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Thanks 00:01:18.049 --> 00:01:20.930 for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:21.109 --> 00:01:25.709 Tonight we're joined by Don Wilbanks, AE5DW and 00:01:25.709 --> 00:01:30.370 Faith Hannah Lee, KD3Z. And we'll take your calls 00:01:30.370 --> 00:01:34.099 live. in just a few minutes. Last week here on 00:01:34.099 --> 00:01:38.099 the show, John Portun, W6NBC was here to talk 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:41.099 about remote antenna tuners. So if you missed 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:43.959 that show, you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.299 .com or on your favorite podcast app or YouTube. 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:50.260 And you can catch the rebroadcast of HamTalk 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:57.370 Live. over on WTWW, that's 5085 on your AM dial, 00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:01.890 Saturday afternoons at about 3 .30 PM Eastern 00:02:01.890 --> 00:02:04.769 Time. So get your questions ready to go. 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This portion of the show sponsored by 00:05:24.810 --> 00:05:28.009 our mystery sponsor up product so good They are 00:05:28.009 --> 00:05:30.949 paying us not to advertise it on this program. 00:05:30.949 --> 00:05:34.930 You're listening to ham talk live with Neil rap 00:05:34.930 --> 00:05:50.350 Welcome back to ham talk live. Thanks to icon 00:05:50.350 --> 00:05:54.209 America for Sponsoring the show they help bring 00:05:54.209 --> 00:05:56.410 you ham talk live each and every week check them 00:05:56.410 --> 00:06:01.189 out at icomamerica .com Slash amateur tonight 00:06:01.189 --> 00:06:05.370 on the Orlando amateur radio club and hamcation 00:06:05.370 --> 00:06:11.810 hotline we have Don Wilbanks ae5dw and faith 00:06:11.810 --> 00:06:18.129 hannah lee kd3z and We'll talk a little bit about 00:06:18.129 --> 00:06:21.370 her accomplishments and some of the things that 00:06:21.370 --> 00:06:27.610 she has done in her ham radio career at a very 00:06:27.610 --> 00:06:30.769 young age. So Dawn and Faith Anna, welcome to 00:06:30.769 --> 00:06:34.829 the show. Well, thank you. Good evening, Faith. 00:06:34.990 --> 00:06:37.430 It's nice to nice to have you on here again. 00:06:37.730 --> 00:06:40.610 Nice to talk to you too. Alright, you know we 00:06:40.610 --> 00:06:43.430 normally do this at the Huntsville hamfest, but 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:46.110 we're not there this year unfortunately Huntsville 00:06:46.110 --> 00:06:49.769 is going on so if you're going I'm jealous, but 00:06:49.769 --> 00:06:52.769 the Huntsville is going on this weekend I'm seeing 00:06:52.769 --> 00:06:55.629 a lot of people setting up Ray Novak setting 00:06:55.629 --> 00:06:59.829 up icon. I saw Tom Medlin setting up his His 00:06:59.829 --> 00:07:02.930 his bit over there as well And we actually did 00:07:02.930 --> 00:07:06.810 this presentation on the 10th on amateur radio 00:07:06.810 --> 00:07:10.290 roundtable with Tom Medlin, W5KUB. And you can 00:07:10.290 --> 00:07:12.949 see that video on his website, W5, or rather 00:07:12.949 --> 00:07:17.769 on his YouTube channel, W5KUB. But let me introduce 00:07:17.769 --> 00:07:19.730 you, if you're not familiar with who Faith Hannah 00:07:19.730 --> 00:07:23.209 Lee is. She's the daughter of James, WX4TV, and 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:26.470 Michelle, N8ZQZ. Her brother and two sisters 00:07:26.470 --> 00:07:30.779 are also hams, so it's a ham family. She credits 00:07:30.779 --> 00:07:32.860 her folks with being the biggest influences in 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:34.980 her entry into amateur radio. Her journey began 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:38.699 at the age of 10 in December of 2014. Six weeks 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:41.160 later, she had earned her amateur extra. Now 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.220 this is a very, very edited version of what she 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:48.819 has done since 2014. The nomination packet was 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:52.259 58 pages long. 70 megabytes it was too big to 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:54.339 email we had a dropbox it to all of the judges 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:58.420 and our press release is six pages long so this 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:01.139 is heavily abridged uh... needless to say she's 00:08:01.139 --> 00:08:03.459 done more in her seven years and a lot of people 00:08:03.459 --> 00:08:06.560 will do in seventy years of uh... of ham radio 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.240 just a year and a half after being licensed faith 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.060 and i was invited to join the twenty sixteen 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:14.680 dave caulter memorial youth d x team That was 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.379 Papa Juliet 6 from the Dutch island of Saba among 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:20.920 the PJ6 achievements was a satellite contact 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.699 that broke the SO 50 distance world record She 00:08:24.699 --> 00:08:26.459 wrote an article about the event that was published 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:29.100 in the March April 2017 issue of the Amstad Journal 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:33.100 in August of 2018 faith Hannah took part in the 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:34.940 week -long youngsters on the air program in a 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:37.159 little place called Johannesburg, South Africa 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:40.259 There's a trip for you. She participated in kit 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:42.360 building and antenna building projects, satellite 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.340 operations and a high altitude balloon launch 00:08:44.340 --> 00:08:46.840 and she wrote an article about her experiences 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.899 in South Africa and that was published in CQ 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:52.419 magazine. In December of 2018, she and her younger 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:57.759 sister Hope N2DL and her dad organized a 36 -hour 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.980 mini D expedition to the Dry Tortugas out in 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:02.500 the Gulf of Mexico. Just off the southwest coast 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:05.080 of Florida, they activated November for Tango. 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:07.279 The girls logged one thousand nine hundred seventy 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:09.860 H .F. contacts and one hundred satellite contacts. 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:12.539 And Faith Hannah's account of the N4T operation 00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:14.539 again, published by CQ Magazine, and she and 00:09:14.539 --> 00:09:17.120 Hope shared the April twenty nineteen cover. 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.019 She completed high school through homeschooling. 