WEBVTT 00:00:02.310 --> 00:00:05.250 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:05.250 --> 00:00:08.650 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:08.910 --> 00:00:15.589 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:15.589 --> 00:00:20.269 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:20.269 --> 00:00:25.489 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:25.489 --> 00:00:34.230 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:34.230 --> 00:00:40.570 we go, welcome to Amtopi Call in, let's talk, 00:00:40.969 --> 00:01:01.700 Neil's your guide Amtopi, here we go One from 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:04.900 beautiful Florida, it's HamTalk Live episode 00:01:04.900 --> 00:01:10.840 number 313, live from the Orlando hamcation recorded 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:15.560 on Thursday, February 9th, 2023. I'm your host, 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.200 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning into this 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.680 episode of HamTalk Live. And a little later we'll 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:25.980 be joined by the chairman of hamcation, Michael 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:30.780 Colley, W4ORL, to let us know what all is. Going 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:35.900 on starting in the morning here at ham occasion 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:41.319 Last episode John Portoon W6 NBC was here to 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.599 talk about toroids and balance if you missed 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.439 that show you can listen anytime ham talk live 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:52.700 comm or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:59.099 so great trip down here may May have stopped 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:04.359 at a Bucky's or two or three along the way down 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:09.319 here. But just really excited about everything 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:12.539 going on this weekend. I got everything set up 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:16.039 in the Yoda booth. So I'll be there. So if you're 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:18.639 at hamcation, stop by the Yoda booth and say 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.919 hello. We'll be pushing all the youth on the 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:25.860 air camp and activities. this weekend and taking 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:31.000 care of the youth zone which is a youth hangout 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.419 area and then on Saturday at noon we're gonna 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:38.740 have a social hour for youth we'll have free 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:41.520 snacks and drinks for the youth and of course 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.699 we have our drawstring bags that are for the 00:02:44.699 --> 00:02:48.460 youth so we'll have those available and stickers 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:51.479 and all kinds of stuff there next to the Yoda 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:55.800 booth so Hope you could stop by during hamcation. 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:57.960 If you haven't been to hamcation, you need to 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:03.560 go. 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If Denny's 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.339 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why 00:05:16.339 --> 00:05:19.379 are there locks on the doors? Now, here's Neil 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:35.319 Rapp with more HamTalk Live. All right, we're 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.819 here live at the Orlando hamcation. It's Thursday 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:42.879 night, so it's pretty quiet around here. In fact, 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:46.620 set up was supposed to finish about an hour ago, 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:50.439 but we're still here and with me is the chairman 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:55.600 of hamcation, Michael Colley, W4ORL, and the 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.259 show's ready to begin. Now, I was driving this 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:01.939 afternoon, running a couple errands, and I heard 00:06:03.159 --> 00:06:06.500 guy explaining, you know, this big event, and 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:09.139 said, you know, this is a radio, so you can't 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:13.180 see the dancers. But the show's ready to go on. 