WEBVTT 00:00:00.010 --> 00:00:02.970 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.970 --> 00:00:06.349 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.629 --> 00:00:13.310 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit PL -259 00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:17.989 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.989 --> 00:00:23.190 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:23.190 --> 00:00:27.839 for more information about ICOM radios. It's 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:34.140 Ham Radio, with Neographer. Here we go, welcome 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:38.939 to Hamtop Live. Call in, let's talk, Neil's your 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:44.479 guy. Hamtop Live, here we go, on Hamtop Radio. 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:02.380 Hello everyone and welcome to am talk live episode 00:01:02.380 --> 00:01:07.819 number 288 We're at the Orlando Hamcation. I'm 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:10.739 your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VBG. Thanks for tuning 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:14.340 in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:18.700 joined by Michael Colley, W4ORL, a little later 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:22.780 in the show. Last time, last episode, Keith Schlottman, 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:27.000 KR7RK, was here to talk about the 1010 International 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.620 Net. So if you missed that show, you can listen 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:33.859 anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:38.180 podcast. app or on YouTube and don't forget WTWW 00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:42.799 will rebroadcast HamTalk Live Saturday afternoons 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.920 at about 330 p .m. Eastern Time. That frequency 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:55.400 is 5 .085 on your AM dial. Again WTWW is 5085 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.349 AM. And you can catch us Saturday afternoons 00:01:59.349 --> 00:02:02.150 about 3 30 p .m. 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You're listening to HamTalk Live 00:04:45.629 --> 00:05:06.649 with Neil Rapp. Welcome back to ham talk live 00:05:06.649 --> 00:05:13.189 Live Recorded live that is from Sonny Orlando, 00:05:13.290 --> 00:05:16.850 Florida We're here for hamcation and we're going 00:05:16.850 --> 00:05:20.149 to talk to Michael Colley W4ORL the general chairman 00:05:20.149 --> 00:05:25.509 of hamcation in just a little bit but This was 00:05:25.509 --> 00:05:29.040 really Really nice to be able to come down here. 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.120 My schedule has kind of changed with some of 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.699 the career changes lately and was just really 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:40.759 happy to be able to kind of break away and get 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:44.220 here because I haven't been down here before 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:48.779 and I know it's a great show and so we flew down 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:53.860 this afternoon and got everything set up over 00:05:53.860 --> 00:05:57.180 at the Youth on the Air booth. So we have a booth 00:05:57.180 --> 00:06:03.389 there and we'll be giving away some stuff. showing 00:06:03.389 --> 00:06:07.529 some video from last summer and kind of making 00:06:07.529 --> 00:06:10.350 people aware of the Youth on the Air program 00:06:10.350 --> 00:06:14.730 and what all is happening with that. So if you 00:06:14.730 --> 00:06:18.050 are at Hamcation, come by. I will be at the booth 00:06:18.050 --> 00:06:21.810 most of the day Friday and then I'll be there 00:06:21.810 --> 00:06:23.949 for part of the day Saturday and then we actually 00:06:23.949 --> 00:06:28.449 have a forum right after Carol Perry's Youth 00:06:28.449 --> 00:06:36.540 Forum 1245. in the tent number two and we'll 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:39.800 give you an update on youth on the air there 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:45.120 as well. But make sure you stop by and say hello. 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:53.100 That's Saturday and then Saturday night we finally 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:56.759 get to have the ceremony for the Educator of 00:06:56.759 --> 00:07:03.620 the Year Award for 2021 and for 2022. So excited 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:08.500 to meet the other winner that will be recognized 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:14.629 on Saturday night. So, you know, the weather's 00:07:14.629 --> 00:07:17.750 pretty good, which, which, you know, it's Florida. 