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Live episode number 292, the Hamvention 2022
preview recorded on March 31st, 2022. I'm your
host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning into
this episode of HamTalk Live. It's nice to be
back. Been gone for a few weeks. Had some things
going on and then been under the weather here
for the last week and a half or so and still
got a little cough going on here but well enough
to to get the show and good to be back here with
you once again. Tonight we're joined by Michael
Coulter, W8CI from Dayton Hamvention. Excited
to have Michael back on the show and talk about
what's coming up at Hamvention this year. Last
episode, Tim Duffy, K3LR, was here to talk about
the changes to Hamvention's contest university.
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here on HamTalk Live. Welcome back to HamTalk
Live. Tonight, Michael Coulter, W8CEI, joins
us on the Orlando Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation
Zoom line. Michael Coulter is the official spokesperson
of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike resides in Zena,
Ohio and is a past president of the Dayton Amateur
Radio Association and a past Hamvention general
chairman. He is currently the treasurer and board
member of Gara and the finance chair for Hamvention,
and we're thankful to have him back with us tonight.
Michael, welcome back to the show. You know,
Neil, I'm really glad to be back. My gosh, I'm
excited that we're going to have a Hamvention.
We are going to have a Hamvention this year.
You know, it's coming up May 20th, 21st and 22nd,
and it's coming. And Neil, Appreciate you having
us back Well, you know, it's been two years now
Since since we've we've had this it's almost
like it's going to be a reunion Gee that would
be a good thing wouldn't it? You hit the nail
on the head there that's exactly what the theme
is it's reunion, you know, we were talking about
it we thought You know when you have a theme
you don't want to be long -winded you don't want
it to have or people can You know after what
is the theme this year? I don't know. It's it's
like a paragraph long so we try to keep it to
one or two words and We really just was so easy
and it was so quick. You know what it's gonna
be a reunion We're all gonna we're all gonna
get to see each other again. It's all gonna be
face to face We're gonna have fun. We're gonna
talk about amateur radio and By the way, I want
to tell you that currently right now, as of this
recording, there are zero COVID patients in Miami
Valley Hospital, which is our biggest hospital
center in Dayton, Ohio. Zero COVID patients.
I like that number. Yeah, and the mask mandates
have all been lifted. I can't predict what's
going to happen in another seven weeks. So far,
Neil, you know what? It's looking good. We're
not masked police. We just have to follow the
guidelines of whatever the county tells us to
do. Well, I know that things have been looking
pretty good on the COVID front and on your sales
and everything. So we'll talk about that here
in a minute. But, you know, you already mentioned
the mask mandates gone for at least now. So what
changes have been put in place for, dare I say
post COVID, because it's not totally over, but
more or less, you know, after the worst of the
pandemic, what changes are still kind of hanging
on? Well, you know, I think that people want
to be careful. They want to keep their hands
clean and we'll have plenty of sanitizer. And
as a matter of fact, we've improved the air movement
in these buildings. All of them have had improved
air buildings and the building that you usually
frequent, we put new air conditioning in that
building and it's all painted. A lot of the buildings
inside have been painted, new lighting and really
updated. We did build one new building and we're
excited about that. It won't be a real big building,
but we'll be in use this year and we'll have
plenty of good, the great food trucks that are
out there. I think that that's become a really
good hallmark of Panvention that we have good
food now. You're not paying $10 for a bottle
of water. We try to keep the gas, the benders,
please keep them, especially on water, keep the
price down. And everybody's very reasonable,
I think, in their prices of food, but it's just
excellent. And the restrictions have been reduced
a lot there too. So we're really, I'll tell you,
we're really looking forward to it. We're planning
on some excellent weather, temperatures usually
in maybe high 70s, low 80s each day with... plenty
of sunshine, maybe a few fluffy white clouds
come through and a soft, gentle breeze. That's
what we're planning. Yeah, there we go. Well,
that order sounds like a good one. So hopefully
that comes through. Well, how are the sales going
for your tickets and booths and those kinds of
things? How's that coming along? I want to say
that it's robust. There are And I like that word
robust and it's robust in the ticket sales and
it's robust in the selling the booths and as
well as in the flea market. And we have some
vendors who are not going to have maybe as big
a spaces as they had before, but there are other
vendors that are taking up that space and yet
new vendors that are coming in eager to get there,
happy to get there, So we are very optimistic
this year. Very, very optimistic. It's going
to be, I think, a very much a stellar year the
way things are going right now. Well, from what
I've seen, a couple of the shows that I've been
to, demand has been very high. People are just
really anxious to see each other again and get
back out and doing things. And so the sales of
the tickets and vendors and tables and everything
has just been through the roof. And I think you're
right. I think this year is going to be a really
robust year. So we look forward to that. And
I know you've got some new stuff. You mentioned
this new building talk a little bit about that
and and some prizes that you've had donated and
a few other new things for this year Yeah, we
are fortunate to have a new building and it's
still being it's being completed So I can't disclose
everything about it, but it will be done before
convention starts We're you know in discussions
with maybe some other more expansions that to
do at the expo center and I will tell you that
Green County is really being very aggressive
at getting some big great big shows in there
and that's good for us when they have other major
shows that just things just improve all the time
so you know that's very exciting. As far as prizes
go There is a major prize. It's a group of prizes.
