WEBVTT 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:05.120 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.519 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:15.460 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit PL -259 00:00:15.460 --> 00:00:20.140 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:25.359 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:33.660 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:33.660 --> 00:00:41.179 we go, welcome to Amtoply Calling laptop Neil's 00:00:41.179 --> 00:01:04.750 your guy Amtoply Hello everyone, it's time for 00:01:04.750 --> 00:01:09.090 ham talk live episode number 298 youth on the 00:01:09.090 --> 00:01:15.269 air camp 2022 recorded on June 6 2022 I'm your 00:01:15.269 --> 00:01:19.409 host Neil rap WB 9 VPG Thanks for tuning into 00:01:19.409 --> 00:01:23.230 this episode of ham talk live tonight. 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Tonight, Adam Johnson, 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:39.339 KD9KIS joins us on the Orlando Amateur Radio 00:04:39.339 --> 00:04:43.939 Club and Hamcation Zoom line. Adam is a 21 -year 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:46.879 -old heavy equipment operator from Ellsworth, 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.980 Wisconsin. He is the assistant director for Youth 00:04:51.980 --> 00:04:57.670 on the Air Camp 2022. here in the Americas, and 00:04:57.670 --> 00:05:02.310 Adam was a camper at Yota Camp 2021. He's been 00:05:02.310 --> 00:05:07.490 a ham since 2018, so we're glad to have Adam 00:05:07.490 --> 00:05:12.329 with us today. All right, Adam, well, we're just 00:05:12.329 --> 00:05:16.589 a few days away from doing this all again. It's 00:05:16.589 --> 00:05:21.029 Youth on the Air Camp for the Americas. And this 00:05:21.029 --> 00:05:26.129 is the 2022 edition, so this year we get to fix 00:05:26.129 --> 00:05:30.009 everything that we weren't happy about last year. 00:05:30.350 --> 00:05:35.149 But really, that list was pretty short. Right, 00:05:35.370 --> 00:05:38.170 yeah. Well, at least for me as a camper last 00:05:38.170 --> 00:05:40.250 year, I really didn't notice a whole lot of the 00:05:40.250 --> 00:05:42.410 errors. So that's a good thing. And you guys, 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:43.850 part of that, if there weren't a lot of errors, 00:05:44.029 --> 00:05:45.250 at least you're able to cover them up pretty 00:05:45.250 --> 00:05:47.470 good. But no, from what I've heard, though, yeah, 00:05:47.550 --> 00:05:50.350 I think... No, I'm definitely super pumped for 00:05:50.350 --> 00:05:52.550 this year. Obviously coming in as more of a helper, 00:05:52.850 --> 00:05:54.490 assistant director this year more than anything, 00:05:54.790 --> 00:05:57.290 but it's no, it's going to be an awesome camp. 00:05:57.350 --> 00:05:59.889 I'm really, really pumped for it again this year. 00:06:00.490 --> 00:06:02.949 Now let's talk a little bit about this because 00:06:02.949 --> 00:06:06.029 you were one of the campers last year and, and, 00:06:06.170 --> 00:06:09.509 you know, you kept saying, um, you know, if there's 00:06:09.509 --> 00:06:11.730 anything I can do to help, if there's anything 00:06:11.730 --> 00:06:14.629 I can do to, you know, to, to keep this going. 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:18.759 Let me know and now you're the assistant director. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:23.180 So talk a little bit about About your role in 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:30.459 in guiding the future of Yoda Yeah, so as you 00:06:30.459 --> 00:06:33.480 know last year as I was at this camp I was super 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:36.000 excited for it and I had one of the best times 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.699 of my life at this camp and Yeah, I was telling 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:41.060 Neil hey anytime and they can do to help let 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:42.680 me know and he's like, all right I'll contact 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:47.399 you and pretty quiet and then come January, I'm 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:49.180 out plowing snow up here in Wisconsin and you're 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:51.779 like, hey, talking about Yoda here, what do you 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.439 think about being potential assistant director? 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:57.540 So long story short, I accepted that. So now 00:06:57.540 --> 00:07:01.040 I'm more a part of the planning and getting things 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:04.519 together and kind of taking things, trying to 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.720 take things off of Neil's plate slash learn from 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:11.139 him. And yeah, now it's trying to kind of going 00:07:11.139 --> 00:07:14.600 into the youth being in charge. which is where 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.540 I come in a little bit and trying to preserve 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:22.000 this camp and make it have more youth be involved 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.939 in ham radio and with these camps in the future. 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.279 So it's definitely a different perspective than 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.480 being a camper, but it's a different avenue, 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.240 but still super exciting. Well, we're going to 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.660 talk a little bit more about the camp and when 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:41.610 you can work us during the camp and more about 00:07:41.610 --> 00:07:45.329 that in a little bit. But first, let's get into 00:07:45.329 --> 00:07:49.589 your responsibilities. One of your first major 00:07:49.589 --> 00:07:55.730 responsibilities was to start planning for 2023. 00:07:56.230 --> 00:07:59.329 So tell us how things are going for next year. 00:08:00.910 --> 00:08:04.129 Yeah, so my big thing that my task was started 00:08:04.129 --> 00:08:07.529 getting ready for 2023. As some of you may know 00:08:07.529 --> 00:08:09.750 or not well know that we're hoping to change 00:08:09.750 --> 00:08:13.579 locations. every year every couple years for 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:17.259 where this camp is held at so I was put on responsibility 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:21.079 to come up with a plan of wrote down things of 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.920 what our main things that we absolutely kind 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:27.459 of necessity need bare minimum and then put them 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:30.000 together on a sheet so we were able to post that 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.539 and now we're we've been in the process of having 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:38.379 people respond back to us of either different 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:44.960 different clubs or whatnot of what their proposal 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.440 is for the future for a potential