WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.040 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.259 --> 00:00:12.980 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:17.660 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:22.879 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:30.989 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.989 --> 00:00:36.990 Neographer, here we go Welcome to Amtopi Call 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:58.939 in, let's talk, Neil's your guy Amtopi Good evening, 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:02.399 everyone. Good to be back with you. This is HamTalk 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:08.760 Live, episode number 285, Orlando Hamcation 2022 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.859 Preview and Awards. And we're recording this 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:17.920 live on Thursday, January 6th, 2022. I'm your 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.659 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:24.260 to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're 00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:28.969 joined by Michael Colley, W4ORL and Mike Banigan, 00:01:29.030 --> 00:01:33.629 KJ4UDO. And we will take your calls live a little 00:01:33.629 --> 00:01:36.430 later in the show. Hope you had a great holiday 00:01:36.430 --> 00:01:39.069 season. I took a couple of weeks off. I'd planned 00:01:39.069 --> 00:01:42.189 on one, but it ended up being two for some... 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:45.590 some family celebrations but good to be back 00:01:45.590 --> 00:01:48.430 and we've got some guests lined up for you in 00:01:48.430 --> 00:01:51.250 the coming week so don't forget you can listen 00:01:51.250 --> 00:01:55.170 anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite 00:01:55.170 --> 00:01:59.329 podcast app or on YouTube or you can catch the 00:01:59.329 --> 00:02:03.109 rebroadcast of HamTalk Live Saturday afternoons 00:02:03.109 --> 00:02:09.939 on WTWW that's 5085 on your AM dial. And they 00:02:09.939 --> 00:02:12.740 usually run that about 3 .30 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:15.620 So if you have some questions about hamcation 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:21.259 and the 2022 Carol Perry Educator of the Year 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:26.000 Award, we'll take your calls later on in the 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.219 show. If you're listening to us live on Thursday 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:30.740 night, you'll have a chance to call us during 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:33.080 the second half of the show. I'll give you the 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.120 phone number so you can have it ready to go. 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:43.909 for when that time gets here. It is 859 -982 00:02:43.909 --> 00:02:47.569 -7373. We'll give that number out again several 00:02:47.569 --> 00:02:51.870 times again before it's time to call, but again 00:02:51.870 --> 00:03:01.250 859 -982 -7373. You can also tweet us, of course. 00:03:01.449 --> 00:03:04.370 It's at HamTalk Live. on Twitter and if you're 00:03:04.370 --> 00:03:08.129 on Spreaker you can type in the comments and 00:03:08.129 --> 00:03:10.250 we'll see that as well. So I'll be back with 00:03:10.250 --> 00:03:14.250 Mike and Mike after this word from Tower Electronics 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:18.250 right here on HamTalk Live. 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Visit Tower Electronics at 00:03:53.250 --> 00:03:56.030 a ham fest near you or visit them online anytime 00:03:56.030 --> 00:04:03.189 at PL -259 .com or call 920 -435 -2973. They 00:04:03.189 --> 00:04:05.889 also have ham sticks, mobile antennas, and meters 00:04:05.889 --> 00:04:10.189 too. See the whole catalog. Go to PL -259 .com 00:04:10.189 --> 00:04:13.129 Tower Electronics, the hams dime store since 00:04:13.129 --> 00:04:17.129 1978. We're not sure what's up with the fifth 00:04:17.129 --> 00:04:19.750 dentist but four out of five dentists recommend 00:04:19.750 --> 00:04:42.230 listening to ham talk live Welcome back to ham 00:04:42.230 --> 00:04:48.149 talk live Tower electronics will be in Orlando 00:04:48.149 --> 00:04:52.689 this weekend at Jack fest January 8th. That's 00:04:52.689 --> 00:04:56.550 South Conway Road Baptist Church January 21 and 00:04:56.550 --> 00:05:00.389 22 will be in Fort Myers, Florida January 29th 00:05:00.389 --> 00:05:03.509 Arcadia, Florida and then they'll be at hamcation 00:05:03.509 --> 00:05:06.209 Of course, which is February 11th 12th and 13th 00:05:06.209 --> 00:05:08.569 that we'll be talking about here a little bit 00:05:08.569 --> 00:05:15.009 But you can visit them anytime at PL -259 .com 00:05:15.230 --> 00:05:19.209 Tonight Michael Colley W4ORL and Mike Banigan 00:05:19.209 --> 00:05:24.129 KJ4UDO join us on the Orlando amateur radio club 00:05:24.129 --> 00:05:30.459 and hamcation zoom line and Michael is the chairman 00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:34.699 of the Orlando Hamcation. He's served seven years 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:37.740 as a tailgate chairman, six years as IT chairman, 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.199 and a year in finance. And of course, Hamcation 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.600 is sponsored by the Orlando Amateur Radio Club. 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:48.899 And also with us tonight, Mike Banigan, KJ4UDO. 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:53.139 He is the awards chairman of the Orlando Hamcation. 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.800 He's an engineer and program manager at Lockheed 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.029 Martin. So We're glad to have Mike and Mike back 00:05:59.029 --> 00:06:02.810 with us, even though it's not ESPN. So, uh, good 00:06:02.810 --> 00:06:10.449 evening guys. Good evening. Evening. Well, it's, 00:06:10.449 --> 00:06:13.149 it's almost here. I know, uh, I've been busy, 00:06:13.149 --> 00:06:16.290 uh, trying to get things ready to go. Got my, 00:06:16.329 --> 00:06:19.110 got my flight scheduled, got the hotel room scheduled, 00:06:19.250 --> 00:06:22.709 got the tickets ordered and, and just trying 00:06:22.709 --> 00:06:26.110 to get ready for the big, uh, the big celebration 00:06:26.110 --> 00:06:32.230 down at Orlando here next month. And really excited 00:06:32.230 --> 00:06:36.370 to finally get there. So, Michael, what's the 00:06:36.370 --> 00:06:42.689 latest about hamcation? A lot of stuff's going 00:06:42.689 --> 00:06:50.050 on right now. And there you have it. There's 00:06:50.050 --> 00:06:53.189 a lot of stuff going on right now. No, sorry, 00:06:53.209 --> 00:06:58.339 I got a Feedback of myself. Oh, oh hang on. Let 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:03.480 me take care of that. There you go Alright, yeah, 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:05.079 that's better. It's kind of weird hearing myself 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:07.379 two seconds after I said something. Alright, 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:11.319 so yeah Handication has a lot going on. It's 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.759 been really busy. So I'm gonna new things this 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:19.819 year ICom has actually become a platinum sponsor 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:23.220 again, like they did for our virtual event. They 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:28.639 are actually sponsoring picnic tables and umbrellas. 