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Good evening to everyone. 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:05.159 It's time for ham talk live episode number 264 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:08.780 the Huntsville ham fest preview 2021 recorded 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:14.680 live on Thursday, July 8th 2021 I'm your host 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:19.540 Neil rap WB 9 VPG and Union, Kentucky now and 00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:23.140 thanks for tuning in to this episode of ham talk 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:26.000 live tonight were joined by Mark Brown in for 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.879 BCD and We will take your calls live a little 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:35.299 later on in the show. Last week here on HamTalk 00:01:35.299 --> 00:01:39.159 Live, Junie in one DUC was here to talk about 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.739 poda and lighthouses and ducks and even had her 00:01:42.739 --> 00:01:46.579 ducks on the show. 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If Denny's is 00:06:06.129 --> 00:06:10.490 open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are 00:06:10.490 --> 00:06:13.649 there locks on the doors? Now, here's Neil Rapp 00:06:13.649 --> 00:06:33.790 with more HamTalk Live. Welcome back to HamTalk 00:06:33.790 --> 00:06:38.170 Live. Icom America has all kinds of cool gear. 00:06:38.250 --> 00:06:45.009 Check them out at icomamerica .com. Tonight we 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:49.170 have Mark Brown in for BCD joining us on the 00:06:49.170 --> 00:06:52.189 Orlando Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation hotline. 00:06:52.910 --> 00:06:56.430 Mark is the chairman of the Huntsville Ham Fest 00:06:56.430 --> 00:07:00.170 and works at one of the many high tech government 00:07:00.170 --> 00:07:03.569 contracting firms found in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:05.920 He's been the president of the North Alabama 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:09.120 DX club, the Huntsville Amateur Radio Club, and 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.660 is a member of both the Tennessee and Alabama 00:07:11.660 --> 00:07:15.740 contest groups. Mark started out as a novice 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:19.540 back in high school and got back into the service 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:25.500 full force at age 50. Mark works really hard 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:30.199 all year long in his role as the chairman of 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.399 the Huntsville Hamfest, and he is a frequent 00:07:33.709 --> 00:07:36.730 Collar to the show so mark. Thank you for coming 00:07:36.730 --> 00:07:41.050 on and talking to us And it's exciting to be 00:07:41.050 --> 00:07:45.009 talking about a big ham fest again Hey, thanks 00:07:45.009 --> 00:07:48.769 Neil and good evening Neil and everyone listening. 00:07:49.189 --> 00:07:53.170 Yes, we are just beyond excited You know, we 00:07:53.170 --> 00:07:55.949 started the planning for this back in the January, 00:07:55.949 --> 00:08:00.350 February timeframe when we saw the vaccine rollouts 00:08:00.350 --> 00:08:04.550 and things were starting to look up. And we've 00:08:04.550 --> 00:08:07.230 met with the Von Braun Center and we've made 00:08:07.230 --> 00:08:09.889 some adjustments. They made some adjustments, 00:08:10.129 --> 00:08:13.829 allowances for us to grow the hamfest in size 00:08:13.829 --> 00:08:16.870 so that we can space things out. We're gonna 00:08:16.870 --> 00:08:20.980 be the same. The same number of flea, actually 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:23.100 a few more flea market tables and the same number 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:25.600 of vendors, but we're just spread out in a bigger 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:30.339 space from 80 ,000 square feet to 140 ,000 square 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:35.559 feet. So we're gonna have a big ham fest and 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:38.059 lots of big aisles, so plenty of room for everybody. 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:44.970 That sounds fabulous. It's just been... You know, 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:49.009 over a year since we've had a big ham fest, a 00:08:49.009 --> 00:08:52.789 lot of the smaller ones have been popping up 00:08:52.789 --> 00:08:55.909 and showing up with a vengeance. And I'm even 00:08:55.909 --> 00:08:58.990 seeing some that have just moved their dates 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:04.370 up just so they can, you know, go. And as the 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:09.110 restrictions are easing somewhat, the vaccine 00:09:09.110 --> 00:09:14.159 is getting to be more predominant. Things are 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:17.080 getting better. So, so, uh, what are you looking 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:22.460 at here for 2021 at the Hamfest? Well, you know, 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.820 we sent out a, we sent out a non -binding, uh, 00:09:25.909 --> 00:09:30.129 questionnaire to our vendors and a lot of our 00:09:30.129 --> 00:09:34.789 visitors back in the February time frame asking 00:09:34.789 --> 00:09:37.950 what their thoughts were on should we have the 00:09:37.950 --> 00:09:40.809 hemp vest in August. And there was a lot of cautious 00:09:40.809 --> 00:09:44.149 optimism. And as the weeks and months have gone 00:09:44.149 --> 00:09:48.610 by, that word cautious has kind of gone away, 00:09:48.990 --> 00:09:53.250 replaced with just optimism. We've had vendors 00:09:53.250 --> 00:09:57.379 that that are coming that just couldn't wait 00:09:57.379 --> 00:10:01.259 to sign up. We've had a few late comers that 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:05.840 saw that things are looking up and got approval 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:10.120 from their corporate folks to travel. And same 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:14.159 with the vendors, the organizations. Orlando 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.600 and Dayton, they're chomping at the bit. Their 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.259 whole crews will be here. They booked early. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.779 They'll be at the embassy and we'll be able to 00:10:22.779 --> 00:10:25.220 all get together, the league at headquarters. 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:28.379 We had Mickey Baker, our Southeastern Division 00:10:28.379 --> 00:10:31.700 Director and a lot of the state and and assistant 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:35.320 section managers, those kind of guys, they signed 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.179 up early, but the league, you know, up in Connecticut, 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.500 they were still locked down. And so it was a 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:45.120 well into, I can't remember the month, but they 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:47.980 were, they were recent in their, in their approval 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:51.399 to travel. And so we'll have Bob Enderbitzen, 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:55.340 Yvette, Rick Roderick is coming over from Arkansas, 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:59.419 the CEO. David Minster, I'm not sure where he 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:01.840 lives, and I'm not sure. This may be his first 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:06.909 big ham fest as