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Standing 00:00:32.130 --> 00:00:37.170 in the snow, with a brand new radio Catching 00:00:37.170 --> 00:00:42.170 the ISS, satellites are the best At gate on the 00:00:42.170 --> 00:00:46.670 roof, repeater down the street What fun it is 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:51.909 to make contacts with everyone I meet Oh, radio, 00:00:52.270 --> 00:00:57.549 radio, QTS and Volkswagen I like to get all the 00:00:57.549 --> 00:01:27.959 gifts around the USA Hello everyone, it's time 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:32.219 for... you guessed it ham talk live it's episode 00:01:32.219 --> 00:01:37.579 number 309 December Yoda month recorded on December 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:43.500 the 8th 2022 I'm your host Neil Rapp WB9B2G thanks 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:47.659 for tuning in to this episode of ham talk live 00:01:47.659 --> 00:01:54.159 tonight we're joined by Case Van Oospreay W0AAE 00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:59.040 Last week or last episode actually Marvin Turner 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:02.500 W0MET was here to talk about Winter Field Day. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:05.540 So if you missed that show you can listen anytime 00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:08.800 at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.099 or app or on YouTube. But we've got another special 00:02:14.099 --> 00:02:16.840 event, Yoda Month we're going to talk about and 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.330 actually the next episode is going to be... the 00:02:19.330 --> 00:02:21.849 12 days of Christmas special event. So all kinds 00:02:21.849 --> 00:02:25.030 of special events going on right now in the, 00:02:25.030 --> 00:02:28.310 in the winter time when, when, you know, you 00:02:28.310 --> 00:02:31.490 can't just, uh, run outside and, and, and throw 00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:36.169 up a tent and get on the normal field day. So, 00:02:36.189 --> 00:02:39.949 uh, we're going to talk with a case about December 00:02:39.949 --> 00:02:44.830 Yoda month right after this word from ICOM America 00:02:44.830 --> 00:02:49.539 right here on ham talk live. Happy Holidays from 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:52.599 ICOM! 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So visit icomamerica .com 00:05:33.939 --> 00:05:38.240 slash amateur for more information on ICOM radios. 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:41.819 Here's the snap. Rapp takes the rig. He breaks 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:45.379 through the pile up. He's on 80. Now 40. Now 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:51.160 20. 15. 10. Two meters. Touchdown. Ham talk live. 00:06:02.250 --> 00:06:06.730 Welcome back to HamTalk Live. Tonight, Case Van 00:06:06.730 --> 00:06:11.170 Oesprey, W -0 -A -A -E joins us on the Orlando 00:06:11.170 --> 00:06:14.709 Amateur Radio Club and HamCation Zoom line. Case 00:06:14.709 --> 00:06:19.110 is one of the Yoda Month participation coordinators 00:06:19.110 --> 00:06:23.949 for the Americas. And he is 18 years old, an 00:06:23.949 --> 00:06:26.949 active contester and also serves as the youth 00:06:26.949 --> 00:06:31.209 on the air Paper QSL manager. So case it's great 00:06:31.209 --> 00:06:35.629 to have you back on the show You know for having 00:06:35.629 --> 00:06:41.149 me on tonight now before we get into this This 00:06:41.149 --> 00:06:43.430 Yoda mutt stuff. There was one thing that I did 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:48.350 want to throw in here and and that is some other 00:06:48.350 --> 00:06:55.379 success story for case You've had quite the cross 00:06:55.379 --> 00:07:01.120 -country season I hear. So I know that Yoda camp 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:04.540 a couple years ago. Wow, that was two years ago. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:10.240 That doesn't seem possible. You were in the ARDF 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.920 contest and your cross -country training paid 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.740 off big time because you were running through 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:21.209 the course with no problem whatsoever. I understand 00:07:21.209 --> 00:07:26.829 the cross -country season for your state competitions 00:07:26.829 --> 00:07:30.230 went really well, so tell everybody about that. 00:07:31.110 --> 00:07:33.970 Yeah, we have a team. We're a decently small 00:07:33.970 --> 00:07:37.149 school, so we're quite the underdogs in regards 00:07:37.149 --> 00:07:41.500 to the entire state. There were about seven of 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.779 us on the team, and there were two guys who can 00:07:44.779 --> 00:07:47.500 sub in when one of us gets hurt, for instance. 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:51.360 But our team took first in the state this year 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.680 for Minnesota State High School cross -country 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.680 season. And at the beginning of the year, our 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.519 goal was just to make it to state, regardless, 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:02.480 because we had gotten like 13th two years earlier 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.560 in the state. And this year... One of my friends 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.180 said hey one of our one of our goals should be 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:10.379 to actually win it this year and I was going 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:12.620 now There's no I don't think we can do that, 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:16.819 but it turned out to be Quite the adventure and 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:20.160 when we got the first place ranking a few meets 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:23.779 in when we when we beat the number one Number 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:26.379 one seeded team that they took third this year 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.339 I was like, wow, this might actually be possible. 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:34.019 And it turned out that way. And it was the first 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:36.460 weekend in November, sweepstakes weekend for 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:41.019 CW that weekend. We took first by three points, 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:44.059 so pretty much one place, separating us from 00:08:44.059 --> 00:08:47.519 first and second. So it was quite the ride. And 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:52.919 then a week later, we got to run in the regional 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.059 cross -country meet for the Nike. Nike sponsors 00:08:56.059 --> 00:08:58.559 it. We got a bunch of Nike stuff in it for that, 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.399 and it was quite the fun ride for that, being 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:06.600 chosen for the regional and the Midwest. We weren't 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:09.240 really trying very hard in that meet, but it 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.100 was fun to get a bunch of Nike apparel and go 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:14.679 to Sioux Falls, South Dakota for that. It was 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.740 quite the year, and one for the record books, 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:22.379 for our school at least, and a great way to end 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:25.649 senior year for cross -country. I'm thinking 00:09:25.649 --> 00:09:28.090 about doing more of that amateur radio direction 00:09:28.090 --> 00:09:32.870 finding stuff regarding cross -country. Does 00:09:32.870 --> 00:09:38.649 this mean that if you go and do an ARDF course, 00:09:39.070 --> 00:09:41.649 that's going to get you a state championship? 