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:31.740 So we'll have some picnic tables set around hamcation 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:35.920 in the food area with a nice bright red ICom 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:39.040 umbrellas on them for people to sit under, stay 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.759 out the direct sun's light and have a place to 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.980 eat at. So also this year, we did this in 2020 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:52.579 and it was a real huge hit. A kit build by Joe 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:56.959 Eisenberg, N0NEB. We're gonna do that Wednesday 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:01.920 night, February 9th at 6 p .m. in the Swaps building. 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.000 And we'll have more info will be published soon 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.540 about what type of kit it is and more information 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:13.300 about that. And of course, it is the ARL National 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:16.000 Convention this year and our 75th anniversary 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:21.480 also. And ARL will be doing training tracks at 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:28.639 DoubleTree at SeaWorld on the 10th. So more information 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:33.799 you can find at arrl .org slash expo in reference 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:39.809 to that. And one of the big things also is RV. 00:08:41.049 --> 00:08:44.850 We had announced that we've added more 50 -amp 00:08:44.850 --> 00:08:48.509 RV connections for this year for the RVs, and 00:08:48.509 --> 00:08:51.529 we are filling up quick. I can let everybody 00:08:51.529 --> 00:08:56.289 know right now we have over 190 RVs pre -registered 00:08:56.289 --> 00:09:00.190 already, which is getting very close to our record 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:02.289 that we've ever had before, and we had that back 00:09:02.289 --> 00:09:05.769 in 2015, actually at our last national convention 00:09:05.769 --> 00:09:09.799 we did. And the other big thing I want to talk 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:13.340 about is volunteers. We've opened it up that 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:16.399 we'll take volunteers from anywhere. You do not 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.019 have to be local. There is a benefit to volunteering. 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:23.700 If you volunteer for four hours, you do get a 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:27.340 free hamcation ticket. And if you have already 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:31.000 purchased your hamcation ticket, you can use 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.759 it as just an extra ticket and a prize barrel. 00:09:33.950 --> 00:09:37.049 And we do start taking volunteers on Tuesday 00:09:37.049 --> 00:09:39.289 through Sunday. So you can volunteer Tuesday, 00:09:39.330 --> 00:09:41.809 Wednesday, Thursday. If you're in town already 00:09:41.809 --> 00:09:44.730 before hamcation, get a free ticket and still 00:09:44.730 --> 00:09:48.929 enjoy the show Friday, Saturday, Sunday. All 00:09:48.929 --> 00:09:52.710 right. Well, that's a lot of, a lot of cool stuff 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:54.889 there. And I know a lot of people like to come 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:57.450 and volunteer and spend some time giving back 00:09:57.450 --> 00:10:01.429 while they're enjoying. hamcation so that's a 00:10:01.429 --> 00:10:04.110 that's a good opportunity for them and and i 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:07.009 have i have to do this because because i know 00:10:07.009 --> 00:10:10.029 joe's going to listen to this it you busted his 00:10:10.029 --> 00:10:16.230 call it's k zero neb but anyway um So Joe always 00:10:16.230 --> 00:10:20.250 has a great kit builds and great information. 00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:23.230 So that sounds like a very, very good thing. 00:10:23.509 --> 00:10:26.549 Um, let's talk a little bit about travel arrangements 00:10:26.549 --> 00:10:29.289 because we are kind of getting down to crunch 00:10:29.289 --> 00:10:33.429 time here, um, for reserving rooms and getting 00:10:33.429 --> 00:10:37.460 the, uh, airline tickets if you're doing that 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:39.759 and all that kind of thing and driving in. And 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.279 like you said, the RV reservations are filling 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.340 up. So let's fill everybody in on all the stuff 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:50.059 associated with travel. All right. And, um, biggest 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:52.879 thing right now with COVID, uh, if you are planning 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:55.980 to fly, uh, make sure you book in advance, give 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:59.820 yourself plenty of travel time, um, at the airports, 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:02.759 make sure you don't miss your flight. A lot of 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.480 airports are running two to three hours before 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.500 your flight actually leaves to make sure you're 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:14.320 there on time. As far as the hotels, we do have 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.600 special rates at all the hotels listed on our 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:21.080 website. But to get that special rate, you have 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:26.279 to book your room by 1 -8. Each hotel has a different 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:30.309 date. Most of them are this week coming up. one 00:11:30.309 --> 00:11:32.769 eight, one nine, one 10. There's a couple of 00:11:32.769 --> 00:11:35.629 them a little later in the month, but to guarantee 00:11:35.629 --> 00:11:39.190 the room rate that we've worked out, you must 00:11:39.190 --> 00:11:41.330 book your hotel by these dates that are listed 00:11:41.330 --> 00:11:45.009 on the website. So hurry up and get them booked. 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:47.509 They do still have rooms. All of them have rooms. 00:11:47.850 --> 00:11:50.809 Even after this date, you can still book your 00:11:50.809 --> 00:11:53.850 room. If they do have rooms available, they will 00:11:53.850 --> 00:11:58.220 give you the price. for it, but it is not guaranteed. 