WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.019 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.939 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.939 --> 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 --> 00:00:58.579 for more information about ICOM radios. Hey good 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:02.439 evening everyone it's time for ham talk live 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:10.049 it's Episode number 278, Collegiate Radio Update, 00:01:10.310 --> 00:01:13.870 recorded live on Thursday, October 28th, 2021. 00:01:14.189 --> 00:01:17.569 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:01:17.569 --> 00:01:20.170 tuning into this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:26.069 we're joined by Tony Melusi, KD8RTT, and Andy 00:01:26.069 --> 00:01:30.870 Melusi, KK4LWR, and we will take your calls. 00:01:31.590 --> 00:01:34.629 live in just a few minutes. Last week here on 00:01:34.629 --> 00:01:39.890 the show, Don Wilbanks, AE5DW was here, and we 00:01:39.890 --> 00:01:42.790 just talked about anything and everything. We 00:01:42.790 --> 00:01:45.930 talked a little bit about the Ham Nation program 00:01:45.930 --> 00:01:50.629 now that it is over on the Ham Radio Crash Course 00:01:50.629 --> 00:01:55.430 channel. We just kept on going from there. So, 00:01:55.450 --> 00:01:59.090 um, if you want to tune in, uh, to Dawn, listen, 00:01:59.150 --> 00:02:01.969 uh, to our conversation and, and some of the 00:02:01.969 --> 00:02:05.430 newsline crew, uh, calling in, go over to ham 00:02:05.430 --> 00:02:08.289 talk live .com or on your favorite podcast app 00:02:08.289 --> 00:02:13.610 or on YouTube. And you can listen there or don't 00:02:13.610 --> 00:02:17.009 forget, you can also listen to HamTalk Live on 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:23.810 WTWW. That's 5085 on your AM dial. Saturday afternoons 00:02:23.810 --> 00:02:27.750 at about 3 .30 PM Eastern Time. Tonight we're 00:02:27.750 --> 00:02:31.770 talking about the Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative 00:02:31.770 --> 00:02:35.069 or C .A .R .R .Y. And we'll get an update from 00:02:35.069 --> 00:02:39.330 the Brothers Malusi here about how things are 00:02:39.330 --> 00:02:41.330 going with that. 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Join us on the 00:06:27.910 --> 00:06:31.329 Orlando Amateur Radio Club at Hamcation Hotline. 00:06:32.110 --> 00:06:35.550 Andy Melusi, KK4LWR, is the past president of 00:06:35.550 --> 00:06:37.790 the Gator Amateur Radio Club at the University 00:06:37.790 --> 00:06:40.730 of Florida in Gainesville. And he is currently 00:06:40.730 --> 00:06:44.250 a systems engineer at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts 00:06:44.250 --> 00:06:48.089 in Florida. He is a key leader in the ARRL Collegiate 00:06:48.089 --> 00:06:50.230 Amateur Radio Initiative, a group that's been 00:06:50.230 --> 00:06:53.209 formed to share ideas and promote and rejuvenate 00:06:53.209 --> 00:06:56.250 amateur radio clubs in colleges and universities 00:06:56.250 --> 00:06:59.970 in North America. Andy came into ham radio thanks 00:06:59.970 --> 00:07:05.029 to his brother Tony KD8RTT. Tony is an electrical 00:07:05.029 --> 00:07:07.810 engineer with Garmin and he attended grad school 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:11.069 at Ohio University where he was the amateur radio 00:07:11.069 --> 00:07:14.230 club president and during undergrad he was just 00:07:14.230 --> 00:07:18.230 down the road from from where I used to be, over 00:07:18.230 --> 00:07:21.569 in Terre Haute, Indiana, at the Rose Tech Amateur 00:07:21.569 --> 00:07:25.850 Radio Club, W9NAA. He is a pilot and also a key 00:07:25.850 --> 00:07:28.430 leader in the Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative. 00:07:28.569 --> 00:07:32.290 You can find him on satellites or operating CW 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:38.430 or portable on HF. So, welcome back, guys. Thanks, 00:07:38.490 --> 00:07:42.829 Neil. Yeah, thanks for having me. It's been a 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:44.449 couple of weeks, I suppose, since we last met. 00:07:44.449 --> 00:07:49.209 Yes, it has. It has. I actually looked for the 00:07:49.209 --> 00:07:51.589 script because I usually copy the bios over, 00:07:51.709 --> 00:07:53.389 you know, when we've done it before. And it's 00:07:53.389 --> 00:07:55.430 been a little over a year since we've had you 00:07:55.430 --> 00:08:00.410 on the show. But we got to have a great time 00:08:00.410 --> 00:08:04.970 this summer together. So we actually saw each 00:08:04.970 --> 00:08:08.029 other not that long ago. And then when Jocelyn 00:08:08.029 --> 00:08:13.930 was on, I called in. Yeah, exactly. So Andy and 00:08:13.930 --> 00:08:18.759 Tony were camp counselors or camp staff, whatever 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.860 you want to call it, uh, at Yoda camp this summer. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:25.120 And, uh, they were big help. They did our, uh, 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.759 our antenna building, uh, session as, as well 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:32.159 as a lot of other things. Tony was, was our registration 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.480 guy. He checked everybody in and cleared their 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:38.879 COVID status and all that fun stuff. So, uh, 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.679 you guys did a fabulous job, got, got to meet 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.159 Christie and got to meet Daisy as well. Yes, 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:52.139 Daisy loved the attention, that's for sure. Sorry, 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:56.720 we couldn't find a hotel room that would allow 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:00.940 the dog, but you were able to find one on your 00:09:00.940 --> 00:09:04.299 own, so it all worked out. Yep, we made do. Yep. 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:08.019 And she had fun. That was the most important 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:12.240 thing, is Daisy was loving it. Yes. Absolutely. 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:15.990 Well, we're here to talk. About Carrie. Yeah, 00:09:15.990 --> 00:09:18.070 we're here to talk about Carrie, the Collegiate 00:09:18.070 --> 00:09:21.509 Amateur Radio Initiative. And this has been going 00:09:21.509 --> 00:09:25.210 on for a while now. You're hanging in there. 00:09:26.669 --> 00:09:30.289 And I notice every once in a while in my email, 00:09:30.289 --> 00:09:33.370 I get these notices of, you know, be sure to 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:36.230 join the Carrie Zoom meeting tonight. You know, 00:09:36.230 --> 00:09:38.409 we're going to give away this or we're going 00:09:38.409 --> 00:09:41.409 to do that. So so are you giving away like free 00:09:41.409 --> 00:09:45.919 pizza or what are you doing? So there has been 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.659 pizza given away that is a true statement. There's 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:52.639 also been various items from the league so over 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:57.450 the last year. The monthly calls they're hosted 00:09:57.450 --> 00:10:00.190 on the second Tuesday of each month and you can 00:10:00.190 --> 00:10:04.590 register for them on arrl .org slash we want 00:10:04.590 --> 00:10:08.610 you and U is the letter U. You can go there and 00:10:08.610 --> 00:10:12.149 register for them. Any college student is eligible 00:10:12.149 --> 00:10:17.299 to win. We did a pizza party for you know a college 00:10:17.299 --> 00:10:19.899 club that was fun we've given away handbooks 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:23.460 we've given away licensing materials we've given 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:26.039 away field day t -shirts that's where i think 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:27.759 the league has really been a great sponsor and 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.460 that's resulted in a lot of folks attending the 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:33.480 calls and some really great discussions so it's 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:36.480 been quite the year watching it grow and we've 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.529 actually evolved quite a bit you know, from where 00:10:39.529 --> 00:10:42.009 we started, you know, Tony and I have been listening 00:10:42.009 --> 00:10:44.049 a lot to what, you know, everyone is saying. 