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Written by Emily Northam, the 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.400 harmonic of Andrew Northam, KD8FCT. Hello, everyone. 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:44.640 This is HamTalk Live, episode number 308, Winter 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:50.040 Field Day, recorded on December 1st, 2022. I'm 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.459 your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning 00:01:53.459 --> 00:01:56.200 in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:01.920 we're joined by Marvin Turner, W0MET. from the 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:06.659 Winter Field Day Association. Last episode John 00:02:06.659 --> 00:02:10.360 Doar K1AR was here to talk about the CQ Worldwide 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.080 CW Contest. If you participated in that I hope 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.560 that went well. If you missed that show you can 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.000 listen anytime hamtalklive .com or on your favorite 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.199 podcast app or on YouTube and you can catch us 00:02:24.409 --> 00:02:31.509 Also on the stream of WTWW, now their on -air 00:02:31.509 --> 00:02:33.949 transmitters are down but they are streaming 00:02:33.949 --> 00:02:38.750 and they're also on WRMI in the evening so you 00:02:38.750 --> 00:02:41.930 can you can check that out as well. We're usually 00:02:41.930 --> 00:02:45.150 on there on Saturday afternoons but haven't heard 00:02:45.150 --> 00:02:47.310 exactly what's going on with the schedule just 00:02:47.310 --> 00:02:52.139 yet. due to the sudden shift to streaming and 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:55.539 WRMI. So make sure you check them out there. 00:02:55.780 --> 00:02:59.740 Well, anyway, I will be back with Marvin right 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:02.800 after this word from Tower Electronics right 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:08.819 here on HamTalk Live. His two cents is worth 00:03:08.819 --> 00:03:16.900 $37 in change. He once ran a marathon. because 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:25.539 it was on his way to Dayton. He works FT8 by 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:32.599 ear. He once worked North Korea on every band 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:40.319 in one minute using only a microwatt. He slowed 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.740 down his code speed to work a de -expedition. 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:52.960 to 200 words a minute. He is, indeed, the most 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:58.180 interesting ham in the world. I don't always 00:03:58.180 --> 00:04:03.000 put on my own PL -259s, but when I do, I prefer 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.780 them from Tower Electronics. Stay resident, my 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:30.480 friends. If a man says something in the woods 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.379 and there are no women there, is he still wrong? 00:04:33.699 --> 00:04:36.420 You're listening to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. 00:04:47.050 --> 00:04:50.610 Welcome back to HamTalk Live. Tonight Marvin 00:04:50.610 --> 00:04:54.589 Turner WZeroMET joins us on the Orlando Amateur 00:04:54.589 --> 00:04:58.589 Radio Club and Amcations Zoom line. Marvin is 00:04:58.589 --> 00:05:01.389 the president of the Stones River Amateur Radio 00:05:01.389 --> 00:05:05.230 Club in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He's been a 00:05:05.230 --> 00:05:08.490 ham for over 25 years and participates in Parks 00:05:08.490 --> 00:05:11.189 on the Air and he's a member of the Rutherford 00:05:11.189 --> 00:05:14.990 County Ares Group and operates an Arden Mesh 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:19.230 node there in Murfreesboro. And he is the director 00:05:19.230 --> 00:05:22.870 of this year's Winter Field Day. So, Marvin, 00:05:23.009 --> 00:05:27.069 thanks for coming on to the show here. Good evening, 00:05:27.230 --> 00:05:30.269 Neil. Thanks for having us. Well, we wanted to 00:05:30.269 --> 00:05:32.629 talk a little bit about Winter Field Day because 00:05:32.629 --> 00:05:35.790 that's going to be coming up here in a little 00:05:35.790 --> 00:05:40.019 over a month. and make sure everybody knows what's 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:42.500 going on. I know you have some exciting changes 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:45.379 to the program. And so we'll talk about some 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:49.180 of those later on, but just to quaint everybody 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:51.480 listening, if they're not familiar with Winter 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:56.699 Field Day, tell them what it's all about. So 00:05:56.699 --> 00:06:00.860 Winter Field Day is really just a communication 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:04.160 exercise formatted to help increase your level 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.699 of preparedness. for disasters and improve your 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:11.120 operational skills in sub -park conditions. We 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.699 operate during the summer. We love to get out 00:06:12.699 --> 00:06:14.839 in the parks. We like to set up our stations 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.839 and we sit comfortably inside our our ham shacks 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.839 and have lots of good times and make great contacts. 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.480 But how does that deer really prepare you when 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:27.759 you have a disaster in the middle of winter? 00:06:28.699 --> 00:06:31.019 And you know does that generator you know stay 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:33.240 stay charged or your battery stay charged in 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.639 the winter. Obviously batteries in cold operating 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:38.519 conditions typically don't last as long as they're 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:43.000 doing warm. And so it's you know can you hold 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:45.319 yourself up in that weather? Are you inside a 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.860 tent? Are you in a cargo trailer? Are you in 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:50.379 a warm building? You know those sort of things. 