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:16.680 It is. Welcome to Hamcation, Neil. Great to have 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:20.899 you here. So we're pretty much set up here on 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:23.720 Thursday. The show opens to the public tomorrow 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.540 morning at 9 a .m. All right, and and looks like 00:06:27.540 --> 00:06:30.519 weather is gonna cooperate pretty well, maybe 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.120 maybe some quick rain But it's kind of that Florida 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.139 rain. Yeah here the weather can change within 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:38.860 five minutes It'll be raining five minutes and 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:42.300 next time it'll be sunshine and so typical Florida 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:46.160 weather here and Even gonna cool down a little 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.819 bit here. It is I think on Sunday the high is 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:51.579 supposed to be in the 60s the last I saw so a 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:54.569 little bit of that northern weather or our version 00:06:54.569 --> 00:06:57.449 of northern weather down here. I didn't bring 00:06:57.449 --> 00:07:02.730 that with me, just for the record. But yeah, 00:07:03.670 --> 00:07:07.170 it should be a nice time here and just a couple 00:07:07.170 --> 00:07:09.449 of pop -up storms here and there, it sounds like. 00:07:10.449 --> 00:07:15.009 For those who may still be on the fence here 00:07:15.009 --> 00:07:19.810 of getting to Orlando and being here for hamcation, 00:07:20.569 --> 00:07:23.680 tell them what all is going on here. Hamcation 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.920 is the second largest ham fest in the country. 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.019 It is Friday, Saturday, Sunday here in Orlando, 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:34.279 Florida. We still have, you can come out Friday, 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.879 Saturday, Sunday, buy your tickets. We do have 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.759 some swap tables left in our swap area. We have 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.300 a large outdoor RV area. There's still RV spaces 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:45.399 available if you want to bring your RV down and 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:49.779 camp on site. There is also a large tailgate 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:53.160 area, outdoor boneyard area. Right now we're 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.750 probably 200 plus tailgaters out there. Okay, 00:07:56.970 --> 00:08:01.449 and we're sitting right across from the ARRL 00:08:01.449 --> 00:08:05.610 area. They have a lot of booths and they are 00:08:05.610 --> 00:08:08.449 doing the app again. So tell everybody about 00:08:08.449 --> 00:08:11.129 the app. Correct, this is the ARL events app. 00:08:11.290 --> 00:08:14.750 You can actually download it on iOS or Android. 00:08:15.290 --> 00:08:18.709 And what this app is, we partnered with ARL and 00:08:18.709 --> 00:08:22.689 Dayton Hamvention to bring visitors of both of 00:08:22.689 --> 00:08:25.689 our HamFests this app. So you can download it. 00:08:25.889 --> 00:08:28.410 It will have all the information you need for 00:08:28.410 --> 00:08:31.110 the HamFest at your fingertips. You'll know when 00:08:31.110 --> 00:08:33.909 the forum schedule is. You will see all the prizes 00:08:33.909 --> 00:08:36.629 in there. Every hour when the prizes are drawn, 00:08:37.649 --> 00:08:40.840 they will be posted. You can put your profile 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.500 in there. You can meet other people. There's 00:08:43.500 --> 00:08:46.059 the floor plan. You can go to it if you're looking 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:48.940 for a certain vendor. It will actually show you 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:50.799 exactly where they're at with a pinpoint when 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.539 you pick them. There's a lot of stuff you can 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:56.679 do with the app including, just like I said, 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:59.200 meeting up with other attendees. There's a spot 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.559 in there where you can say let's meet up and 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.440 send them a message if you know somebody and 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.720 let them know. So it's a very good app that ARL, 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:12.250 Dayton, and ourselves are using this year. Well 00:09:12.250 --> 00:09:15.230 it's really cool and I'm looking at a couple 00:09:15.230 --> 00:09:19.769 of ads for it here as we're sitting here in the 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:24.909 Yoda booth and see the ads that will be around 00:09:24.909 --> 00:09:28.049 for the app so make sure you download the app 00:09:28.049 --> 00:09:30.629 and you can get reminders for your forums and 00:09:30.629 --> 00:09:36.549 all kinds of stuff so that's a cool deal. I've 00:09:36.549 --> 00:09:39.210 got the the youth on the air booth set up here, 00:09:39.210 --> 00:09:43.370 but we've got this massive space to my right 00:09:43.370 --> 00:09:49.210 that is the youth zone and We're gonna do some 00:09:49.210 --> 00:09:52.669 some stuff on that on Saturday We're gonna have 00:09:52.669 --> 00:09:55.850 some snacks and and drinks for all the youth 00:09:55.850 --> 00:09:59.070 and of course some some Yoda swag to give away 00:09:59.070 --> 00:10:02.649 so we'll be doing that on Saturday and then Friday 00:10:02.649 --> 00:10:04.590 and Sunday it's just going to be kind of a youth 00:10:04.590 --> 00:10:07.389 hangout area. We've got the youth activities 00:10:07.389 --> 00:10:10.789 highlighted on some signs here in the booth. 