WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:12.880 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:31.899 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:37.859 we go, welcome to Amtok Live Call in, let's talk, 00:00:38.119 --> 00:01:01.140 Neil's your guy Amtok Live, here we go It's time 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:07.060 for Ham Talk Live. It's episode number 271 of 00:01:07.060 --> 00:01:10.280 the Little League World Series and it's connection 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.840 to ham radio recorded live on Thursday September 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:19.180 9th 2021. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 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That's too bad, 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:40.959 Jerry. I miss seeing you and catching up over 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:44.399 coffee. You should get your PL259s from Tower 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:51.439 Electronics. They have great stuff. Jerry, you're 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.870 back! Oh, QRM Heterodyne Frappuccino. That's 00:04:55.870 --> 00:04:58.610 a good choice. How's it going? Did you get all 00:04:58.610 --> 00:05:01.370 those antennas up before the HOA police showed 00:05:01.370 --> 00:05:04.949 up? Yeah, I got them all done. Thanks for telling 00:05:04.949 --> 00:05:07.790 me about Tower Electronics. Now I can have my 00:05:07.790 --> 00:05:10.850 coffee. I just saved a bunch of money on my PL 00:05:10.850 --> 00:05:14.310 -259s by switching to Tower Electronics. Don't 00:05:14.310 --> 00:05:17.790 get caught without PL -259s. 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Or visit them anywhere. online at 00:06:30.939 --> 00:06:38.000 PL -259 .com. Welcome back to HamTalk Live. Tonight, 00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:42.180 Ryan and Andrew and Blake Pearson join us on 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:45.740 the Orlando Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation 00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:48.079 Zoom line. The Pearson family was here on the 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:52.160 show last June. They became technicians all at 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:57.379 once in June of 2019 and generals. Across the 00:06:57.379 --> 00:07:01.079 board just a month later They have been building 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:03.399 their ham shack and active with the Williamson 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:07.420 County Aries group and We're here tonight to 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:11.040 talk about Ryan and Ryan play shortstop and as 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.259 a pitcher for his little league baseball team 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:17.399 which Went to the little league World Series 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:22.829 this year. So We want to congratulate him on 00:07:22.829 --> 00:07:24.870 that and we're going to talk about some cool 00:07:24.870 --> 00:07:29.730 ham radio connections That took place during 00:07:29.730 --> 00:07:33.350 the Little League World Series So that's what 00:07:33.350 --> 00:07:35.329 we'll be talking about and if you if you went 00:07:35.329 --> 00:07:37.910 to Huntsville and you remember I think it was 00:07:37.910 --> 00:07:43.189 a year ago two years ago Ryan won the ICOM IC 00:07:43.189 --> 00:07:49.329 7610 At the end of the day, so that was a that 00:07:49.329 --> 00:07:52.779 was a Big moment for him. So he has that in his 00:07:52.779 --> 00:07:55.519 shack. So, uh, guys, uh, thanks for coming back 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.439 on the show tonight. Thank you for having us 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:04.959 new going to be back with you. Thank you. Well, 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.420 even though ham radio isn't exactly the most 00:08:08.420 --> 00:08:12.279 popular thing with little league baseball, and 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:15.319 I've, I've watched my share of, of, of little 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:21.029 league games, uh, You guys used that opportunity 00:08:21.029 --> 00:08:24.189 to share a little awareness about ham radio at 00:08:24.189 --> 00:08:26.430 some baseball games. You sent me some real cool 00:08:26.430 --> 00:08:28.490 pictures. Of course, it's radio, so we can't 00:08:28.490 --> 00:08:31.290 show the pictures. But but tell us a little bit 00:08:31.290 --> 00:08:36.809 about the connections here and how you represent 00:08:36.809 --> 00:08:42.370 ham radio while you're playing baseball. Well, 00:08:42.870 --> 00:08:46.190 since little league baseball is televised. Worldwide 00:08:46.190 --> 00:08:49.169 it is helpful that since everybody is watching 00:08:49.169 --> 00:08:52.750 it and they have the quick um notes about the 00:08:52.750 --> 00:08:55.990 players that when ham radio is mentioned They 00:08:55.990 --> 00:08:58.610 well one when ham radio is mentioned that they 00:08:58.610 --> 00:09:01.289 talk a little bit about it and mention a little 00:09:01.289 --> 00:09:05.990 bit um then a couple other ways in william ford's 00:09:05.990 --> 00:09:09.970 how I How I showed it was uh in with an interview 00:09:09.970 --> 00:09:12.429 with julie julie fowdy and she asked me a little 00:09:12.429 --> 00:09:15.330 bit about ham radio So I told her a little bit 00:09:15.330 --> 00:09:18.850 and that's, that was on ESPN too. So that was 00:09:18.850 --> 00:09:22.590 televised to millions of people watching. Um, 00:09:22.590 --> 00:09:25.830 then in the dorm, a couple of my friends asked 00:09:25.830 --> 00:09:28.690 why I had a walkie talkie in my suitcase. So 00:09:28.690 --> 00:09:31.870 I was able to explain to them a little bit how 00:09:31.870 --> 00:09:35.049 I'm an amateur radio operator. I've been doing 00:09:35.049 --> 00:09:40.429 it for a long time or two years, really. It's 00:09:40.429 --> 00:09:43.389 a long time in kid years. So that's all right. 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:49.019 I was able to tell them about ham radio. I don't 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:52.559 know if they're interested, but um, got to express 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.879 amateur radio in, in Williamsport. So that was 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.220 good to do. Yeah, that's pretty cool. And then, 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:03.700 and then I've seen the hat, the baseball cap 00:10:03.700 --> 00:10:11.120 with the call sign. Oh yeah. So, um, my dad, 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.220 he just made some posters about it, some big 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:19.820 heads and wrote a little bit on it, K and 4 VKW 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:22.620 so that when they show clips of my parents in 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:25.100 the stands that they would see how I play baseball 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:28.220 and I'm an amateur radio operator so that you 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:33.080 can basically do anything, your job be anything. 