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:22.600 Before doing so, she enrolled in Daytona State 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.860 College, where she earned an associate of arts 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:28.110 degree at the age of 15. Currently, she's enrolled 00:09:28.110 --> 00:09:30.210 in Stetson University in D -Land, Florida, where 00:09:30.210 --> 00:09:32.389 she's recognized as a member of the junior class. 00:09:32.870 --> 00:09:35.850 She maintains, of course, a 4 .0 GPA as she works 00:09:35.850 --> 00:09:38.190 toward earning two different degrees, Bachelor 00:09:38.190 --> 00:09:40.269 of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology 00:09:40.269 --> 00:09:42.909 and a Bachelor of Business Administration. She 00:09:42.909 --> 00:09:45.370 says she's exploring two career paths, medicine 00:09:45.370 --> 00:09:49.210 or the law, or maybe both. And just last year, 00:09:49.230 --> 00:09:52.009 she earned a $25 ,000 scholarship from the Foundation 00:09:52.009 --> 00:09:55.899 for Amateur Radio and in 2021, $16 ,000 scholarship 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:59.039 in the voice of democracy essay contest Sponsored 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.039 by the veterans of foreign wars finishing first 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.320 in Florida second in the national competition 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:07.799 Of course you can follow a faith hannah k3 or 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.679 kd3z and her family and their activities on the 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.659 ham radio world YouTube channel they have nearly 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:18.500 1 ,300 subscribers probably more by now so once 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:22.629 again faith hannah congratulations on on the 00:10:22.629 --> 00:10:27.049 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6 ITF Youngham of the Year 00:10:27.049 --> 00:10:32.470 Award. Has it sunk in any or have you just been 00:10:32.470 --> 00:10:34.889 way too busy with work and school to even worry 00:10:34.889 --> 00:10:38.470 about it? You know, I'm not even really sure 00:10:38.470 --> 00:10:41.929 how to answer that because the past week hasn't 00:10:41.929 --> 00:10:43.750 been all that busy for me compared to normal 00:10:43.750 --> 00:10:47.610 and yet it's still been different knowing that 00:10:47.610 --> 00:10:50.799 I'm now am the Young Ham of the Year for 2021. 00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:55.360 I don't even know how to describe the difference. 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:01.720 It's, I guess, just a feeling that you get, but 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.799 it's not like an overriding feeling, if that 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:08.759 makes any sense. It's kind of like, I don't know, 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.860 like, it's there. Like, it's definitely there, 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:16.789 but, you know, not overwhelming. Right, but it's 00:11:16.789 --> 00:11:18.830 but it's different life is different now, but 00:11:18.830 --> 00:11:21.649 just I mean in some small little way because 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:25.090 of this life is different and you're you're among 00:11:25.090 --> 00:11:28.470 a very select group of Young amateurs going back 00:11:28.470 --> 00:11:31.629 some 30 years at this That this award has been 00:11:31.629 --> 00:11:34.929 presented. I want you to to to retell the story 00:11:34.929 --> 00:11:40.169 that you told on on the w5k you be Thing that 00:11:40.169 --> 00:11:44.370 we did about when marker bramovich nt3v called 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:47.129 you To tell you that you had won because you 00:11:47.129 --> 00:11:49.409 had no idea you had even been nominated correct. 00:11:50.090 --> 00:11:52.070 Yeah I didn't really know I had been nominated 00:11:52.070 --> 00:11:55.549 I mean over the years there's been a couple people 00:11:55.549 --> 00:11:58.169 who have been like hey I think you would be a 00:11:58.169 --> 00:12:00.389 great young have the year if anyone ever gets 00:12:00.389 --> 00:12:03.590 around to nominating you know but this year apparently 00:12:03.590 --> 00:12:06.870 someone did get around to nominating me. Obviously 00:12:06.870 --> 00:12:11.419 and. When I got the call from Mark I thought 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:15.379 that it was like an interview as in you're interviewing 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:17.779 a bunch of different people to help make a final 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:23.960 decision Like you would for like most awards 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.500 or most like scholarships or whatever you do 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:31.840 a Set of interviews with different people to 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.440 help narrow it down. However at the end of the 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.720 phone call Um, Mark said that he would, I forget 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.860 his exact wording, but he basically said that 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:43.559 he was allowed to tell me that I was the 2021 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:48.100 Young Ham of the year. And that was, um, not 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:50.440 only a shock because I didn't know I had been 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.080 nominated, but also because I was taking that 00:12:55.080 --> 00:13:00.080 phone call as if it was, um, an interview, not 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:06.490 just as like the interview for The not the article 00:13:06.490 --> 00:13:08.110 I forget what it's called, but basically the 00:13:08.110 --> 00:13:13.169 press release So yeah, that's basically how it 00:13:13.169 --> 00:13:16.090 went so you just thought it was just another 00:13:16.090 --> 00:13:19.129 guy calling to ask you some questions and And 00:13:19.129 --> 00:13:22.350 maybe to put it in an article or put in some 00:13:22.350 --> 00:13:24.690 whatever it is to a selection process or something 00:13:24.690 --> 00:13:27.710 And not knowing that you were the actual honoree, 00:13:27.710 --> 00:13:30.980 correct? Yeah, pretty much That's neat. That's 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:39.399 neat. Don, you left off one very important thing 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.100 on that list of all that stuff. I'm prone to 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:45.279 doing that. Go right ahead. Faith Hannah and 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:49.500 her sisters are the only people on this planet 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:53.419 that have interviewed Hammy, the HamTalk Live 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:58.870 mascot. And I'll go that's true. I'll go one 00:13:58.870 --> 00:14:01.370 better. They're the only people to my knowledge 00:14:01.370 --> 00:14:05.769 that have interviewed flat done. Oh Yeah, there 00:14:05.769 --> 00:14:08.110 is one on there is they write there is video 00:14:08.110 --> 00:14:13.389 of them interviewing my cardboard stand -up 90 00:14:13.389 --> 00:14:17.250 % life -size and of course they made a short 00:14:17.250 --> 00:14:19.429 joke about it. Of course. Thank you very much. 00:14:19.429 --> 00:14:24.009 We appreciate that So yeah, that's on their That's 00:14:24.009 --> 00:14:27.230 on their hamradio .world YouTube channel, which 00:14:27.230 --> 00:14:30.470 was funny as it could be. I watched that again 00:14:30.470 --> 00:14:32.669 just the other day and just sit here giggling 00:14:32.669 --> 00:14:35.870 to myself like an idiot, which is what I do most 00:14:35.870 --> 00:14:38.350 times when I'm not in the corner chewing my crayons 00:14:38.350 --> 00:14:40.389 because I have this huge inferiority complex 00:14:40.389 --> 00:14:42.690 about being around all these young hams of the 00:14:42.690 --> 00:14:47.169 year. So what would you say, though, Faith Hannah, 00:14:47.169 --> 00:14:50.950 of all the things that you've done in your seven 00:14:50.950 --> 00:14:54.070 years now, of being an amateur radio operator. 