WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.019 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.960 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:17.640 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.859 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:30.300 for more information about ICOM radios. with 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:36.960 neorep here we go welcome to hamtok live call 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:57.289 in let's talk neil's your guy hamtok live Good 00:00:57.289 --> 00:01:00.469 evening, everyone. It's time for another HamTalk 00:01:00.469 --> 00:01:04.629 Live. It's episode number 287, 10 meters of the 00:01:04.629 --> 00:01:07.810 1010 International Net recorded live on Thursday, 00:01:07.909 --> 00:01:12.829 January 27th, 2022. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, 00:01:12.989 --> 00:01:16.950 WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to another episode 00:01:16.950 --> 00:01:20.370 of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined by Keith 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:25.450 Schlotman. KR7RK and we'll take your calls live 00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:28.549 a little later on in the show. Last week, Dr. 00:01:28.689 --> 00:01:31.909 Nathaniel Frisel, W2NAF, was here to talk about 00:01:31.909 --> 00:01:34.790 the upcoming HamSci conference in Huntsville. 00:01:35.150 --> 00:01:37.409 And if you missed the show, you can listen anytime 00:01:37.409 --> 00:01:41.810 at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:01:41.810 --> 00:01:45.969 app or on YouTube. And you can always catch the 00:01:45.969 --> 00:01:51.219 rebroadcast of HamTalk Live over on shortwave 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:57.079 at five zero eight five a .m. That's WTWW five 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.879 point zero eight five Saturday afternoons at 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.340 about three thirty p .m. Eastern Time so we'll 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:05.939 be talking about ten meters tonight if you have 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:08.240 some questions about ten meters in the ten ten 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.780 net Like have a chance to for you to chime in 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:13.939 here in just a little bit If you're listening 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:16.460 to us live on Thursday night, you can give us 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:18.800 a call later on in the show. Let me go ahead 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.639 and give you the phone number so you can write 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.599 it down or punch it in and have it ready to go. 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:27.219 And we'll give that number out several times 00:02:27.219 --> 00:02:30.960 again between now and when it is time to call. 00:02:30.979 --> 00:02:43.020 But that telephone number will be 859 -982 -7373. 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:48.819 Again, the number is eight five nine nine eight 00:02:48.819 --> 00:02:52.360 two Seventy -three seventy -three. You can also 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.780 tweet us. It's at ham talk live on Twitter If 00:02:55.780 --> 00:02:58.520 you're in on Spreaker and you have an account 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:02.300 you can type to us In the comments as well. So 00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:04.879 I'll be back with Keith right after this word 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:09.180 from tower electronics Right here on ham talk 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:14.490 live Jerry, what's up, man? 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How's it going? 00:03:54.939 --> 00:03:57.039 Did you get all those antennas up before the 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:00.759 HOA police showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.340 Thanks for telling me about Tower Electronics. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.550 Now I can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch 00:04:06.550 --> 00:04:10.629 of money on my PL259s by switching to Tower Electronics. 00:04:11.009 --> 00:04:14.110 Don't get caught without PL259s. Visit Tower 00:04:14.110 --> 00:04:18.810 Electronics online at pl -259 .com or at a ham 00:04:18.810 --> 00:04:22.850 fest near you. Or give them a call at 920 -435 00:04:22.850 --> 00:04:26.410 -2973. And be sure to pick up some power poles, 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:30.509 adapters, and cables too. Coming to you live 00:04:30.509 --> 00:04:33.610 from the glass -enclosed Faraday box. Here's 00:04:33.610 --> 00:04:55.009 Neil Rapp with more HamTalk Live. Welcome back 00:04:55.009 --> 00:05:00.740 to HamTalk Live. Tower electronics ham fest schedule 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:04.660 coming up January 29th this weekend. It will 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:08.439 be in Arcadia, Florida Then they'll be at hamcation 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:12.800 February 11th 12th and 13th Then it's off to 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.620 Dalton, Georgia February 26th and Cave City, 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:18.899 Kentucky on March 5th But you can visit them 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:27.420 anytime anywhere at PL -259 .com Welcome back 00:05:27.420 --> 00:05:30.480 to HamTalk Live. Tonight, Keith Schlotman, KR7 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.660 Arcade, joins us on the Orlando amateur radio 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:37.519 club and hamcation Zoom line. Keith has served 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.680 as the treasure of the 10 -10 international net 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.600 since 1994. He's an active ham on almost every 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.500 band, but his favorite band has been 10 meters 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:49.939 from the day he earned his first amateur radio 00:05:49.939 --> 00:05:53.199 license. Keith is also very involved with the 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.199 Summits on the Air or SODA program and generally 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:01.379 activates over 100 summits per year and on most 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:04.579 of them he includes 10 meters in his operating 00:06:04.579 --> 00:06:08.339 plans. He's also frequently found operating his 00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:11.100 mobile station and occasionally from home and 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:13.800 he's been a forum presenter at numerous ham radio 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.040 conventions including Dayton, Huntsville, some 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:20.569 of the ARRL conventions and and even some local 00:06:20.569 --> 00:06:23.610 clubs. So Keith, thanks for joining us tonight. 00:06:24.870 --> 00:06:28.290 Oh, thanks, Neil. Good evening from Tucson, Arizona. 00:06:29.649 --> 00:06:32.329 Well, I'm sure it's just warmer there than it 00:06:32.329 --> 00:06:39.370 is here. It's getting crazy out here, but hopefully 00:06:39.370 --> 00:06:44.410 we'll get things warmed up here soon and hamcation 00:06:44.410 --> 00:06:47.790 will be warmer and hamvention will be warmer. 00:06:48.679 --> 00:06:51.899 Hopefully that will, uh, that will work. And, 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:54.639 and, and the, and the COVID numbers go down. 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:58.899 Well, speaking of heating up, let's, let's talk 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:03.019 about 10 meters. How, you know, cycle 25 is here. 