00:09:42.029 --> 00:09:46.090 Is that how that works? I don't know. It sounds 00:09:46.090 --> 00:09:50.470 pretty fun. And I really should get into that, 00:09:50.750 --> 00:09:52.269 honestly, because when you introduced that to 00:09:52.269 --> 00:09:55.230 me at Yoda Camp, I was like, wow, this is so 00:09:55.230 --> 00:09:58.350 cool. I never knew about this. There should be 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:01.690 more of these around the Twin Cities area where 00:10:01.690 --> 00:10:05.549 I live. So there are a few, and I need to get 00:10:05.549 --> 00:10:11.309 out and do some. Well, speaking of athletic success, 00:10:12.129 --> 00:10:18.049 you have a new helper this year. uh... that uh... 00:10:18.049 --> 00:10:21.090 has a little bit of athletic uh... success in 00:10:21.090 --> 00:10:24.370 his past as well the little league world series 00:10:24.370 --> 00:10:27.809 uh... so tell us a little bit about blake Yeah, 00:10:27.889 --> 00:10:30.269 Blake is is one of the helpers this year for 00:10:30.269 --> 00:10:32.210 Yoda month and now he was in the Little League 00:10:32.210 --> 00:10:35.409 World Series I was watching him on TV a very 00:10:35.409 --> 00:10:37.429 talented kid at shortstop. I couldn't believe 00:10:37.429 --> 00:10:41.090 the place he was making It was quite entertaining. 00:10:41.169 --> 00:10:43.970 He's way better way way way better than I was 00:10:43.970 --> 00:10:46.769 at his age and he's gonna excel greatly I wouldn't 00:10:46.769 --> 00:10:48.490 doubt if he's that he would be a good college 00:10:48.490 --> 00:10:51.009 pick Just just seeing the plays that he can make 00:10:51.009 --> 00:10:53.529 very impressive for a kid and kid of his stature 00:10:53.529 --> 00:10:56.129 and everything like that So it'll be fun to see 00:10:56.129 --> 00:10:58.460 where he goes and he's a very talented operator. 00:10:59.259 --> 00:11:02.759 I was listening to him last year do Yoda Month 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.320 on the radio at my station. I was listening to 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.539 him and he's quite the operator and pretty fun 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:11.879 listening to him. I made a contact with him last 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.100 year and I'm gonna look for him on the bands 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:17.840 during his allotted hour, this allotted day rather 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.840 this year. So it'll be fun to see what he does 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:23.340 with his life and it'll be nice for him to take 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:27.690 over. the yoda month in a few years when I'm 00:11:27.690 --> 00:11:31.350 off in college and handing it over to him. So 00:11:31.350 --> 00:11:34.309 very talented operator and he was at yoda month 00:11:34.309 --> 00:11:40.370 this past summer. So very, very talented operator 00:11:40.370 --> 00:11:43.450 and can't wait to see where he goes with amateur 00:11:43.450 --> 00:11:48.210 radio in his life. Yeah. And our other coordinator 00:11:48.210 --> 00:11:51.450 that you've kind of more or less taken over for 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:55.360 uh... who has that situation right now is bryant 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:58.659 rascal k g five h v o he's he's often college 00:11:58.659 --> 00:12:03.379 in uh... nashville tennessee and he is playing 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:08.320 college baseball so all our athletes are running 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:12.639 yoda month here so uh... that's cool but you 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.659 had a chance to kind of learn some stuff from 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:17.769 him and and you're gonna pass it on to to Blake 00:12:17.769 --> 00:12:21.809 and that's how Yoda works is we have the youth 00:12:21.809 --> 00:12:24.850 out there running as much of it as possible. 00:12:25.470 --> 00:12:29.330 So thanks to you for stepping up to take on a 00:12:29.330 --> 00:12:33.350 bigger role in that this year and getting Blake 00:12:33.350 --> 00:12:35.509 up and running. Well, let us talk a little bit 00:12:35.509 --> 00:12:38.149 about what December Yoda month is for those people 00:12:38.149 --> 00:12:42.730 who aren't familiar with it and who can participate 00:12:42.730 --> 00:12:46.230 in this special event. Yeah, so Yoda month is 00:12:46.230 --> 00:12:49.370 pretty well first of all stands for Youngsters 00:12:49.370 --> 00:12:52.230 on the air or youth on the air as we say as we 00:12:52.230 --> 00:12:54.149 like to say here in the Americas first started 00:12:54.149 --> 00:12:58.570 in Europe a few years back and It has gradually 00:12:58.570 --> 00:13:00.909 moved over to all regions of the world including 00:13:00.909 --> 00:13:04.529 Japan Asia and the United States was his IAR 00:13:04.529 --> 00:13:09.789 you region to Europe is IAR you region one and 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:13.590 so pretty much it it seeks to get youngsters 00:13:13.590 --> 00:13:17.049 on the air pretty much in regards to every aspect 00:13:17.049 --> 00:13:19.490 of the hobby. So as I was saying earlier, maturity 00:13:19.490 --> 00:13:23.570 direction finding, it exposes youngsters to different 00:13:23.570 --> 00:13:25.450 aspects of the hobby, like that I've never heard 00:13:25.450 --> 00:13:28.610 of. I've heard of satellite, do satellite and 00:13:28.610 --> 00:13:34.450 contesting, but didn't hear of that. So now it's 00:13:34.450 --> 00:13:36.850 something that I do and that's the reason, really 00:13:36.850 --> 00:13:41.289 the reason why Youth on the Air is around. It 00:13:41.289 --> 00:13:43.720 exposes the the youngster to different aspects 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.419 of the hobby, while exposing them to older people 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:51.980 who can mentor them throughout their ham career 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:55.539 here. And it's pretty much, it's based on what 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:59.220 the ham operator wants to achieve, so it's kind 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:03.259 of their adventure to find out what they'd want 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:05.320 to do in this hobby. What do they really enjoy? 00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:09.440 And that's the tools that Youth on the Air really 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.850 puts forward for each of us. And regards to Yoda 00:14:13.850 --> 00:14:17.129 Month, so that is pretty much when a bunch of 00:14:17.129 --> 00:14:21.049 hams around the world, pretty much a lot of countries 00:14:21.049 --> 00:14:24.710 in Europe and Asia, as well as South America, 00:14:25.210 --> 00:14:31.129 come to get youth on the air with these special 00:14:31.129 --> 00:14:34.389 call signs, either in the suffix using Y -O -T 00:14:34.389 --> 00:14:39.059 -A as a suffix, or... in the Americas case we 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:41.419 have to use one by one call signs for special 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:43.120 event stations and you can work these special 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:45.860 event stations all through the month of December 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:49.879 starting December 1st to December 31st of 2022 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.100 and this happens each year and pretty much older 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:55.179 guys or younger guys can work these guys on the 00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:59.740 air. that just seek to make contacts with hams 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:02.799 around the world and rack up some QSOs. I believe 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.519 our goal this year is over 100 ,000 QSOs for 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.860 all of the stations around the globe here. So 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:13.059 that's pretty much the goal and get as many youth 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:17.750 on the air as possible. I know... There are a 00:15:17.750 --> 00:15:20.250 few of my friends that love using these call 00:15:20.250 --> 00:15:22.909 signs, like Michael, who was running a lot of 00:15:22.909 --> 00:15:26.230 FTA a few days ago, running eight radios at once 00:15:26.230 --> 00:15:29.409 with a huge station in Massachusetts, so that 00:15:29.409 --> 00:15:33.289 was fun to see. And seeing on the DX cluster 00:15:33.289 --> 00:15:35.690 there, I was going, what are you doing? No, no, 00:15:35.690 --> 00:15:38.529 I'm just running SO8R FTA, but pretty funny. 