WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.600 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:12.919 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.859 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:30.239 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:36.920 Neorep, here we go Welcome to Amtok Live calling 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.200 Good evening, everyone. It's time for another 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:04.140 episode of HamTalk Live. It's episode number 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.840 two hundred sixty three. Parks on the air, lighthouses 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:13.799 and ducks with Juni in one DUC recorded live 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:18.420 on Thursday, July 1st, 2021. I'm your host, Neil 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:22.640 Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:27.099 of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined by Juni 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:32.319 Cassone. N1DUC and we'll take your calls live 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.799 in just a few minutes. Last week here on the 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.540 show, Paul Bork N1SFE was here to take your field 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:42.040 day questions. And if you missed that show, you 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.500 can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:49.659 your favorite podcast app. And we also stream 00:01:49.659 --> 00:01:53.500 it on YouTube or you can catch the rebroadcast 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:57.219 of HamTalk Live every Saturday afternoon. at 00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:00.540 about 3 .30 p .m. Eastern Time on shortwave station 00:02:00.540 --> 00:02:09.080 WTWW. That's 5085 on your AM dial. 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You're 00:05:51.740 --> 00:06:11.300 listening to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Welcome 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:16.079 back to ham talk live tower electronics They're 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.379 back out on the ham fest schedule again, and 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:24.300 as I saw in the a WRL Great Lakes email newsletter 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:28.779 here That ham fest sir back with a vengeance 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:34.860 So they're at Oak Creek Wisconsin on July 10th, 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:40.100 but you can visit them anytime anywhere PL -259 00:06:41.500 --> 00:06:46.300 Well, tonight, Juni N1DUC joins us on the Orlando 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:49.839 Amateur Radio Club and hamcation hotline. Juni 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.600 is from Fairfield, Connecticut, and is a veteran. 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:58.459 She is an avid activator of parks, lighthouses, 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:01.720 and anywhere she can go portable. She's working 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.930 on activating parks all over Connecticut. She's 00:07:05.930 --> 00:07:09.269 working on activating some lighthouses as well, 00:07:09.310 --> 00:07:15.689 and she has 11 ducks. And one of them, Mochi, 00:07:15.709 --> 00:07:19.350 will join us later on in the show tonight. So 00:07:19.350 --> 00:07:22.910 Junie, welcome to HamTalk Live. Hi, thanks so 00:07:22.910 --> 00:07:28.350 much for having me. And a thanks to Phil Temples, 00:07:28.550 --> 00:07:32.250 K9HI. He sent me an email probably three months 00:07:32.250 --> 00:07:35.269 ago, I think. and said, you need to have Junie 00:07:35.269 --> 00:07:39.089 on the show. Now Phil is the New England ARRL 00:07:39.089 --> 00:07:42.649 vice director now. He was the section manager 00:07:42.649 --> 00:07:45.829 in Eastern Massachusetts and coincidentally, 00:07:45.930 --> 00:07:49.689 he's an alum of where I used to teach until about 00:07:49.689 --> 00:07:51.750 a month ago, Bloomington High School South in 00:07:51.750 --> 00:07:56.629 Bloomington, Indiana. So thanks to Phil for making 00:07:56.629 --> 00:07:59.709 the connection here. And then I found out your 00:07:59.709 --> 00:08:02.959 friends with... My editor at Newsline Karen Eve 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:05.680 Murray Katie to GT. So we'll have to talk about 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.220 her later, but Well, we'll stick to Pota for 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:13.040 right now. So Let's talk about Pota. What what 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.500 have you been doing with Pota? Where have you 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:20.660 gone? What do you like to do with with with the 00:08:20.660 --> 00:08:25.399 whole Pota thing? So I've basically only been 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:31.230 a general class operator for About a year now 00:08:31.230 --> 00:08:34.129 and then I got a zigoo g90 and I use that as 00:08:34.129 --> 00:08:37.190 my main radio, you know It gets 20 watts out 00:08:37.190 --> 00:08:42.090 there and I'm like an SWR perfectionist I use 00:08:42.090 --> 00:08:45.570 a rig expert stick 230 and I have a buddy pole 00:08:45.570 --> 00:08:48.450 that I use in the vertical and I just go from 00:08:48.450 --> 00:08:52.350 park to park to park and I mean I started in 00:08:52.350 --> 00:08:55.450 Connecticut just in my club. I'm a part of the 00:08:55.450 --> 00:08:58.789 Greater Bridgeport amateur radio club And that's 00:08:58.789 --> 00:09:00.870 really what got me into Parks on the Air. We 00:09:00.870 --> 00:09:03.610 did a club activation, and I was like, this is 00:09:03.610 --> 00:09:07.850 so much fun. Why am I not doing this? So I knew 00:09:07.850 --> 00:09:10.429 about Summits on the Air from my brother, but 00:09:10.429 --> 00:09:12.590 I really didn't know about Parks on the Air. 00:09:13.409 --> 00:09:17.649 And so once I started, gosh, I started my first 00:09:17.649 --> 00:09:21.629 POTA activation was at Sleeping Giant State Park. 00:09:21.769 --> 00:09:24.570 I think I got 13 contacts. I mean, it wasn't 00:09:24.570 --> 00:09:27.889 like this. my gosh amazing kind of thing but 00:09:27.889 --> 00:09:31.710 every time I went it was I was upgrading my equipment 00:09:31.710 --> 00:09:34.289 I was trying new things I was it's field day 00:09:34.289 --> 00:09:37.809 every time you go out and activate a park so 00:09:37.809 --> 00:09:40.809 I started with with just one park and then I 00:09:40.809 --> 00:09:42.970 just started going to do it became addicting 00:09:42.970 --> 00:09:46.909 I honestly was a hunter at first I was just hunting 00:09:46.909 --> 00:09:49.730 stations from my home QTH and I was like man 00:09:49.730 --> 00:09:51.549 I really should go out there and do this like 00:09:51.549 --> 00:09:54.169 we did with the club and That's what just I got 00:09:54.169 --> 00:09:57.100 bit by the bug There is a poda bug, let me tell 00:09:57.100 --> 00:10:01.799 you. And it's been so much fun. And I've actually, 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:04.240 now when I go on trips, I am thinking about the 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.620 parks that are along my route that I can activate. 