It's a dream station. And the dream station is
going to include an ICOM 7851 and an ICOM, let's
see, 9700. And I think 705 is that. And then
one other radio. I'm sorry, I don't have that
in front of me. I just got this news today. And
all together, this is probably over $20 ,000.
what they call a dream station. And I say that
each one of these radios will have most of the
major accessories with them, you know, like the
best speaker that goes with it. I know ICOM has
a remote program that's gonna go with it. And
the better microphones that they have are gonna
go with it. It is really a major prize. And it's
being jointly donated by both ICOM and Dext Engineering.
But that's, I don't want to take away from all
the other people that are donating. We're getting
a lot of great prizes being donated, and we really,
really appreciate the vendors that do that. And
it's exciting for the whole amateur radio community
that people have an opportunity to really win
some fantastic amateur radio gear. That's all
just part of what's happening. The forums are
getting pretty well filled up and they will soon
be on the website of who's going to speak and
the different forums. You know, I will say that
the Dayton convention was actually became Dayton
and became the big one because of forums. And
when it started at the Biltmore Hotel, people
came to the event because of the forums they
love the forums and To this day Neil and I know
you know that that the forums have been a Really
a big draw at Dayton Absolutely And you've got
some some good Venues there to host those in
because Back in the old place, it was getting
a little crowded. And the new facilities, you've
got plenty of room. Yeah, we absolutely do. And
the exciting thing is we have improved the airflow
in all the buildings. Every single one of the
buildings has improved airflow, whether it's
bigger fans. The units are quieter and some of
the buildings, you know, the air conditioning
has been improved to maintain and buildings have
been painted, new lighting has been put in. It's
very impressive. It's getting better and better
all the time. So we're very excited about, you
know, having our guests come back and see the
changes this year. One of the things that has
always been a problem or two things. When we
used to have it at HERA Arena, Number one was
food, you know, and we have really worked hard
at trying to get different types of food in there
and lots of food trucks, lots of opportunities
to eat different things. As a matter of fact,
some of the folks in the city of Xenia kind of
complained, hey, nobody comes down to the city
of Xenia to eat lunch or anything and we tell
them. Well, you know what, it's pretty hard to
keep up with these great food trucks and food
vendors that we have in here. You know, the pork
producers, the cattlemen's association, and I
know you have your favorite and you'll see, might
as well talk about it. Now, you read my mind.
I always give you a hard time. I always give
you a hard time about cheesecake on a stick because
the first, you know, that was always the way
you knew where to turn. that Hera was, okay,
you go to the Cheesecake on a Stick and then
you turn right to get to that other building.
And so we always talk about the Cheesecake on
a Stick. And the first year, there was no Cheesecake
on the Stick. And I did the research and found
out the whole story behind the Cheesecake on
a Stick. And lo and behold, the next year, I
don't know what you did, but I counted at least
three food trucks. That had cheesecake on a stick
That's because of you Neil Now they listen to
you They're out there doing their research and
they want to listen to these things and they
want to hear from people like you they want to
hear from people who are coming in on the internet
asking questions calling in on the phone and
You know the people in Greene County here, they
seem to really pay attention to things as a matter
of fact Another interesting fact I don't know
a lot of people know about is the National Weather
Service is in Wilmington, Ohio, which is a city
about the size of Xenia. It's south of Xenia,
maybe 15 miles or so, and it covers the southern
part of Ohio. Most of it, like if you cut Ohio
in half and say through Interstate 70 and just
go south, It covers that Ohio, covers Northern
Kentucky, and it covers Eastern Indiana. And
we work closely with them. And as a matter of
fact, I'm a net control operator because they
don't laugh far from there. I drive down there
and I am a net control at the weather station,
which is pretty interesting. But they focus completely
on Xenia on when we have the invention. and they
can let us know they're watching weather move
in right over that area and they are right there
with us and they give us notice on when big storms
are coming through and if we need to take shelter
or how long the rain is going to last. It's a
really great relationship we have with that National
Weather Service on that and that's, I mean that's
a small tidbit. We got to wait for food a little
bit to weather. That's why we put in our reservation
for such great weather for that weekend, you
know, I know I say that every year and every
year I get there's a little bit of rain, but
the rain is basically lately. It's only been
in the evenings after hours or, you know, maybe
slight during the day, but you know what, you
know, what's hand benching without maybe a little
bit of rain or a little bit. Well, that's true.