00:15:40.269 --> 00:15:44.320 And yeah, I couldn't believe it. And so you can 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.700 hear the Americas on Kilo 8 Yankee, Kilo 8 Oscar, 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.919 Kilo 8 Tango, and Kilo 8 Alpha. You can pretty 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.419 much figure out that the suffix spells Y -O -T 00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:57.899 -A with each of these four call signs. And you 00:15:57.899 --> 00:16:02.940 can rack up awards to get certificates or plaques 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:07.240 and get points for each station you work on. 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.000 on each individual ban and mode. So pretty entertaining 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.419 for the oldie to try to work as many special 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:16.899 event stations as they can during this month. 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:22.820 And I've gotten a few emails saying, oh, what's 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.980 my point status? I'm going, well, check the website. 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:28.919 You might be doing pretty well. So it's pretty 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:33.639 entertaining for these old folks to try to work 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:36.720 us. And we've gotten some good compliments from 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.519 a lot of people. on social media, et cetera. 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:44.580 So it's been a blast and I'm not really sure 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:46.980 on how the award system works. I'm kind of the 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:51.259 person who really dives into the logs and scheduling 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:54.399 and everything. But there are some cool plaques 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:57.539 that people around the world can earn if they 00:16:57.539 --> 00:17:00.580 work as many stations as possible. So it's quite 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:02.399 a blast for the young people as well, getting 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.609 high rates and stuff like that. I use them during 00:17:06.609 --> 00:17:14.470 the CWTs, which is a Wednesday CW contest that 00:17:14.470 --> 00:17:16.809 runs an hour long and you get huge pileups with 00:17:16.809 --> 00:17:19.349 people wondering what the special event station 00:17:19.349 --> 00:17:23.210 is doing, doing CWs. So it's quite fun and I 00:17:23.210 --> 00:17:26.869 can't wait to use them for that. Yeah. Well, 00:17:27.130 --> 00:17:30.750 all the information about the plaques and the 00:17:30.750 --> 00:17:34.529 awards, uh... is on the uh... the website we've 00:17:34.529 --> 00:17:37.549 copied that over on the youth on the air website 00:17:37.549 --> 00:17:40.589 so if you go to youth on the air dot org and 00:17:40.589 --> 00:17:43.130 click on yoda month uh... you'll you'll find 00:17:43.130 --> 00:17:46.690 a copy of that or you can go uh... to the official 00:17:46.690 --> 00:17:51.170 website over in uh... in region one uh... that's 00:17:51.170 --> 00:17:57.599 events dot ham dash yoda dot com and uh... There 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:00.180 are four awards. There's a bronze award, it's 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:04.079 15 points, silver is 35, gold 65, platinum is 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:10.079 105. There's even SWL points, so you can get 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.279 that. And it explains all the, you know, how 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:15.619 many points you get and that kind of thing. And 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:19.079 then there's plaques for most stations contacted 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:24.609 on CW, Sideband and Digital. uh... overall and 00:18:24.609 --> 00:18:29.190 then uh... why elward and and a youth award uh... 00:18:29.190 --> 00:18:31.470 so those of the plaques but uh... you can check 00:18:31.470 --> 00:18:37.109 all that out on the the website uh... but what 00:18:37.109 --> 00:18:40.630 lots of uh... stuff there but you can go to events 00:18:40.630 --> 00:18:44.069 dot and go to dot com or the link on uh... youth 00:18:44.069 --> 00:18:47.609 on the air dot com and uh... type in your call 00:18:47.609 --> 00:18:51.400 sign and you can see uh... you know what's been 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.539 uploaded so far in the logs now sometimes those 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:59.940 logs take a while to gather so keep that in mind 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:03.240 when you look them up but now you've been talking 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.660 about you know in the USA we have K8, Y, O, T, 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:12.279 and A but also in the Americas we have some other 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:17.319 stations that you're not scheduling everything 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:21.180 but we've been the team's been kind of helping 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:23.900 get them on the air and get them registered and 00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:27.140 everything. So who else should we be looking 00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:32.079 for in the western hemisphere here? Yeah, so 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:34.779 there are a few other stations in the in the 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.140 Western Hemisphere here We've got oh what let 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:39.960 me I need to pull up the call signs for those, 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:43.839 but we've got El Salvador I know that another 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:48.099 kid was asking for the the Haitian Haitian station 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:51.779 that he'd he'd he'd want to work with and There 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:56.140 are a few others I need to scan my memory for 00:19:56.140 --> 00:20:00.859 those. I've got them here. Argentina is LR1 Yoda 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:04.099 and a shout out to Theo down in Argentina. He's 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:06.740 really getting things moving down there and they've 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:11.220 got a whole crew of people running LR1 Yoda down 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:18.160 there. In Canada we've got VC3 Yoda and VB7 Yoda. 00:20:18.829 --> 00:20:24.329 And you mentioned El Salvador, Milly, YS1, YXI. 00:20:24.710 --> 00:20:29.210 She's down there running YS1 Yoda. And then in 00:20:29.210 --> 00:20:33.049 Honduras, we have HQ2 Yoda, which actually came 00:20:33.049 --> 00:20:37.069 about from Milly and her father meeting some 00:20:37.069 --> 00:20:39.450 people over in Honduras and talking them into 00:20:39.450 --> 00:20:41.970 getting involved. And like you said, we're working 00:20:41.970 --> 00:20:46.470 on Haiti, possibly, for Corinne. uh... we're 00:20:46.470 --> 00:20:48.670 waiting to hear on uh... if she can get that 00:20:48.670 --> 00:20:51.869 call sign squared away but uh... those are the 00:20:51.869 --> 00:20:54.609 ones that are in the americas but there's all 00:20:54.609 --> 00:20:59.069 kinds of them around the world and and uh... 00:20:59.069 --> 00:21:03.730 all three of the uh... regions uh... that uh... 00:21:03.730 --> 00:21:06.390 that are on the air for the month of december 00:21:06.390 --> 00:21:08.789 and you know i i had a couple people say you 00:21:08.789 --> 00:21:11.910 know it'd be nice if there were more people on 00:21:11.910 --> 00:21:21.539 and you know I agree, but most people are in 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:26.900 school right now. The second half of the month 00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:31.779 seems to be much more active. That is very very 00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:34.259 true with the Christmas season running around 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:38.940 here pretty quickly. The operators will have 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:42.119 way more time to participate. And likewise for 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.200 me, I will have way more time in my hands with 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:47.099 finals coming up here and everything like that. 