00:07:18.670 --> 00:07:21.329 So they usually have some pretty good weather 00:07:21.329 --> 00:07:24.290 and like I said, 70 degrees. And it looks like 00:07:24.290 --> 00:07:26.209 we might have a little rain here and there, but 00:07:26.209 --> 00:07:29.870 you know, that's kind of Florida too. You know, 00:07:30.029 --> 00:07:32.029 there's a little bit of rain here and there, 00:07:32.149 --> 00:07:34.949 but it looks like it's, it's going to be a great 00:07:34.949 --> 00:07:40.930 weekend. So. I'm really impressed by it. I'm 00:07:40.930 --> 00:07:44.970 anxious to see all the people and I'm really 00:07:44.970 --> 00:07:50.670 glad to be here. So I know one of our sponsors, 00:07:50.889 --> 00:07:53.170 Tower Electronics, is here. I've been talking 00:07:53.170 --> 00:07:55.829 over the phone with Scott and Jill. I look forward 00:07:55.829 --> 00:07:59.180 to seeing them as well. uh... but uh... they're 00:07:59.180 --> 00:08:01.480 here and and many of the other vendors are here 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.680 so uh... we're gonna make this one uh... shorter 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:07.680 episode tonight uh... i know this is the first 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.800 one that we've done uh... not live on thursday 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.439 at nine p m eastern time like we've done for 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:15.500 the first two hundred and eighty seven episodes 00:08:15.500 --> 00:08:19.600 uh... so this one is going to be a little uh... 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:24.160 out of out of culture because uh... We're just 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.740 going to make this a short one tonight. So I 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:30.819 do have for the next two weeks, we are actually 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:34.879 going to record on Thursday night. So we'll probably 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:38.100 be releasing the next two shows on Thursday night 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:45.200 as as those are recorded and then produced. So 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:49.470 we'll be kind of back in the normal. kind of 00:08:49.470 --> 00:08:53.250 schedule but we're again making some adjustments 00:08:53.250 --> 00:08:58.649 here and not doing so many live shows so just 00:08:58.649 --> 00:09:03.730 wanted to to do one here from Orlando so we're 00:09:03.730 --> 00:09:07.029 going to take a break right now and when we come 00:09:07.029 --> 00:09:11.070 back we're going to hear from Michael Colley 00:09:11.070 --> 00:09:17.200 W4ORL and listen to that interview and then we've 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.139 got a few other things here before we finish 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:23.860 up tonight. So we'll be back right after this 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:28.440 word from Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:34.320 Live. 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How's it going? 00:10:14.769 --> 00:10:16.850 Did you get all those antennas up before the 00:10:16.850 --> 00:10:20.610 HOA police showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. 00:10:21.110 --> 00:10:23.129 Thanks for telling me about Tower Electronics. 00:10:23.529 --> 00:10:26.350 Now I can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch 00:10:26.350 --> 00:10:29.690 of money on my PL -259s by switching to Tower 00:10:29.690 --> 00:10:33.269 Electronics. Don't get caught without PL -259s. 00:10:33.289 --> 00:10:37.870 Visit Tower Electronics online at PL -259 .com 00:10:37.870 --> 00:10:40.509 or at a ham fest near you. Or give them a call 00:10:40.509 --> 00:10:45.669 at 920 -435 -2973. And be sure to pick up some 00:10:45.669 --> 00:10:50.070 power poles, adapters, and cables too. Here's 00:10:50.070 --> 00:10:52.830 the snap. Rapp takes the rig. He breaks through 00:10:52.830 --> 00:10:57.549 the pile -up. He's on 80. Now 40. Now 20. 15. 00:10:57.870 --> 00:11:24.159 10. 2 meters. Touchdown. Hamtalk Live. Welcome 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.379 back to HamTalk Live. Be sure to check us out 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:34.200 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And Tower 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:38.080 Electronics again will be at the Orlando hamcation 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.820 this week, and they have some others coming up. 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.639 I know Cave City Kentucky's on the list here 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.220 soon, and some others, but you can visit them 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:56.139 anytime at PL -259 .com. Alright, well, it's 00:11:56.139 --> 00:12:00.279 time to hear from the General Chairman of Or 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.100 the Orlando hamcation Michael Colley W4 ORL. 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:08.259 So let's roll the tape. Okay, we're here live 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:12.279 at or the Orlando hamcation and general chairman 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:16.379 Michael Colley W4 ORL is here except except your 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:18.320 yeah, except I'm looking at your shirt. It says 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.720 W4 MCA. I keep struggling with that. But anyway, 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:27.019 Michael is here and he's going to give us The 00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:30.519 latest news here from Hamcation before it opens 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.519 up tomorrow morning. So, Michael, what's the 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:37.759 status of things right now? Right now, everything's 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.100 going good. It's been a busy couple days. I would 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:45.580 probably say 95 % of the vendors are set up. 