00:10:44.169 --> 00:10:46.809 So this year, for example, just a few months 00:10:46.809 --> 00:10:50.250 ago, we got a discord up there and that has been 00:10:50.250 --> 00:10:53.190 quite the busy platform with school club roundup 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:54.769 and the collegiate QSO party, which has been 00:10:54.769 --> 00:10:59.929 fantastic. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff up there. 00:11:00.009 --> 00:11:03.330 Go ahead, Tony. Yeah, no problem. I was just 00:11:03.330 --> 00:11:04.850 going to say, so like Andy said, you know, this 00:11:04.850 --> 00:11:06.690 last year has kind of been a revitalization. 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:08.059 probably call it a lot of ways, but we've been 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:12.059 doing this for several years now. So it's a consistent 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:14.759 meeting place for college clubs and other interested 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:18.639 hams to kind of join in and help keep the hobby 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.600 going in colleges and universities. You know, 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.720 one of the challenges of the university clubs, 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:29.200 as well as the high school clubs that I used 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:36.899 to do and below, is the turnover. You have students 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:41.799 for a limited number of years, sometimes two, 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:46.080 sometimes four, or elementary I guess is a little 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:51.399 bit better actually, I think six or seven. But 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:55.940 you constantly have this turnover and I think 00:11:55.940 --> 00:12:00.840 that having this resource there on a consistent 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:05.330 basis is kind of you know help so that there 00:12:05.330 --> 00:12:08.769 is there is some consistency there uh because 00:12:08.769 --> 00:12:11.330 membership just kind of goes up and down with 00:12:11.330 --> 00:12:14.570 your enrollment yeah and that's that's something 00:12:14.570 --> 00:12:17.110 we've you know really seen uh i think in terms 00:12:17.110 --> 00:12:19.250 of the initiative itself beyond just the monthly 00:12:19.250 --> 00:12:22.070 call i think we're i don't know maybe like four 00:12:22.070 --> 00:12:25.409 five years into it um and we've seen some clubs 00:12:25.409 --> 00:12:27.929 that were you know really active in the beginning 00:12:27.929 --> 00:12:30.009 when we started this kind of faded away and then 00:12:30.009 --> 00:12:32.889 have come back so Yeah, it's a constant thing. 00:12:32.929 --> 00:12:35.190 Things are always changing. New clubs pop up, 00:12:35.289 --> 00:12:38.370 become very active, then they fade away for sometimes 00:12:38.370 --> 00:12:41.289 a year or two, or sometimes much longer. So our 00:12:41.289 --> 00:12:43.850 hope has been, in addition to these calls, just 00:12:43.850 --> 00:12:46.029 kind of be the central resource that someone 00:12:46.029 --> 00:12:48.990 can come back to to help get their club going 00:12:48.990 --> 00:12:52.169 again, get ideas, just so they know where to 00:12:52.169 --> 00:12:59.909 turn, really. Tell everybody again what... Resources 00:12:59.909 --> 00:13:02.590 are there for for clubs, you know, you meant 00:13:02.590 --> 00:13:06.509 we mentioned already, you know trying to to Rejuvenate 00:13:06.509 --> 00:13:09.750 the club because it does kind of go up and down 00:13:09.750 --> 00:13:13.169 There are a few clubs out there that actually 00:13:13.169 --> 00:13:17.110 can can maintain a year -to -year You know basis 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:23.769 for you know, 10 20 30 40 years So what resources 00:13:23.769 --> 00:13:29.909 do you have? And what ideas do you have? to help 00:13:29.909 --> 00:13:35.470 that continue. So a big part of that is making 00:13:35.470 --> 00:13:38.669 sure that there is some consistency year over 00:13:38.669 --> 00:13:40.730 year and that doesn't necessarily have to be 00:13:40.730 --> 00:13:42.629 student consistency, although that's probably 00:13:42.629 --> 00:13:45.590 the best way to go. So we've actually had a lot 00:13:45.590 --> 00:13:49.399 of discussions and Some clubs are actually jumping 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.820 on board. This is starting up alumni sister clubs 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:54.759 that sort of preserve the shack, keep the resources 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.740 going, keep the call sign active when there's 00:13:57.740 --> 00:14:00.139 sort of lower student activity. It's also a good 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:03.600 way to get funding and continue to support the 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.440 club. year -round. So, you know, letting the 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.820 alumni donate directly to the club or sort of 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:11.220 treat things out. And it keeps them engaged, 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.539 which is good for the university. So that has 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:15.980 been something that we have seen come over and 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:17.840 over and over. And that was an idea that was 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.659 originally discussed in great detail, actually 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:23.519 by a good friend of mine, Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:25.960 with the University of Florida, as we set one 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.360 up for that. And I'm on the board for the University 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.000 of Florida Club, or the University of Florida 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.759 Alumni Club, I should say. And he was gracious 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.159 enough, probably four years ago, four or five 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.759 years ago now, to share that with everyone else. 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:42.980 So there's been a few other clubs following in 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:45.620 that footstep. The other thing, of course, is 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:49.879 a dedicated faculty advisor. And we have been 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.559 very, very lucky to meet many of those hams across 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:58.299 the nation, be it Larry at OSU or Dave Kazdan 00:14:58.299 --> 00:15:02.840 over at CASE, just to name a few. There have 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:06.809 been some very, very active you know, faculty 00:15:06.809 --> 00:15:08.990 that have integrated amateur radio into their 00:15:08.990 --> 00:15:11.590 curriculum, like Case did a whole thing with 00:15:11.590 --> 00:15:13.429 their civil engineering department laying out 00:15:13.429 --> 00:15:16.710 their field day site, which was a very, very 00:15:16.710 --> 00:15:18.610 cool way to bring in folks that maybe wouldn't 00:15:18.610 --> 00:15:21.690 otherwise get exposed to amateur radio. So those 00:15:21.690 --> 00:15:24.490 sorts of things really help keep the clubs active 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:26.610 and bridge that activity as it comes in waves. 