CEO. or COO. I get I confuse 00:11:06.909 --> 00:11:10.230 those. My apologies, but David will be here. 00:11:10.509 --> 00:11:13.169 And so the League will have a huge presence and 00:11:13.169 --> 00:11:17.129 we're very excited to just host a real live hand 00:11:17.129 --> 00:11:19.649 fest. We wanted to do it right. We didn't want 00:11:19.649 --> 00:11:23.009 to do anything virtual. Some folks wanted to 00:11:23.009 --> 00:11:26.129 phone in their presentations. No, our forums 00:11:26.129 --> 00:11:29.330 are going to be real live in person where you'll 00:11:29.330 --> 00:11:31.789 be able to ask the speaker to interrupt the speaker 00:11:31.789 --> 00:11:35.710 and ask the question. So It's a real hand fest, 00:11:35.830 --> 00:11:39.190 and we're really excited that we're one of the 00:11:39.190 --> 00:11:43.870 first ones back, and we hope this is an indicator 00:11:43.870 --> 00:11:47.490 of things to come. Next February, Orlando is 00:11:47.490 --> 00:11:50.570 happening. Unfortunately, Dayton had to cancel 00:11:50.570 --> 00:11:53.309 two years in a row. They'll be back in May of 00:11:53.309 --> 00:11:56.129 next year, so we're all excited to get together 00:11:56.129 --> 00:12:00.110 and meet in person and see everybody's face again. 00:12:00.129 --> 00:12:02.990 There's just no substitute for in -person events. 00:12:03.690 --> 00:12:07.649 Yeah, that's very true the virtual ones have 00:12:07.649 --> 00:12:11.690 their place and and they're great for certain 00:12:11.690 --> 00:12:17.129 items but it just doesn't replace the real thing 00:12:17.129 --> 00:12:21.350 and so I'm really looking forward to to seeing 00:12:21.350 --> 00:12:27.809 everyone down in Huntsville so another way oh 00:12:27.809 --> 00:12:31.529 go ahead Yeah, one of the things I'm very excited 00:12:31.529 --> 00:12:34.899 about is uh you know over the pandemic and and 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:37.340 everybody was locked down at home well that didn't 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:39.419 that didn't prevent people from going online 00:12:39.419 --> 00:12:43.519 and buying radios i can't imagine what the flea 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.100 market area is going to look like this year where 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:49.820 everybody's got an old radio to sell and so uh 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:52.820 you know flea market's normally a vibrant uh 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:55.879 uh really exciting thing especially in huntsville 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:59.059 we get up you know it's indoors uh Stuff is protected 00:12:59.059 --> 00:13:01.940 from the weather. It's all air conditioning and 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:04.860 all air conditioned and So, you know a lot of 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:07.019 folks are gonna bring radio and this year. I 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:12.320 think it will be even more now You've expanded 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.899 the the area which again you're spreading things 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:19.340 out more but you've expanded the area and and 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:23.500 so How many spots do you have left for for the 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:34.460 vendors? None We spent the weekend trying to 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:37.820 shoehorn in the last two commercial vendors that 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:42.500 wanted single -wide 10 -foot booths. Art, our 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:44.740 commercial guy that's been doing this for decades, 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:49.960 he was able to find a place for these guys. I 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:53.159 don't know if he'll be able to go to that well 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.799 again. But the same thing with the flea market. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.879 We recently added an additional five or six tables, 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:03.539 taking the total to I think 384. And there just 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:06.080 simply isn't more room. One of the things we 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.480 could not do. You know, we started with this 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.539 design with 12 foot aisles. We've jiggered things 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:14.559 around a little bit, but one thing we can't do 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:17.820 is just a whole skill change to suddenly make 00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:20.679 10 foot aisles and add another bank of tables. 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:25.139 It's too much of a tear up in the design to try 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:29.960 to do something like that. All right. So yeah, 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:35.360 sold out. So we like those words. When you're 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:40.600 looking for stuff, that's good news. So let's 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.559 talk a little bit about, you know, the restrictions 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.379 are not totally gone. We've talked about some 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:51.220 of the spacing that's happening, but what are 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:55.620 the precautions and restrictions that will still 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:59.080 be in place or you expect to be in place at that 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:03.600 point? Okay, when we met with the Vaughan Braun 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.940 Center in February to get this kicked off, they 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:10.919 told us that as a facility, they will be providing 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:15.200 the hand sanitizing stations, the signage, the 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:17.379 admonishments for social distancing, if you will, 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.940 and all that stuff. They don't require us to 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:24.919 do the one -way aisles anymore, the dedicated 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.720 entry, the dedicated exit. It's a bidirectional 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:31.500 entry -exit. like we've had in the past, at the 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:36.360 time they said masks are required. Now, just 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:41.419 very recently, as of a week ago, we have heard, 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:45.460 not officially, that the VBC mask policy has 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:50.100 gone to be optional. It's not something we know 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:54.159 for a fact, and clearly it's one of those things 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:57.899 we know could change. And purposefully, we have 00:15:57.899 --> 00:16:00.220 not We have not said one way or the other, will 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:04.100 masks be required or not, because it's a changing 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:09.580 landscape. I've got to think that where we are 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:13.039 now in Alabama, in Madison County, with the high 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:16.299 number of vaccinations, I think we're going to 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:19.139 be OK. I don't know if they're going to do a 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:21.600 mask policy or not, but my thinking, my hope 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:27.259 is that it's not. That's the way things have 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:32.019 been heading and so just wanted to to make sure 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:34.820 people know that yeah, you know, we're not out 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:39.019 totally out of the woods yet, but It's looking 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:42.340 so much better and and it is it's a moving target. 