 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:56.339 what was that on Ham Nation last night? The 290 00:27:56.339 --> 00:28:02.000 pound Transformers? Yeah. Yeah. Might not quite 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:06.980 fit in the luggage Tony. Sorry Or that that case 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:13.559 of 10 meter FM radios. Yeah. Yeah Yeah exactly 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:16.480 But you know invention that's cool is you can 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:19.119 find that person that drove up from Florida and 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.980 asked if they could drive back with Whatever 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:25.140 you bought meet up. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, of course 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:29.819 of course, so Now, if somebody's coming to Hamvention 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:35.640 for the first time, what's on the must -do list 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:40.099 for them? Ooh, that's a tough one. There is a 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:43.759 lot to do at Hamvention. I know the first year 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:46.299 I barely even hit the flea market because I was 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:48.819 just consumed in the commercial section the whole 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:51.099 time. There's just enough there for two days, 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:53.119 seeing all the different vendors and all the 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:55.839 different things because it's never a quick... 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.599 Never a quick interaction when you talk to someone. 00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:00.740 You go over to Eris or you go over to Amsat, 00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.180 and you're like, oh, this is going to be a quick 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.819 little chat. And two hours later, you're still 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.039 talking to them because you're learning something 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.720 new or you're trying something for the first 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:12.460 time. So there's a lot of that at Hamvention. 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:15.539 So I think commercial area is pretty good. If 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:17.559 you have something, though, on your mind that 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:19.960 you want to find in the flea market, that is 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.900 the first thing you have to go hit up. Yeah. 00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:25.740 If you want something, be there first thing in 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.740 the morning. Yeah, that's my advice. If you want 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:29.480 something, hit the flea market first thing when 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:31.599 you get there and then also the last thing before 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.640 you leave because that's when you'll get the 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:37.059 deals. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If there's something 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:39.779 you need and it's not Amvention, you don't need 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:42.660 it, but you got to be there early. You got to 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:44.799 be there at the beginning. You got to find it. 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.779 You got to get it before it's gone. And then 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:50.319 like you said, at the end, nobody wants to take 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:55.009 that stuff home. So you got to hang out at the 00:29:55.009 --> 00:29:57.589 end and that's when you'll get the deals on everything. 00:29:57.970 --> 00:30:00.029 But if there was something you were counting 00:30:00.029 --> 00:30:03.450 on, it almost assuredly will be gone by the time 00:30:03.450 --> 00:30:09.049 you wait until Sunday at one. But sometimes you 00:30:09.049 --> 00:30:12.890 find some real gems in there too. Oh yeah. Tony 00:30:12.890 --> 00:30:16.710 and I have gotten pleasantly surprised by finding 00:30:16.710 --> 00:30:20.880 attenuators or adapters or stuff. Saturday or 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:23.640 Sunday morning is a great time to get them. So 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:29.299 And of course Sunday is free So you can get you 00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:33.460 can get a free ticket If you just go on Sunday, 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.359 but you only get like what was it four hours 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:40.599 nine to one I think The other thing I highly 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.319 recommend especially if you're gonna be there 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:46.059 all weekend is get your tickets and go to the 00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:50.319 redrawing of prizes Oh yeah. You never know what 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:54.359 you'll win in the redraw. So I highly recommend 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:57.319 that. I know at a Hamcasian in Orlando, I won 00:30:57.319 --> 00:31:01.839 a 7 ,300 off that. So like there can be some 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:04.859 good prizes by going to that redraw. I had a 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:09.079 friend in college who won a tower at that. Wow. 