00:14:54.490 --> 00:15:00.629 What stands out so far as probably, I don't know, 00:15:00.850 --> 00:15:03.710 your proudest accomplishment, the neatest contact, 00:15:04.730 --> 00:15:08.649 your number one moment? You just tell us what 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:12.269 stands out to you as just being the coolest. 00:15:13.549 --> 00:15:15.970 Well, every time that I ask this question, I 00:15:15.970 --> 00:15:19.090 never know how to answer because as I've said 00:15:19.090 --> 00:15:23.429 in the past, Most if not all of the things that 00:15:23.429 --> 00:15:27.490 I do are really incredible and they stick with 00:15:27.490 --> 00:15:33.409 me all in their own way. But I think in a way 00:15:33.409 --> 00:15:38.090 the ones that are separate in like their own 00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:40.970 special category, if that makes sense, would 00:15:40.970 --> 00:15:45.169 be breaking the SO50 distance record and probably 00:15:45.169 --> 00:15:48.190 the thing in South Africa with youngsters on 00:15:48.190 --> 00:15:51.399 the air. Yeah, that's that's a cool thing I don't 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.440 even I don't even know how one would even go 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.259 about getting down to South Africa other than 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:58.460 I know you have to go south for a very very long 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:03.480 a very very long way, but you You have had quite 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.009 a supportive family To be able to do all of this 00:16:07.009 --> 00:16:10.070 and I know that that your your folks particularly 00:16:10.070 --> 00:16:12.070 your dad have been just lockstep right there 00:16:12.070 --> 00:16:15.250 with you he accompanied you to South Africa and 00:16:15.250 --> 00:16:18.129 Of course, I believe he was in Saba as well. 00:16:18.129 --> 00:16:24.230 I'm not sure but tell us what the the whole family 00:16:24.230 --> 00:16:28.629 dynamic is like and and how much that that has 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:33.440 Has directed you not only in amateur radio, but 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.240 in everything else that you've done because you're 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:39.840 clearly an extremely brilliant young lady and 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.059 the world is at your feet and you can pretty 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:44.139 much go any direction you want and you know that 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:47.179 all comes from a very supportive family, so just 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:49.600 Talk a little bit about that about how much that 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:54.620 means to you So for me it kind of is the competition 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:58.879 aspect that it helps me with because I am a very 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:02.720 competitive person. I really enjoy contesting 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:06.319 and basically anything that I can compete in. 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.519 So what it does is instead of like me or just 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:14.119 one other person being the only people here to 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:17.279 do anything, whether that's ham radio related 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.740 or if it's something else, it really helps to 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:24.619 have more people just so that I can, we all have 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:28.769 that little structure in how we do things. which 00:17:28.769 --> 00:17:31.569 first off helps us all figure it out because 00:17:31.569 --> 00:17:33.490 you have a bunch of people who can troubleshoot 00:17:33.490 --> 00:17:36.890 issues if there are any. A whole bunch of different 00:17:36.890 --> 00:17:39.910 outlooks on things which really helps you figure 00:17:39.910 --> 00:17:43.589 out how you'd like to do things and how it would 00:17:43.589 --> 00:17:48.670 best be done. But the structure also gives that 00:17:48.670 --> 00:17:50.930 bit of competition because everybody's trying 00:17:50.930 --> 00:17:57.099 to get ahead of the others. best but like that 00:17:57.099 --> 00:18:00.500 type of thing within the within the family so 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:04.660 it just it makes it more fun yeah i could see 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:07.660 that uh kind of like i'm the top dog this week 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:10.319 and your sister will be the top dog next week 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:13.680 and and uh and your dad will be the top dog in 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:15.759 something uh maybe the week after yeah i can 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.259 see that how that would keep you on your toes 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:20.180 always trying to not necessarily one up the other, 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:23.940 but match, I guess, each other in your accomplishments 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:27.579 and just keep moving forward. That's a great 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:29.180 way to be, and that's a great family to be involved 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:32.420 in, a family that is so supportive that your 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:35.259 dad is going to jump on a plane with you and 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:37.140 go to South Africa to play ham radio. I mean, 00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:40.839 that's a commitment. That is a commitment, and 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.500 that shows just in how that you and your siblings 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:49.400 have been raised. You're just, it's an amazing 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.799 family and we could all learn something from 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:54.480 the Lee family, that is for sure. I want to get 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.400 into your schooling now because you're 16 years 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:02.539 old and you're in Stetson University and you're 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:07.839 studying two pretty heavy, I've already shut 