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:45.419 I can tell you Yeah, I don't know if you saw 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:48.840 the summer camp guidelines, but oh my goodness 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.159 they They tightened them up and then they turned 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.440 right around like two weeks later and and and 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.679 loosen them from where they were previously yeah 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.220 it is a tough it's a tough it's a tough call 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:03.379 to make and it's it's really it's not our call 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:06.599 to make and uh... you know rather than put wrong 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.420 information on the website we're waiting until 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:12.460 a week or two before to uh... to post up and 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:15.000 make a face book and twitter post and and and 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.819 let folks know definitively uh... what that what 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:20.819 the current information is and so that that's 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:24.059 the way we're gonna play Yeah, I think that's 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:28.359 a smart move because it does it changes constantly 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:33.619 and You just you just don't know so We'll we'll 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:36.180 keep an eye on that and let our listeners know 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:40.180 as well when when that comes out, but We'll wait 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:43.079 for the official word on that now. How about 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:47.359 the hotel? How's the hotel doing? Are they full 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:53.940 up? Will you still have forums over there? What's 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:56.920 going on over across the street? Neil, you mentioned 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.779 the hotel as though there's only one, but there 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:02.119 are several. I think the one you're referring 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.640 to is the embassy hotel that's connected via 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.180 the walkway. And yes, we're going to have forums 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:10.700 over there on Saturday. We're not sure if we're 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:13.529 going to need those rooms on Sunday. We'll take 00:18:13.529 --> 00:18:15.990 them if we need them, but they're available to 00:18:15.990 --> 00:18:19.069 us. But yeah, we'll have our hospitality suite 00:18:19.069 --> 00:18:22.029 available on the second floor there on Friday 00:18:22.029 --> 00:18:25.390 and Saturday nights. But yeah, that hotel has, 00:18:25.549 --> 00:18:30.390 it's completely full. It may be oversold. They 00:18:30.390 --> 00:18:33.490 sold out in record time this year. Back behind 00:18:33.490 --> 00:18:38.740 it is another Marriott property. We've heard 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:41.500 that they're sold out. There's a Homewood Suites 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:45.039 that's over near the hospital. I think it may 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.440 have some rooms available, but the uptake on 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.660 these hotel rooms was if it's any indication 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:54.799 of what crowd we're going to see, it's very encouraging 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.980 that these hotels sold out quickly this year. 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:01.880 And then you've got the AC across the street. 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:05.700 The AC Marriott, it's a it's a very nice new 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:09.859 hotel. Fortunately, it's a bit pricey Yeah, and 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:15.500 then You've got Spring Hill Pretty close by yes 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:18.519 spring spring hills suites behind the the Von 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:20.980 Braun Center That's where the DX banquet is held 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:24.259 and they they work with them this year and they're 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:28.180 going to be able to host a large event. You know, 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:30.440 back when we were in the planning stages of this 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:34.380 stuff, they've got a finite room with a certain 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:38.039 amount of square feet. And to make a DX banquet 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:42.380 work, you need upwards of 80 to 100 guests to 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:45.769 just to make just to make the math work, and 00:19:45.769 --> 00:19:48.589 if they were only going to allow 50 people in 00:19:48.589 --> 00:19:50.789 the room, that wasn't going to work. Well, they 00:19:50.789 --> 00:19:53.829 worked through that and everything's okay. I 00:19:53.829 --> 00:19:56.190 can't remember the name of the speaker, but he's 00:19:56.190 --> 00:20:00.049 one of the guys that was headed to Bouvier. Okay, 00:20:00.210 --> 00:20:03.890 very good. And yeah, we'll see how the Bouvier 00:20:03.890 --> 00:20:10.130 thing turns out. Stay tuned on that one. But 00:20:10.130 --> 00:20:14.609 sounds like things are going along really well. 00:20:15.009 --> 00:20:17.569 And again, I'm just excited to see everybody. 00:20:17.869 --> 00:20:22.710 It's been way too long. So really looking forward 00:20:22.710 --> 00:20:25.769 to heading down there. All right. Well, it's 00:20:25.769 --> 00:20:27.789 time to take a break. And when we come back, 00:20:27.910 --> 00:20:29.569 we'll take your phone calls. We'll take your 00:20:29.569 --> 00:20:32.430 comments and tweets and all that stuff. The phone 00:20:32.430 --> 00:20:39.920 number to call 859. 9827373, and I'll be back 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:43.059 with Mark right after this word from Tower Electronics 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:46.619 right here on HamTalk Live. Hey honey, have you 00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:51.539 seen the PL 259s anywhere? No I haven't. Come 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:56.849 on kids, let's go! There's just one place to 00:20:56.849 --> 00:21:00.130 go for all of your connector needs. Tower electronics. 