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:52.600 So again we talk about those subpar conditions 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:57.370 and how we can Operate for extended periods of 00:06:57.370 --> 00:06:59.810 time in this case. We're just doing on a 24 hour 00:06:59.810 --> 00:07:02.670 period It's kind of a test run, but that's what 00:07:02.670 --> 00:07:06.069 we really are our main focus Should say the focus 00:07:06.069 --> 00:07:08.509 has always been and we will continue that focus 00:07:08.509 --> 00:07:12.610 as well Very good. Well, I know you've got a 00:07:12.610 --> 00:07:17.430 new group of people working on this and So tell 00:07:17.430 --> 00:07:21.230 tell them how I can find out more about Winter 00:07:21.230 --> 00:07:24.110 field day and find all the rules and everything 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:30.250 Sure, so We've just created a new website this 00:07:30.250 --> 00:07:33.569 year Winterfield day comm it's been around for 00:07:33.569 --> 00:07:37.110 a long time But I want to back up just a little 00:07:37.110 --> 00:07:42.009 bit is that I took this over beginning the process 00:07:42.009 --> 00:07:45.829 in June and so We've kind of had to create a 00:07:45.829 --> 00:07:48.350 new group of winter field day board of directors. 00:07:48.730 --> 00:07:53.000 And so we've kind of revamped a few things And 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.079 you can go out to our Winterfield Day site. We've 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.000 kept a lot of those things the same. And just 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.379 get winterfieldday .com and you can take a look 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:01.800 at our site. There's still some changes and things 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.019 that we're still trying to work out on the new 00:08:04.019 --> 00:08:08.740 site. But if you click over to how to participate, 00:08:09.899 --> 00:08:11.560 you'll see right there on your left -hand side 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.899 the 20 -23 rules. You can read them right there 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:17.620 on the site if you want for just kind of the 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:21.379 main main information and then you can actually 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:23.600 click the very top says click here to download 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.240 and you can go ahead and click on that and get 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:31.120 a pdf copy of those rules for this year all right 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:34.679 very good winterfielday .com make sure you check 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.980 it out got a nice little intro there on the website 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:42.279 as well so when is this going to happen what's 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.580 what are the dates and times here So Winterfield 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:49.159 Day is scheduled for January 28th and 29th, 2023. 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:53.519 It is the last full weekend of January every 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.299 year. It's been hosted that way since I think 00:08:56.299 --> 00:08:59.879 2007 when Winterfield Day kind of got started 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:03.460 kicking off and it's kind of kept that time frame 00:09:03.460 --> 00:09:07.639 throughout throughout the years. All right, very 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:10.139 good. Well, so you've got the rules on the website, 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:15.690 all of the information about dates and times 00:09:15.690 --> 00:09:19.049 and everything but just kind of summarize how 00:09:19.049 --> 00:09:21.309 how to participate if you happen to be on the 00:09:21.309 --> 00:09:24.809 air that weekend and and you hear somebody operating 00:09:24.809 --> 00:09:28.070 Winterfield day how should they handle that and 00:09:28.070 --> 00:09:30.929 if you go out and set up just just the quick 00:09:30.929 --> 00:09:34.110 summary version of you know what's the exchange 00:09:34.110 --> 00:09:37.409 you know what what can you do what can you not 00:09:37.409 --> 00:09:44.750 do sure so Winter field day exchange consists 00:09:44.750 --> 00:09:49.850 of your call sign, your class, which is it may 00:09:49.850 --> 00:09:52.789 be one, two, three, it can be as many as 14. 00:09:53.190 --> 00:09:55.149 And that class basically needs the number of 00:09:55.149 --> 00:09:58.169 operating positions that you have. So if you 00:09:58.169 --> 00:10:01.990 are out there by yourself and you're doing it 00:10:01.990 --> 00:10:08.529 outdoors in a tent, you'd be one outdoors. If 00:10:08.529 --> 00:10:12.269 you're operating in a building of some sort and 00:10:12.269 --> 00:10:14.190 you've got a small club of three or four people 00:10:14.190 --> 00:10:17.529 and you can be like three indoors So that would 00:10:17.529 --> 00:10:22.230 be your class is your number of stations and 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:26.490 your category is whether you're indoors outdoors 00:10:26.490 --> 00:10:30.370 Home or mobile and which is a new one we've added 00:10:30.370 --> 00:10:33.299 for this year And so we'll talk about that in 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:36.179 a minute here. But the exchange continues to 00:10:36.179 --> 00:10:39.340 be the other thing besides your call sign, your 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:41.500 class, and your category, you also have to exchange 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:45.840 the location identifier. That means you're, I 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:49.179 would be like one outdoors since I'm in Tennessee, 00:10:49.700 --> 00:10:54.039 I'm one outdoors Tennessee. And you could, N3FGP 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.440 does a really great job of their winter field 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.110 day software indicating uh what state you're 00:11:00.110 --> 00:11:02.690 in or what region you're in you may be you know 00:11:02.690 --> 00:11:05.549 south texas you may be you know western pennsylvania 00:11:05.549 --> 00:11:08.450 same thing you use for summer field day as we 00:11:08.450 --> 00:11:11.590 typically do uh one thing we've added this year 00:11:11.590 --> 00:11:14.870 is mx and that's for mexico stations which is 00:11:14.870 --> 00:11:17.269 fairly new for us and then obviously anything 00:11:17.269 --> 00:11:19.730 outside the u .s we will go ahead and use dx 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:25.070 as that um but you must accurately copy and record 00:11:25.070 --> 00:11:27.809 their full exchange of all that information, 00:11:28.490 --> 00:11:30.750 you know, do not change your section during the 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:32.610 contest either. A lot of people like to, you 00:11:32.610 --> 00:11:34.429 know, change sections and do something different 00:11:34.429 --> 00:11:36.610 and go from, well, I was outdoors, it was cold. 00:11:36.629 --> 00:11:39.049 So I decided to now go inside and go inside. 