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:09.160 So what's 10 meters look like these days? Well, 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.100 so we're definitely seeing that improvement in 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:14.740 10 meter activity. There's no, no doubt about 00:07:14.740 --> 00:07:18.819 it. Um, The numbers in the 1010 international 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:23.500 net statistics definitely support that, but you 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:26.000 don't really need to see those numbers to just 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.480 know if you tune around on 10 meters, you're 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:37.040 likely at times to find activity. I'm not gonna 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.540 gloss it over too much. 10 meters can be at times 00:07:41.540 --> 00:07:45.560 a challenging band. And that makes it, that's 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.579 part of the fun of it in reality is you can't 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:52.800 be guaranteed except during the absolute solar 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:57.000 maximum probably. But if you compare 10 meter 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:00.279 activity today to 10 meter activity two years 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:05.079 ago, it's certainly easier to make contacts and 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:09.680 a lot of those contacts are farther away. it's 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.920 just and that's you know, part of the fun of 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:15.180 ham radio is is learning different things and 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:18.939 10 meters allows you to To learn different parts 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:22.000 of the solar cycle and what times of day might 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.699 work and even what times a year I'd be glad to 00:08:24.699 --> 00:08:26.519 talk about some of those differences with you 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:29.740 if you'd like. Oh Absolutely. Yeah, let's talk 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:33.460 a little bit about those differences. And we 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:35.960 know that, you know, in a few years, things are 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.600 going to be just really hopping on 10. But yeah, 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:43.159 go ahead and talk a little bit about those. Yeah, 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.399 so first of all, the cycle itself, which is roughly 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:51.299 an 11 year solar cycle, goes through a minimum 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:55.000 to maximum kind of a sine wave. The predictions, 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:59.080 current predictions seem to be probably in the 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:02.860 summer of 2025 is when we might see the maximum. 00:09:02.899 --> 00:09:05.960 And what that means is that there's gonna be 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.220 many, many sunspots on the sun. And I won't try 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:12.980 to go into all the physics involved here, but 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:17.419 as the cycle of sunspots increases to maximum, 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:22.340 generally the Earth's ionosphere works much better 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:28.750 at reflecting 10 meter radio waves. you actually, 00:09:30.009 --> 00:09:33.570 10 meters is particularly evident when the cycle 00:09:33.570 --> 00:09:36.549 is hot, 10 meters gets hot. And when the cycle 00:09:36.549 --> 00:09:40.289 is low, it doesn't work as well as some of the 00:09:40.289 --> 00:09:44.889 other HF bands. And so that's kind of the first 00:09:44.889 --> 00:09:49.409 level is that solar cycle level and we are on 00:09:49.409 --> 00:09:53.169 the curve going up and up and up constantly towards 00:09:53.169 --> 00:09:57.090 maximum right now. So it's a great time to to 00:09:57.090 --> 00:10:01.169 get involved and learn some of the unique things 00:10:01.169 --> 00:10:04.610 about 10 meters as we go towards maximum. So 00:10:04.610 --> 00:10:06.870 when things get really easy and the band is just 00:10:06.870 --> 00:10:09.809 hopping, you'll know exactly what to do to take 00:10:09.809 --> 00:10:14.070 advantage of that. So that's kind of the broad 00:10:14.070 --> 00:10:23.799 cycle, Neil. I remember a long time ago, I started 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.840 working on the Tasmanian Devil Award and you 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:31.720 had to work so many people from Tasmania and 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.940 you know you got to get on like midnight or you 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:39.639 know 5 or 6 a .m. to catch those people usually 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:44.320 and and lo and behold you know I started getting 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:47.379 a few and and they were almost always on 10 meters. 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:51.269 And so when I think of 10 meters, that's what 00:10:51.269 --> 00:10:55.950 comes into my mind is being able to finally get 00:10:55.950 --> 00:11:00.210 some of those Tasmanian contacts. So one of these 00:11:00.210 --> 00:11:03.409 days I need to, once I get an antenna back up 00:11:03.409 --> 00:11:07.730 here, I need to finish that up. I think in North 00:11:07.730 --> 00:11:12.409 America you have to have 10 from Tasmania if 00:11:12.409 --> 00:11:14.690 I remember correctly. If they even still have 00:11:14.690 --> 00:11:16.909 that anymore, I don't know if that's even a... 00:11:17.049 --> 00:11:21.309 even a thing but yeah you know 10 meters I don't 00:11:21.309 --> 00:11:24.750 know either but certainly there's certain countries 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:27.929 that definitely get more actively involved with 00:11:27.929 --> 00:11:32.690 10 meters I would say probably you know in addition 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:37.070 to the award that you're referring to there's 00:11:37.070 --> 00:11:40.370 a lot of 10 meter activities from South Africa 00:11:40.370 --> 00:11:45.580 a lot from England, United Kingdom, and Germany 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:50.500 is very active on 10. Australia and New Zealand 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:55.960 and Japan is often a good place to find DX to 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.179 Japan on 10 meters. And that doesn't mean other 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:01.559 countries, of course, are very active as well. 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:06.759 And oftentimes, yeah, during the solar maximums, 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.480 you'll find different country -specific awards. 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.289 And right now, people might say, would give anything 00:12:13.289 --> 00:12:17.490 to work Germany on 10 meters and and during the 00:12:17.490 --> 00:12:19.610 maximum you might say boy I can't believe how 00:12:19.610 --> 00:12:22.269 many I'm getting how many of those deals I'm 00:12:22.269 --> 00:12:26.370 getting so it sounds like right in line with 00:12:26.370 --> 00:12:31.740 that Neil yeah well there's just you know it's 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:34.460 always great to go check 10 meters you know and 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:36.899 it's like you know when everything else is bad 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:41.399 go check 10 meters because you know it is different 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:46.940 and sometimes it'll it'll work a lot better but 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:51.159 it just kind of comes and goes and you know when 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.179 when people are actually on the bands they're 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:59.600 not quite as dead yeah And if I can just address 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:04.500 that for a minute, we like to say, and you and 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:07.919 I were chatting about this, if nobody calls CQ, 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:10.659 it might sound very much like the band is dead. 