camp. So we 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.360 can start to look through those and see if they 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:55.860 meet our requirements or we might go look at 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:59.419 the actual location someday or just kind of going 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:02.179 along that. But our big thing for me so far has 00:09:02.179 --> 00:09:04.639 just been trying to gather that information of 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.980 different people that are interested in hosting 00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:12.230 this camp for 2023. Now this has got to be done 00:09:12.230 --> 00:09:17.330 by What was the June 30th is that the deadline 00:09:17.330 --> 00:09:23.470 is it right? Yes, I Actually good after double 00:09:23.470 --> 00:09:25.429 -check to be be I do know that it was sometime 00:09:25.429 --> 00:09:31.429 in June for the Yep, um for the deadline to at 00:09:31.429 --> 00:09:33.909 least at least give it tell it send and the emails 00:09:33.909 --> 00:09:36.570 on there my emails on there of Just at least 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:40.779 tell us you have an interest potential, you can 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:42.659 either send us the whole nine yards or at least 00:09:42.659 --> 00:09:44.740 send me an email saying, Hey, we're potentially 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:46.879 interested. We'll give you more information here 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.480 coming up, but at least let us know so we can 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.639 keep you in our realm as we start to talk about 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:57.320 2023. All right. So let's talk about some, we 00:09:57.320 --> 00:09:59.840 don't have to hit everything here, but let's 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:03.360 talk at least a little bit about what we're looking 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:08.580 for in a potential Yoda camp. site. What do they 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:13.379 have to do? What do they not have to do in order 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:17.000 to host one of these and who should be looking 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:23.659 to do this? Yeah, so for the future camps we 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:25.740 are looking, there are a lot of different things 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:29.460 to kind of look at and go through, but main thing 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:32.379 or some of the main points are is that we're 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:36.090 hoping to have, wherever this location is, that 00:10:36.090 --> 00:10:40.070 area can hold at least 30 campers or so, and 00:10:40.070 --> 00:10:42.870 I think we had it on there, about 15 adults, 00:10:43.350 --> 00:10:48.309 give or take, at least minimum. A lot of the 00:10:48.309 --> 00:10:53.049 big areas of just having the camp of how we can 00:10:53.049 --> 00:10:58.009 hold this, and yeah, kind of lost my train of 00:10:58.009 --> 00:11:05.090 thought there for a second, but no, we... North 00:11:05.090 --> 00:11:07.289 Central and South America, right? It doesn't 00:11:07.289 --> 00:11:11.710 have to be in the US Correct. Yeah. No, it doesn't 00:11:11.710 --> 00:11:14.509 have to be in the US and it just the big thing 00:11:14.509 --> 00:11:18.289 is I End up have it in region 2 is obviously 00:11:18.289 --> 00:11:22.909 our biggest number one thing but uh Besides that 00:11:22.909 --> 00:11:27.509 it's just having the space be able to have antennas 00:11:27.509 --> 00:11:31.190 whether it can be on site or hotels nearby of 00:11:31.190 --> 00:11:36.409 being able to house the campers and staff and 00:11:36.409 --> 00:11:40.529 preferably any kind of attractions in the area 00:11:40.529 --> 00:11:43.190 so if there is like for us we're doing it we're 00:11:43.190 --> 00:11:46.429 going to Kings Island one day and different things 00:11:46.429 --> 00:11:50.049 like that so just different we although we want 00:11:50.049 --> 00:11:53.870 to keep this very radio -related there's also 00:11:53.870 --> 00:11:57.009 if there's any other attractions that can kind 00:11:57.009 --> 00:11:59.870 of show that that cool has its own kind of spin 00:11:59.870 --> 00:12:02.549 to it that It kind of writes it to itself in 00:12:02.549 --> 00:12:05.889 the same way. So that's a few of the things and 00:12:05.889 --> 00:12:10.169 yeah, definitely allow radios in the area and 00:12:10.169 --> 00:12:14.350 have space for antennas and some ham shacks and 00:12:14.350 --> 00:12:17.730 just especially having a big room and even smaller 00:12:17.730 --> 00:12:20.250 rooms that we can kind of break out into different 00:12:20.250 --> 00:12:24.330 little sections or sessions and talk away like 00:12:24.330 --> 00:12:31.029 that. Well, that's what we're looking for. So 00:12:31.029 --> 00:12:35.889 if you have a group that's interested in doing 00:12:35.889 --> 00:12:39.470 that, what should they do and how do they get 00:12:39.470 --> 00:12:45.049 in touch with you? Yeah, so if you have a group 00:12:45.049 --> 00:12:48.889 that is interested at all, by June 30th of this 00:12:48.889 --> 00:12:51.490 year, so less than a month away, just give me 00:12:51.490 --> 00:12:55.600 an email at adam at youthontheair .org. Again, 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:58.120 that's adam at youthontheair .org. And you can 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.120 either just send me a small little document, 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.559 email saying here is some of the two things that 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.919 we have, although just at least send me a bare 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.379 minimum just saying we're interested or working 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:13.120 on getting the information typed up here and 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.779 sent to you. But no, that's the big thing. And 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:20.879 then also at least have it possible that we can 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.840 have high speed internet access at these as a 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.679 location for a few of our different things and 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.879 also up there it's just another kind of potential 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.840 thing is that if there's any kind of good eating 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.919 restaurants that are kind of known to the area 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.899 like down in Ohio for this year and last year 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:43.440 we're having some Skyline Chili which is a big 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.639 chili deal down in the Ohio area Wisconsin not 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:51.279 at all so that was a cool thing for me so Any 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.700 kind of cool different food like that just attractions 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:57.120 and just different things we have a whole Packet 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.139 you can get at our on a website at youth on the 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:02.700 air org showing different things that we're looking 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:05.039 for Otherwise, like I said, just shoot me an 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.340 email at and that's that Adam at youth on the 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:10.600 air org and I'd be more than happy to Talk to 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.779 you and give you some more information Okay. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.899 Well, yeah, let's go back to this year because 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:20.779 it's just a few days away from when This episode 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:24.559 is going to be released. And yeah, we get some 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.559 local flavors in there. The food, we do some 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:33.679 of the famous Cincinnati places. But you know, 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.539 you mentioned the Skyline chili, which everybody 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:40.340 seems to either love it or hate it. But on top 00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:42.960 of that chili, there's that Wisconsin cheddar 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:46.539 cheese. And I know you're planning on supplying 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:50.279 a lot of our cheese for the week. So you can 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:54.340 tell everybody about the cheese curds. Yeah, 00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:57.100 so you and I still have to finalize, talk about 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:59.559 some final numbers for what we're thinking for 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.879 cheese curds. But no, so where I'm from is Ellsworth, 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:05.720 Wisconsin. And we're known for making Ellsworth 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:08.480 cheese curds. You can usually find them in any 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:11.899 grocery store nationwide. But the big difference 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:16.500 is that these will be hot off the press. as in 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:18.620 the cow probably isn't even milked yet right 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:24.879 now, the cheese curds. But besides that, so yeah, 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:28.539 we have the store here in Ellsworth and last 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:30.340 year I brought some cheese curds just for the 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:33.019 trial, just a few bags and hanging out at the 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:35.519 hotel and stuff. Turns out that was a pretty 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.240 big hit because they were gone by the end of 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.340 the week for sure and everybody was asking me 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:41.919 to bring more cheese curds next year and I think 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:44.679 there were even a few different campers that 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.960 were friends of mine by the end that uh they 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.580 had me end up shipping them some cheese curds 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:54.019 by the end of the year so that was pretty cool 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:56.840 and uh yeah so uh this year there's definitely 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.600 gonna be some cheese curds there and uh yeah 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.720 like these will be fresh and then what's also 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:03.559 nice about these is that when they're in the 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:05.799 clear bags like these that means that there's 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.779 no preservatives and I'm like nitrogen and anything 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:10.460 like that you'd find in the store ones so these 00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:12.519 will be fresh and uh everybody loved them last 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:14.940 year and But that also can be a thing of either 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:17.379 love cheese curds or you hate them or you think 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:20.539 they're dumb. So you might call it one of those 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:23.720 three categories. But yeah, no, that should be 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.059 good. We're looking forward to that. And that's 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:29.980 part of Yoda. You know, the youngsters on the 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:32.460 air is everybody's supposed to bring a dish, 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:37.320 which, you know, it's not as conducive for us 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:41.879 because people travel a lot further. But everybody's 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.480 supposed to bring a dish that's kind of representative 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.860 of your area. So we kind of took a spin on that 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:52.279 and did a lot of Cincinnati stuff. But the cheese 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:55.960 curds were a big hit. So we've got plenty of 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:01.659 cheese coming, however much Adam can get. in 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:06.759 a carry -on, we're good to go. So we'll have 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:11.259 some experiences, you know, of food as well. 