00:10:33.700 --> 00:10:38.299 Amateur radio can be a great additional hobby 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:44.169 to that so it does have to take and a very, let's 00:10:44.169 --> 00:10:48.210 say, Einstein life to just be amateur radio. 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:50.549 You can live a normal life and still enjoy amateur 00:10:50.549 --> 00:10:54.009 radio. Absolutely. And that is one of the great 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:59.110 things about amateur radio is, you know, it brings 00:10:59.110 --> 00:11:02.149 in people from all walks of life. Yes, there's 00:11:02.149 --> 00:11:08.210 probably a bigger percentage that are into engineering 00:11:08.210 --> 00:11:12.480 and those kinds of things. you know because they 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.679 they know about all that stuff and it's a draw 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:20.379 but but it doesn't have to be just engineers 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:25.970 and I remember back when I was was applying for 00:11:25.970 --> 00:11:29.529 ham radio scholarships. I'd been a ham for 13 00:11:29.529 --> 00:11:33.909 years applying for scholarships and didn't really 00:11:33.909 --> 00:11:37.009 get anything because I wasn't majoring in electrical 00:11:37.009 --> 00:11:40.250 engineering. I was just, you know, I was settling 00:11:40.250 --> 00:11:45.240 for medical school, you know. You know it just 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:49.679 you know It's expanded a lot since then and I 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:53.259 think we're getting the idea that you know Hams 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:55.980 aren't just electrical engineers. Although we 00:11:55.980 --> 00:12:01.659 definitely need them but That that's great. So 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:05.220 once you made this trip to Williamsport for the 00:12:05.220 --> 00:12:10.419 World Series You actually had a chance to visit 00:12:11.550 --> 00:12:15.090 Uh, a ham a fan. So, so tell us a little bit 00:12:15.090 --> 00:12:17.889 about, uh, visiting the shack while you were 00:12:17.889 --> 00:12:21.629 in Williamsport. Well, it was definitely a great 00:12:21.629 --> 00:12:25.049 experience. Um, to the background on how we were 00:12:25.049 --> 00:12:28.110 able to, how we were able to make our, to meet 00:12:28.110 --> 00:12:31.929 them was me and Blake were calling CQ on August 00:12:31.929 --> 00:12:36.669 15th, 2020. And he called back. We always what, 00:12:36.889 --> 00:12:39.370 as usual, we look people when they call back 00:12:39.370 --> 00:12:42.799 on Q or Z. And the first thing that we look at 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.940 is the top right corner, see their QSL card, 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.500 then we'll look at the bio. But we see that he 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:52.720 has a low league baseball picture of Hope that 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.259 says the home of the low league baseball. So 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:57.899 then that draws our attention because me and 00:12:57.899 --> 00:13:00.080 Blake were supposed to be playing in the low 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.700 league world series that year at the exact same 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:07.340 time as we made the contact with them. So then 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:10.409 we were able to make contact. Deeply hoped that 00:13:10.409 --> 00:13:14.730 he would exchange QSL cards with us and then 00:13:14.730 --> 00:13:18.509 Now made it to Williamsport and then my dad and 00:13:18.509 --> 00:13:23.590 brother Reached out to him on email. I think 00:13:23.590 --> 00:13:28.909 on August 15th as well. So a year later And they 00:13:28.909 --> 00:13:30.850 reached out saying they would be in the area 00:13:30.850 --> 00:13:34.049 and asked that they would be able to visit So 00:13:34.049 --> 00:13:37.029 you he reached back and said they could come 00:13:37.029 --> 00:13:39.269 they while I was playing when we were playing 00:13:39.269 --> 00:13:42.769 baseball they were able to have a dinner while 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:48.809 i was at the um and it'll be classic game um 00:13:48.809 --> 00:13:51.149 let's see and then before that though when we 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:54.049 were signing autographs with or getting autographs 00:13:54.049 --> 00:13:57.389 with the indians he was sitting watching the 00:13:57.389 --> 00:13:59.389 baseball game that was going on at the same time 00:13:59.389 --> 00:14:03.769 so i got to quickly talk with him meet him and 00:14:03.769 --> 00:14:08.409 uh thank him for uh well just talking tell him 00:14:08.409 --> 00:14:12.750 about how we would be able to see him in like 00:14:12.750 --> 00:14:16.870 a day after. So then we went to his house, we 00:14:16.870 --> 00:14:21.330 were able to talk with him, had nice conversation, 00:14:21.690 --> 00:14:25.029 went up into his shack and were able to make 00:14:25.029 --> 00:14:31.330 a couple contacts. But after we were able to 00:14:31.330 --> 00:14:35.309 make contact, I guess we got a message saying 00:14:35.309 --> 00:14:39.750 that I was somebody from, I think it was that 00:14:39.750 --> 00:14:42.850 Mark Messina wanted to interview me, the brother 00:14:42.850 --> 00:14:46.850 of Hall -famer Mike Messina. So, I hope he would 00:14:46.850 --> 00:14:48.730 get me an autograph. That didn't happen, but 00:14:48.730 --> 00:14:53.470 that's fine. It means team of autographs and 00:14:53.470 --> 00:14:56.889 a couple of angels or one, but that's fine. But, 00:14:56.970 --> 00:15:00.889 so he interviewed me, had a good talk. He left 00:15:00.889 --> 00:15:06.789 and a little bit later, Marty took uh k3lpx the 00:15:06.789 --> 00:15:10.669 amateur radio guy he took us around to the historic 00:15:10.669 --> 00:15:12.809 little league sites like the first little league 00:15:12.809 --> 00:15:16.169 field that was next to the mlb classic field 00:15:16.169 --> 00:15:19.750 to be able to see that and see how it went from 00:15:19.750 --> 00:15:24.730 just a field that was really good back then and 00:15:24.730 --> 00:15:28.190 now compared to how the fields are nowadays and 00:15:28.190 --> 00:15:30.690 just know that kids now are so blessed in the 00:15:30.690 --> 00:15:32.230 little league world series to have what they 00:15:32.230 --> 00:15:36.120 have Mean get literally you get their first day 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:40.179 and you're literally given Brand -new gear and 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:44.159 baseball and a baseball bat. So You're treated 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:48.039 like a pro like you're in that I'll be so It 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.259 was definitely a great experience. Nice to meet 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:54.960 him Well, that sounds like a very cool experience 00:15:54.960 --> 00:16:00.220 I know I've had a chance to to visit a lot of 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:02.840 hams here and there and everywhere