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:13.159 And you might be really surprised if you call 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:17.059 CQ, who might come back to you. And I will tell 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:22.019 you personally, I have worked DX on 10 meters 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:24.580 in the last, well, really pretty much every year, 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:27.710 even through the solar minimum. So it's there 00:13:27.710 --> 00:13:30.669 to be had, but you can't get it just any old 00:13:30.669 --> 00:13:35.149 time. And there are different seasons. You know, 00:13:35.149 --> 00:13:39.250 if I drop down from the solar cycle level, seasonally, 00:13:39.389 --> 00:13:42.950 we have what's called the E -skip season, where 00:13:42.950 --> 00:13:47.730 the E layer of the ionosphere becomes better 00:13:47.730 --> 00:13:51.950 at reflecting. And typically that's gonna occur 00:13:51.950 --> 00:13:58.039 around the... basically in February and June 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.320 around the winter and summer solstice. And oftentimes 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.120 you'll get east skip openings, but those openings 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.840 oftentimes for people in the United States will 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.919 be within the United States, but maybe I would 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.039 get an east skip over to North Carolina from 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:18.960 Arizona or up to Michigan or something like that. 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:22.639 But even At other times of the year, I'm getting 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.840 plenty. For example, very recently I'm working 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.320 New Hampshire and New Jersey and New York on 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:33.440 10 meters. And when I say very recently, I mean 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.240 within the last few weeks. So there's plenty 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.639 of activity there. And the other thing that's 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:44.139 making activity pick up is the introduction of 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:47.080 some of the digital modes. So if people are interested 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:52.659 in particularly in FT8. And I personally don't 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:58.039 do very much FT8 at all, but I know with certainty 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:02.899 that FT8 activity is very active on 10 meters 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:08.100 and it's not hard at all to get DX or work many 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:12.960 different states if you're stateside, just using 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:19.220 the FT8 digital mode. Well, let's talk a little 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:22.799 bit about the net because you're one of the officers 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.860 and you've been with them for a long time. So 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:28.899 let's talk about the 1010 International Net and 00:15:28.899 --> 00:15:33.899 its function and how you can join. Okay. Yeah, 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:37.139 I'd be happy to do that. Some people may be surprised 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:39.659 to learn that 1010 International Net is actually 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:42.100 one of the largest amateur radio organizations 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:46.639 in the world, as well as one of the longest lasting. 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:53.039 And it formed in 1962. So what is that 70 or 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:58.919 I'm sorry, 60 years ago. And it formed as the 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.039 1010 net of Southern California, but quickly 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:05.879 expanded to become the 1010 International Net. 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:11.279 And everybody who wants to join 1010 as a member 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.899 is issued a unique membership number and the 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:19.129 numbers are sequential. And we're currently very 00:16:19.129 --> 00:16:23.830 close to 80 ,000 numbers having been issued worldwide. 00:16:24.950 --> 00:16:28.110 We have members in, I don't even remember how 00:16:28.110 --> 00:16:32.830 many countries, but it's in the hundreds. And 00:16:32.830 --> 00:16:38.629 so it's a long lasting and very popular organization. 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:42.909 And the function is basically to promote the 00:16:42.909 --> 00:16:47.529 use of 10 meters. Many newer amateurs don't realize 00:16:47.529 --> 00:16:52.450 that 11 meters, the CB radio band, originally 00:16:52.450 --> 00:16:56.090 was an amateur allocation and it got converted. 00:16:56.429 --> 00:17:01.990 And so one of the, whether it's true or just 00:17:01.990 --> 00:17:07.160 old lore, legend or whatever, Some people say 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:09.740 that one of the reasons 1010 was formed was to 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:12.440 try to encourage activity in order to protect 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.940 10 meters to make sure that we didn't also lose 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:21.480 that band. 10 meters is such a great band. It's 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.819 the widest HF band that we have. It's almost 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:30.900 two full megahertz wide and you can use CW and 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:34.099 sideband, but you can also use FM on some of 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:38.599 the upper frequencies and it's been used in the 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:43.140 past for satellites and so it's a it's a very 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:47.000 fun band in so many ways and by having an organization 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:51.240 to kind of promote the use of it we're helping 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:55.700 to to in some ways ensure the safety of not losing 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:58.960 those frequencies and as you know frequencies 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:06.200 are so valuable nowadays and Yeah, so so if somebody 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.299 wants more information about the net and and 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:12.019 the Organization and wants to get a number. How 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:16.240 do they do that? So the first thing I would say 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:22.599 is is go to our website Which is ten dash ten 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:31.220 dot net I'm sorry ten dash ten org we are a nonprofit 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:38.460 organization and If you go to TEN -TEN .org or 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:43.839 also 10 -10 .org, there's a tremendous amount 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.039 of information about the club and the history 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.960 and