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:16.149 And one of the big things about Yoda is Building 00:17:16.149 --> 00:17:20.269 this youth community and getting people physically 00:17:20.269 --> 00:17:24.069 together and do some team building. And yes, 00:17:24.109 --> 00:17:25.710 we're going to be learning. Yes, we're going 00:17:25.710 --> 00:17:28.769 to be on the air. Uh, you know, a lot of people 00:17:28.769 --> 00:17:30.930 think, Oh, they're going to be on the air every 00:17:30.930 --> 00:17:32.829 moment of every day, every week. And it's like, 00:17:32.970 --> 00:17:34.490 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:34.490 --> 00:17:34.490 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:34.490 --> 00:17:34.529 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:34.529 --> 00:17:35.430 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:35.430 --> 00:17:35.609 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:35.609 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:45.539 no, no, no, no, no Social community among young 00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:49.500 ham so that they don't feel alone and you know 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:52.519 I'm sure you've got some stories from last year 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:57.680 of of things that You know really really hit 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:02.319 home with that Yeah, no definitely that's where 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:05.119 I say especially when I came into this last year 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.319 like I've been into hand radio for a few years 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:10.940 But I've been a part of local local club here 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:14.740 down here, or back home here, but not really 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:17.319 much for you. So I was super excited for this 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.160 camp, but at the same time, I was also nervous 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:23.160 because I was going to Ohio that I've never been 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.359 to in my life to meet up with a bunch of people 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:29.420 that I absolutely didn't know any of them. So 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:33.200 I was excited, but also nervous at the same time, 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:36.000 wondering if I would fit in or do I not know 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.779 enough? Even though I'm a ham, am I not too into 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:43.609 it? kind of how it was going to go but by I mean 00:18:43.609 --> 00:18:45.450 really by the end of the first day but even a 00:18:45.450 --> 00:18:48.170 few days in everybody just felt like family and 00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:50.089 you know you found who you really connected with 00:18:50.089 --> 00:18:52.190 but you really kind of connect with everybody 00:18:52.190 --> 00:18:54.329 I mean there was there was a variety of people 00:18:54.329 --> 00:18:57.549 that have their technician license but didn't 00:18:57.549 --> 00:19:00.230 really have much experience all the way to the 00:19:00.230 --> 00:19:02.849 amateur extras that do a lot of contesting so 00:19:02.849 --> 00:19:07.690 there was a big variety of who there were for 00:19:07.690 --> 00:19:12.079 people and yeah just The radio learned a lot 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.299 radio -wise, and that was super awesome, but 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:17.079 just getting together as a whole youth community, 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.140 there's a whole different part of ham radio with 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:25.900 the whole youth as well. And kind of going back 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:29.279 to the food a little bit of how the youngsters, 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:33.339 they all bring a dish to pass or something. But 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:35.519 it was kind of cool, like we'd be sitting there 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.960 back in a hotel or something, or just kind of 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.309 hanging out for a few minutes. and we're just, 00:19:39.329 --> 00:19:41.750 and you talk, and you just, we have kids from 00:19:41.750 --> 00:19:44.210 all over the U .S., I mean, East Coast, West 00:19:44.210 --> 00:19:47.589 Coast, down South, Northern Midwest here, and 00:19:47.589 --> 00:19:49.930 you'd be talking, you know, you kind of joked 00:19:49.930 --> 00:19:52.970 around about different, how everybody kind of 00:19:52.970 --> 00:19:54.529 talks a little different, and then it was kind 00:19:54.529 --> 00:19:56.809 of fun to sit there and talk about kind of different 00:19:56.809 --> 00:19:58.410 things that are different, like what there is 00:19:58.410 --> 00:20:02.190 for, like for restaurants, or this and that back 00:20:02.190 --> 00:20:05.730 home, or how radio is different, or how some 00:20:05.730 --> 00:20:07.569 might live in the cities and they have to deal 00:20:07.569 --> 00:20:10.220 with HOAs in order to set up an antenna versus 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.559 being out in the country and stuff. So there 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.779 was a, just by making these friends that you 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:20.119 knew absolutely nobody on Sunday and were practically 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:22.980 family by Friday. It was just a really cool experience. 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:25.359 And to even still be in touch with them now and 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:27.900 still still talk to them. That was still a cool 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:31.980 thing. Now I know you couldn't make it to Hamvention 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:37.490 this year, but let me tell you, um, Seeing the 00:20:37.490 --> 00:20:42.829 kids at Hamvention and there were many At Hamvention, 00:20:42.829 --> 00:20:49.730 but seeing the kids You know walking around There 00:20:49.730 --> 00:20:53.410 were you know a couple of groups of them and 00:20:53.410 --> 00:20:56.630 they were Yoda people I mean it was like, you 00:20:56.630 --> 00:20:59.789 know, it was like a family reunion at Hamvention 00:20:59.789 --> 00:21:04.299 and it was just so good to see that that You 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:06.299 know, you've made friends and you get to see 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:09.059 them again at something like Hamvention. You 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:13.299 talk to each other online or on the radio and 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:16.559 kind of support each other's projects. And, you 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:19.359 know, you can, you know, toss ideas off of each 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:25.799 other. And it just really, really makes me happy 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:31.400 to see this community as it's growing. Yeah, 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:34.180 no, that, that. Yeah, although it wasn't Hamvention 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:36.460 this year, that really, really makes me excited 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:38.200 to see that. Even though I was just a camper 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.759 last year, I mean, just to hear that they're 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:44.400 reconnecting and even, you know, like that I 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:47.000 still stay in touch with quite a few of the campers 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.599 and talk on the radio here and there. But I mean, 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:54.619 just to make this connection of new friends, 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:57.599 but also because you also have something