WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.419 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:06.820 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:13.759 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:18.440 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:23.660 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:32.810 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:32.810 --> 00:00:38.789 we go, welcome to Hamtok Live Callin' let's talk, 00:00:39.049 --> 00:00:44.310 Neil's your guy Hamtok Live, here we go on Hamtok 00:00:44.310 --> 00:01:08.409 Radio Everyone, it's time for HamTalk Live. It's 00:01:08.409 --> 00:01:14.829 episode number 316, Hamvention Preview 2023, 00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:19.450 recorded on April 17th, 2023. I'm your host, 00:01:19.769 --> 00:01:23.469 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this 00:01:23.469 --> 00:01:27.329 episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined 00:01:27.329 --> 00:01:32.590 by Michael Coulter, W8CI from the Dayton Hamvention. 00:01:33.049 --> 00:01:38.670 Last episode Glenn Norman W4YES and Terry Beard 00:01:38.670 --> 00:01:46.670 KO4WFP were here to talk about CW with CICR So 00:01:46.670 --> 00:01:48.969 if you missed that show you can listen anytime 00:01:48.969 --> 00:01:52.890 hamtalklive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:56.230 app or on YouTube so make sure you check that 00:01:56.230 --> 00:02:00.890 out and We're talking with Michael Coulter tonight 00:02:00.890 --> 00:02:03.989 about Hamvention and speaking of Hamvention, 00:02:04.069 --> 00:02:06.329 let me remind you that the National Voice of 00:02:06.329 --> 00:02:09.349 America Museum of Broadcasting will have their 00:02:09.349 --> 00:02:13.050 usual extended hours once again during Hamvention. 00:02:14.189 --> 00:02:17.229 On Thursday and Friday the hours will be 1 to 00:02:17.229 --> 00:02:21.870 9 p .m. and then on Saturday of Hamvention they'll 00:02:21.870 --> 00:02:26.300 be open from noon until 9. and then Sunday noon 00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:30.539 to five. So if you want to go after Hamvention 00:02:30.539 --> 00:02:34.000 on Friday or Saturday, they're open until nine 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:38.139 o 'clock. If you get there early or you leave 00:02:38.139 --> 00:02:43.800 a little late, stop by. It's something that is 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.960 well worth your time. And if you need a list 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:51.400 to remind you of the times, just go to wchvoa 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:55.569 .org slash Hamvention And they'll have all the 00:02:55.569 --> 00:02:58.969 times listed there. They've got the Drake exhibit. 00:02:59.150 --> 00:03:01.469 If you're a Drake fan, they've got a whole collection 00:03:01.469 --> 00:03:05.650 of the Drake stuff from the RL Drake factory. 00:03:06.330 --> 00:03:11.849 The restored WLWO transmitter. So that was the 00:03:11.849 --> 00:03:16.699 overseas transmitter, the shortwave. And then 00:03:16.699 --> 00:03:20.900 all the other exhibits will be open as well. 00:03:21.259 --> 00:03:23.819 And you can make a few queues at the Ham Shack. 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:28.860 So admission is $10 at the door and be sure to 00:03:28.860 --> 00:03:32.080 check that out. And they've got the new venue 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:36.000 open as well. So that's pretty cool. Now, as 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.419 far as Hamvention goes for us, HamTalk Live will 00:03:39.419 --> 00:03:43.340 have a live broadcast on Hamvention Eve, as we 00:03:43.340 --> 00:03:47.340 always do. With weather traffic the latest news 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:50.819 from Dayton. So all the last -minute stuff We'll 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:53.599 have it for you right here on ham talk live. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.280 We also hope to have the new Green County sheriff 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.840 to talk about traffic. Of course, we remember 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:07.900 Gene Fisher Okay was the can't say GCS that Became 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:11.419 a silent key, but the new sheriff is also working 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:15.719 with hamvention quite a bit. So We'll hopefully 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.759 be talking with him and others during Hamvention 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:24.399 Eve, so make sure you tune in for that. Well, 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.680 right now we have Michael on the line, so we'll 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.740 get to that and we'll come back and talk to him 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:33.779 right after this word from Tower Electronics 00:04:33.779 --> 00:04:39.819 right here on HamTalk Live. Jerry, what's up, 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.740 man? I haven't seen you at SunBucks in a while. 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:45.209 I used to see you every morning getting coffee. 00:04:45.290 --> 00:04:49.029 What's up? 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It's Hamvention Preview 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:40.269 here on HamTalk Live. Hey, welcome back to ham 00:06:40.269 --> 00:06:44.250 talk live tonight Michael Coulter w8 CI joins 00:06:44.250 --> 00:06:47.550 us on the Orlando amateur radio club and hamcation 00:06:47.550 --> 00:06:51.629 zoom line Michael is the official spokesperson 00:06:51.629 --> 00:06:54.470 of the Dayton hamvention and resides in Zeno, 00:06:54.730 --> 00:06:57.149 Ohio He's a past president of the Dayton amateur 00:06:57.149 --> 00:07:00.149 radio association and the ham fish Hamvention 00:07:00.149 --> 00:07:05.610 general chair back in 2011 and 12. And he's currently 00:07:05.610 --> 00:07:08.850 the treasurer and board member of DERA and finance 00:07:08.850 --> 00:07:12.009 chair for Hamvention. And this year is also co 00:07:12.009 --> 00:07:14.870 -chairing the awards and the forums for Hamvention, 00:07:15.329 --> 00:07:18.430 among other things, as if he didn't have enough 00:07:18.430 --> 00:07:22.730 to do. So Michael, welcome to HamTalk Live again. 00:07:24.350 --> 00:07:27.430 Hey, Neil. I'm really happy to be here. Love 00:07:27.430 --> 00:07:31.209 your program. Love how organized it is and what 00:07:31.209 --> 00:07:34.769 you do for the Ham radio community. I think we're 00:07:34.769 --> 00:07:38.529 all grateful. Well, thank you and we're very 00:07:38.529 --> 00:07:42.410 grateful for the job of all of those volunteers 00:07:42.410 --> 00:07:47.620 at Hamvention. I know everybody's excited about 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:50.500 this year. I know I've heard from a lot of people 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:53.899 that are planning on attending this year that 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:57.019 haven't been there for a few years with COVID 00:07:57.019 --> 00:08:01.079 kind of being behind us or at least much less 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:06.000 of a threat. But I know that there's one key 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:11.100 volunteer. That that we're sad to say has become 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:14.540 a silent key. So before we get started, Michael, 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:20.439 could you say a few words about Ron Kramer? Yeah, 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.620 Ron Kramer. He was our current vice president 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:27.480 on the Darrow board. He's also a past general 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:31.339 chairman and assistant chairman. And he works 00:08:31.339 --> 00:08:35.629 tirelessly. I mean, we have a a core team. He 00:08:35.629 --> 00:08:39.289 was on the executive committee with us for Hamvention. 