00:10:11.490 --> 00:10:14.830 So for any youth that are coming, you can check 00:10:14.830 --> 00:10:19.350 out the youth schedule here in the youth zone. 00:10:19.570 --> 00:10:22.889 So thanks for allowing us to kind of change that 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:24.830 up this year instead of the forum and do the 00:10:24.830 --> 00:10:28.370 youth zone. Yes, I think this will work out very 00:10:28.370 --> 00:10:30.909 well. At least the youth can come and go as they 00:10:30.909 --> 00:10:33.190 need to. They don't have to worry about going 00:10:33.190 --> 00:10:37.029 to one spot for a forum, like you said. So also, 00:10:37.190 --> 00:10:40.070 in the ARL app, there's also a youth area under 00:10:40.070 --> 00:10:42.429 there that people can go and find information 00:10:42.429 --> 00:10:45.990 about the booth also. Yeah, and so, you know, 00:10:46.110 --> 00:10:50.389 young people can meet up here and... and drop 00:10:50.389 --> 00:10:53.009 some stuff off if they need to for a while or 00:10:53.009 --> 00:10:55.649 whatever. It's just kind of their little hangout 00:10:55.649 --> 00:11:00.629 here. So hopefully the youth will be making use 00:11:00.629 --> 00:11:04.850 of that and we have the scouts next door to us 00:11:04.850 --> 00:11:09.330 here and the leader of that group is one of the 00:11:09.330 --> 00:11:13.789 award winners. It is. Ken Lyons is one of two 00:11:13.789 --> 00:11:16.230 of the Carol Perry Educator of the Year award 00:11:16.230 --> 00:11:19.370 winners this year. He will actually be doing 00:11:19.370 --> 00:11:25.529 a Boy Scout merit badge during hamcation. This 00:11:25.529 --> 00:11:28.110 is his second year doing this. It was such a 00:11:28.110 --> 00:11:31.330 huge success last year. We have partnered with 00:11:31.330 --> 00:11:33.830 him to sponsor it again this year. So he has 00:11:33.830 --> 00:11:36.769 about 25 kids coming through here to get their 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:39.830 merit badge for communications. Oh, that's great. 00:11:40.129 --> 00:11:44.129 And yeah, see all the benches set up here. So 00:11:44.129 --> 00:11:47.669 that's a cool deal. What are some of the other 00:11:47.669 --> 00:11:50.309 highlights here? If you could just pick a few 00:11:50.309 --> 00:11:52.929 of some of the things you've seen set up here. 00:11:54.149 --> 00:11:57.909 We've got a hex beam staring us in the face and 00:11:57.909 --> 00:12:02.409 all kinds of stuff. So just maybe highlight a 00:12:02.409 --> 00:12:05.659 few things here. I can do that. The biggest thing 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:08.860 is this year we got a lot of new vendors. Begali 00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:11.039 Key, I'm actually looking at their booth from 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:14.039 here also. They're coming from Italy here for 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:19.159 the first time this year. We also have ADBSD 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:22.159 Exchange, which does the flight tracking. They're 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.659 new this year. We have, I believe it's called 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:30.360 Hex. There's a Hex beam company, which is new 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.049 this year also. So there's a lot of new vendors 00:12:34.049 --> 00:12:37.669 this year coming in. We also have Rabbit Laser. 00:12:38.490 --> 00:12:41.350 If everybody's familiar at Dayton, they're the 00:12:41.350 --> 00:12:43.950 ones that have the engraving machine that engraves 00:12:43.950 --> 00:12:46.429 the cups and stuff like that. They're here for 00:12:46.429 --> 00:12:48.830 the first time and you can actually go over there 00:12:48.830 --> 00:12:53.529 and get a, like a Yeti Cup style cup engraved 00:12:53.529 --> 00:12:55.769 with the hamcation logo and your call sign on 00:12:55.769 --> 00:12:59.929 it. That's some cool stuff. We like more swag. 00:13:00.959 --> 00:13:04.019 We've kind of doubled up on swag at Yoda this 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:09.580 year, so that's a good thing. So, you know, there's 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:13.000 just so much here to come and see, so we hope 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.740 you can join us this weekend at the Central Florida 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:20.379 Fairgrounds in Orlando, Florida. And I'll be 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:23.620 back with Michael right after this word from 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:26.539 one of the vendors here, Tower Electronics, right 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:31.879 here on HamTalk Live. Thanks for choosing Tower 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.379 Electronics. How may we help you today? We have 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:39.879 PL259s, we have In Connectors, we have SMA adapters, 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:43.259 we have BNC adapters. What can I show you today? 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.679 Where's the tower? Well, we don't actually have 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.799 a tower with us. But we have all kinds of things 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:52.759 you can use with the tower. We have power poles, 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.740 antennas, soldering irons and meters. Where's 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:59.019 the tower? Ma 'am, that's the name of our company. 