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:01.179 Uh, so definitely, uh, check out the website 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:06.480 and get your rooms booked. All right. And then, 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:08.840 uh, you said the RV reservations are filling 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:12.080 up and, and so are there any of the 50 amps, 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:16.220 uh, still left or are those all gone? Uh, there 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:19.259 is still some left, uh, not many of those. So 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:21.399 if you do want 50 amps, make sure you go on the 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.570 website and, uh, order 50 amps in the drop down 00:12:24.570 --> 00:12:27.470 menu. Uh, we do still have some left, but they 00:12:27.470 --> 00:12:33.029 are filling up also. Okay. Very good. Well, uh, 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:35.929 we, we can talk a little bit, uh, later about, 00:12:35.929 --> 00:12:38.929 uh, some of the license exam stuff. I know you've 00:12:38.929 --> 00:12:42.690 got a cool setup, uh, ready to go for that. and 00:12:42.690 --> 00:12:45.769 some other things, but we also want to talk to 00:12:45.769 --> 00:12:51.370 Mike Banigan, KJ4UDO, the awards chairman for 00:12:51.370 --> 00:12:56.409 Orlando Hamcation, and you have an announcement 00:12:56.409 --> 00:13:02.549 to make. So Mike, I'll give the mic to you. Well, 00:13:02.590 --> 00:13:05.710 Dale, thank you for having us this evening. So, 00:13:05.889 --> 00:13:07.710 yeah, we're here to turn around and announce 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:10.960 this year's award winner for the Carol Perry 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:14.980 Educator of the Year Award. This award was established 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:19.200 four years ago. Our namesake is for Carol Perry, 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.700 but the highlight of the award is to turn around 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:25.919 and recognize an individual that has been very 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:30.519 active in promoting amateur radio or communications 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:36.059 with our youth and just kind of to recap some 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:38.340 of the selection criteria with it, we utilize 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:41.000 is kind of, are they using creative approaches 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.379 to encourage youth to pursue interest in STEM 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:49.600 with a focus in radio, you know, provide youth 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.639 with information on varieties of activities and 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.019 operating modes that are available within amateur 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:59.679 radio and, you know, instruct creative instructional 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.919 approaches, hands -on activities. We want them 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:08.159 to almost be a model, you know, mentor for the 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:11.220 youth, too, that they have high standards and 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:15.120 values in educating our youth and demonstrate 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:20.220 a personal commitment to educating youth. And 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:23.940 I should note that this award is not primarily 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:28.659 for teachers themselves. So it's open to anybody 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:31.720 that is working with youth. And we have received 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.789 nominations over the years. of people that are 00:14:34.789 --> 00:14:37.750 both teachers and people that are not directly 00:14:37.750 --> 00:14:40.750 in the professional educators, but they've been 00:14:40.750 --> 00:14:44.029 involved with youth programs and promoting the 00:14:44.029 --> 00:14:46.730 radio communications or ham radio with that. 00:14:47.490 --> 00:14:50.409 So, and just all around strong personal, you 00:14:50.409 --> 00:14:54.490 know, enthusiasm and try to invigorate the youth. 00:14:55.730 --> 00:14:57.669 And Neil, it's kind of neat to actually be doing 00:14:57.669 --> 00:15:00.450 this on your show this evening because you were 00:15:00.450 --> 00:15:03.419 the award winner for last year. Just remind folks 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:07.200 that you were the award winner for that. So looking 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.340 forward to having it down this year and actually 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:12.820 presenting you with the award for that. So, but 00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:16.940 for this year we ended up, we had a number of 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:20.820 candidates and we got some very strong candidates 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:24.159 in there, which is great. And the encouraging 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:26.419 thing about that is seeing that we do have a 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:29.440 number of people involved with trying to get 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:33.120 youth energized and excited about amateur radio. 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.960 So that's outstanding to see that. So for this 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:45.019 year, the award winner ended up being Dick Agilstra, 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:51.039 P -A -O -D -N -F. He's from the Netherlands. 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:54.100 So we ended up this year with an international 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:57.480 award winner. Dick is a Dutch native currently 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:00.720 living in the Netherlands. He's an extra class 00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:06.039 licensee for over 40 years. He is a retired school 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:09.899 principal, but even though he's retired, based 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:12.440 on what I've learned about Dick, he hasn't slowed 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:16.919 down one bit. He continues to organize exhibits 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:19.220 in elementary schools and high schools and vocational 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:24.419 schools over in Europe, promoting radio, the 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:27.519 radio hobby and inspiring students to get into 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.740 the technical universities. One of the tools 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:35.139 that's kind of neat that Dick is using to encourage 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:39.480 youth and actually introduce radio to other organizations 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.320 is through fox hunting over in Europe. And it 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.460 sounds like with the fox hunting, it's quite 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:49.659 an event over there. And of course, it's timed 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:52.919 events. So in some cases, it sounds like they're 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.539 running through woods and having challenges to 00:16:56.539 --> 00:17:00.549 turn around. find that fox. So he's kind of with 00:17:00.549 --> 00:17:04.170 some creative ways with that. He's continued 00:17:04.170 --> 00:17:09.390 in other