WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.600 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:05.980 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:12.919 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:17.600 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.820 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:30.879 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:38.579 we go, welcome to Amtopi Calling laptop Neil's 00:00:38.579 --> 00:01:00.960 your guy Amtopi, here we go Hey good evening 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.000 everyone it's HamTalk Live episode number 265 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.500 live from Yoda America's Camp 2021 recorded live 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:17.159 on Thursday July 15th 2021. I'm your host Neil 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:21.280 Rapp WB9VPG thanks for tuning into this episode. 00:01:21.629 --> 00:01:24.590 of HamTalk Live. 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Tower Electronics, PL -259 .com. 00:04:24.610 --> 00:04:27.050 We're not sure what's up with the fifth dentist, 00:04:27.410 --> 00:04:29.750 but four out of five dentists recommend listening 00:04:29.750 --> 00:04:56.860 to HamTalk Live. Welcome back to HamTalk Live. 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.540 Thanks to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:02.600 for sponsoring the show as they do each and every 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:06.139 week to help bring HamTalk Live your way. Make 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:10.500 sure you visit them at a HamFest near you or 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:18.629 online at PL -259. Welcome back to HamTalk Live, 00:05:18.670 --> 00:05:22.350 coming to you live from Westchester, Ohio. We're 00:05:22.350 --> 00:05:27.189 here in the Yoda Camp Hotel, actually. We're 00:05:27.189 --> 00:05:30.870 in one of the meeting rooms here next to the 00:05:30.870 --> 00:05:34.509 lobby, and we have several campers and staff 00:05:34.509 --> 00:05:37.370 and volunteers in the room tonight, so we're 00:05:37.370 --> 00:05:39.850 going to talk to many of them, but if you have 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:43.120 a question for one of them... give us a call 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:52.040 at 859 -982 -7373 or tweet us it's at HamTalk 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:55.019 Live and if you're on Spreaker you can type in 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:59.360 the comments and we'll check those as we go throughout 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:04.470 the evening and It's been a great week of camp. 00:06:05.370 --> 00:06:08.850 We are just starting this program. It's the first 00:06:08.850 --> 00:06:12.170 time it's been done over here in the Americas. 00:06:12.509 --> 00:06:16.350 It's basically a copy of the Youngsters on the 00:06:16.350 --> 00:06:22.889 Air camp programs over in Europe and Western 00:06:22.889 --> 00:06:28.069 Asia and Africa. Things have gone really, really 00:06:28.069 --> 00:06:31.389 well. We've, of course, had a few learning moments 00:06:31.389 --> 00:06:36.009 along the way, but we've been pretty successful 00:06:36.009 --> 00:06:40.569 in all of the projects, which is what we really 00:06:40.569 --> 00:06:44.029 wanted. We've also been pretty successful at 00:06:44.029 --> 00:06:48.370 getting these young people to know each other 00:06:48.370 --> 00:06:51.189 a little bit better and know that they're not 00:06:51.189 --> 00:06:55.329 alone in this hobby and service. It's worked 00:06:55.329 --> 00:07:00.649 out really well. So, happy to report that things 00:07:00.649 --> 00:07:06.009 are going so well. We're going to finish up tomorrow. 00:07:06.990 --> 00:07:11.189 We're going to send everybody home at 2 o 'clock 00:07:11.189 --> 00:07:14.029 tomorrow. There will be a live stream of the 00:07:14.029 --> 00:07:18.560 closing ceremony from 1 to 2 p .m. tomorrow on 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.560 our YouTube channel, so check that out. And if 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:24.540 you haven't been following along with the daily 00:07:24.540 --> 00:07:29.319 highlight videos, Brian Esche, WB9QVR, or as 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:33.740 we call him back home, The Q, has been editing 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:36.560 these highlight videos every day. And Sterling 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.860 Mann, N0SSC, who's waving at me at the moment, 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:43.819 and James Lee, WX4TV, have been shooting tons 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:47.660 of video all week. So every day we upload all 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:50.240 this stuff and then Brian goes out and edits 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.699 it all into a couple of minutes so you can see 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:56.139 what we're doing. So make sure you check out 00:07:56.139 --> 00:08:00.620 the Youth on the Air YouTube channel and watch 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:02.699 the little highlight videos. You can also watch 00:08:02.699 --> 00:08:07.120 the opening ceremony. We did have an official 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.839 ceremony for that and keynote speaker Tim Duffy, 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:15.839 K3LR. And you can also watch the Eris contact 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:20.040 that we made yesterday. Another exciting moment 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.660 when we were able to talk with an astronaut. 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:28.220 So be sure you check that out. Well, first off, 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:34.740 I want to bring on John Dykstra, N0JSD. He has 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:37.879 called into the show a couple of times, and he's 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.080 a frequent listener of the show. And John, I 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.960 want you to to tell everybody what your thoughts 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.299 are on camp this week. Okay, Neil. Hey, good 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.659 evening, everyone. This is John Dystra, N0JSD. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:55.539 I'm a contestor out in Northern Virginia. So 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:59.440 we got here. I got in around Saturday night, 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:03.389 spent the night here. Then Sunday we went in 00:09:03.389 --> 00:09:07.769 orientation got an idea what the voice of America 00:09:07.769 --> 00:09:10.649 is down here in Westchester, Ohio I tell you 00:09:10.649 --> 00:09:14.309 what Jocelyn brought he's a really good guy showed 00:09:14.309 --> 00:09:18.570 us around and He definitely gives a really good 00:09:18.570 --> 00:09:24.470 show this past week so When we next day we built 00:09:24.470 --> 00:09:28.370 80 meter kits really nice, and then we just used 00:09:28.370 --> 00:09:33.379 them today actually for a little bit of ARGF. 00:09:34.379 --> 00:09:37.779 And then we went to, then we did a bunch of other 00:09:37.779 --> 00:09:44.779 stuff. And I think Wednesday, what was it? Yeah, 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:49.940 we did Kings Island in the air's contact. So 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:52.600 pretty cool. I've talked to anyone at SS many 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:56.799 times and it's good to hear it again, hear the 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.230 good voice up there at the ISS. Other than that, 00:10:00.250 --> 00:10:02.950 it's been a really good week with the with the 00:10:02.950 --> 00:10:06.289 guys down here at youngsters on the air and All 00:10:06.289 --> 00:10:08.090 the guys that I talked to over the air. I actually 00:10:08.090 --> 00:10:10.389 get to meet in person So back over to you Neil 00:10:10.389 --> 00:10:15.169 wb9vpg. This is n0jsd All right, John if you 00:10:15.169 --> 00:10:18.549 had to pick your favorite thing so far, which 00:10:18.549 --> 00:10:22.629 we've still got a few hours of camp left tomorrow 00:10:22.629 --> 00:10:25.690 But if you had to pick your favorite thing out 00:10:25.690 --> 00:10:30.080 of this week, what would it be? So definitely 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:31.899 making the contacts all the people who've been 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:33.960 wanting to work us because we did operate the 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.179 special event station w8y 98 % of the time I've 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:42.279 been on 40 meter CW so We've been making many 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.360 contacts off that it's just good to hear people 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:46.100 all around the world who are actually interested 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:49.220 in us and supporting us by making their contacts 00:10:49.220 --> 00:10:51.980 so Haven't seen logs yet, but I know we've made 00:10:51.980 --> 00:10:53.700 a lot of contacts and thank you guys very much 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:57.509 for this contacts All right, John. Well, thanks 00:10:57.509 --> 00:11:01.330 for sharing with us tonight and Again, if you 00:11:01.330 --> 00:11:04.210 have a question about youth on the air can't 00:11:04.210 --> 00:11:07.549 give us a call at eight five nine nine eight 00:11:07.549 --> 00:11:11.210 two seventy three seventy three or tweet us at 00:11:11.210 --> 00:11:17.129 ham talk live and Want to bring on Michael? W3. 