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:02.120 We can't haul towers to all the ham fest across 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.580 the country that we visit, but we have almost 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:07.159 every connector and adapter you would need to 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.259 connect your antenna that's on your tower. I 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:11.620 don't think there's a tower back there. I really 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:15.039 don't. Tower Electronics, visit us at a HamFest 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:20.659 near you or call 920 -435 -2973 or see our whole 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:24.679 catalog at PL -259 .com. Sorry, one thing we 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.139 don't have is a tower. And the Tower Electronics 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:30.700 HamFest schedule, of course, this weekend, they're 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:33.879 right here at Hamcation in Orlando, Florida all 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:36.860 weekend long. So make sure you stop by and see 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:39.379 them. And then February 25th, they'll be in Dalton, 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:42.919 Georgia. March 4th, they'll be in Cave City, 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:46.500 Kentucky. And March 19th, they'll be in Maumee, 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.440 Ohio. And March 25th, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:53.659 you can visit them any place, any time at PL 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:59.659 -259 .com. Here's the snap, Rapp takes the rig, 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:02.840 he breaks through the pile up, he's on 80, now 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:09.139 40, now 20, 15, 10, 2 meters, touchdown Hamtok 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:32.070 Live! and welcome back to ham talk live live 00:15:32.070 --> 00:15:37.570 from orlando florida here uh at the home of the 00:15:37.570 --> 00:15:41.789 orlando amateur radio club's annual hamcation 00:15:41.789 --> 00:15:46.429 and uh hope to see many of you here this weekend 00:15:46.429 --> 00:15:49.090 and like i said if you haven't made it down here 00:15:49.090 --> 00:15:52.100 you should do that make sure you and check out 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:56.840 hamcation .com. Well be sure to check out HamTalk 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.440 Live on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. That's 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.639 where we let you know about upcoming events. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:04.759 And we do have a show next week already scheduled 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:08.000 about HamSci. So we'll be telling you about that 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.720 a little bit later. But for now, it's time for 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:16.679 the Ham Radio Joke of the Week within 9GSU. Now 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:20.200 it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:22.179 of the Week, the part of the show where Rick 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:25.700 tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk Live Ham 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:28.960 Radio Joke of the Week is brought to you by QRM 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:33.600 Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:41.820 HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. After my last 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:44.019 POTA activation, I went to the Chinese restaurant 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:47.110 for lunch. My fortune cookie didn't have a fortune 00:16:47.110 --> 00:17:15.670 in it. That was unfortunate. And there's yet 00:17:15.670 --> 00:17:19.630 even more stuff going on. You've got a ton of 00:17:19.630 --> 00:17:23.690 cool prizes. We do. Let me first say thank you 00:17:23.690 --> 00:17:26.970 to several sponsors that is giving us some very 00:17:26.970 --> 00:17:30.230 cool prizes this year. First up would be ICOM, 00:17:30.609 --> 00:17:33.329 which is our platinum sponsor. They are sponsoring 00:17:33.329 --> 00:17:36.890 our Friday, Saturday, and Sunday grand prizes. 00:17:39.690 --> 00:17:44.329 is ID 52 from ICOM with a whole bunch of accessories 00:17:44.329 --> 00:17:47.869 to go with it. Saturday is the, I call it the 00:17:47.869 --> 00:17:51.960 Yoda, or not Yoda, there I go, Yoda. The Pota 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:54.480 dream it's one of those otas thing. Yeah the 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.240 Pota dream for parks on the air guys It is actually 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.440 a 705 with the whole setup for everything the 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:04.759 backpack 705 antenna tuner loop antenna everything 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:07.740 to get you out on parks on the air and then Sunday 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:11.240 is our big grand prize, which is our icon 7610 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:13.759 and a whole bunch of accessories to come with 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.519 it microphones external speakers software all 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:22.039 that also and then Our next sponsor would be 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:32.420 actually Yezu. Yezu has donated 10 of their FT5D 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:36.819 handhelds, which is their top of line system 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:39.660 fusion handhelds that they have. They have donated 00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:43.779 10 of those, so that's another one. DX Engineering 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:47.140 has come on as a bronze sponsor, and they have 00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:52.200 donated $10, $100 gift