activities. He's the organizer of the 00:17:09.390 --> 00:17:12.450 International School Project, Communications 00:17:12.450 --> 00:17:16.410 Helps International Progress, CHIPS. So this 00:17:16.410 --> 00:17:19.890 is a program that involves schools in the Netherlands, 00:17:20.769 --> 00:17:23.890 Belgium, France, Portugal, Hungary, Lativa, Sweden, 00:17:24.089 --> 00:17:27.990 Denmark, England and Ukraine. And then he's also 00:17:27.990 --> 00:17:31.589 got activities where he's the Dutch representative 00:17:31.589 --> 00:17:35.950 for Vernon, the national organization for ham 00:17:35.950 --> 00:17:42.170 operators. So he's still very, very active and 00:17:42.170 --> 00:17:45.789 we're looking forward to having Dick attend a 00:17:45.789 --> 00:17:48.769 hamcation here and being able to present the 00:17:48.769 --> 00:17:51.109 award to him as the Carol Perry Educator of the 00:17:51.109 --> 00:17:58.200 Year award. So I'm excited when we saw his, uh, 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.900 his nomination, um, it sounds like he's, uh, 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.680 extremely active in the state, you know, even 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.079 with the restrictions over the last couple of 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:09.900 years that have, uh, locked a number of activities 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:14.500 down. Uh, he has found ways to doing outdoor 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:18.440 Fox hunting to turn around and help, uh, get 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.180 youth interested in radio and continuing to promote 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:26.210 the hobby. No, it's very cool very cool and I 00:18:26.210 --> 00:18:31.809 I Will say that you know as a as a teacher and 00:18:31.809 --> 00:18:36.309 as a former high school club sponsor Direction 00:18:36.309 --> 00:18:39.910 finding is always a lot of fun and it's one of 00:18:39.910 --> 00:18:42.730 their favorite activities to do and so I'm not 00:18:42.730 --> 00:18:48.630 surprised to hear that and Also principles are 00:18:48.630 --> 00:18:52.599 immensely important to amateur radio because 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.700 that's usually who decides whether the antennas 00:18:55.700 --> 00:19:01.119 go up on the roof or not. So those principles 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:05.980 are very, very instrumental. And I know a few 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:09.259 other principles that have done kind of similar 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:11.880 things, you know, and at least set up a station 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:16.299 in their school. And often they can pull some 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:21.309 strings that us teachers can't. I'm sure he's 00:19:21.309 --> 00:19:24.990 done fabulously there and I know all the great 00:19:24.990 --> 00:19:26.750 things with youth that are coming out of the 00:19:26.750 --> 00:19:31.869 Netherlands with Yoda and other things. Not at 00:19:31.869 --> 00:19:38.190 all surprised to hear about Dick and want to 00:19:38.190 --> 00:19:43.049 congratulate him and look forward to the big 00:19:43.049 --> 00:19:46.069 party here next month. I'm looking forward to 00:19:46.069 --> 00:19:49.069 getting you and Dick together and I'm sure he's 00:19:49.069 --> 00:19:51.750 got some outstanding ideas for you to potentially 00:19:51.750 --> 00:19:58.430 incorporate into your Yoda program too. That'll 00:19:58.430 --> 00:20:02.410 be great. That'll be a great discussion. Well, 00:20:02.410 --> 00:20:05.730 thanks Mike for letting us know about the Carol 00:20:05.730 --> 00:20:08.430 Perry Educator of the Year award winner again 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:13.430 this year and best of luck with all the presentation. 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:17.059 Thank you very much again. Thank you for the 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:19.259 opportunity for making the announcement on your 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:24.299 show here All right, well that's uh, that's our 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:27.319 interview portion but we want to take some phone 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:30.119 calls and I believe we've got somebody trying 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.500 to call in now, so we'll we'll get to that and 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:36.380 Take a look at the tweets and comments and everything 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:39.400 When we come back with Mike and Mike right after 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:44.630 this word from icon America right here on HamTalk 00:20:44.630 --> 00:20:47.569 Live. Didn't get everything on your holiday wish 00:20:47.569 --> 00:20:50.730 list? 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Well, there is one 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:22.680 way to get a cheap radio and that's win one at 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:27.539 hamcation. Right, Michael? That is true, yes. 00:24:29.849 --> 00:24:33.390 Well, it is time for your calls now. So if you 00:24:33.390 --> 00:24:36.309 have a question for Michael or Mike, give us 00:24:36.309 --> 00:24:44.089 a call. The number 859 -982 -7373. One more time. 00:24:45.130 --> 00:24:50.990 859 -982 -7373. Or you can tweet us at HamTalk 00:24:50.990 --> 00:24:54.269 Live. And if you're listening to us on WTWW or 00:24:54.269 --> 00:24:56.450 on the podcast edition, you won't be able to 00:24:56.450 --> 00:24:59.200 reach us live because we're doing this on on 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:04.039 Thursday night, but joining us on the Hamcation 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:08.140 Zoom line, we have a very special and familiar 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:11.160 guest. Good evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live, 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:16.700 Carol. Well, thank you so much. Two of my favorite 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:19.960 people and three of my favorite people, actually. 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:25.819 I am so excited about Hamcation 2022 for all 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:30.509 the usual reasons. But in addition, this year's 00:25:30.509 --> 00:25:35.869 winner of the Educator of the Year Award is just 00:25:35.869 --> 00:25:39.269 somebody I am so looking forward to seeing and 00:25:39.269 --> 00:25:43.289 meeting and speaking with as a retired principal. 00:25:43.890 --> 00:25:48.230 I love the fact that he continued with his passion 00:25:48.230 --> 00:25:52.390 of working with young people in radio. and he 00:25:52.390 --> 00:25:57.170 even involves the youth with ham radio as it 00:25:57.170 --> 00:26:01.309 relates to their own communities. I love that 00:26:01.309 --> 00:26:05.470 idea and I am just so excited to meet with him 00:26:05.470 --> 00:26:09.049 and it's such a pleasure dealing with the hamcation 00:26:09.049 --> 00:26:12.549 people, Michael and Mike and John and everybody 00:26:12.549 --> 00:26:16.549 who's been involved with it. I cannot wait for 00:26:16.549 --> 00:26:19.910 hamcation this year and to see you of course, 00:26:19.930 --> 00:26:24.170 Neil. Yes, it's been way too long. We keep seeing 00:26:24.170 --> 00:26:27.609 each other on these virtual things and that's 00:26:27.609 --> 00:26:32.069 it. And so it's been way too long. So I'm looking 00:26:32.069 --> 00:26:36.349 forward to it as well. And hopefully, you know, 00:26:36.470 --> 00:26:41.289 things will die down on the COVID front too. 00:26:41.529 --> 00:26:44.970 And you know, and everything will be great. So 00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:56.579 I'm really looking forward to it. What was your 00:26:56.579 --> 00:27:01.960 reaction when you heard that we had someone outside 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:06.859 of the U .S. this time? Well, I am thrilled. 