WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.960 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.859 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:32.409 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:32.409 --> 00:00:38.369 we go, welcome to Amtop Live Call in, let's talk, 00:00:38.590 --> 00:00:58.210 Neil's your guide Amtop Live, here we go Hey, 00:00:58.270 --> 00:01:01.250 good evening, everyone. It's time for HamTalk 00:01:01.250 --> 00:01:05.409 Live, episode number 272, the Voice of America 00:01:05.409 --> 00:01:08.750 Museum Bethany Relay Station Anniversary Special 00:01:08.750 --> 00:01:12.890 Event, recorded live on Thursday, September 16th, 00:01:13.150 --> 00:01:17.510 2021. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:20.790 for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:20.989 --> 00:01:24.349 Tonight, we're joined by Jocelyn Breaux, KD8VRX. 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:26.900 And we'll take your calls live in just a few 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:29.340 minutes. Last week here on the show, it was the 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:32.019 Pearson family that was here to talk about their 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:34.519 trip to the Little League World Series and the 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.239 connections to Ham Radio. So if you missed that 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.939 show, you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com 00:01:41.939 --> 00:01:46.780 or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 00:01:47.230 --> 00:01:50.650 And don't forget you can catch the re -broadcast 00:01:50.650 --> 00:01:56.650 of HamTalk Live over on WTWW shortwave, that's 00:01:56.650 --> 00:02:02.069 5085 on your AM dial Saturday afternoons at about 00:02:02.069 --> 00:02:07.159 3 .30 p .m. Eastern Time. So we'll be talking 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:11.639 a special event tonight Up at the VOA Museum 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:13.919 coming up next week. If you're listening to us 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.780 live on Thursday night You can call in and ask 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:20.680 your questions and leave your comments here with 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.840 us a little later in the show I'll let you know 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.780 when the phone lines are open, but I will give 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:29.080 you the phone number right now So you can have 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:37.479 it ready to go here. 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Welcome back to HamTalk Live. 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:43.800 Thanks to Icom America for sponsoring the show. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.459 They bring you HamTalk Live each and every week. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.980 Check out all their fine gear at icomamerica 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:55.540 .com slash amateur. And tonight we have Jocelyn 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:59.800 Breaux, KD8VRX, joining us on the Orlando Amateur 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:04.500 Radio Club and Hamcation Zoom line. Jocelyn is 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:08.819 also VA to VRX, and he first became interested 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:11.800 in ham radio as a Boy Scout, became licensed 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.439 in 2013, now is an extra class license holder. 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.899 He's a technical analyst and systems administrator 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:22.680 with Vertical Solutions in Cincinnati, and he 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.620 is this year's president of the Westchester Amateur 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:32.040 Radio Association, WC8VOA. And that club station 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:35.019 is located at the National Voice of America Museum 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:39.540 of Broadcasting in northern Cincinnati. So Jocelyn, 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:43.000 welcome back. Well, thank you, Neil. Thank you 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:47.560 for having me on the show. And Jocelyn's in here 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:52.519 a lot. He listens a lot, calls in. We've worked 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:57.439 on the whole Yoda camp together. And now that 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:01.029 I've moved, we actually like even once or twice 00:07:01.029 --> 00:07:06.550 get to hang out. So we've got this special event 00:07:06.550 --> 00:07:11.709 coming up and I'm actually cleared for one of 00:07:11.709 --> 00:07:15.870 the days to come work it. So we'll talk about 00:07:15.870 --> 00:07:18.949 that in a little bit. But we've talked about 00:07:18.949 --> 00:07:26.560 the museum on here a lot over the years. The 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.899 birthday celebration of that Bethany relay station 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:36.620 Is coming up next week and so there's a special 00:07:36.620 --> 00:07:40.019 event planned for that so Before we get into 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:42.560 the all the details of the special event Tell 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.120 us a little bit about that the station there 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.439 in the museum that they'll be using for the special 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:54.040 event Absolutely, Neil. We're lucky enough to 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:58.079 have our shack right inside the museum. Actually, 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.240 as we have guests come in and tour the museum 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.360 on the weekends, after they see the overview 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.480 video, the first thing they get to see is the 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.379 ham shack. That's basically our time to showcase 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:17.860 amateur radio and see what we do. to again biggest 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:19.800 point is to showcase amateur radio but the other 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.220 thing is to kind of explain right these most 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:24.899 people don't understand what how powerful the 00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:28.160 transmits were so we normally uh have a qso with 