WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.040 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.259 --> 00:00:12.980 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:17.640 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.859 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:30.320 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:36.880 Neorep, here we go Welcome to Amtok Live Call 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:58.670 in, let's talk, Neils you're gone Hey, good evening, 00:00:58.670 --> 00:01:02.049 everyone. It's time for HamTalk Live episode 00:01:02.049 --> 00:01:08.530 number 266. And now the news. Recorded live on 00:01:08.530 --> 00:01:12.670 Thursday, August 5th, 2021. I'm your host, Neil 00:01:12.670 --> 00:01:16.090 Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:16.090 --> 00:01:19.730 of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined by Karen 00:01:19.730 --> 00:01:24.409 Eve Murray, Katie2GUT, and we'll take your calls 00:01:24.409 --> 00:01:29.030 live in a few minutes. I apologize for being 00:01:29.030 --> 00:01:31.750 gone for a couple of weeks. I've been absent 00:01:31.750 --> 00:01:34.750 two weeks ago. My father -in -law ended up in 00:01:34.750 --> 00:01:39.549 the ER and we didn't know what was going on. 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:46.090 And fortunately it was nothing major and things 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:51.590 checked out and were treatable. And so things 00:01:51.590 --> 00:01:54.209 worked out, but I didn't have time to get the 00:01:54.209 --> 00:01:58.900 show prepared. I canceled, and then once we figured 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:02.260 out that we had the all clear, we decided, okay, 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.019 well, we were going to go on vacation. Let's 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:09.240 go on vacation. So, spent last week down on the 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:13.159 Space Coast down in Florida, and almost got to 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.819 see that Starliner launch, but they had to delay 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:22.060 that. But it was good to be down there and visit 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:25.560 the Space Center and some other things down there. 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.500 Last week the last show we had was live from 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:33.379 Yoda camp and if you missed that show you can 00:02:33.379 --> 00:02:36.060 listen anytime at ham talk live comm or on your 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:39.460 favorite podcast app or on YouTube and You can 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:42.599 always catch the rebroadcast of ham talk live 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:50.500 on WTWW that's 50 85 a .m out of the Nashville 00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:53.520 Tennessee greater metropolitan area Saturday 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:57.020 afternoons at about 3 30 p .m. 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It has RF direct sampling, 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:50.829 15 discrete bandpass filters, a large 4 .3 inch 00:05:50.829 --> 00:05:53.009 color touchscreen, real -time spectrum scope, 00:05:53.170 --> 00:05:57.329 and an SD card slot. Visit icomamerica .com slash 00:05:57.329 --> 00:06:01.050 amateur for more information on ICOM radios. 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:04.800 Right now, you could be sitting on a beach, sipping 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.220 a drink with an umbrella in it, and enjoying 00:06:07.220 --> 00:06:10.300 the good life. But instead, you've decided to 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:13.639 listen to Ham Talk Live. So we thank you, and 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:29.860 now here's Neil Rapp with more of the show. Welcome 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:33.740 back to ham talk live. Thanks to icon America 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:36.300 for sponsoring the show. Make sure you check 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:43.019 them out at icon America comm slash amateur and 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:46.319 If you're up at Oshkosh, they're they're up at 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:50.779 Oshkosh this week. So I'm taking in the the big 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:54.790 air show up there Well, welcome back tonight 00:06:54.790 --> 00:06:59.110 Karen Eve Murray Katie to GUT joins us on the 00:06:59.110 --> 00:07:03.430 Orlando amateur radio club and hamcation hotline 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:09.689 the Editor at amateur radio news line amateur 00:07:09.689 --> 00:07:12.850 radios first independent news and bulletin service 00:07:12.850 --> 00:07:16.870 Karen Began an interest in ham radio at age 12, 00:07:16.870 --> 00:07:21.269 but waited until years later to take the test 00:07:21.269 --> 00:07:25.189 and become a ham in 2014. She quickly earned 00:07:25.189 --> 00:07:29.730 her general class license and took over the editing 00:07:29.730 --> 00:07:32.750 duties at Newsline after the passing of its founder, 00:07:32.970 --> 00:07:36.709 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Karen has spent most 00:07:36.709 --> 00:07:41.490 of her career working in print media, mostly 00:07:41.490 --> 00:07:47.250 for Newsday, but also a brief stint and radio. 00:07:47.569 --> 00:07:49.250 She's a member of the Great South Bay Amateur 00:07:49.250 --> 00:07:52.370 Radio Club, where she's one of the editors for 00:07:52.370 --> 00:07:55.370 the monthly newsletter and besides news and ham 00:07:55.370 --> 00:07:58.870 radio. Her other passion is wildlife rehabilitation 00:07:58.870 --> 00:08:04.129 or specialty is squirrels. And she also has a 00:08:04.129 --> 00:08:08.709 horse and prairie dogs and all kinds of critters. 00:08:09.050 --> 00:08:11.790 So, so good evening, Karen. Welcome back to the 00:08:11.790 --> 00:08:16.220 show. It's great to be back Neil. I was looking 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.259 forward to this and I want to thank you You you 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:21.500 correct my interest in ham radio began when I 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:26.360 was 12 Thanks for not saying how many years it 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:37.860 took And I left that part waiting Well tonight 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:40.860 we want to talk a little bit about some news 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:44.519 now coincidentally I This was my week to anchor 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:48.220 and I've been out of the anchor chair for a couple 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:51.679 of months because of Yoda camp and moving and 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.799 all that kind of thing and so got back in the 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.799 anchor chair today So so I've already read the 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:01.610 news uh... that will be on amateur radio news 00:09:01.610 --> 00:09:05.450 line uh... either later tonight or or early tomorrow 00:09:05.450 --> 00:09:09.070 morning uh... but let's let's talk about some 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:10.830 of the things that's been happening and maybe 00:09:10.830 --> 00:09:13.830 not yet all you know give away everything for 00:09:13.830 --> 00:09:16.110 this week but but some of the things have been 00:09:16.110 --> 00:09:18.850 happening the last uh... couple weeks uh... i 00:09:18.850 --> 00:09:21.909 know one thing uh... you were uh... you're waiting 00:09:21.909 --> 00:09:25.809 on this morning was uh... a story from the fcc 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:30.440 Yeah, this is a real interesting story because 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.879 a lot of us this is not really ham radio related 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.860 But yes, it is because a lot of us have our roots 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:44.820 in CB good buddy breaker one nine The the FCC 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:51.379 decided it was time to Give FM to the CB world, 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.600 which is kind of neat. So 11 meters here in the 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:59.000 United States is getting the option of FM. They're 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:04.419 keeping AM, of course. Always had AM, but 40 00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:09.139 channels now will be permitted on FM and this 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:13.120 means the manufacturers of the radios, folks 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:17.899 like Cobra. I had a Cobra in my... in my Dodge 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:22.899 Aspen. Oh God, how many years ago was that? But 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:26.799 that means the newer radios now will be able 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.480 to get on FM and go for it. It's just a nice 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:33.340 option to have, and I think the FCC saw that 00:10:33.340 --> 00:10:36.820 it did no harm to AM to add it, and I believe 00:10:36.820 --> 00:10:39.980 this kind of brings CB in line with a couple 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:44.899 other countries. Yeah, and it also gives people 00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:50.220 a reason to Make more radios to sell Well, you 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:53.460 gotta have more videos, you know, you gotta have 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:57.840 What are radios for if not to be purchased now 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:03.120 now I had a tea berry that I won on my bicycle 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:08.779 When I was growing up because I got started off 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:11.720 in CB just a few months before I got into ham 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:15.440 But I had it in a basket had a little gel cell 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:17.919 battery underneath the banana seat had a bag 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.879 mount on the back So that way mom could keep 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:25.620 track of me on the bicycle. That is very very 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:29.840 neat. That is neat I had I had a Cobra in my 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:34.580 Dodge Aspen I had a tri -band antenna Which would 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:37.039 fold away because I didn't want folks to know 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:41.379 there was a CB in the car Now goodness knows 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:46.200 the Dodge Aspen was such a popular vehicle Such 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.899 a high -end popular vehicle people would just 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:51.100 be breaking the window all the time to get in 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:55.980 and get my CB radio so I have the the AM FM CB 00:11:55.980 --> 00:12:00.320 antenna and at the time I was living in the Catskill 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:04.360 Mountains of New York State and going up and 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:07.600 down the mountains and that CB actually saved 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:12.139 Saved my well, I'm vegetarian so I can't say 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:16.799 saved my bacon, but the equivalent of it and 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:21.500 There was a gasoline crisis that year and I foolishly 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:25.480 never looked at the gas gauge so there I was 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:31.669 late at night in a Very rural area up in the 00:12:31.669 --> 00:12:34.649 mountains and I was able to get on the CB and 00:12:34.649 --> 00:12:38.090 call the cops and they brought me some gasoline 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:43.370 for the car So CB is very cool. I'm happy that 00:12:43.370 --> 00:12:47.210 these guys are getting FM Yeah, so it'll be interesting 00:12:47.210 --> 00:12:50.710 to see how how well that goes over, you know 00:12:50.710 --> 00:12:54.129 and the big craze back in the 70s, you know as 00:12:54.129 --> 00:12:57.600 this kind of gone away, but We'll see what happens 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.600 with the FM. Well, what are some ham stories 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.299 here that have been happening here in the last 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:09.340 couple of weeks that are of interest? Well, you 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:12.080 know what's neat, Neil? You mentioned your bicycle, 00:13:12.179 --> 00:13:15.799 of course, with CB Radio. But we have a story 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:19.840 this week about a father and daughter who have 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:22.659 gone for a very, very long bike ride in the UK. 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:26.159 And they brought along their HTs. And they're 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.120 doing it to call attention to the Royal National 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.179 Lifeboat Association. They're trying to raise 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:33.840 some money for them. But they're also taking 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:36.419 a father -daughter bike ride, which I think is 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:45.360 very cool. That's a Kev G0PEK and Lauren2E0HLR. 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:49.799 And they're calling attention to the fact that 00:13:50.890 --> 00:13:54.809 UHF and VHF are very much alive and I think as 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:57.490 they travel they're hitting repeaters and at 00:13:57.490 --> 00:14:00.389 night they're camping out and they're using their 00:14:00.389 --> 00:14:04.509 club call sign when they camp out. But during 00:14:04.509 --> 00:14:06.850 the day when they're operating mobile they're 00:14:06.850 --> 00:14:10.169 using their personal call signs and building 00:14:10.169 --> 00:14:12.809 goodwill along the way and probably building 00:14:12.809 --> 00:14:15.870 some muscle because they have a long way to go 00:14:15.870 --> 00:14:23.000 yet. That's another one that's on this week's 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.419 Newsline. So make sure you check that out at 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:31.000 ARNewsline .org or on a repeater near you or 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.340 on a podcast near you. And we'll talk a little 00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:38.779 bit more about Newsline itself here after the 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:43.220 break. But what else is happening out there? 