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.240 I think I'm a put -aholic. I hear you. Yeah, 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.919 I did the same thing with satellites a few years 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:18.159 ago. I never got into satellites. And decided, 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:21.360 you know, I'd give it a try. And now every time 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:24.080 I go somewhere, it's like, hmm, what grid line 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:26.460 can I get while I'm on the way, you know, on 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:30.159 the way there? So yeah, I get it. It's addictive. 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.639 And you want to just keep adding them up and 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.059 check them all off the list. And it's always 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:37.940 more fun if you check them off of a list. So 00:10:37.940 --> 00:10:41.480 do you check those off of the list? Actually, 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.139 I'm starting my list. So the plan is to activate. 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:49.820 from at least one park in every state. And I 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:53.860 happened to take a trip south this summer and 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:56.779 I managed to get a whole slew of states in there. 00:10:56.899 --> 00:10:59.559 And what's really cool about this hobby and about 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.860 activating is sometimes I bring my friends along. 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:05.940 And I also had the opportunity and they're not 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:08.519 excuse me They are non hams the friends that 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.820 have come along and they think that amateur radio 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:13.559 is the best So it's not just me going out to 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.600 a park and doing my thing It's showing them what 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.799 amateur radio is all about and I had the awesome 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.440 opportunity to meet three different activators 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.539 that I've made contact with in two different 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:27.899 locations one was in South Carolina and the other 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:32.460 in Virginia so I got to I got to meet the activators 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:35.480 that I had been making contact with and it's 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.019 just a really great way to connect people together 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:41.740 and It's fun. Did I ever mention that it's fun. 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:47.980 It's a lot of fun So you do sideband and I know 00:11:49.359 --> 00:11:51.639 Karen kind of slipped the thing that you were 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.379 doing, the Long Island CW club thing, learning 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:58.120 CW. Do you typically do sideband then or do you 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.940 do digital? What do you like to do? So I am the 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:04.419 voice single sideband for the most part, because 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:08.639 by the time I really have to work on, I want 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.759 to feel comfortable. If I'm going to do CW, I 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:14.299 want to be comfortable. that I can send and receive 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:17.899 properly. And at this point, I'm not really that 00:12:17.899 --> 00:12:22.620 confident in my skills. I think that once I'm 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:25.100 prepared, once I'm ready for the skills, as far 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:27.659 as doing an activation is concerned, I'm going 00:12:27.659 --> 00:12:29.899 to go for it. And it's just going to be this 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:31.659 one time where I go, you know what, it's time 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:34.960 for CW, and I'm going to go ahead and activate 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:38.480 a park doing CW. And probably using voice as 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:43.659 well, single sideband. Otherwise, I do hunt stations 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:46.600 with CW because the exchange is pretty regular. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:51.179 There's one person that you're going at, so the 00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:54.740 exchange isn't that long. I have not done digital 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:59.299 with Parks on the Air yet. I may at some point, 00:12:59.299 --> 00:13:03.759 but I don't have the laptop to do so. One that 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.100 has a battery that will last long enough. So 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:08.659 once I have that, maybe I might try some digital 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:10.580 modes down the road. But right now, it's voice. 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:14.179 Okay, very good. Well nothing wrong with that 00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:19.919 and what You mentioned well you mentioned your 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:24.899 equipment antennas What would you tell somebody 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:28.419 that is just getting started into the whole poda 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:32.940 thing? What would be your advice to them? Well, 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:36.360 I'll tell you one thing there is one piece of 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.639 equipment that has been the best thing that I 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.620 purchased that really made the difference for 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:43.940 me because I'm low power, you know? And getting 00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:49.179 your SWR in my mind is to get it one, I'm that 00:13:49.179 --> 00:13:52.139 1 .0 person, as long as you're 1 .3 and below 00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:54.360 doing the low power stuff, you're gonna get your 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:59.000 signal out there pretty well. Anyway, but the 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.759 Rig Expert 230, and I don't know if I can talk 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:04.059 about, you know, but I highly recommend that. 