00:21:02.190 --> 00:21:05.390 A giant warehouse of connectors and adapters 00:21:05.390 --> 00:21:08.069 for every occasion. Thousands to choose from 00:21:08.069 --> 00:21:10.769 in every shape, size, and color. And they have 00:21:10.769 --> 00:21:13.369 antennas, soldering supplies, cables, meters, 00:21:13.630 --> 00:21:16.230 and more. Where do you go if you want to buy 00:21:16.230 --> 00:21:18.869 a connector at a fraction of retail cost? Tower 00:21:18.869 --> 00:21:24.470 electronics. 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Now, here's Neil Rapp 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:58.349 with more HamTalk Live. Welcome back to HamTalk 00:22:58.349 --> 00:23:01.109 Live. Tower Electronics will be in Oak Creek, 00:23:01.109 --> 00:23:06.049 Wisconsin this weekend on July 10th and of course 00:23:06.049 --> 00:23:09.650 they will be at Huntsville. So make sure you 00:23:09.650 --> 00:23:12.549 visit them at Huntsville and you can check them 00:23:12.549 --> 00:23:19.950 out online at PL -259 .com. HamTalk Live is on 00:23:19.950 --> 00:23:22.329 the air every Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:23:22.329 --> 00:23:26.529 Time right here at HamTalkLive .com. And be sure 00:23:26.529 --> 00:23:30.849 to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:34.220 And, yes, ladies and gentlemen, before we get 00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:38.000 back to Mark, it's time once again for the N9GSU 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.220 Ham Radio Joke of the Week. Now it's time for 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:44.480 the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:47.099 the part of the show where Rick tells us a ham 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:50.319 radio joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:53.779 the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.839 here's Rick Garrett, N9GSU, with today's HamTalk 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:05.579 Live Joke of the Week. I was going to tell you 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:08.380 all a joke about building a new HeathKid radio, 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:12.680 but I'm still working on it. This has been the 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:15.680 HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week with 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:19.420 Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again next week 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:25.680 for another joke from Rick. Oh my, he's still 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:31.160 working on it. Alright, thanks Rick and we'll 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:34.789 look for another one next week. Right now it 00:24:34.789 --> 00:24:39.250 is time for your calls. So if you have a question 00:24:39.250 --> 00:24:43.069 or a comment for Mark Brown in for BCD with the 00:24:43.069 --> 00:24:46.630 Huntsville hamfest give us a call right now at 00:24:46.630 --> 00:24:52.049 eight five nine nine eight two seventy three 00:24:52.049 --> 00:24:56.430 seventy three again, it's eight five nine nine 00:24:56.430 --> 00:25:03.539 eight You can also tweet us, it's at HamTalk 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:07.000 Live on Twitter and if you're listening to us 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.480 on WTWW or on the podcast edition of the show. 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:14.819 You won't be able to call in because we're doing 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:17.799 this on Thursday evening. We do have several 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:22.720 people on Spreaker tonight Jill KD8 QGA is in 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:25.740 the house. Thanks for listening as well as Joe 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:30.539 Eisenberg K zero in EB who says he will be speaking 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:35.980 at 3 p .m. In the embassy suites on Saturday 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:41.700 of ham or of unspills ham fest and uh... john 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:46.539 not in four j t k uh... says greetings from orlando 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:51.839 and yes i will be at huntsville uh... so hope 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:55.460 to see you there john and uh... me yeah he says 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:59.900 wish it was this weekend so ready for ham fest 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:05.660 absolutely Yeah, sure, sure is. All right, well, 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:08.200 let's see here. Let me punch the right buttons 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:12.839 and go to the phones because we have a special 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:16.099 guest on the phone. Good evening. Welcome to 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:23.420 HamTalk Live. Hello. How are you, Michael? I'm 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:27.960 good. How are you all? I am good. This is Michael 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:33.789 Colley, W4MCA from Orlando Hamcation. And thanks 00:26:33.789 --> 00:26:36.809 for joining us tonight. How you doing, Michael? 00:26:37.170 --> 00:26:38.970 Thank you for having me on. I'm good, Mark. How 00:26:38.970 --> 00:26:41.809 are you doing? Great. I can't wait to see you 00:26:41.809 --> 00:26:45.029 guys. Yeah, same here. That's why I was calling 00:26:45.029 --> 00:26:48.230 in. Just wish you all the best for the ham fest 00:26:48.230 --> 00:26:53.269 and hopefully record numbers this year. I know 00:26:53.269 --> 00:26:55.890 you and John are coming and Peter and Lydia Meyer, 00:26:56.250 --> 00:27:00.609 your past chairpeople. and your uh... your european 00:27:00.609 --> 00:27:02.630 outreach or ambassadors i guess you call them 00:27:02.630 --> 00:27:06.950 now is uh... is any other other of your uh... 00:27:06.950 --> 00:27:11.109 your your hamcation staff come uh... actually 00:27:11.109 --> 00:27:14.569 uh... our uh... commercial chairman bob coming 00:27:14.569 --> 00:27:18.130 is uh... coming up and actually my swaps chairman 00:27:18.130 --> 00:27:20.869 uh... jim roe barb actually going to come for 00:27:20.869 --> 00:27:25.150 the first time awesome we're we're excited to 00:27:25.150 --> 00:27:32.210 have you Looking forward to it Well, Michael 00:27:32.210 --> 00:27:35.589 look forward to seeing you and and John as well 00:27:35.589 --> 00:27:39.549 and and the whole gang and It won't be long. 00:27:40.170 --> 00:27:44.549 So It'll be great to I know you guys I know you 00:27:44.549 --> 00:27:47.569 guys are staying in in the embassy and and Neil 00:27:47.569 --> 00:27:51.150 you also I will share something. I it just occurred 00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:55.059 to me a couple We learned that the embassy has 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:58.319 reverted from a served breakfast where they were 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:01.740 serving the hot breakfast to a self -serve. They 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.660 don't have the omelet station as they had in 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:06.519 the past, but they are doing. It's a self -serve 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:09.680 breakfast line with the hot breakfast and of 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:12.480 course the juices and pastries and all that good 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:21.220 stuff. So another step in return to normal. Sounds 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:24.859 good. Yep, sounds good. Always enjoy breakfast 00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:28.240 at the embassy. That's always a fun time. Most 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:33.200 important meal of the day. Yes, sir. But yeah, 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.200 one of the things I forgot to mention earlier, 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:38.299 Neil, was we published our dealer list over the 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:41.099 4th of July weekend. I think it went live July 00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:45.299 5. So folks, go to hamfest .org, look at the 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:48.039 dealers. I think we've got 52 on the list. And 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:51.740 we think it's a great lineup of commercial vendors. 