00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:29.919 Yeah, and as as the initiative, you know, we 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:32.600 try to be the be a place people can turn for 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.039 those ideas So, you know, like Andy said, we've 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:36.519 talked about that in the past kind of trying 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:40.179 to expand that But we have a Facebook group where 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:42.240 you can talk about the share ideas discuss any 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.419 anyone's welcome to join that Andy said we have 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:46.659 a discord. Also, that's kind of the more day 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:49.659 -to -day tactical discussions But we've also 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:52.080 started kind of a repository of some of this 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.899 information So in addition to like recordings 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:59.360 of previous calls we've tried to collect some 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.000 things that could be beneficial for new clubs, 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:04.639 like sample club bylaws and constitutions, a 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.659 listing of club information that is fairly up 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:10.139 to date, that sort of thing. So when people go 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:13.039 out looking, we hope they find us and they can 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:15.659 start digging through our resources, get those 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:19.440 ideas, like Andy pointed out, and implement them 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:24.960 with their club. Yeah, I know I published my 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:31.159 Bylaws and or articles of incorporation or whatever 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:34.840 whatever all that legal stuff was That you had 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:38.700 to have to become an ARRL affiliated club, you 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:41.679 know for the school I took the took it but I 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.419 had to modify the one that you know, the league 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:48.860 gives you Just for any club because you know, 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:51.779 it was more of a dictatorship than a democracy 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:57.460 The teachers in charge so I had to you know chop 00:16:57.460 --> 00:17:02.220 it up and take this out and put this in and So 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:06.920 I put it up on the on the heiress website Which 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:08.680 they're doing the same thing. They're building 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.940 a repository of all this information for People 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:15.380 who want to get into heiress. So so it's great 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:19.680 to hear that that's Being done for the college 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:26.660 clubs as well. So so You know in all of this 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:34.799 There's always great ideas running around Making 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:38.519 the contact and collecting all of this is is 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:45.000 a big big help and I changed locations and changed 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:49.279 jobs over the summer and come to find out there 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:54.240 is an alumni amateur radio club at Xavier University 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.880 where I'm teaching chemistry now on a part -time 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:02.819 basis and so I haven't pushed the ham radio angle 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:05.700 just yet but every time I look out my office 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:09.960 window I see this tower on top of a building 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:15.890 with a with a ham rotor and this big 40 meter 00:18:15.890 --> 00:18:19.470 yaggy and all this stuff. It's been sitting there 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:24.970 for 25 years and hasn't been touched. It makes 00:18:24.970 --> 00:18:28.569 me want to jump in and revive everything. If 00:18:28.569 --> 00:18:30.910 that turns into a permanent thing, I'm sure it 00:18:30.910 --> 00:18:37.339 will. The story goes at Xavier that somebody 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:39.839 stole the equipment and that was it. Somebody 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.619 broke into the building, stole the equipment 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:44.799 and that just kind of ended it. And it's been 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:49.380 out since like 79 or something. So, um, you know, 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:52.420 there are some, some ways to get some equipment 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:55.380 too, uh, from the league. You might talk a little 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:57.720 bit about that or maybe I need to talk about 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:01.559 it. I don't know. Maybe you guys have some knowledge 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.549 of that program. Yeah, so there is an education 00:19:05.549 --> 00:19:07.849 grant. There's actually a number of different 00:19:07.849 --> 00:19:12.039 grants out there. Some of them are by individual 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:15.059 clubs and some of them are at larger organizations 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:18.380 like the League to support specifically the education 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:22.460 side of things. It's obviously promoted a lot 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:26.759 in the sort of elementary and high school sort 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.359 of grades, but many of them still include collegiate 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.599 clubs in terms of allowing them to apply for 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.700 resources to set up a station. So yeah, that's 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:39.200 definitely out there. I don't have it all in 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:41.960 front of me right now, but yes, those are great 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.140 opportunities. As well as, you know, we've been 00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:47.059 encouraging clubs to also seek, you know, student 00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:50.220 government funding. And that sort of is a double 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:52.000 -sided benefit, right? In addition to getting 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.079 money to, you know, invest in the club, you also 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.970 get... the exposure of bringing it up to student 00:19:57.970 --> 00:19:59.950 government and all of those other students learning 00:19:59.950 --> 00:20:02.109 about the club and what it brings to campus. 