That's true. I think I remember one where there
was some snow I think we can do without that
one, but But that was back when it was a little
earlier in the year but yeah, you know, it's
gonna happen, but hopefully We'll have plenty
of clear skies for for most of the weekend Well,
we're gonna take a break here for just a minute,
but we're gonna come back and we're gonna talk
about another change to Hamvention and some other
things with Michael right after this word from
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Well... Rick, thank you so much for that. We'll
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ham radio joke of the week and cue up the breaking
news music here. So breaking news you heard it
first here on ham talk live there will be an
app for hamvention brought to you by ARRL and
we'll tell you more about that, but it's a cool
little app where you can get the schedule of
all the forums and Everything that's going on
related to hamvention. So there will be an app
this year and So we wanted to let you know about
that. Well We'll fill in the details later, but
right now, let's get back to Michael. And we're
back on HamTalk Live with Michael Coulter, W8CI,
the Dayton Hamvention spokesperson, and among
other things, I should say. And I know there's
one thing that we should address, and I talked
about it here on the show when it happened. But
there's a big hole that was left in the Hamvention
community here recently when Green County Sheriff
Gene Fisher, KX8GCS, suddenly became a silent
key. So take a little bit about, talk a little
bit about what he meant to Dara and to Hamvention
and just a few minutes to remember him and then
talk a little bit about how, how you're dealing
with his absence. Well, that's a tough subject.
Um, in 2017, when we had our first Hamvention
and Xenia, I met, that's when I really met Gene.
And, um, you know, that's, if anybody, I'm sure
many people recall the very first, uh, Hamvention
that, you know, I was standing in my fifth wheeler
there on, on site. got up early and I thought,
okay, here it is. We've got a whole new site.
We're changing the invention. What's this gonna
be like? And then we hear, see all these people
pouring in and the reports are starting to be
good except for traffic flow. And traffic became
a real problem. And so, we're standing around
and Gene's part of our team and we were talking
to him and that's when I really got to know him
more. prior to getting ready for hand invention
and then when we finally had it. So he decided,
he says, I'm going to fix this. And then the
very next day, it was fixed. The traffic flow
problems were fixed. And then we've not had a
traffic issue really at all since he became really
intricately involved. He also became an amateur
radio operator. I know he got his general and
he just really loved amateur radio. He would
come out to my house. I live in Green County
and he was the sheriff. He'd stop by and just
want to talk about things. Really, we wouldn't
talk about sheriff things. We would just talk
about amateur radio. I put up some new beams
and lo and behold, he called me and said, I'm
going to come out and help you. He came out,
one of the guys, he put this thing up, and then
he has this idea, he has this vision, and he
has a vision that he wants to have a 4 -H club
that amateur radio becomes a centerpiece. And
so at the extension office, which is located
at the Fairgrounds Expo Center, He helped install
the tower. He helped get the money for it. And
I believe some of the sheriff's fund paid for
that. And there was a group of different radio
clubs in the area that donated money. And we
built, we put these beautiful beam up there and
nice rotor and radios. And then started building
the whole shack inside. and then he passed away
and boy that was just devastating and you know
we uh it was very hard to deal with it was almost
unbelievable and so a group of us uh you know
the day after he died we went over to it's called
Nick's restaurant which is real close to uh fairgrounds
and it's a great place to go eat and uh so we
um sat around and we we toasted Gene, you know,
as he would, we had a seat set up for him and
we toasted him and, and, and it was a very, very
hard day. It was a very difficult time for all
of us. And, uh, you know, cause he was a relatively
young guy and he was, he'd go to hamcation with
us. He'd work the booth booths with us. And,
um, I mean, he, he was a true ham. He was completely
in it. And I was over at his house, helped him
get his equipment gathered and get his beams
up along with several other guys. And then suddenly
he passed away. So, you know, we're moving on
as you do when somebody near and dear to your
heart passes on. But I think we're always going
to miss him. And his legend lives on. It really
truly does. I don't know. Hard to talk about
it, Neil, because he was a personal friend. It's
unbelievable to me that we became such good friends
and we were different in a lot of ways, but then
again, we shared the common bond of Amish Radio
and it was really a great opportunity to meet
and to know him. Absolutely. You introduced me
to him and we set up a thing for him to come
on the show. Before kind of give us some traffic,
you know information and kind of tell us what's
going on and everything and and so every time
I'd see him he remembered me He's like, you know,
hey, you know, how are you and whatever and the
day I heard about Him becoming a silent key.