in common 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:00.740 of Ham radio is just really cool. But I think 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:03.539 this A lot of it wouldn't be possible with quite 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:06.000 a few people, but I know you and Neil, you put 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.599 a lot of this, put a lot of work and effort into 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:11.779 it. So I'm sure it is very awesome to see to 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:14.980 you that it's definitely paying off of, there's 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.759 a good chance of this working. No matter what, 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:20.279 there'll always be some youth together because 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:23.980 of this camp and the youth on the air camp. But 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:26.740 I think there's many more in the future and you 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:29.160 and everyone else who's been a part of it have 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:32.589 done a very awesome job. Well, thank you very 00:22:32.589 --> 00:22:36.329 much and we're looking forward to seeing You 00:22:36.329 --> 00:22:40.769 know as you all take over more of the responsibilities 00:22:41.970 --> 00:22:44.569 uh... you know what you all have in mind because 00:22:44.569 --> 00:22:47.430 i think that's uh... that's important that we 00:22:47.430 --> 00:22:52.029 we keep that uh... camper focused mentality on 00:22:52.029 --> 00:22:55.490 everything so that'll be uh... be great to see 00:22:55.490 --> 00:22:57.930 all right well it's time for a break but uh... 00:22:57.930 --> 00:23:00.289 when we come back we'll talk some more with adam 00:23:00.289 --> 00:23:03.789 johnson k d nine k i s about youth on the air 00:23:03.789 --> 00:23:07.190 camp coming up right after this word from icon 00:23:07.190 --> 00:23:11.869 america right here on ham talk live Be a Field 00:23:11.869 --> 00:23:15.269 Day leader with ICOM. 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The IC7610 by ICOM is a direct 00:25:30.309 --> 00:25:32.849 sampling software -defined radio that's changed 00:25:32.849 --> 00:25:35.650 the world's definition of an SDR transceiver. 00:25:35.910 --> 00:25:40.190 It has 110 dB RMDR, dual digicel, independent 00:25:40.190 --> 00:25:43.029 dual receivers, and an RF direct sampling system. 00:25:43.369 --> 00:25:46.950 Visit icomamerica .com slash amateur for more 00:25:46.950 --> 00:25:51.029 information on ICOM radios. You're listening 00:25:51.029 --> 00:25:54.529 to HamTalk Live, the number one podcast amongst 00:25:54.529 --> 00:25:57.930 the podcasts with the words Ham, Talk, and Live 00:25:57.930 --> 00:26:21.509 in the title. Here's your host, Neil Rapp. Welcome 00:26:21.509 --> 00:26:25.630 back to HamTalk Live. Be sure to check us out 00:26:25.630 --> 00:26:30.569 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And before 00:26:30.569 --> 00:26:33.769 we get to the joke of the week and part two of 00:26:33.769 --> 00:26:36.589 our interview with Adam Johnson, KD9KIS, I want 00:26:36.589 --> 00:26:39.450 to give a shout out to the Spurious Emissions 00:26:39.450 --> 00:26:45.329 Band. They were performing at Dayton Hamvention, 00:26:46.309 --> 00:26:49.619 and I unfortunately could not be there in person, 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:53.319 but was watching the stream and did a little 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:58.099 dedication for a song that you may have heard 00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:06.140 on this program. So I was glad to see the Baofeng 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:10.920 song came back into the. the set for, uh, Hamvention 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:15.079 2022. So shout out to the Spurry submissions. 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:19.240 Glad you got the band back together again. All 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:21.599 right. Well, before we get back to Adam, it's 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:48.789 time. for the joke of the week. I was having 00:27:48.789 --> 00:27:51.130 issues with the computer in my shack so I took 00:27:51.130 --> 00:27:54.230 it apart and there was a little man in overalls 00:27:54.230 --> 00:27:57.130 living inside of it. Turns out I had a farmer 00:27:57.130 --> 00:28:01.450 in the dell. This has been the Ham Talk Live, 00:28:01.630 --> 00:28:04.130 ham radio joke of the week with Rick Garrett, 00:28:04.390 --> 00:28:08.230 N9GSU. Tune in again next week for another joke 00:28:08.230 --> 00:28:13.900 from Rick. And we're back here on HamTalk Live 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:17.799 with Adam Johnson, KD9KIS, the assistant director 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:21.619 of the Youth on the Air Camp for the Americas, 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:27.299 which is located within IARU Region 2. And, you 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:30.480 know, a lot of people out there listening are 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.140 not going to be able to come to camp. It's really 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:35.740 funny because I get all these adults saying... 00:28:35.710 --> 00:28:39.049 Can I be a camper? I want to do all this stuff. 00:28:43.069 --> 00:28:46.410 We're trying to stick to 15 to 25 year olds right 00:28:46.410 --> 00:28:51.250 now and we are working on a program for younger 00:28:51.250 --> 00:28:55.029 kids because we have a ton of younger hams. We 00:28:55.029 --> 00:28:58.690 have a ton of hams less than 15 years old around. 00:28:59.550 --> 00:29:03.630 And so we're working on a long weekend with a 00:29:03.630 --> 00:29:09.049 parent kind of thing. As Adam takes over more 00:29:09.049 --> 00:29:12.150 of the responsibilities for me, I'm going to 00:29:12.150 --> 00:29:14.869 start kind of shifting toward those responsibilities 00:29:14.869 --> 00:29:19.269 to get that running. But let's focus here on 00:29:19.269 --> 00:29:22.349 the camp, which is just in a few days. Now, people 00:29:22.349 --> 00:29:24.690 listen to this at different times, so we'll give 00:29:24.690 --> 00:29:30.180 the dates and everything. The special event call 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:34.819 is Whiskey 8 Yankee W8Y and will be operating 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:38.640 from the National Voice of America Museum of 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:42.220 Broadcasting in Westchester, Ohio, which is the 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:45.319 northern suburbs of Cincinnati. And if you ever 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:49.980 drove down I -75... uh... years and years ago 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:53.940 uh... and saw the huge antenna farm uh... that's 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:56.380 where that's where we are uh... we're we're on 00:29:56.380 --> 00:30:00.680 the grounds of the old voice of america relay 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.299 station there uh... the antennas are gone it's 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:08.019 all soccer parks now and