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:51.600 Well, in the realm of sad news. The CW world 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:57.659 lost the designer of the fabulous software that 00:14:57.659 --> 00:15:02.200 so many of us are learning CW on and helped us 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:09.659 get our CW game on, G4FON. Ray Burlingham -Goff, 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:13.220 that's his call sign, it's also the name of the 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:17.759 software he designed. When I was going originally 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.879 for my novice at age 12, there was no such thing 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.879 as this kind of software, but it sure would have 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.679 been helpful. I learned CW back then, but of 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.620 course forgot most of it. And this software certainly 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:35.779 helped me a great deal. I was learning with the 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:39.559 LICW club. So a lot of folks are very sad, not 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:44.940 just in the UK, but all over, all over because 00:15:45.549 --> 00:15:48.590 He was a nice guy, and he did so much for folks 00:15:48.590 --> 00:15:53.190 trying to learn. CW may be easy for kids, but 00:15:53.190 --> 00:15:57.309 for the rest of us, it's a little tougher. You 00:15:57.309 --> 00:16:02.210 know, I fully expect I will be QRS for quite 00:16:02.210 --> 00:16:07.610 some time. Maybe forever. But that's okay. That's 00:16:07.610 --> 00:16:10.649 okay. So that was a big loss. That was a really 00:16:10.649 --> 00:16:13.450 sad bit of news. I got to tell you, you know, 00:16:13.450 --> 00:16:18.379 you do Newsline. You don't want to make a news 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:21.879 report too much in the happy news and too much 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.879 in the sad news, but you kind of take it as it 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:31.139 comes, and every week brings you such a range 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:33.980 of things. You think there's no news out there 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:37.779 in amateur radio, but my God, we have a busy 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:41.639 little universe at hand. We're always up to something. 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.600 Yes, we do. Well, you were talking about code 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.519 and, and you know, learning it. I had records 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:54.700 and I found some of those the other day after, 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.879 you know, the move opened up this box and here 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:03.240 are these big albums. Um, what was the Farnsworth 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:10.150 Morse code? Um, records. And so you put it on, 00:17:10.150 --> 00:17:13.009 you know, 33 and a third, and you got, you know, 00:17:13.190 --> 00:17:15.690 five words a minute, and then you put it on 45 00:17:15.690 --> 00:17:18.410 and it sped it up, and you put it on 78 and it 00:17:18.410 --> 00:17:20.829 sped it, you know. So you could increase your 00:17:20.829 --> 00:17:22.970 speed, but it was the same record over and over 00:17:22.970 --> 00:17:25.410 and over again. So after a while, you got to 00:17:25.410 --> 00:17:29.430 memorizing it. Oh, that's funny. That's, of course, 00:17:29.630 --> 00:17:32.690 try that now. Well, people have turntables again, 00:17:32.690 --> 00:17:36.750 though. The records may come back. They've made 00:17:36.750 --> 00:17:40.420 a comeback. They have made a comeback, so I'm 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:45.140 hanging on to them just in case. Keep those records. 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:50.400 Absolutely. Now you can get one of those USB 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:54.579 turntables. You can convert it to an MP3. How 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:59.180 about radical? Exactly. I know some people who 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:01.339 have those and decide to take their whole album 00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:06.359 collection and just rip it. That's pretty cool. 00:18:06.990 --> 00:18:12.349 Well, uh, you know some other stuff going on 00:18:12.349 --> 00:18:15.809 That I that I noticed it and and this may be 00:18:15.809 --> 00:18:19.289 a news for you This may be something that didn't 00:18:19.289 --> 00:18:26.170 hit yet AO 92 has been turned back on Temporarily 00:18:26.170 --> 00:18:29.910 the battery life is really really really really 00:18:29.910 --> 00:18:36.230 literally bad But the usual warning of, you know, 00:18:36.349 --> 00:18:38.789 don't use it while it's in eclipse and all that 00:18:38.789 --> 00:18:42.930 kind of thing. But AO92 is back on and saw a 00:18:42.930 --> 00:18:45.349 few people making some contacts on it today. 00:18:46.470 --> 00:18:52.289 So we'll see if it holds up. Wow. Neil, have 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:59.779 you ever made a contact with AO92? Oh, yes. 91 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:05.460 and my 92 are my go -to Satellites. Okay. Okay. 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:08.460 Oh Yeah, back back and better than ever. It's 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:11.539 back back. Anyway, I wouldn't say better than 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:15.339 ever because it's a pretty bad shape We pretty 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:19.900 much wrote it off and so Turn that back on. We'll 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:24.119 see what it does So why not? So that is that 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:29.500 is kind of nice. It reminds me of Monty Python? 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:31.859 I'm not quite dead yet. Yep, I'm not dead yet. 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:37.539 I'm not quite dead yet. Oh, he's looking a bit 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:44.339 peaked, but he's not quite dead yet. Well, we 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:47.740 have any other big stories here from the last 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:53.700 couple of weeks? Oh, well, may we talk teapots. 00:19:54.810 --> 00:19:59.009 Yes, now that we've had a silent key and you 00:19:59.009 --> 00:20:01.410 know we need we need to loosen up a little here 00:20:01.410 --> 00:20:05.309 and have a little fun and running for a couple 00:20:05.309 --> 00:20:10.529 of days right up through the weekend is the world's 00:20:10.529 --> 00:20:16.960 largest teapot special event. And full disclosure, 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:21.359 I'm one of the operators. I got some folks from 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:25.880 my home club, Great South Bay, operating. We've 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.559 got folks operating really across the country. 