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:11.599 And then he had to deal with how he could get 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:16.390 the tower when he didn't own a house. But he 00:31:16.390 --> 00:31:20.809 won a tower that's cool. Yeah. Yeah the only 00:31:20.809 --> 00:31:25.529 thing I remember winning Was it Dayton and it 00:31:25.529 --> 00:31:29.230 was one of those through the glass mobile two 00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:32.470 meter antennas I don't know if you ever remember 00:31:32.470 --> 00:31:36.269 those but they had this little box that you'd 00:31:36.269 --> 00:31:39.369 stick on the windshield and then the other side 00:31:39.369 --> 00:31:43.339 there was this little little triangular shaped 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.900 thing and then the whip would stick out of it 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:51.339 and they were terrible. Which is probably why 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:56.299 they're not around anymore. But yeah, I won one 00:31:56.299 --> 00:32:01.099 and I used it. I used it. I had a card and I 00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:06.460 had to use it because I couldn't put a different 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:13.970 antenna on it. So it solved the issue. But yeah, 00:32:14.549 --> 00:32:19.990 SWR wasn't real great on that one. But hey, I 00:32:19.990 --> 00:32:23.529 want it, the Dayton. Yeah. Yeah. The other thing 00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:26.430 I'd recommend people check out or seek out, I 00:32:26.430 --> 00:32:28.609 should say, is look at what's going on in the 00:32:28.609 --> 00:32:30.609 evenings after the show. You know, I've got the 00:32:30.609 --> 00:32:32.650 contest suites and you've got people having dinners, 00:32:32.789 --> 00:32:33.869 you know, the collegiate dinner, but there's 00:32:33.869 --> 00:32:36.390 other dinners and get togethers and tons of stuff 00:32:36.390 --> 00:32:40.500 going on in the evening. So. Um, and from, in 00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.180 my experience and everyone's pretty welcoming. 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.920 So make some friends throughout the day, see 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:46.220 what they're doing and, uh, go have fun at night. 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:50.319 There's plenty going on. Yeah, I know Bryant's 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:53.000 going to be speaking at the contest dinner. I 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.480 believe it is. And there's the top band dinner 00:32:55.480 --> 00:33:00.980 and CQ hall of fame inductions. And there's, 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:04.589 there's just so much going on at night. That, 00:33:04.589 --> 00:33:08.509 uh, it's like the day you can't get to all of 00:33:08.509 --> 00:33:12.589 it at once. So I know, uh, the spurious emissions 00:33:12.589 --> 00:33:17.009 band I heard are taking a year off. So I was, 00:33:17.049 --> 00:33:19.950 I was really making plans to make sure that I 00:33:19.950 --> 00:33:22.450 got to that this time. I keep saying, I'm going 00:33:22.450 --> 00:33:25.049 to go and see it live instead of on YouTube. 00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:28.759 And then I heard that they're taking the year 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:31.819 off, so you won't be able to do that. But the 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:34.900 contest, super sweet. And there's pizza parties 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:38.039 at like 10 30 or 11 o 'clock every night at those. 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:42.420 So if you like pizza, there's plenty of opportunities 00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:45.650 for pizza. Not to mention, you can make some 00:33:45.650 --> 00:33:47.970 really incredible friends by going to those contest 00:33:47.970 --> 00:33:50.769 suites. And even just the conversations and talking 00:33:50.769 --> 00:33:53.009 with folks there, even if you're not a big contester 00:33:53.009 --> 00:33:55.549 and you're just a DXer or even just starting 00:33:55.549 --> 00:33:58.329 to get into the hobby, you can learn a lot from 00:33:58.329 --> 00:34:00.130 just sitting at a table, sharing some pizza with 00:34:00.130 --> 00:34:02.890 folks who have been doing this for 10 or 15 or 00:34:02.890 --> 00:34:06.190 more years and just get some great pointers from 00:34:06.190 --> 00:34:09.250 operating or from gear to get or setups to have. 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:13.429 So highly recommend those contest suites there. 00:34:13.429 --> 00:34:17.170 There's a lot of great learning there All right, 00:34:17.170 --> 00:34:21.489 so the next question is what's the one thing 00:34:21.489 --> 00:34:29.190 you have to bring home I Think I think an antenna 00:34:29.190 --> 00:34:31.110 of some sort I feel like every year I've gone 00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:33.289 to Dayton. I've come on with an antenna It's 00:34:33.289 --> 00:34:35.489 it's kind of a tradition be it a little rubber 00:34:35.489 --> 00:34:38.639 duck or something bigger. So Find that antenna 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:43.599 you don't need and buy it. Yeah, I know this 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.760 year I'm looking for a dummy load. So that's 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:48.840 what I'm hoping to come home with. But every 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:53.980 year there also seems to be usually a field day 00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:56.639 shirt has been something that I always seem to 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:59.840 end up getting at Hamvention. You know, it's 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:03.820 a month away and all that. The league is there. 