stuff but but the building 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:10.220 is still there and that's uh... that's where 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:14.779 we will be so One of the things that we do need 00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:18.279 for people to do that are listening is to call 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:23.079 us. Uh, part of the program is learning how to 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:28.259 deal with pileups. And so if we don't have pileups 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:30.960 to work, we're not going to be able to practice 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.900 very well. So Adam, tell people how they can 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:40.140 work W eight Y during the camp. Yeah, so as Neil 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:42.579 just said, we're going to be Whiskey 8 Yankee, 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:46.440 W8Y as our call sign for this camp. And I'm going 00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:48.220 to give you a few of the times that we're for 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.180 sure going to be on the air, but I can guarantee 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.839 you that's not going to be the only times that 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:54.759 we're on the air. So as far as the for sure time 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.740 that on HF, we're going to be on Monday, June 00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:03.839 13th between 1800 Zulu and 0300 Zulu. And that 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.940 is going to be on You're just going to have to 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.059 hunt and peck for us a little bit. But any of 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:11.259 the bands that are open, search away. I couldn't 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:13.460 tell you if it's going to be on 40 meters, 20 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:16.559 meters, or 6 meters. You never know what's going 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:20.000 to be open. We have access to, I think, just 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.559 about every band, at least below 80. So that's 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.700 going to be super fun there. And as Tuesday rolls 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:29.460 around, we're going to be on Earth Moon Earth 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:35.200 Bounce, or EME, between 01 Zulu and 03 Zulu. 00:31:35.390 --> 00:31:38.029 So if you're into the Earth, Moon, Earth, or 00:31:38.029 --> 00:31:41.069 not, maybe give it a shot and see if you can 00:31:41.069 --> 00:31:44.130 find us on there. And for me, I've never done 00:31:44.130 --> 00:31:47.930 EME, so I'm super excited to be a part of that 00:31:47.930 --> 00:31:51.309 and learn that a little bit. And then we're also 00:31:51.309 --> 00:31:52.029 going to be on the satellite. And when do we 00:31:52.029 --> 00:31:55.329 say Tuesday? Let me clarify here, because we 00:31:55.329 --> 00:31:58.789 get into this whole UTC versus Eastern Daylight 00:31:58.789 --> 00:32:03.210 Time. By Tuesday, it's really Monday night. you 00:32:03.210 --> 00:32:09.450 know it's UTC time so Monday night and it's 0100 00:32:09.450 --> 00:32:13.569 Zulu to 0300 Zulu which technically is Tuesday 00:32:13.569 --> 00:32:17.829 in UTC so just wanted to clarify that. Okay yeah 00:32:17.829 --> 00:32:20.910 thanks for that clarification Neil and then and 00:32:20.910 --> 00:32:23.470 satellites we dabbled in those a little bit last 00:32:23.470 --> 00:32:26.829 year and we're going to be on that mostly FM 00:32:26.829 --> 00:32:30.420 satellites on the Thursday, June 16th and Friday, 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:35.319 June 17th between 1400 Zulu and 1700 Zulu. So 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.259 if you're into satellites or not, like I said, 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:40.480 give it a shot and see if you can find us on 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:45.319 the FM satellites. Now outside of those times, 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:48.099 like you said, it could be anytime, anywhere, 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:51.259 but tell us a little bit about the two different 00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:55.900 shacks that will be available at the camp. Yeah, 00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:59.259 so these shacks are Definitely something different. 00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:02.380 That's for sure. We are the main check Where 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:04.460 is it going to be at the VOA voice of America 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:08.339 Museum where we are having? these a lot of the 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:12.619 day activities at and that it's this huge room 00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:17.039 and there it's a huge shack and there is I want 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:21.619 to say a minimum of three if not four plus radios 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:25.980 separate radios in that shack, so it is You'll 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.339 have to look at some of the pictures from last 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:30.920 year or even coming up here next week. And it's 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:33.220 just, it's a whole different scenario of shack. 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:37.259 We have antennas like you can imagine and a whole 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:40.099 different variety there. And we'll all be on 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:42.400 different bands for the different radios for 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:44.599 the people that are active on there. And then 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:47.839 for the other shack that we'll have going there 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:51.680 will be a shack back at the hotel there. Which 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.759 correct me if I'm wrong Neil, but I believe we 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:56.660 will have one active antenna for sure at the 00:33:56.660 --> 00:34:00.319 hotel there and then so that's really cool to 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:03.400 be actually operating fully from a hotel room 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:07.579 and then also if I'm right there's a Gonna be 00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:10.699 a remote station that is gonna be remote antenna 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:15.079 back to the VOA That is correct. Yeah, we'll 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:20.500 have an ICOM 7610 back at the museum That will 00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:23.239 be hooked up so we can remote into that from 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:26.239 