00:11:17.149 --> 00:11:20.870 Oh now I'm going to turn your badge around w3 00:11:20.870 --> 00:11:26.379 MLJ. That's it Michael Lippert is from up in 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:30.480 northeast Ohio and he's here to, or more or less, 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:37.220 on the Pennsylvania side. Anyway, Michael is 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:42.500 here and he's big into contesting and we started 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:46.230 off the week uh... on monday with some contesting 00:11:46.230 --> 00:11:48.929 stuff so uh... michael won't you talk a little 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:51.009 bit about uh... what you've enjoyed about you 00:11:51.009 --> 00:11:53.389 know the camp and and maybe some of the contesting 00:11:53.389 --> 00:11:59.830 aspects of the camp okay thank you neil uh... 00:11:59.830 --> 00:12:05.070 it's uh... been very fun uh... uh... the contesting 00:12:05.070 --> 00:12:09.490 uh... was very fun we uh... uh... learned a lot 00:12:09.490 --> 00:12:12.440 uh... some that i didn't know but uh... I've 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.419 been very active in contests ever since I think 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:19.360 it was the first year I've got my license. So 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:23.379 I've been to multiple contest stations up in 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:27.279 Maine, Massachusetts, and North Me, K3LR, which 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.419 he was here Monday, or Sunday, I guess it is. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.139 But yeah, contesting is mainly my thing, HF and 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:40.740 running that sorts. All right, and I'll ask you 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:44.000 the same thing what what was your favorite thing 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:50.639 The favorite thing was What would it be probably 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.039 the International Space Station contact that 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.179 was a really cool haven't done that yet, but 00:12:56.179 --> 00:13:00.679 that was probably the favorite part so far Now 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:04.539 there's a lot to pick from and that's a good 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:09.899 one and that's one that Took a lot of setup and 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:15.120 and so trend transitioning to that The young 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:19.139 lady who? Put all of that stuff together to make 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:22.200 that heiress contact is behind me She's been 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.419 on the show before Ruth will it came for lao 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:29.080 talk a little bit about the experience of being 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:34.059 in charge of an heiress contact Good evening, 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:36.980 everyone. This is Ruth Kielomike for Lima Alpha 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:40.580 Oscar from Virginia Getting to be in charge of 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:44.820 that heiress contact Getting to be in charge 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:46.919 of that heiress contact was really incredible 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:50.320 It's been a multi -year process. I think at this 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.419 point just working with our heiress mentors and 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:56.379 working with heiress North America trying to 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:59.200 try to make this contact happened during the 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.820 only couple of days we had for it. So definitely 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:04.360 a lot of paperwork, a lot of emails, a lot of 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.899 patients from Neil and John Clute and then Fred 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:09.679 Kramer who came in at the last minute to be our 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:12.679 heiress mentor as well as communications with 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.519 our telebridge station because we did a telebridge 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.480 contact. But it was absolutely incredible a big 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:22.240 bucket list item for me that I wanted to talk 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.220 with an astronaut for quite some time and attend 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:26.879 to their contacts run by good friends But never 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.059 been able to be in charge of one So it was incredible 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:32.440 to be up there and be the yoda host for that 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.860 and to get to talk to the astronauts directly 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:41.820 Now you had You know the the chance to do this 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:46.840 but what one of my favorite parts was You know 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.139 they said okay, well you can run this this video 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:56.139 before the contact and this video explains what's 00:14:56.139 --> 00:15:01.220 going to happen and it was starring you and Chris 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:04.720 bro who see in the room he's in the next room 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:08.299 over and he's also as soon as I brought brought 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:11.720 the broadcast up he ran off. uh... but both of 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.139 you are here this week but uh... the video was 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:18.519 was of the two of you uh... i think it was like 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.700 five or six years ago so you look you look nothing 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:25.360 like you did in the video so how did you feel 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:29.240 about that it was really exciting to see that 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.860 video actually being played for contact uh... 