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.680 down the press release that I had, but two pretty 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:15.619 heavy subjects there. How do you choose between 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:19.819 medicine and the law? And I know that that's 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:24.519 maybe later on, but you're studying the microbiology 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:26.319 or whatever it is, I've even forgotten now because 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:31.460 I'm an idiot. But how do you choose which to 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:34.940 go to, which to even begin with, and if you've 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:38.279 got to make a choice between the law and medicine 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:44.200 or both, Let's peek into your brain about about 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.160 how one even makes a decision like that because 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:50.819 I have no frame of reference So I don't even 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:53.359 know how you would even make the decision as 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:57.579 you're saying I think it's more of I Don't know 00:19:57.579 --> 00:20:01.359 just it either gradually coming on that this 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.819 is what to do or Immediately, it's like you need 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:08.940 to do this. Um, I know since I was very little 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:12.119 I would always say I'm probably misquoting myself, 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.279 but when I was like two I would say I go metal 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.099 school or something like that Because my dad 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:19.859 was in medical school at the time and I wanted 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:22.099 to go down to the anatomy lab to look at kidneys 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:27.619 in a jar And that's kind of just stuck with me 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:33.500 as what I want to do The main thing for me is 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:35.839 I do want to practice medicine. That's the main 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:39.750 goal. However, I have been considering law just 00:20:39.750 --> 00:20:43.210 because there are so many... Law and medicine 00:20:43.210 --> 00:20:46.829 are so intertwined that I feel like the knowledge 00:20:46.829 --> 00:20:49.750 from the law could really help just when I'm 00:20:49.750 --> 00:20:52.970 being a physician and going through the day -to 00:20:52.970 --> 00:20:55.369 -day stuff like the paperwork and all that stuff 00:20:55.369 --> 00:20:58.210 where it helps to have an understanding of what 00:20:58.210 --> 00:21:00.970 could happen if you do this like that or if you 00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:02.769 do it a different way, what's the consequences 00:21:02.769 --> 00:21:05.690 of both, which is better, which is easier for 00:21:05.690 --> 00:21:11.099 everybody. And just all that type of stuff I 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.720 Have to keep reminding myself that you're 16 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.200 when I was your age I was I was playing around 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:21.400 with CB radio and cars and Trying to trying to 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:26.660 get a job as a disc jockey And was I mean able 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:29.200 to do that for 40 years I think that if you're 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.079 lucky your career chooses you and that's kind 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.539 of the way it was with me in broadcasting So 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:37.019 if if medicine has chosen you and if you're able 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:39.319 to do something that you you love doing You know, 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:41.859 you'll never work a day in your life which I 00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:44.420 think is is is great if you can find a profession 00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:47.680 that that you know that you absolutely love that 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:50.200 it certainly isn't work and those are two noble 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:55.660 professions that that I think you'll be excellent 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:58.480 in, I really do. What else did I want to ask 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.359 you? I want to get back into a little bit more 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:03.019 about the experience in South Africa, about what 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:07.940 exactly the Yoda camp down in South Africa, because 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:11.680 that intrigues me about what did you find out 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.319 about the culture down there and the differences 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:16.759 in the culture, and I know that... There's a 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.740 lot of English being spoken down there, but still 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:20.640 there's some culture and language differences. 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:25.539 And what was it like down there? This isn't so 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:28.460 much culture related, but it was cold. I was 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:31.180 not expecting it to be that cold. Right. Culture 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:35.960 wise, it was very different, but also very similar. 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:39.039 So people would still do the same type of stuff 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:44.319 that most people around the world would do. But 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:49.059 it was different in that They all seem everybody 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:52.220 who was from South Africa who was there They 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.380 all seem to more and this could just be because 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:56.299 it's what they know, but they all seem to more 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:59.500 congregate with their own kind and the group 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:04.700 go together as with other people To do their 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:07.900 own thing Not excluding the other groups, but 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:11.180 like you have not just one person who was from 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:13.700 South Africa doing something with the other kids 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:16.740 but it would be at least two. Maybe it was just 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:19.259 for comfort or maybe it's just something that's 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:21.599 