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:07.179 They have a pretty good in -stock supply of shirts 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:10.199 and books and stuff like that. With Tony and 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:13.360 I hanging out in that section a lot with the 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:16.440 collegiate booth, I tend to walk home with at 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:23.000 least a field day shirt. More recently, it's 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.659 also been with a renewal of my Diamond Club membership. 00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:35.559 Yeah, it seems like, you know, there for a long 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.179 time, I had to come home with a Dayton shirt 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:41.900 every year. And that, but I know I can order 00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:45.360 this stuff online or, or, you know, back then 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:49.860 I could go to my local ham radio store. Um, when 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:53.239 those were actually a thing like everywhere and 00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:57.460 not just here and there, um, and, and, you know, 00:35:57.460 --> 00:36:00.619 and get stuff or order stuff, but. There was 00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:03.840 always just something special about picking it 00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:07.260 up at Dayton and taking it home. The instant 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:10.199 gratification of, you know, I'm going to take 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.219 this home and I'm going to go back to the hotel 00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:15.380 and open it up and start programming it or, or, 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:17.760 you know, or I'm going to go install that antenna. 00:36:19.509 --> 00:36:22.750 Yeah, there are definitely some like cult classics 00:36:22.750 --> 00:36:25.250 though for Dayton. If it's your first time, there's 00:36:25.250 --> 00:36:27.730 the Waffle House shirt. There's the Dayton Ham 00:36:27.730 --> 00:36:30.690 Mention shirt. There's the Boy Scouts patch. 00:36:31.630 --> 00:36:33.769 You know, there are some definite Dayton specific 00:36:33.769 --> 00:36:36.110 things that I know a lot of people year over 00:36:36.110 --> 00:36:39.309 year will not, you know, miss out on. So, you 00:36:39.309 --> 00:36:40.909 know, that's always something to look at too 00:36:40.909 --> 00:36:42.710 is, you know, if you're like really into some 00:36:42.710 --> 00:36:44.349 of those things, you know, both Tony and I are 00:36:44.349 --> 00:36:46.469 in the scouts. So we've gotten a few patches 00:36:46.469 --> 00:36:50.559 over the years and stuff like that. But Uh, yeah, 00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:52.820 those are definitely highlights for some folks 00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:56.920 at Dayton. And then, you know, I was probably 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:59.539 sick of hearing the cheesecake on a stick story, 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:03.340 but, you know, back when it was at Harrah Arena, 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:08.820 the buildings were all scattered out all over 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.380 the place, but there wasn't like a clear path. 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:16.679 And so there was this one intersection that the 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:19.369 only way to describe it that you had to turn 00:37:19.369 --> 00:37:22.289 to go into the other building was that's where 00:37:22.289 --> 00:37:26.170 the Cheesecake on a Stick stand is. And so it's 00:37:26.170 --> 00:37:28.309 like, you know, you go down this way, you turn 00:37:28.309 --> 00:37:30.710 left at Cheesecake on a Stick, you go down the 00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:33.590 ramp and you, you know, and that's, that's where, 00:37:33.590 --> 00:37:37.210 you know, this booth is. And, and so it just 00:37:37.210 --> 00:37:40.510 became a thing. And so eventually I'm like, you 00:37:40.510 --> 00:37:42.690 know, I've been to Dayton all these years. I've 00:37:42.690 --> 00:37:45.849 never had Cheesecake on a Stick. So I finally 00:37:45.849 --> 00:37:49.570 got it and then they, you know, moved and they 00:37:49.570 --> 00:37:52.309 didn't have it the first year out in Greene County. 00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:55.849 And so I said something and now it's like three 00:37:55.849 --> 00:37:58.269 different places have cheesecake on a stick now. 00:37:59.909 --> 00:38:03.510 I mean, the food vendors there, you can pretty 00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:06.789 much find anything deep fried, you know. Oh yeah. 00:38:07.610 --> 00:38:11.130 There's definitely a, you know, if you are into 00:38:11.130 --> 00:38:14.900 deep fried food, Dayton certainly has you covered. 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:20.820 Yeah. Yeah. The ice cream's pretty good. I usually 00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:24.159 go for the grilled chicken, but that's a shorter 00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:27.739 line. I think that's why it's too healthy. Yeah. 00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:35.739 It's too healthy. Oh, geez. Well, I look forward 00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:39.340 to seeing the two of you. at Hamvention as well 00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:42.699 as a bunch of other people and no photo contest 00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:46.659 this year, Andy? No, no, none going on right 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:50.460 now. Was that your last Hamvention? When you 00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:53.920 had the photo competition? With Michelle? Yeah, 