some resources on there. And so that's a 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:55.200 good starting point. To join 1010, the current 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:59.359 rules require that you actually submit a log 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:04.299 of having worked at least 10, 10 current members 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:08.819 of 1010. And that's actually very easy to do 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:12.640 and I'd like to share in a few minutes one upcoming 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.059 opportunity to do that that would probably make 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:20.140 it fairly easy to join. But you submit a log 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:22.859 and you have to record the person's first name 00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:27.319 and their QTH and their 1010 number. And a legal 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:31.349 exchange of for 1010 purposes is considered to 00:19:31.349 --> 00:19:36.130 include all of that, the name and the QTH and 00:19:36.130 --> 00:19:39.509 their number. And part of the goal is to get 00:19:39.509 --> 00:19:42.509 people to make friends on 10 meters. And I can 00:19:42.509 --> 00:19:44.769 tell you personally, I've made so many wonderful 00:19:44.769 --> 00:19:47.369 friends from all over the world, not just in 00:19:47.369 --> 00:19:49.930 the United States. And, you know, when we have 00:19:49.930 --> 00:19:53.369 gatherings at Dayton or wherever we run into 00:19:53.369 --> 00:19:57.990 all these old friends and by by requiring exchanging 00:19:57.990 --> 00:20:01.609 the name and the state, it's, you know, you're 00:20:01.609 --> 00:20:06.730 gonna get to know somebody much easier than if 00:20:06.730 --> 00:20:11.049 all you're doing is sending a 599 or a, you know, 00:20:11.049 --> 00:20:14.789 how many DB you are or something. So it's a fun, 00:20:15.069 --> 00:20:18.170 really fun, and we have little QSO parties and 00:20:18.170 --> 00:20:20.470 even in those where you're trying to make lots 00:20:20.470 --> 00:20:22.849 and lots of contacts, you still have to exchange 00:20:22.849 --> 00:20:28.259 the name. Anyway, you work 10 members and it's 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:31.200 a very inexpensive, depending on whether you 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.779 want an electronic version of the news, meaning 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:38.599 a PDF copy or a paper version, it's like $10 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:42.500 or $15. And you really only have to pay it once 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:45.359 to get your 1010 assigned number. Your number 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:49.319 is yours for life. And once you've been issued 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:51.660 that number, it will never be issued to anybody 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:54.740 else, even if you don't renew your dues. But 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:57.480 of course, we encourage you to renew your dues 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:02.619 and that also has some benefits associated with 00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:06.140 being a current paid up member. So I think, does 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:08.640 that answer the question on how to get involved? 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:14.539 Absolutely. Well, why is 10 meters so, I'm setting 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:19.299 you up here, why is 10 meters so important for 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:26.799 beginning hams? I don't think your audience is 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:31.099 exclusively United States, but I do think that 00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:35.140 the reason here is equally valid for the vast 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:38.720 majority of other countries, and that is that 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:43.259 the entry -level amateur radio licensing in most 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:52.039 countries does permit 10 -meter operation. At 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:55.700 least under current rules, if somebody gets their 00:21:55.700 --> 00:22:00.140 technician license, they're immediately allowed 00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:04.539 to start using 10 meters and they can get a, 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:06.200 you know, they don't have to know Morse code. 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.380 They can get a HF rig and operate sideband between 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:13.960 28 .3 and 28 .5 megahertz, which is actually 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:18.559 where the vast majority of 10 meter activity 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:21.859 will be found for phone. If they want to learn 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:26.680 CW, they have access to that range of the band 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:32.019 as well. And so I think that's the answer to 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:36.119 the question is, it's so important because those 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.299 beginning hands, it's kind of like the gateway 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:44.480 drug to HF radio for many. Yeah. Yes, it is. 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:48.500 Somebody can get a technician license and get 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:52.519 a Baofeng or a Uh, inexpensive. Oh, wait a minute. 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:57.740 You said, you said that we're just saying, just 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:59.680 saying it's been forever since we played the 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:03.180 bow thing song. So, okay. Got it in there. Go 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:06.640 ahead. Um, you know, somebody can get a, uh, 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:09.680 inexpensive handy talky and there was a lot of 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.960 fun to be had with that. I'm not trying to put 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:15.519 that down at all, but if you take one of those 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.460 same hands and bring them over to your station 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:21.210 and say, How would you like to get on 10 meters 00:23:21.210 --> 00:23:26.069 and talk to somebody in Virginia? Or, hey, if 00:23:26.069 --> 00:23:29.869 we're lucky, talk to somebody in Japan. Talk 00:23:29.869 --> 00:23:35.930 to somebody in Germany. And not just through 00:23:35.930 --> 00:23:38.109 a repeater, but you're actually from your microphone 00:23:38.109 --> 00:23:41.529 to their microphone, sending a radio wave across 00:23:41.529 --> 00:23:47.150 space. And you just can't beat that feeling, 00:23:47.190 --> 00:23:51.440 in my opinion. And so I think it's a crucial 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:55.799 introductory band, but I will also tell you, 00:23:55.839 --> 00:24:00.400 you know, all you have to do is look at the AWRL 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:05.619 10 meter contest to know that 10 meters is incredibly 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:12.000 popular amongst seasoned, experienced contesters. 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:15.359 You know, the guys with the mega stations are 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:17.400 pounding it out on 10 meters when they get the 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:22.039 opportunity. So it's an excellent, excellent 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:25.500 place for a beginning ham to get some of that 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:29.359 HF experience, to get introduced to somewhere, 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:36.359 maybe a new Elmer. It's an easy band to get on. 