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.199 somebody overseas uh with a thousand watts on 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.360 a radio and then we explained that okay that 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.419 was a thousand watts he heard us we had a great 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:39.639 conversation and uh Keep in mind, the VOA, when 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:42.919 it was operating, each transmitter put out a 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.820 quarter million watts, so 250 ,000 watts. And 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:48.679 then they go, oh, that was 1 ,000? That was a 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:53.379 lot more. I'm like, yes. So it gives them a sense 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:59.009 of scale. how powerful the station was. And then 00:08:59.009 --> 00:09:01.210 they move on to the rest of the tour. So it's 00:09:01.210 --> 00:09:03.529 always good. The other thing too is if anybody 00:09:03.529 --> 00:09:07.049 is interested in coming, we welcome anybody to 00:09:07.049 --> 00:09:11.000 come and tour the museum and the shack. If you 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.360 are a ham, please let the person know at the 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:17.460 front. We give extra technical tours for hams. 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:21.240 It's a little known secret. We've got a couple 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.960 of trained docents that are ham operators that 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.799 understand what really interests you more than 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.379 the general public. So we've got a couple of 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:32.320 groups coming and we're doing a courtesy tour 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:36.960 to make sure they get the... the highly technical 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.840 tour and really get the nitty -gritty of the 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.799 station. Yes, we're very fortunate. We have four 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.039 operating positions, mostly ICOM radios. I'm 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.080 sure Will at ICOM would be happy to hear that. 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:51.000 Plus he's been there, he knows. But yes, so we've 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:56.899 got a couple of, we've got one. 17300 by 9100 00:09:56.899 --> 00:10:03.519 and we've got another 7300 and an old ICOM 746 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.360 Pro. So we've got some decent gear, we've got 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.799 amplifiers, we've got good antennas. So we are 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:13.580 looking forward to turning on the switch for 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:17.879 the special event station and getting the buzz 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:21.769 going on the air. And I hadn't really planned 00:10:21.769 --> 00:10:24.570 on on mentioning this but what while we're at 00:10:24.570 --> 00:10:28.429 it there's a There's a recent upgrade I don't 00:10:28.429 --> 00:10:31.750 know if it's quite done yet in the shack, but 00:10:31.750 --> 00:10:34.950 but there's a very important upgrade to the shack 00:10:34.950 --> 00:10:37.870 You want you want to talk about that for a second? 00:10:39.710 --> 00:10:45.769 Yeah ceiling You had me wondering there for a 00:10:45.769 --> 00:10:50.919 second yes we So we're like, as I said, we're 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:53.759 lucky enough to be part in the museum and unfortunately 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:55.980 when we go in on the weekends or we go in when 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:58.399 we apply radio, we, you know, turn on the AC 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.159 and that means we're cooling the whole building 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.059 down. So we've made the decision to put an AC 00:11:04.059 --> 00:11:07.659 unit right in the shack that's controlled there. 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:11.259 Mark, he took care of that for us. I can't thank 00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:14.889 him enough for it. and it makes the shack much 00:11:14.889 --> 00:11:18.309 more comfortable. And it also will give us a 00:11:18.309 --> 00:11:20.629 little bit of heat in the winter. Being a brick 00:11:20.629 --> 00:11:24.429 building is fantastic, but it seems that when 00:11:24.429 --> 00:11:26.929 it gets hot, it stays hot for a while. And when 00:11:26.929 --> 00:11:29.129 it's cold, it stays cold for a while. So yes, 00:11:29.129 --> 00:11:32.210 so just to make things in the shack a little 00:11:32.210 --> 00:11:36.029 bit more comfortable for everybody. Yeah, I'm 00:11:36.029 --> 00:11:38.070 looking forward to that one because I've spent 00:11:38.070 --> 00:11:40.850 some some pretty hot summer days in that place. 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:46.320 And it's going to be nice to have that going 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.000 on in the shack. And I know it'll be a whole 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.679 lot better on the electric bill as well. So very 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.700 good upgrade. Well, let's talk about this special 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:01.399 event that's coming up. Talk about why we're 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:05.000 celebrating the birthday here of the station 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:10.509 and how people can work the special event. Yes, 00:12:10.590 --> 00:12:15.529 absolutely. So the Bethany Relay Station was 00:12:15.529 --> 00:12:17.389 one of the first stations to get on the air. 00:12:17.889 --> 00:12:21.429 Obviously, the whole history is that Mr. Powell 00:12:21.429 --> 00:12:26.250 Crossley Jr. had the WLWO for overseas down the 00:12:26.250 --> 00:12:28.149 road a mile down from us. And that's really what 00:12:28.149 --> 00:12:32.009 they started using to transmit into Europe as 00:12:32.009 --> 00:12:35.490 the BVOA was being built. So it played a significant 00:12:35.490 --> 00:12:38.830 role in the Second World War. uh... to defeat 00:12:38.830 --> 00:12:41.590 the uh... propaganda that was going on and also 00:12:41.590 --> 00:12:44.590 during the cold war uh... the same same thing 00:12:44.590 --> 00:12:47.149 defeat propaganda and um... you know at the as 00:12:47.149 --> 00:12:49.009 the v o a slogan is tell the truth and let the 00:12:49.009 --> 00:12:52.129 world decide so that's what we uh... the station 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:54.590 