00:08:40.850 --> 00:08:45.970 And boy, what a wonderful man, a wonderful human 00:08:45.970 --> 00:08:49.950 being, really. He was kind to everyone. He would 00:08:49.950 --> 00:08:55.490 listen to people's issues and he'd work through 00:08:55.490 --> 00:08:59.509 them. And just a very well -respected guy. And 00:08:59.509 --> 00:09:04.850 it was sudden and stunning. to lose him. He was 00:09:04.850 --> 00:09:09.809 at a meeting on a Friday night. Matter of fact, 00:09:09.850 --> 00:09:11.730 I had even talked to him after the meeting. We 00:09:11.730 --> 00:09:13.909 did a phone call because we were trying to figure 00:09:13.909 --> 00:09:17.370 out an issue for Hamvention that we thought we 00:09:17.370 --> 00:09:19.990 ought to take care of. He was going to call me 00:09:19.990 --> 00:09:21.590 back. I said, boy, this is funny. He hadn't called 00:09:21.590 --> 00:09:26.409 me back this morning. Well, he just dropped over 00:09:26.409 --> 00:09:30.730 and they kept him alive, I think. I don't know, 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:33.970 almost a week, but what a tragic loss. What a 00:09:33.970 --> 00:09:37.169 tragic loss. Thanks for asking, Neil. Yeah, I 00:09:37.169 --> 00:09:42.450 know Ron did a lot of work with some of the contracts 00:09:42.450 --> 00:09:46.049 and things like that. And I know that's a big 00:09:46.049 --> 00:09:49.830 loss to the Hamvention community. So just wanted 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:53.210 to... Have you say a few words? I know I just 00:09:53.210 --> 00:09:56.929 saw him at hamcation not too much before that 00:09:56.929 --> 00:10:01.330 happened and this was just very Very saddened 00:10:01.330 --> 00:10:04.730 and shocked to to hear the news about about Ron 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:11.470 but on a more upbeat note I've heard that You've 00:10:11.470 --> 00:10:15.409 got quite a number of new exhibitors and some 00:10:15.409 --> 00:10:19.190 that have been absent for a while but now feel 00:10:19.190 --> 00:10:22.230 like it's safe to return or are returning for 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:24.909 a variety of reasons. So, tell us how things 00:10:24.909 --> 00:10:30.730 are going over in the exhibits. Well, it's funny, 00:10:30.950 --> 00:10:36.929 you know, the inside exhibits chairman was just 00:10:36.929 --> 00:10:38.889 still here at my house last evening or taking 00:10:38.889 --> 00:10:42.250 care of some business. And he was telling me 00:10:42.250 --> 00:10:44.529 that everything's nearly sold out at this point, 00:10:44.730 --> 00:10:48.529 which is pretty amazing. We are very excited 00:10:48.529 --> 00:10:55.730 about that. And we're urging everybody, if you're 00:10:55.730 --> 00:10:57.809 a vendor and you haven't signed up, I think there 00:10:57.809 --> 00:11:00.710 are a few spots, but not many at this point. 00:11:01.330 --> 00:11:05.429 But that's going really, really well. And I will 00:11:05.429 --> 00:11:09.480 say that one of the great things that is happening 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.100 at Hamvention is when the vendors come, it's 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:15.179 not just a few tables that they set up, really 00:11:15.179 --> 00:11:21.340 beautiful, beautiful exhibits and useful and 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:24.799 they think these things through in terms of placement 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.220 and the people that they're gonna use and very 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:32.039 professional. I really admire what's happening 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.940 there with inside exhibits but yeah, it's gonna 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:39.889 be great. Yeah, we're we're working on our area 00:11:39.889 --> 00:11:43.409 over in the the Yoda booth Getting that ready 00:11:43.409 --> 00:11:46.350 to go and heiress will be next door to us again 00:11:46.350 --> 00:11:50.509 and get some Small forums going on. We'll talk 00:11:50.509 --> 00:11:54.629 about the the ham vincen official forums here 00:11:54.629 --> 00:11:58.850 after the break, but Just trying to get everything 00:11:58.850 --> 00:12:01.870 ready to go and and we're gonna have our youth 00:12:01.870 --> 00:12:06.789 social hours again So we'll talk about that But 00:12:06.789 --> 00:12:09.809 I know you've got something else new that's going 00:12:09.809 --> 00:12:14.090 on with some area restaurants. So, um, and that 00:12:14.090 --> 00:12:16.730 kind of ties into the bussing. So, so fill us 00:12:16.730 --> 00:12:22.730 in on this, this new idea. Well, I know you, 00:12:22.730 --> 00:12:24.909 uh, there are certain foods that you like to 00:12:24.909 --> 00:12:29.769 get and sometimes we don't have it. Well, you 00:12:29.769 --> 00:12:32.909 mentioned it to me every time I see it. So I 00:12:32.909 --> 00:12:36.309 thought I'd bring it up for at any rate. At any 00:12:36.309 --> 00:12:38.870 rate, we're going to make it easier for people 00:12:38.870 --> 00:12:41.970 to get, if they don't want to eat, you know, 00:12:42.009 --> 00:12:43.730 the great food that we're going to have there. 00:12:44.710 --> 00:12:47.509 And believe me, we have, if you're out in the 00:12:47.509 --> 00:12:49.730 center area there at Hamvention, you know, near 00:12:49.730 --> 00:12:53.590 the flag poles, and you'll smell that wonderful 00:12:53.590 --> 00:12:58.149 aroma, you know, it really kicks in at about, 00:12:58.149 --> 00:13:02.750 I don't know, 1045, 11 a .m. And it just makes 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.480 You just want something great to eat and you're 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.779 cooking it right in front of you and it's and 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:10.919 it is Really amazing everything that everything 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.419 there from homemade noodles homemade ice cream, 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:17.759 you know the cattle producers pork producers 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:24.539 We've also Put a cap on the price of bottle of 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:26.940 water We don't want people gouged five or six 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:28.740 bucks for a bottle of water, especially if it 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:32.120 gets warm out but to the point We're going to 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:35.159 have bus service that goes into downtown Xenia, 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.639 and they'll be stopping at various restaurants 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.759 within Xenia. So you may want to take a look 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.340 at what's happening with that one. There's some 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:49.139 information on the website. We plan to even increase 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:52.899 that information. But you'll be able to take 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:55.740 a bus, go get something to eat downtown Xenia, 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.549 and get the bus back. So we thought we'd give 00:13:58.549 --> 00:14:02.429 that a try. The people of the city of Xenia have 00:14:02.429 --> 00:14:04.649 been so helpful to us and they have to put up 00:14:04.649 --> 00:14:08.090 with the fact that we bring in 32 ,000 people 00:14:08.090 --> 00:14:11.509 and the population of the city of Xenia is only 00:14:11.509 --> 00:14:16.789 about 26 ,000. So they want to show off a little 00:14:16.789 --> 00:14:22.029 bit too on how well they can prepare food and 00:14:22.029 --> 00:14:24.889 how well they take care of that beautiful little 00:14:24.889 --> 00:14:30.309 city. Well, yeah, you know, we're always talking 00:14:30.309 --> 00:14:32.649 about the cheesecake on a stick because it goes 00:14:32.649 --> 00:14:35.429 way back to her arena and everything But but 00:14:35.429 --> 00:14:38.470 I meant I got a message the other day actually 00:14:38.470 --> 00:14:40.889 from from one of my newsline colleagues that 00:14:40.889 --> 00:14:45.970 that was talking about key lime pie on a stick 00:14:45.970 --> 00:14:49.389 and So, you know, we said well, maybe that's 00:14:49.389 --> 00:14:51.909 the hamcation thing, you know being in Florida 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.289 and everything, you know down near the keys and 00:14:54.590 --> 00:14:57.429 And they were like, no, no, no, no. Hamvention 00:14:57.429 --> 00:15:01.789 needs both. So I don't know. We've got several 00:15:01.789 --> 00:15:05.330 cheesecake on a stick vendors now. So maybe we'll, 00:15:05.350 --> 00:15:11.370 maybe we'll have to expand. Just put in your 00:15:11.370 --> 00:15:14.450 request. Put in your request and we'll find the 00:15:14.450 --> 00:15:19.409 truck. Well, there's always, always plenty of 00:15:19.409 --> 00:15:24.220 good food trucks there. at Hamvention if I only 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:32.019 had a way to get more time to visit more variety 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:34.539 shall we say. I usually end up with whichever 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:39.559 one is the shortest line but they're all fabulous 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:45.120 and so it'll be great to have those again as 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:50.639 well as the bus option so that's some cool stuff. 