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:40.960 You don't need a gigantic antenna. You can even 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:45.279 buy a 10 meter only rig in some cases. Uh, I 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:47.619 just think it's a fantastic place for a beginner 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:51.759 for sure. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Well, 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:53.859 it's time to take a break. So we're going to 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:56.299 do that. And then we'll come back with Keith 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:59.319 and, uh, we'll open up the phone lines and, uh, 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:02.640 check the tweets and all that good stuff. Um, 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.519 here with, uh, Keith Schlotman, KR seven RK from 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:08.119 the 10 10 international net right after this 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:12.660 word from icon America. Right here on ham talk 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:16.039 live now is the time to spice up your ham shack 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:21.140 with icons a new ID 52 handheld now shipping 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:24.559 This radio is perfect for staying in or venturing 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:27.200 out and working your favorite bands this winter 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:32.039 season. The ID52A is now shipping. ICOM's newest 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:35.440 handheld amateur radio is a VHF -UHF dual bander 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:39.079 with D -Star and FM dual mode functions. 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Now, here's Neil 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:58.299 Rapp with more HamTalk Live. Oh yeah, you're 00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:02.200 talking ham radio, baby. You're listening to 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:29.500 HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Welcome back to 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:34.180 ham talk live We're on the air every Thursday 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:36.859 night at 9 p .m Eastern time right here at ham 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:40.180 talk live comm and be sure to check us out on 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:44.099 Facebook Twitter and Instagram and before we 00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:48.059 get back to Keith and phone calls I think we've 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:51.099 got a we've got a caller on the line here. So 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:54.470 we'll We'll pick up a caller here in just a second 00:27:54.470 --> 00:27:58.670 and then we've got a couple people in the comments. 00:27:58.690 --> 00:28:02.670 So we'll pick all that up right after this week's 00:28:02.670 --> 00:28:05.880 joke of the week. Now it's time for the HamTalk 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:09.000 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the part of 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.779 the show where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:14.819 The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:18.279 brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:22.900 Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live Joke 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:30.220 of the Week. I've been working on a joke about 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:33.160 my HeathKid Radio for this podcast, but it's 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:37.200 just taken forever to put together. This has 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:40.440 been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:44.200 with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again next 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:49.339 week for another joke from Rick. Uh -uh Rick, 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.640 those HeathKid instructions are fabulous. You 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:57.509 should use those. Well, thanks, Rick, for the 00:28:57.509 --> 00:28:59.829 joke of the week. We'll have another one next 00:28:59.829 --> 00:29:03.529 time. And now is the time for your call. So if 00:29:03.529 --> 00:29:06.549 you have a question for Keith Schlotman, KR7RK, 00:29:06.609 --> 00:29:13.650 give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the 00:29:13.650 --> 00:29:18.329 number is 859 -982 -7373. You can also tweet 00:29:18.329 --> 00:29:22.089 us. It's at HamTalk Live. If you're on Spreaker 00:29:22.089 --> 00:29:25.609 and you have an account you can comment and that'll 00:29:25.609 --> 00:29:27.849 pop up here on the screen and we have a couple 00:29:27.849 --> 00:29:31.009 of those and if you're listening to us on WTWW 00:29:31.009 --> 00:29:33.710 or on the podcast version of the show you won't 00:29:33.710 --> 00:29:36.170 be able to reach us live since we're doing this 00:29:36.170 --> 00:29:39.869 this on Thursday night, but First of all, before 00:29:39.869 --> 00:29:43.130 we get to the phones, we've got a couple of hellos 00:29:43.130 --> 00:29:47.230 on Spreaker here. First of all, hello from Southern 00:29:47.230 --> 00:29:54.009 Oregon. It's Art, K7DWI, number 40849, and also 00:29:54.009 --> 00:30:03.170 Horacio, or LU1BJW, number 39329. So Keith and 00:30:03.170 --> 00:30:08.029 Art, thank you for... for being here. And, uh, 00:30:08.029 --> 00:30:10.430 it says, remind Keith that the winter contest 00:30:10.430 --> 00:30:15.210 is on February 5th. So, uh, so Keith, you want 00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:18.829 to, you want to say something there? Yeah, yeah, 00:30:18.829 --> 00:30:21.769 absolutely. Um, so first of all, thank you from, 00:30:21.769 --> 00:30:24.529 uh, KR seven arcade number six, three, three, 00:30:24.690 --> 00:30:27.809 two, four. And, uh, you heard the other numbers 00:30:27.809 --> 00:30:29.710 there. That's part of, you know, like I mentioned, 00:30:29.829 --> 00:30:34.619 we get our own, uh, unique 1010 number, never 00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:37.700 reissued to anyone, so it becomes part of your 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:42.740 identity to other 1010 members. Yes, thank you 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:48.079 so much for bringing up the upcoming CUSO party. 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:51.680 And I had mentioned earlier, there's a very easy 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:55.960 way to get your 10 numbers to, if you wanna join 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:59.380 1010, we have CUSO parties and there's quite 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:03.619 a few CUSO parties actually. You can look on 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:06.359 the website to get information about when those 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:10.039 are occurring. But it just so happens that our 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:14.859 very next upcoming QSO party is right around 00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:17.859 the corner. It's going to be February 5th and 00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:24.359 6th. And it starts at 01 UTC on February 5th 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:29.400 and goes through to 2400 base 2359 on February 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:34.960 6. So it's a 48 hour Q. So party Currently you're 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:37.740 probably not gonna operate the full 40 hours 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:42.240 like we may have it some