is there and we want to celebrate that because 00:12:54.590 --> 00:13:00.029 uh... we uh... very frankness say this properly 00:13:00.029 --> 00:13:03.649 uh... we have uh... guests that come in uh... 00:13:03.649 --> 00:13:06.919 that are from foreign countries and a lot of 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:10.659 them, their parents or grandparents learn a lot 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:13.659 by listening to the VOA and also learn to speak 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:17.340 English. So when you get those people in the 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:19.679 shack and you see how it impacted their lives, 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:21.899 it makes it special. So we want to celebrate 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:25.360 that. Even though the station was decommissioned 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:28.940 back in 94, we certainly want to we don't want 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:32.480 to forget that history. So it was decided a few 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.580 years ago that we should have a special event. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.179 We didn't have one last year because of COVID 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:39.139 and all the restrictions, the shack was pretty 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:42.860 much closed. But we are very happy to be back 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:47.860 in force for the 77th anniversary of the Bethany 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:51.889 Relay Station. And we are planning on operating, 00:13:52.350 --> 00:13:54.269 I believe it's going to be, you know, if 10 and 00:13:54.269 --> 00:13:56.490 15 are open, we'll probably be on those bands, 00:13:56.490 --> 00:14:00.049 but probably 20, 40, maybe at night 80 a little 00:14:00.049 --> 00:14:03.850 bit. We've got somebody that is planning on operating 00:14:03.850 --> 00:14:07.230 FT8. So there'll be a digital. We've got folks 00:14:07.230 --> 00:14:11.149 certainly doing slide band. We had a CW operator 00:14:11.149 --> 00:14:13.870 lined up, but he's got a conflict. So we'll see 00:14:13.870 --> 00:14:16.870 if we can find somebody else to sub in for that. 00:14:17.289 --> 00:14:24.159 And if you work The special event, if anybody 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.799 makes any contact, either it's digital or site 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:29.379 ban, on Monday, you'll be able to retrieve a 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:32.559 certificate. We'll have links on QRZ. We'll also 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:34.720 have links. Actually, the link is live now on 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.820 the website. So you can just go type in your 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:40.120 call sign. If it finds you in the log, it will 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:41.820 generate a certificate right there and there 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:43.919 for you. And you can just download it and print 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:48.460 it to your computer. And Joe, N8IDA has been 00:14:48.730 --> 00:14:51.950 my cohort and making sure that we get a fantastic 00:14:51.950 --> 00:14:55.029 certificate. And the few people that have seen 00:14:55.029 --> 00:14:58.330 it have said, wow, it looks great. So we're pretty 00:14:58.330 --> 00:15:03.509 excited about that. Yeah, I was just getting 00:15:03.509 --> 00:15:06.610 ready to mention the ask you about the certificates. 00:15:07.889 --> 00:15:10.190 And that's a cool little thing that you set up 00:15:10.190 --> 00:15:13.710 to to to generate those and get all that stuff 00:15:13.710 --> 00:15:18.440 online and So, you know, here's a chance to get 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:22.299 one of those commemorative Special event certificates 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:26.659 more wallpaper Here's your chance to get one 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:31.320 from the Voice of America station. So That's 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.519 coming up next weekend. So give us the the dates 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:38.820 and times and and again 40 20 maybe 15 and 10 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:44.899 if they're open Yep, definitely a 20 40 80 uh... 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:48.220 and that will start on the saturday twenty fifth 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:50.379 through the twenty six uh... we're going to be 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:52.500 doing it during museum open hours a little bit 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:54.500 before a little bit after so we're looking at 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:57.259 noon to five for sure people will be in there 00:15:57.259 --> 00:16:00.029 uh... but i know in the past people uh... are 00:16:00.029 --> 00:16:02.269 excited about the event. So operators normally 00:16:02.269 --> 00:16:05.929 show up a little earlier and start running this 00:16:05.929 --> 00:16:08.750 station and start the special event. And same 00:16:08.750 --> 00:16:11.149 thing too, I'm sure that some folks won't mind 00:16:11.149 --> 00:16:13.190 if there's a pile up to stay a little bit past 00:16:13.190 --> 00:16:17.350 five, just to try to get as many people in the 00:16:17.350 --> 00:16:21.049 log as possible. And yeah, as you said, the software 00:16:21.049 --> 00:16:24.129 is for the certificates home brewed and it runs 00:16:24.129 --> 00:16:27.490 on a Raspberry Pi. So people always go, I'm like, 00:16:27.490 --> 00:16:31.509 no, it's very simple. uh... it works okay uh... 00:16:31.509 --> 00:16:33.809 it does what it's supposed to do and every year 00:16:33.809 --> 00:16:36.090 it's just been rock -solid so uh... i'll knock 00:16:36.090 --> 00:16:40.049 it on wood uh... so we'll we keep using it it 00:16:40.049 --> 00:16:46.370 works perfectly for our needs okay so uh... next 00:16:46.370 --> 00:16:48.990 saturday and sunday uh... again uh... those times 00:16:48.990 --> 00:16:52.590 are eastern time uh... so the museum's open one 00:16:52.590 --> 00:16:56.230 to four so uh... probably uh... noon to five 00:16:56.230 --> 00:16:59.389 is probably the best uh... time to look, but 00:16:59.389 --> 00:17:03.309 there may be some people on later on and earlier. 