00:20:02.490 --> 00:20:05.150 So there's a few different options available 00:20:05.150 --> 00:20:07.869 both within our community and at the broader 00:20:07.869 --> 00:20:16.289 level. So when we talk about these incentives 00:20:16.289 --> 00:20:20.410 to be on the call and everything, let's talk 00:20:20.410 --> 00:20:23.730 about some incentives that the colleges might 00:20:23.730 --> 00:20:28.390 have. Would pizza fall under that as well then? 00:20:34.309 --> 00:20:37.970 Oh, nobody's saying in terms of like the school 00:20:37.970 --> 00:20:41.829 reaching out to the club. Yes, yes, the school, 00:20:42.069 --> 00:20:45.329 the school or the school's club reaching out 00:20:45.329 --> 00:20:50.750 to prospective members. Oh yeah, yeah, so I think 00:20:50.750 --> 00:20:52.789 a big way you know that's probably one of the 00:20:52.789 --> 00:20:55.539 things we talk about the most. In our calls of 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.240 these clubs is you know, how you get new members 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.240 and and coming up with creative ideas like that 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.000 So yeah, we that's that's one of the good tools 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.019 of like the pizza party that was donated from 00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:09.839 the URL earlier But just kind of coming up with 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:12.779 creative ways to get people involved is a big 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:17.920 big part of discussion for us Well, you guys 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:23.029 have come up with a lot of great ideas and Great 00:21:23.029 --> 00:21:27.450 to hear the success stories and how this has 00:21:27.450 --> 00:21:31.130 been a you know a constant thing because again 00:21:31.130 --> 00:21:34.970 You know the turnover from year to year is just 00:21:34.970 --> 00:21:38.009 It's just something we all have to deal with 00:21:38.009 --> 00:21:43.109 and It's not always easy All right. 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We're doing this 00:26:57.529 --> 00:27:02.809 live on Thursday night so You know one thing 00:27:02.809 --> 00:27:07.069 that's coming up this weekend is CQ worldwide 00:27:07.069 --> 00:27:09.930 and and we've been talking a lot about these 00:27:09.930 --> 00:27:16.529 new youth categories in CQ Worldwide. What are 00:27:16.529 --> 00:27:20.630 some of the colleges planning on doing for CQ 00:27:20.630 --> 00:27:27.329 Worldwide? Well, it looks like there's a mix 00:27:27.329 --> 00:27:29.690 of plans. I was actually just looking through 00:27:29.690 --> 00:27:31.809 Discord and that was actually one of the questions 00:27:31.809 --> 00:27:33.849 that came up was asking who else is going to 00:27:33.849 --> 00:27:37.730 be on the air for CQ Worldwide. I think sort 00:27:37.730 --> 00:27:43.440 of the The mainstays of, you know, collegiate, 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:48.140 you know, contesting has been School Club Roundup, 00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:51.839 you know, both in October and February, you know, 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:54.099 and then the North American Quso party has crept 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:56.859 in there. And I think the collegiate Quso party 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:59.619 has become a big part of that. And, you know, 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.140 seeing CQ Worldwide get added is just adding 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:05.480 another event to that already busy gallery, which 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:09.170 I think is great. keeps clubs active. I know 00:28:09.170 --> 00:28:12.369 when I was at UF, the number one issue I had 00:28:12.369 --> 00:28:15.269 was, okay, why should people come to the station? 00:28:15.349 --> 00:28:17.730 What's going on? And whenever there's a contest 00:28:17.730 --> 00:28:20.170 or something that you're participating in, that 00:28:20.170 --> 00:28:23.230 really does wonders for driving club activity. 00:28:24.009 --> 00:28:26.849 So seeing more of these contests, you're in it 00:28:26.849 --> 00:28:30.369 towards youth in these categories, I think is 00:28:30.369 --> 00:28:33.299 just... Just a way to further expand the hobby. 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.559 And I'm 100 % on board with that. I think that's 00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.779 great from a Cary perspective and great from 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:40.440 a Yoda perspective. Yeah, and I think one of 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:43.140 the best parts about Cary is since we have that 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:45.099 central place, the central meeting hubs, both 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:47.920 the Facebook group and Discord, now you've got 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:51.200 people talking about the contests before they 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.039 happen, kind of planning, letting each other 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:55.000 know, kind of build it up, kind of build up some 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:57.059 of that competitiveness between the schools. 00:28:57.819 --> 00:29:01.059 So even a more general sense for contests. You 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.779 know now you have a place to go and talk to people 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:05.680 who you might know And get advice or just kind 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:09.200 of get ready for the for the event It was kind 00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:14.799 of cool watching on Twitter the Ohio State University 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:21.640 amateur radio club Plan for school club roundup 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.759 Because they sent out some tweets, you know, 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:27.319 what do you think our scores gonna be what you 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:31.170 know, what do you think you know? uh... will 00:29:31.170 --> 00:29:33.710 will do for the number of hours that were on 00:29:33.710 --> 00:29:37.009 the air you know this is that and that it just 00:29:37.009 --> 00:29:41.410 kind of got everybody excited and and aware that 00:29:41.410 --> 00:29:44.809 this event was coming up and Yeah, you're exactly 00:29:44.809 --> 00:29:47.970 right. I mean, School Club Roundup for us was 00:29:47.970 --> 00:29:51.230 always the highlight of the year because it drew 00:29:51.230 --> 00:29:53.769 attention to what we were doing. It kind of focuses 00:29:53.769 --> 00:29:58.029 everything in and it was fabulous. And so, you 00:29:58.029 --> 00:30:01.049 know, CQ Worldwide with the new youth category 00:30:01.049 --> 00:30:05.529 is just that much more incentive to get involved 00:30:05.529 --> 00:30:08.269 in a lot of these. And I know you guys have been 00:30:08.269 --> 00:30:10.990 trying to get like, you know, at least once a 00:30:10.990 --> 00:30:15.980 month for there to be some kind of activity on 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:24.400 the air for these school clubs. Yeah. Yeah. Go 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.400 ahead, Tony. Okay. Yeah. No, I was just going 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:29.559 to say that's, that's, you know, trying to get 