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:52.119 I realized that in the 2020 season, during the 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.859 pandemic, we had a lot more time because a lot 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:56.819 of people were online, et cetera, and they were 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:58.680 pretty much just running FT while they were in 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.759 class on the side there. That's what I heard 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:04.680 from Michael anyway. Yeah, we had a lot more 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:06.700 people during that time and especially during 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:09.259 2019 because I think it was brand new in the 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:12.519 Americas at least. I'm not sure down in South 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:16.079 America and Europe, but in the Americas, I think 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:20.579 it was like brand new. in 2019 when I first got 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:23.940 into it and I asked Brian if I could participate 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:26.660 and he took me in immediately and got me scheduled 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:30.039 and everything like that. 2020 was probably our 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.440 highest amount of participants this year in 2020. 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.500 And then this year, I think it's up from last 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:39.890 year. because I've gotten a way more younger 00:22:39.890 --> 00:22:42.150 hams, even technicians that say they can run 00:22:42.150 --> 00:22:45.789 10 meter FTA or phone or whatever since the new 00:22:45.789 --> 00:22:48.710 solar cycle's kicked in and we have more propagation 00:22:48.710 --> 00:22:52.049 on 10 meters. And so we've gotten a lot more 00:22:52.049 --> 00:22:54.089 technicians asking to be put on the list and 00:22:54.089 --> 00:22:56.069 it's very fun because there are some technicians 00:22:56.069 --> 00:22:58.809 that are pretty much brand new. They're three 00:22:58.809 --> 00:23:01.210 months into the hobby and they're looking for 00:23:01.210 --> 00:23:03.430 something to do during this Christmas season. 00:23:03.769 --> 00:23:08.589 So it's quite fun to... to get all of them on 00:23:08.589 --> 00:23:10.269 board, and I hope they stay with it, because 00:23:10.269 --> 00:23:13.670 I put them on a list for future emails, and hopefully 00:23:13.670 --> 00:23:17.329 they can get on the list for some other Yoda 00:23:17.329 --> 00:23:20.289 activities, including the camp, so promoting 00:23:20.289 --> 00:23:24.890 that is one of our huge things, is promoting 00:23:24.890 --> 00:23:27.490 the camp, and hopefully more people this year 00:23:27.490 --> 00:23:30.130 will come from South America and North America, 00:23:30.170 --> 00:23:34.049 and will get sticked into this December Yoda 00:23:34.049 --> 00:23:36.279 month, so it's been quite the adventure. and 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:41.000 I hope to get more people into it. Yeah, there's 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.180 been a lot of activity so far, and like I said, 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:48.980 there'll be more after school winds down here, 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:57.779 at least in this area. But there's actually a 00:23:57.779 --> 00:24:01.900 large contingent. of people that are operating 00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:04.759 remotes. And I know you're a part of the remote 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:09.619 ham radio, RHR, youth initiative. And, you know, 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:13.900 Michael was on one, you know, running SO8R. But 00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:18.400 we've even got some people over in Europe, right, 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:23.059 that are running remotes in the US. Yeah, so 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:26.720 this is really, really interesting. So I got 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.940 an email just a few days ago from a JA station. 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.519 Speaking of Europe, too, there have been a lot 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:35.839 of guys who have been operating 9A1TT, which 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:41.700 is also on the RHR network. So guys who do not 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:46.599 have... call signs that pertain to the Americas 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:51.319 can use Richard's station, which is just phenomenal. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.779 We have two stations on the Youth Network that 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:58.500 are just great. They're amazing stations. I've 00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:00.720 tested them out myself, because generals can 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:04.339 use the 9A station. But it's quite amazing, and 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:06.619 they can use that station to make a ton of contacts 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:10.859 with their 9A call sign. But I got an email. 00:25:11.049 --> 00:25:14.589 a couple days ago from a JA station, a youth 00:25:14.589 --> 00:25:19.240 JA station who also has his... his American call 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:21.519 sign, and I didn't realize it before, because 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:24.700 he contacted me, he's like, hey, can I run RHR 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.740 into the Americas, and I was like, well, you 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:30.019 have to have your American call sign, you can't 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.839 just do that, and he was like, oh no, here's 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.539 my American call sign, and I was going, okay, 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:36.539 then I'll give you the call sign, yeah, go at 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:40.920 it, so it was quite fun to know that a JA station 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:43.539 wanted to run our call signs, and they can do 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:46.980 that, because they have an American call sign, 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:49.400 so they decided. So he decided just to get on 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:53.640 there immediately and used RHR, which is just 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:58.220 amazing. Ray W2RE has been adding stations to 00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:01.480 the network, like we got another 9A Croatian 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.420 station recently, which is just amazing for contesting, 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:07.279 runs 1 ,500 watts, and the flex radio system 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:13.140 really pairs well with RHR. So Ray's been doing 00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:18.380 a lot for us youth and it's been fun to really 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:20.559 have him as a team member and I think we might 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.740 get Jonesport. We did last year, we got Jonesport 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:26.660 last year which is Ray's flagship station on 00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.980 the network which is... It's amazing because 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:33.160 I got a huge pile up on that station last year 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:35.799 into the Middle East. I was here in the Middle 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.700 East as well as Europe and I couldn't pick up 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:43.140 a call sign on phone. Hopefully he continues 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:50.829 helping us youth out with Youth On The Air. The 00:26:50.829 --> 00:26:53.250 Yoda contest is coming up here as well, December 00:26:53.250 --> 00:26:56.829 30th. I'll be operating that from K1TTT remote. 00:26:58.349 --> 00:27:01.609 Hopefully, I'm hoping to do my best in that three 00:27:01.609 --> 00:27:04.750 band, but you'll hear those call signs during, 00:27:05.089 --> 00:27:09.970 the American call signs rather, in that contest. 