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.460 The teapot is in West Virginia, and this was 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:37.240 a local event for the past 17 years. And this 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:42.480 year, the organizers said, hey, let's go coast 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:48.069 to coast. So, we've got Whiskey One Tango, Whiskey 00:20:48.069 --> 00:20:51.230 Two Tango, Whiskey Three Tango. You can kind 00:20:51.230 --> 00:20:55.130 of figure the pattern here. Plus, we got a special 00:20:55.130 --> 00:21:00.609 bonus station, Whiskey Victor Eight, Hotel Alpha 00:21:00.609 --> 00:21:05.230 Tango, Stroke Two, in the case of New York, Stroke 00:21:05.230 --> 00:21:09.789 Three, so on and so forth. And, wow! We got pile 00:21:09.789 --> 00:21:13.519 -ups! We got pile -ups! Pile -ups, this tea is 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:18.240 hot. People love the teapot. Love the teapot. 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:23.299 A lot of the operators, Neil, are folks who really 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:26.240 enjoyed the last man standing operation when 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.500 we did that special event. And the 13, not the, 00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:35.079 yeah, some from the 13 colonies and some from 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:39.230 12 days of Christmas. We're like a repertory 00:21:39.230 --> 00:21:42.589 company, I'm telling you. All kinds of special 00:21:42.589 --> 00:21:46.750 events out there. It's great. So if it's the 00:21:46.750 --> 00:21:52.369 world's largest teapot, then I guess the song 00:21:52.369 --> 00:21:56.690 doesn't really apply then. I'm a little teapot. 00:21:56.970 --> 00:22:00.450 It's the world's largest teapot. The world's 00:22:00.450 --> 00:22:04.029 largest. We have to do the world's smallest teapot 00:22:04.029 --> 00:22:07.240 next, but that... activation will probably last 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:13.099 a minute and a half. Not a very big activation. 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.359 Okay, so this is going on through the weekend? 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:21.140 Yep, yep, right into the weekend. Folks can look 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:26.099 on the QRZ page, Whiskey Victor 8, Hotel Alpha 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:31.740 Tango, and any of the other Special event call 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:34.900 signs in my case the operators in New York. You 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:37.900 can look under whiskey to tango has all the details 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:41.680 It's it's really cool. I spoke with one guy the 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:45.400 other night up in Massachusetts a guy outside 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:49.380 Boston and he said After we had finished, you 00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:51.420 know, I locked him and he goes, you know, I've 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:56.049 seen that teapot It's like, oh my God. It's like, 00:22:56.190 --> 00:22:59.630 I've seen that teapot. Yes, yes. I drove down 00:22:59.630 --> 00:23:02.930 there and I went right past it. The teapot is 00:23:02.930 --> 00:23:06.069 located in a part of West Virginia that is bordered 00:23:06.069 --> 00:23:11.029 by Ohio and Pennsylvania. So it's somewhat visible 00:23:11.029 --> 00:23:14.230 and accessible, even if you don't stop. But it 00:23:14.230 --> 00:23:20.920 has a history. It was originally a barrel. for 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:24.539 a hires root beer commercial back in the earlier 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:27.579 part of the last century. And then somebody added 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:30.740 a spout and a handle and it became, it's so big, 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:35.279 it became a gift shop, a souvenir shop. It's 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.660 all kind of - So there's a souvenir shop inside 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:40.700 the teapot? There was, I think at one point. 00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:43.279 Oh, there was. Wow. Yeah, there was. It's had 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:48.059 a number of different jobs in life. It's been 00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:51.500 repurposed. It just keeps going and going and 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:55.160 going. It's the Energizer teapot. It just can't 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:59.480 be stopped. And people are really into this. 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:03.079 It's like they love the teapot. It is the coolest 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:06.799 thing. And, you know, we direct people to the 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:09.480 website to read about it. There's a big festival 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:12.660 in West Virginia on Saturday, the Teapot Festival, 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:16.589 and everybody All the operators want to be on 00:24:16.589 --> 00:24:18.529 the air during that. And this is from around 00:24:18.529 --> 00:24:21.329 the country, not just locally at the festival. 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:24.430 So we're trying to put in a big showing for this. 00:24:25.109 --> 00:24:27.730 And I can't, I mean, all of these special events 00:24:27.730 --> 00:24:31.809 are really fun, Neil, but this one is just, this 00:24:31.809 --> 00:24:34.450 is just, it's for a big teapot. It's just the 00:24:34.450 --> 00:24:38.240 coolest thing. We're having the best time. I 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:43.500 saw, I saw not long ago, actually, Andy K9AWM 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:49.640 filed a story about my hometown, Vincennes, and 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:54.500 they revived a special event my mother actually 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:59.099 started, which was the the Red Skelton special 00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:05.819 event. Oh, yes. That I, I worked, I worked K... 00:25:06.029 --> 00:25:13.849 K. What was it? K8? K9R? I worked them twice. 00:25:14.609 --> 00:25:18.049 Your mom was involved in that. My mom actually 00:25:18.049 --> 00:25:20.009 started that, which I don't even know if they 00:25:20.009 --> 00:25:22.430 they realized it. I think they think, you know, 00:25:22.470 --> 00:25:24.490 they thought it was the first time it had been 00:25:24.490 --> 00:25:29.769 done. But yeah, we had certificates. We had them 00:25:29.769 --> 00:25:32.529 printed up and I had a whole bunch of them around 00:25:32.529 --> 00:25:34.329 here somewhere. I don't know where they are. 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:37.960 where they all ended up. But yeah, it's the birthplace 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:42.460 of Red Skelton. And so we had the Red Skelton 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:46.259 special event. So they brought it back, got a 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:48.160 one by one call sign for it, which we didn't 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:52.869 have back then. But yeah, it's kind of cool to 00:25:52.869 --> 00:25:55.150 see that back in my own home. I love that event. 