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.659 That has been like a blessing to purchase and 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:11.240 use. I saw it in somebody else's video and I'm 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.960 like, this is great The other thing is to get 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.000 involved on the Parks on the Air Facebook page 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.600 Because there's a wealth of knowledge there or 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:24.639 their slack page I do the I do the Facebook part, 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:27.179 but they are all over the web and just check 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:30.240 out the website get to know it familiarize yourself 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.100 with the facts and the they have videos on how 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:35.860 to get started and Just don't be scared. Just 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:39.759 jump into it. I don't think I think field operations 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.279 should be a lot of fun. And that is the whole 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.360 point is to have the confidence to go out and 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.879 do it. Not everybody wants to. But I will say 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.240 that I've perfected my field day skills because 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.299 of doing parks on the air. Last year, I made 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:57.259 10 contacts. This year, I made 83. And those 00:14:57.259 --> 00:15:00.639 were QRP contacts, mind you, five watts. So, 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:04.070 you know, it's It's about advancing yourself 00:15:04.070 --> 00:15:06.049 every single time and kind of competing with 00:15:06.049 --> 00:15:08.049 yourself and your equipment and knowing what's 00:15:08.049 --> 00:15:14.629 going on. Now you mentioned the summits on the 00:15:14.629 --> 00:15:19.090 air with your brother and so tell us a little 00:15:19.090 --> 00:15:22.470 bit about what you've done with those and then 00:15:22.470 --> 00:15:26.110 you're kind of dabbling into the lighthouse thing. 00:15:26.450 --> 00:15:29.049 So let's talk about that a little bit. Yeah, 00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:31.730 so my brother's gonna laugh. He took me for a 00:15:31.730 --> 00:15:34.110 death march over the winter time. We actually 00:15:34.110 --> 00:15:38.330 My first summit on the air was him with him at 00:15:38.330 --> 00:15:41.029 sleeping giant the first day that I also activated 00:15:41.029 --> 00:15:43.870 the park sleeping Well, it's Mount Carmel in 00:15:43.870 --> 00:15:46.490 Connecticut. Anyway, so that was my first time 00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:49.090 kind of get my hit my feet wet with soda but 00:15:49.090 --> 00:15:51.980 the memorable one was going to I don't know, 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:54.620 I just remember Wilson's Gap. It's up on a ridge 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:58.019 line in Virginia over by his house. It was right 00:15:58.019 --> 00:16:00.940 before Winterfield Day. And I mean, it was probably 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:05.120 20 degrees, but with wind gusts, it felt like 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.919 it was five, maybe even zero. And we're just 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.820 hiking up along the ridge line. And, you know, 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:13.539 it really, there was no view. There was no, it 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.179 wasn't that exciting. I was just like, when are 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:17.100 we going to get there? He's like, just another 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:19.960 mile it's fine you know another hundred feet 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.080 yeah you know it was one of those really that 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.100 i did not expect this is gonna take so long anyway 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:28.519 so it was a lot of fun we did enjoy ourselves 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:32.220 and um when we got to the summit which was pretty 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:34.299 much just a point in the woods at the top of 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:37.240 the ridge line um it was on the appalachian trail 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.539 uh And we just, he took out his FT818, he uses 00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:48.860 a Yesu, and he built a Yagi antenna, and we just 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:51.340 started making contacts. And it was just regular 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:54.299 FM, he started with FM, just on the calling frequency, 00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:57.120 and quite a few people came back, and then we 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:01.259 went to, we went to single sideband as well. 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:03.480 So we were on FM first, then single sideband, 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:05.299 we made some contacts, and that was pretty cool 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:09.059 too. But the thing between parks on the air and 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:11.299 summits on the air, the differentiation there 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:15.640 is when you do a summit, you might spend at least 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.059 three hours and, you know, you have to get to 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:20.220 the summit, you know, and not all summits are 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:22.599 easy to access. So there's a challenge to get 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:24.759 there. You get there, you do your thing and you 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.940 have to time your whole day around this summit. 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.099 Whereas parks on the air. I have a park that's 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:32.299 20 minutes from me. If I want to go and activate 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:34.839 for an hour, I might spend an hour and a half 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.160 out of my day doing that park. So it's a timing 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.440 thing. It's a, you know, oh, are you physically 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:43.720 capable of going and doing that? You know, so 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.359 I was totally out of shape when I did the hike. 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:51.440 So yeah, that was I was like, I think I'm going 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.579 to be soaking after this. But I did learn a lot. 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:57.799 And even though I just laugh at it, because it's 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.839 just like, Typical, you know, hey, come on Junie. 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.579 Let's go. Um, okay You know, it was great. It 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:07.299 was good and I'm glad we could add radio to something 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:10.180 that we like doing and uh You said you wanted 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:12.400 me to touch on lighthouses or do you have yeah 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:14.740 talk about lighthouses a little bit. Sure Okay, 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:17.519 so I you know, I really didn't quite get into 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.480 the lighthouses thing because parks on the air 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:23.220 kind of took over but what my club did, I had 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:25.640 organized an event because I thought Parks on 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:27.779 the Air was great, and we actually heard a lighthouse 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:29.759 during our Parks on the Air activation. I said, 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.980 I wonder what this lighthouses thing is about. 