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:57.219 I think that was actually. Yeah, it's been a 00:38:57.219 --> 00:39:00.239 while, so. Yeah, I remember Andy coming up to 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:03.539 me and he's like, Oh, hi, I finally ran into 00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:05.300 you. Hey, I need to take your picture and take 00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:11.079 off. I'm like, okay, sure. And you know, take 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:13.840 my picture with you and you take off. And I'm 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:17.360 like, okay. And then later found out it was some 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:20.039 competition you guys were in. So yeah, there's 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:22.260 some shenanigans and fun stuff that always happens 00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:25.280 to Dayton. So I did hear a rumor and I probably 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:28.559 I'm sworn to secrecy. So, but I did hear a rumor 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:32.099 that there's going to be quite a fun activity 00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:37.320 going on. So Make sure you keep your ear to the 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:45.980 ground on some of the other podcasts, we'll say. 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:51.719 It sounds like a lot of fun. I'll just say that. 00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:55.940 Just keep an ear to the ground. The thing I am 00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:58.940 actually most looking forward to for this Hamvention, 00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:02.219 on top of everything else, is actually if this 00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:05.519 sort of kicks off a few months of seeing some 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.739 friends and doing some amateur radio because 00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:11.119 the three folks on this chat tonight are getting 00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:15.219 the band back together in July. Yes, we are getting 00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:20.159 the band back together. Oh, I was doing the Yoda 00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:25.039 camp in Canada and I didn't I never did hear. 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:29.420 Are Daisy and Max coming to camp this year? No, 00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:32.619 Daisy and Max are not going to venture up north 00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:35.699 of the border. That might be too cold for their 00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:41.360 Floridian blood. As you know, Minotridoxins are 00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:45.900 best kept warm in Florida, not moderately warm 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:50.250 in Canada. Yeah, there you go. I will look forward 00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:52.110 to yeah, we look forward to getting the band 00:40:52.110 --> 00:40:56.489 back together there as well and We've got a great 00:40:56.489 --> 00:41:00.969 week lined up for the Yoda camp again this year. 00:41:01.690 --> 00:41:05.429 So Thanks guys for these these two are working 00:41:05.429 --> 00:41:09.969 on the building aspect of Camp so they get to 00:41:09.969 --> 00:41:13.610 start right away after we take all the camp photos 00:41:13.610 --> 00:41:17.460 Monday morning I'm going to be building some 00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:22.699 antennas and some code oscillators and a straight 00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:25.780 key, I believe, this year. And then we're going 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:28.519 to use them for the next five days. Yeah, we're 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.619 going to use them. We're going to do a POTA activation. 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:34.599 It's a twofer for those of you who are into POTA. 00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:39.199 So make sure you keep an eye out for that. But 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:42.829 I'm looking forward to it. Well guys, I'm gonna 00:41:42.829 --> 00:41:46.530 call it quits here for tonight, but the next 00:41:46.530 --> 00:41:51.250 episode will be live from Dayton and Hopefully 00:41:51.250 --> 00:41:56.909 We'll have some more to talk about so Sounds 00:41:56.909 --> 00:42:01.010 good Sounds great. Thanks. Thanks Neil and drop 00:42:01.010 --> 00:42:02.989 by the collegiate amateur radio booth if you're 00:42:02.989 --> 00:42:06.090 in Dayton say hello. Yeah, we look forward to 00:42:06.090 --> 00:42:13.360 seeing everyone and Yeah Also go Gators. And 00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:19.260 go Wildcats, yes. All right. Well, that's a wrap 00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:22.320 for this edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:26.239 guests, Tony Melusi, KD8RTT, and Andy Melusi, 00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:29.480 KK4LWR, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:32.639 for listening. and invite you back Thursday night 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:36.800 right around 9 p .m. Eastern Time live from Hamvention. 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:39.820 For a list of all of our upcoming guests go to 00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:45.219 HamTalkLive .com. For now this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG 00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:50.780 saying 7 -3, 7 -5 and may the good DX be yours. 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:04.460 To you and your family I'll be seeing you further 00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.460 down the line