00:11:39.169 --> 00:11:42.490 So now I'm gonna become one indoors. You're still 00:11:42.490 --> 00:11:45.429 one outdoors. It's still, it just makes things 00:11:45.429 --> 00:11:49.090 really messy in the linking of the. connection 00:11:49.090 --> 00:11:51.909 in the contest software when we're all done with 00:11:51.909 --> 00:11:54.009 that. So if you're one outdoors you stay one 00:11:54.009 --> 00:11:57.169 outdoors and you maintain that throughout the 00:11:57.169 --> 00:11:59.669 whole field day exercise. Now we do write it's 00:11:59.669 --> 00:12:01.990 a contest in there because people are always 00:12:01.990 --> 00:12:05.259 looking for points and they're looking for you 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:07.759 know how well did I score and so there's that 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.559 whole scoring content scoring portion of it therefore 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.419 it kind of becomes a contest but it's really 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.860 meant to be again back to our basics what I started 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:17.539 off with this is really a field day communications 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:23.839 exercise and so then you know again we've added 00:12:23.839 --> 00:12:27.919 the mobile category in there and so you may be 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:30.940 one mobile and so you may be in a structure like 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:33.879 an rv a car maybe a trucker of some sort maybe 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.240 it could be a trucker going down the road so 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:39.220 he could be mobile maybe you're in a cargo trailer 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:41.179 of some sort maybe your ham radio club has it 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:43.580 has a cargo trailer and you operate as your emergency 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:46.720 emergency airing station so that would be a one 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:51.750 mobile platform at that point this year Very 00:12:51.750 --> 00:12:53.169 cool. That's a lot of information in a very short 00:12:53.169 --> 00:12:57.669 time. Yeah, it is, but that's a good summary 00:12:57.669 --> 00:13:01.870 of what's going on here. And so, and if you're 00:13:01.870 --> 00:13:04.470 like me, you're right on the border of like two 00:13:04.470 --> 00:13:09.350 other states and sections. So if I start in Kentucky, 00:13:09.429 --> 00:13:13.289 I'm not going to switch to Ohio if I go across 00:13:13.289 --> 00:13:16.090 the river here. No, we want you to stay in Kentucky 00:13:16.090 --> 00:13:19.889 at that point for sure. All right. Okay. Well, 00:13:20.330 --> 00:13:23.289 you mentioned a couple of the new things here, 00:13:23.470 --> 00:13:26.929 the Mexico and the mobile category. What are 00:13:26.929 --> 00:13:30.450 some other changes that you've made to the rules 00:13:30.450 --> 00:13:36.429 for this year? One thing, you know, I guess not 00:13:36.429 --> 00:13:43.370 really a major change from years past, but it 00:13:43.370 --> 00:13:50.259 is some of the things that we continue to Always 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:53.720 try to emphasize is that the stations are still 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:58.159 limited to 100 watts of maximum power. All logs 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:59.960 must be in the Cabrillo format when submitted. 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:03.019 Again, we've got Mexico stations now can use 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:07.360 MX and N3, FGP, N1, MM. Some of those other logging 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.659 softwares have been updated and told about this 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:14.500 and are familiar with it. You know, they should 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:17.899 have that as part of the station identifier in 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:20.539 their logs now for you to be able to add that 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:23.100 And again, they've got that mobile category because 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:25.600 again, it's just not what with whatever we do 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.779 We have to notify those people who are software 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:31.240 developers that are doing like N3 FGP Just because 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.000 it's the most common I'd say probably 60 to 70 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 percent of our users are using N3 FGP So I'm 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:39.759 mentioning that the most It's not the only one 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.970 out there But again, probably one that's used 00:14:41.970 --> 00:14:45.409 by most people for logging during the winter 00:14:45.409 --> 00:14:49.070 field day. And then we've added an extra antenna 00:14:49.070 --> 00:14:53.809 bonus as well to this year. And those are probably 00:14:53.809 --> 00:14:56.509 the main things that we've done. And then the 00:14:56.509 --> 00:15:02.490 final thing is that FT4, FT8 is not used because 00:15:02.490 --> 00:15:05.409 it doesn't communicate that exchange. That's 00:15:05.409 --> 00:15:07.830 nothing new. But I know we've had some people 00:15:07.830 --> 00:15:10.320 say, hey, can we use this we've had a lot of 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:13.720 questions coming in via email about it and so 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.220 I want to make sure that I kind of emphasize 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:18.639 the FT4 FT8 does not communicate the exchange 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.919 that I mentioned earlier and so therefore it 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:25.919 is not allowed JS8 is an alternative that people 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:30.360 can use but that is you know still the same that's 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.279 kind of the request of the previous board when 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.740 we took it over that we maintain that and we 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:40.000 certainly will. Okay. Well, that was a good rundown 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.259 of some of the changes for this year's Winter 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:46.200 Field Day, so we'll talk some more about that 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:50.080 and some of these new categories with Marvin 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.100 Turner, W -0 -M -E -T, right after this word 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:57.460 from ICOM America, right here on HamTalk Live. 00:15:58.090 --> 00:16:02.110 Happy holidays from ICOM. Spice up your ham shack 00:16:02.110 --> 00:16:05.549 this season with one of ICOM's popular handhelds, 00:16:05.629 --> 00:16:08.470 mobiles, or base stations. These radios are perfect 00:16:08.470 --> 00:16:10.590 for working your favorite bands while staying 00:16:10.590 --> 00:16:13.429 inside or venturing out this winter. It's the 00:16:13.429 --> 00:16:16.610 most wonderful time of year to give the gift 00:16:16.610 --> 00:16:20.129 of ICOM. 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Well, we're going to get 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.559 back to Winter Field Day with Marvin Turner, 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.740 W -0 -M -E -T, but first it's time for the N9 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:55.990 GSU Joke of the Week. Now it's time for the HamTalk 00:19:55.990 --> 00:19:59.109 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the part of 00:19:59.109 --> 00:20:01.910 the show where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. 