cards to use at their 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:55.440 store or online or here at Amcation. They do 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:59.640 have a booth here also. MFJ has donated over 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:03.619 20 MFJ items to us also this year and a whole 00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:06.480 bunch more. Altogether we have over 25 ,000 in 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:09.980 prizes this year. That's pretty impressive and 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:12.420 I got to make sure I buy my ticket because I'm 00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:15.799 going to have to get in on this. some really 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:19.500 cool prize packs this year, and I like the idea 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:22.619 of the prize pack you talked about earlier on 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:27.019 our preview show. So let's see, what else? We've 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:30.940 got forums going on, and I finally saw the forums 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:35.740 area a while ago when I was driving, and you've 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:38.500 kind of adjusted that a little bit this year, 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.839 but sounds like it's going to work out real well. 00:19:41.049 --> 00:19:43.690 We have. Actually, when I was on the show before, 00:19:43.789 --> 00:19:45.170 I said we're going to have forums on Friday, 00:19:45.210 --> 00:19:47.869 Saturday and Sunday. We're actually able to fit 00:19:47.869 --> 00:19:50.430 everything on Friday and Saturday. What we've 00:19:50.430 --> 00:19:53.289 done is we've got only two clear span tents this 00:19:53.289 --> 00:19:55.789 year, but we were able to set up an area under 00:19:55.789 --> 00:19:58.450 the pavilion away from the tents that's called 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:03.180 open air forums, which will sit about 75 people 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:06.380 also. So we'll be running three sets of forums 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:09.839 on Friday and Saturday. We have some great forums 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:13.400 here. Carol Perry's youth forum is here. Actually, 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.819 Dara is doing a forum. Yezu is actually doing 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:20.319 a forum. All of this information is also on our 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:23.740 website. It is up to date on the website or the 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.779 ARO app. So you can go to any of those and see 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:30.259 our forum schedules. All right, and of course 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:33.019 parking look parking looks pretty pretty good 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:36.420 I haven't seen any any sinkhole so I always have 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:40.380 to joke with Andy Malusi KK4 LWR when I came 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:45.619 down here one time that the Disney PAM radio 00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:50.819 club van was halfway down a sinkhole so I haven't 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:53.220 run any sinkholes out here, so we've got plenty 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:56.539 of parking We do. The Fairgrounds actually sits 00:20:56.539 --> 00:21:00.019 on 86 acres here, and we have plenty of free 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:02.660 parking. Everything is on site. So you park, 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:05.980 you walk up, you buy everything you want. We 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:08.859 have lots of shuttles this year to take people 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:11.259 to and from the ticket booths. And even if you 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:13.859 buy that big boat anchor, as everybody calls 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:17.720 it, out in our swap or tailgate area, we can 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.460 help you get it back to your car. All right. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.740 And some new food vendors, too. Yes, a lot of 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:27.539 new food this year is coming in. I did see one 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.599 that come in already that I definitely want to 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:32.180 try. There's a ice cream truck out there. Oh, 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:34.339 there we go. Yeah, so definitely have to try 00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:37.039 that here in Florida. There's a new barbecue 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:40.500 vendor. There's kettle corn this year. So they 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:43.900 have a lot of new vendors this year for the food. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.319 All right, very good. Yeah, the ice cream is 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:53.910 always a hit. And, you know, when you're used 00:21:53.910 --> 00:21:57.069 to being in 30 -degree weather down here, the 00:21:57.069 --> 00:22:00.529 ice cream's sounding pretty good. So, okay, well, 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:03.829 I think we've pretty well covered it. Anything 00:22:03.829 --> 00:22:08.190 else to talk about here? Talk -in, anything like 00:22:08.190 --> 00:22:12.130 that? We do have talk -in. It is on 146 .76. 