00:15:51.289 --> 00:15:55.409 All right. Well, um, you know, before we take 00:15:55.409 --> 00:15:58.990 a break here, Michael, I know that volunteers 00:15:58.990 --> 00:16:03.269 are the heart of, of Hamvention and you couldn't 00:16:03.269 --> 00:16:07.870 have it without them. So, um, I know you love 00:16:07.870 --> 00:16:10.970 to talk about your, your volunteers, so please 00:16:10.970 --> 00:16:16.909 do. Well, thank you. I do. I, I'm just a spokesperson 00:16:16.909 --> 00:16:22.059 and a volunteer as well. And, um, It's a joint 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:25.440 effort running Hamvention, and it's a labor of 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.779 love. I was thinking about this the other day, 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:33.100 the fact that the ARRL, they consider themselves 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:37.159 headquarters. But we've heard it said that Hamvention 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:39.740 is sort of the mecca of amateur radio. It's where 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:43.019 everybody comes to meet. It's where there's so 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:46.740 much that goes on there, and it wouldn't happen 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:51.149 really without volunteers. are volunteers that 00:16:51.149 --> 00:16:53.049 are working there. You've got volunteers from 00:16:53.049 --> 00:16:56.590 other organizations that come in and they have 00:16:56.590 --> 00:16:59.730 activities throughout the evening all over the 00:16:59.730 --> 00:17:03.250 area. And if you are one of those people that's 00:17:03.250 --> 00:17:06.130 having an evening activity, just let us know. 00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:09.089 We'll make sure we get it on the website so people 00:17:09.089 --> 00:17:14.230 can see that. And I wanna say hello to especially 00:17:14.230 --> 00:17:19.569 my friends. Hazel and Jeff Everett that do, I 00:17:19.569 --> 00:17:22.190 mean they have just, they've been a long time 00:17:22.190 --> 00:17:25.950 volunteers and I'd like to name everybody but 00:17:25.950 --> 00:17:28.990 just gonna pick them right now because they help 00:17:28.990 --> 00:17:31.130 kind of prod everybody along to make sure that 00:17:31.130 --> 00:17:35.170 they're done on time and do it in such a wonderful 00:17:35.170 --> 00:17:37.750 way and always trying to thinking of things. 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:41.660 Anyway, speaking of volunteers, we are still 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:44.259 in need of a few more volunteers and even golf 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:47.259 carts was needing some volunteers. So you can 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:51.980 go to our website, hamvention .org and look up 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:56.359 volunteers and fill out a form and put in an 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.819 application and there are some benefits that 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:03.140 go along with that and that's all on the website. 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.519 But I'm glad you asked about the volunteers, 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.980 did you? so many of them do so much work and 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:11.380 I don't know how to thank all of them but we 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:14.640 try. Back to you Neil. Yeah you need those golf 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.880 cart drivers because they they do a lot of running 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:22.680 and so that's always something that I know that 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.380 some of my friends do that are you know they're 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:29.920 driving in four or five six hours to get there 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:32.380 and and they're going to volunteer an afternoon 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:35.740 to to drive the golf carts around and it's kind 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:40.140 of fun. So, um, that's, that's good that you 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:44.099 have some benefits for them as well. So yeah, 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:45.900 and make sure you check that out. Hamvention 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:51.059 .org under, under the volunteers. Um, yeah. Uh, 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:53.539 and you know, we're working, you know, for youth 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:55.599 on the air, we're going to have, have some time 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:00.109 there, but we're, we're hosting a Youth Social 00:19:00.109 --> 00:19:03.470 Hour on Friday and Saturday. Again, it went really 00:19:03.470 --> 00:19:07.369 well last year. So we're bringing it back again. 00:19:08.349 --> 00:19:14.230 So at noon on both Friday and Saturday, the young 00:19:14.230 --> 00:19:17.910 people can stop by the area behind the Yoda booth 00:19:17.910 --> 00:19:21.329 there and we've got free snacks and drinks for 00:19:21.329 --> 00:19:24.089 them. And it's just a chance to get to meet other 00:19:24.089 --> 00:19:27.500 young hams that maybe uh... you know they've 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.720 they've heard or or you've heard and and talked 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:34.880 to you on the air and chance to uh... meet up 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:37.279 and i know we've had a lot of the uh... yoda 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:42.220 camp alumni now uh... meet there and and kinda 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:45.059 catch up with everybody and and just kinda gives 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:49.940 you a place to hang out and and get uh... a little 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:53.670 uh... little food and drink as well and uh... 00:19:53.670 --> 00:19:56.910 i know tony sent me the information on the collegiate 00:19:56.910 --> 00:20:00.829 dinner that's coming up so that's on saturday 00:20:00.829 --> 00:20:03.730 evening i believe it is so uh... those things 00:20:03.730 --> 00:20:06.650 will be popping up on the website so make sure 00:20:06.650 --> 00:20:10.609 you you take a look at that website and uh... 00:20:10.609 --> 00:20:12.809 they'll have all those listed there and we've 00:20:12.809 --> 00:20:15.950 got a little thing for the youth program uh... 00:20:15.950 --> 00:20:18.109 you know all the things that are going on invention 00:20:18.109 --> 00:20:21.019 specifically for youth will have that hanging 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:25.319 up in the, in the Yoda booth there. So, uh, well, 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:27.500 we're going to talk forums and we're going to 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:30.339 talk awards, but first we're going to take this 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:33.440 break and we'll come back with Michael Coulter, 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:37.380 W8CI right after this word from ICOM America 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:41.259 right here on HamTalk Live. Got cabin fever? 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:44.500 Look no further. Spring is in the air and ICOM 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:47.940 has just what you're looking for. ICOM has top 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:50.460 quality base stations, mobiles, and handhelds 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:52.920 that are perfect for working your favorite bands 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.549 inside the ham shack or venturing out. 