00:20:02.210 --> 00:20:04.930 The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is 00:20:04.930 --> 00:20:08.690 brought to you by QRM Labs. Now here's Rick Garrett 00:20:08.690 --> 00:20:13.349 in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the 00:20:13.349 --> 00:20:21.089 Week. I had a really nice HF contact with the 00:20:21.089 --> 00:20:22.829 ham the other day and I asked him what he did 00:20:22.829 --> 00:20:25.630 for a living and he said he had been an archaeologist 00:20:25.630 --> 00:20:28.990 but he gave it up because his life was in ruins. 00:20:30.609 --> 00:20:33.650 This has been the Ham Talk Live, ham radio joke 00:20:33.650 --> 00:20:37.430 of the week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in 00:20:37.430 --> 00:20:43.420 again next week for another joke from Rick. We 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:46.259 are back here on ham talk live with Marvin Turner 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:51.960 W0MET He is in charge of the winter field day 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:56.339 and we'll say contest, you know Summer field 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:59.480 day. There's always this huge argument over is 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:03.900 it a contest? Is it not a contest and so You're 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:07.059 going ahead and saying it's a contest You know, 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:11.039 I think when you start throwing some points in 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.920 there and you know you're trying to make as many 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:16.220 I mean we say right here in our rules you're 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:18.640 trying to make as many contacts as possible and 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:21.359 you've got multipliers in there for so many points 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:23.240 you're getting or so many contacts you're getting 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:25.559 so many points and you're getting bonus points 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:29.779 and I mean what part of that doesn't just yell 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:34.390 at you and say it's a contest And so it makes 00:21:34.390 --> 00:21:36.990 it really tough not to call it a contest at that 00:21:36.990 --> 00:21:40.769 point. But again, like I said once and twice 00:21:40.769 --> 00:21:43.029 before, is that it's really meant to be a field 00:21:43.029 --> 00:21:46.089 communication exercise on how well you can do. 00:21:46.329 --> 00:21:48.569 And that's something we're kind of maybe looking 00:21:48.569 --> 00:21:53.049 at changing down the road. This year just being 00:21:53.049 --> 00:21:55.930 the fact that it was a short time from the time 00:21:55.930 --> 00:21:59.329 we took it over and preparing for field day 2023, 00:21:59.849 --> 00:22:02.099 we don't have time to make those changes. But 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:04.039 now after this winter field day, we'll have a 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.160 whole year to prepare for that. So. Yeah, it 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:12.180 seems like if you keep score, it's a competition. 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:15.700 So, you know, I know a lot of people have different. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.700 different opinions on that, but that's the one 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:22.859 I always seem to get from the young people especially 00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:26.380 is, well, then why do you keep score if it's 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:31.980 not a contest? Exactly. Well, anyway, we'll go 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:34.940 ahead and call it a contest, but Marvin's joining 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:38.759 us here to talk a little bit about Winterfield 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:41.900 Day and get you ready for that. That's January 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:47.170 28th and 29th in 2023. and let's talk a little 00:22:47.170 --> 00:22:50.029 bit about submitting logs for this I know you 00:22:50.029 --> 00:22:53.369 need those logs even if you make one contact 00:22:53.369 --> 00:22:56.589 you need a log so you can match these things 00:22:56.589 --> 00:23:00.190 up so talk a little bit about how people should 00:23:00.190 --> 00:23:07.769 submit their logs absolutely so you can find 00:23:07.769 --> 00:23:11.190 some links to some of our logs on our website 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:14.339 I think N3FJP may be the only one on there right 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:21.039 at the moment. But N1MM, TR4W, Hammers, which 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.680 is a new one that came out in the last year or 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:24.599 two that a lot of people use for parks on the 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:27.019 air. They've also got a winter field day log 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:30.279 submission. And so I think you have to take that 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.720 one and convert that from an ADIF file to a Cabrillo 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:37.480 format before you can submit it. But we're submitting 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:40.720 our winter field day logs in a Cabrillo format 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:43.720 just like any of the other major contests that 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:48.299 you would participate in and so you definitely 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:54.460 need you know the format on the link that will 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:58.539 be provided on the web page at the time of the 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:01.890 field day it will be turned on at the time of 00:24:01.890 --> 00:24:06.009 field day on that January 28th. I'll think about 00:24:06.009 --> 00:24:10.109 the date for a moment. And then it will turn 00:24:10.109 --> 00:24:17.150 off by March 1st. And the logs must be submitted 00:24:17.150 --> 00:24:22.259 by March 1st and by midnight at that date. Late 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:25.059 entries won't and cannot be accepted. They will 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:27.519 be turned off and there will be no ifs, ands, 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:30.200 or buts about that. If we did that, we could 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:32.480 carry this thing all the way out into May, you 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.279 know, some people will just be late getting them 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.819 in there. And we want to be able to try and get 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:38.759 this on an expedited manner. We get a lot of 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:42.500 