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.340 There's actually some still here right now setting 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:51.899 up. A lot of good vendors are going to be here. 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.299 So, that's the biggest thing inside. All of our 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:59.960 cells are still open. The website currently you 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:02.360 can't buy anything, but everything is open here 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:06.100 at the gates for RV, telegate, swaps. Ticket 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:09.980 booths open tomorrow at 8 a .m. and the show 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:13.779 opens at 9. Will call opens at 8. So, if you 00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:15.940 got your will call tickets, please go to the 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:20.679 east gate for that. Okay, and do you have room 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:26.259 left for any RVs? Yes, right now we're at around 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:30.080 210 RVs on site and we still have a few spots 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:33.120 left. So please, if you have an RV and want to 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.620 come, we have a location for you with full power 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:39.480 hookup. Okay, now what about the testing? We 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.559 talked a lot about the testing being all computerized 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.169 and instantly graded and everything. If people 00:13:48.169 --> 00:13:50.549 want to get in on the testing, can they still 00:13:50.549 --> 00:13:53.429 do that? Yes, they can. They just come out and 00:13:53.429 --> 00:13:56.409 they can register here at site at the testing 00:13:56.409 --> 00:14:00.690 location, which starts tomorrow at 10 a .m. So, 00:14:00.769 --> 00:14:03.409 yes, there is some room, but just remember it 00:14:03.409 --> 00:14:07.840 is first come, first serve. Right now, tomorrow 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.820 we have over 60 people signed up to test tomorrow. 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:13.799 So if you get over there, you might have to wait 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:15.559 a few minutes to take the test, but we're gonna 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.899 work through them as fast as we can. We have 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:20.240 went to a new system with tablets, so everything 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.779 will be electronic. And we have learned that 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:28.950 we can do about double the speed of normal. Handwritten 00:14:28.950 --> 00:14:31.870 testing when we do this so we should be able 00:14:31.870 --> 00:14:34.389 to keep it flowing fairly good and keep the line 00:14:34.389 --> 00:14:38.929 down for waiting To take your test. Well, that's 00:14:38.929 --> 00:14:42.190 great So, you know if yet if you're close by 00:14:42.190 --> 00:14:45.990 come on down and you can still get in to the 00:14:45.990 --> 00:14:50.379 testing to The ham fest and even you can get 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:52.440 an RV parking spot now Michael you were telling 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:54.620 me, you know You had to turn everything off of 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:56.860 the website So, you know, you can't you can't 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:59.179 get in there right now on the website, but but 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:03.279 you can do it all right here correct Everything's 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.399 here. So anything that you need just come here 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.139 and get it at the gate Also with prizes. We've 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:13.179 had a lot of vendors donate prizes Since they've 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:17.070 come in today. The prizes is currently up -to 00:15:17.070 --> 00:15:21.289 -date on the website as of a week ago but as 00:15:21.289 --> 00:15:23.889 the weekend goes on we will be adding more prizes 00:15:23.889 --> 00:15:26.629 to it you can follow who wins from hamcation 00:15:26.629 --> 00:15:31.450 .com and currently we're probably over 150 prizes 00:15:31.450 --> 00:15:34.970 to give away over the three days. Wow you've 00:15:34.970 --> 00:15:37.529 got a ton of prizes and I knew you were gonna 00:15:37.529 --> 00:15:39.990 have a bunch but like you said you've got even 00:15:39.990 --> 00:15:43.590 more here in the last few days so that's that's 00:15:43.590 --> 00:15:48.539 really impressive. Now, you know, let's talk 00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:50.539 about the numbers here a little bit. I know you 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:53.080 said that most of your vendors are here, and 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.080 we're sitting here at the Youth on the Air booth, 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:58.840 and I know our neighbors ended up getting the 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.940 flu, and so we kind of doubled our space here, 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:05.000 but other than a few, you know, like that that 