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Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:22.000 and Instagram. We'll be sending out some more 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:26.119 stuff here as we get closer to Hamvention, I'm 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:29.579 sure. But right now, before we get back to Michael, 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:33.839 it's time for the HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. 00:23:34.089 --> 00:23:37.509 Now it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio 00:23:37.509 --> 00:23:39.730 Joke of the Week, the part of the show where 00:23:39.730 --> 00:23:43.150 Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk Live 00:23:43.150 --> 00:23:45.470 Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought to you 00:23:45.470 --> 00:23:50.230 by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU 00:23:50.230 --> 00:23:58.910 with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. My 00:23:58.910 --> 00:24:01.029 homeowners association was trying to make me 00:24:01.029 --> 00:24:03.690 take my antennas down, so I hired a lawyer. I 00:24:03.690 --> 00:24:05.589 went to his office and said, how much do you 00:24:05.589 --> 00:24:08.490 charge? He said $5 ,000 for three questions. 00:24:08.809 --> 00:24:11.250 I said, isn't that a lot? He said, yes it is. 00:24:11.289 --> 00:24:15.390 Now, what's your third question? This has been 00:24:15.390 --> 00:24:18.430 the Ham Talk Live. Ham radio joke of the week 00:24:18.430 --> 00:24:22.190 with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again next 00:24:22.190 --> 00:24:27.740 week for another joke from Rick. We are back 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:30.859 with Michael Coulter, WHCI, the spokesperson 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:35.319 of the Dayton Hamvention. We're going to talk 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:39.039 about forums and awards here in a minute, but 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:43.079 first, we've got a few other things that everybody 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:48.680 needs to keep in mind. So Sunday is free, free, 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.140 free, free. Tell them how to get in for free. 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:57.859 Excuse me, we do that for a couple of reasons, 00:24:58.140 --> 00:25:01.180 but more importantly, there's a lot of people 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:04.180 in our area, maybe within a couple hundred miles 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:06.640 of Hamvention that are really curious, what's 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:12.640 this all about? And Hamvention is open nine to 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:14.460 one. And then of course at one o 'clock we had 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:18.160 a prize drawing. But there's no age limits on 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.410 coming in on Sunday with a free. in getting a 00:25:21.410 --> 00:25:23.650 free ticket, just go to the ticket booth and 00:25:23.650 --> 00:25:26.690 we'll give you the free pass to get in. You will 00:25:26.690 --> 00:25:29.789 not be eligible for a main prize, but if you 00:25:29.789 --> 00:25:31.849 know some people and you want them to come meet 00:25:31.849 --> 00:25:35.349 you and walk around a little bit with them, or 00:25:35.349 --> 00:25:40.890 if you want to bring your, I don't know, just 00:25:40.890 --> 00:25:43.210 bring kids, well kids are free anyway, but you 00:25:43.210 --> 00:25:46.750 can bring whoever you want and they'll get in 00:25:46.750 --> 00:25:49.589 free. And what a great way to introduce people. 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:53.740 to amateur radio. Although that's a, it's like 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:56.920 drinking out of a fire hydrant. There it is. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.539 Yeah. So you're drinking straight out of the 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:05.660 hydrant on that one, but that's, that's a good 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:08.480 thing. I've always remember a friend of mine 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.019 saying that, you know, that was his first ham 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:13.799 fest. And it's like, then you go to the other 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:16.680 ones and it's like, wait a minute, this isn't 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:20.440 like Dayton. So, uh, we're lucky to have it in 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:24.500 our backyard here, more or less. Uh, let's talk 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:27.700 a little bit about buses too. I know, uh, you've 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:30.119 got some of the remote parking still going on. 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:33.740 So let's talk a little bit about buses. Right. 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:37.720 I want to be sure that people, uh, are looking 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:40.980 at the website, you know, it's currently constantly 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:44.299 being updated and that's a hamvention .word. 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:48.450 So We are getting the bus routes kind of set 00:26:48.450 --> 00:26:52.430 and it will be, I haven't looked the last few 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:56.230 days if they're actually on the website yet or 00:26:56.230 --> 00:26:59.289 not, but they will be. And also, while I'm talking 00:26:59.289 --> 00:27:03.990 about that website and buses, be sure to download 00:27:03.990 --> 00:27:10.750 the app. We're gonna have the events app and 00:27:10.750 --> 00:27:14.480 you'll see it on the webpage. how to download 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:16.680 that app, but it'll tell you when the forums 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:20.119 are, it'll have all kinds of information that 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:25.859 you can link to, and I would strongly urge, before 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:28.220 you come to Hamvention, because there's so much 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:31.599 to do, and it's so big, that you plan it out 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:33.720 a little bit, like, I wanna see this forum, I 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:36.200 wanna see that forum, I wanna see this vendor, 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:38.920 I wanna see that vendor, and they should have 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.980 the locations will be in there, the vendors. 00:27:41.309 --> 00:27:43.910 or, you know, we're going to try to get evening 00:27:43.910 --> 00:27:46.309 activities in there and a lot of, a lot of things, 00:27:46.509 --> 00:27:51.190 bus schedules. Um, so be sure to download that 00:27:51.190 --> 00:27:53.450 app because we're going to have it, try to have 00:27:53.450 --> 00:27:56.410 it jam packed with good information as well as 00:27:56.410 --> 00:27:59.690 the website. So, uh, I wanted to get that information 00:27:59.690 --> 00:28:04.369 out to you as well. And there's still a few hotel 00:28:04.369 --> 00:28:07.049 rooms around. So tell, tell people how they could 00:28:07.049 --> 00:28:10.819 find those. Yeah, that's exactly right, Neil. 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:16.579 We have, I was talking with the Convention Visitors 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:20.000 Bureau just a couple of days ago, and they said 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.259 that, yeah, there's some people that can't make 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:24.660 it, and they cancel their rooms, and that frees 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:28.819 some rooms up. So they will have that information. 