requests about, you know, the, hey, when are 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.079 you submitting the results? When are the results 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.079 coming out? I've seen a lot of emails around 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:48.859 that in the past years. And so we want to be, 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.759 you know, timely and respective of people getting 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:53.200 all those in as well. So we just got to do a 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:55.420 cutoff date and it's just got to be hard, hard 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:58.859 core to that. And then a lot of people will say, 00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:01.180 hey, you know, I submitted, I found error in 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:04.859 my log. I want to resubmit it. And so how do 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:07.019 I go about doing that? And so I was like, versus 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:09.099 sending us an email, just correct the error in 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:12.400 your log, resubmit it, and we'll get that corrected 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:15.619 on IRN because our software, which is used by 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:18.200 many other contests, as well it's the same software 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:22.099 being used is it will kick out and say hey there's 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:25.460 two W0MET logs here and so we'll start to figure 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:28.660 that out and so then the you know obviously the 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:30.380 latest version will probably hopefully be the 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:33.420 be the right one there that we can choose and 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.519 so that will replace the original that you submitted. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:39.619 You can submit your logs right online at www 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:43.680 .winterfieldday .com and once you submit your 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.660 log you should receive a confirmation email. 00:25:46.449 --> 00:25:48.730 If you didn't for some reason, let us know. We 00:25:48.730 --> 00:25:51.890 can be happy to log in and take a look at that 00:25:51.890 --> 00:25:54.369 and see if, in fact, we did get that submitted 00:25:54.369 --> 00:25:58.990 for you. But I'm hoping we don't get a flood 00:25:58.990 --> 00:26:01.950 of emails because of that. But just the fact 00:26:01.950 --> 00:26:04.730 that you should receive a confirmation email 00:26:04.730 --> 00:26:07.230 to help you know that your log has been, in fact, 00:26:07.490 --> 00:26:09.970 submitted at that point. And then we'll end up 00:26:09.970 --> 00:26:12.269 reposting the results on a winter field day. 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:14.519 Right now we're something trying something new 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:17.279 where in the past it was in there as a PDF etc 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:20.240 We're trying to find a way to the guy that we've 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.579 got doing some webmastering for us Is that we're 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:25.200 actually going to create a database and you should 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.420 be able to dig into that database on the website 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:32.960 type in W0MET which is my call for example and 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:36.180 Come up with the results for how I did and give 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:38.980 you some that some of that data back for you. 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:41.119 So there's something a little different, something 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:43.599 a little new. Again, we've kind of revamped some 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.339 of these things that we're trying and doing, 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:49.900 hopefully making some great improvements. Excellent 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:53.519 job. Marvin Turner, WZeroMET from Winter Field 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:57.599 Day is joining us here on HamTalk Live. Let's 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:00.700 talk about the station locator. I know as we're 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:04.960 recording this, it's not ready to go yet, but 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:07.119 talk a little bit about the station locator. 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:12.660 So we You know again, we've revamped that website 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:16.339 made new colors new looks Made a few changes 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:18.660 to the bear just a little bit on tweaking a few 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:25.839 minor Character things about it but the field 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.920 day map it was on the old website as well and 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.920 We just found a guy the last couple days here 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:34.559 that can go in and create that field day map 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:36.559 and they'll show you all the station where all 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.599 the stations are going to be. So I encourage 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:42.359 everyone to reach out. Let's call it today being 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:46.039 Thursday, December 1st. Let's push this out to 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.019 the beginning of next week and hopefully that 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:50.660 new map will be updated with Google Maps. If 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.599 you do go out there and put your station for 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:55.380 winter field day that you'll be doing and where 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:57.859 that's going to be on our map. and we'd love 00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:59.779 to see the number of field day stations that 00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:02.240 are out there and maybe you're listening to this 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:04.140 and you're not a ham operator and you want to 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.839 know what a field day station is or you want 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.900 to know where to go this will be the website 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:11.640 to go and find that out and certainly go to one 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:14.440 of those places and and we do have a question 