00:27:10.410 --> 00:27:14.309 I'm gonna be operating KY and rack up as many 00:27:14.309 --> 00:27:17.329 contests. context as I can and add them to the 00:27:17.329 --> 00:27:20.490 awards log. So that gives you another chance 00:27:20.490 --> 00:27:23.490 to get into another contest before the end of 00:27:23.490 --> 00:27:26.730 the year here, which is on December 30th. And 00:27:26.730 --> 00:27:30.630 us who love contesting, at least most of us do, 00:27:30.869 --> 00:27:34.410 and it'll be fun to use this call sign because 00:27:34.410 --> 00:27:38.450 I noticed that you get... way bigger pile up 00:27:38.450 --> 00:27:40.630 than with my normal call sign in the contest. 00:27:41.069 --> 00:27:44.690 So it'll be fun to see what happens and I can't 00:27:44.690 --> 00:27:46.170 wait for the Yoda contest coming up here. It's 00:27:46.170 --> 00:27:49.109 one of my highlights of the year. Yeah, that's 00:27:49.109 --> 00:27:52.430 a three time a year contest and they always put 00:27:52.430 --> 00:27:56.130 that December 30th in there for Yoda month to 00:27:56.130 --> 00:28:00.430 go inside and works out really well. Alright 00:28:00.430 --> 00:28:02.390 well it's time to take a break so we're going 00:28:02.390 --> 00:28:04.990 to do that but we're going to come back and talk 00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:09.890 to Case about the QSL information and some other 00:28:09.890 --> 00:28:13.509 stuff about Yoda month and there's some camp 00:28:13.509 --> 00:28:15.970 news to talk about so we'll do that right after 00:28:15.970 --> 00:28:19.589 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:28:19.589 --> 00:28:33.240 HamTalk Live. He once ran a marathon because 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:41.859 it was on his way to Dayton. He works FT8 by 00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:48.960 ear. He once worked North Korea on every band 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:56.690 in one minute using only a microwatt. He slowed 00:28:56.690 --> 00:29:00.450 down his code speed to work a de -expedition 00:29:00.450 --> 00:29:09.329 to 200 words a minute. He is, indeed, the most 00:29:09.329 --> 00:29:14.529 interesting ham in the world. I don't always 00:29:14.529 --> 00:29:19.369 put on my own PL -259s, but when I do, I prefer 00:29:19.369 --> 00:29:23.130 them from Tower Electronics. Stay resident, my 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:27.390 friends. Tower Electronics has all the adapters, 00:29:27.710 --> 00:29:32.750 cables, connectors, and yes, PL250 -9s you need 00:29:32.750 --> 00:29:39.549 at a ham fest near you. Or visit pl -259 .com. 00:29:45.069 --> 00:29:47.890 And the Tower Electronics ham fest schedule. 00:29:48.650 --> 00:29:51.130 Plant City, Florida this weekend, December 9th 00:29:51.130 --> 00:29:53.009 and 10th, and then they'll be taking some time 00:29:53.009 --> 00:29:56.309 off. and then back on the Hamfest circuit down 00:29:56.309 --> 00:29:59.849 in Florida mostly in January. But you can visit 00:29:59.849 --> 00:30:05.670 them anytime, anywhere at PL -259 .com. What's 00:30:05.670 --> 00:30:10.769 that call sign again? WB9VPG. That's right, Delium 00:30:10.769 --> 00:30:30.140 9 Bainte Pterodactyl Nat, right? And welcome 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:33.740 back to HamTalk Live. Be sure you check us out 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:37.660 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We do posts 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.900 there from time to time, so check out what's 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:43.019 going on and find out when we're actually live. 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:48.319 You can listen live as opposed to recorded. But 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.579 right now, it's almost time to get back to Case 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:56.130 and talking about December Yoda month, but First, 00:30:56.410 --> 00:31:00.589 it's the N9GSU Joke of the Week. Now it's time 00:31:00.589 --> 00:31:04.069 for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, 00:31:04.289 --> 00:31:06.710 the part of the show where Rick tells us a ham 00:31:06.710 --> 00:31:09.950 radio joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:31:09.950 --> 00:31:13.369 the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, 00:31:13.470 --> 00:31:17.450 here's Rick Garrett, N9GSU with today's HamTalk 00:31:17.450 --> 00:31:25.509 Live Joke of the Week. Last week I went shopping 00:31:25.509 --> 00:31:28.269 and bought a brand new HF rig and the next day 00:31:28.269 --> 00:31:30.930 I got an email from my bank congratulating me 00:31:30.930 --> 00:31:34.230 on my purchase told me I had an outstanding balance 00:31:34.230 --> 00:31:38.829 This has been the ham talk live ham radio joke 00:31:38.829 --> 00:31:42.509 of the week with Rick Garrett in nine GSU Tune 00:31:42.509 --> 00:31:46.569 in again next week for another joke from Rick 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:50.940 All right, welcome back to HamTalk Live. We're 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:56.099 here with Case Van Oespri, W -0 -A -A -E. He 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:59.759 is one of the participation coordinators for 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:04.099 the Americas for December Yoda Month, a month 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:06.940 -long special event. All the operators are under 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:11.680 26 years old. And this is an event sponsored 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:16.819 by the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group. and 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:20.140 uh... the website events dot ham dash yoda dot 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:23.380 com or we've copied it over on youth on the air 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:26.319 dot org you can you can visit the site for the 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:30.180 americas as well and get the uh... the same information 00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.400 but uh... if you want to check your logs and 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:34.839 everything you need to go to the uh... the official 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:38.160 website uh... but he is here we're talking a 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.740 little bit about uh... december yoda month and 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.359 the participation here in the western hemisphere 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:46.279 and one of the things that that i did want to 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:49.680 bring up is is the q s l policy because when 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:52.259 you have you know a hundred and i think it was 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:54.619 one year it was a hundred and twenty two thousand 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:58.839 quesos uh... in the logs uh... it's kinda hard 00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:03.220 to keep up with qsl cards and so the uh... the 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:07.480 team over in in region one that that runs the 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:12.740 uh... event uh... has implemented a a qsl policy 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:17.039 and And you don't need to send in your QSLs. 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:20.960 Your QSLs are not going to the individual operators. 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.140 It would be nice if we could do that, but there's 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:27.619 just too many of them, too many operators, too 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:31.339 many cards to do that. So you really don't need 00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:35.559 to send in a QSL card, but there is a way for 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:38.579 you to get QSL cards. So let's talk a little 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:42.039 bit about the QSL policy here for Yoda Month. 