00:28:52.009 --> 00:28:54.289 And, of course, we'll be publishing the names 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:59.230 and call signs of the flea market vendors also 00:28:59.230 --> 00:29:05.529 as we get closer. Always great to have all that 00:29:05.529 --> 00:29:09.309 information. Michael, while we have you on the 00:29:09.309 --> 00:29:12.230 phone here, not to steal the Huntsville thunder 00:29:12.230 --> 00:29:21.529 here, but any quick updates on Orlando? Full 00:29:21.529 --> 00:29:24.829 steam ahead, our website's already live for 2022. 00:29:25.609 --> 00:29:28.250 You can go there right now at www .hamcation 00:29:28.250 --> 00:29:33.789 .com. You can purchase tickets, RV spaces. If 00:29:33.789 --> 00:29:36.349 you are a vendor, you can pay for your commercial 00:29:36.349 --> 00:29:40.009 or your swap tables, your tailgate area. So we've 00:29:40.009 --> 00:29:43.589 been pretty much ready to go now and just working 00:29:43.589 --> 00:29:47.569 with ARL for the national convention and a couple 00:29:47.569 --> 00:29:50.440 new things this year. Get on the show with a 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:53.900 later date to share with you. Okay, sounds good. 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:56.619 Well, thanks for calling in and look forward 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:59.640 to talking about Orlando here in a few months. 00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:04.319 Sounds good, Mark. I'll see you in a little over 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:09.559 a month. 40, 43 days. Not that he's counting. 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:15.880 Thanks for calling. Take care. All right, Mark. 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:18.680 Neil, thank you. All right. Thanks, Michael. 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:22.660 Take care. All right. Bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:29.799 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number if you'd like 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:35.339 to chime in here tonight. And, uh, let's see. 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:39.240 Joe says they've got a small ham fest, uh, And 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:42.059 North Bend about an hour away on Saturday and 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:44.200 another one about 45 minutes from Kansas City 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.680 next weekend. So yeah, they're, they're popping 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:49.799 up all over the place and I'm seeing the Hamfest 00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:54.000 schedule pretty full actually. Yes. Uh, the Saturday 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:57.880 schedule, uh, The forum schedule is full for 00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:00.079 Saturday. We're working to finalize this Sunday. 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.319 But you said Joe, is it a chat room or something? 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.559 I don't have visibility to that, but I'll mention 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:08.400 too, Joe's not only doing a forum on Saturday, 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:11.680 Joe is hosting something new for us this year. 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.980 We're gonna do a couple of solder school sessions. 00:31:14.650 --> 00:31:17.470 adult solder school sessions. We're not sure 00:31:17.470 --> 00:31:20.809 exactly which kit it will be, but a lot of adults 00:31:20.809 --> 00:31:23.250 have expressed interest in learning to solder, 00:31:23.829 --> 00:31:26.390 and we're going to use a simple kit that takes, 00:31:26.390 --> 00:31:29.190 I don't know, 45 minutes or so to put together 00:31:29.190 --> 00:31:33.069 some sort of functional kit. And this is different. 00:31:33.369 --> 00:31:35.769 This will be in a separate room from the youth 00:31:35.769 --> 00:31:39.009 lounge. The youth lounge, they typically, you 00:31:39.009 --> 00:31:42.140 know, Of course, they teach kids. But Joe is 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:44.700 heading up this effort for us. And we're going 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:47.359 to use one of the forum rooms on Sunday morning 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:50.839 for these classes. And I want to thank Joe for 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:55.140 stepping up and helping us with this. Yeah, Joe's 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:59.079 got all kinds of great ideas. And I've been picking 00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:04.099 his brain a little extra here in the last three 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:07.180 or four weeks. getting ready for uh... for youth 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:09.980 on the air camp which starts on sunday we'll 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:12.000 talk about that uh... just a little bit of the 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.460 end of the show but uh... but joe's uh... always 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:17.859 uh... a wealth of information so glad to hear 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.099 that there's solder school alright yes and let's 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:23.339 go back to the other thing go ahead one of the 00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.880 other things that i forgot to mention is uh... 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:27.980 you know we got a call from a local club that 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:30.440 meets on the uh... meets on redstone arsenal 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:33.140 and due to the uh... the the government uh... 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:37.990 mandated uh... COVID restrictions, that club 00:32:37.990 --> 00:32:41.250 has not been able to meet since February of last 00:32:41.250 --> 00:32:46.349 year. And when he asked the question, I thought, 00:32:46.410 --> 00:32:48.190 you know, there's probably other clubs and groups 00:32:48.190 --> 00:32:51.250 that have the same concern or problem. And so 00:32:51.250 --> 00:32:55.130 what we decided to do was to put together a couple 00:32:55.130 --> 00:33:00.359 of of lounges, curtained rooms where 10 or 15 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:03.559 people can gather for a one -hour block free 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:06.799 of charge. They just need to sign up on the website 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:11.119 or send an email to, I think it's webmaster at 00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:14.460 hamfest .org. And so folks can sign up for these 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:17.359 rooms for the groups and just have a quiet place 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.579 to meet in a curtained off area. And we thought 