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:31.180 the clubs to be active and really get on the 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.339 air. I think a lot of clubs kind of have this, 00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:36.000 you know, they meet so often every so often as 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.500 a group, but they don't end up actually getting 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:41.269 on the radio all the time. So even in these monthly 00:30:41.269 --> 00:30:43.410 calls, you know, you'll hear people discussing 00:30:43.410 --> 00:30:44.710 like, oh, hey, you want to on the radio at some 00:30:44.710 --> 00:30:46.670 point in future, or they move it to discord and 00:30:46.670 --> 00:30:48.789 say, hey, let's make a contact after the call 00:30:48.789 --> 00:30:51.730 or later in the week or whatever. That's been 00:30:51.730 --> 00:30:54.069 really great. And I think the other thing that 00:30:54.069 --> 00:30:55.710 Andy kind of mentioned are the collegiate QSO 00:30:55.710 --> 00:30:58.430 party, which is something that Andy and I have 00:30:58.430 --> 00:31:00.349 kind of put together over the past few years 00:31:00.349 --> 00:31:05.400 as a yearly event. has been made to serve specifically 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:07.359 college and university clubs. Again, everyone's 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:09.700 welcome to join those categories. If you're not 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:12.099 involved with a school club at all, you're welcome 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:15.039 to join. But we want to make sure that they're 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:17.059 recognized, there being an opportunity where 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:20.319 others can come talk to the college clubs. And 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.720 I think going back to the Ohio State University 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:26.559 Club's tweets was another great thing that part 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.500 of the collegiate QSO party is we had some bonuses 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:31.559 for social media use. So I think recognizing 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.960 that kind of the tools Today that can promote 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.319 these clubs are something we should really push 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:39.240 for and encourage people to use Just to generate 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:44.700 awareness Yeah, I think anything that you can 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:47.599 do, you know is always helpful and I know a lot 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:52.420 of the the high schools have these Little video 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:54.599 programs that they put together to show the whole 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:58.599 school or the school newspaper which is now more 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:02.880 of an electronic thing, but But they still have, 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:07.680 you know, the journalistic feel. But, you know, 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:11.700 they talk about what they do and just raises 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:15.839 some awareness and raises some interest. So that's 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:19.880 always very helpful. All right. Troy Simpson, 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:23.500 W9KVR, speaking of a school club roundup guy 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:27.720 over in Watsika, Illinois, has finally made it 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:32.140 here. Just finished some some conferences. So 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:37.240 yeah, Troy, I do not miss. I do not miss parent 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:43.799 conferences. I'm just I'm still in shock. I mean, 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:46.400 we're almost a semester and I'm still in shock. 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:51.079 The the differences between teaching at the university 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:56.119 and teaching in high school. It's just incredibly, 00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:01.140 incredibly different. And I must say much easier. 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:08.500 So yeah, thanks for tuning in and chiming in 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:15.559 here tonight. What's the next thing coming up 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:17.900 here? You mentioned you've got the collegiate 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:22.400 QSO party and we've got some of these youth categories 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:29.660 in here. What's next? The next thing is probably 00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:32.660 just going to be continuing to evolve. This year 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:35.319 we sort of had a really good heart -to -heart 00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:37.519 and sit -down about the collegiate QSTO party 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:41.339 and what purpose it serves for the clubs and 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:44.099 where they'd like to see it go. And we're expecting 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.140 some pretty big changes going into next year, 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:49.839 all coming from the feedback of folks that participated 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:54.440 and folks that were active in the QSTO party 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:57.279 this year. We're going to make it more of one 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:00.470 of the that the feedback we got was folks not 00:34:00.470 --> 00:34:02.650 realizing that, you know, more than college clubs 00:34:02.650 --> 00:34:05.869 can participate. So we're going to switch things 00:34:05.869 --> 00:34:07.849 up a little bit, maybe make it less of like a 00:34:07.849 --> 00:34:11.610 traditional contest and more of a true QSO party 00:34:11.610 --> 00:34:15.269 where there's awards for working different college 00:34:15.269 --> 00:34:19.429 clubs and, you know, some certificates and stuff 00:34:19.429 --> 00:34:23.809 to sort of make a broader appeal and sort of 00:34:23.809 --> 00:34:26.079 grow the event. There still probably will be 00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:29.380 some awards with it, but, you know, some proper 00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:34.519 awards and all that, but I think being able to 00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:36.320 expand that participation, really bring that 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:41.190 into focus, you know, does really well. One thing 00:34:41.190 --> 00:34:43.909 I think that's maybe difficult for, you know, 00:34:44.050 --> 00:34:46.969 hams to sort of understand is, and some people 00:34:46.969 --> 00:34:49.409 have never been on the side of it, is receiving 00:34:49.409 --> 00:34:52.150 a pile up and getting to work, you know, a million 00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:54.130 stations trying to call you at once. It's a lot 00:34:54.130 --> 00:34:56.469 of fun and invigorating. And when you give that 00:34:56.469 --> 00:35:01.130 to a college club, you build a lot of very active 00:35:01.130 --> 00:35:03.969 hams, you know, and School Club Roundup has done 00:35:03.969 --> 00:35:07.599 that fantastically well for school clubs. you 