normal there but I did notice that a lot whereas 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.539 for the other countries you didn't really see 00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:29.319 that. That's an interesting outlook. I tell you 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:31.359 what we are going to take a break I think right 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:34.339 now to hear from Tower Electronics Neil and then 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:36.789 we'll be back with Faith Hannah. Yep, we will 00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:39.849 and I want to talk a little bit about Yoda too 00:23:39.849 --> 00:23:44.009 since we we just had the the camp here and her 00:23:44.009 --> 00:23:47.369 sister was there so we'll see if they've Compared 00:23:47.369 --> 00:23:50.710 any notes and that kind of thing and talk about 00:23:50.710 --> 00:23:52.849 YouTube and some other stuff when we come back 00:23:52.849 --> 00:23:55.450 Right after this word from tower electronics 00:23:55.450 --> 00:24:00.900 right here on ham talk live Thanks for choosing 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:03.900 Tower Electronics. How may we help you today? 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.339 We have PL259s, we have end connectors, we have 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:11.839 SMA adapters, we have BNC adapters. What can 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.099 I show you today? Where's the tower? 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Now it's time for the Ham Talk Live 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:50.460 Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the part of the show 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:53.519 where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The Ham 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:56.160 Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought 00:26:56.160 --> 00:27:00.220 to you by QRM Labs. Now here's Rick Garrett in 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:04.579 9GSU with today's Ham Talk Live Joke of the Week. 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:12.200 I designed a new antenna made completely out 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:14.900 of old pirate swords. I think it's going to change 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:19.920 our hobby. It's cutting edge technology. This 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:23.240 has been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:26.980 Week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:32.799 next week for another joke from Rick. Oh boy, 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:41.109 he did it again. Oh my. Oh my. Wow. Stunned silence 00:27:41.109 --> 00:27:47.769 from Fei -Ten. Yes. Yes, exactly. You know, my 00:27:47.769 --> 00:27:52.970 friends are just very quiet. Yeah. And you know, 00:27:53.029 --> 00:27:56.309 after that, it might be a good thing. Yeah, exactly. 00:27:56.470 --> 00:28:01.440 Just ignore it. It'll go away. Yeah. Well, it 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.339 is time for your phone calls. So we're going 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:06.220 to open up the phone lines. If you have a question 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:10.039 for Faith Anna and or Dawn, give us a call. Again, 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:21.859 that phone number is 859 -982 -7373. 859 -982 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:25.759 -7373. You can tweet us at HamTalk Live. We'll 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:29.269 check that out. uh hearing a little bit and uh 00:28:29.269 --> 00:28:31.690 we'll talk a little more bit more with uh faith 00:28:31.690 --> 00:28:36.069 hannah and uh don here and i want to ask uh faith 00:28:36.069 --> 00:28:39.069 hannah a little bit more about south africa because 00:28:39.069 --> 00:28:44.009 you know we just uh had our first uh yoda camp 00:28:44.009 --> 00:28:48.230 here in the western hemisphere a few weeks ago 00:28:48.230 --> 00:28:53.049 and i'm i'm still uh Still trying to finish that 00:28:53.049 --> 00:28:57.289 one up with all the thank yous and finances and 00:28:57.289 --> 00:29:00.009 all that kind of thing and getting ready for 00:29:00.009 --> 00:29:03.490 planning for next year. And your sister got to 00:29:03.490 --> 00:29:07.869 go to that one. So have you two compared notes 00:29:07.869 --> 00:29:13.210 on the South Africa camp and the Americas camp? 00:29:13.490 --> 00:29:18.529 And if so, what did you talk about? And I want 00:29:18.529 --> 00:29:20.710 to hear a little bit more about some of the activities 00:29:20.710 --> 00:29:25.559 that you did over in South Africa? Yeah we haven't 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:27.799 talked a ton about it but what we have talked 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:31.180 about was like the activities and I don't know 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:33.579 exactly what happened because you know I wasn't 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:36.859 there so I can't speak for what she's told me 00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:42.359 but the thing with like index cards or some sort 00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.339 of paper where you had to build like the tallest 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:48.160 tower That was kind of similar to something we 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:51.240 had to do in South Africa. However, ours was 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:54.119 we had four people in a group and we had to fit 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:59.519 as many sheets of paper like on people without 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.380 it touching the floor and at least two people 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.400 had to be touching each piece of paper. So it 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.359 was not only a team -building exercise as was 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:09.539 the one with the index cards, but it was also 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:12.720 one for problem -solving and Engineering because 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.740 you got to figure out okay How can we do this 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.519 because you're not allowed to fold these eight 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:19.720 and a half by eleven sheets of paper? and stuff 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:23.039 like that so you could just you could look around 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:26.799 the room and just see people working things out 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.359 and trying to do their best in the five -minute 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:32.970 window or so that we were given and from talking 00:30:32.970 --> 00:30:36.289 with Hope, that's essentially what happened at 00:30:36.289 --> 00:30:42.609 at the one that she went to. So from what I understand, 00:30:43.329 --> 00:30:46.809 I think they had larger groups, but you still 00:30:46.809 --> 00:30:50.630 had to figure out what you could in like a set 00:30:50.630 --> 00:30:53.890 time limit. And there were rules you had to follow. 