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.879 just had some unavoidable things, you're pretty 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:12.250 well full. Correct. Currently we are probably 00:16:12.250 --> 00:16:17.409 99 % full and commercial area. The swaps area 00:16:17.409 --> 00:16:20.990 I believe as of this morning only had 10 tables 00:16:20.990 --> 00:16:25.649 left out of almost 300 in there. The tailgate 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:27.899 It's hard to say out there, but we can still 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:30.899 fit lots of tailgate outside. We are sitting 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:34.399 on 83 acres of land, so we can fit thousands 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.179 of tailgaters if we have to, but our normal is 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:40.899 between 200 to 300 tailgates, spaces outside. 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:45.620 All right. And I know what people are going to 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:49.899 ask about the COVID numbers. So let's talk about 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:52.399 that. How are things down here in central Florida 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.269 right now? Our COVID numbers are currently way 00:16:55.269 --> 00:17:00.850 down. As compared to a month ago, we're 61 % 00:17:00.850 --> 00:17:05.529 lower in COVID numbers from a month ago. So we're 00:17:05.529 --> 00:17:09.170 doing good down here. There will be no mask mandate 00:17:09.170 --> 00:17:13.690 at the show. The masks are highly encouraged 00:17:13.690 --> 00:17:17.579 inside the buildings. Outside, of course, is 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:19.599 fine, but we do highly encourage you wearing 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.599 a mask inside, but it is not a mandate. We do 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:25.059 have plenty of masks here on property. If you 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:27.400 forget it or do feel like you wanna wear one, 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:30.079 we have them here. We'll have hand sanitizing 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:34.420 stations all around the show also for everybody's 00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:38.660 safety. All right, very good. Well, I think we've 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:43.130 hit everything. No big... major road construction 00:17:43.130 --> 00:17:45.930 projects or anything going on here to talk about. 00:17:46.329 --> 00:17:49.430 So I think we've hit anything. Anything of anything 00:17:49.430 --> 00:17:53.589 else that we've missed here? One thing for people 00:17:53.589 --> 00:17:57.329 heading in, we do have a talk -in station. It's 00:17:57.329 --> 00:18:02.309 on 146 .76. The info is also on our website. 00:18:02.809 --> 00:18:05.950 Also, we have a special event station with a 00:18:05.950 --> 00:18:11.069 special call sign of W1AW slash four or stroke 00:18:11.069 --> 00:18:15.109 four. So please check out the website there and 00:18:15.109 --> 00:18:18.529 we will have the information up there what frequencies 00:18:18.529 --> 00:18:21.920 they will be monitoring. Also on the website 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.839 we do have a list of local repeaters in the area. 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.319 I do know that I believe the Deere's repeaters 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:31.500 are currently down. So we have not updated that 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:33.640 on the website yet, but I believe those are down. 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:37.240 So anybody that's visiting the theme parks, a 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.619 couple of the other repeaters should reach the 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:43.750 area. but the actual ones on property as deers 00:18:43.750 --> 00:18:47.529 are currently down. Okay and well for those who 00:18:47.529 --> 00:18:49.890 may not know the abbreviation deers it's the 00:18:49.890 --> 00:18:53.589 Disney emergency amateur radio service I believe 00:18:53.589 --> 00:18:56.930 yeah so anyway just wanted to make sure that 00:18:56.930 --> 00:19:00.589 we mentioned that because you know if you're 00:19:00.589 --> 00:19:04.029 going to Disney like we are on Sunday and hope 00:19:04.029 --> 00:19:07.309 to get on one of the Disney repeaters they are 00:19:07.309 --> 00:19:09.990 down right now so that's why if you try to bring 00:19:09.990 --> 00:19:13.059 them up they don't work. So we want to make sure 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:16.279 that we do that. And the talk in frequency here 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:24.079 is 146 .76 with a 103 .5 PL talk. All right. 