00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:23.299 it would just be helpful to the ham radio community 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:28.490 at large. Yeah, it's You know, it's been a while 00:33:28.490 --> 00:33:31.369 since a lot of clubs have been able to meet so 00:33:31.369 --> 00:33:34.049 that's a that's a cool deal All right. Well, 00:33:34.049 --> 00:33:36.930 let's go back to the phones and see who we have 00:33:36.930 --> 00:33:38.849 here with us tonight. Good evening Welcome to 00:33:38.849 --> 00:33:48.710 ham talk live. Who's this? I'm so excited This 00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:53.450 is this is Skeeter Nash n5 ash almost famous 00:33:54.129 --> 00:34:00.309 amateur radio newsline guy and almost Turn truck 00:34:00.309 --> 00:34:02.529 driver and I'm driving right now, but I thought 00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:05.390 I'd tune in because I'll tell you why you know 00:34:05.390 --> 00:34:07.130 why I'm excited I'll tell you why I'm excited 00:34:07.130 --> 00:34:11.250 because my wife Kf5 KRN also known as that lucky 00:34:11.250 --> 00:34:15.309 lucky woman and I are going to be at Huntsville 00:34:15.309 --> 00:34:22.230 this year See here's the thing we We planned 00:34:22.230 --> 00:34:25.909 it earlier this year once they announced that, 00:34:26.070 --> 00:34:27.590 hey, they're going to have a ham fest and everything's 00:34:27.590 --> 00:34:29.610 going to be cool. They're going to have all the 00:34:29.610 --> 00:34:33.130 usual stuff and all that kind of stuff. I went 00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:34.849 ahead and reserved a room. Of course, all the 00:34:34.849 --> 00:34:37.590 rooms at the nearby hotels were taken up, the 00:34:37.590 --> 00:34:41.690 immediate area hotels. So we had reserved a room 00:34:41.690 --> 00:34:46.369 somewhere a little further outlying. Then in 00:34:46.369 --> 00:34:50.010 the process or in the interim, we moved from 00:34:50.010 --> 00:34:53.619 Fairview, Tennessee to Shelbyville, Tennessee, 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.539 so I could be closer to my terminal where my 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:58.760 truck is out of, right? And I could come home 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:01.159 every day when I'm done driving instead of having 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:03.340 to sleep in the truck and only go home once a 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:07.139 week for my long break, you know, my 34 -hour 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:09.159 restart that's required for us truck drivers 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:12.820 to have after a certain amount of time. So, that 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:17.670 being said, when I started looking again... And 00:35:17.670 --> 00:35:20.469 a lot of, and my route takes me, some of my route 00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:23.329 takes me quite often down through Huntsville. 00:35:24.230 --> 00:35:28.309 And I started to realize, hey, this isn't that 00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:31.630 long of a drive. So I looked from our house to 00:35:31.630 --> 00:35:33.309 the Vaughan Braun Center. It's an hour and 10 00:35:33.309 --> 00:35:38.829 minutes. Oh, wow. So we're going to go down, 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:41.309 we're going to go down Saturday, you know, get 00:35:41.309 --> 00:35:45.519 there early and enjoy the day. Go home. rest 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:48.019 up and then I don't know if my wife's gonna make 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.860 it back on Sunday but I'm certainly gonna come 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:54.969 back down because I've been I've been jonesing 00:35:54.969 --> 00:35:57.449 for a ham fest especially Huntsville because 00:35:57.449 --> 00:36:00.590 it's indoors. It's nice and cool They've got 00:36:00.590 --> 00:36:02.989 everything you want to look at there. I mean 00:36:02.989 --> 00:36:06.050 it's believe me anybody listening right now If 00:36:06.050 --> 00:36:07.909 you have not been to the Huntsville ham fest 00:36:07.909 --> 00:36:10.869 you owe it to yourself to go It is one of the 00:36:10.869 --> 00:36:14.250 nicest ham fest I haven't been back to I've only 00:36:14.250 --> 00:36:20.269 been to the Hamvention once and that was just 00:36:20.269 --> 00:36:23.219 a couple of years before they moved it out of 00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:26.199 Dayton and down to Xenia. So I haven't been back 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:28.940 since they moved it to Xenia. And as soon as 00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:31.860 they fire that thing up, I'm planning on hopefully 00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:35.820 being able to go to that as well. But I mean, 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.320 this is the next best thing to go into Dayton, 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:41.300 as far as I'm concerned. So anyway, I thought 00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.300 I'd share that with you. How are you doing? And 00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:48.119 then the company at breakfast is kind of questionable 00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:52.380 though. Well, you know, the company at breakfast, 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:55.599 the company at dinner after the thing closes 00:36:55.599 --> 00:37:00.579 down, the company at the bar, you know, I mean, 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.500 last time I was there a couple of years ago, 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:05.519 I did bend an elbow with Don Will Banks for a 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:08.730 little while, and we had a wonderful time. getting 00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:10.130 to know each other a little better. It turns 00:37:10.130 --> 00:37:12.329 out that we have a whole lot in common with our 00:37:12.329 --> 00:37:15.670 broadcast backgrounds and just music taste stuff 00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:18.409 that we like and ham radio, of course, being 00:37:18.409 --> 00:37:23.650 a big one. Speaking of Don, he fixed me up with 00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:26.630 a box with the transformer in it, the 49 to one 00:37:26.630 --> 00:37:29.590 balance for an NFET half wave. And I just kind 00:37:29.590 --> 00:37:32.909 of rigged that thing up real temporarily a couple 00:37:32.909 --> 00:37:38.090 of weeks ago. And I was amazed at how well it 00:37:38.090 --> 00:37:41.769 worked. I cut it for 40 meters, but with my tuner, 00:37:41.909 --> 00:37:45.670 it will tune pretty much anything up to 10 meters 00:37:45.670 --> 00:37:49.789 because that's what my radio will do. And it 00:37:49.789 --> 00:37:52.730 was just amazing. I didn't get the bonus stations, 00:37:52.809 --> 00:37:55.989 but I did manage to get all 13 of the 13 colonies 00:37:55.989 --> 00:37:59.710 stations. So I consider that a clean sweep. The 00:37:59.710 --> 00:38:02.719 bonus stations were insane. uh... too many pile 00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:06.039 -ups, a lot of bad band conditions but it was 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.500 a fun event nonetheless so in my spare time when 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.260 i come home in the morning after driving all 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:12.679 night i try to hunt down the stations i needed 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.599 when i got up in the afternoon or evening i try 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.860 to hunt down the ones i needed and i was sweating 00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:20.980 that last one which was pennsylvania uh... but 00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:25.059 i finally got it uh... night before last and 00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:28.440 and was able to get the thirteen colonies into 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:31.039 the log so uh... so that was another exciting 00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:33.769 thing Neil, this is the first time I've had an 00:38:33.769 --> 00:38:37.989 HF station up in five years. So I'm just busting 00:38:37.989 --> 00:38:41.489 at the seams to do ham radio. Excuse my over, 00:38:43.030 --> 00:38:47.750 my zealotry, my zealousness, but dad gum, I love 00:38:47.750 --> 00:38:53.530 this hobby. Well, it's great to hear that you've 00:38:53.530 --> 00:38:55.409 got all that going and it's great to hear that 00:38:55.409 --> 00:38:57.670 I'll have somebody to sit with at breakfast again. 