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:31.700 You can get on our website, of course, and then 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:35.460 link right into all that information. But the 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:37.380 Convention and Visiting Bureau, they even come 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:40.480 to our planning meetings. Really a great group 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:45.500 there to help us out in Greene County and to 00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:48.200 make sure that we have everything that we need. 00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:53.220 Actually, when I mention people in Greene County, 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:56.380 I want to mention the different outlying cities 00:28:56.380 --> 00:29:00.279 and communities, including Xenia, and the elected 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:04.079 officials and other officials within. Green County 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.920 and even over in the Montgomery County that are 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:09.559 always putting out a helping hand to make sure 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:15.519 that ham bench continues to be a success. Okay, 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:20.180 so check that out. The Convention and Visitors 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:25.000 Bureau and HamTalk Live will be live on Thursday 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:28.079 night. We'll get you ready for everything. So 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:30.500 if there's any last -minute announcements that 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:34.740 come across the website or uh... weather and 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:37.220 traffic and all that kind of thing as we do each 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:40.160 year will we'll get you ready on thursday night 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:43.740 uh... for that but uh... of course that the uh... 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:47.480 hamvention dot org is is the official word so 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:51.119 uh... make sure you check out uh... both of those 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:55.640 Well, Dayton always has quite the list of top 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.740 -notch forums and this is something that you 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:10.559 were added to a little more this year, the forums 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:14.400 task, and so let's talk about the forums and 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:16.420 some of those that will be taking place this 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:22.000 year. Yeah, they are all posted now on the website 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:25.819 and I will tell you there's a lot of tough decisions 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:28.799 We have a lot of requests from people, you know 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:32.779 to do forums And we have some really exciting 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:38.319 ones going on. I know We'll start off with We'll 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.039 have parks on the air. We're going to have Tapper 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:45.539 in there. We're going to have What is this news 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:50.539 line thing that you're part of? Yes, so amateur 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:53.319 radio news line used to have this thing called 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:57.940 the town hall where we'd bring in elected officials 00:30:57.940 --> 00:31:01.859 or some expert on something and and do kind of 00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:04.960 a question and answer kind of thing and we've 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:08.299 been wanting to bring that back and So this year 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:13.440 we're bringing it back. So Paul Brown WD9 GCO 00:31:13.849 --> 00:31:16.750 We'll be moderating that and I'll be helping 00:31:16.750 --> 00:31:21.529 him out a little bit with the moderating of the 00:31:21.529 --> 00:31:25.089 audience questions, but we've got three good 00:31:25.089 --> 00:31:29.910 topics. Riley Hollingsworth is no stranger to 00:31:29.910 --> 00:31:31.930 the town hall. He did a lot of those back when 00:31:31.930 --> 00:31:35.910 he was at the FCC. He's going to be talking about 00:31:35.910 --> 00:31:39.930 the volunteer monitor program that ARRL has and 00:31:39.930 --> 00:31:44.750 he'll take questions on that. Mark Smith from 00:31:44.750 --> 00:31:48.730 Halibut Electronics is going to be talking about 00:31:48.730 --> 00:31:56.089 an open standard for headphones, headsets, the 00:31:56.089 --> 00:31:58.849 headset interface to kind of standardize that 00:31:58.849 --> 00:32:01.890 for EMCOM and that kind of thing. So he'll be 00:32:01.890 --> 00:32:07.099 talking about that. Then we also have Rod Stafford, 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:10.039 Vice President of International Affairs of ARRL 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:12.799 be talking about some international stuff and 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:15.700 taking questions on that. So I'll be a part of 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:19.160 that one, but there's a long list here. So go 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:21.359 right ahead, Michael. Well, I'm not going to 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.220 read every one, but you know, you're in another 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:28.859 one too with Carol Perry. And I don't know, let's 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:31.400 see, you're going to have to get, she has an 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:34.240 instructor's forum and then it seems like get 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:36.440 done with that. You're really going to have to 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:41.180 hightail it down to make a... I am? Yeah, as 00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:44.279 soon as I leave the instructors forum I'll be 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.859 headed straight over to the town hall, but in 00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:49.299 the instructors forum I'll be talking about Yoda 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:53.240 and some of the resources that instructors can 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:58.400 use, so that'll be fun. Well, and also in looking 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:02.640 at forums we've got One on high -altitude balloons 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:06.380 and amateur radio. We've got kit building with 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:10.900 Joe, Joe Eisenberg. We have, I'll tell you a 00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:14.099 really great one is gonna be with Brandon Pelliquin. 