and and it's 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.059 just so it's a great big community and it's like 00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:09.500 okay these are my people you know we share this 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:16.860 this uh common hobby and service and we just 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:20.399 kind of trust each other a little bit more and 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:25.299 and um We're a little more open to to meeting 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:30.659 people that maybe we wouldn't normally You know 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:34.620 meet for the first time And so that's really 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:39.460 cool But the story goes on but wait, there's 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:43.639 more I was talking to with your dad last night 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:47.879 and he tells me that They got to come see you 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.960 just a few days ago. So so tell us about that 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:56.059 Correct. So after we came back and were able 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:59.320 to settle and get started in school, he reached 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.539 out and said that he would be in the area soon 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:04.579 visiting his daughter who was an hour away from 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:08.019 us. So he was visiting them and then the day 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:12.019 that he left, he came over by around 10 and we 00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:14.200 were able to talk more. We have some pictures 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.819 in our chat. Our mom made a delicious lunch that 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:27.160 we had. had that some dessert and we just talked, 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:32.660 took pictures, talked with his wife about other 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:37.400 topics and ideas, took more pictures, but were 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.640 able to have some nice quality conversations 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:46.440 with him. Yeah, so he would, so another way that 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:50.319 he was able to use the 76, our 7610, the one 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:54.460 that we won in Huntsville in 19, he was able 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:57.740 to use that, tried to make some contacts, nobody 00:17:57.740 --> 00:18:01.559 was on, but he still tried to use it. He had 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.700 a great time here as we did when he visited, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:08.920 so we definitely enjoyed the experience and had 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:13.150 a great time. Well, that's just that's just so 00:18:13.150 --> 00:18:16.690 cool that you you all were able to to share that 00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:21.690 and you know you happen to be There for the Little 00:18:21.690 --> 00:18:24.309 League World Series he happens to be you know 00:18:24.309 --> 00:18:28.470 an hour away with his daughter and Just all worked 00:18:28.470 --> 00:18:32.849 out. So that's that's pretty cool Well, let me 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:36.509 let me go to your dad for a second. Andrew. What 00:18:36.509 --> 00:18:41.200 what's been your your feelings on all of this, 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.920 uh, uh, fame and, and, uh, camaraderie here. 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.960 I'm glad that she asked that question, Neil. 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:52.339 Um, that's what I wanted to really point on. 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.480 First, I want to back up just to share that it 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.420 was the neatest thing because as Ryan was already 00:18:57.420 --> 00:19:00.460 in Williamsport, my wife was working, uh, her 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:02.519 last shift before we were going to be leaving 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.019 the next morning. And Blake and I were packing 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:08.690 up back at home. And as I was. getting things 00:19:08.690 --> 00:19:11.390 ready, Blake came up to me with, uh, Marty's 00:19:11.390 --> 00:19:14.170 QSL card and said, dad, do you remember this? 00:19:14.190 --> 00:19:16.130 And I looked at him like, oh yeah, I remember 00:19:16.130 --> 00:19:19.049 that. I said, Hey, I said, let me see if I can 00:19:19.049 --> 00:19:22.289 get ahold of them. So I shot him an email and 00:19:22.289 --> 00:19:25.289 I just explained that the boys have made contact 00:19:25.289 --> 00:19:27.309 with them and that we were coming out there because 00:19:27.309 --> 00:19:29.230 Ryan was playing in the little league world series, 00:19:29.730 --> 00:19:31.549 gave my phone number and just said, if you want 00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:33.670 to call me, we'd like to be able to meet up with 00:19:33.670 --> 00:19:38.359 you. And. A day later, it was the coolest thing 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:40.619 because I got a phone call from him and his wife 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:44.559 Gail and it was like an instant connection for 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.960 a wonderful conversation that we had with them 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:52.579 and they were so friendly to like us as strangers, 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.700 but this is where the beauty of amateur radio 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:59.940 comes into. So we spoke and we made a plan to 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:03.960 be able to get together and The Thursday morning, 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:08.339 we ended up meeting at an iconic location in 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:11.480 Williamsport called Sticky's, Mr. Sticky's, and 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.799 they have some of the best morning pastries and 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:20.420 coffee that I've ever had. And so we were, Blake, 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:23.519 myself, Gail and Marty, we were talking and we 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:26.759 were just having a great conversation, talking, 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:29.650 catching up like we were old friends. Gail had 00:20:29.650 --> 00:20:33.069 to go back home to watch grandkids. And it was 00:20:33.069 --> 00:20:35.769 great because Blake, Marty and myself, we still 00:20:35.769 --> 00:20:39.769 wanted to talk. So I just said, I said, Marty, 00:20:40.009 --> 00:20:42.869 I said, let Gail go home to the grandkids. I 