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:13.019 Anything that honors and showcases and rewards 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:18.650 an educator but especially an educator in technology 00:27:18.650 --> 00:27:25.589 and radio just is exciting and I just cannot 00:27:25.589 --> 00:27:29.349 wait to, as I said, to meet him in person and 00:27:29.349 --> 00:27:32.109 to know that this is going on and that these 00:27:32.109 --> 00:27:35.650 people, these educators that we are showcasing 00:27:35.650 --> 00:27:40.369 have the passion and the desire to inspire our 00:27:40.369 --> 00:27:45.220 young people to bring new technology, to be creative. 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:48.839 It's just so exciting and I cannot wait to meet 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:53.099 somebody who shares that passion and such gratitude 00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:56.319 I have for all the people who made this award 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:00.799 possible so we can meet these individuals and 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:04.279 hopefully inspire other educators to get involved 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.250 with young people. Yeah, we need them. That's 00:28:08.250 --> 00:28:12.289 for sure. There's no no doubt Mike you have anything 00:28:12.289 --> 00:28:14.670 for Carol a lot while we've got both of you together 00:28:14.670 --> 00:28:19.829 here And I look Carol look forward to seeing 00:28:19.829 --> 00:28:27.809 you and in February at hamcation there so I Have 00:28:27.809 --> 00:28:34.670 my fingers and eyes that this is all going to 00:28:34.670 --> 00:28:38.549 happen for real. So, you know, the virtual hugs 00:28:38.549 --> 00:28:44.289 go just so far. But, Neil, I wanted to go back 00:28:44.289 --> 00:28:47.690 to your question about an international nomination. 00:28:48.009 --> 00:28:52.329 Yeah. I know that even when we received the nomination, 00:28:52.589 --> 00:28:54.049 a couple of people had come around and says, 00:28:54.490 --> 00:28:56.450 are we open to international nominations? And 00:28:56.450 --> 00:28:59.089 it's kind of going, I looked back at it and said, 00:29:00.009 --> 00:29:03.829 amateur radio doesn't stop at any border. I mean, 00:29:03.970 --> 00:29:06.109 our hobby turns around and is international. 00:29:06.750 --> 00:29:10.630 And half the challenge for the operators out 00:29:10.630 --> 00:29:12.670 there is to get their international contacts. 00:29:13.150 --> 00:29:15.509 So it's kind of going, why should this award 00:29:15.509 --> 00:29:19.970 have any boundaries? So it was actually thrilled 00:29:19.970 --> 00:29:23.190 to see that. And even with hamcation, we have 00:29:23.190 --> 00:29:26.549 a fair number of international attendees. So 00:29:26.549 --> 00:29:29.369 it's kind of like why not have them, you know, 00:29:29.450 --> 00:29:32.609 why should we limit it? So and you know one of 00:29:32.609 --> 00:29:36.029 the things that I'll tell this the story, you 00:29:36.029 --> 00:29:38.309 know, one of the things that that I learned from 00:29:38.309 --> 00:29:47.650 Carol very early on Was not Putting the license 00:29:47.650 --> 00:29:52.849 test first and Then I get involved in Yoda and 00:29:52.849 --> 00:29:55.349 I start talking to the people over in Europe 00:29:56.480 --> 00:30:00.720 And one of the first discussions we had was, 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:05.240 wow, we figured out that, you know, you really 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:08.279 shouldn't put the license test first. And I'm 00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.339 like, yeah, Carol figured that out 30 years ago. 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:14.579 And, you know, and so we kind of talked about 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:19.019 that, that, you know, now with all this online 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:23.460 technology, we have a better. ability to share 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:27.519 those things and so you know educators and youth 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:32.240 leaders you know like myself and carol and and 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:35.759 dick and you know we all have this ability now 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.599 to share a lot of that information and that you 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:42.480 know we didn't always have a chance to do that 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:48.140 you know over hf and and so uh... i i i totally 00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:51.250 agree that you know there are no no borders. 00:30:51.829 --> 00:30:54.170 You know, the radio waves do not stop at the 00:30:54.170 --> 00:31:00.410 border. So I think it's a great decision. And 00:31:00.410 --> 00:31:05.529 if I may say, one of the basic tenets of amateur 00:31:05.529 --> 00:31:10.529 radio is outreach and international goodwill. 00:31:10.829 --> 00:31:15.069 So this makes it even more exciting that we have 00:31:15.069 --> 00:31:18.740 this outreach. and the commonality of working 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:21.660 with the young people and sharing ideas. It's 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:26.380 just a little very, very exciting. Absolutely. 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:28.700 Well, Carol, thank you so much for calling in 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:31.700 and joining us tonight. Michael, I guess I should 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:33.900 see if you have anything for Carol here before 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:38.200 we let her go. No, I'm good. This is good hearing 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:40.400 from you. And one thing I did have to say about 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:42.859 the nomination when I... was reading it when 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.480 it first come in and Mike sent it out to us to 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.880 take a look at it. One thing was funny, I was 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:50.859 reading through it and I'm like, I thought I 00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:55.240 was reading Carol's bio basically, because it 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:59.960 was very similar for Dick of the stuff that he 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:05.349 does over there that Carol does over here. Yes. 00:32:05.349 --> 00:32:08.390 And in retirement, we're both doing the same 00:32:08.390 --> 00:32:11.609 things we used to do. Only now we don't get paid 00:32:11.609 --> 00:32:17.609 for it. We do it as volunteers and we love it. 00:32:20.170 --> 00:32:22.970 Absolutely. Well, thank you, Carol, for, for 00:32:22.970 --> 00:32:25.509 coming on the show and talking about this award. 