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:34.580 it was quite the experience and tom delaney who 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:37.509 directed that incredibly well, was so patient 00:15:37.509 --> 00:15:40.049 with us. We were, we never, Chris and I had never 00:15:40.049 --> 00:15:42.830 done anything quite like that before. And just 00:15:42.830 --> 00:15:45.330 seeing how, I'd seen the video before, but seeing 00:15:45.330 --> 00:15:48.889 it in the context of a contact and seeing how 00:15:48.889 --> 00:15:51.070 it helped some of the folks there be able to 00:15:51.070 --> 00:15:53.009 understand a little better exactly what was happening, 00:15:53.649 --> 00:15:56.070 how well the video was put together, it was really 00:15:56.070 --> 00:15:59.159 cool to see. I've definitely grown up a lot since 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.899 then but I'm really proud of how that came together 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:04.320 and that it's still good enough to be used right 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.679 now for heiress contacts every week. It was a 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:12.440 cool thing and we want to wish John Clute the 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:17.419 best. He had a medical issue to deal with at 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:22.509 the very last second and Fred Kimmer came over 00:16:22.509 --> 00:16:26.929 and jumped right in where John left off and made 00:16:26.929 --> 00:16:29.850 everything work. But we want to wish John the 00:16:29.850 --> 00:16:34.330 best and a speedy recovery because he's been 00:16:34.330 --> 00:16:38.940 very helpful in making all of this happen. Well, 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:43.700 another camper here tonight is Graham and it's 00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:50.200 K04, I'm looking at your badge, FJK. And Graham's 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:55.600 been enjoying Yoda camp as well and been doing 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:59.720 some cool stuff. So talk about your favorite 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.059 parts of the week. Alright, good evening everyone. 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.299 My favorite parts of the week have been all the 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:08.099 amazing things we've done with amateur radio. 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:11.720 I really enjoyed. We did some satellite stuff 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.660 with Ruth KM4 LAO this morning and it was really 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:17.819 cool to connect with three different satellites 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:20.140 this morning. We got lucky and there were some 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:23.019 good passes and it was a lot of fun trying to 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.779 track in with the Yagington and get on through 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:27.759 the pileup. even if it was a bit difficult at 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.700 times. I also enjoyed all the fun things that 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:32.920 we got taken to. We got to go to an arcade and 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:36.859 we got to Kings Island and had a blast there. 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:39.740 It was so much fun. But most important thing, 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.799 I think, is all the connections that I've made 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.400 and all the friends I've made and all the great 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.000 experiences that we've had through it. Back to 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:53.720 you, Neil. Now you mentioned the you know your 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.559 favorite thing being the connections that you 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:00.759 made so So this was kind of our big goal for 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.960 this week was so that you all didn't feel alone 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:10.200 in ham radio, so I'll ask you the question which 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:15.660 which we hope we know the answer to After leaving 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:20.390 this camp do you think that? You'll stick with 00:18:20.390 --> 00:18:24.809 ham radio and be able to Get some help from your 00:18:24.809 --> 00:18:27.349 peers when you have different projects that you 00:18:27.349 --> 00:18:30.829 want to try Thank you. I think I definitely will 00:18:30.829 --> 00:18:33.250 because before this I did never knew how to use 00:18:33.250 --> 00:18:38.690 FTA. I mean My dad, who's also Ham, KR4BKE, he 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:40.569 works on it on his computer, but I had never 00:18:40.569 --> 00:18:42.250 seen how it worked before, and I got to learn 00:18:42.250 --> 00:18:45.190 firsthand how to work FT8, and I think that's 00:18:45.190 --> 00:18:47.769 a great experience, because FT8 can run off almost 00:18:47.769 --> 00:18:49.869 anything, as you know. It has great propagation 00:18:49.869 --> 00:18:52.089 and reaches everything, and contacts are very 00:18:52.089 --> 00:18:55.670 straightforward on it. And, you know, this has 00:18:55.670 --> 00:18:57.750 really helped to encourage me and helped me to 00:18:57.750 --> 00:18:59.970 learn different modes of amateur radio communication, 00:19:00.089 --> 00:19:02.089 such as D -Star and, of course, satellite contact, 00:19:02.109 --> 00:19:06.700 which I had never done before. Very good and 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:09.740 the satellite thing is just really cool and like 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:13.220 we said Ruth did that today and we'll Be on some 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:15.960 of the passes again tomorrow as we have time 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:20.299 as we do our antenna build tomorrow, but we'll 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:22.779 have a chance to be on the birds one last time 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:26.539 before we go home and That's something I've been 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:30.519 into the last two or three years and just ready 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:34.750 to get back on with the move and and getting 00:19:34.750 --> 00:19:37.089 ready for this camp and everything just haven't 00:19:37.089 --> 00:19:40.490 been on and uh... i'm looking forward to some 00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:44.289 some satellite operating time here uh... before 00:19:44.289 --> 00:19:47.869 too long All right, well, it's time to take a 00:19:47.869 --> 00:19:50.549 break. So we're going to take a break. We're 00:19:50.549 --> 00:19:53.210 going to come back with yet more people here 00:19:53.210 --> 00:19:56.529 at Yoda Camp after this word from ICOM America 00:19:56.529 --> 00:20:00.289 right here on HamTalk Live. June kicked off hurricane 00:20:00.289 --> 00:20:03.410 season and another rough wildfire season may 00:20:03.410 --> 00:20:06.390 be on the horizon. When natural disasters strike, 00:20:06.769 --> 00:20:09.230 cellular towers and power grids can quickly become 00:20:09.230 --> 00:20:12.549 overloaded and incapacitated. Emergency comms 00:20:12.549 --> 00:20:16.019 need to be instant, reliable, allow interoperation 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:19.059 with other organizations and agencies for relief 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:21.980 coordination. Amateur radio provides reliable 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:24.680 emergency communications with the added security 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.819 of system redundancy. 