00:20:42.869 --> 00:20:44.589 said, I'll give you a ride home. It's not that 00:20:44.589 --> 00:20:47.730 far. It's just in town. And so the three of us 00:20:47.730 --> 00:20:49.769 smiled knowing that we could keep our conversation 00:20:49.769 --> 00:20:54.630 going. We did. I gave him a ride home. And then 00:20:54.630 --> 00:21:01.309 Blake, and I obviously got to go up into Marty's 00:21:01.309 --> 00:21:07.829 shack and it was very nice to be there to know 00:21:07.829 --> 00:21:10.789 that, you know, that's where it started with 00:21:10.789 --> 00:21:12.670 Blake and Ryan on the radio, but then there was 00:21:12.670 --> 00:21:17.410 Marty in Williamsport coming back. We had passes 00:21:17.410 --> 00:21:21.069 as a team that we could share with friends and 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:25.410 family. And so I extended a couple passes for 00:21:25.410 --> 00:21:27.490 Marty and Gail to be able to come. And so they 00:21:27.490 --> 00:21:32.170 came and they watched Ryan's games. And while 00:21:32.170 --> 00:21:34.970 we were talking with them, they extended that 00:21:34.970 --> 00:21:37.150 offer for us to come over and have dinner with 00:21:37.150 --> 00:21:40.589 them. And so Sunday night, while Ryan was at 00:21:40.589 --> 00:21:43.190 the classic game, we came over to their house, 00:21:43.549 --> 00:21:45.710 got to spend time talking with them. They made 00:21:45.710 --> 00:21:50.220 a wonderful meal for us. And then we just kept 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:53.119 talking. We had the classic guy in the background 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.940 after the meal to be able to see the kids, see 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:59.099 Ryan and his team and the other kids around. 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:05.980 And through that experience, well, let me continue 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:08.460 from there. So the next morning, we were able 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:12.700 to have Ryan back and we came over to their house 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:15.819 again so that Ryan could visit and we were able 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:18.839 to take pictures of the boys and Marty and then 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:22.880 the four of us up in his shack. And while we 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:24.759 were there getting ready to leave, all of a sudden, 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:26.960 my wife got a phone call on her phone, a local 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:31.420 reporter wanted to be able to talk with us about 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:34.299 the ham component. And that was a big deal to 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.920 us because we really wanted to make sure that 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:39.579 we were able to use that opportunity and that 00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:44.559 platform in a market in an area that a lot of 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:47.680 youth would not have normally been able to hear 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:51.039 this story because we love being able to share 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:54.579 amateur radio with youth and the boys do a great 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:56.640 job when they're on the radio if they hear a 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.660 youth or Whomever they have contact with they 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:02.200 have a son or a daughter they like talking with 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:05.000 them and always encouraging them to check out 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:07.539 yacht youth amateur communications that ham team 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:11.529 and just they're good recruiters and we wanted 00:23:11.529 --> 00:23:14.130 to have that recruitment and that exposure shared 00:23:14.130 --> 00:23:20.029 and so Mark was able to come on over and he made 00:23:20.029 --> 00:23:23.589 that story and we're real honored and happy to 00:23:23.589 --> 00:23:28.410 have that go out. Now like you said then for 00:23:28.410 --> 00:23:31.589 them to be visiting their daughter and for us 00:23:31.589 --> 00:23:35.029 to say hey please come join us and they said 00:23:35.029 --> 00:23:37.170 that when they came here to visit their family 00:23:37.170 --> 00:23:40.119 that they would. and we had a wonderful time. 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:44.119 And this was our first experience. And this is 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:48.720 like the top of why, well, the two top reasons 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.440 why I love ham radio. One, being able to get 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.240 to meet all the wonderful people that we've been 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:56.980 able to meet and just how friendly and how helpful 00:23:56.980 --> 00:24:01.160 people have been. So from ham to ham, that camaraderie 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:04.759 of just being a ham together and helping out. 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.549 And then... The second component is just the 00:24:08.549 --> 00:24:11.869 automatic friendship that comes along with it. 00:24:12.109 --> 00:24:14.410 I was a complete stranger that just sent an email 00:24:14.410 --> 00:24:16.930 to someone else, but we had a common connection, 00:24:17.049 --> 00:24:19.970 that common thread of being amateur radio operators. 00:24:20.829 --> 00:24:24.349 And it was just, it's been so cool to have that 00:24:24.349 --> 00:24:26.990 instant friendship and now grow that friendship. 00:24:27.750 --> 00:24:32.890 It's such a blessing. Yeah, that's just so cool. 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:37.839 It's a great community of people and and we don't 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:41.940 always hear those stories and it's great that 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:47.220 we can share in in the one with You all tonight 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:50.180 here. Well, we're gonna take a break and when 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:53.339 we come back, we're gonna talk about another 00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:59.240 opportunity that Ryan has here to to spotlight 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:03.500 ham radio and we'll talk a little little baseball, 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:07.500 I think, here after the break. So we'll come 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:11.019 back and talk some more with the Pearsons right 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:14.319 after this word from ICOM America right here 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:18.279 on HamTalk Live. Contest remotely or from the 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.900 comfort of your own home, ICOM has the perfect 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:26.420 base station ready for action. The IC9700, IC7610, 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.619 and the IC7300 SDR transceivers are top of the 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:33.500 line and are the first choice for contesters 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:36.599 across the globe. 