from wherever we are So we can we can always 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:29.260 get access to that and then and then we'll have 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:32.340 we've got another 7610 and then we've got some 00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:36.840 ICOM 7300s that'll be Taking up all the other 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:39.260 spots. I'm not sure which one we're gonna put 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:43.250 at the hotel just yet, but But we'll have one 00:34:43.250 --> 00:34:47.030 of the two there with an antenna on the roof. 00:34:47.610 --> 00:34:50.550 So they're working on that. That's going up on 00:34:50.550 --> 00:34:54.849 Saturday. Yeah. And that's super awesome. And 00:34:54.849 --> 00:34:57.409 we have a lot of people that are very knowledgeable 00:34:57.409 --> 00:35:00.369 about ham radio and these radios, but we're actually 00:35:00.369 --> 00:35:03.130 so lucky that with our, these icon radios, we'll 00:35:03.130 --> 00:35:07.010 have our own icon guy as well. So if we have 00:35:07.010 --> 00:35:09.989 issues or questions, we have somebody to definitely 00:35:09.989 --> 00:35:14.190 resort to to ask those questions. And I was working 00:35:14.190 --> 00:35:18.789 on the QRZ .com page today and wanted to mention 00:35:18.789 --> 00:35:22.289 because I keep getting all these QSL cards that 00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:27.380 don't send QSL cards to the museum. or to me. 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:33.059 Our QSL manager is W0AAE and we've got that plastered 00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:37.980 all over the Whiskey8Yankee QRZ page, but he 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:42.489 handles all of our QSLs. So make sure you send 00:35:42.489 --> 00:35:46.190 those according to the instructions on the website 00:35:46.190 --> 00:35:51.989 there. It's W0AAE. And we just got our QSL cards 00:35:51.989 --> 00:35:54.969 not long ago, and I still haven't seen them yet, 00:35:54.969 --> 00:35:59.389 but I hear they're pretty cool looking. Yeah, 00:35:59.570 --> 00:36:05.630 I actually got my QSL card from the Whiskey at 00:36:05.630 --> 00:36:09.619 Yankee here a month or two ago. And they are 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:14.340 definitely a really cool QSL card. So yeah, Neil, 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.679 you'll have to try and get your hands on one. 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:18.619 They are very cool. Yeah, they should be in my 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:21.480 mailbox any day. Case mailed them out to everybody 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:25.440 except me. So because I was getting like a whole 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:30.000 box of them. So mine was separate. So I haven't 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.480 seen them yet. But from the pictures, they look 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:37.960 really, really cool. So it's one of those. foldable 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:42.099 cards and shows a lot of things that we did at 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:46.659 camp. So you can do that. We will do that again 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:52.239 for this year. Now, besides working in the shack 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:57.800 at night, maybe early in the morning at the hotel 00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:02.210 and then You know, any free time that is available 00:37:02.210 --> 00:37:05.670 during the day at the museum, you know, people 00:37:05.670 --> 00:37:12.389 can get on. But also we have parts of this live 00:37:12.389 --> 00:37:15.210 stream. So talk a little bit about the live stream 00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:21.010 on YouTube. Yeah. So as Neil was mentioning, 00:37:22.010 --> 00:37:24.170 definitely I'll look up our YouTube channel for 00:37:24.170 --> 00:37:27.820 Youth On The Air and you will be able to See 00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:30.659 our opening at minimum that we will have the 00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:34.199 opening ceremony which is this Sunday June 12th 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:38.280 at 5 p .m. Eastern time and Then we'll have the 00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:41.800 closing ceremony on Friday at June 17th which 00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:44.880 is a week from this Friday at 1 p .m. Eastern 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:48.099 time and those are those are some really cool 00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:51.559 videos because those are live videos coming showing 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:54.619 our opening and closing ceremonies of as we're 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:57.809 bringing the campers in and closing down our 00:37:57.809 --> 00:38:01.010 time with them, but then also we will, same as 00:38:01.010 --> 00:38:02.789 last year, we're gonna have some daily highlight 00:38:02.789 --> 00:38:05.829 videos of showing what we did that day before, 00:38:06.010 --> 00:38:10.010 videos and pictures and some of the laughs, I'm 00:38:10.010 --> 00:38:12.769 sure. So if you didn't see any of our highlight 00:38:12.769 --> 00:38:17.090 videos last year, definitely check out our YouTube 00:38:17.090 --> 00:38:19.949 channel and you can find those last year and 00:38:19.949 --> 00:38:23.090 just see some of the fun and exciting and goofy 00:38:23.090 --> 00:38:26.699 times we had last year. Yeah, the YouTube channel, 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:29.500 that is a pretty big deal for us, and we have 00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:31.460 some people that put in a lot of time and effort 00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:36.539 to really show some of the fun and eventful times 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:40.300 we're having at camp. All right, so be sure to 00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:43.480 check that out. It's Youth on the Air on YouTube, 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:47.480 or there's a link off of the website youthontheair 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.500 .org. If you go to the social links there, there'll 00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:56.449 be one for YouTube and we'll have Twitter and 00:38:56.449 --> 00:38:59.150 Instagram go on and maybe a little Facebook who 00:38:59.150 --> 00:39:04.469 knows But will be will be very visible next week. 00:39:04.750 --> 00:39:09.769 So Make sure you check that out so that's how 00:39:09.769 --> 00:39:13.349 you can you can help us is with all of the the 00:39:13.349 --> 00:39:19.210 pileups and Getting on the air and and giving 00:39:19.210 --> 00:39:24.610 these kids some some cues so Adam, it's been 00:39:24.610 --> 00:39:32.730 a lot of fun to get you involved here and I'm 00:39:32.730 --> 00:39:36.789 anxious to see your plans for the future with 00:39:36.789 --> 00:39:40.670 this, but right now we've got this year to worry 00:39:40.670 --> 00:39:44.070 about and so we're going to have a great time 00:39:44.070 --> 00:39:47.510 next week. Any final thoughts here before we 00:39:47.510 --> 00:39:51.610 go? No, not a whole lot. I just want to say thank 00:39:51.610 --> 00:39:54.030 you, Neil, for having me on the show here. And 00:39:54.030 --> 00:39:56.150 again, all the work you've put into this over 00:39:56.150 --> 00:39:58.409 the last, well, one of you guys started six, 00:39:58.409 --> 00:40:01.710 seven years ago and starting to plan the first 00:40:01.710 --> 00:40:04.650 camp so that a lot of work has been done by you 00:40:04.650 --> 00:40:07.030 and a lot of other people and all of our sponsors. 