I Pulled out this challenge coin that he had
given me because he something got away from him
and he had to missed the show and so the next
day when I saw him he's like oh I'm so sorry
and he gave me that challenge coin I still have
that and just took a few minutes to remember
him because he was a very special guy he's not
like you said he went all in he got his license
he upgraded he did it all and like you just said
he fixed that traffic problem the first day and
that it was that was not a That was not a small
problem the first day to be honest but boy sure
sure cleared up so Have you been working with
with some of the people who are trying to fill
his shoes to to keep that going Well, we have
a new sheriff and Got a new sheriff in town.
Anyway, he seems to be he seems to be He's not
a ham yet. Yeah I don't know that you can yeah.
Yeah, you're right, but I don't know that you
can Say anybody could fill jeans shoes. He was
I mean he was so well -liked by everybody in
the community. It's just Hard to put into words.
I mean, you know For a sheriff to be that well
-loved. He was just respected. He got involved
with a lot of children's things He was so giving
of himself of his time of his talent and you
know what he never He never came across with
anybody. He was tried to understand people's
point of view. You know, it was a great guy.
So and it's You know, I I hope I'm doing him
justice now that it to me was You know, he's
my friend. I didn't look at him as well sheriff
Dean. I guess never did you know, yeah, just
friend so Anyway, well we we thank you for talking
a little bit about that because I know that's
Gonna be a bit big change and he was usually
there at the gate greeting everybody when they
came in and He and I did that together as you
know, we did that So that's that's that's going
to be a change well talk a little bit here about
I know you told me that you've got a lot of international
interest And you've got you know again a great
lineup of forum speakers. Maybe just preview
a little bit of that All right, I know we have
a some very interesting talk coming up. It's
a little bit different than ham radio but it'll
be on COVID and how some of the home brewing
aspects of a couple of amateur radio operators
that are physicians who have really been on the
forefront of fighting COVID are going to talk
a little bit about using some of their amateur
radio research and amateur radio habits to go
after, and basically in home brewing, to go after
new cures for COVID. And these are some pretty,
one of them's from the Mayo Clinic, and the other
one is from Washington DC. He's a pretty big
wheel. And so that's happening. There's a great
antenna forum coming. There's gonna be lots and
lots of great forums, as always. And I know that
the youth group, you're going to be working with
youth over in the building world. We generally
have that. So I hope you would say a few words
about that as well. Why don't you go ahead and
mention it? Yeah. Well, we're working on that.
That's kind of been the thing I've been working
on this week, that and getting some of our international
people. uh... squared away but uh... we've got
a uh... small uh... area where we will have some
speakers uh... on a variety of topics uh... hamsai
will be doing some poster presentations and and
some talks and and and we'll have one or two
and uh... working on some others but uh... so
we'll have some some little mini forums uh...
they won't be the the big ones that uh... that
you all have officially but uh... we'll have
that space uh... there will have the uh... yoda
booth so uh... if you're interested in what yoda
does and uh... what's coming up with the camp
this summer will be there to uh... talk about
that and to say hi and and uh... show you some
of the things that uh... that we're going to
be doing at camp this summer so I'm really looking
forward to doing that, and we're just about to
finish up the plans for our hand -vention present.
We have several of the campers from last year
that will be there, so looking forward to seeing
them again. Yeah, I did get a chance to watch
quite a bit of the live cast that you had. when
we had the campers. And the work you do, Neil,
is truly amazing and truly appreciated. And it
seems like, didn't you win a big award this year
yourself? Yeah. Somehow we ended up in the same
place at Florida and had dinner and an award
presentation. So that was a lot of fun. The trophy's
still sitting on the entertainment center downstairs.