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Here's the snap rap takes 00:27:36.950 --> 00:27:39.849 the rig he breaks through the pileup he's on 00:27:39.849 --> 00:27:46.609 80 now 40 now 20 15 10 2 meters touchdown hand 00:27:46.609 --> 00:28:08.630 talk live Welcome back to Ham Talk Live. Thanks 00:28:08.630 --> 00:28:12.269 to ICOM America for sponsoring this show. Check 00:28:12.269 --> 00:28:16.069 them out at icomamerica .com slash amateur and 00:28:16.069 --> 00:28:18.410 check out Ham Talk Live on Facebook, Twitter 00:28:18.410 --> 00:28:22.109 and Instagram. And we're here every Thursday 00:28:22.109 --> 00:28:26.450 night at nine PM Eastern time right here at hamtalklive 00:28:26.450 --> 00:28:30.190 .com. Well, before we get back to the Pearsons, 00:28:30.210 --> 00:28:35.470 we're going to take this. Quick timeout for the 00:28:35.470 --> 00:28:38.789 Ham Radio Joke of the Week. Now it's time for 00:28:38.789 --> 00:28:41.990 the Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, 00:28:42.190 --> 00:28:44.609 the part of the show where Rick tells us a ham 00:28:44.609 --> 00:28:47.690 radio joke. The Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke 00:28:47.690 --> 00:28:51.289 of the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, 00:28:51.390 --> 00:28:55.109 here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's Ham 00:28:55.109 --> 00:29:03.140 Talk Live Joke of the Week. I was having a terrible 00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:05.559 time getting Ham Radio Deluxe to communicate 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:08.880 with my radio. Once I plugged the mouse in, it 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:13.539 all just clicked. This has been the Ham Talk 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:16.720 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week with Rick Garrett 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:20.460 in 9GSU. Tune in again next week for another 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:25.960 joke from Rick. Uh, Ryan, did you get that? It 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:31.099 all just, just clicked? Yeah, well... I can't 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:36.259 really hear because I was on mute. Oh, that's 00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:42.200 fine. Yeah, there's always a replay. So there 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.119 we go. All right. Well, it's time for your calls 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:49.339 right now. So if you want to chime in, you have 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:51.740 a question or a comment for Ryan, give us a call 00:29:51.740 --> 00:30:01.930 right now. It's 859. 9 8 2 73 73 again 8 5 9 00:30:01.930 --> 00:30:06.750 9 8 2 73 73 or you can tweet at ham talk live 00:30:06.750 --> 00:30:10.329 if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast 00:30:10.329 --> 00:30:13.329 edition you're not listening to us live so you 00:30:13.329 --> 00:30:17.829 won't be able to to call in but we want to talk 00:30:17.829 --> 00:30:23.200 a little more about Some some baseball and and 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.799 and Dayton here, so we'll we'll talk about that 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.799 But if you want to chime in now's your your time 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:34.099 to call. It's eight five nine nine eight two 00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:40.380 seventy three seventy three so Ryan now you not 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:45.299 only had You know a chance to be on TV which 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:48.299 you know, it's always cool to get on TV and play 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:52.380 on TV but but They actually had a nice little 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:56.059 feature on you. So what, what'd you think when 00:30:56.059 --> 00:31:01.180 they wanted to do that? Well, at first, I mean, 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:04.380 before everything, ever since regionals, my coaches 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:07.700 kept on saying that there will be this one opportunity 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:10.519 where it's something they will interview you 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:13.440 on something. I'm like, okay, well, it's going 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:16.160 to be something about baseball, shortstop, something, 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:19.440 brother, probably something. Turns out they want 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.759 to interview me about me playing chess. So I 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.460 guess that's how it came out. And I didn't know 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.900 it until me and my post were walking, but he's 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:31.619 like, hey, you know you're going to be getting 00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.500 interviewed by a USA soccer medalist, right? 00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:41.240 And I'm like, OK, that'll be cool. Another thing 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:43.859 I didn't know until later is that once we got 00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:46.140 there and we were getting ready to shoot the 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:49.779 clip, Um, Julie Foddy does no chess. It probably 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:53.640 would take, um, it would take more than, uh, 00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:57.000 two hours to explain it. So she decided that 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.960 she wanted to do some, like, slapjack or some 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:04.819 card game to do instead. So I'm like, okay. And 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:07.859 then just as a side note, before the game, I 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:11.680 promised I wouldn't skunk her. So I kept my promise. 00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:16.170 I did break my promise. I did skunk her. So I'll 00:32:16.170 --> 00:32:18.309 tell you the end of the story there at the end 00:32:18.309 --> 00:32:22.049 or at the end list, but um So we were getting 00:32:22.049 --> 00:32:24.730 ready to shoot get the shoot done. It was pretty 00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:27.630 cool had the microphone get put on me So that 00:32:27.630 --> 00:32:31.529 was really fun, but this shoot started while 00:32:31.529 --> 00:32:35.630 I was in the I Don't know what it's called. It's 00:32:35.630 --> 00:32:37.990 like the baseball go -kart. She drives around 00:32:37.990 --> 00:32:41.730 and I don't know free The swag and there we go 00:32:41.730 --> 00:32:45.920 swag I was in the back of the swag and sitting 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.099 on top of the seat that can turn into a table 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:53.359 where you can play set stuff, play cards, something. 