00:40:07.050 --> 00:40:10.769 We really appreciate those. And no, I'm definitely 00:40:10.769 --> 00:40:14.449 excited for this camp and future camps down the 00:40:14.449 --> 00:40:17.610 road. As I said earlier, it doesn't feel like 00:40:17.610 --> 00:40:20.780 this Camp is less than a week away, but it does 00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:23.300 at the same time. So I'm definitely excited. 00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:26.079 Got to get the pack in here and it's going to 00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:29.980 be a fun one. That's for sure. Yeah. Well, yeah. 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:32.179 You mentioned packing. I haven't started packing 00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:38.880 my stuff yet, but Julie took the SUV to Costco 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:42.199 today and totally filled it up with drinks and 00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:45.440 food and all that. So I got to take that up to 00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:48.500 the museum tomorrow as we're recording this on 00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:54.440 Monday. And then I have like a dining room full 00:40:54.440 --> 00:41:01.219 of boxes of soldering irons and flags and cookie 00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:09.019 sheets and Everything so PVC pipe and and yeah, 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:13.159 it's a Bunch of stuff. So we've got got a lot 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:16.179 of packing to do but Adam mentioned our sponsors 00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:20.400 We already mentioned ICOM. They're they're going 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:24.869 even above and beyond last year uh... with with 00:41:24.869 --> 00:41:28.389 what they're providing uh... so uh... we're we're 00:41:28.389 --> 00:41:31.409 looking forward to uh... all all the icon equipment 00:41:31.409 --> 00:41:34.510 that will be using we also want to give a big 00:41:34.510 --> 00:41:37.829 thanks to a rdc amateur radio digital communications 00:41:37.829 --> 00:41:41.300 uh... for a grant for that from them uh... to 00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:45.619 make this all possible as well as dx engineering 00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:50.159 and the worldwide radio operators foundation 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:54.639 those are for titanium sponsors which means it's 00:41:54.650 --> 00:41:59.289 $10 ,000 or more that they've given either in 00:41:59.289 --> 00:42:03.969 equipment or in funding to make this camp happen. 00:42:04.389 --> 00:42:07.829 And so we couldn't do it without our sponsors. 00:42:08.150 --> 00:42:13.230 And then also our silver level sponsors, Heil 00:42:13.230 --> 00:42:17.940 Sound sent me a case full of Pro 7s and so we're 00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.780 looking forward to having those this year to 00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:21.599 kind of cut down on some of the noise we were 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:24.599 getting because we were all crammed into that 00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:27.760 shack so that should be a whole lot better this 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:31.360 year. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association is 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:35.880 helping us out again. Xtronic USA provided our 00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:38.440 soldering irons so we have 30 temperature controlled 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:41.079 soldering stations for everybody and of course 00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:45.380 R &L Electronics, R &L opens the door and says, 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:49.070 take whatever you need. If it's still good, bring 00:42:49.070 --> 00:42:54.809 it back. And I did. I loaded up a bunch of stuff 00:42:54.809 --> 00:42:58.429 last week from R &L. So thanks to R &L for doing 00:42:58.429 --> 00:43:01.530 that. And then also our bronze sponsors, Radio 00:43:01.530 --> 00:43:05.309 Club of America Youth Activities and Swodexa. 00:43:05.389 --> 00:43:09.030 That's the Southwest Ohio DX Association. So 00:43:09.030 --> 00:43:11.469 thanks to all those sponsors and thanks to the 00:43:11.469 --> 00:43:14.949 individuals who bought stuff on our Amazon charity 00:43:14.949 --> 00:43:20.079 list. or just gave us a donation, some of them 00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:23.699 through podcasts and other things, but it all 00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:27.519 adds up and it makes this affordable and it makes 00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:31.199 this a great experience to keep ham radio going 00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:35.639 into centuries to come. So we want to definitely 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:40.260 thank all of them. Well, Adam, it's been great, 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:42.900 but we have important things to do. We need to 00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:46.360 get our cheese curd order ready to go. So I'll 00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:50.699 say 7 -3 for now and I'll be picking you up at 00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:54.840 the airport soon. 7 -3, sounds good. I look forward 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:59.260 to seeing you this Saturday. And that is a wrap 00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:02.980 for this edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like to 00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:07.219 thank my guest Adam Johnson, KD9KIS and everyone 00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:09.980 out there in cyberspace for listening. and invite 00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:13.300 you all back next time. We won't have a show 00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:16.599 next week because of the camp, but we'll be back 00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:20.239 soon. And you can check out all of our upcoming 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:24.219 guests at HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this 00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:29.639 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:38.190 may the good DX be yours. I'll be seeing you 00:44:38.190 --> 00:44:42.690 further down the law. Your 73's to you and your 00:44:42.690 --> 00:44:46.849 family. I'll be seeing you further down the law.