contest during solar 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:46.200 maximum But if you get on and I would recommend, 00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:50.759 you know most activity Currently is going to 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:54.859 be found during daylight hours I find my best 00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:58.980 success is usually late morning to early afternoon, 00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:02.359 but that can vary a lot, sometimes in the early 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:06.460 evening as well. There's no time that's bad to 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:10.420 try, but on February 5th and 6th, I almost can 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:13.700 guarantee, and the party, the QSO party for that 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:17.019 period is our winter phone party, so it is a 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:21.460 sideband party, and you will find the vast majority 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:27.009 of activity somewhere, between 28 .3 to 28 .5, 00:32:27.089 --> 00:32:30.849 and very frequently, if you go towards the center 00:32:30.849 --> 00:32:33.710 of that, around 28 .400, you'll find activity. 00:32:35.089 --> 00:32:42.069 Many of the DX stations, LU1, DJW, who's checked 00:32:42.069 --> 00:32:48.150 in here, oftentimes the Argentinian stations, 00:32:48.430 --> 00:32:52.519 Brazil, you'll find them up around 28 ,450 to 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:58.259 28 ,500. And it's not difficult to get DX to 00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:01.500 South America if you learn how to use trans -equatorial 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:07.960 propagation. And the timing of that can be important 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:11.660 during the daytime. So I'd encourage everybody, 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:15.000 let's see if we can go get LU1 -DJW in our logs, 00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:20.730 not this coming weekend, but next weekend. Okay, 00:33:20.769 --> 00:33:24.650 so a great way to get those those 10 10 10 numbers. 00:33:25.009 --> 00:33:28.029 So well, that's a lot of 10 the 10 10 10 number 00:33:28.029 --> 00:33:32.329 All right. Well, let's go to the phones here. 00:33:32.329 --> 00:33:36.049 Oh, go I make another quick comment. Yeah now 00:33:36.049 --> 00:33:40.670 that you said 10 for 10 10 one of the one of 00:33:40.670 --> 00:33:43.750 the founding principles of the 10 10 international 00:33:43.750 --> 00:33:48.750 net is that we do indeed have a daily net and 00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:52.680 except for Sundays, never on Sunday, so Mondays 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:57.339 through Saturday, we have 1010 nets, and those 00:33:57.339 --> 00:34:05.839 are basically international, and 28 .380 is the 00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:10.400 most common net frequency, but also 28800, and 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:15.420 what the, kind of the slogan for that is see 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:19.329 you on 10 at 10, because in, Southern California 00:34:19.329 --> 00:34:24.329 You know, that's it would be 10 a .m. In Southern 00:34:24.329 --> 00:34:29.809 California, so it's actually 1800 UTC So at 1800 00:34:29.809 --> 00:34:32.929 UTC daily except Sunday we have in that and if 00:34:32.929 --> 00:34:34.710 you're in California, you can say see you on 00:34:34.710 --> 00:34:39.849 10 at 10 There you go. All right. Well lots of 00:34:39.849 --> 00:34:42.829 tens going around. So just remember 10. All right. 00:34:42.889 --> 00:34:45.780 All right. We've got a We got a caller on the 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:48.960 line here, so let's see who we have. Good evening 00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:53.940 and welcome to HamTalk Live. Hi, my name is Tom. 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.940 My call is Whiskey8TangoKilo. I'm located in 00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:00.719 Tucson, so I know Keith and I've worked him dozens 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:04.840 of times on his Summits on the Air activations, 00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:08.099 but I want to change topics altogether. He's 00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:11.889 been talking mostly about DX on 10 meters. And 00:35:11.889 --> 00:35:14.750 I am familiar with that. I was one of the founding 00:35:14.750 --> 00:35:18.550 members of the PJ 2T Superstation, operated many 00:35:18.550 --> 00:35:21.070 contests from there, including a 10 meter contest, 00:35:21.409 --> 00:35:24.670 probably 15 or 16 years ago. And we made several 00:35:24.670 --> 00:35:27.130 thousand contacts in a weekend on 10 meters. 00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:30.769 So when it's hot, it's hot. But what I'm interested 00:35:30.769 --> 00:35:35.530 in is local communications on 10 meters. I personally 00:35:35.530 --> 00:35:38.250 don't like repeaters. I think repeaters have 00:35:38.250 --> 00:35:40.670 been obsolete since the 80s when cell phones 00:35:40.809 --> 00:35:45.670 use became widespread and when the cell phone 00:35:45.670 --> 00:35:50.250 towers are down due to a emergency, a weather 00:35:50.250 --> 00:35:53.389 emergency or whatever, the repeaters are down 00:35:53.389 --> 00:35:56.949 too. So I think that 10 meters would be more 00:35:56.949 --> 00:35:59.809 valuable for local communications for public 00:35:59.809 --> 00:36:03.269 service events with just a 10 meter whip and 00:36:03.269 --> 00:36:06.369 100 watts. I think you could cover most of the 00:36:06.369 --> 00:36:08.989 urban area here and I just I wonder if Keith 00:36:08.989 --> 00:36:14.610 has any experience with that. So, well, good 00:36:14.610 --> 00:36:17.550 evening, Tom. Great to hear you. And yes, we 00:36:17.550 --> 00:36:20.630 have worked so many times, and Tom's a great 00:36:20.630 --> 00:36:23.849 asset to the southern Arizona ham community. 00:36:24.010 --> 00:36:25.550 I will tell everybody that. I'm sure you already 00:36:25.550 --> 00:36:30.630 figured that out. 10 meters as a local mode, 00:36:30.909 --> 00:36:35.639 in my opinion, is absolutely wonderful. Many 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:41.039 years ago, in the early 90s, I actually started 00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:45.219 a 10 meter net every Thursday evening in Tucson. 00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:50.679 And I don't believe that's still going, but it 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:54.199 gave me a lot of respect for a local 10 meter 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:59.380 net because, you know, two meters is pretty blocked. 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:02.260 It's pretty much line of sight in most cases. 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:05.599 10 meters on the other hand, can easily work 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:08.980 its way over a hill or around a building and 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:13.480 you know, it's helpful to be line of sight, but 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.519 it's not mandatory. You can still get a contact. 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:19.900 So from that regard, I think it's a better mode, 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:24.000 or I'm sorry, a better band than some of the 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:28.320 VHF and UHF. And there are many places where 00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:32.940 local nets have existed for many years. very 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:35.619 successfully continuing to go. If you go to our 00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:40.579 1010 .org website, some local nets are listed 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:44.340 there. It's always the people who try to maintain 00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:47.179 the lists of active local nets have a real challenge 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:50.119 because they come and go. They're always dependent 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:55.800 on at least a few people to be really dependable. 