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:48.220 Yeah, so it so you can actually look at our our 00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:50.579 individual QRZ pages if you have any questions 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:53.940 regarding any any of this and send email to QSL 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:59.359 at ham dash Yoda comm but you can request your 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:05.140 your your QSL your QSL card from club log oqrs 00:34:05.810 --> 00:34:09.590 the ClubLog OQRS system, which is quite popular. 00:34:09.730 --> 00:34:12.349 I've really never used it myself, but I've heard 00:34:12.349 --> 00:34:16.110 it works pretty well. And for those of you who 00:34:16.110 --> 00:34:20.090 use ClubLog, it's quite a useful tool there. 00:34:20.889 --> 00:34:23.269 And you do not need to send us your QSL card, 00:34:23.769 --> 00:34:28.369 as repeated by Neil here. And that's pretty much 00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:32.099 it. If you want an SW... If you are an SWL and 00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:35.079 want to receive your QSL card, feel free to fill 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:39.840 out a form here that is on our QRZ page. All 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:46.679 of our QSLs are through European E -A1J -A -Y. 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:50.460 It used to be Tomy, H -A -1 -R -T. I think that 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:53.760 was his call sign. I don't remember. H -A -8. 00:34:56.389 --> 00:35:00.210 So it's pretty simple and any questions can be 00:35:00.210 --> 00:35:03.349 contacted via QSL at ham -uda .com so you can 00:35:03.349 --> 00:35:06.469 get your awards and everything like this. And 00:35:06.469 --> 00:35:08.389 then we have a page where you can claim your 00:35:08.389 --> 00:35:14.590 awards, et cetera, on the QRZ page. So check 00:35:14.590 --> 00:35:17.449 out our individual QRZ pages and there are links 00:35:17.449 --> 00:35:20.869 all over the place on there that you can access. 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:28.099 QSL information. And Bureau cards, it looks like 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:35.300 will be available to receive the QSL cards via 00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:37.059 the Bureau. You have to be a member, of course. 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:43.139 So that's a good thing to remember. So that's 00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:45.960 pretty much it. And so it does not go through 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:48.880 the U .S. It goes to the European system for 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:50.920 all the US hams. That's just a heads up there. 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:54.460 So for those of you that like cards, you can 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:59.559 sure go at it and try to get your awards and 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:03.639 QSLs all taken care of. And you can find those 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:08.219 individual links on the QRZ pages, K8Y, K8O, 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:11.400 K8T, and K8A. And so they're all there. And you 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:15.059 can see the stations that we worked on a particular 00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:18.630 day. So, yeah, that's pretty much it for QSL. 00:36:19.449 --> 00:36:23.090 Yeah, if you do the OQRS and request, there's 00:36:23.090 --> 00:36:27.530 an online request for a card. If you wait for 00:36:27.530 --> 00:36:31.750 it through the Bureau, it's free. We kind of 00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:35.369 pass the hat between all the Yoda and youngsters 00:36:35.369 --> 00:36:39.760 on the air groups and pay for it. uh... that 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:42.940 but uh... if you want to direct there is uh... 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:47.199 three euro charge uh... to help pay for the the 00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:50.480 postage uh... and if you have a bunch of cards 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.440 that email them and they'll figure out what the 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:58.420 postage is uh... to make that happen but uh... 00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.380 like i said if you wait on the bureau it's actually 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:03.519 free of charge they uh... they print all the 00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:05.880 cards in one place and have all those and take 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.559 care of all that so Um, the youngsters over in, 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:14.400 um, over in region one are, are taking care of 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.940 all of that. So we thank them for that. And, 00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:19.559 uh, but yeah, don't send them to case. Don't 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:24.099 send them to me. Don't we can't handle them. 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:29.539 We have nothing to do with QSL and awards and 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:33.460 all that. So, um, yeah, don't. don't send it 00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:35.760 because it's going to go in this pile that I 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:41.699 have here and that's where it sits. Anything 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:45.679 else we need to talk about here about Yoda month 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.880 before we kind of switch gears to Yoda camp because 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:52.980 we've got some news on that. Well, nothing really 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.400 much here. I just wanted to say that for all 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:59.579 those satellite operators as well I know Ke8RJU 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:02.579 is is doing some satellite operating as well. 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:05.079 So for those who like 2 meters and 70 centimeters 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:08.280 Long distance contacts go ahead with satellite 00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:14.559 and you'll you'll have a fun time so Ke8RJU Grace 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:18.380 has already been stacking up the two meter and 00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:21.179 70 centimeter contacts and linear satellites 00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:24.079 here. So it's pretty fun to see what she's doing. 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:26.519 And she's been sending me a lot of logs here 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:30.940 to upload. So for all those people who love satellites, 00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:35.699 try to look for us on the satellites with KEH, 00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:38.760 RGU, and others. So that's it about Yoda month. 00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:42.179 All aspects of the hobby, I guess, are on the 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:45.599 air. All right. Well, the big news on the camp 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:49.519 front, of course, we've known for a while that 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:53.719 camp's going to be in Canada this year. So Radio 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:57.360 Amateurs of Canada is the host organization. 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.679 So thank them for hosting the camp. But we'll 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:05.079 be programming the camp for the third year now 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:09.440 over here in the Americas. And applications are 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:14.289 now open. They opened just about a week ago, 00:39:14.630 --> 00:39:17.969 so if you know a young person under 26 years 00:39:17.969 --> 00:39:24.150 old that is licensed. We've got a great summer 00:39:24.150 --> 00:39:27.949 camp program. It's going to be in July this year. 00:39:27.949 --> 00:39:31.929 We alternate June and July because different 00:39:31.929 --> 00:39:34.289 schools get out at different times and different 00:39:34.289 --> 00:39:36.889 extracurriculars start up earlier and later. 