00:32:25.970 --> 00:32:29.670 And, um, and, and, you know, it's, uh, it's great 00:32:29.670 --> 00:32:33.069 to talk to you and hope to see you real soon. 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:40.400 Thanks so much My pleasure 73 and 88 so all of 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:46.829 you seven three and 88 Carol Perry WB2MGP, the 00:32:46.829 --> 00:32:50.529 namesake of the Educator of the Year award. So 00:32:50.529 --> 00:32:53.150 if you'd like to call in, we've got time for 00:32:53.150 --> 00:33:00.210 a couple more calls. It's 859 -982 -7373 or you 00:33:00.210 --> 00:33:05.150 can tweet us over at hamtalklive and we'll actually 00:33:05.150 --> 00:33:11.910 check the check the tweet machine here and see 00:33:11.910 --> 00:33:16.799 if we've got anything. All right. Oh, and we've 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:19.299 got chat going on. I'm just now opening up the 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:24.920 chat. So we've got John in 4JTK in there, and 00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:29.119 Scott Cole is in here talking about, oh yeah, 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:34.480 the Super Bowl is going to be that weekend as 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:40.660 well, and after everything is over. Oh, and John 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:43.400 says he heard Scott was grilling steaks on Sunday 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:47.339 night for Super Bowl. So, wow, I didn't know 00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:53.180 that and I don't think he did either. I think 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:57.140 he just got voluntold. Voluntold, yes, I think 00:33:57.140 --> 00:34:01.460 that's what it was. So, all right, well, if you 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:04.920 have a question, give us a call. We'll open up 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:10.909 the phone lines here at 859 -985 -985. to seventy 00:34:10.909 --> 00:34:14.429 three seventy three and you can uh... can jump 00:34:14.429 --> 00:34:18.130 in here uh... let's see uh... we wanted to talk 00:34:18.130 --> 00:34:21.190 a little bit about the license exams which uh... 00:34:21.190 --> 00:34:23.369 we were just talking about that you don't start 00:34:23.369 --> 00:34:26.130 with that with you but once they get to that 00:34:26.130 --> 00:34:28.610 point and they're energized and they're ready 00:34:28.610 --> 00:34:32.969 to go then it's time to get that license and 00:34:32.969 --> 00:34:36.909 so you've got a cool setup for license testing 00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:40.250 at hamcation this year. So remind everybody how 00:34:40.250 --> 00:34:44.889 that works. Right. This year we've actually partnered 00:34:44.889 --> 00:34:50.730 with hamstudy .org and we are actually doing 00:34:50.730 --> 00:34:54.710 a all electronic exams. So there's actually no 00:34:54.710 --> 00:34:58.070 paper involved. You come in, first you register 00:34:58.070 --> 00:35:01.800 on. hamstudy .org, you get a PIN number basically, 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:04.059 you come in, you tell us that PIN, you show us 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:07.039 the ID, we hand you a tablet, you key it in, 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:10.019 and you start your test. Once you're done with 00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:15.300 your test, you click finish, the system automatically 00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:18.159 grades it instantly, lets you know if you passed 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:21.659 or failed. If you did pass, it will ask you if 00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:23.679 you wanna go ahead and do your next element. 00:35:24.309 --> 00:35:26.329 Let's say if you're a tech, you can go ahead 00:35:26.329 --> 00:35:27.969 and do your general right there. You just click 00:35:27.969 --> 00:35:31.170 next, take your general, same thing again. When 00:35:31.170 --> 00:35:35.650 it's all done, three VEs basically sign off on 00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:40.090 it electronically. And then we send you an email 00:35:40.090 --> 00:35:44.210 with your CSCE in it and you're done. It's that 00:35:44.210 --> 00:35:50.030 easy. We actually implemented this. for the first 00:35:50.030 --> 00:35:54.170 time at our OARC meeting. Our monthly meeting 00:35:54.170 --> 00:35:57.389 was last night and we decided to give it a test 00:35:57.389 --> 00:36:00.610 run before hamcation to see how it does with 00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:03.389 a little less people. Usually we have six or 00:36:03.389 --> 00:36:08.710 eight people test at our meetings. Well, that 00:36:08.710 --> 00:36:12.969 didn't go too well as we thought. We had 23 people 00:36:12.969 --> 00:36:16.900 show up last night for testing. Uh, to implement 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:20.460 the new system, um, it worked great. Uh, it was 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:23.420 a lot easier than we thought. We started at five 00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:27.739 30 and within about an hour and 15 minutes to 00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:30.719 an hour and 20 minutes, we had 23 people out 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:35.300 the door with their license. Yeah. It's amazing 00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:38.579 how much faster this, this makes it because there's, 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.960 you know, everything has to be graded three times 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:44.389 and signed three times and this and that. And 00:36:44.389 --> 00:36:46.469 there's so much paper shuffling going on, because 00:36:46.469 --> 00:36:50.309 I've done that way too many times to count. And 00:36:50.309 --> 00:36:55.670 it's just a lot easier when it's automatic like 00:36:55.670 --> 00:36:58.449 this. And I remember the first time I did one 00:36:58.449 --> 00:37:01.489 of those for a test session back in the day. 00:37:01.690 --> 00:37:06.309 And it was just so cool. You're always afraid 00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:08.969 to hit that submit button at the end, because 00:37:08.969 --> 00:37:14.219 it's like, oh. Do I change anything? But it's 00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:18.820 really nice to get the instant feedback and it 00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:22.760 just speeds things up tremendously and then you've 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.199 got more time to do other things. Pretty, pretty 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:31.059 cool. Uh, let's talk about ticket sales. I know 00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:34.219 you've got a deadline, uh, coming up on that, 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:36.539 or maybe we just passed it. I can't remember 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:39.539 which, but, um, talk a little bit about, uh, 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:42.980 ticket sales here. Uh, ticket sales are actually 00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.559 up, uh, kind of shocking with everything going 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.980 on with COVID. Uh, people are still buying tickets. 