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:16.339 in there that we're asking people who submit 00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:19.660 a field day station location that they can choose 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.819 if this is a private or a public event that people 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.539 can come to. So some may just want to go pop 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.039 up a tent in the middle of the woods and operate 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:28.359 and they don't want nobody around. Then others 00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.980 may have clubs that they say, yeah, it's a public 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:32.200 event. We want people to come and be a part of 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:37.480 it. So that is coming to us. But just give us 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.880 a couple of days to get that wrapped up and squared 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:43.700 away. and so that will hopefully be a better 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:46.619 interactive map here very soon. The other thing 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:49.180 was that we had a contact form on our webpage 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:54.940 and that was one of those things that we were 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:57.519 getting spammed right and left and we just had 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.819 to cut it off the other day till we can get some 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:02.420 other things fixed and just email us directly 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:07.970 at wfda at winterfieldday .com and You know, 00:29:07.970 --> 00:29:10.289 we will respond to you as soon as we can. Again, 00:29:10.490 --> 00:29:11.650 I'm kind of getting a lot of emails this time 00:29:11.650 --> 00:29:13.329 of year. You know, starting to get a lot of questions 00:29:13.329 --> 00:29:15.990 asked. So be patient. We will respond to each 00:29:15.990 --> 00:29:19.950 and every one of them. All right. And as always, 00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:23.130 take a look at the website. We, you know, most 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:25.289 of the things that you need to know are there. 00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:29.470 So take a look at that. But if not, it's great 00:29:29.470 --> 00:29:31.930 to know that someone's keeping an eye on the 00:29:31.930 --> 00:29:34.990 inbox there. Um, well, let's talk a little bit 00:29:34.990 --> 00:29:37.329 about the future. I know you, you've mentioned 00:29:37.329 --> 00:29:40.089 a few things that, uh, you're still looking to 00:29:40.089 --> 00:29:43.390 change and, and do so. So what are your plans 00:29:43.390 --> 00:29:49.930 for the future? So, um, we are talking in terms 00:29:49.930 --> 00:29:53.970 of a contest a minute ago and is one of those 00:29:53.970 --> 00:29:57.309 things that we're kind of looking at maybe finding 00:29:57.309 --> 00:30:01.769 a way to make this more call it objective based. 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:04.839 so you have certain objectives that you will 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:08.000 have to accomplish to or certain stations maybe 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.240 you'll have to try and reach out and touch like 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:14.240 you would for Route 66 or Maybe you'll do like 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:18.259 13 colonies And so, you know, you know we can 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.700 do this objective base where are you running 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:23.579 a generator? Are you running a battery? Are you 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:28.779 running, you know for eight hours? You know different 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.799 things like that that we can start to throw together 00:30:31.069 --> 00:30:33.369 I know we've kind of created a small list of 00:30:33.369 --> 00:30:35.029 some other things. I don't want to throw it all 00:30:35.029 --> 00:30:39.390 out there yet, but more of a checklist of things 00:30:39.390 --> 00:30:41.950 that you've accomplished. And then in the end, 00:30:42.089 --> 00:30:45.390 you would basically send that in with your log 00:30:45.390 --> 00:30:47.849 showing that you've accomplished these items. 00:30:48.250 --> 00:30:51.309 And then you end up getting a certificate in 00:30:51.309 --> 00:30:54.230 response for that. I'll be honest, I just got 00:30:54.230 --> 00:30:57.329 my 13 colonies certificate in the mail today 00:30:57.329 --> 00:31:00.750 and I could have been happier. I was like, finally 00:31:00.750 --> 00:31:04.390 I got that certificate from 13 colonies and it 00:31:04.390 --> 00:31:07.049 was kind of a joy to see it and get it and something 00:31:07.049 --> 00:31:09.029 I enjoyed having. And I think a lot of people 00:31:09.029 --> 00:31:12.150 do like that. A lot of people pay the three or 00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:15.089 four dollars to get their certificate back from 00:31:15.089 --> 00:31:20.150 organizations or fun field day events like that. 00:31:20.490 --> 00:31:23.269 And so something we're kind of considering exploring. 00:31:23.809 --> 00:31:32.490 We'll see where it goes. But yeah. Okay. What 00:31:32.490 --> 00:31:35.009 are your numbers? What are some of the stats 00:31:35.009 --> 00:31:41.650 here from winter field days in the past? Sure. 00:31:43.009 --> 00:31:49.210 So some of our stats in the past have been For 00:31:49.210 --> 00:31:52.009 like just this past year in 2022, we were over 00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:55.710 2 ,500 logs were submitted So that's probably 00:31:55.710 --> 00:31:59.529 a little over 6 ,000 participants Is that we're 00:31:59.529 --> 00:32:02.390 kind of you know looking at for numbers roughly 00:32:02.390 --> 00:32:06.549 619 individual clubs sent in logs. So we're glad 00:32:06.549 --> 00:32:08.509 to see that so that's pretty good numbers. I 00:32:08.509 --> 00:32:11.990 think There are 512 logs claimed the bonus of 00:32:11.990 --> 00:32:14.289 using alternative power. So obviously nothing 00:32:14.289 --> 00:32:17.779 on commercial power And that was really good 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:20.539 to see about how many of those were being submitted. 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.539 I would love to see a lot more using some type 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:26.259 of alternative power than that. But, you know, 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:29.380 again, the whole operational point is to see 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:31.420 how long you can operate on other alternatives, 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:34.539 right? What I found really interesting was North 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.720 Carolina was one of the most active states with 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:40.160 110 stations on the air. I was like, that's pretty 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.579 incredible. So something I wouldn't have thought 00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:43.420 about, something I didn't know, but going back 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:45.420 and looking at the logs, that's what we're finding 00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:49.099 out. And then in between the US and Canada, all 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:51.779 but a couple of ARRL RAC sessions had activity. 