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:04.239 I'll watch out when you and Will Banks are together, 00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:10.820 because yeah. Yeah. Jim, it's good to meet you 00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.780 on the air here, and I'm looking forward to meeting 00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:15.820 you in person. Actually, I live in Fayetteville, 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:19.159 and so you're probably going to drive through 00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:21.639 my berg on your way down to Huntsville, but looking 00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:24.670 forward to meeting you at the Hamfest. Well, 00:39:24.670 --> 00:39:26.469 I'm looking forward to meeting you too, and I'm 00:39:26.469 --> 00:39:29.489 looking forward to winning the grand prize and 00:39:29.489 --> 00:39:33.329 I'm looking I'm looking forward to taking my 00:39:33.329 --> 00:39:35.829 wife to the first large ham fest that she's ever 00:39:35.829 --> 00:39:38.789 been to We've been to a lot of small ones like 00:39:38.789 --> 00:39:40.889 up in Arkansas with our friends up there that 00:39:40.889 --> 00:39:43.469 we used to Be a part of the amateur radio club 00:39:43.469 --> 00:39:46.230 there in Northeast Arkansas radio club in Jonesboro 00:39:46.230 --> 00:39:49.889 a wonderful club by the way great folks They've 00:39:49.889 --> 00:39:52.420 become dear dear friends of ours uh... every 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:55.880 year except one or two since we left jones borough 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:59.380 in twenty twelve we have gone back for field 00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:01.780 day to be with these folks because that that's 00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:04.079 how good a friend they are at how much fun we 00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:07.099 have uh... they're they're really good club i'd 00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:10.320 want to put in a plug for them as well but uh... 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:13.699 yeah it's it the the friends that you can make 00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:15.699 in this hobby are just unbelievable like like 00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:17.960 you and i we we had never seen each other in 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:20.360 person till till I was at Huntsville that last 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:24.000 time. And boy, we just had a great time. He and 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:26.159 his fiance then, she was then his fiance, now 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:30.179 she's his lovely blushing bride. Congratulations. 00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:35.949 Or as I like to call her, Mrs. WB9VPG. There 00:40:35.949 --> 00:40:38.710 you go there you go and then the new house you 00:40:38.710 --> 00:40:41.849 guys moved into blessings on that that's fantastic 00:40:41.849 --> 00:40:43.949 I've been following your progress on Facebook 00:40:43.949 --> 00:40:47.349 and I know it was a struggle to get there and 00:40:47.349 --> 00:40:49.829 you guys had to make a lot of sacrifices and 00:40:49.829 --> 00:40:52.409 deal with a lot of changes some of them pretty 00:40:52.409 --> 00:40:55.090 much on the fly, but you did it you're there 00:40:55.090 --> 00:40:58.349 and You know may may you live a happy life ever 00:40:58.349 --> 00:41:01.780 after And thank you for my best and I'm looking 00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:03.820 forward to see she coming to Huntsville. We're 00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:07.699 gonna see her I I think she is I can't confirm 00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:10.860 that, but I believe she is. Well, if you tell 00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:12.960 her Will Banks is coming, she might hesitate, 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:15.460 so I don't know. Yeah, yeah, we won't tell her 00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:20.000 that. Well, Skeeter, thanks so much for calling 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:23.300 in. It's great to hear you once again, and it's 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:26.139 great to hear about your excitement for Huntsville, 00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:29.940 and I look forward to seeing you there soon. 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:33.429 Yes, sir. All right. Carry on with the show. 00:41:33.610 --> 00:41:35.369 Thanks for letting me get on. I appreciate it 00:41:35.369 --> 00:41:39.690 and I'll hang up and listen. All right, Skeeter 00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:43.829 Nash in five A .S .H. Thanks for giving us a 00:41:43.829 --> 00:41:46.969 call tonight and we probably have time for one 00:41:46.969 --> 00:41:51.389 more if you want to give us a call at 859 -982 00:41:51.389 --> 00:41:54.110 -7373. Looks like we've got the whole news line 00:41:54.110 --> 00:41:57.909 crew in here tonight. Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT 00:41:57.909 --> 00:42:01.309 says good to hear plans being made for real and 00:42:01.309 --> 00:42:06.650 hello. to Skeeter and good to hear you on HamTalk 00:42:06.650 --> 00:42:11.610 Live. So, let's see, Mark, we've got one other 00:42:11.610 --> 00:42:14.230 one. I'm not going to read this word for word, 00:42:14.230 --> 00:42:18.889 but basically, what would you have to say to 00:42:18.889 --> 00:42:25.170 people who are still a little nervous about being 00:42:25.170 --> 00:42:34.719 there just right now? I think we're delving into 00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:38.780 physician and doctor territory or maybe psychologist. 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:41.739 But personally, I'm ready to get out and live 00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:46.840 again. I've had my shots. I'm ready to rejoin 00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:49.960 society. And I hope everyone feels safe enough. 