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You 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:20.140 can bridge connections between radio systems, 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:23.680 LTE transceiver gateway, IP phone interconnect, 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:27.640 multi -site connection between VEPG4s, and external 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:31.599 equipment connection. ICOM's VEPG4 is the solution 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:35.599 for your interoperability needs. Visit icomamerica 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:39.019 .com slash amateur for more information on ICOM 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:42.500 radios. Join the conversation. Give us a call 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:48.559 at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the number to call 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:55.099 is 859 -982 -7373. Or, if you'd rather type than 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:58.839 talk, tweet us at HamTalk Live. Now, here's Neil 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:07.950 Rapp with more HamTalk Live. You're listening 00:23:07.950 --> 00:23:30.150 to Ham Talk Live with Neil Rapp. sponsoring the 00:23:30.150 --> 00:23:33.329 show to bring HamTalk Live your way each and 00:23:33.329 --> 00:23:36.490 every week. Make sure you check them out at iconamerica 00:23:36.490 --> 00:23:42.029 .com slash amateur. All right, well, we have 00:23:42.029 --> 00:23:45.589 some more people to talk to and we want to make 00:23:45.589 --> 00:23:47.869 sure that you know that HamTalk Live is on the 00:23:47.869 --> 00:23:50.329 air every Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern time. 00:23:50.970 --> 00:23:53.670 right here at HamTalkLive .com. Make sure to 00:23:53.670 --> 00:23:56.210 check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 00:23:56.430 --> 00:24:00.470 And before we get to more of our people here, 00:24:00.710 --> 00:24:04.470 we have some more campers and a special guest 00:24:04.470 --> 00:24:06.990 that we'll bring to you. But we're going to go 00:24:06.990 --> 00:24:11.880 to the N9GSU Joke of the Week. Now it's time 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.339 for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:17.980 the part of the show where Rick tells us a ham 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:21.240 radio joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.680 the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:28.740 here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:36.859 Live Joke of the Week. I was working slow scan 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:40.039 with a fellow ham that also happens to be a dentist. 00:24:40.109 --> 00:24:44.190 the other day. He sent me a whole bunch of toothpicks. 00:24:45.789 --> 00:24:48.990 This has been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke 00:24:48.990 --> 00:24:52.690 of the Week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in 00:24:52.690 --> 00:24:57.769 again next week for another joke from Rick. Oh 00:24:57.769 --> 00:25:00.930 my goodness, thank you Rick, we think. We're 00:25:00.930 --> 00:25:08.569 not sure. The toothpicks. There we go. Now we 00:25:08.569 --> 00:25:10.609 had some of the campers sending some pictures 00:25:10.609 --> 00:25:16.950 across the airwaves with the ICOM IC705 and it 00:25:16.950 --> 00:25:20.589 was pretty cool. Well welcome back to HamTalk 00:25:20.589 --> 00:25:24.170 Live and again it's time for your call so if 00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:28.289 you have a call to make to us give us a call 00:25:28.289 --> 00:25:33.730 at 859 -982 -7373 or you can tweet us at HamTalk 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:39.480 Live again if you have a question for us. 859 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:44.980 -982 -7373 now is the time to call. And if you're 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:49.960 listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast edition, 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:52.640 you won't be able to reach us because we're doing 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:57.259 this live on Thursday night. All right. Well, 00:25:57.259 --> 00:26:01.200 we have a call on the line, so let's go to the 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.640 phones. Good evening. Welcome to Amtok Live. 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:08.339 Oh hi Neil, it's Connor and Ben and Patrick. 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:17.279 So we have Connor calling in from behind the 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:23.119 wall here. So, Connor, what's been your favorite 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:26.859 thing to do this week? Our heiress contact was 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:35.279 pretty good. Well, it was definitely a unique 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:38.619 experience because Just not too many people get 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:42.559 to do that. So it was pretty pretty cool and 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:48.180 I know you've you've had a a fun -filled Trip 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:50.660 getting here. Tell us a little bit about that. 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:55.779 Oh Yes, I flew all the way from Virginia met 00:26:55.779 --> 00:27:00.150 with Patrick who's right here. Hi Then we drove 00:27:00.150 --> 00:27:06.430 in here from Indianapolis on Sunday Saturday 00:27:06.430 --> 00:27:10.549 or one of the week weekend days and Then we leave 00:27:10.549 --> 00:27:13.230 tomorrow afternoon. I go back to India and then 00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:18.549 fly home Saturday so you actually got to the 00:27:18.549 --> 00:27:22.029 Indianapolis ham fest and Went and checked out, 00:27:22.029 --> 00:27:25.210 Kentucky and and checked out all kinds of stuff 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.660 Oh, yeah, we went to the levees in Kentucky. 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:32.119 We made a whole trip out of this, you know, I 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:34.799 kind of stay on my side of the coast. So this 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:38.779 was a fun trip. All right. Well, thank you, Connor, 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:44.619 for calling in. Thanks for taking our call from 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:49.119 the 200 level of the hotel. Oh, there we go. 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:55.140 All right, Connor, thanks. We'll see you in the 00:27:55.140 --> 00:28:02.250 morning if not before. Bye, Neil. Bye -bye. 859 00:28:02.250 --> 00:28:06.329 -982 -7373 is the phone number, and these guys, 00:28:06.329 --> 00:28:11.029 you can tell, really get along well and are all 00:28:11.029 --> 00:28:14.670 smiles this week, and it's just been fabulous 00:28:14.670 --> 00:28:19.589 to do that. Case W0AAE is here with me, and he 00:28:19.589 --> 00:28:24.869 is our paper QSL card manager, and he's been 00:28:24.869 --> 00:28:27.890 doing some of the cards for the special events. 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:31.400 All that kind of thing and he's going to have 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:37.059 a big job to do when you get home. So tell us 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:39.119 a little bit about some of that and your favorite 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.539 parts of the week. Yeah, I'm going to have to 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:46.160 do a lot of QSOing when I get home and maybe 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:48.519 set up some DX cards as well. But I've had a 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:53.660 lot of fun this week. I can't wait. to do more 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:57.420 tomorrow. And what was most fun was the sprint 00:28:57.420 --> 00:29:00.180 that we did at the park. Even though it was five 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.740 minutes long, it was a lot of fun. I'm actually 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:04.039 going to score those tonight. I should really 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:07.319 get on that before it gets too late. And that 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.039 was a lot of fun. It was a lot of QRM on the 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:13.299 frequency from RFI in the building and all kinds 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:16.200 of things. And I love contesting as well. It's 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:20.869 one passion I enjoy. And I enjoy CW. One thing 00:29:20.869 --> 00:29:25.769 that I never thought I would enjoy more was the 00:29:25.769 --> 00:29:28.630 balloon launch that we did. That was very entertaining, 00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:32.690 and just seeing how cheap everything was, technically 00:29:32.690 --> 00:29:34.930 cheap, I thought it would be at least $1 ,000. 00:29:35.589 --> 00:29:37.930 But it seems decently cheap for what we were 00:29:37.930 --> 00:29:40.170 doing. And I'm actually thinking about doing 00:29:40.170 --> 00:29:42.750 that when I get home or sometime in the future. 