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:57.339 So we were doing the start and I basically called 00:32:57.339 --> 00:33:01.539 Judy over and asked her, Julie over, and asked 00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:04.240 her what she wanted. Like she called me, asked 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:08.180 what I want. I'm like, what do you want? I don't 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:10.660 got all day. I got a game in two, I got a game 00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:16.660 in two days and I got to get ready for it. So 00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:19.599 then she said that we were going to play Slapjack 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:21.519 and she was going to ask questions while I did 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:26.460 it. So we were playing Slapjack and before this, 00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:30.220 I will have to add, she said that she does have 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:33.799 a little, she is a little bit mad if she does 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:36.619 lose and it kind of shows a little bit more when 00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:40.079 you lose when you only get two cards in Slapjack 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:46.259 out of two decks. So, I mean it wasn't bad but 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:49.420 anyways she was asking questions about like simple 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:52.519 questions like favorite part about this journey, 00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:56.259 what do you prefer, say pepperoni or cheese, 00:33:56.599 --> 00:34:00.759 some donuts or bagels, are you enjoying the experience, 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.819 what's your favorite part? Questions like that, 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:06.039 just simple and basic. I would keep doing it 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:10.119 and then we'd cut and then I'd ask her a couple 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:13.139 questions. So I asked her like favorite part 00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:17.400 about the job, other simple stuff like that later. 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:22.480 But then after the clip was over, I was able 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:27.920 to get a picture, say thank you, and we walked 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:33.059 back to the dorm where we stayed in. Obviously 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:37.519 I was like impressed at what I did because they 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:42.019 got all the natural at it. I kind of am. Because 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:45.579 I mean I can like this interview I'm literally 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:48.320 saying to this fight like my mind is saying it 00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:52.260 like telling me what to say But it helped you 00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:53.739 that when I was getting when I was interviewing 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:55.719 the Indians player I literally said the question 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:58.099 after I said you're gonna get interviewed So 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.860 I didn't know what I was gonna say it basically 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.760 just came out of my mouth and thankfully it was 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:06.989 it was a simple question, so Well, you've got 00:35:06.989 --> 00:35:09.909 over the mic fright with ham radio and, and, 00:35:09.989 --> 00:35:12.929 you know, carried on QSOS, those kinds of things. 00:35:12.929 --> 00:35:16.510 Why that, that helps. It does help when you don't, 00:35:16.510 --> 00:35:18.349 when you're contacting people, you don't know 00:35:18.349 --> 00:35:20.610 until you look them up. And then sometimes you 00:35:20.610 --> 00:35:22.110 don't see a picture. So you're saying, well, 00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:24.150 thanks for the contact. And they're like, son, 00:35:24.369 --> 00:35:29.690 he's really into deploys. So that definitely 00:35:29.690 --> 00:35:31.829 prepares you for when you're just going to be. 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.940 interviewed while you have three cameras shooting 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:38.440 on you, six people behind in the back, in the 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:42.820 background, or six people filming it and being 00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:45.940 directing it. And then one person in the clip. 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:51.260 So very interesting, very fun. Um, enjoy the 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:56.719 experience. Okay. Well, I was going to ask you 00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:58.719 if you were nervous, but I think you answered 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:02.860 it. You weren't. So we want to talk a little 00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.360 bit about Dayton before we go, but we have a 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:08.159 caller on the line. So let's go to the phones. 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:12.980 Welcome to HamTalk Live. Good evening. This is 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:16.460 committee KC3 CDU. Hope it's okay to give my 00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:22.400 call sign over the air like that. I hope everything's 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:25.900 going well there for you, Ryan. I've spoken with 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:30.219 Ryan before. I'm a adult yacht member actually. 00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:36.769 But, hey Ryan, who came up with the scientist 00:36:36.769 --> 00:36:43.130 nickname? So the scientist nickname was actually 00:36:43.130 --> 00:36:48.449 the manager, Randy Huth, came up with the nickname 00:36:48.449 --> 00:36:53.150 in actually 2019 and 10U when I was playing Travel 00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:56.349 Ball. He came up with the scientist nickname. 