00:17:04.049 --> 00:17:06.950 So give a listen, check the spots of course, 00:17:07.309 --> 00:17:10.950 and check it out. But that special event will 00:17:10.950 --> 00:17:15.049 be running next weekend from the Voice of America 00:17:15.049 --> 00:17:20.460 Museum. Alright, well we're going to take a break 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:22.740 and then we're going to come back and we're going 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:26.039 to take your calls and your comments and talk 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.680 a little bit more about some of the activities 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:32.720 going on on the air from WC8VOA right after this 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:36.359 word from Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:41.779 Live. Jerry, what's up man? I haven't seen you 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:44.680 at Sunbox in a while. I used to see you every 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.160 morning getting coffee. What's up? Well, I can't 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:51.279 afford SunBucks five days a week anymore. I had 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:55.039 to spend my money on PL259s. You know, those 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.759 antenna projects I've been meaning to do. I had 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:01.039 to do them before my HOA finds out I have antennas. 00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:04.400 That's too bad, Jerry. I miss seeing you and 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.819 catching up over coffee. You should get your 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:10.259 PL259s from Tower Electronics. They have great 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:18.720 stuff. Jerry, you're back! Oh, QRM Heterodyne 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.799 Frappuccino. That's a good choice. How's it going? 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.299 Did you get all those antennas up before the 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:28.059 HOA police showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.599 Thanks for telling me about Tower Electronics. 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:33.799 Now I can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.160 of money on my PL -259s by switching to Tower 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.740 Electronics. Don't get caught without PL259's. 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:45.339 Visit Tower Electronics online at pl -259 .com 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:47.980 or at a ham fest near you or give them a call 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:53.140 at 920 -435 -2973 and be sure to pick up some 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:57.269 power poles, adapters and cables too. Join the 00:18:57.269 --> 00:19:03.690 conversation. Give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. 00:19:03.970 --> 00:19:09.390 Again, the number to call is 859 -982 -7373. 00:19:09.690 --> 00:19:12.970 Or if you'd rather type than talk, tweet us at 00:19:12.970 --> 00:19:16.549 HamTalk Live. Now, here's Neil Rapp with more 00:19:16.549 --> 00:19:21.089 HamTalk Live. At HamTalk Live we have a million 00:19:21.089 --> 00:19:24.059 dollar request guarantee. You give us a million 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:26.799 dollars and we'll do a show about whatever ham 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:56.839 topic you request. Guaranteed! Welcome back to 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.920 HamTalk Live, thanks to Scott and Jill at Tower 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:02.960 Electronics for sponsoring the show tonight, 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:08.299 as they always do. And coming up, Peoria, the 00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:12.059 Superfest in Peoria, Illinois this weekend, September 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:16.559 18th and 19th. Then they'll be going to Belvedere, 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:20.900 Illinois on September 26th, Belton, Texas, October 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:26.829 2nd. Crest of you, Florida October 9th, but You 00:20:26.829 --> 00:20:29.670 know check them out if you're at one of those 00:20:29.670 --> 00:20:34.569 Ham fest, but you can visit them online anytime 00:20:34.569 --> 00:20:41.069 at PL -259 .com Ham talk lives on the air every 00:20:41.069 --> 00:20:43.549 Thursday night at 9 p .m Eastern time right here 00:20:43.549 --> 00:20:46.130 at ham talk live comm and be sure to check us 00:20:46.130 --> 00:20:48.390 out on Facebook Twitter and Instagram and before 00:20:48.390 --> 00:20:52.190 we get back To Jocelyn, as we've been doing here 00:20:52.190 --> 00:20:54.630 over the last several weeks, it's time once again 00:20:54.630 --> 00:20:57.509 for the Ham Radio Joke of the Week. Now it's 00:20:57.509 --> 00:21:00.910 time for the Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:03.069 the Week, the part of the show where Rick tells 00:21:03.069 --> 00:21:06.670 us a ham radio joke. The Ham Talk Live Ham Radio 00:21:06.670 --> 00:21:09.930 Joke of the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. 00:21:10.230 --> 00:21:14.150 Now here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's 00:21:14.150 --> 00:21:22.619 Ham Talk Live Joke of the Week. I decided I wanted 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:25.079 to protect my ham shack when I was away, so I 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:28.500 bought a couple of dogs. I named them Rolex and 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:33.619 Timex, because, well, they're watchdogs. This 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:36.859 has been the Ham Talk Live. Ham radio joke of 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:40.700 the week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:47.500 next week for another joke from Rick. Oh, he 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:55.440 did it again. What time is it anyway? I don't 00:21:55.440 --> 00:22:03.119 have a Rolex or a Timex. Let's see, what was 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:09.039 it today? The guy who invented the Timex Sinclair 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:13.859 computer passed away today. I think I saw that. 00:22:15.309 --> 00:22:18.230 My tweets wall ago. So that was that the time 00:22:18.230 --> 00:22:22.289 at Sinclair 3000 was it? Yeah, there was a few 00:22:22.289 --> 00:22:24.309 of those models, but yeah, I was not aware of 00:22:24.309 --> 00:22:30.150 that. That's a shame. Yeah well anyway That's 00:22:30.150 --> 00:22:32.849 the joke of the week and Rick will be back with 00:22:32.849 --> 00:22:36.789 another one next week But right now it's time 00:22:36.789 --> 00:22:39.410 for your call. So if you have a question for 00:22:39.410 --> 00:22:42.569 Jocelyn, give us a call right now Phone lines 00:22:42.569 --> 00:22:54.309 are open at 859 -982 -7373. Again 859 -982 -7373 00:22:54.309 --> 00:22:56.730 or you can tweet us at HamTalk Live and if you're 00:22:56.730 --> 00:23:00.400 listening to us on WTWW... or on the podcast 