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:10.039 know, over that course of that week and we want 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:13.579 to see if we can make it just as good for, you 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:17.440 know, specifically collegiate clubs. there in 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.519 September, probably still about the same time, 00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.739 but give them that same experience to get folks 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:24.900 more aggressively hunting for them to get their 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:27.719 calls in their book. And like I said, it's a 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:29.460 great way to motivate people to stick with the 00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:32.000 hobby and gain more experience. So we're looking 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.440 at rule changes to help encourage that as well 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.800 as continue to grow and expand our clubs and 00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:41.219 their social media and their membership on campus. 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:44.599 Yeah, I think the other kind of more near term 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.730 thing we're looking at or I guess from a Cary 00:35:47.730 --> 00:35:51.090 perspective is we're planning for, as HamFest 00:35:51.090 --> 00:35:53.030 kind of returned to normal, probably having a 00:35:53.030 --> 00:35:56.309 forum at Hamcation and Hamvention like we've 00:35:56.309 --> 00:35:59.329 done in years past that are collegiate amateur 00:35:59.329 --> 00:36:01.590 radio focused. Of course, again, everyone's invited, 00:36:01.949 --> 00:36:05.730 but you'll probably see us there continuing on. 00:36:07.369 --> 00:36:10.210 And yeah, the monthly calls will continue every 00:36:10.210 --> 00:36:12.989 month and all are welcome to join. You can access 00:36:12.989 --> 00:36:16.460 the registration from the at awrl .org slash 00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:21.519 we want the letter U, our website. All right. 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:24.960 And, you know, we've got December Yoda month 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:28.539 coming up. It's time to start getting ready for 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:32.559 that. And so we'll have a lot of young people 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:37.719 on the air for that as well. Troy W9KVR again 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:41.000 here says, Hi, Andy and Tony, and what about 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:44.559 partnerships between colleges and and some of 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:47.900 the k -12 schools so you guys want to tackle 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:52.960 that one yeah uh... i mean first of all uh... 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.849 howdy long time no see uh... I think long -time 00:36:55.849 --> 00:36:57.409 listeners have probably heard you and I mention 00:36:57.409 --> 00:37:00.989 this a couple of times, but the three of us there 00:37:00.989 --> 00:37:04.309 authored a QST article, what, five, seven years 00:37:04.309 --> 00:37:06.429 ago now, something like that. And that's, I think, 00:37:06.550 --> 00:37:09.190 was our first introduction and working together. 00:37:09.809 --> 00:37:12.570 So it's cool to hear Mr. Simpson there calling 00:37:12.570 --> 00:37:18.340 in. I think growing that partnership is really 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:22.219 essential and it's a difficult one to form because 00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:24.900 of the transitiveness of so many students on 00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:28.800 both ends. So one of the ways that we can start 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:32.559 to see that develop is if we get the educators 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:36.840 in the K -12 space in the same room or virtual 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:39.960 room. Thank you to Zoom and Microsoft Teams and 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:44.179 all that to make those happen. to start building 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:47.159 those relationships and looking at collegiate 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:51.800 clubs as an opportunity to really give a destination 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:56.019 for primary school clubs and secondary school 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:59.340 clubs to sort of target. So I think there's a 00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:02.780 lot of potential there and it's probably one 00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:05.679 of the next great challenges of doing that. In 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:08.159 an ideal world, everyone would get their ham 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:12.610 ticket at age like four and you know be extra 00:38:12.610 --> 00:38:15.469 by age four and a half and you know be lifelong 00:38:15.469 --> 00:38:18.469 uh excited hams right and they they pick their 00:38:18.469 --> 00:38:22.670 college based on who has the uh best uh you know 00:38:22.670 --> 00:38:26.389 cq worldwide uh contest score for their collegiate 00:38:26.389 --> 00:38:28.889 club but uh i think we're a ways off from maybe 00:38:28.889 --> 00:38:33.050 that dream uh but i think if we can start getting 00:38:33.050 --> 00:38:34.949 those folks in the room and you know i think 00:38:34.949 --> 00:38:37.670 a great place to start that is with the uh hamvention 00:38:37.670 --> 00:38:42.019 uh you know calls um or you know hopefully this 00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:45.380 year in person, and the Hamcasian in -person 00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:47.960 forums to start building those connections. And 00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.800 I think it'll just take some time, just like 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:52.860 everything else. But once we can figure out the 00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:55.639 right forum of how to continually do that throughout 00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:57.280 the year and build those connections, I think 00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:01.039 that is a great opportunity for both schools 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:04.179 and colleges around our country. I think one 00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:06.780 other piece are the local clubs, too, that I 00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:09.380 think are important. If you have that key partnership 00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:13.059 between the younger kids, college kids and you 00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:15.480 know general ham radio club in the area even 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:18.219 better we've seen some really great synergy in 00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.099 that way from different different clubs throughout 00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:22.840 the year so if you're you know part of a ham 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.599 radio club and there's a school nearby be it 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:28.239 you know elementary school or high school or 00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:30.300 college reach out to them see if there's a club 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:32.039 see if there's any interested kids and you might 