00:36:56.590 --> 00:36:59.389 One, because he knows I'm smart and thought I 00:36:59.389 --> 00:37:03.130 was, in a sense, a nerd. It's smart. And two, 00:37:03.389 --> 00:37:05.969 because the glasses that I wore while I played 00:37:05.969 --> 00:37:09.710 with it, it reminded him of somebody who looked 00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:12.070 really smart. So then he gave me the nickname, 00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:16.010 Scientist. It stuck, and every time it popped 00:37:16.010 --> 00:37:19.570 up, we all agreed that he gets the credit for 00:37:19.570 --> 00:37:22.610 coming up with it. So, Randy, who's the baseball 00:37:22.610 --> 00:37:24.829 manager for this team, came up with the Scientist 00:37:24.829 --> 00:37:28.650 nickname. That's a very scientific answer. So 00:37:28.650 --> 00:37:31.989 what's next? I mean, you've done Little League, 00:37:32.710 --> 00:37:35.789 you've been on TV, you've promoted ham radio. 00:37:36.469 --> 00:37:43.869 What's next for Ryan Pearson? Well, another scientific 00:37:43.869 --> 00:37:49.889 answer. We'll take it one day at a time. Hopefully 00:37:49.889 --> 00:37:53.090 college baseball, hopefully that's my goal, middle 00:37:53.090 --> 00:37:57.130 school, high school, moving up in baseball. But 00:37:57.130 --> 00:37:59.449 right now, just taking it one day at a time right 00:37:59.449 --> 00:38:03.889 now, focusing on school right now. Is baseball 00:38:03.889 --> 00:38:07.409 a possible career choice then, or? Definitely 00:38:07.409 --> 00:38:11.769 possible. As long as I stick with it and keep 00:38:11.769 --> 00:38:16.250 on practicing and doing what I do best, that 00:38:16.250 --> 00:38:19.429 was definitely going to stick to me in the future. 00:38:20.590 --> 00:38:23.989 Well, you did a great job on the shortstop. I'm 00:38:23.989 --> 00:38:27.849 sure you'll be able to continue and you got a 00:38:27.849 --> 00:38:33.110 bright future ahead of you You really do Well, 00:38:33.110 --> 00:38:35.510 thank you very much. I appreciate it and thank 00:38:35.510 --> 00:38:37.789 you for calling I'll probably hopefully be able 00:38:37.789 --> 00:38:41.829 to see you on Saturday on the outnet Alright, 00:38:42.809 --> 00:38:46.250 alright you take care. Okay. Thanks for calling 00:38:46.250 --> 00:38:52.420 appreciate it All right, the phone number is 00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:55.539 eight five nine nine eight two seventy three 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:58.260 seventy three if you'd like to join in we have 00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:00.780 a few minutes left here with Ryan so give us 00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:04.639 a call eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:07.340 three seventy three or you can tweet us at ham 00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:10.579 talk live Do you want to talk a little bit? A 00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:13.119 little bit more about ham radio here for a second. 00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:16.239 Uh, you, you and your brother, I believe we're 00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:20.340 both, uh, scheduled to speak at Dayton to Carol 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:23.760 Perry's, uh, youth forum. And, uh, with, with 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:26.519 all this COVID stuff going on, canceling stuff 00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:29.300 that's kind of been, been pushed back. So, so 00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:31.940 has that been pushed back again? Is that, that 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:37.559 still in the plans? Well, I do not know for sure, 00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:41.199 but we were a little bit sad when it happened. 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.940 I will mention though that we would have been 00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:48.559 at the Huntsville Handfest this year as well. 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:51.559 We would have been doing it on the Saturday that 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:54.239 I actually played the second game, but because 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:58.019 of Little League that got in the way, we would 00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:01.340 have been doing it about sibling rivalry, so 00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:05.530 an amateur radio. that got we didn't we weren't 00:40:05.530 --> 00:40:07.949 able to go to huntsville because of low league 00:40:07.949 --> 00:40:13.269 baseball so basically we don't know about the 00:40:13.269 --> 00:40:15.730 future yet we'll have to wait and see about what 00:40:15.730 --> 00:40:20.050 carol has in store for us um we'll see if we 00:40:20.050 --> 00:40:22.989 do get the opportunity to be in date and we'll 00:40:22.989 --> 00:40:28.150 gladly accept it if it fits in and if not we'll 00:40:28.150 --> 00:40:33.440 just still vietnam radio and promoting it to 00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:40.719 youth and everybody we meet. Andrew, I think 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:45.980 you've got a, if he's not a baseball player as 00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:50.260 a professional, I think you've got a PR guy here 00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:53.659 with these answers. I'm telling you. You know, 00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:58.800 I'm very, very proud of the boys. They both I'll 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.039 tell you, I'll say that Ham Radio has helped 00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:04.920 them a lot in so many ways and they've shown 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:09.360 these new strengths and talents and abilities 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:13.920 that I had not seen previous and what great joy 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:16.400 is that that came along with Amateur Radio. I 00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:19.199 was looking for the STEM side of it and a lot 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.559 more has come in addition to the STEM as well 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.239 and I continue to look forward to what they're 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:30.320 going to do. fun for you to see where it began 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:32.860 for you to where you are today. And it'll be 00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:35.619 fun for you and I to see where these two end 00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:39.260 up in the future as well. Right. Absolutely. 00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:41.300 Couldn't have, couldn't have said it better. 