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:55.359 So I'd love to see those other sections. I don't 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:57.619 have what those are right off the top of my head, 00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:01.880 what those sections of ARRL were, but we'd love 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.500 to see all sections have some form of participation. 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:07.160 for everybody to be able to reach out to every 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:09.519 one of those and and see how well they can talk 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.460 to the You know to the other areas or other states 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:16.440 at least and then again most pipeline software 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:18.559 I said between 60 and 70 percent of our users 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:24.779 are using in 3f JP software and so That's pretty 00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.680 good for Scott over there who does develop a 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.400 really great software. We've been in touch with 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.220 him a couple times this year and he's pretty 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:34.559 excited to get this put together for us as well. 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:39.519 And then 2023 will be our 17th year. So I've 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.599 got something to look forward to that we can 00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:44.019 come up on 20 years and not sure what that's 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.819 going to look like, but definitely looking at 00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:48.779 some future and some thoughts around that and 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:52.559 some excitement hopefully for 2023. All right, 00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:55.759 and you know there's a lot to do here to take 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:59.400 this on and We definitely want to thank you and 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:03.599 your team for Working to do this and of course 00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:06.920 some sponsorships are always Helpful as well. 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.500 So talk a little bit about the sponsorships of 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:13.960 this Sure. So yeah, we've got a great board. 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:18.079 My brother W4OPS is my creative services major 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:21.409 Jason Johnson I can't remember his call sign, 00:34:21.590 --> 00:34:26.789 but he's one of the board members, and he's kind 00:34:26.789 --> 00:34:28.949 of doing our social media for us. We have a guy 00:34:28.949 --> 00:34:32.010 out of Kansas that's doing our newsletters and 00:34:32.010 --> 00:34:33.769 things like that, and a lady out of Chattanooga, 00:34:33.769 --> 00:34:36.250 Tennessee who's doing our treasury stuff. And 00:34:36.250 --> 00:34:39.369 so it does take a whole board of people to be 00:34:39.369 --> 00:34:42.039 able to make this operate. And to make this go, 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:46.099 we've got a lot of other additional side members 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:50.260 that are kind of auxiliary people that are helping 00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:52.400 out with contesting and the website, things like 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.679 that. So it's more than just the five of us. 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:58.480 And of course, it takes a little bit of operation 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:01.739 to run some marketing, whether it's pamphlets 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.920 and things like that. We're going to try and 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:06.980 do some ham radio shows, ham fest along the way. 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.579 And then, of course, just the cost of running 00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:12.769 a website. and getting a website built, et cetera, 00:35:12.829 --> 00:35:16.550 things like that. So we've got some sponsors 00:35:16.550 --> 00:35:19.170 and our biggest one obviously being our corporate 00:35:19.170 --> 00:35:22.670 partner ICOM. Ray Novak was great in getting 00:35:22.670 --> 00:35:26.670 us some contact there and helping us out with 00:35:26.670 --> 00:35:29.949 the sponsorship from a corporate level. And so 00:35:29.949 --> 00:35:33.650 they are our official sponsor of Winterfield 00:35:33.650 --> 00:35:36.630 Day at this point. and then we've got some other 00:35:36.630 --> 00:35:39.969 club sponsors and some other donors as well that 00:35:39.969 --> 00:35:41.829 people have you know contribute along the way 00:35:41.829 --> 00:35:43.909 because our website right now is kind of in that 00:35:43.909 --> 00:35:45.710 transition of trying to get switched over to 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:50.059 Maintain the same format, but it's getting changed 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:53.019 over just a little bit to fix that mapping software 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:56.980 issue. I don't have the other newest donors listed 00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:59.199 up on there yet, but if you have donated, we 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.940 do appreciate it. We kind of did a little bit 00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:05.599 of a giving campaign on Tuesday. I haven't seen 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:08.280 many numbers have come in from that yet, but 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:13.460 it does cost a little bit to operate this. organization 00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:16.019 and you know we're not getting paid for all volunteer 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:18.739 at this point but it's just the cost of kind 00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:21.699 of doing business in general that we have to 00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:24.139 kind of maintain a little bit so we appreciate 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.940 anything that someone would like to donate and 00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:29.639 again thank ICOM America for all that they do 00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:34.920 for us as well so all right very good uh well 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:38.019 