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.980 We try to alternate June and July from one year 00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:45.179 to the next. So this year is our July year. For 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:47.659 those who get out of school a little bit later, 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:53.699 this is your chance to go. So go over to youthontheair 00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:57.559 .org and you can apply. There's brochures there 00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:01.000 that you can read up more information about that. 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:03.619 If you're in the US, all you need is a passport. 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:09.070 If you are outside of the US or Canada obviously 00:40:09.070 --> 00:40:13.070 Then you're going to need a passport and possibly 00:40:13.070 --> 00:40:16.110 a visa But we've got that information on the 00:40:16.110 --> 00:40:19.269 website so you can you can find out more of that 00:40:19.269 --> 00:40:25.030 so You know case convince these people that these 00:40:25.030 --> 00:40:28.380 young people need to go to yoda camp Oh yeah, 00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:31.139 so it was a blast when I went two years ago. 00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:34.199 I couldn't go last year because of some conflicts 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:39.380 during that week that we had Yoda camp, but it's 00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:43.650 just a blast. I've been I was waiting for it 00:40:43.650 --> 00:40:47.369 since, what was it, early 2020. Then the COVID 00:40:47.369 --> 00:40:50.190 -19 pandemic hit and it went out the window. 00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:53.269 But then it came back the next year and I couldn't 00:40:53.269 --> 00:41:00.070 wait for that weekend in July. And I still have 00:41:00.070 --> 00:41:03.369 memories and still talk to some guys that I met 00:41:03.369 --> 00:41:08.150 at Yoda Camp from that year. And each day was 00:41:08.150 --> 00:41:14.739 just full of fun. We even got to go to an amusement 00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:17.239 park, which was a blast to do some ham radio 00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:20.019 stuff off the Eiffel Tower, the small Eiffel 00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:24.780 Tower there, which was quite fun. I learned so 00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:27.599 much stuff regarding DMR, which I had never done. 00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:31.079 I haven't really done any 2 -meter 440 digital 00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:33.659 stuff before. I'm mostly an A .H .F. guy, but 00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:37.139 we had the hotel station on the air there, which 00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:40.719 I don't know how you guys set that up. That was 00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:42.659 quite amazing, because I see COEX going through 00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:44.420 the roof and everything. I'm going, wow, the 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:47.500 hotel must be pretty nice in doing this. But 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:52.920 we did a CWT from there, I believe. All by hand, 00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:54.900 which was quite impressive because I usually 00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:58.260 use a cure but yeah just like x exposing us to 00:41:58.260 --> 00:42:00.420 the two different aspects of the hobby we used 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:06.219 We use the the 9700 and the 7300 Didn't use the 00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:08.599 7610 because they were they were short There 00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:10.420 was a shortage of them in the icon needed as 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:12.679 many as they could but last year I know they 00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:15.739 used a lot of 70 610s, which is a which is a 00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:19.480 fun radio And it was it was nice to have icon 00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:24.639 donate or Let us use those different There's 00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:26.739 different radios and they even let us use a ton 00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:30.699 of new brand new I see some of those sixes couldn't 00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:33.719 believe it I saw the most money of my life stacked 00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.559 in front of me that day With all the boxes of 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:39.760 some of those sixes and we dove into those open 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:43.780 them up and started you but using them on A ton 00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:47.599 of other things, we sent SSTV, explored different 00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:50.639 things. 705, yeah. Yeah, 705. I don't know why 00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:55.239 it's 706. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, the 705. So 00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:59.739 it was pretty fun. We got to use them during 00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:02.679 satellite passes. And even one thing that I'm 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:06.679 getting into now is... is image radio balloons. 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:11.079 I had never done high altitude or medium altitude 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:14.380 balloons before and I never really expressed 00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:17.980 a big interest in it until that Yoda camp. I 00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:21.280 was like, wait, this is so cool. So now I've 00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:23.059 got a helium tank here and I'm gonna do it here 00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:27.320 pretty soon. I got a little transmitter and I'm 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:30.380 waiting on a balloon right now. That I'll put 00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.179 up here pretty soon because the thunderstorms 00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:34.460 have kind of moved away from the Midwest area 00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:36.699 so the winter is pretty good for setting up balloons, 00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:41.829 but That's one thing that I had never done before 00:43:41.829 --> 00:43:45.110 and Yoda Cam exposed me to it and it was cool 00:43:45.110 --> 00:43:46.889 just seeing where our balloon was on the map 00:43:46.889 --> 00:43:51.309 and now guys have been, I've been contacting 00:43:51.309 --> 00:43:54.050 a lot of guys on how to do this stuff and they've 00:43:54.050 --> 00:43:57.630 been open to it so really just exposing us to 00:43:57.630 --> 00:43:59.090 different aspects of the hobby. I keep saying 00:43:59.090 --> 00:44:03.550 that but it's the truth about Yoda Camp and if 00:44:03.550 --> 00:44:07.150 you're a new ham, It's a place for you to go 00:44:07.150 --> 00:44:09.929 because you see stuff you've never seen before 00:44:09.929 --> 00:44:13.849 and pretty much just getting on the air with 00:44:13.849 --> 00:44:16.909 our special W8Y call sign. It won't be that this 00:44:16.909 --> 00:44:21.650 year because we're up in Canada, but making as 00:44:21.650 --> 00:44:23.849 many contacts as possible during that period 00:44:23.849 --> 00:44:30.550 as well. The classes were amazing on contesting 00:44:30.550 --> 00:44:37.039 and on other things. Yeah, I hope to get up there 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:39.840 again sometime maybe not this year, but maybe 00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:42.099 maybe sometime in the future I can I can head 00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:46.079 up to to Yoda camp again and Meet all the all 00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:50.440 the great guys that put this together I'm zero 00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:56.179 SSC And a bunch of other guys and I I talked 00:44:56.179 --> 00:45:00.659 to Sam what's his call sign? I don't remember 00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:05.179 what? Yep, KC2LRC. I talked to him for about 00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:09.380 an hour the night before we left the camp and 00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:11.159 it was nice knowing his story and everything 00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:14.900 like that and getting to know these adults that 00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:18.079 love you so much that they decided to put this... 00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:20.519 put this together was a huge thing. And I just 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:22.280 want to thank you, Neil, because you're the one 00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:25.320 who really got the insurance, all the things 00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:29.440 that needed to be done with these last few years. 