00:29:43.150 --> 00:29:49.119 So that might be pretty fun. Uh, yeah, it's just 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.299 been a lot of fun and, um, the amateur radio, 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:54.960 um, uh, direction finding was also a great, uh, 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:58.160 the kit building. Um, it's nice to solder some 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:01.319 stuff again, but anyway, I'll send back over 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:06.400 to Neil W zero AAE. All right. Well, we appreciate 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:09.420 all of your, uh, efforts in helping, uh, get 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:11.859 this thing going. And that's one of the, the 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.119 things that we want to accomplish, uh, with this 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:17.859 camp is that the youth are, uh, leading, um, 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:22.579 more and more of the logistics. We have the youth 00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:26.720 doing most of the sessions and we want to expand 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:31.299 that as we go. Well, Case mentioned, or Keys 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:37.380 as we call him, Case mentioned the balloon launch 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:44.480 and Jack McElroy, KM4ZIA is here, and it was 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:49.180 just a fabulous experience. And and you missed 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:51.859 out on Dave and Buster's to go get the payload 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:57.740 but Getting the payload back is is quite the 00:30:57.740 --> 00:31:01.740 story So tell us the story of getting the payload 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:06.579 back from the boy Thanks Neil so first of all 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:10.740 if you heard my voice begin I'll let you know 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:13.960 that we will be sending QSO cards to you. Just 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:17.700 email me. It came from Jack B. McElroy at gmail 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:20.440 .com. Just email me if you heard my balloon and 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:24.460 I'll send you all a QSO card. So retrieving the 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:27.359 payload, what it was, we had to basically drive 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:32.500 about 100 miles to near Marysville, Ohio. to 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:35.819 get this payload, and it was by this little farm 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:38.400 called Wishwell Farms, and it was run by these 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.119 two friends. Both of them were mechanical engineers, 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:44.380 and they ran this farm where they grew soybeans. 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.359 So we tracked the balloon to one of their fields, 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:50.740 and we asked them if we could go in their fields 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:52.490 to retrieve the payload, and they're like, Oh 00:31:52.490 --> 00:31:54.890 yeah, sure, let's just go grab the ATV. Because 00:31:54.890 --> 00:31:56.930 they already launched balloons before, like the 00:31:56.930 --> 00:32:00.670 ones that we launched on Tuesday. So they knew 00:32:00.670 --> 00:32:01.990 what it was like to launch one of these balloons 00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:04.730 and track it and chase it and retrieve it. So 00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:07.970 we hopped on this big ATV and we drove out on 00:32:07.970 --> 00:32:10.359 these... big soybean field and we finally found 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:13.200 the payload and it was completely intact and 00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:17.940 landed in a way so the very bomb of the all the 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:22.380 payloads and the very top which is the actual 00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:25.480 bloom all laid out perfectly in the soybean field. 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:29.259 So we got it got some pictures and we told them 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:32.440 all about the Arduino and Arduino we had it it 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:35.579 had multiple sensors on it for temperature internal 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:38.160 external temperature and barometric pressure 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:42.960 for altitude and it was a DHT 22 sensor a DHT 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:46.880 11 sensor and a BMP 1a sensor so we retrieve 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:50.839 all data they wanted to know all about so it's 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.779 really awesome talking to them and they even 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:56.759 made their own maple syrup and we have bought 00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:02.660 a good bit of it. We haven't tasted it yet, so 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.720 soon enough we'll buy it. Or sorry, not buy it, 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:11.180 sorry, taste it. But great guys and definitely 00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:14.460 we are really glad that land in there feeling 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:18.980 not some angry guys, old front yard. Anyway, 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:23.299 that's what it was on the balloon. So thanks 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:29.420 and back to Neil. Now these just weren't any 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:34.460 mechanical engineers turned farmers You left 00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:39.359 out one important point there So so where were 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:45.079 they working as mechanical engineers? Yeah, they're 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:47.349 mechanical engineers and One of them I believe 00:33:47.349 --> 00:33:49.809 actually worked for is Google Loon, I believe 00:33:49.809 --> 00:33:52.150 it was called, and they launched balloons just 00:33:52.150 --> 00:33:54.190 like ours are payloads. And traveling around 00:33:54.190 --> 00:33:56.309 the world, they weren't like HABs where they 00:33:56.309 --> 00:33:59.150 go up to about 100 ,000 feet in pop. They were 00:33:59.150 --> 00:34:02.289 like SBSs or super pressure balloons where they 00:34:02.289 --> 00:34:04.210 basically just go up to a set altitude because 00:34:04.210 --> 00:34:06.950 of a film or the plastic on the balloon basically 00:34:06.950 --> 00:34:09.730 stops the balloon from its air pressure inside 00:34:09.730 --> 00:34:12.809 going up and up. So. their balloons went around 00:34:12.809 --> 00:34:15.210 the world and they had payloads that land in 00:34:15.210 --> 00:34:17.989 these countries that are not very nice to the 00:34:17.989 --> 00:34:22.449 US. And so Google would basically hire these 00:34:22.449 --> 00:34:26.070 PMCs or private military contractors like these 00:34:26.070 --> 00:34:28.750 retired Special Forces guys to basically go out 00:34:28.750 --> 00:34:31.869 to these countries and retrieve the payload and 00:34:31.869 --> 00:34:36.030 bring it back to Google. So that was really interesting 00:34:36.030 --> 00:34:38.909 to know about that. So it was awesome to know 00:34:38.909 --> 00:34:43.369 that, first of all, got the balloon in a fellow 00:34:43.369 --> 00:34:45.449 balloonist's yard and they knew all, they knew 00:34:45.449 --> 00:34:47.469 what the balloon was about, they knew how it 00:34:47.469 --> 00:34:49.730 worked, and so it was really awesome just talking 00:34:49.730 --> 00:34:51.769 to them because, you know, they're not knowledgeable 00:34:51.769 --> 00:34:55.670 on the topic as well. So, I think, I think that's 00:34:55.670 --> 00:35:00.989 it on the balloon retrieval. Yeah, I just couldn't 00:35:00.989 --> 00:35:03.969 believe it when I heard the story, you know, 00:35:04.050 --> 00:35:07.170 it was, oh my gosh, these guys know exactly what 00:35:07.170 --> 00:35:11.360 was going on and started asking questions. You 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:18.619 couldn't ask for a smoother retrieval and actually 00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:21.639 to get people that knew what was going on. So 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:26.480 just fabulous. And things have really gone, for 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:31.119 the most part, pretty well this week. It's just 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:35.619 been these kinds of things. Things have worked 00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:39.889 and science doesn't always work especially when 00:35:39.889 --> 00:35:42.010 you do that in front of a whole bunch of students. 