00:30:54.529 --> 00:30:59.769 And I don't know exactly what the rules were 00:30:59.769 --> 00:31:04.289 for looking at other people for ideas but from 00:31:04.289 --> 00:31:06.369 the pictures that I saw that she showed me it 00:31:06.369 --> 00:31:08.230 looked like you were able to look around and 00:31:08.230 --> 00:31:10.809 see okay well what seems to be working or what 00:31:10.809 --> 00:31:14.490 doesn't seem to be working from um from other 00:31:14.490 --> 00:31:17.029 groups you can figure things out for yourself 00:31:17.029 --> 00:31:21.289 again I could be wrong um nope nope you're you're 00:31:21.289 --> 00:31:26.420 totally right but basically The problem -solving 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:28.880 things seem to be very similar between the two. 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.220 They each have their own differences for how 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:36.599 they're played out, but the main concept is the 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:38.339 same between the both, and you're still learning 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:43.619 something and having fun for both of them. We 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:50.880 also didn't talk a bunch about how the whole 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:54.539 days would go. But it seemed pretty much the 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:57.299 same where you would have not like a lecture 00:31:57.299 --> 00:32:01.920 but a talk, like a teaching thing, something 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:04.619 like that. I don't know how to describe it exactly. 00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:10.339 Where you would share what each group has been 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:14.319 figuring out throughout the day. And that's essentially 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:18.019 also what we did in South Africa. You would have 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:20.079 your own activities throughout the day and every 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.269 once in a while there would be like presentation 00:32:22.269 --> 00:32:24.890 about something. Might have been about satellites 00:32:24.890 --> 00:32:31.769 or digital or something else like that. But you 00:32:31.769 --> 00:32:34.470 still got to share what you've come to realize 00:32:34.470 --> 00:32:37.809 through the day and what you're thinking is not 00:32:37.809 --> 00:32:42.410 quite going to work for you to implement into 00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:44.769 what you've been doing and you can troubleshoot 00:32:44.769 --> 00:32:50.680 other ways to make things work. And she shared 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:54.359 a lot of the funny pictures. So yeah, the funny 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:56.859 pictures and the good times seem the same. You 00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.380 know, you catch people at their worst moments 00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:00.079 and yet they're like, that's an awesome picture. 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:05.359 Stuff like that. Of course. And that gets to 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:07.180 the other thing I want to ask you about with 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:11.319 this is, you know, one of our big things was 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:13.680 community building and we wanted to create a 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.019 community of young hams. uh... that was more 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:22.660 robust and and uh... inclusive and and you know 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:26.220 and and uh... self -perpetuating i guess would 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:30.700 be the way to uh... to say it and you know i 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:34.220 know that you have uh... some contact with with 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:37.380 people that you attended yoda camp with in fact 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:43.329 you even had uh... Visitor over Christmas. So 00:33:43.329 --> 00:33:47.230 so why don't you tell us about that story? We 00:33:47.230 --> 00:33:49.710 did. Um, I don't remember what year it was but 00:33:49.710 --> 00:33:53.670 it was a couple years ago. Um a kid from Tunisia 00:33:53.670 --> 00:33:56.670 I forget his last name and I forget his call 00:33:56.670 --> 00:34:02.470 but his name was Khalil and So when we met in 00:34:02.470 --> 00:34:05.930 South Africa, he was very new to ham radio. I 00:34:05.930 --> 00:34:09.289 don't even think he was licensed yet Just because 00:34:09.289 --> 00:34:12.130 he was that new and yet he seemed to have a blast 00:34:12.130 --> 00:34:14.469 learning about everything and meeting all these 00:34:14.469 --> 00:34:18.449 other hams who were like him You know very much 00:34:18.449 --> 00:34:21.989 into electronics and into Figuring things out 00:34:21.989 --> 00:34:24.929 with computers and breadboards and stuff of that 00:34:24.929 --> 00:34:29.050 nature At the time he really didn't speak much 00:34:29.050 --> 00:34:31.110 English at all, but he didn't let that stop him 00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:33.010 he just kind of used the little bits that he 00:34:33.010 --> 00:34:38.239 could and Everybody just kind of with everybody, 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:42.059 not only him, we all did our best to communicate 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:48.480 and have fun. So I think it might have been the 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:55.920 next year Christmas. He was coming over for college, 00:34:56.300 --> 00:35:00.500 I believe it was. I think he either was or still 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:05.630 is somewhere in North Carolina for that. He had 00:35:05.630 --> 00:35:08.590 like a break where he was able to you know Go 00:35:08.590 --> 00:35:11.690 do whatever go back to Tunisia or spend some 00:35:11.690 --> 00:35:14.389 time somewhere else and he decided to come down 00:35:14.389 --> 00:35:18.650 to Florida and he visited for maybe a week over 00:35:18.650 --> 00:35:22.889 Christmas and What we did during that time? mostly 00:35:22.889 --> 00:35:27.730 was helping him get his us license because Because 00:35:27.730 --> 00:35:30.170 of like the reciprocity things it may have changed 00:35:30.170 --> 00:35:34.119 since then but at that time you couldn't really 00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:36.480 get a license in Tunisia. You could only do a 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:39.699 U .S. license transferred over. So we were helping 00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:44.940 him find a testing session which he ended up 00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:48.239 getting and passed it on the first try. So that 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:50.599 was great. So then he had a license that he could 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:54.219 use not only here but pretty much wherever they 00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:59.380 accept U .S. reciprocity. And once he was done 00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:02.420 with the whole studying thing, and taking the 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:06.599 