00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.599 be able to make a good connection there. And 00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:36.780 check into each other's nets. Like, that's another 00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:40.159 great way to meet those folks. And I know, for 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:43.139 example, many local clubs recognize that college 00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:45.400 students are transient. And, you know, they usually 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:47.699 open up their meetings to them. When I was up 00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:50.199 in Gainesville, for example, the Gainesville 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.519 Amateur Radio Society, K4GNV, they were very 00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:56.019 gracious about letting students from UF in Santa 00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:59.550 Fe attend their meetings. you know and sort of 00:39:59.550 --> 00:40:02.070 be an open forum and to participate and they 00:40:02.070 --> 00:40:04.130 weren't worried about you know getting dues or 00:40:04.130 --> 00:40:06.309 anything out of them it was just you know yeah 00:40:06.309 --> 00:40:08.489 we know you're a student we know you're a ham 00:40:08.489 --> 00:40:10.369 you know come be part of the community do field 00:40:10.369 --> 00:40:12.750 day with us that sort of thing and and there 00:40:12.750 --> 00:40:14.469 were several of us that did and that was really 00:40:14.469 --> 00:40:16.889 rewarding and it made some lifelong friends and 00:40:16.889 --> 00:40:20.289 they've been having their meetings on zoom lately 00:40:20.289 --> 00:40:22.510 as well just like everyone else and you know 00:40:22.510 --> 00:40:24.369 because i made friends there i still call in 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:26.440 Uh, you know, maybe not nearly as frequently 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:28.980 as when I was there in person, but you know, 00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:32.380 uh, it does serve, you know, both a, uh, short 00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:34.619 -term and long -term benefit for the organizations. 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:37.059 And let's face it, this is a social hobby. So, 00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:39.400 you know, those connections are always fun, uh, 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:43.079 and helpful as you grow and learn more. Yeah. 00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:45.800 And Troy says recruiting just like sports. Yeah. 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:48.900 You know, you've got the whole e -sports thing 00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:52.260 now where, you know, there's Scholarships for 00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:55.500 for video games, you know That's it, you know 00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:58.699 and trying to recruit video gamers to colleges. 00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:02.679 So why not? I mean radio There have been scholarships 00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:04.900 for amateur radio a lot longer than there have 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:08.860 been scholarships for video games Very there 00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.719 have been There have been clubs including, you 00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:14.940 know, local clubs as well as national organizations 00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:18.219 like the FAR scholarships or the ARRL scholarships 00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:21.280 that have been out there long before eSports. 00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:23.679 So, I mean, I think that's another way to look 00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:26.579 at it too is, you know, get them to pay for your 00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:29.500 college and stay in the hobby. And speaking of, 00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:33.380 the ARRL scholarship window opens on November 00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:38.219 1st, so just a couple of days away. If you qualify 00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:43.980 for that, fill out the application and get registered 00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:47.280 for that and maybe you can get some assistance. 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:54.079 So we have that coming up too. All right, well 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:58.960 guys, we're about out of time here, but any closing 00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:03.940 comments here before we take off? I just want 00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:07.150 to say, Anyone who's interested more about Collegiate 00:42:07.150 --> 00:42:09.710 Amateur Radio, feel free to reach out to Andy 00:42:09.710 --> 00:42:14.130 or me or join us at Facebook group, Discord or 00:42:14.130 --> 00:42:16.449 our monthly calls. So, you know, we're always 00:42:16.449 --> 00:42:19.230 looking for feedback and ways we can better serve 00:42:19.230 --> 00:42:21.849 the Collegiate community with Amateur Radio. 00:42:22.070 --> 00:42:26.590 So let us know. And I mean, if you want to help 00:42:26.590 --> 00:42:28.789 make it happen as well, if you want to step into 00:42:28.789 --> 00:42:31.840 that leadership role. We would welcome folks 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:34.519 helping with the QSO party. If they want to make 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.679 a financial gift, the ARL does have a fund specifically 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:41.719 for Cary that was started by Dr. Schneider. And 00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:46.380 that has done fantastically well at making some 00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:49.260 of this stuff happen. So there's lots of opportunities 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:52.800 to get involved, to give, and to continue to 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:56.059 grow what is probably one of the fastest growing 00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:59.679 and most dynamic and exciting demographics of 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:05.420 our hobby. Very good. Well, we have a call that 00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:08.860 just came in on the line. So we're going to sneak 00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:12.460 this one in here. Good evening, Jocelyn. Welcome 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:16.019 to HamTalk Live. Hey, good evening, Neil. Good 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:19.059 evening, Tony and with Andy, because I think 00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:21.739 you you foobar his name on the on the intro. 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:28.340 Yes, I did. Hey, good evening, Jocelyn. Hey, 00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:32.920 Jocelyn. Good evening. I was going to say, I 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:38.380 just wanted to keep up the good work. I know 00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:41.400 sometimes it's hard because sometimes you get 00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.820 a lot of traction, sometimes you don't, but you're 00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:46.639 heading in the right direction. I think the college 00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:51.340 QSO party is fantastic. I will try to take part 00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:53.420 of it, even though I'm not in college, but always 00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:56.730 try to make contacts with everybody that's on 00:43:56.730 --> 00:43:58.630 the air, just like a school club roundup, and 00:43:58.630 --> 00:44:03.190 try to just grow the activity. Awesome, we appreciate 00:44:03.190 --> 00:44:07.409 that. You know, that's cool, you know, and of 00:44:07.409 --> 00:44:09.590 course if you're doing it from VOA as well, you 00:44:09.590 --> 00:44:12.449 know, that's a cool call sign to get in the logbook. 