00:35:42.530 --> 00:35:46.469 That's been my experience, anyway. Well, let's 00:35:46.469 --> 00:35:51.570 change routes here. Will Jordan, a 4WJ from ICOM 00:35:51.570 --> 00:35:54.250 America, has been spending the week with us. 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:58.960 And they provided all of our communications things 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:05.400 and you heard the ad about the IP501 handheld 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:09.380 and we have 11 of those. We've been using them 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:13.280 as staff radios so I can personally attest now 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:18.099 to the IP501 and it's kind of the first time 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:20.360 you've had a chance to play with it so it was 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:24.829 a good experiment for you. Well, no, you're exactly 00:36:24.829 --> 00:36:28.650 right, you know, we Well, I suppose really at 00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:30.449 the end of the day Neil I just wanted a chance 00:36:30.449 --> 00:36:31.929 to play with them, you know plain and simple. 00:36:31.969 --> 00:36:33.929 Let's let's not let's not mince words here They're 00:36:33.929 --> 00:36:36.510 super duper cool and this seemed like a great 00:36:36.510 --> 00:36:39.429 opportunity to test them out in a very Worthwhile 00:36:39.429 --> 00:36:41.610 and a very real type of situation and they have 00:36:41.610 --> 00:36:45.269 served us Incredibly well all the way from Kings 00:36:45.269 --> 00:36:47.590 Island to Dave and Buster's back here the hotel 00:36:47.590 --> 00:36:52.139 and the VOA Museum all week long so It's been 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:54.559 a great experience with these little guys, and 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:56.659 I'm going to be sad when we have to ship them 00:36:56.659 --> 00:37:03.519 back home. Not only do we have these LTE staff 00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:07.619 radios, but you've brought handhelds for them 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:10.579 to use, some IC -705s for them to use out in 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:13.420 the field. Tomorrow, they're going to be testing 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.719 out their antennas that they're going to build 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:19.360 in a competition. with those 705s and then you 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:23.619 also brought IC 7300s for them to use in the 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:28.059 shack at the museum as well as here in the hotel 00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:31.380 so talk a little bit about the the shack in the 00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:34.940 hotel that you've been in charge of and and tell 00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:39.619 us how that went this week well Neil, it's gone 00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:41.820 incredibly well. And in fact, I'm getting some 00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.559 sideways glances from some of the campers here. 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:46.639 They want me upstairs in the hotel shack to unlock 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:48.579 it for them so that we can get back on the air 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:52.199 and make some contacts here before we close camp 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.760 out. So I'll need to be doing that here before 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.760 too much longer. But it's been a great time. 00:37:56.860 --> 00:38:00.360 We've had some 7300s in action, both at the museum 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:02.900 and here in the hotel, with some really great 00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:06.409 antennas. Some of the VOA club members were kind 00:38:06.409 --> 00:38:09.630 enough to venture to the top of the hotel roof 00:38:09.630 --> 00:38:13.769 to install for us. We've made some great DX contacts. 00:38:14.329 --> 00:38:16.630 We hit Belgium at one point. We hit Greece at 00:38:16.630 --> 00:38:21.670 one point, I know. Maybe even more on CW. Hawaii 00:38:21.670 --> 00:38:23.849 a couple times. So we've been getting out there 00:38:23.849 --> 00:38:26.329 into the world on the airwaves and doing what 00:38:26.329 --> 00:38:32.250 we love to do best. We have one more night for 00:38:32.250 --> 00:38:37.170 them to enjoy that so When we sign off here in 00:38:37.170 --> 00:38:40.429 just a little bit I'm sure they'll be wanting 00:38:40.429 --> 00:38:47.250 to get back up there and get on okay, so so I 00:38:47.250 --> 00:38:51.150 Joked a little while ago about I wasn't going 00:38:51.150 --> 00:38:53.849 to read the ICOM ad tonight. You were going to 00:38:53.849 --> 00:38:57.989 read the ICOM ad. And so I see Sterling, one 00:38:57.989 --> 00:39:01.969 of our committee members and staff members this 00:39:01.969 --> 00:39:07.889 week, had some advice of some lines to say. So 00:39:07.889 --> 00:39:12.090 here you go. Here's your 15 -second extra ICOM 00:39:12.090 --> 00:39:18.449 ad for tonight. So as Sterling suggested, buy 00:39:18.449 --> 00:39:24.420 my radios, yo. everybody buy those ICOM radios 00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:29.480 it has been Neil before before I sign off on 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.280 the show tonight I want to take a quick opportunity 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:34.440 to thank you on behalf of not only myself but 00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:36.820 on behalf of ICOM as well for allowing us the 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:39.559 privilege and it is a privilege to be here this 00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:43.260 week and to share in this marvelous event with 00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:45.500 all of these great kids the kids everybody as 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:49.210 they say are alright And they love this hobby 00:39:49.210 --> 00:39:51.750 and we owe it to them. It is our duty, in fact, 00:39:51.809 --> 00:39:54.289 to show to them that the hobby loves them too. 00:39:54.769 --> 00:39:57.809 And this week has done that to a degree that 00:39:57.809 --> 00:40:01.570 I could not have even dreamed about before I 00:40:01.570 --> 00:40:05.429 got here. So many thanks to you for the untold 00:40:05.429 --> 00:40:07.429 hours that you've put in to make this happen. 00:40:07.809 --> 00:40:10.090 And thanks to all these kids as well for showing 00:40:10.090 --> 00:40:12.829 up here this week, for showing us their enthusiasm, 00:40:12.909 --> 00:40:16.030 for showing us that they love this hobby because 00:40:16.030 --> 00:40:19.869 it is the greatest hobby. in the world. Well, 00:40:19.869 --> 00:40:23.650 thank you, Will. You're very kind and you have 00:40:23.650 --> 00:40:27.110 jumped in and done everything that we have asked 00:40:27.110 --> 00:40:31.730 and set up rigs, set up antennas and everything. 00:40:31.889 --> 00:40:34.889 I'm sorry we couldn't sneak you into Kings Island 00:40:34.889 --> 00:40:42.329 yesterday, but duty calls. But you know, you've 00:40:42.329 --> 00:40:47.210 done so much work with keeping all of our communications 00:40:47.210 --> 00:40:51.730 options up and running and getting all the questions 00:40:51.730 --> 00:40:54.570 asked and I think the kids have learned a lot 00:40:54.570 --> 00:40:57.329 from you this week and so we're very thankful 00:40:57.329 --> 00:41:02.610 for ICOM's support this week. Okay, yeah, and 00:41:02.610 --> 00:41:04.969 I see you on the telegram already shack ain't 00:41:04.969 --> 00:41:08.710 open yet, so yeah, they're they're they're ready 00:41:08.710 --> 00:41:12.269 to go so We're gonna we're gonna finish up here 00:41:12.269 --> 00:41:14.969 a little bit, but I do have a tweet that came 00:41:14.969 --> 00:41:22.469 in from Jacob kg7 EQ in and Jacob wants to know 00:41:22.469 --> 00:41:26.250 what my favorite part of Yoda camp was and What 00:41:26.250 --> 00:41:28.429 did it take to put it on and what was the most 00:41:28.429 --> 00:41:31.539 challenging part? And what was something that 00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:34.260 worked out well that you didn't think it would? 