test, we did, let's see if I can remember what 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:11.440 it's called. Basically the Yoda Month, but I 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:13.280 forget the call sign we used. Yeah, it was December 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.719 Yoda Month. Yeah, I can't remember the call sign 00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:18.400 we used, but one of those that was used during 00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:21.099 that year for the U .S. We got on the air and 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:24.320 he got to experience pile -ups and talking to 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.760 people in a different way than I think he ever 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:31.750 had before because Now that you're licensed it 00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:34.989 kind of hits differently. Whether you have your 00:36:34.989 --> 00:36:39.650 call sign or not it's just different. So we spent 00:36:39.650 --> 00:36:42.989 a couple days doing that and he seemed to have 00:36:42.989 --> 00:36:45.389 a blast and we kind of traded off and one person 00:36:45.389 --> 00:36:47.889 would log and the other would be on the radio 00:36:47.889 --> 00:36:54.610 and all the while just having fun with it. Yeah, 00:36:54.610 --> 00:36:57.489 that was that was a great thing and and I was 00:36:57.489 --> 00:37:01.690 glad that you were able to participate in in 00:37:01.690 --> 00:37:04.849 Yoda month even the year before we we had that 00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:09.710 organized over here you were on the air and and 00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:13.469 then That I think was that first year that we 00:37:13.469 --> 00:37:19.179 kind of had a bigger organized effort that that 00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:23.559 happened so that was pretty cool and I'm also 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:27.599 very happy to have n4t in my satellite log from 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:32.420 Dry Tortuga so that was great well Don that you 00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:36.480 know it's it's all this Yoda stuff so yeah you 00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:41.579 know it's it just catching on well that's a good 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:46.280 thing you know it's it's like I always say just 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:49.159 I mean I always say it up on stage when we're 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.019 presenting the award in Huntsville at the end 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:59.380 is the news that you see with broadcast news, 00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:02.860 if it bleeds, it leads. The top stories are always 00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:06.960 going to be about bad stuff happening. The number 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:12.000 of bad kids is an extremely small percentage 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.920 of the number of kids in the world. The number 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:20.219 of good kids ... vastly vastly out numbers The 00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:23.079 amount of what you would call in air quotes, 00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:25.960 whatever bad kids But yet the bad kids get all 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:30.000 the news because well, you know bad stuff sells 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.800 You know, that's just the way it works with the 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:35.960 news business. So there are so many more good 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.559 kids in the world, but but all anyone ever sees 00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:41.539 is the bad news and Let me tell you something 00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:46.030 if faith Hannah Any indication as well as all 00:38:46.030 --> 00:38:49.070 of our previous winners going back some 30 years 00:38:49.070 --> 00:38:53.250 If this is an indication of the people who are 00:38:53.250 --> 00:38:56.849 going to be running the world when my generation 00:38:56.849 --> 00:39:01.630 is gone The world is going to be in fine shape 00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:07.329 So I just it's a thrill and an honor to be able 00:39:07.329 --> 00:39:12.070 to be around these exceptional Young amateur 00:39:12.070 --> 00:39:14.949 radio operators and know that that that they're 00:39:14.949 --> 00:39:18.849 the they're the leaders they are the future and 00:39:18.849 --> 00:39:21.809 You know and it's it's their world. We're just 00:39:21.809 --> 00:39:24.250 living in it right now and very very proud of 00:39:24.250 --> 00:39:27.909 that also wanted to Give thanks while we have 00:39:27.909 --> 00:39:30.730 time to our corporate partners with the young 00:39:30.730 --> 00:39:32.150 ham of the year award and that will of course 00:39:32.150 --> 00:39:36.829 be CQ communications Yeezy USA, Heil Sound, and 00:39:36.829 --> 00:39:39.210 Radio Waves antennas. Without them, we could 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:43.010 not do this. And of course, without our listeners 00:39:43.010 --> 00:39:46.230 and the fine support that they give us as well. 00:39:46.829 --> 00:39:48.610 Because the Young Ham of the Year is our major 00:39:48.610 --> 00:39:51.510 expenditure with Amateur Radio Newsline. And 00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:58.010 we are a 501C3, totally listener -supported program. 00:39:58.469 --> 00:40:00.750 Nobody at Amateur Radio Newsline has ever nor 00:40:00.750 --> 00:40:04.719 will ever draw a penny of salary. So everything 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:07.599 that we do is listener -supported, and they allow 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:11.039 us to be able to do this. It was Bill Pasternak's 00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:14.460 big passion, and we're just happy to be able 00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:19.079 to be continuing on in his footsteps, shining 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:23.159 a little light on the cool kids. Faith Hannah, 00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.559 you are certainly one of the cool kids, and we're 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:31.619 proud of you. Thank you. Absolutely, and you 00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:36.159 even get some cool stuff. Yep. Yeah, I got a 00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.920 couple of radios and some other stuff didn't 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.780 yeah. Yeah, they've got a lot of stuff from CQ. 00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:44.719 That was cool New stuff to play with figure out. 00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:47.559 There you go. There you go And a nice radio for 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.079 that car that you're gonna be commuting back 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:53.480 and forth to college with crew Absolutely. No, 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:56.760 I should that's about all that we have. Yeah. 