00:22:13.309 --> 00:22:17.869 So check it out. It starts at 8 .30 in the morning 00:22:17.869 --> 00:22:21.470 and runs until 5. People in there, if you have 00:22:21.470 --> 00:22:23.630 any questions, that's where you actually go. 00:22:24.289 --> 00:22:26.769 If there's any issues with parking, if we start 00:22:26.769 --> 00:22:29.029 getting full in any areas, they'll tell you the 00:22:29.029 --> 00:22:32.170 easiest way to get into fairgrounds. If you run 00:22:32.170 --> 00:22:35.289 into any construction on the way in, they can 00:22:35.289 --> 00:22:39.170 tell you ways around that. So definitely an area 00:22:39.170 --> 00:22:41.750 to listen to. Any announcements will be put out 00:22:41.750 --> 00:22:44.569 across that also. And also, going back to the 00:22:44.569 --> 00:22:47.529 ARL app, if you do have it, we can push announcements 00:22:47.529 --> 00:22:50.660 to that also. So if anything comes up for certain 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:53.000 announcements, we can push it to that app also. 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:57.000 Very good. It's always nice to have that because, 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.460 you know, it's just hard to get the word out 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:03.660 quickly. And so that's a great way to do that. 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:06.900 Well, Michael, thank you so much for taking some 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:11.250 time here after hours to... to talk to everybody 00:23:11.250 --> 00:23:14.009 about hamcation and thanks for all your help 00:23:14.009 --> 00:23:17.690 in getting the Yoda booth squared away in the 00:23:17.690 --> 00:23:20.970 youth zone and all the stuff and for helping 00:23:20.970 --> 00:23:24.869 me out here, getting everything set up and I've 00:23:24.869 --> 00:23:27.130 just got my fingers crossed no food poisoning 00:23:27.130 --> 00:23:32.190 this time. That is true, definitely no food poisoning 00:23:32.190 --> 00:23:35.390 for you. Just like I said before, thank you for 00:23:35.390 --> 00:23:37.950 coming to Hamacation. Welcome and let me say 00:23:37.950 --> 00:23:40.829 welcome to everybody that's been here. Everybody 00:23:40.829 --> 00:23:42.509 that's been here before, thank you for coming 00:23:42.509 --> 00:23:45.029 back. For all the new people that's first time 00:23:45.029 --> 00:23:48.549 visitors, thank you for coming. For the first 00:23:48.549 --> 00:23:51.230 time visitors or even the other ones, we do something 00:23:51.230 --> 00:23:53.789 new we have done this year. We do have a Orlando 00:23:53.789 --> 00:23:57.430 Amateur Radio Club booth set up. So you can go 00:23:57.430 --> 00:23:59.609 over there, check out. Orlando amateur radio 00:23:59.609 --> 00:24:02.630 club, which is the sponsor of hamcation for our 00:24:02.630 --> 00:24:04.630 international visitors this year We actually 00:24:04.630 --> 00:24:07.410 have the internationals Relations team booth 00:24:07.410 --> 00:24:09.710 set up also so you can go sign the guestbook 00:24:09.710 --> 00:24:12.410 Talk to our international relations team where 00:24:12.410 --> 00:24:15.390 you're from. Let them know sign our guestbook 00:24:15.390 --> 00:24:19.150 That's a great idea. I like that very very much. 00:24:19.150 --> 00:24:23.130 So Alright, well, thank you so much and we'll 00:24:23.130 --> 00:24:26.390 be back here tomorrow I'll be here in the Yoda 00:24:26.390 --> 00:24:28.869 booth and Michael will be here there and everywhere 00:24:28.869 --> 00:24:31.569 answering phone calls answering the radio and 00:24:31.569 --> 00:24:35.029 and and about rated to to drop from exhaustion 00:24:35.029 --> 00:24:40.430 so That's definitely that Neil. Thank you for 00:24:40.430 --> 00:24:43.690 having me on the show And we'll get together 00:24:43.690 --> 00:24:46.349 afterwards with a wrap -up on him kitchen. There 00:24:46.349 --> 00:24:50.519 we go All right, well that is a wrap for this 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:52.980 edition of ham talk live I'd like to thank my 00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.779 guest Michael Colley W4ORL and everybody out 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:59.059 there in cyberspace for listening and also a 00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.779 big thank you to The hamcation staff and all 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:05.720 the hospitality here. It's been great. Just just 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:08.900 during set up day It's been great so far and 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:12.420 looking forward to a fun weekend down here in 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:16.539 the sun in Orlando and getting to see everybody 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:20.079 and talk a little bit about Yoda and maybe even 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:22.059 HamTalk Live a little bit if we get a chance. 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:25.779 So thanks to them and we'll invite you back next 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:29.880 time when Dr. Nathaniel Frisell, W2NAF and Gary 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.859 Mitikin, AF8A will be here to talk about the 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:37.099 upcoming HamSci conference. So for a list of 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:39.920 all of our upcoming guests, just go to HamTalkLive 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:44.059 .com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:49.240 saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.