00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:34.000 So I appreciate it so much. And I hope to continue 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:37.880 this legacy onto the next generation. Well, that's 00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:42.980 the key, is continuing it on. And I appreciate 00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:47.960 the thanks. The thanks also is hearing stories 00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:50.219 like this that, hey, I didn't do this before, 00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:52.960 but now I know about it and now I know people 00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:57.719 that I can talk to and help do these things and 00:45:57.719 --> 00:46:02.599 make it happen yourself. When I get done recording 00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:05.860 this interview, I actually have to switch gears 00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:09.460 and record this week's amateur radio news line 00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:14.320 and Spoiler alert here. The top story is about 00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:21.320 our own Jack McElroy came for the CIA because 00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:27.260 a balloon that he launched Similar to to Yoda 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:31.300 camp similar to one of them actually is going 00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:35.739 over the South Pole right now and It kept firing 00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:39.199 all these error messages Because it didn't know 00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:42.340 where it was because it was so close to the South 00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:48.820 Pole that it actually started Sending out a bunch 00:46:48.820 --> 00:46:50.760 of errors that it couldn't get its location. 00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:54.869 So uh... that's that's pretty cool so he's uh... 00:46:54.869 --> 00:46:57.590 he's making records here the first balloon to 00:46:57.590 --> 00:47:02.829 uh... to cross the south pole so uh... all kinds 00:47:02.829 --> 00:47:06.389 of cool stuff that's that's a lot of fun to uh... 00:47:06.389 --> 00:47:08.809 to hear from a young ham while that's that's 00:47:08.809 --> 00:47:12.570 pretty impressive yeah so he's uh... done our 00:47:12.570 --> 00:47:14.869 our ballooning for the last couple years of course 00:47:14.869 --> 00:47:18.019 audrey his sister's been helping she's been tied 00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:21.179 up with things too and hasn't been physically 00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:25.300 there yet, but Jack stepped in and did it and 00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:29.500 now you're getting ready to do one. So it's some 00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:32.980 pretty cool stuff. So make sure you check out 00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:35.840 that story over on Amateur Radio Newsline this 00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:38.760 week and you'll hear a little bit more about 00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:46.340 that story. get on my way over to Newsline, but 00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:51.380 thank you so much for taking the time to share 00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:57.440 about Yoda Month with us and Yoda Camp. Remind 00:47:57.440 --> 00:47:59.940 everybody that youth on the air org you can find 00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:02.820 all this information and a bunch of other places 00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:06.860 as well, but Everything is there So if you want 00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:10.940 one single place youth on the air org There's 00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:12.840 even a link there that you can click on that 00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:15.679 will filter out all the Yoda call signs around 00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:19.119 the world on DX Summit for you. So it'll give 00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:23.380 you a list of who is on at the moment. So that's 00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:26.079 a cool little link that's available there as 00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:29.900 well. But thanks for coming on. Thanks for all 00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:32.679 your hard work in getting all these schedules 00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:37.280 made for the U .S. and getting everybody's logs 00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:41.599 in. And we remind all the young people out there 00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:45.519 that are participating, get your logs in. We 00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:49.199 need your logs as soon as possible. So make sure 00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:53.239 you upload those to the Google Drive and get 00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:58.119 those to case. And thanks for. You know all the 00:48:58.119 --> 00:49:01.519 work you've done and the team has done to get 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:04.760 other countries besides the U .S. involved in 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:10.719 this great special event and your help has been 00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:13.980 tremendous so thank you so much for doing that. 00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:16.119 Well thank you very much for having me on tonight 00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:19.019 and I appreciate all you're doing. for uh... 00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:21.139 you know that you're the stuff itself but you 00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:24.179 have a cap and etc and we'll see uh... we'll 00:49:24.179 --> 00:49:26.960 see what uh... this year comes uh... comes to 00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:29.280 for the uh... for the canadian one i i hear there 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:31.519 are a lot of kids signing up so uh... yet thank 00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:34.199 you for having me on that neil and i uh... uh... 00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:36.179 i can't wait to use these calls and in a few 00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:39.059 weeks on done with files for uh... for the senior 00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:42.360 uh... they think very much all right well that 00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:45.639 is a wrap For this edition of HamTalk Live, thanks 00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:49.199 to my guest, Case Van Osprey, W -0 -A -A -E, 00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:51.559 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening, 00:49:51.699 --> 00:49:54.659 and I invite you back next time. Next time, Sally, 00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:58.400 K -2 -R -Y -D, and Lou, N -O -2 -C, will be here 00:49:58.400 --> 00:50:01.519 to talk about the 12 Days of Christmas special 00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:04.559 event that's coming up soon. And for a list of 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:07.159 all of our upcoming guests, just go to HamTalkLive 00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:11.340 .com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:17.039 saying 7 -3. 75 and may the good DX be yours.