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:17.380 He's our National Weather Service, one of the 00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:21.380 chief forecasters down there. And that's near 00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:24.940 and dear to my heart because I am a net control 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:27.500 operator at the National Weather Service in Wilmington, 00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:31.500 Ohio. south half of Ohio, northern Kentucky, 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:37.799 and eastern Indiana. They are absolutely dedicated 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:41.420 to amateur radio and the communications that 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:44.099 amateur radio provides. So that, he always puts 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:48.680 on a great form. And then we have, in keeping 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:53.779 with our theme this year, we have an innovation 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:58.049 forum, and that's gonna happen. on Friday and 00:33:58.049 --> 00:34:02.130 of course Tim Duffy K3LR will have the antenna 00:34:02.130 --> 00:34:04.930 forum which is a pretty big deal and lots of 00:34:04.930 --> 00:34:09.170 great information and we'll have John Stratton 00:34:09.170 --> 00:34:11.909 is going to be he's from ARRL. ARRL by the way 00:34:11.909 --> 00:34:17.449 has got a lot of forums that they're going to 00:34:17.449 --> 00:34:21.829 have as well and I just want to you know ask 00:34:21.829 --> 00:34:24.769 everybody to take a look at some of these great 00:34:24.769 --> 00:34:28.099 forums we've got at the DX Forum that's gonna 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:32.119 be on Saturday. Well, let's see, when does that 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.739 start? Right at the late Saturday morning, 1130 00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:42.559 till almost 1 .50 p .m. And Jay, Jay Slough, 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:48.800 K4ZLE, he is going to have a great DX Forum and 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:51.280 he's gonna have some real surprise guests there 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:54.940 from some of the big DXpeditions that have just 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:59.710 gone on. But please take a look at all the different 00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:05.469 things that are going on at the forums. I can't 00:35:05.469 --> 00:35:07.510 even read them all, there's so many. I don't 00:35:07.510 --> 00:35:10.250 want to take that much time doing it, but we 00:35:10.250 --> 00:35:14.289 hit on, I know what Neil thinks is probably the 00:35:14.289 --> 00:35:23.219 most important too. But there are a bunch and 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:26.739 there's the Youth Forum and Collegiate Forum 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:30.539 and just all kinds of stuff. So, yeah, check 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:34.579 it out at the website. And I think I could spend 00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:38.780 all day in the forums and never see anything 00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:42.699 else. Neil, let me mention one thing about forums 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:46.139 is that I think, you know, from what I've read 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:50.820 in the history and the lore of Amvention, But 00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:54.599 that is what initially made Dayton so big, was 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:57.699 the fact that they started off at the Biltmore 00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:03.039 with very interesting forums where people could 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:08.440 come in and learn something new, and that is 00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:10.980 still going on. And to me, forums is one of the 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:14.139 most important things at any kind of a ham fest. 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:16.940 I mean, it's great to, there are so many good 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.940 aspects, but that is a really, Uh, a wonderful 00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:23.099 aspect. I, you know, I, I sometimes I wish him 00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:25.539 benching was longer so that I could get through 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:29.900 everything, but a little younger that I can hike 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:32.019 the whole thing, you know, plus get everything 00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:35.380 I need to get done. So, but it is what it is. 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.440 It's wonderful to be an event where you're not, 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:39.480 where you're almost not going to be able to walk 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.219 through everything. I don't know how there's 00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:43.559 time. Some people do it through this to them. 00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:48.420 I've never been able to do it. I'll tell you 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:51.400 that. And like I said, I could sit in the forums 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:54.639 all day long, I think, if you know, and always 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:59.059 have one that I'm interested in. So that's a 00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:02.900 great list. So check it out at hamvention .org 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:06.860 or on the app. So last thing we're going to talk 00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:10.820 about today. And we'll be talking about more 00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:15.159 Dayton stuff as the weeks go on. We'll be talking 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:19.119 about different forums in depth and some of the 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.420 things that are going to be happening. And like 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:24.940 I said, HamTalk Live will be live the night before. 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:29.659 But the last thing on our agenda for today are 00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:32.679 the award winners. But before we talk about the 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:36.059 HamVenture award winners, we want to talk about 00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:41.219 a very special award for your general chairman. 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:48.579 Yep. Yeah, Jim Storms, AB8YK. And Jim's been 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.739 doing an awful lot with youth for many, many 00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:55.940 years. And he was given this award for several 00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:59.960 different things he was involved with. And you 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:02.059 might want to talk a little bit about this too, 00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:04.900 because I believe you were also down in Orlando 00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:09.199 to watch him receive this award. I was. So Jim 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:12.860 was the recipient of the Carol Perry Educator 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:18.760 of the Year award this year and very well deserved 00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:23.760 for a variety of reasons. And I'm still trying 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:26.719 to figure out how he does all this stuff and 00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:32.500 is the general chairman this year. Yeah, he is. 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:41.659 He's busy as well. Of course, that's his passion. 00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:45.980 He's been working with youth. This is his first 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:49.300 year as general chairman. We only allow a person 00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:52.340 to be a general chairman for two years and there's 00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:56.920 different reasons for that. That's our tradition 00:38:56.920 --> 00:39:01.780 and we pretty much go with that. I just want 00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:08.010 to say Jim is worked so hard with, I think he's 00:39:08.010 --> 00:39:10.670 been a leader in different jamborees for radio 00:39:10.670 --> 00:39:14.730 licensing and things like that. He's been a partner 00:39:14.730 --> 00:39:21.690 in the founding of the Dave Coulter DX Youth, 00:39:21.869 --> 00:39:24.730 Youth De -Expedition, the Dave Coulter Youth 00:39:24.730 --> 00:39:27.969 De -Expedition, and they go to generally Central 00:39:27.969 --> 00:39:32.400 America for that. You know that I know that he 00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:35.639 has the same last name as me and now is my little 00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:39.119 brother and I miss him and he You know, he's 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:43.739 left a legacy in radio, but he's been He was 00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:46.920 one of the co -founders with a few other people 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:50.079 in that particular organization as well Anyway, 00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:53.800 just kudos to Jim if you've seen give him some 00:39:53.800 --> 00:40:00.429 kudos All right. Well the hand -vention is recognizing 00:40:00.429 --> 00:40:03.670 some award winners, so let's hear about those. 