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.259 edition of the show. You won't be able to reach 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:06.240 us live since we're doing this here live on Thursday 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.619 night. And we do have some folks out there listening 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:16.799 live. I saw a tweet from Andy KK4LWR saying listening 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:20.220 to the show live tonight and can't wait for the 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:23.920 VOA Museum's special event, hoping for an FT8 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:31.519 QSO. Hopefully you can get Andy in the log. Yeah, 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:36.059 we're certainly going to try. I know that the 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:39.160 gentleman, Walt, that we had LTR that normally 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:42.140 runs that digital station usually does a pretty 00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:46.259 good job. So I'm sure he'll be happy to try to 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:51.589 get as many in the log as possible. Yeah, absolutely 00:23:51.589 --> 00:23:55.069 he does a good good job of keeping that running 00:23:55.069 --> 00:24:00.170 and and usually multitasking even so hopefully 00:24:00.170 --> 00:24:03.150 we'll get Andy in the log there next weekend 00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:07.630 and I Imagine all I'll hang her out on sideband 00:24:07.630 --> 00:24:18.549 some if I get really brave maybe maybe CW I Can 00:24:18.549 --> 00:24:25.410 send Receiving a little rusty but we'll see Yeah, 00:24:25.410 --> 00:24:27.670 and and it's not just receive. It's receiving 00:24:27.670 --> 00:24:31.910 in a pile up Yes, exactly receiving in a pile 00:24:31.910 --> 00:24:36.170 up and you know, you're not in the clear. So 00:24:36.170 --> 00:24:41.769 Yeah, exactly So anyway, if you you have want 00:24:41.769 --> 00:24:44.049 to chime in tonight give us a call eight five 00:24:44.049 --> 00:24:47.250 nine nine eight two seventy three seventy three 00:24:47.250 --> 00:24:51.170 or tweet us at ham talk live now, you know, there's 00:24:51.170 --> 00:24:54.630 a special event going on but also you guys do 00:24:54.630 --> 00:24:59.789 a lot of Outdoor stuff you guys go and activate 00:24:59.789 --> 00:25:02.450 parks and do some stuff. So talk a little bit 00:25:02.450 --> 00:25:05.710 about some of your poda Activations that have 00:25:05.710 --> 00:25:11.190 happened here recently Yeah, you know, the weather's 00:25:11.190 --> 00:25:13.609 finally cooled down. Well, anyways, in our part 00:25:13.609 --> 00:25:16.910 of the world, the weather has cooled down. And 00:25:16.910 --> 00:25:21.849 you had Dr. Wright on a couple weeks ago talking 00:25:21.849 --> 00:25:26.250 about the portable operation challenge. And we 00:25:26.250 --> 00:25:30.460 went to a park. to do that challenge, and it 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:33.480 was very good, very interesting. We had a good 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.839 time. Weather was perfect. We ran on batteries. 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:39.660 I think we didn't go past 15 watts on most of 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:43.920 our QSOs, so that was good. We did learn a few 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:47.940 things, as we always do when we... It's amazing 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:50.799 how everything in your shack works. You take 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:54.250 it out, and you put it in the field, and... you 00:25:54.250 --> 00:25:57.509 discovered new things. One of the things is because 00:25:57.509 --> 00:25:59.750 we had two stations running, we used bandpass 00:25:59.750 --> 00:26:04.759 filters. And one thing we discovered is that 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:07.720 the bandpass filter was absorbing a lot of the 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.400 RF energy. So I don't know if there's something 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:12.480 wrong with that bandpass filter or not, but putting 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:17.740 a watt meter on the output showed that with the 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:20.059 bandpass filter, two watts were making it to 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.380 the antenna, and without eight watts were going. 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:25.819 When you're running 10, that's it. Again, if 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:28.039 you were running 100 watts, you probably wouldn't 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:32.019 notice. but again, lowering that low power. So 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:35.279 we had to get rid of that and isolate or separate 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.539 the antennas a little bit more and we made it 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.539 work. But unfortunately, we discovered that a 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:42.240 little too late. But yeah, we had a great time. 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:46.000 We had, I believe, we had six operators for that 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:50.119 event that showed up for most. And it was great 00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:52.880 because they had sessions and we were in session 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:55.900 two, which I believe was Eastern time, noon to 00:26:55.900 --> 00:27:00.349 four. So it was not very long, but everybody 00:27:00.349 --> 00:27:03.650 stuck around and we certainly made it a good 00:27:03.650 --> 00:27:07.390 time. And then last weekend was Ohio State Parks 00:27:07.390 --> 00:27:10.609 on the Air. So again went down how a state park 00:27:10.609 --> 00:27:14.769 and you have to your multiplier is working Oh 00:27:14.769 --> 00:27:17.349 other Ohio State Parks, so you're looking more 00:27:17.349 --> 00:27:20.390 at NVIS So we again we have two stations one 00:27:20.390 --> 00:27:22.329 running in the is and the other one running on 00:27:22.329 --> 00:27:26.369 40 To try to get as many parks as possible and 00:27:26.369 --> 00:27:28.210 we did fairly well. I think this is our best 00:27:28.210 --> 00:27:32.869 year so far All right, it's some some cool stuff 00:27:32.869 --> 00:27:35.750 and a lot of a lot of parks being activated So 00:27:35.750 --> 00:27:38.980 keep an eye out for those Alright, well, we have 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:41.559 a caller on the line. So let's go to the phone 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:43.779 lines. Good evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live. 