00:25:55.930 --> 00:25:58.589 Gee, I wish I'd known you had a connection to 00:25:58.589 --> 00:26:01.849 that. But that was amazing too, because people 00:26:01.849 --> 00:26:05.549 were telling stories about Red Skelton. Yeah, 00:26:05.670 --> 00:26:10.910 it's the kind of event where you don't just exchange 00:26:10.910 --> 00:26:13.769 your signal reports and move on. You want to 00:26:13.769 --> 00:26:17.369 have a little rag chew about Red Skelton. And 00:26:17.369 --> 00:26:21.920 a lot of folks had great stories. They've got 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:24.920 they've got a whole performing arts center and 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:28.539 his name now and and you can see the house where 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:31.099 he was born, you know and all that kind of thing 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:39.039 I Liked him so much. I liked him so much. I had 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:42.990 the pleasure of meeting him one time He was at 00:26:42.990 --> 00:26:45.849 the high school and he was sitting in the office 00:26:45.849 --> 00:26:48.690 signing autographs and I happened to get my picture 00:26:48.690 --> 00:26:52.170 taken with him for the newspaper at that point. 00:26:53.670 --> 00:26:56.769 So I still have that picture around, I know. 00:26:57.529 --> 00:27:00.569 I gotta see that. I think I've got the certificate 00:27:00.569 --> 00:27:04.009 somewhere too. I have to dig that out. I'd love 00:27:04.009 --> 00:27:10.180 to see that. Did you watch the show? I only the 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:13.039 show was actually off by the time I was watching 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:17.559 TV So I have seen it, but it's always been in 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:21.799 reruns and the TV station there and Vincennes 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:26.779 started running a bunch of the reruns so I saw 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:29.960 some of them on there, but But yeah, I didn't 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:35.240 see any of them live so Just all kinds of cool 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:38.980 special events out there I love special events. 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:42.180 I thought, I mean, I love DXing most of all, 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:47.059 but I'll tell you something, special events are 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:50.839 a close second. They're gaining on, I mean, DXing 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:54.180 to me is the biggest kick. But the special events, 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.819 they really encompass everything, their history, 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:04.720 they're about so much. Plus, they're about team 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:07.359 building. We learn to work with the team. We 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:12.099 make friends. You can't ask for more than that. 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.539 Been a pretty good run of those here lately, 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:20.059 which I guess that's what happens too when the 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:23.160 bands aren't all that great for the DX. You can't 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:26.400 get all these DXpeditions going, which that's 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:30.579 another story, but we'll take a break here. But 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:36.359 the bouvet thing may be back on again. But the 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:38.779 DXpeditions have been shut down, so now we've 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:41.900 got all these special events to kind of fill 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:45.359 the gap. Well it's time to take a break, so we're 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.180 going to do that and we'll come back and talk 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:51.420 some more with Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT from 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.740 Amateur Radio Newsline, talk a little bit about 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:57.500 what's happening with Newsline right now and 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.980 we'll do that after this word from Tower Electronics 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:05.400 right here on HamTalk Live. Thanks for choosing 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:08.440 Tower Electronics. How may we help you today? 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:12.819 We have PL259s, we have in -connectors, We have 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:16.380 SMA adapters. We have BNC adapters. What can 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:19.640 I show you today? Where's the tower? 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Eastern Time 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:11.799 right here at HamTalkLive .com and be sure to 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:15.140 check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:20.420 and let me turn on the music here so Karen and 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:25.480 our caller can hear, because it is now time for 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:28.640 the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week. 00:31:28.809 --> 00:31:32.170 Now it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio 00:31:32.170 --> 00:31:34.410 Joke of the Week, the part of the show where 00:31:34.410 --> 00:31:37.829 Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk Live 00:31:37.829 --> 00:31:40.170 Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought to you 00:31:40.170 --> 00:31:44.910 by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU 00:31:44.910 --> 00:31:53.569 with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. I've 00:31:53.569 --> 00:31:56.589 developed this disease where I cannot quit making 00:31:56.589 --> 00:32:00.309 jokes. about battery connectors. The doctor says 00:32:00.309 --> 00:32:05.269 it's terminal. This has been the HamTalk Live 00:32:05.269 --> 00:32:07.950 Ham Radio Joke of the Week with Rick Garrett 00:32:07.950 --> 00:32:11.730 in 9GSU. Tune in again next week for another 00:32:11.730 --> 00:32:17.450 joke from Rick. Oh, there you go guys. It's terminal. 00:32:18.549 --> 00:32:23.430 I want to just say, Neil, you made me listen 00:32:23.430 --> 00:32:29.460 to this twice. I know. I had to hear it before 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:32.339 the show, and now I hear it. And now, and now, 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.799 and it hasn't gotten any better since, has it? 00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:38.319 Well, no, and probably I will tell it to people 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:42.099 now. This is now I have to lick pain on other 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:45.759 people. Exactly. All right, we're going to go 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:49.619 to the phone lines. The phone number again, 859 00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:54.500 -982 -7373. We're going to the phone lines. Good 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:59.759 evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Well, good 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:04.000 evening to you as well. Good evening, Miss Paul. 00:33:06.930 --> 00:33:11.569 the week what i love most about the joke of the 00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:13.750 week is the fact that the intro and the outro 00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:16.529 is about eight times longer than the actual joke 00:33:16.529 --> 00:33:28.670 yes exactly yeah funnier no that's not true yes 00:33:28.670 --> 00:33:33.869 yes the the uh... Production side of our brain 00:33:33.869 --> 00:33:37.609 says, you know Okay, we built all this up for 00:33:37.609 --> 00:33:41.210 a you know, a ten second joke. Okay, sure. Why 00:33:41.210 --> 00:33:44.470 not? Yep Well, what do you have tonight for us 00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:50.490 Paul? Well, I thought I would call in first I 00:33:50.490 --> 00:33:53.369 would like to say that I too had the Amiko code 00:33:53.369 --> 00:33:57.130 records. That's how I learned Back when when 00:33:57.130 --> 00:34:01.680 I was getting my novice in the late 70s One of 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:05.980 the, some guy in town who was an old retired 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:09.719 EE had heard that I was into radio and electronics 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:12.400 and asked me to come over to his house and he 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:16.199 gave me a bunch of stuff. Old books and parts 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:20.219 and things. And in that pile of stuff that he 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.619 gave me was a set of the Amico code records. 