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:44.260 Uh, you know, one other thing we need to throw 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:47.239 in here and we haven't had Blake on the, on the 00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:50.300 mic yet, but Blake played a role in all of this 00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:55.219 too. So, so fill us in on that Blake. Yes, I 00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:58.280 did. So last year, of course, me and Ryan would 00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:01.059 have ended up playing together on the same little 00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:03.780 league team and hopefully would have made it 00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:07.840 to Williamsport as well and would have set history 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:11.099 together. But I'm still very happy that Ryan 00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:14.840 was able to have this experience the entire way. 00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:17.900 And it was really fun watching him. He did a 00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:22.920 phenomenal job. It was really fun. I also enjoyed 00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:28.460 making that contact with Marty, K -3 LPX, and 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:32.340 telling dad about the QSL card and being able 00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:36.900 to meet him and make friends with him. And also 00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:39.920 I was able to operate at a station there, so 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:43.659 I was able to contact a lot of people from our 00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:47.059 ARIES and our WCARS group and just friends that 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:49.239 we have down here at Tennessee as well as some 00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:54.789 other people. Well and and you were the one that 00:42:54.789 --> 00:42:58.050 That kind of reminded everybody of this right? 00:42:58.769 --> 00:43:01.590 Yeah, you hadn't have done that you may have 00:43:01.590 --> 00:43:07.710 forgotten about it Yes, so so I in this family 00:43:07.710 --> 00:43:11.690 I'm actually our QSL manager That's what my dad 00:43:11.690 --> 00:43:15.449 refreshed me as I best QSL manager any guy could 00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:20.239 have there you go I help him a lot with his QSL 00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:24.659 cards and our Triple Crown card and all the QSL 00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:28.460 cards that go out on the person who does most 00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:30.840 of everything. And by a lot, he means at least 00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:34.400 95 % of all the QSL cards he does. Yep, he's 00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:38.519 great. Yes, so I very much enjoy collecting QSL 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:42.079 cards. And when I say this, he does, not only 00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:44.800 does he take care of his cards, he's my personal 00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:48.039 QSL manager and then he also helps to keep a 00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:50.500 little eye over a little brother as well to make 00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:54.679 sure that he doesn't miss anything. And so Blake's 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:59.440 our pillar of QSL cards in the family. Well, 00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:01.780 that's always good to have because, you know, 00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:05.480 it takes time to do those and, you know, to do 00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:10.119 them right. And it's something that I used when 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:14.199 I was teaching high school. Something I used 00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:17.820 is kind of a springboard to learning what RST 00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:22.320 is and what Zulu time is and you know those kinds 00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:24.360 of things they need to know that so they could 00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:28.940 fill out the cards and So we always enjoy doing 00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:33.679 that well guys our time has come to an end here, 00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:37.320 but want to thank you for coming on and sharing 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.260 your stories tonight about the Little League 00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:44.619 World Series and Ham Radio and look forward to 00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:48.300 hearing you all hopefully during December Yoda 00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:52.840 Month and in the future. And I'm sure we'll cross 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:57.119 paths at Dayton or Huntsville or somewhere as 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:02.239 soon as all this COVID mess is over. Well, thank 00:45:02.239 --> 00:45:05.179 you very much for having us on. Thank you very 00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:07.980 much. We'd be very happy to do the Yoda Month 00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:10.739 again. Appreciate everything, Neil. It's an honor 00:45:10.739 --> 00:45:14.019 to be back here again with you. All right. Well, 00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:16.300 thanks so much, guys. Appreciate it and best 00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:20.920 of luck in school and in baseball next season 00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:26.900 and on the rig. So that is a wrap for this week's 00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:29.829 edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, 00:45:30.110 --> 00:45:34.809 Ryan Pearson, KN4VKW, his father Andrew, KN4VKX, 00:45:34.929 --> 00:45:37.829 and his brother Blake, and everybody out there 00:45:37.829 --> 00:45:40.809 for listening and calling in tonight and invite 00:45:40.809 --> 00:45:43.030 you back next Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern 00:45:43.030 --> 00:45:47.920 Time. right here at HamTalkLive .com. If you 00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:49.860 like the show, please leave us a review. That's 00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:53.079 all we ask of you. That helps other people find 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:56.840 us faster. And so we'll sign off now. So for 00:45:56.840 --> 00:46:00.900 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 00:46:01.179 --> 00:46:04.780 7 -5, and wait a minute, wait a minute. How was 00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:12.340 that, Ryan? It was 7 -3, right? You had to have 00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:16.219 the deep voice. So this is the Dior app saying 00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:20.880 seven, three, seven, five, and may the good DX 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:40.650 be yours. You never once mentioned your weather 00:46:40.650 --> 00:46:46.469 at all And I didn't mention mine We talked and 00:46:46.469 --> 00:46:50.449 talked for hours and hours I completely forgot 00:46:50.449 --> 00:46:55.329 you're a ham I don't know your power or the height 00:46:55.329 --> 00:46:59.610 of your tower And frankly I don't give a damn 00:46:59.610 --> 00:47:04.949 So 73s, to you and your family I'll be seeing 00:47:04.949 --> 00:47:12.639 you further down the line I've been seeing it 00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:12.739 burn