00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:51.679 Uh, we are up right now currently with pre -sales 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:56.739 over 2020 show at this time. Um, The deadline 00:37:56.739 --> 00:38:00.519 did pass December 31st was the deadline to actually 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:04.420 mail tickets out. So now everything will be held 00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:07.820 in will call. We will have a will call booth 00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:10.500 set up. You can actually come starting Thursday. 00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:13.079 We're gonna have the will call booth set up all 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.159 day Thursday. So you can come early to get your 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:17.940 tickets if you like before the show on Friday. 00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:22.400 So you have them in hand also. But yeah, with 00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:25.340 USPS right now is running, we're starting to 00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:28.840 notice they are running about three weeks from 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:31.539 the time we mail something for somebody to receive 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:37.039 it. With their COVID going on, lack of employees 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.760 they have, winter storms up north right now. 00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:43.480 So yeah, three weeks is what we're realizing 00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.679 has taken. So we've just pretty much cut it off 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:49.500 to make sure tickets get to the people. before 00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:52.360 they leave to come down here. A lot of our people 00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.579 start traveling way beforehand, taking their 00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:57.500 time coming down, so we wanna make sure everybody 00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:00.340 got tickets. So as of right now, if you order 00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:03.000 your tickets online, it will be held and we'll 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:08.480 call. All right, good to know. And then, you 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:11.400 know, one other thing to talk about here, prices. 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:15.650 You've got... Some some pretty cool prizes and 00:39:15.650 --> 00:39:18.849 and like I said a while ago talk talk is cheap 00:39:18.849 --> 00:39:22.150 if you can get one for free. So Tell us a little 00:39:22.150 --> 00:39:26.550 bit about that It is and Right now, we're still 00:39:26.550 --> 00:39:31.309 working on the prizes, but we do have DX Engineering 00:39:31.309 --> 00:39:34.070 come on as a sponsor, and Nashtrant came on as 00:39:34.070 --> 00:39:37.369 a sponsor, and I do know right now their prizes 00:39:37.369 --> 00:39:40.050 are listed on the website. I think both of them 00:39:40.050 --> 00:39:43.630 are doing gift certificates, but they are listed 00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:47.230 on the website already. If you just go to the 00:39:47.230 --> 00:39:51.239 prize. spot on the website. Uh, as we get prizes 00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:54.420 in, we are putting them up there. And also again, 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:57.860 this year you can actually buy extra prize tickets 00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:01.880 for a donation, $5 donation, and, uh, to give 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:05.380 you extra chance at prizes, uh, during the show. 00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:09.980 All right. Very good. Well, let me, uh, let me 00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:14.039 check the tweets once again. Comments and everything 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:17.000 make sure we haven't missed anything, but I think 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:20.440 we're I think we're pretty well Caught up here 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:24.440 and we've got Got all the talking points done. 00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:29.840 So we'll Do some final comments and and be on 00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:34.119 our way. So Mike I'll let you go first any other 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:39.199 Stuff you want to tell us about the awards? Congratulations 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:43.139 to the dick on this year's award winner for the 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:46.739 Carol Perry Educator of the Year award and look 00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:49.280 forward to next year. We're going to be rolling 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:52.059 out an additional award coming out here shortly. 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:56.980 So we'll get through hamcation and then we'll 00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:59.360 turn around and have to see if I can get our 00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:02.559 website updated and get the start looking for 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:05.639 nominations for next year's Carol Perry Educator 00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:09.039 of the Year award and looking to actually add 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:12.579 another award to hamcation for next year. Oh, 00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:15.300 very good. And again, Neil, thank you for having 00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:19.199 us on. Yeah. Oh, no problem. Glad to, glad to 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.900 have you here. And, uh, Michael, same for you. 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:25.559 Any, any final comments here before we go? Yeah, 00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:27.739 I just got, uh, two things. One real quick, just 00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.659 touch on, uh, our forums. We're going to have 00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:32.219 some very good forums on Friday and Saturday. 00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:35.699 Uh, we have four, uh, clear space tents set up. 00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:39.409 Each one will hold. roughly around 100 to 120 00:41:39.409 --> 00:41:42.630 people in them. Some of our forms that we do 00:41:42.630 --> 00:41:44.929 have this year, Tim Duffy is going to be doing 00:41:44.929 --> 00:41:47.989 a grounding and bonding form. Of course, check 00:41:47.989 --> 00:41:52.230 out Carol Perry's youth form. One of the big 00:41:52.230 --> 00:41:53.829 forms that we're gonna have this year, since 00:41:53.829 --> 00:41:56.510 it is the National Convention, is an ARL membership 00:41:56.510 --> 00:42:00.389 form. And it will be actually hosted by the president 00:42:00.389 --> 00:42:05.369 of ARRL, Rick Rodrik, and the CEO of ARL, Dave 00:42:05.369 --> 00:42:09.150 Minster. So this is your chance to go to a forum, 00:42:09.449 --> 00:42:15.329 ask questions to the two main men of ARL. concerns, 00:42:15.429 --> 00:42:17.690 questions, anything like that. There'll be open 00:42:17.690 --> 00:42:20.170 forum for people to ask questions at the end 00:42:20.170 --> 00:42:22.829 of it. And of course, Neil, you're doing your 00:42:22.829 --> 00:42:28.030 Yoda form this year to talk about Yoda for 2022 00:42:28.030 --> 00:42:34.010 also. And the final thing I have that people 00:42:34.010 --> 00:42:38.710 keep asking about is COVID. COVID in Florida. 