00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:42.719 So, you know, we did a ton of really big things 00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:46.239 this week. We made an terrorist contact. We launched 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:49.860 a balloon to near space. We did all those things 00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:54.300 and they were fabulous. But I don't know that 00:41:54.300 --> 00:42:03.480 I've had as much fun. that eyeball sprint that 00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:08.159 we did which nobody mentioned but the entire 00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:13.019 room was laughing hysterically we did Doug Grant 00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:17.380 K1 DG always does this eyeball sprint thing at 00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:20.599 contest University where you practice your contesting 00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:24.159 skills by making an exchange not on the radio 00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:27.059 but just with your voice And so you walk around 00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:30.139 the room and you make contacts and you practice 00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:32.980 getting the exchange and the serial numbers and 00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:35.860 all that kind of thing. And it's great practice. 00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:40.500 So I told all of the adults ahead of time that 00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:44.099 we were going to do two of these. And on the 00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:50.300 second one, we wanted you to be the QRM. And 00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:54.820 so we started cranking through the PA system 00:42:55.320 --> 00:43:01.920 recordings of pileups and the slow -scan television 00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:06.880 and everything we could think of and all the 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:12.880 adults are going around the room just yelling 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:19.639 and I kept doing oh over and over again for the 00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:24.480 entire eight minutes and and I think it was Tony 00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:29.000 said that he got like pushed, he got shoved out 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:32.500 of the way. Uh, I mean, yeah. Oh, John was responsible 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:36.139 for that. He's owning up to it. Uh, but I mean, 00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.920 you know, we were, we were just giving them all 00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:43.119 kinds of QRM to, to, you know, make it more challenging. 00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:45.519 And so they could learn to fight through the 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:52.559 QRM and. I think that was my favorite part. People 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:56.980 just were cracking up and just having a fabulous 00:43:56.980 --> 00:44:04.659 time. And I think it was. The time that it took 00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:09.699 to put this on, we don't have enough time on 00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:13.880 this show to talk about that. It was an incredible 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:20.579 amount of time. I'm not gonna lie, we spent two 00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:24.440 years and four months working on this, which 00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:28.159 a year of that was not by choice, but that was 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:32.820 due to COVID. But we still spent that time working 00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:36.579 and refining and trying to make all of the arrangements. 00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:45.539 The most challenging part was Was liability the 00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:49.980 insurance that that actually took almost two 00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:53.900 years to to get it actually on the dotted line. 00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:58.039 There's just so many liability things that we 00:44:58.039 --> 00:45:00.920 have to worry about here in the US that. the 00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:04.480 the europeans don't have to worry about and uh... 00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:07.039 i'd say that was definitely the most challenging 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:11.539 part was was all the liability in insurance uh... 00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:14.000 definitely and something that worked out well 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.300 you didn't think would again i i'd go back to 00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:19.480 the eyeball sprint i figured the eyeball sprint 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:22.539 would be you know okay this is kinda lame but 00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:25.500 we'll do it you know and and it didn't turn out 00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:28.400 that way at all so so that would be it jacob 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.139 so thank you for for your question here tonight. 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:35.800 Okay, well let me check and make sure we've got 00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:39.500 everybody, and John says, did I yell bandpass 00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:45.360 filter enough? during that eyeball sprint. Yeah, 00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:47.900 he's like, we need a bandpass filter. We need 00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:51.739 to get rid of all you people. But you know, we've 00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:56.840 just had a fabulous time here. And Chris, AA4CB 00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:58.820 is listening to the show tonight. So thank you, 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:02.880 Chris, for that. But we've had a really good 00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:05.940 time. Tomorrow is going to be a little bittersweet 00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:09.780 because It's going to be time to go home. I think 00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:14.920 well, I know the staff is exhausted I think the 00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:17.760 campers are probably starting to get to that 00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:23.099 point we stayed at the hotel today just Kind 00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:26.420 of take it easy a little bit and enjoy the the 00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:30.679 pool and the patio And you know right outside 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:36.579 on the back patio. We had a go box And we had 00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:41.079 an EME demo. And what else was it? There was 00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:42.860 something else out there. There was like a mag 00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:46.480 loop or something. Yeah, it was a mag loop. They 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:48.539 had a mag loop out there and was just making 00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:54.400 some contacts out here on the patio. And as soon 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:59.280 as we got to Kings Island yesterday, the first 00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:03.300 thing I hear on the staff radio is, well there's 00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:05.179 a bunch of kids up at the top of the eiffel tower 00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:08.480 with their 705 making cues and i'm just like 00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:12.239 oh my gosh what you know we we've got some some 00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:15.340 serious ham radio going on this week and it's 00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:19.039 it's been great was a sterling uh... man in cirrhosis 00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:23.000 