00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:52.679 We're taking precautions. We're spreading things 00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:57.090 out. We believe it's going to be a safe and well 00:42:57.090 --> 00:43:00.409 -attended event, and we really hope that folks 00:43:00.409 --> 00:43:04.550 feel the same and join us. All right. Very good. 00:43:04.650 --> 00:43:08.789 Well, we are just about out of time here, so 00:43:08.789 --> 00:43:13.510 I want to make sure we catch everything. I know 00:43:13.510 --> 00:43:16.469 I kind of had on the back burner to talk about 00:43:16.469 --> 00:43:19.590 some of the forums and the youth lounge, of course, 00:43:19.630 --> 00:43:24.219 and so we'll mention those quickly. But in a 00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:28.239 couple of minutes here, let's talk about anything 00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:30.559 that we've missed that you need to let folks 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:35.300 know. Well, the one thing I forgot to mention 00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:37.579 is we're encouraging folks to purchase their 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:41.440 tickets online. We do take a small hit from PayPal, 00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:45.219 but we absorb that. But the reason we want to 00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:49.019 do that is we want to try to streamline the entry. 00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:52.179 That's Saturday morning crush. with literally 00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:54.860 hundreds and thousands of people trying to get 00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:58.420 in on Saturday morning. If we can steer them 00:43:58.420 --> 00:44:01.219 towards a will call window where it's simply 00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:03.559 look up their call sign, hand them their button 00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:06.940 and their price tickets, that speeds up the process 00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:11.179 for everyone and eliminates cash handling by 00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:17.559 our haylarks. the YL group that helps with our 00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:21.199 ticket sales. So yeah, go to campfest .org, punch 00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:23.199 that ticket button, buy your tickets online, 00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:28.300 and streamline Saturday morning admission. All 00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:31.099 right, very good. Well, thank you for coming 00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:34.800 on the show and talking to us about it. And like 00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:38.739 many of the folks here, commenting on Spreaker 00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:43.409 tonight, can't wait for it to happen. So we'll 00:44:43.409 --> 00:44:49.130 see everybody there that can make it and choose 00:44:49.130 --> 00:44:55.909 to and we'll hopefully see all of you at events 00:44:55.909 --> 00:45:00.530 in the future. We've got Orlando that Michael 00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:03.090 talked about a little bit and then of course 00:45:03.090 --> 00:45:06.489 Dayton again and hopefully things will continue 00:45:06.489 --> 00:45:09.760 to progress and get better. and we'll be able 00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:14.019 to catch all of these. So thank you so much and 00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:17.920 best of luck with everything and I'll be seeing 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:20.900 you soon. Hey Neil, thank you so much for letting 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:23.519 me on the show tonight talking about the Huntsville 00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:26.880 HamFest. It's going to be a great weekend Saturday 00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:29.960 August 21 and 22. Hope everybody can make it 00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:34.480 and thanks again Neil. Alright and hamfest .org 00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:38.010 is the place to go to Find out all things about 00:45:38.010 --> 00:45:41.190 Huntsville. So make sure you check that out. 00:45:41.429 --> 00:45:45.309 Well, uh, yeah, I mentioned that, uh, youth on 00:45:45.309 --> 00:45:49.650 the air camp is next week. I have been busier 00:45:49.650 --> 00:45:54.010 in the last month than I think I ever have. Uh, 00:45:54.030 --> 00:45:56.429 Skeeter talked a little bit about the move and 00:45:56.429 --> 00:45:59.130 everything and, and, and that was stressful. 00:45:59.130 --> 00:46:02.809 And then I'm taking two classes and then Getting 00:46:02.809 --> 00:46:07.530 this first ever Yoda camp ready to go and it 00:46:07.530 --> 00:46:13.969 starts on Sunday and I start Saturday morning 00:46:13.969 --> 00:46:17.989 Officially full time, but it's been full time 00:46:17.989 --> 00:46:22.130 for about a month. I think but It's it's coming 00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:25.590 up and we are going to do the show next week 00:46:25.590 --> 00:46:28.150 live from Yoda camp I kind of went back and forth 00:46:28.150 --> 00:46:34.260 on that but We need to hear from the campers 00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:39.360 and so I will be Back on the show next Thursday 00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:43.119 night at 9 p .m.. Eastern time we will be in 00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:46.780 the middle of a pizza and pool party, so We'll 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:52.300 see how that goes next week, so be sure to tune 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:57.059 in for that and also don't forget Listen for 00:46:57.059 --> 00:47:03.559 w8y all next week Throughout Yoda camp. There 00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:09.079 are some dedicated times on Monday night and 00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:14.739 on HF and some on Tuesday late afternoon and 00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:18.599 then on satellites Thursday morning and Friday 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:21.659 morning. So check out youth on the air org. You'll 00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:25.099 see that there but what there will be People 00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:28.039 on all throughout the week it just at various 00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:32.139 times. So make sure you check out w8y on the 00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:37.860 spots and and look for us and if you're in the 00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:42.000 greater Cincinnati area You can come out and 00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:46.539 cheer on the competitors in the fox oaring Event 00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:49.840 on Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 the Voice of 00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:53.019 America Museum of Broadcasting out front out 00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:56.070 in the yard and we've got signs for you to hold 00:47:56.070 --> 00:47:58.929 up and we've even got free Kona ice so you can 00:47:58.929 --> 00:48:03.030 bring the family and and come cheer on the competitors 00:48:03.030 --> 00:48:07.150 so check that out as well all right well that's 00:48:07.150 --> 00:48:10.570 a wrap for this week's edition of ham talk live 00:48:10.570 --> 00:48:14.750 thanks to my guest mark brown in for bcd and 00:48:14.750 --> 00:48:17.349 everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:48:17.349 --> 00:48:21.010 and calling and typing in invite you back next 00:48:21.010 --> 00:48:23.590 Thursday night 9 p .m. Eastern Time when we will 00:48:23.590 --> 00:48:28.050 come to you live from Youth on the Air Camp and 00:48:28.050 --> 00:48:30.550 for a list of all of our upcoming guests just 00:48:30.550 --> 00:48:35.550 go to hamtalklive .com and if you like the show 00:48:35.550 --> 00:48:38.750 please leave us a review that helps us and helps 00:48:38.750 --> 00:48:41.929 people find the show faster So for now, this 00:48:41.929 --> 00:48:47.210 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and 00:48:47.210 --> 00:48:49.510 may the good DX be yours.