00:40:05.650 --> 00:40:09.230 All right, Ham Benson gives out four, we consider 00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:13.170 pretty major awards for, and they're open internationally, 00:40:13.250 --> 00:40:15.409 and we do get international winners. It seems 00:40:15.409 --> 00:40:17.449 like every year there's somebody on the international 00:40:17.449 --> 00:40:20.789 scene that wins. But the first one I want to 00:40:20.789 --> 00:40:23.510 talk about is the Special Achievement Award, 00:40:23.909 --> 00:40:27.570 and that's this year's recipient is Dr. Jason 00:40:27.570 --> 00:40:33.710 McDonald. into Tango Papa Alpha. He's a real 00:40:33.710 --> 00:40:37.530 active amateur extra class operator. He began 00:40:37.530 --> 00:40:40.849 his life as an RF engineer. And then, can you 00:40:40.849 --> 00:40:43.530 believe this, he changed careers to become a 00:40:43.530 --> 00:40:48.989 trauma surgeon. So his radio interests range 00:40:48.989 --> 00:40:52.969 from operating to international disaster response 00:40:52.969 --> 00:40:58.050 and his true passion is working with youth to 00:40:58.050 --> 00:41:01.349 promote amateur radio. Sounds familiar, Neil. 00:41:01.710 --> 00:41:07.210 You like to do that. Dr. McDonald has been instrumental 00:41:07.210 --> 00:41:10.449 in promoting international friendship and community 00:41:10.449 --> 00:41:13.590 through amateur radio by forming scouting clubs 00:41:13.590 --> 00:41:18.349 in Canada, the Philippines, and Florida. And 00:41:18.349 --> 00:41:22.829 to date, more than 500 youth in these clubs have 00:41:22.829 --> 00:41:27.579 been licensed and are on the air. We are proud 00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:29.840 to see him win this award, the special achievement 00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:34.820 award. So let's move on to the amateur radio 00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:39.860 club of the year. And being a member of the amateur 00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:42.159 radio association and a few other clubs in the 00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:46.659 region, I really respect what gets done in an 00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:49.480 amateur radio club. I know we have a lot of individual 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.679 achievement awards, but a lot of these individual 00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:55.880 achievement awards can't really happen without 00:41:55.880 --> 00:42:04.820 some kind of impetus or a motivation from a radio 00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:08.159 club. But the winner this year is the Delaware 00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:13.199 Radio Association and they've been around since 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:17.519 1930 and they serve the Trenton, New Jersey metropolitan 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:21.199 area. Couple things about this club. They tripled 00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:24.159 in size over the last six years due to the wide 00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:27.280 range of amateur radio activities and events 00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:30.619 they offer. They consider themselves, and it 00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:32.679 appears to all of us, they are an all -purpose 00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.840 club. And they do everything from public service 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:39.780 events to operator training, mentoring, scouting 00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:42.519 events, informational monthly meetings, boat 00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:45.820 events, and the operation of a world -class club 00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:50.119 station. I'm really pleased to see this club 00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:53.360 win on the Delaware Valley Radio Association. 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:58.079 I mean, from the pictures they sent along, just 00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:01.780 an outstanding club. And one thing aside, I will 00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:05.460 mention that, I will tell you that, as I mentioned 00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:08.619 before, that clubs are near and dear to my heart. 00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:11.559 And then, so, I don't know, several years ago, 00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:14.579 I started the club of the year award at Daris. 00:43:15.130 --> 00:43:18.929 I'm always happy to see these great clubs and 00:43:18.929 --> 00:43:20.429 people trying to figure out how they can win 00:43:20.429 --> 00:43:23.750 that award. And I believe you have, you have 00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:30.070 some, a forum on that too. Oh, yeah. Yes, I do. 00:43:30.210 --> 00:43:33.110 Well, it isn't really my forum is, is our Ohio 00:43:33.110 --> 00:43:37.489 section manager and, um, Tom, Tom sly, really 00:43:37.489 --> 00:43:41.130 wonderful guy. And, um, you know, he's a guy 00:43:41.130 --> 00:43:44.789 that works hard and, and, uh, You know, one of 00:43:44.789 --> 00:43:47.989 the things that he does, he, he's always highlighting 00:43:47.989 --> 00:43:51.389 clubs throughout the state of Ohio and passing 00:43:51.389 --> 00:43:54.150 on great information. And he's going, he has 00:43:54.150 --> 00:43:56.849 a lot of information about that. And I'm going 00:43:56.849 --> 00:44:00.630 to kind of stand by in that for him to help him 00:44:00.630 --> 00:44:02.809 a little bit because I've a little bit experience 00:44:02.809 --> 00:44:06.650 with clubs myself, but not as good of a problem, 00:44:06.809 --> 00:44:11.010 I don't think. And then we've got the technical 00:44:11.010 --> 00:44:15.170 achievement award. Oh yeah, that's right. Dr. 00:44:15.389 --> 00:44:20.090 James Brekel, W -A -3 -F -E -T. What an amazing 00:44:20.090 --> 00:44:25.969 guy. Now, he's a retired professor emeritus from, 00:44:26.070 --> 00:44:31.730 where did he go? Penn State University. And he's 00:44:31.730 --> 00:44:37.489 been involved in advancements and using antennas. 00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:43.519 He also did a lot of work on the numerical electromagnetic 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:48.500 code, better known as the NEC. Now being retired, 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:51.760 he serves as a consultant to the Army, Air Force, 00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:56.659 and Navy on many antenna -related projects. I'm 00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:59.460 not gonna give you all his information, but I 00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:03.679 will tell you that he's worked with Joe Taylor 00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:11.360 and K1JT Angel WP3R and Pedro Pizar and T4A, 00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:15.900 and they collaborated on how to use Aircebo's 00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:20.619 1000 foot dish to do a moon bounce. He's also 00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:25.860 been a frequent presenter at Handvention, and 00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:30.199 he'll be in some forums there, so be sure to 00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:32.619 check those out. I believe he'll be in Tim Duffy's 00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:36.130 forum on antennas. Another amazing thing that 00:45:36.130 --> 00:45:40.670 I, this just really gets me is the fact that 00:45:40.670 --> 00:45:45.090 there is an antenna test range named after him, 00:45:45.269 --> 00:45:48.929 and he sent in a picture of himself next to the 00:45:48.929 --> 00:45:52.929 sign, and it's called the James K. Brekel antenna 00:45:52.929 --> 00:45:58.050 test range. Just an amazing fella. Really really 00:45:58.050 --> 00:46:00.789 deserves this award I know not a lot of people 00:46:00.789 --> 00:46:04.949 know of him and he continues to be an excellent 00:46:04.949 --> 00:46:09.489 source for antenna information Well, our final 00:46:09.489 --> 00:46:14.030 one is the amateur of the year. So that's That's 00:46:14.030 --> 00:46:16.889 one of the big ones. So tell us yeah. Yeah it 00:46:16.889 --> 00:46:21.190 is but you know They're all big ones that and 00:46:21.190 --> 00:46:23.510 none of these awards are hard are easy to get 00:46:25.660 --> 00:46:28.179 When we judge these things, and there's just 00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:32.340 a few of us who judge them, and we look for what 00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:37.199 delivers the most to ham radio. It's not having 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:40.559 the biggest antenna in your neighborhood, and 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.019 it's not making the most contacts of anybody. 