00:42:40.949 --> 00:42:42.869 Everybody's concerned with it. It is something 00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:45.809 to be concerned with. I think a lot of people 00:42:45.809 --> 00:42:48.309 are starting to learn now. COVID isn't gonna 00:42:48.309 --> 00:42:50.730 go away. It's something we got to live with. 00:42:51.710 --> 00:42:54.789 We have to learn to adapt to it, figure out ways 00:42:54.789 --> 00:42:57.710 around it. Currently in the state of Florida, 00:42:57.909 --> 00:43:00.889 there is no mandates. There is no local mandates 00:43:00.889 --> 00:43:03.289 here in Orange County where the show will be 00:43:03.289 --> 00:43:07.960 going on. So at hamcation, we will not require 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:11.780 masks, but hamcation will strongly recommend 00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:17.800 masks to be worn while in the buildings. And 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:20.019 we will have masks on hand. We have plenty of 00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:21.880 them. We'll have them at the entrances to the 00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:24.380 doors. If you would like a mask and don't have 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:27.559 one, we can provide you one. We will have lots 00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:32.849 of hand sanitizing stations around also. But 00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:35.710 at the same time, this is what we currently recommend. 00:43:37.070 --> 00:43:40.269 As it gets closer to the show, if anything changes 00:43:40.269 --> 00:43:44.349 that, let's say if there is, we're gonna mandate 00:43:44.349 --> 00:43:47.489 mask or anything like that, or any other items 00:43:47.489 --> 00:43:52.150 that's changed, we will keep up with CDC and 00:43:52.150 --> 00:43:56.960 follow all the local and state. mandates if anything 00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.480 comes out, but currently there is not nothing. 00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:02.840 And the best way to keep up on this, if you watch 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:07.920 our website, www .hamcation .com, join our social 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:12.260 media feeds. It's a hamcation on Facebook, Twitter, 00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:16.900 and Instagram. And the biggest thing is if you 00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:19.739 sign up for our newsletter, if you go to hamcation 00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:22.320 .com and scroll all the way down to the bottom, 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:26.820 there's a spot. put in your email address. And 00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:29.980 we do send out usually about monthly, but here 00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:32.940 closer any updates for anything with the show, 00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:35.940 we will be sending out a newsletter to inform 00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:39.900 people also. So that's the best way to get information 00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:44.500 from us is by signing up there. And if anything 00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:46.380 important comes out, that's where we'll send 00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:49.019 it out to first, including putting it on the 00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:51.900 front page of the website and Twitter and Facebook. 00:44:53.889 --> 00:44:56.909 And last two things I have, one, congratulate 00:44:56.909 --> 00:44:59.530 Dick for winning the Carol Perry Educator of 00:44:59.530 --> 00:45:03.150 the Year Award for 2022. Like Mike said, we do 00:45:03.150 --> 00:45:06.650 have a new award coming out for 2023. It's going 00:45:06.650 --> 00:45:08.849 to also be a huge award that's going to draw 00:45:08.849 --> 00:45:12.809 a lot of people for it. And the final thing, 00:45:12.949 --> 00:45:16.170 Neil, thank you for having us on the show. And 00:45:16.170 --> 00:45:18.670 I look forward to seeing you in a little over 00:45:18.670 --> 00:45:22.869 a month. Absolutely. Really looking forward to 00:45:22.869 --> 00:45:27.880 it. One last thing, Mark in 4 BCD wanted the 00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:32.139 call sign of the winner again, of Dick Fagilstra. 00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:35.300 And Mike, let's make sure we've got it here. 00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:44.840 P -A -0 -D -F -N, Papa Alpha Zero Delta Fox November. 00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:48.119 Is that right? Correct. You do have it correct. 00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:53.539 Okay, very good. Well, there you go mark pa zero 00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:59.980 DF in is our award winner for 2022 well guys, 00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:02.000 thanks so much for being on the show. Thanks 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.039 for all of your support and everything that you 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:12.260 do for You know having this this big celebration 00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:17.329 and testing and trade show and, and all, all 00:46:17.329 --> 00:46:21.329 the things that are hamcation. Um, and, um, look 00:46:21.329 --> 00:46:27.170 forward to seeing you soon. Yeah, same here. 00:46:27.170 --> 00:46:30.710 Uh, be safe and, um, definitely, uh, look forward 00:46:30.710 --> 00:46:36.269 to seeing everybody at hamcation in 2022. All 00:46:36.269 --> 00:46:44.739 right. Okay. All right. Well, that's a wrap for 00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:47.719 this week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to 00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:51.440 my guests, Michael Colley, W4ORL, and Mike Banigan, 00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:54.940 KJ4UDO, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:57.780 for listening and calling in and invite you back 00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.980 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when 00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:05.239 Keith Schlottman, KR7RK, will be here to talk 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:08.300 about the 1010 International Net and some of 00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:10.400 the 10 meter band openings we've been having 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:14.369 lately. For a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:19.269 you can find that at HamTalkLive .com. So for 00:47:19.269 --> 00:47:22.570 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven 00:47:22.570 --> 00:47:26.329 to three, seven to five, and may the good DX 00:47:26.329 --> 00:47:46.300 be yours. You never once mentioned your weather 00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:52.099 at all and I didn't mention mine We talked and 00:47:52.099 --> 00:47:52.280 talked