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:59.260 Well, I was gonna I was gonna anything else I 00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:02.739 was gonna steal a joke from from another another 00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:07.239 more famous radio show that, you know, um, she 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.780 goes to show, you know, yeah, it's a two joke 00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:13.619 show, you know, she, she, university, which is 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:17.400 in, which is in Deland, Florida. Do you know 00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:21.460 where Deland is? It's in Florida. It's a stupid 00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:26.639 question, Neil, but it's by to see. Of course 00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:33.360 it is. Everything in Florida is by to see. Well, 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:39.099 I I was so so disappointed I was down in Florida 00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:44.260 and got a text from from James Faith Hannah's 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:47.500 dad and said hey, why don't you meet us at this 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:50.199 really good burger joint that faith hand is working 00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:55.400 at and on the way home and I wanted to go and 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:58.880 I Looked at Julie and I'm like, you know, how 00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:02.780 many ham radio things have I interrupted? Vacations 00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:10.840 with yeah, honeymoons weddings. Yeah Fully over 00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:13.099 in Walmart parking lots to make sad last contact 00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:16.659 exactly in the car. Yes. Yeah. Yeah Exactly, 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:21.519 and I'm like, okay She is she is bent on going 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:26.340 outlet mall shopping I better do it and sure 00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:29.199 enough it was like three o 'clock before we even 00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:33.420 left town so I'm sorry to miss out on that hopefully 00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:39.380 next trip we can do that because I really enjoy 00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:43.099 doing that but Faith Anna we're proud of you 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:46.579 you've done a lot your YouTube channel I know 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:50.519 We even had some comments at Yoda camp of you 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:52.920 know, oh you're that YouTube channels the reason 00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:57.400 I got into ham radio and So you've done some 00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.900 some really cool stuff and so we congratulate 00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:04.960 you and wish you well and Enjoy this year is 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:09.860 the the reigning Young ham of the year from amateur 00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:12.380 radio newsline. So thanks for being on the show, 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:16.869 too Thanks for having me Absolutely. Yeah, we 00:43:16.869 --> 00:43:19.250 are so proud of you. It seems like every year 00:43:19.250 --> 00:43:21.289 we think that the bar can't get any higher, but 00:43:21.289 --> 00:43:23.750 of course it did. It jumped up several notches 00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:26.929 with you and I can't wait to see who we find 00:43:26.929 --> 00:43:30.550 in 2022. It's just it's like it's like Forrest 00:43:30.550 --> 00:43:32.869 Gump always said, you know, it's a box of chocolates. 00:43:32.969 --> 00:43:35.550 You never know. You never know what you're going 00:43:35.550 --> 00:43:37.989 to find. You know, a couple of nuts like me and 00:43:37.989 --> 00:43:44.019 Neil as well. Yep, exactly. Well Don, thank you 00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:49.519 for being here and taking the interview time 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:54.260 here with Faith Hanna and thanks for doing all 00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:58.940 this. I know you as I am are disappointed not 00:43:58.940 --> 00:44:02.530 to be in Huntsville this weekend. Uh, we had, 00:44:02.530 --> 00:44:07.610 we had planned on that, but, um, hopefully, uh, 00:44:07.610 --> 00:44:11.110 that won't last long and, uh, we'll, we'll be 00:44:11.110 --> 00:44:16.170 back at Huntsville. Yeah. Um, yeah, I just, uh, 00:44:16.269 --> 00:44:18.530 my personal thoughts on the whole, uh, COVID 00:44:18.530 --> 00:44:22.570 thing, um, uh, get your shot, get your shot, 00:44:22.670 --> 00:44:25.369 wear your mask, do the right thing. And, uh, 00:44:25.369 --> 00:44:28.269 the, the more of us, I think that, that get immunized, 00:44:28.489 --> 00:44:31.139 um, Uh, I think that the quicker that we'll be 00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:33.840 over this hump, uh, of course, you know, it's, 00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:35.760 it's, it's, it's your body and you do what you 00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:39.000 want to do. But for me and my family, uh, we've 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:41.000 got the shot and I, I think that for us, that 00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:43.199 was certainly the right thing to do. So anyway, 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.480 God bless us all and, uh, hopefully we'll get 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:48.199 through this and, uh, we'll all get together 00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:51.719 at, uh, at a ham fest. Uh, hopefully, uh, maybe 00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:55.219 Dayton or Huntsville next year. Yep. Hope, hope 00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:59.590 so. All right, well that is a wrap for this week's 00:44:59.590 --> 00:45:02.050 edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, 00:45:02.250 --> 00:45:06.710 Faith Anna Lee, KD3Z and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW 00:45:06.710 --> 00:45:09.610 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:45:09.610 --> 00:45:14.710 tonight and typing in and invite you back next 00:45:14.710 --> 00:45:16.969 Thursday night at nine o 'clock Eastern time 00:45:16.969 --> 00:45:20.730 when Dr. Scott Wright, KZeroMD will be here to 00:45:20.730 --> 00:45:26.010 talk about the 2021 Portable Ops Challenge. And 00:45:26.010 --> 00:45:28.469 for a list of all of our upcoming guests, just 00:45:28.469 --> 00:45:32.170 go over to HamTalkLive .com. And if you like 00:45:32.170 --> 00:45:34.449 the show, please leave us a review. That helps 00:45:34.449 --> 00:45:37.050 other people find us faster. So for now, this 00:45:37.050 --> 00:45:41.210 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG in Union, Kentucky, saying 00:45:41.210 --> 00:45:45.309 seven three, seven five, and may the good DX 00:45:45.309 --> 00:45:58.010 be yours. Well you came right back to my CQ call 00:45:58.010 --> 00:46:03.329 Your Readability 5 and Strength 9 You never once 00:46:03.329 --> 00:46:05.530 mentioned your weather at all