00:44:12.610 --> 00:44:18.829 I know a lot of folks look forward to that. Yeah, 00:44:19.289 --> 00:44:21.329 contesting season is about to start here. As 00:44:21.329 --> 00:44:23.230 Neil said, we've got the World Wide coming up 00:44:23.230 --> 00:44:26.019 this weekend. We'll see how we're going to do. 00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:29.300 We've got a few members that are talking about 00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:32.400 doing it. So I don't think we've got a serious 00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:35.360 team, but we're certainly going to partake and 00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:38.639 do our fair share. But I just want to say hi 00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:41.800 and hope everybody was fine. And like I said, 00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.739 keep up the great work. We're looking forward 00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:46.860 to all meeting in person. I know we were lucky 00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:49.920 enough to see each other over the summer, but 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:54.159 we'd like to see a ham fest as well. I agree 00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:58.039 totally. I mean, I think there's a lot of opportunity. 00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:00.599 I'm not sure how many of the folks listening 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:02.800 know this, but there is some overlap between 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:06.079 Cary and Yoda. So I think that there's lots of 00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:10.800 opportunity there for students at universities 00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:14.039 to participate in Yoda camp, to present at Yoda 00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:18.519 camp and that sort of thing, as well as Some 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:20.960 of the younger folks on the Yoda spectrum Looking 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:22.940 forward to getting involved with the carry activities 00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.659 as well. So I think there's a lot of opportunity 00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:29.699 there That's a very good point, yep, absolutely 00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:34.059 That's the plan well, thanks Jocelyn for calling 00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:39.559 in Jocelyn broke 88 VRX on the Orlando amateur 00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:42.940 radio club hotline tonight. Thanks For calling 00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:46.800 and I'll see you soon You have 73 guys. Have 00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:52.940 a good evening Yeah, you too. Thanks Oh, you 00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:55.519 know, I forgot to ask him a question I forgot 00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:57.460 to ask him what he was pointing out right now. 00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:03.539 Yeah Yeah, and I'm now I meant to start off the 00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:07.000 show asking you about that that Florida, Kentucky 00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:11.360 football score this year, but Yeah, you know 00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:14.880 that game didn't happen that game didn't happen 00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:22.960 well, we always we always have to take sides 00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:28.860 and and and support our colleges and and so that's 00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:32.360 kind of a running gag with us, but But yeah, 00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:35.420 Kentucky Finally got the better end of that deal 00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:38.800 this year. So Hey, you guys had a win a few years 00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:42.059 ago, too, right? Yeah a few years ago. You let 00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:45.619 us win one, you know Yeah, so I mean a while 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:49.519 Yeah, I keep it interesting, right? Yeah, otherwise 00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:59.920 no one would show up to the game You know, we'll 00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:02.119 see how the Gators do this weekend, it's maybe 00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:05.300 a rebuilding year for we'll see Well, there you 00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:07.980 go. Yeah, that's the thing with sports. There's 00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:11.300 always next year. So yeah, I mean Tony and I 00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:13.460 are from Cleveland. We're used to that phrase 00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:19.199 All right, guys. Well, thanks so much for being 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.300 on the show tonight and telling us about what's 00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:25.280 happening with Carrie recently, and we'll do 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:29.900 it again at some point. Thanks, Neil. Great time. 00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:31.480 Thanks for having us. Yeah, thanks for having 00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:36.019 us. And actually a little carryover to next week. 00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:37.780 We'll talk about that here in just a second. 00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:42.099 But that is a wrap. For this week's edition of 00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:45.559 HamTalk Live, thanks to Tony Maluzzi, KD8RTT, 00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:49.119 Andy Maluzzi, KK4LWR, and everybody out there 00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:51.920 in cyberspace for listening, calling in, typing 00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:55.449 in. and invite you back next week uh... thursday 00:47:55.449 --> 00:47:58.789 night at nine p m eastern time our our collegiate 00:47:58.789 --> 00:48:02.670 uh... theme will continue as uh... christina 00:48:02.670 --> 00:48:06.769 collins k d eight o x t who is a graduate student 00:48:06.769 --> 00:48:11.130 at uh... case western reserve w a d d u and uh... 00:48:11.130 --> 00:48:14.769 dr nathaniel frisell w two n a f from the University 00:48:14.769 --> 00:48:17.489 of Scranton. We'll be here to talk about the 00:48:17.489 --> 00:48:21.230 Antarctic Eclipse Festival of Frequency Measurement 00:48:21.230 --> 00:48:24.389 that will be happening in December. So be sure 00:48:24.389 --> 00:48:27.369 to tune in and hear what's going on with that. 00:48:27.849 --> 00:48:29.949 And for a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:34.250 visit HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this is Neil 00:48:34.250 --> 00:48:39.329 Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and may the 00:48:39.329 --> 00:48:51.489 good DX be yours. When you came right back to 00:48:51.489 --> 00:48:55.550 my CQ call The readability vibe and strength