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.819 Very good. Well, I think we've hit it all. Thanks, 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:30.759 Michael, for taking a few minutes away from your 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:34.000 long day here to get everything set up and ready 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.059 to go for in the morning and look forward to 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:38.579 a great show here. Alright, thank you for having 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:42.640 me today and I just want to say welcome to Hamcation 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:46.000 and hopefully we'll have about 25 ,000 people 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.279 here to check out your booth. Alright, sounds 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.359 great. Alright, very glad that Michael had a 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.839 chance to speak with me this afternoon and give 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.220 everybody an update on what's the latest news 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:04.059 from Hamcation. You know, we talked a little 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:06.920 bit about the Disney repeaters being off the 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:12.579 air. They had, first of all, their trustee had 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:17.000 become a silent key. And then the tower had to 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:23.019 come down. And so they had to relocate. So just 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:25.059 wanted to make sure everybody knew that those 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:28.819 are not available right now. So if you're in 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:32.029 town for hamcation and... We're planning on being 00:20:32.029 --> 00:20:36.710 on one of the Disney repeaters. It's not there, 00:20:37.170 --> 00:20:41.910 so just like Michael said, use the talk -in frequency 00:20:41.910 --> 00:20:46.750 there or any other repeaters in the Orlando area. 00:20:47.829 --> 00:20:51.309 Okay, well, before we go, we don't want to leave 00:20:51.309 --> 00:20:55.069 out the ham radio joke of the week with N9GSU. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:59.299 Now it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:01.539 Joke of the Week, the part of the show where 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:04.960 Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk Live 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:07.299 Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought to you 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:12.019 by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:20.720 with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. I've 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.319 been studying for my extra exam and I had forgotten 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:26.259 how much math was involved. Well, I can do algebra 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:29.759 and a little bit of calculus, but graphing? That's 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.740 where I draw the line. This has been the HamTalk 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:36.960 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week with Rick Garrett 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:40.680 in 9GSU. Tune in again next week for another 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:46.670 joke from Rick. All right. Well, I hope everybody's 00:21:46.670 --> 00:21:51.569 enjoyed hearing from hamcation here and Gonna 00:21:51.569 --> 00:21:54.930 enjoy the weekend here and also get a chance 00:21:54.930 --> 00:21:59.789 to run over to Epcot for a day and and Just just 00:21:59.789 --> 00:22:04.089 be the Florida tourist for a day. So really looking 00:22:04.089 --> 00:22:07.720 forward to all of that and We'll be back next 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:12.039 week with another show. So for now that's a wrap 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:16.339 for this edition of HamTalk Live. I want to thank 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:21.339 all the staff at the Orlando Hamcation for being 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:26.259 generous hosts this afternoon and this weekend. 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:29.980 So thanks to them and thank you all for listening 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:34.420 and tune in next time when Jocelyn KD8 VRX Mark 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:39.900 K3POE and Peter N4PVH will be here to talk about 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:43.200 the 80th anniversary of the Voice of America 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:46.640 special event. For a list of all of our upcoming 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:50.720 guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:55.900 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and 00:22:55.900 --> 00:23:07.700 may the good DX be yours. Well you came right 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:11.900 back to my secure core Your readability five 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:16.339 and strength nine You never once mentioned your 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:22.319 weather at all And I didn't mention mine We talked 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:26.660 and talked for hours and hours I completely forgot 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:31.559 you're a ham I don't know your power or the height 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:35.200 of your tower But frankly I don't give a damn 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:41.180 So 73, to you and your family, I'll be seeing 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:46.059 you further down the line. 73, to you and your 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:50.579 family, I'll be seeing you further down the line.