c uh... just stopped by here i just saw him one 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:26.059 of the other got my line of sight uh... before 00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:30.579 we go sterling uh... talk about being uh... a 00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:34.739 staff member this week and and your role with 00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:40.619 IARU region two being the youth liaison. All 00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:42.420 right, thanks Neil. I'll try to stretch over 00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:45.820 here. So everyone hopefully knows me at this 00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:48.500 point. I'm N -Zero Sierra Sierra Charlie, sterling 00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:53.659 man, and Sam Rose KC2LRC and I are the OG American 00:47:54.809 --> 00:47:57.389 What do you call it? What would you say? Infiltrators, 00:47:57.909 --> 00:48:02.530 invaders of the IRE region one Yoda camp. And 00:48:02.530 --> 00:48:04.329 that was back in 2016. And like Neil said, this 00:48:04.329 --> 00:48:06.550 has been a long time coming to, and that was 00:48:06.550 --> 00:48:09.429 our mission, is to create this here in region 00:48:09.429 --> 00:48:15.449 two. So my experiences as a staff, well, I've 00:48:15.449 --> 00:48:17.469 been behind the camera, all that footage you've 00:48:17.469 --> 00:48:20.610 seen, at least half of it, the other half being 00:48:20.610 --> 00:48:26.070 James WX4 TV. has been me and a lot of photos 00:48:26.070 --> 00:48:29.150 from Sam as well. I've been also just running 00:48:29.150 --> 00:48:32.090 around, taking care of business where it needs 00:48:32.090 --> 00:48:34.869 to be taken care of. I was on the committee and 00:48:34.869 --> 00:48:37.610 it was hard. It was really hard to put it together 00:48:37.610 --> 00:48:41.250 and props to Neil. Give him a round of applause. 00:48:45.769 --> 00:48:49.289 Without Neil, this would not have happened. And 00:48:49.289 --> 00:48:54.639 Julie. Got a shout out for Julie. So, and honestly, 00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:56.719 I just feel like a kid again. And you also see 00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:58.980 that in Sam. He think, we both think we're, you 00:48:58.980 --> 00:49:01.179 know, just a part of the camp because we're having 00:49:01.179 --> 00:49:04.320 as much fun. And it's just been especially fun 00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:07.159 sharing all of this, all of these experiences 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:09.860 with everyone out there, like on the Instagram 00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:13.500 and YouTube and everything. And trying to, what 00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:15.320 do you say, spread the gospel of youth in ham 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:18.099 radio. You know, there is youth in ham radio. 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:21.900 And so all of this, I'm the youth liaison for 00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:24.300 IRE Region 2, and what that basically means is 00:49:24.300 --> 00:49:28.900 I'm trying to be the thorn in the side of as 00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:32.360 many member societies as possible in Region 2, 00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:34.639 and that includes all the way from Canada all 00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:37.280 the way south to Argentina. So South America, 00:49:37.460 --> 00:49:39.440 Latin America, Caribbean. And we've been doing 00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:42.519 Zoom meetings through COVID to try to inspire 00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:45.159 some of the adults, some of the Elmers out there 00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:48.320 in Latin America especially, to try to start 00:49:48.320 --> 00:49:51.269 up some sub -regional camps. You could almost 00:49:51.269 --> 00:49:52.849 say this was a sub -regional camp because we 00:49:52.849 --> 00:49:55.730 only had U .S. Americans here just because, you 00:49:55.730 --> 00:49:57.489 know, COVID and all that stuff. We couldn't get 00:49:57.489 --> 00:50:01.030 our friends from Canada and Iceland and Chile 00:50:01.030 --> 00:50:05.190 to join us due to travel restrictions. But hopefully 00:50:05.190 --> 00:50:07.750 next year we're going to have a lot more Latin 00:50:07.750 --> 00:50:10.889 American and Canadian and Mexican, I guess, part 00:50:10.889 --> 00:50:14.889 of Latin America, Caribbean. campers on board 00:50:14.889 --> 00:50:17.090 and staff on board and we'll start to see some 00:50:17.090 --> 00:50:19.449 some critical mass and hopefully this really 00:50:19.449 --> 00:50:22.469 takes off and we can create the next generation 00:50:22.469 --> 00:50:26.889 of ham radio operators. Thanks Neil. Well said 00:50:26.889 --> 00:50:31.389 and you've been a tremendous help in getting 00:50:32.030 --> 00:50:34.849 all this video going and live streaming everything 00:50:34.849 --> 00:50:37.710 so the world can see what's happening here and 00:50:37.710 --> 00:50:40.949 and uh... really appreciate it but uh... tomorrow 00:50:40.949 --> 00:50:44.530 we will will uh... finish things up uh... the 00:50:44.530 --> 00:50:47.150 malusi brothers are here to do their antenna 00:50:47.150 --> 00:50:50.809 build contest so we'll do that and uh... we'll 00:50:50.809 --> 00:50:52.570 have some lunch and then we'll have our closing 00:50:52.570 --> 00:50:55.429 ceremony so again check that out on youtube will 00:50:55.429 --> 00:50:58.369 be live streaming that as well check out the 00:50:58.369 --> 00:51:02.559 uh... the videos and uh... Just just too much 00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:05.860 to talk about in 45 minutes. In fact, we're already 00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:10.360 at 51 minutes. So we're gonna have to end this 00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:14.559 here tonight, but just a fabulous experience 00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:18.199 and so please spread the word about it and check 00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:22.619 out youth on the air org and and you'll see all 00:51:22.619 --> 00:51:28.070 the videos from the week and Just just a lot 00:51:28.070 --> 00:51:30.829 of information and and you know, we'll start 00:51:30.829 --> 00:51:34.969 making plans for the next one. So Be sure to 00:51:34.969 --> 00:51:38.949 check that out All right. Well, that is a wrap 00:51:38.949 --> 00:51:41.989 for this week's edition of ham talk live Thanks 00:51:41.989 --> 00:51:44.630 to the entire Yoda crew and everybody out there 00:51:44.630 --> 00:51:47.530 in cyberspace for listening and typing in tonight 00:51:47.530 --> 00:51:55.559 and and even Connor calling from upstairs And 00:51:55.559 --> 00:52:00.139 Michael, I had to laugh. Michael just tweeted 00:52:00.139 --> 00:52:05.179 in from one chair over and says, the eyeball 00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:13.099 sprint was like calling CQ on 7200. We had some 00:52:13.099 --> 00:52:18.000 great signs this afternoon. You'll have to check 00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:21.219 out the pictures. But we had some signs cheering 00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:25.559 on the fox -roaring competitors. And I think, 00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:29.900 let's see, one of them was guys who operate on 00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:37.980 7200 site Wikipedia. And just some silly things 00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:42.409 like that that made it just... Even that much 00:52:42.409 --> 00:52:46.829 more fun. So Come back next Thursday night 9 00:52:46.829 --> 00:52:50.630 p .m. Eastern Time And we'll have another edition 00:52:50.630 --> 00:52:54.610 of ham talk live for a list of all of the upcoming 00:52:54.610 --> 00:52:57.590 guests visit ham talk live calm But if you like 00:52:57.590 --> 00:53:00.329 the show, please leave us a review That'll help 00:53:00.329 --> 00:53:03.250 other people find the show faster. So for now 00:53:03.250 --> 00:53:07.530 live from Yoda camp 2021 Westchester, Ohio. This 00:53:07.530 --> 00:53:12.789 is Neil rap WB 9 VPG saying 7 -3. Oh, oh hang 00:53:12.789 --> 00:53:38.199 on. Oh Came right back to my CQ call Readability 00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:43.320 5 and Strength 9 You never once mentioned your 00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:49.320 weather at all And I didn't mention mine We talked 00:53:49.320 --> 00:53:50.820 and talked but I