00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:47.099 It's what do you contribute to the greater good 00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:49.519 of amateur radio that would really help a lot 00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:53.000 of people? Well, amateur of the year award, for 00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:56.199 this year, it goes to Karsten Doward, Delta Mike 00:46:56.199 --> 00:47:00.219 9 Echo Echo. And he's been active in amateur 00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:04.480 radio, European amateur radio, through WRTC and 00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:07.780 Yoda for 30 years. So I don't know if you know 00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:12.079 him or not, but he's another one of your guys 00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:16.920 out there working on it. But recently, he spearheaded 00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:21.179 a group called the DM9 Echo Echo Helping Hands. 00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:24.360 It's a movement to provide amateur radio equipment 00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:28.199 to war torn Ukraine by collecting donations and 00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:32.340 delivering them personally throughout to the 00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:36.739 communities in Ukraine. He sent, I don't know, 00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:40.179 tons of equipment being radios, power banks, 00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:48.769 solar packs, first aid to Ukraine. You can imagine 00:47:48.769 --> 00:47:51.969 the time going into plan that pack pack all that 00:47:51.969 --> 00:47:55.929 stuff the documentation Accessing permits and 00:47:55.929 --> 00:47:59.110 just so much that happens, but that's not all 00:47:59.110 --> 00:48:03.489 when he comes back He oftentimes brings back 00:48:03.489 --> 00:48:06.829 war refugees to havens in Germany including his 00:48:06.829 --> 00:48:10.949 own family's hotel He helps these people find 00:48:10.949 --> 00:48:14.590 work You know, he has a really nice station there. 00:48:14.590 --> 00:48:17.190 He helps make sure they can get on the air But 00:48:17.190 --> 00:48:21.949 more importantly, he's trying to give back to 00:48:21.949 --> 00:48:24.750 the great hobby. He says that the world is very 00:48:24.750 --> 00:48:27.449 small when you have a radio license. You talk 00:48:27.449 --> 00:48:29.989 to the world and eventually you also visit people 00:48:29.989 --> 00:48:32.610 in other countries. And you always learn more 00:48:32.610 --> 00:48:35.829 about culture when you know people there. And 00:48:35.829 --> 00:48:39.110 radio is great to learn languages, even if it's 00:48:39.110 --> 00:48:43.429 only a few friendly phrases. So I've talked to 00:48:43.429 --> 00:48:47.570 Carson. and he's gonna have a forum there as 00:48:47.570 --> 00:48:51.130 well to talk about all these things. Maybe sort 00:48:51.130 --> 00:48:54.469 of reluctantly, he's a really fantastic photographer, 00:48:55.190 --> 00:48:59.710 but I urge you to take a look at his forum and 00:48:59.710 --> 00:49:02.650 the meeting when he's there. What a great way 00:49:02.650 --> 00:49:05.030 to give back to amateur radio. To me, that's 00:49:05.030 --> 00:49:07.210 a very high level. He's helping lots of people, 00:49:07.329 --> 00:49:10.670 he's setting a great example, and I don't know. 00:49:11.429 --> 00:49:15.389 To me, I guess, Sort of being maybe I have a 00:49:15.389 --> 00:49:17.369 little bit of a bias because I'm a former Peace 00:49:17.369 --> 00:49:22.809 Corps volunteer Quite quite a story. So Karsten, 00:49:22.809 --> 00:49:27.530 congratulations and look forward to seeing all 00:49:27.530 --> 00:49:30.309 of the award winners and hearing about all the 00:49:30.309 --> 00:49:35.630 award winners at Hamvention 2023 May 18th, 19th, 00:49:35.630 --> 00:49:43.760 20th, correct? No, 19, 20, 21 Those are my days. 00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:49.280 Actually, I come in on the 17th. I don't know 00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:52.679 what I'm talking about. But anyway, 19th, 20th, 00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:57.960 and 21st, hamvention .org has this information 00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:00.320 and a whole lot more. And Michael, thanks for 00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:03.460 coming on the show and talking about it once 00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:06.280 again. And I'm sure we'll check in again right 00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:10.099 before. invention starts and check in for any 00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:12.699 last minute updates, but thanks for taking the 00:50:12.699 --> 00:50:17.500 time to tell us what's going on. Oh, thank you, 00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:19.840 Neil. It's been really a pleasure, always a pleasure 00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:22.599 to get to meet up with you and talk with you. 00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:26.159 And, you know, I know you have an extremely busy 00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:29.440 schedule and all the things you're trying to 00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:32.079 do. to do and important things you're doing to 00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:35.239 support amateur radio. I know you've got Yoda 00:50:35.239 --> 00:50:38.320 activities going on. You've got the news line 00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:42.579 activities going on. You've got God knows what 00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:47.019 else you got going on. I know you're busy. I 00:50:47.019 --> 00:50:51.159 see your name popping up and I know everybody 00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:54.519 appreciates your contributions as well. So with 00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:56.800 that, I wish you a very good seven three and 00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:59.849 I'll look forward to our next time, Neil. Alright, 00:51:00.070 --> 00:51:02.389 I look forward to it and I look forward to seeing 00:51:02.389 --> 00:51:05.889 you in person once again here in about a month. 00:51:06.690 --> 00:51:10.510 So that is a wrap for this edition of HamTalk 00:51:10.510 --> 00:51:12.869 Live. I'd like to thank my guest, Michael Coulter, 00:51:12.929 --> 00:51:16.440 W8CI. from the Dayton Hamvention. And everybody 00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:18.440 out there in cyberspace for listening, I invite 00:51:18.440 --> 00:51:21.539 you back next time for a list of all of our upcoming 00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:25.880 guests, go to HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this 00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:31.000 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 73, 75, and may 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:45.179 the good DX be yours. To you and your family 00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:48.420 I'll be seeing you further down the line