00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:26.840 And that's what I used to learn Morse code. In 00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:29.059 addition to some instruction from my Elmer, but 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:32.179 in between sessions at Steve's house. I was learning 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.440 on those records. That's what I did. That was 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:44.039 the between the classes method. Yeah. My Elmer 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:48.019 was sneaky though because you know I'd go over 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:50.559 to his house once a week and we'd go over theory 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:53.380 and we'd practice code back and forth and one 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:57.070 night He just sent me the normal things. He was 00:34:57.070 --> 00:34:59.730 just sending me stuff and I copied it all down. 00:34:59.869 --> 00:35:02.510 He said, let me see that. He said, all right, 00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:07.090 you passed. So he snuck my novice code exam in 00:35:07.090 --> 00:35:09.090 without me knowing about it, which was pretty 00:35:09.090 --> 00:35:12.150 smart because there was no stress. I was just 00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:16.190 copying like normal. So that's a good I have 00:35:16.190 --> 00:35:18.969 done that before Elmer to be able to do that 00:35:18.969 --> 00:35:22.389 I wish I I wish I had a Morse code Elmer but 00:35:22.389 --> 00:35:27.269 I have the Long Island CW Club and That's it's 00:35:27.269 --> 00:35:29.849 you can't ask for better hand holding than that 00:35:29.849 --> 00:35:32.889 But they have to hold my left hand because my 00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:35.550 right hand is on the straight key. It doesn't 00:35:35.550 --> 00:35:39.469 work exactly Yeah, oh you then you use the straight 00:35:39.469 --> 00:35:43.860 key. I use the paddle that's I mean, I learned 00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:46.119 on a straight key because it's the way to do 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:49.860 it, but my Elmer had a Brown Brothers paddle. 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:53.139 So as soon as I, you know, I would practice on 00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:55.199 that when I was over there just to get the hang 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:58.599 of using a paddle. And so when I got my first 00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:01.860 station, when I got my license, that was my Christmas 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:05.840 present from my parents. They bought me. That's 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:09.280 really nice. Yeah, that's I still I still have 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:13.719 it and When I see it for sale on eBay or at at 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:16.440 ham fest I'm like, ooh I'm glad mine's in really 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.000 nice shape and I kept it because they're very 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:24.300 desirable now Yes, they are well Paul while we 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:26.559 have you on the line we were going to talk a 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:30.199 little bit about Some of the things that is happening 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:35.889 with news line lately and you and Karen team 00:36:35.889 --> 00:36:40.710 up on Saturday mornings over on 100 watts and 00:36:40.710 --> 00:36:44.010 a wire and do the two stories thing. So tell 00:36:44.010 --> 00:36:45.889 everybody a little bit about the two stories. 00:36:46.889 --> 00:36:50.670 Well, that actually was a short run. That was 00:36:50.670 --> 00:36:54.429 a six -month run that we were fortunate to be 00:36:54.429 --> 00:36:59.489 able to have, and the show is moving in a different 00:36:59.489 --> 00:37:02.429 direction, but that was a really fun six months 00:37:02.429 --> 00:37:05.610 and a good opportunity to be able to explain 00:37:05.610 --> 00:37:09.889 our stories to folks and give a little added 00:37:09.889 --> 00:37:14.679 dimension, which was really, really neat. So, 00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:20.619 kind of taking radio into the video realm. Yeah, 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:23.860 and for those who missed the ones that we did, 00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:29.440 they're all up on YouTube. You can go back to 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.780 the 100 Watts and a Wire YouTube channel and 00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:34.360 you can catch the two stories that we did do. 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.059 Yeah, we had a lot of fun. It's just that Christian 00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:41.940 was kind of wanting to move in a slightly different 00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:44.849 direction. The show was getting very long, too. 00:37:48.449 --> 00:37:50.630 We're still all family. We're still all friends, 00:37:50.690 --> 00:37:54.989 and we really enjoyed what we did. The story 00:37:54.989 --> 00:37:58.449 getting long, I should add, the segment getting 00:37:58.449 --> 00:38:01.670 long, doesn't have anything to do whatsoever 00:38:01.670 --> 00:38:04.369 with the fact that we like to talk a lot. That 00:38:04.369 --> 00:38:09.550 has nothing whatsoever to do with it. We're succinct. 00:38:09.630 --> 00:38:14.039 We're brief. We're to the point. We are, uh, 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:18.019 economical in our, um, we keep our conversation 00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:25.880 short. Can I go on? Should I go on? Well, it 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:28.659 was really cool, you know, to be able to, you 00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:32.380 know, kind of take a deeper dive into just two 00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:35.719 of the stories from Newsline, uh, that week. 00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:39.480 And, uh, so I really enjoyed that and I'm glad 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:43.420 you Two were able to do that on Saturday mornings 00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:47.920 for a while and we're doing something kind of 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.860 like that here. We're not, we're not getting, 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.800 you know, limiting it to two and getting super 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.980 deep into these, but you get a little more perspective. 