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:47.200 Hey, good evening, Neil. I heard my name mentioned 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.680 earlier and figured I'd give you guys a call. 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:52.839 Oh, thanks, Andy, for giving us a call. It's 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:58.619 Andy KK4LWR down in central Florida. And how 00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:00.779 are you this evening? And what do you think of 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:04.500 this special event coming up? I'm doing really 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:07.680 well actually I'm working on my new shack right 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.900 now, and I'm actually just now getting to unpacking 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:14.420 my The my radio and stuff I brought up to Yoda 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:18.160 camp this summer so getting that all set up and 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.180 You know very excited here in the new house and 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:24.000 right now. I don't have my antenna up yet So 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:27.380 my goal is is if I can work the special event 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:29.700 That'll be an accomplishment because we're going 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:32.740 to do We're gonna literally do a hundred watts 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.599 in a wire strung up on a fishing pole in my backyard 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:38.559 and see how long it takes to piss off my neighbors 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:46.799 Now now I didn't tell this story because we didn't 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:49.380 We couldn't find the the materials to make it 00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.299 happen But but you're not gonna do that what 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:54.460 you suggested at Yoda camp and that get a metal 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:59.289 canoe to use as your antenna I mean You know, 00:28:59.730 --> 00:29:02.190 next year at Yoda Camp, seeing the field up there 00:29:02.190 --> 00:29:05.390 at the VOA museum, there's plenty of room that 00:29:05.390 --> 00:29:07.630 we could get a few canoes loaded up and try and 00:29:07.630 --> 00:29:09.950 check into the maritime net. I mean, I still 00:29:09.950 --> 00:29:16.970 think that'd be quite fun to do. Yeah, definitely 00:29:16.970 --> 00:29:19.650 get into the maritime net from the canoe. Yeah. 00:29:19.869 --> 00:29:22.210 I mean, right? You know, you can load anything 00:29:22.210 --> 00:29:28.430 up into an antenna, so why not? So a fishing 00:29:28.430 --> 00:29:32.750 pole, and a line, and a wire, and that's what 00:29:32.750 --> 00:29:35.130 you're going to do? Yeah, I have a 10 meter long 00:29:35.130 --> 00:29:38.990 fiberglass fishing pole, and I have a wire going 00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:43.789 into a 9 to 1 ballon, and I'll probably run some, 00:29:43.789 --> 00:29:45.730 it's like 40 feet long, and I'll probably run 00:29:45.730 --> 00:29:49.109 some wire off the bottom as much as I can, just 00:29:49.109 --> 00:29:52.670 whatever I have lying around as a sort of counterpoise, 00:29:52.670 --> 00:29:55.700 I hope. And then just try and, uh, you know, 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:58.859 tune it up and see if I can make it work and 00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:01.380 try and get, you know, a digital signal out on 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.680 that and, uh, see if I can work the folks up 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:08.859 there at VOA. And it sounds like Daisy agrees 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:12.259 also. Oh yeah. She's going in the background 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:15.079 there. I think she's, uh, jealous that, uh, you 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:17.720 know, she hears your voice, but she misses spending 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:21.819 time with you. But yeah, so that's the plan. 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:23.940 I think it'd be fun. I'm looking forward to actually 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:28.119 getting QSO with VOA. Well, so we worked VOA 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:33.220 on field day from Dears, but you know, I'd like 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:36.619 to get one under my own call sign and hopefully 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:39.980 get a QSL card too while I'm at it. I might actually 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:42.880 do that. Jocelyn, are you guys doing paper QSO 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:46.990 cards if we send one up? Yeah, absolutely and 00:30:46.990 --> 00:30:48.990 the end and it's nice to hear your voice. Thank 00:30:48.990 --> 00:30:51.589 you for helping out at yoda camp this summer 00:30:51.589 --> 00:30:54.769 Yeah, we do qsl. We just ask and like everybody 00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:58.029 else and sase and we'll return it Obviously we 00:30:58.029 --> 00:31:00.170 do the digital certificate because not everybody 00:31:00.170 --> 00:31:03.170 wants the paper qsl But we figure that's an easy 00:31:03.170 --> 00:31:05.329 way of giving everybody that took part in the 00:31:05.329 --> 00:31:09.430 event something to remember the event by Very 00:31:09.430 --> 00:31:12.049 cool. Yeah, I'm looking for that. I have a lot 00:31:12.049 --> 00:31:16.809 of wall space in my Soon to be Shaq. So I need 00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:18.670 to start working on getting cards to put up on 00:31:18.670 --> 00:31:23.950 the wall. So there you go. Yeah, I hear you working 00:31:23.950 --> 00:31:26.490 on the Shaq. I was just showing Jocelyn here 00:31:26.490 --> 00:31:31.970 before the show. I have my desk assembled now. 00:31:31.970 --> 00:31:34.690 It finally came after being on back order for 00:31:34.690 --> 00:31:39.490 four months. And so I've got it assembled here. 00:31:39.650 --> 00:31:46.319 Julie got most of that. taken care of and I I 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:51.759 love the thing up here but got it almost ready 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:56.039 to go it's just got to rearrange some furniture 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:01.779 and then then start looking at putting all the 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.920 equipment on it and getting some antennas up 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.259 so I'm like you I don't have anything outside 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:12.410 yet so This