00:37:57.099 --> 00:38:02.150 You know, I guess, You know, Tom, I would be 00:38:02.150 --> 00:38:04.690 supportive of a local net around here as much 00:38:04.690 --> 00:38:08.130 as possible, but I would encourage anybody who, 00:38:08.269 --> 00:38:11.389 if you don't have a local net, consider opening 00:38:11.389 --> 00:38:14.570 one up. And one of the funnest parts of all about 00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:20.510 it is the band may very well pop open on you. 00:38:21.449 --> 00:38:23.889 And whereas, you know, for four weeks running, 00:38:23.969 --> 00:38:26.070 you get all the local guys and you all know each 00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:30.210 other. The next week you open the net and somebody's 00:38:30.210 --> 00:38:33.050 checking in from out of state and everybody's 00:38:33.050 --> 00:38:36.869 shocked. And that can be a lot of fun, the surprise 00:38:36.869 --> 00:38:42.829 of who's gonna have access. But for more reliable 00:38:42.829 --> 00:38:45.309 local communications, I'm a big fan of it. Yeah, 00:38:45.469 --> 00:38:47.650 I think it's a good thing. And you can of course 00:38:47.650 --> 00:38:52.050 have 10 meter repeaters as well. Okay, thanks 00:38:52.050 --> 00:38:54.829 Keith. I think we will try that get a 10 meter 00:38:54.829 --> 00:38:58.150 net going here in Tucson and See, we've got people 00:38:58.150 --> 00:39:01.170 all over the metro area as well as out of state 00:39:01.170 --> 00:39:04.550 So we'll see who shows up and see if we can get 00:39:04.550 --> 00:39:08.969 it going That's I remember correctly if I remember 00:39:08.969 --> 00:39:11.869 correctly. It was didn't a lot of the Puerto 00:39:11.869 --> 00:39:19.610 Rico traffic ended up on 10 meters Hurricane 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:25.280 I think I remember that. It didn't actually end 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:28.380 up working out better, so yeah, it's a good tool 00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:32.579 to have. Yeah, I would totally believe that. 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.800 I don't know that for a fact, but it would make 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:37.760 a lot of sense, actually, because they have hills 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:41.500 on the island. And if the hurricane comes over 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:44.139 and blows down all the repeater towers, you might 00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.900 still want to get across to the other side of 00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:47.699 the island. And if there's a hill between you. 00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:51.099 You probably either gonna have to use 10 meters 00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:56.260 or some really steep NVIS, you know on 80 meters 00:39:56.260 --> 00:40:00.599 or something Well Tom, thanks so much for calling 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:07.659 in Thanks, thanks. All right. Thank you 7 3 7 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:12.659 3 All right, the phone number is 8 5 9 9 8 2 00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:17.239 73 73 if you'd like to to chime in here and let 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:21.440 me pull up Twitter again here and see make sure 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:26.960 we don't leave anybody out and in the chat make 00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:31.340 sure okay well I think we're caught up here Keith 00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:35.420 and we're getting close to the end here so let 00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:38.440 me let me just throw it to you for any final 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:42.610 comments anything we missed uh... and and then 00:40:42.610 --> 00:40:45.969 of course remind everyone where they can find 00:40:45.969 --> 00:40:49.090 the ten ten net information online so they can 00:40:49.090 --> 00:40:52.429 sign up in and find out about these accused so 00:40:52.429 --> 00:40:58.389 parties well i think i want to come back to something 00:40:58.389 --> 00:41:01.570 i mentioned earlier uh... about the friends you 00:41:01.570 --> 00:41:04.809 can make and uh... i think this is relevant for 00:41:04.809 --> 00:41:09.360 any amateur radio band and as much as I'm a total 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:12.500 fan of 10 meters, I'm a total fan of anything 00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:17.340 amateur radio. But I got my introduction to 1010 00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:23.139 when I had my very first license and the bands 00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:25.639 were good and I worked somebody and I wish I 00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:28.860 had kept track of who it was. But he said, hey, 00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:31.820 do you have a 1010 number? And I said, no, I 00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:34.980 don't know what that is. And he said, well, let 00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:37.719 me just I'll send you something and you know 00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:41.420 and I went on and made more contacts and then 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:43.900 you know a few days later in the mail I get a 00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:47.300 package and the guy sent me a copy of the 10 00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:51.880 10 news which is our our quarterly we have a 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:55.519 quarterly newsletter it's 32 pages full of information 00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:59.119 about the activities and different 10 meter things 00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:04.380 and and there's no advertising, so it's 32 good 00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:08.420 pages of information. And this gentleman had 00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:13.880 taken the time to put his newsletter in the mail 00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:17.280 for me and paid the postage just to be a friend 00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:20.340 and encourage me to join up. And that meant so 00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:25.500 much to me and put me on the path to be in the 00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:27.739 fortunate position of being the treasurer here 00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:32.800 of 1010 for going on close to 30 years now. And 00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:35.940 I've gone to, you know, we used to have conventions 00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:40.539 and for a specific 10 10 conventions and and 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.440 of course just meetups at Dayton and things like 00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:47.260 that. And I've made so many really good friends 00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:51.199 and there's very good people. The board of directors 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:57.139 are all very friendly. And I think if if there's 00:42:57.139 --> 00:43:01.440 no other reason to join any club, it's to make 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.679 some friends and to find people that, you know, 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.179 are interested in the same things you are and 00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:11.780 so on. And so I would encourage you to anybody 00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:16.099 listening to consider joining 1010 for various 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:19.920 reasons. One is, like I said, to support and 00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:23.820 help us protect 10 meters as a band that's allocated 00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:27.530 to amateur radio, but... Also, there's just so 00:43:27.530 --> 00:43:29.989 many benefits to the friendship and camaraderie, 00:43:30.510 --> 00:43:34.530 and it can get fun to exchange numbers, and there's 00:43:34.530 --> 00:43:37.349 awards for collecting various numbers and things, 00:43:37.889 --> 00:43:41.130 and you find your own level at where that fun 00:43:41.130 --> 00:43:46.449 lies. But I think that kind of sums up my thoughts 00:43:46.449 --> 00:43:48.949 about 1010. Does that make sense, Neil? Yeah, 00:43:49.090 --> 00:43:53.969 yeah, very good. You know, I appreciate you taking 00:43:53.969 --> 00:43:57.949 the time and actually contacting me to get on 00:43:57.949 --> 00:44:01.269 the show and come on here and talk about 10 meters. 