00:38:56.019 --> 00:39:00.639 And if you want to hear more, go to arnewsline 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:07.179 .org or listen to the podcast or Uh, listen on 00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:11.840 a repeater near you. Uh, it's, it's about a 20 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:16.739 minute newscast each week. And, um, you know, 00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:19.880 uh, you, if you watch ham nation, you get the, 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:22.440 you know, two or three of the headlines and, 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:25.519 and that's, that's pretty much it. But, uh, you 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:27.900 know, there's a 20 minutes of ham radio news 00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.699 that comes your way each and every week, um, 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:34.869 at amateur radio news line. So. Make sure you 00:39:34.869 --> 00:39:39.750 check it out. Yeah, you can listen to it directly 00:39:39.750 --> 00:39:43.469 off the website. If you have a podcast app, you 00:39:43.469 --> 00:39:46.429 can subscribe to it. So it automatically shows 00:39:46.429 --> 00:39:51.010 up every Friday morning. And if you go to our 00:39:51.010 --> 00:39:54.170 website, we have a list of all of the repeaters 00:39:54.170 --> 00:39:57.269 that we know of so far that carry it. So there 00:39:57.269 --> 00:39:59.969 may be one in your area. And if there's not, 00:40:00.190 --> 00:40:03.590 have the repeater owner contact us, and as long 00:40:03.590 --> 00:40:05.750 as they have an internet -connected repeater 00:40:05.750 --> 00:40:10.369 controller, we can explain to them how to carry 00:40:10.369 --> 00:40:14.630 it. Plus, doesn't WTWW Shortwave carry it big 00:40:14.630 --> 00:40:21.949 on Saturday evenings? Yes, and we are on shortwave 00:40:21.949 --> 00:40:29.780 .de out of Germany. We are part of the CQ Serenade 00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:35.039 program that is played every week on that station 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:39.960 in Europe. If you're on the Hamshack Hotline 00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:43.320 VoIP network, there is an extension you can dial 00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:48.119 that plays the week's news line as well. We're 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:50.800 everywhere. Let's face it. You can run, but you 00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:55.619 cannot hide. We are going to find you and make 00:40:55.619 --> 00:41:00.719 you listen to us. That's right. We sit down here 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:03.039 in our little studios in our underwear and record 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:05.420 this thing and you guys have to listen to it. 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.260 No, wait a minute. I didn't do that. Underwear. 00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:11.639 Wait a minute. Underwear? Yeah. You get underwear. 00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:14.940 That wasn't the plan today. What? The underwear? 00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:18.440 Sorry, oh wait wait those are called news briefs. 00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:30.199 I'm sorry yes I'm sorry May I make a shameless 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:36.039 pitch To ask people also if you like what you 00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:39.900 hear when you're listening we are now Able to 00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:44.769 ask for a little bit of support From our listeners. 00:41:44.869 --> 00:41:52.250 We are a nonprofit We are all volunteers and 00:41:52.250 --> 00:41:56.130 The cost that we incur to bring this to you can 00:41:56.130 --> 00:42:01.469 greatly benefit from a little love And there 00:42:01.469 --> 00:42:05.630 is a PayPal button on our website. So arnewsline 00:42:05.630 --> 00:42:13.050 .org is where we would We'd like to have more 00:42:13.050 --> 00:42:15.050 of a presence at some of the larger ham fest 00:42:15.050 --> 00:42:17.909 throughout the year as well So there's the expenses 00:42:17.909 --> 00:42:20.889 for that. And so I mean We do what we do because 00:42:20.889 --> 00:42:24.929 we love what we do, but it wouldn't hurt They 00:42:24.929 --> 00:42:27.090 have a little assistance as well. So but you 00:42:27.090 --> 00:42:29.150 can keep listening to it as long as you want. 00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:38.710 There's And I do have to say that I mean while 00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:43.869 we are We really are family we we all for the 00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:47.869 most part we all like each other and You know 00:42:47.869 --> 00:42:50.869 we we realize that if we could share an office 00:42:50.869 --> 00:42:54.349 with a bunch of people it would be us and But 00:42:54.349 --> 00:42:57.010 I do have to say since she is the special guest 00:42:57.010 --> 00:43:01.369 tonight Karen is the one who is the den mother 00:43:01.369 --> 00:43:04.130 and rides herd on the rest of us because if it 00:43:04.130 --> 00:43:07.260 weren't for her We wouldn't even be able to do 00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:10.500 news line. So I have to give her credit for, 00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:13.500 uh, for keeping, keeping, keeping us idiots in 00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:17.219 line and for making sure that good news is gathered 00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:20.960 in written and produced every week. Yep. Absolutely. 00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:26.079 Wow. I'm glad I'm the news squirrel to get that 00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:34.829 check to you in time for the show. No, we definitely 00:43:34.829 --> 00:43:37.710 I we're a good team. We're all really a good 00:43:37.710 --> 00:43:40.170 team You know, what was the coolest was the first 00:43:40.170 --> 00:43:44.409 year we all met at Dayton I know you guys remember 00:43:44.409 --> 00:43:47.610 that and and many of us did turn up in Dayton 00:43:47.610 --> 00:43:50.969 that year and I think the question was asked 00:43:50.969 --> 00:43:55.719 gee What if we finally meet? And we don't like 00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:59.059 each other. There was always that possibility. 00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:01.699 And Paul, I think you said, well, I already don't 00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:04.480 like Will Banks. I think you already said that. 00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:08.280 Well, that's pretty much, I mean, we pretty much 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:13.719 all agree on that. I mean, you know, but we tolerate 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:18.579 him because he's useful. He's useful. And he 00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:21.820 did wear the unicorn suit. We got him. Yes, he 00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:24.659 did. He did. He did. If you remember watching 00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:28.800 on ham nation that that first year we we got 00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:33.300 him a Pink or no blue blue unicorn onesie and 00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:35.340 we snuck it into his room and then he wore it 00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:38.860 on on him He wore it. He did. He looked good. 