moving thing keeps interrupting ham 00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:18.230 radio Yeah, yeah, we are not all blessed to have 00:32:18.230 --> 00:32:20.549 wonderful stations just out of the box that you 00:32:20.549 --> 00:32:24.650 know our home it takes some effort Well the nice 00:32:24.650 --> 00:32:27.049 thing is the voice of America Museum is right 00:32:27.049 --> 00:32:31.509 down the road so So next weekend, I'll get my 00:32:31.509 --> 00:32:35.829 HF time on a special event, but Andy thank you 00:32:35.829 --> 00:32:38.670 so much for calling in we appreciate it Say hi 00:32:38.670 --> 00:32:46.289 to Daisy and we'll talk to you soon. Yeah. Great 00:32:46.289 --> 00:32:49.990 talking to you, Neil and Jocelyn. And I'm taking 00:32:49.990 --> 00:32:52.470 up the, uh, I'm looking through some photos right 00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:54.509 now from Yoda camp and I just found that folder 00:32:54.509 --> 00:32:58.089 of Jocelyn pointing at things. So, uh, that'll 00:32:58.089 --> 00:33:01.890 be the remnant. So good talking to y 'all and 00:33:01.890 --> 00:33:04.230 good luck with the special event. Uh, that's 00:33:04.230 --> 00:33:05.890 the VOA museum. That sounds like a lot of fun 00:33:05.890 --> 00:33:08.559 and I'm looking forward to working it. Thank 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:11.200 you very much and the appreciate your support 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:21.160 All right, take care Andy 73 73 Yeah, so so for 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:23.259 those of you who don't know Jocelyn, you know 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:27.559 was showing things or you know off at the Museum 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.019 and and you know pointing to different things 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:34.299 and somehow Every time somebody took a picture 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:38.359 of Jocelyn, it seemed like, anyway, that he was 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:42.839 pointing at something. So Sterling set up a collection 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:48.759 of Jocelyn pointing at things pictures. Yes, 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:52.299 and I was not aware of that album until much 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:57.059 later in the week when Chris said... What you 00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:59.720 don't know about it and then proceeded to forward 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:03.319 it to me my wife and and my Nicholas my other 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:06.359 son and Everybody had a good chuckle and I'm 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:10.079 like, it's I I'm explaining things in the museum. 00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:14.260 I I'm using my hands. I'm I'm very visual So 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:17.400 yeah, so it was just funny and then I played 00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:20.280 a trick. Well, you know to go with the theme 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:24.059 We were in St. Louis, which is where Sterling 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:27.840 lives and I took pictures of me around town pointing 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:30.219 at things and I said, you can add these to the 00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:37.699 album. Well, I think I hadn't seen it. And then 00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:40.820 I said something about there was another picture 00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:43.719 of Jocelyn pointing at something and, and, and 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.360 Sterling's like way ahead of you already got 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:53.719 a whole album of them. That's all yeah All right 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:56.039 eight five nine nine eight two seventy three 00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:58.059 seventy three is the phone number if you'd like 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:01.900 to call in please do so right now and we'll we'll 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:04.699 get you on the air here before we wrap things 00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:10.619 up tonight, but I've been reading the mail on 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:15.079 some of some things. I know that The club has 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:19.510 a go box set up for these uh... parks on the 00:35:19.510 --> 00:35:21.650 air activations and that kind of thing so tell 00:35:21.650 --> 00:35:24.469 us a little a little bit about uh... about that 00:35:24.469 --> 00:35:29.650 side of things yes so a while back uh... we decided 00:35:29.650 --> 00:35:33.550 that okay we we go operate often enough uh... 00:35:33.550 --> 00:35:36.349 that we should probably invest in making something 00:35:36.349 --> 00:35:39.610 that's easy for people to you know, bring to 00:35:39.610 --> 00:35:44.150 the field. So with the help of Mark, KB8CIE, 00:35:44.369 --> 00:35:48.650 Mike, KB8ZOIE, myself, Richard Cruder, which 00:35:48.650 --> 00:35:53.969 is WC8RK. We built a basically got a Pelican 00:35:53.969 --> 00:35:57.210 case on wheels with a handle as you see people 00:35:57.210 --> 00:35:59.289 carry through the airport almost looks like it 00:35:59.289 --> 00:36:02.210 one of those small suitcases but the radio there's 00:36:02.210 --> 00:36:06.750 a battery there's a tuner in there it's got little 00:36:06.750 --> 00:36:10.150 lights if you operate at night you can see there's 00:36:10.150 --> 00:36:13.050 a charge controller and I mean basically you 00:36:13.050 --> 00:36:16.829 have everything and we use an ICOM 7100 because 00:36:16.829 --> 00:36:20.010 the remote head is detachable, so you could actually 00:36:20.010 --> 00:36:23.110 leave the big case on the ground and just bring 00:36:23.110 --> 00:36:25.889 the head to the picnic table or wherever you're 00:36:25.889 --> 00:36:28.670 operating and just make things easier. And actually, 00:36:28.909 --> 00:36:34.909 we just upgraded this week from the SLAVIA lead 00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:37.230 acid battery that was in there and we shaved 00:36:37.230 --> 00:36:39.849 10 pounds off the gold box because we just put 00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:43.230 a lifeboat battery in there. And that's charging 00:36:43.230 --> 00:36:45.929 up and we're looking, you know, We're looking 00:36:45.929 --> 00:36:51.909 forward to using it. Yeah, those lithium iron 00:36:51.909 --> 00:36:55.949 phosphate batteries are just amazing how much 00:36:55.949 --> 00:37:00.829 power they will provide and so light and I'm 00:37:00.829 --> 00:37:05.730 very happy with mine for sure. Just incredible 