It hasn't moved into the trophy case yet. It's
too pretty to store away. That was a great time
down in Orlando. Well, that's well deserved on
your part. Let me mention a couple other things
here. I'm not sure where we're at with time,
but I do want to mention that at hamvention .org,
We're starting to make sure that the information
is getting filled in to the website. And we have
a list of affiliated events for 2022. So if your
group is having an event and you don't see it
listed there, let us know. And the directions
are right on there to get hold of the Hamvention
Media Committee. And they'll get it posted for
you. Also, you can go there and you can get travel
information, accommodation information. You can
call the numbers there to call both Montgomery
County Convention and Visitors Bureau as well
as the Green County Convention Visitors Bureau.
You know, Contest University is going to be taking
place on Thursday, May 19th at a new location
this year. That'll be at Hope Hotel. Lots of
like I said, there's going to be lots of exciting
vendors there. selling their products. I think
one of the most exciting things is the flea market
and getting out in that flea market and then
you never know what you're going to find there.
What I like is the saying that says you can't
find it in Dayton. It ain't around anymore. That's
pretty much true. If you need to get your tickets,
be sure to get online here and you can order
your tickets. You wanna get those in by April
the 30th. You wanna advance registration is $26,
$31 at the door. And the information is right
there on the website, how to contact to get your
ticket. So certainly hope everybody's looking
forward to coming to Hamvention. And when you
do, say hello to me. And then if you have any
questions prior to Hamvention, I'm good on QRZ
and my call is WhiskeyHarleyIndia. You can just
email me and my email is right there. Email me
and if I don't know the answer, I'll get it to
the right people that will find out for you.
But yeah, Neil, I'm trying to think what else
I need to talk about. I can talk on and on, but
I don't know how much more. Oh, we're fine if
you've got something, but you know, we'll...
We'll be previewing some more about Hamvention.
Last episode, Tim Duffy was here to talk about
the contest university and some of the new things
that are happening with that at the new location.
We'll have some more things as we get closer
to Hamvention time here on HamTalk Live to get
you ready and know what to look for when you
arrive at Hamvention. And as you know, we've
kind of changed the format of the show. We've
done away with the live call -in shows for the
most part, but there are a few exceptions and
Hamvention is going to be one of them. uh...
so we will do a live show the night before uh...
on thursday night uh... we will do a live show
from uh... the hotel at nine p m in our usual
time spot uh... that we used to have and uh...
and tell everybody you know what's going on with
weather and traffic and construction and all
that kind of stuff and and buses and all that
kind of thing so we will do that and have that
available as well as on the talk in frequencies
and hamvention .org and all that. So we'll try
to make that accessible on our show as well as
on the official outlets from Hamvention. So,
Michael, any last words here before we go? Well,
I'm glad you asked. I wanted to mention that
on Sunday, it's free admission. you know if you
know somebody you know maybe they're in the area
they're kind of like what's this all about maybe
maybe i ought to go up there and check it out
admission is free on sunday however you do have
to stop at the ticket booth and get a ticket
and the ticket will not be good for the prize
drawing but it will be good to get you in and
so uh you know keep that in mind if you know
somebody in the area that that is kind of interested
but a little bit on the fence have them, tell
them about that. And we're just excited everybody's
gonna come back. We're excited to have a gathering,
a reunion. The reunion is gonna be, you know,
it is what it is and it's exciting and people
are gonna get together face to face because I
know Ham's love it. To me it's, I love Ham Bench
and I have for many, many years as most people
know. But check out our website and hamvention
.org or give us an email and we'll try to help
you out. But thank you, Neil, for all that you
do for Hamvention and Amateur Radio. You're just
getting to be a real dynamo with things. And
congratulations on your well -deserved award
in Florida from Hamcation. And that was a great
event as well. I enjoyed Hamcation. But I'll
just say 7 -3 to everybody. 7 -3 to you, Neil.
And we want to just keep on, we'll just take
a slam and then keep on Hamming. All right, Michael,
thank you so much for your time and we'll be
talking with you again soon. All right. And that's
a wrap for this edition of HamTalk Live. I'd
like to thank my guest, Michael Coulter, W8CI,
and everyone out there in cyberspace for listening.
and invite you all back next time. For a list
of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive
.com. And no, we didn't forget that it's that
time of year once again when we have our annual
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coming up right now. This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG,
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