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:44.110 He looked good. He wears it well Well, Paul, 00:44:44.150 --> 00:44:46.409 thank you so much for calling in. We're gonna 00:44:46.409 --> 00:44:49.389 see if we have anybody else that wants to call. 00:44:49.829 --> 00:44:52.269 We're actually out of time, so... You are quite 00:44:52.269 --> 00:44:55.809 welcome. We'll open up the lines here for a few 00:44:55.809 --> 00:44:59.969 minutes, and good talking to you, and I'll be 00:44:59.969 --> 00:45:04.389 seeing you on Messenger. Absolutely. Have a good 00:45:04.389 --> 00:45:09.190 night, 73. All right. Good night, Paul. Paul 00:45:09.190 --> 00:45:13.349 Brown WD9 GCO from amateur radio newsline and 00:45:13.349 --> 00:45:18.170 let's try one more time as Ali Ali got on ham 00:45:18.170 --> 00:45:20.650 nation the other night We're not gonna let Ali 00:45:20.650 --> 00:45:23.989 on the show again tonight She just about crawled 00:45:23.989 --> 00:45:27.190 over the laptop and shut everything down. So 00:45:27.190 --> 00:45:31.969 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number if you'd like 00:45:31.969 --> 00:45:36.190 to call in. I did see something here on Twitter, 00:45:36.289 --> 00:45:40.030 so let me make sure we got this in. Brett to 00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:44.510 wi7bg wants to know, will the extension of CB 00:45:44.510 --> 00:45:48.429 modes to FM lead the FCC to impose greater restrictions 00:45:48.429 --> 00:45:52.510 on RF amplifiers? or maintain the unfortunate 00:45:52.510 --> 00:45:57.130 15 dB gain limit on amateur amplifiers, which 00:45:57.130 --> 00:46:02.670 hams have to clutch around. So you see any other 00:46:02.670 --> 00:46:08.150 indications of changing some of the restrictions 00:46:08.150 --> 00:46:11.849 and enforcement? Well, I looked at the document 00:46:11.849 --> 00:46:17.130 that the FCC released, which was a released actually 00:46:17.130 --> 00:46:20.050 a day yesterday it was released. The decision 00:46:20.050 --> 00:46:22.590 was made on the third. There was nothing in there 00:46:22.590 --> 00:46:25.389 to indicate that they were even thinking along 00:46:25.389 --> 00:46:28.630 those lines. I think this particular decision 00:46:28.630 --> 00:46:33.809 that the FCC made was in response to a petition 00:46:33.809 --> 00:46:37.570 from one of the manufacturers. Obviously they 00:46:37.570 --> 00:46:40.710 want to make and sell more radios and they certainly 00:46:40.710 --> 00:46:44.210 would welcome the addition of FM. But I don't 00:46:44.210 --> 00:46:49.150 think the FCC is thinking beyond that right now, 00:46:49.769 --> 00:46:52.710 that narrow scope of the question. So I think 00:46:52.710 --> 00:46:57.789 for quite a while, don't put ideas in their head. 00:46:59.710 --> 00:47:02.329 And I think you'll be just fine. I really do. 00:47:03.630 --> 00:47:07.429 Yeah, whenever they open up spectrum for just 00:47:07.429 --> 00:47:11.809 anybody to use they get really really touchy 00:47:11.809 --> 00:47:16.269 about how much power you have and So I imagine 00:47:16.269 --> 00:47:20.969 that will continue to be the case so They let 00:47:20.969 --> 00:47:24.289 us have a little bit more because we're we're 00:47:24.289 --> 00:47:31.969 a little more educated and trained but But yeah, 00:47:32.010 --> 00:47:35.940 it's it's pretty much QRP for those wide open 00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:40.019 bands. At least for now, that's what I would 00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:44.940 expect. For now, yeah. I think the FCC's got 00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:47.800 its hands full with quite a few other things. 00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:50.820 It would be nice if they could take care of spam 00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:58.280 phone calls, but that's for another day. And 00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:02.400 an actual wireless microphone. Spectrum would 00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:08.099 be nice, too. That's a whole nother story. Well, 00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:11.460 Karen, we're out of time here, but Brett, thank 00:48:11.460 --> 00:48:15.559 you for typing in tonight. Appreciate that. And 00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:20.179 Karen, we're going to wrap things up here. So 00:48:20.179 --> 00:48:23.719 we mentioned the Newsline support fund. Go to 00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:27.460 arnewsline .org and click on the PayPal donate 00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:32.610 button. You know make sure you check that out 00:48:32.610 --> 00:48:36.389 and thanks for being here. Oh This has been great 00:48:36.389 --> 00:48:39.949 really Good good to sit down and chat again Neil. 00:48:39.949 --> 00:48:43.070 It's been a couple of years. I think I was on 00:48:43.070 --> 00:48:47.809 the first year with Newsline when I had just 00:48:47.809 --> 00:48:50.929 assumed the editors role and it's great to be 00:48:50.929 --> 00:48:53.789 back with a couple of years and a few stories 00:48:53.789 --> 00:48:57.230 under under my belt and Being part of the team. 00:48:57.489 --> 00:49:01.199 So thanks for the invite Oh, you're most welcome. 00:49:01.260 --> 00:49:05.019 Thank you for being here, and we'll do it again 00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:09.099 sooner rather than later. Absolutely. We'll get 00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:13.440 some more news in here as well. All right, well, 00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:16.940 that is a wrap for this week's edition of Hammer 00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:19.099 Talk Live. Thanks to my guest, Carradine Murray, 00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:22.590 KD2GUT. And everybody out there in cyberspace 00:49:22.590 --> 00:49:25.190 for listening and typing in and invite you back 00:49:25.190 --> 00:49:29.010 next Thursday night 9 p .m. Eastern time and 00:49:29.010 --> 00:49:34.019 for a list of our upcoming guests visit HamTalkLive 00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:38.119 .com and don't forget the the QSO Today Virtual 00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:43.239 Ham Expo is coming up. So make sure you check 00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:48.679 that out. I know Eric has has made a lot of preparations 00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:51.320 for that to try to get things straightened out. 00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:55.280 So don't forget about the QSO Today Virtual Ham 00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:58.980 Expo. Check that out. Alright, well we're going 00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:03.400 to Finish up here tonight, and if you like the 00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:06.940 show, please leave us a review That's that's 00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:09.420 how you can help us and help others find the 00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:13.719 show a little faster, so That's it for tonight. 00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:17.380 This is an eel rap wb9 vpg saying seven three 00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:30.659 seven five and May the good DX be yours Well, 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:35.000 you came right back to my CQ call Your Readability 00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:40.139 5 and Strength 9 You never once mentioned your 00:50:40.139 --> 00:50:44.219 weather at all And I didn't mention mine