00:37:05.730 --> 00:37:10.239 technology. All right, well let's... Try one 00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:12.940 more time here for the phones at eight five nine 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:16.059 nine eight two seventy three seventy three or 00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:22.239 tweet us at ham talk live or type into the comments 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:26.219 on the speaker and we'll we'll get you on here 00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:30.880 before we go, but Let's remind everybody about 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:34.900 About what's going on next weekend and and how 00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:41.780 to get involved Yes, so next weekend 25th 26th, 00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:45.320 you know as you said Eastern time noon to 5 roughly 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.719 We will be on the air look for the call sign 00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:52.019 WC 8 of VOA and we'll be running that special 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:55.440 event for the Voice of America Bethany relay 00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:59.860 station 77th anniversary And then as I said, 00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:02.500 anybody that worked the event can download the 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:06.579 digital certificate 24 hours later from our website. 00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:10.639 There's also a link on QRZ to our website and 00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:14.420 right down the front page, there's a VOA 77th 00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:16.579 anniversary. Just click on there, put in your 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:19.539 call sign, it will generate the certificate for 00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:23.199 you and you can download right there. So that's 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:26.059 the special event. And again, we're... Anybody 00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:28.519 that's in the area that wants to come and help 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.920 Feel free. I think we we've got a few operators 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.340 already lined up but if you don't mind waiting 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:36.699 around or and actually the beauty is you're inside 00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:40.119 the museum so you can always go tour the museum 00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:42.599 and when you're done come back and see if the 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.000 guys need some help give somebody a break for 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.159 30 minutes an hour and You know then at home. 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:52.039 So yeah anybody anybody that wants to come and 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:58.760 help. We'd be happy to entertain that. All right, 00:38:58.800 --> 00:39:00.639 very good. Well, we're going to finish things 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:03.920 up here tonight. Jocelyn, thank you so much for 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.420 being on the show, talking to us tonight about 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:09.820 this and also mentioned it over on Amateur Radio 00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:13.199 Newsline, which just came out a little bit ago. 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.719 So there's a little segment about it on there. 00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:20.619 uh... but uh... thanks for coming on the show 00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:23.380 talking to us and uh... and best of luck with 00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:27.539 the special event well nil thank you for having 00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:30.579 us or having me on the show to talk about the 00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:33.059 special event uh... we're trying to grow the 00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:36.980 event uh... we've been doing this for well i 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:39.519 know i've been involved for five years and uh... 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:42.019 that's when we decide you know qsl cards are 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:45.099 great but it's it's a lot of uh... It's a lot 00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:47.940 of manual labor. It's a lot of work as anybody 00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:51.619 knows that if you QSL unless you have a service 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:53.880 and we just thought you know everybody really 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:57.559 likes the paper why not just do a digital certificate 00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:01.639 that way it saves on the effort we have to put 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:03.860 in saves on stamps they find everything but again 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:06.760 if you want to so you'll get the electronic version 00:40:07.369 --> 00:40:11.230 And like I mentioned to Andy we QSL 100 % if 00:40:11.230 --> 00:40:13.690 you just sent us a QSL card with an SASC We'll 00:40:13.690 --> 00:40:16.550 be happy to send you a QSL card back. No problems 00:40:16.550 --> 00:40:20.210 at all Okay, very good. We'll check them out 00:40:20.210 --> 00:40:25.389 wc8voa .org and Thanks for coming on the show 00:40:25.389 --> 00:40:28.409 Thank you very much Neil appreciate the opportunity 00:40:28.409 --> 00:40:32.449 to talk about it All right. Well, that is a wrap 00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:35.579 for this week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks 00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:39.440 to my guests, Jocelyn Bro, KD8VRX, and everybody 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:41.679 out there in cyberspace for listening and calling 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:45.320 in and typing in and invite you back next Thursday 00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:48.699 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And for a list 00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:53.099 of our guests that are coming up, go to HamTalkLive 00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:57.820 .com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:40:57.940 --> 00:41:02.800 saying 7 -3. seven five and may the good DX be 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.800 yours.