last thing here it's mentioned some miscellaneous 00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:43.869 rules some some clarifications that may have 00:36:43.869 --> 00:36:47.670 caused some issues in the past or something new. 00:36:48.010 --> 00:36:52.909 So just kind of tie this up here with a few of 00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:57.289 the miscellaneous rules in the contest. Sure, 00:36:57.289 --> 00:37:00.730 appreciate that. So some of the things that we 00:37:00.730 --> 00:37:05.550 have seen in the past that people have asked 00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:09.469 about was any rules governing amateur radio at 00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:11.010 your location must be observed throughout the 00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:16.570 event. If you're a general class operator, you're 00:37:16.570 --> 00:37:19.090 operating on a general class license. Unless 00:37:19.090 --> 00:37:23.110 your club is like an extra, your trustee is an 00:37:23.110 --> 00:37:24.809 extra class license, then you can operate under 00:37:24.809 --> 00:37:29.150 that extra class at that point. And again, any 00:37:29.150 --> 00:37:33.579 mode that is used. must be faithfully transmitted 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.880 to the exchange without any type of conversion 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:44.460 table. You can only work one band per mode. All 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:49.019 voice contacts are equivalent across the board. 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:54.960 Same with CW, digital contacts. One of the questions 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.119 we get is crossband contacts. You can't use any 00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:00.420 crossband contacts, but satellites are kind of 00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:03.690 the exception to that. And then, of course, no 00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:06.889 repeater contacts or DMR may be transmitted because 00:38:06.889 --> 00:38:09.889 DMR is using some form of repeater on either 00:38:09.889 --> 00:38:11.650 the transmitting or the receiving end to make 00:38:11.650 --> 00:38:14.969 that contact. So that repeater doesn't work either. 00:38:15.650 --> 00:38:17.250 But those are a lot of the questions we kind 00:38:17.250 --> 00:38:22.349 of get throughout. Those are kind of called the 00:38:22.349 --> 00:38:23.849 highlight of our frequently asked questions. 00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:26.969 but hopefully that will you know again if someone 00:38:26.969 --> 00:38:29.909 has we've had quite a few questions come in but 00:38:29.909 --> 00:38:31.469 if you do have a question after reading over 00:38:31.469 --> 00:38:33.449 the rules again that's kind of important you 00:38:33.449 --> 00:38:35.389 do read through them and you know maybe read 00:38:35.389 --> 00:38:36.969 through them a little bit twice even to help 00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:39.349 understand it but we've taken it from like 11 00:38:39.349 --> 00:38:42.829 pages of a lot of information down to about you 00:38:42.829 --> 00:38:44.849 know six or seven trying to shorten it trying 00:38:44.849 --> 00:38:47.210 to make a little bit more short and sweet make 00:38:47.210 --> 00:38:49.309 a little more simplified for people to be able 00:38:49.309 --> 00:38:50.769 to feel like they can read through it without 00:38:50.769 --> 00:38:53.920 being overwhelmed with the information so We 00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:56.800 hope that that is helpful to them and that they 00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:59.059 can reach out to us if they do have any questions 00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:04.000 in regards to the field day and any rules that 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:06.980 they're governing what we're asking to have done 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:11.159 for the winter field day. So hopefully that's 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.300 helpful and I appreciate you asking that. All 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:17.860 right. Marvin, thank you so much for joining 00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.840 us tonight, taking some time out to talk about 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:21.820 Winter Field Day. Remind everybody about the 00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:26.119 website and the dates just one last time. So 00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:29.739 again, Winter Field Day is January 28th and 29th, 00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:35.260 and that is starting at, give me just one second, 00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:37.760 I just saw it here a second ago, there we go, 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:42.519 at 1900 UTC on Saturday, and it ends at 1859 00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:47.460 UTC on Sunday. You have some stations set up 00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:51.400 time beforehand, but that'll happen January 20th 00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:54.239 and 29th. The last weekend in January will be 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:56.340 Winterfield Day like it is every year for 2023. 00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:59.679 So we hope to have everyone out there and have 00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:03.280 more stations join us this year. All right. Well, 00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:06.980 thanks so much and look forward to Winterfield 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:10.880 Day coming up here in just a little over a month. 00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:14.460 So thanks. Appreciate it. No problem. Thanks 00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:16.780 for having me on here this evening and you know, 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:21.260 sorry three All right, that is a wrap for this 00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:23.320 edition of ham talk live I'd like to thank my 00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:26.840 guest Marvin Turner W zero MET and Everyone out 00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:29.079 there in cyberspace for listening and invite 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:31.980 you back next time for a list of all of our upcoming 00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:36.360 guests Just go to ham talk live .com So for now, 00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:39.659 this is Neil rap WB nine VPG saying seven to 00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:44.340 three seven five and made the good DX Be yours. 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:16.460 Check it with Rick, it seems clear We're warm 00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:20.500 and cozy in our shack So we have talked about 00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:24.679 thousands of things About shoes, about ships, 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:29.159 about sealing wax About cabbages and kings