00:44:01.349 --> 00:44:04.929 I'm excited to get an antenna up and running 00:44:04.929 --> 00:44:09.889 and see how 10 meters is improving and get on 00:44:09.889 --> 00:44:17.079 there. maybe get Tasmania again. I'm excited 00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:20.820 to do that. Hopefully we'll get a break through 00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:25.840 here soon and be able to do that. It's just great 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:29.960 to have you on and talk about this. I'm sure 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:33.619 we can do it again down the road. Remind everyone 00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:37.739 of the website again. If they miss the information, 00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:43.110 they can find that. Okay, so the website is 10 00:44:43.110 --> 00:44:51.170 -10 .org, T -E -N -T -E -N .org. And also at, 00:44:51.170 --> 00:44:54.769 you know, February 5th and 6th, that Sideband 00:44:54.769 --> 00:44:57.630 QSO party, you do not have to be a member. It's 00:44:57.630 --> 00:45:00.070 a great time to collect your numbers to join. 00:45:00.730 --> 00:45:03.969 And if you're not a member, you're welcome to 00:45:03.969 --> 00:45:06.849 send a number zero or just say, I'm not yet a 00:45:06.849 --> 00:45:11.090 member, I'm collecting my... and the people who 00:45:11.090 --> 00:45:15.989 are members are thrilled to work you. So come 00:45:15.989 --> 00:45:19.889 join us for some fun and hopefully I will see 00:45:19.889 --> 00:45:24.710 you on 10 at any time, not just 10. Very good. 00:45:25.210 --> 00:45:29.690 Yeah, and hopefully we can say hi at Hamvention 00:45:29.690 --> 00:45:34.679 or Hamcation or something or other soon. We'll 00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:38.199 hope that that all works out. So thanks for being 00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:43.539 here Keith. Appreciate it. Thank you, Neil All 00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:47.659 right Well, that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:50.500 of ham talk live I'd like to thank my guest Keith 00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:54.920 Schlotman KR7 RK and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:58.980 for listening and calling in and chiming in tonight 00:45:58.980 --> 00:46:04.179 here with us talking about 10 meters Before I 00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:06.500 sign off tonight I want to share some news with 00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:10.800 you about this very program. When I started HamTalk 00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:15.639 Live back in February 2016, I set out to create 00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:18.500 a call -in talk show with a professional broadcast 00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:22.559 feel. I'd always wanted to do talk radio instead 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:25.659 of music and HamTalk Live was a chance for me 00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:29.199 to finally give it a try. My hope was that the 00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:32.420 interviews would be few and far between and instead 00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:35.199 I could introduce a topic and provide you, the 00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:38.699 listener, an opportunity to discuss these topics 00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:42.860 in a talk radio broadcast format. Once in a while 00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:46.099 I'd throw in an expert on a topic and give everyday 00:46:46.099 --> 00:46:48.900 hams a chance to speak directly with the experts. 00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:52.280 I also knew from the start that live broadcast 00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:55.380 media was already in a steep decline and on -demand 00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:58.829 media is what's booming. That trend is finally 00:46:58.829 --> 00:47:02.429 caught up with ham talk live to stay responsive 00:47:02.429 --> 00:47:05.010 to our growing base of listeners We are hoping 00:47:05.010 --> 00:47:07.949 to make the show more accessible more portable 00:47:07.949 --> 00:47:11.269 and more friendly to our listeners lifestyles 00:47:11.269 --> 00:47:14.849 and schedules So perhaps you can start thinking 00:47:14.849 --> 00:47:20.429 of us now as ham talk on demand or even ham talk 00:47:20.429 --> 00:47:24.789 live once in a while I ran the numbers and and 00:47:24.789 --> 00:47:28.099 found that During the past several months, for 00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:33.659 example, 99 .43 % of people who listen to HamTalk 00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:36.619 Live do so after the show is completely over. 00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:40.280 That's not even counting the listeners on WTWW 00:47:40.280 --> 00:47:45.460 and YouTube. I recognize that listening or watching 00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:48.199 programming on demand isn't the future anymore, 00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:52.090 it's the present. As our audience grows, So does 00:47:52.090 --> 00:47:55.150 the variety of lifestyles and schedules of each 00:47:55.150 --> 00:47:58.849 of our listeners. I'm grateful for all of you. 00:47:58.969 --> 00:48:02.289 So I'm going to make life and listening even 00:48:02.289 --> 00:48:05.250 easier. We're changing our format and we will 00:48:05.250 --> 00:48:08.570 be pre -recorded, not necessarily released on 00:48:08.570 --> 00:48:12.090 a specific day and time or schedule. You can 00:48:12.090 --> 00:48:14.510 still reach us on social media and definitely 00:48:14.510 --> 00:48:18.739 do that. But now you can carry us. Wherever you 00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:21.500 go listen to us when you want and know that even 00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:25.179 if we are not so live anymore We're still bringing 00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:28.019 you the best in ham radio expertise personalities 00:48:28.019 --> 00:48:33.920 and of course Some humor so live shows may happen 00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:36.940 on occasion But for the most part the shows will 00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:40.079 be pre -recorded as hams We've all learned to 00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:42.159 tinker with things to make them work even better 00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:45.519 and that's what I'm doing So I'm looking forward 00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:49.219 to sharing it with all of you So for now, this 00:48:49.219 --> 00:48:54.519 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and 00:48:54.519 --> 00:49:18.929 may the good DX be yours. And I didn't mention 00:49:18.929 --> 00:49:24.190 mine We talked and talked for hours and hours 00:49:24.190 --> 00:49:28.989 I completely forgot you're a ham I don't know 00:49:28.989 --> 00:49:31.710 your power or the height of your tower