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:37.119 Well, it turns out the person who planned our 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:39.740 POTA event was actually the weekend of lighthouses 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:42.400 on the air. Like, there is a lighthouse weekend 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.740 where people go and activate lighthouses all 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.380 over the United States. And of course, we're 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:48.259 doing a Parks on the Air activation. I'm like, 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.900 What is this whole lighthouse thing about? So 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:54.099 I looked into it and there's the amateur radio 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:59.700 lighthouse society, which is basically a that's 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:01.900 there's like a website you can go to and they 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:04.740 have like a membership and everything and you 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:07.000 go and you activate lighthouses that are within, 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:09.359 you know, their guidelines and everything. So 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:11.380 you can search what lighthouses are near you 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:14.400 and you have to be within visual range of the 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.779 lighthouse. Don't quote me on that one. You might 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.279 want to check out the website, but I'm pretty 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:23.259 sure that's the rule for them. And yeah, so we 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:25.799 set up at Fairweather Lighthouse in Bridgeport, 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:29.240 Connecticut, and we did a, you know, we had an 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.900 activation there and it was a lot of fun. Very 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:34.440 similar to Parks on the Air, but I think mainly 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.700 what we were trying to do as a club was try to 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:38.619 educate people around us and just kind of get 00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:40.660 people to come in and, you know, see what we 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:42.559 can do. Also testing our equipment. You know, 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:44.920 we try to... It's it's something that's I think 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:46.900 is really important is to know your equipment 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:50.039 and try new things So that was my lighthouses 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:52.819 experience. I brought mochi and Marvel for that 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:55.920 one my ducks They seem to enjoy that we went 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.140 they went swimming because we were near water. 00:19:58.180 --> 00:20:00.099 We weren't out in the woods, which was kind of 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:05.039 nice So yeah Lighthouses on the air. They have 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:09.160 some awards to parks on the air has slew of awards 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:13.359 and their website has You know, I found it pretty 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:18.259 pretty easy to go through. They're growing exponentially. 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:22.400 So I'm finding that they're kind of they're getting 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.619 way ahead of some of these other groups that 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:29.480 are out there or if not at the same level. So, 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:31.480 yeah, it's been it's been a lot of fun. I think 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:34.119 just portable operations in general is just a 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:40.869 fun thing to do. I say fun. Sure. Say fun a lot. 00:20:43.269 --> 00:20:45.630 Well, that's that's the name of the game here. 00:20:45.710 --> 00:20:50.029 So that's that's quite all right. Well, we're 00:20:50.029 --> 00:20:51.789 going to take a break. It's time to take a break 00:20:51.789 --> 00:20:53.470 right now. We're going to come back. We're going 00:20:53.470 --> 00:20:55.509 to do the joke of the week. 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Make 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:20.380 sure you check them out at icomamerica .com slash 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:25.460 amateur. Well, before we get back to Junie and 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:31.660 Mochi, it's time once again for the joke of the 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:35.000 week. Now it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.519 Radio Joke of the Week, the part of the show 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:40.819 where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:43.339 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought to 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:47.259 you by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett in 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:51.759 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.940 I used to sit on the radio for 10 or 12 hours 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.519 a day and the doctor told me it was bad for my 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:06.480 back. So now, I just sit on a chair. This has 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:09.700 been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:13.500 with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again next 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:31.099 week for another joke from Rick. Well, anyway, 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:33.900 there we go. All right, so that's this week's 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:37.759 ham radio joke of the week And now that that's 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.960 over, you know what that means. It's time for 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:42.940 your phone calls So if you have a question for 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:47.700 Juni in one DUC, give us a call right now Right 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:52.359 now at eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:55.619 three seventy three or tweet us at ham talk live 00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:59.700 and if you're listening to us on WTWW or you're 00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:02.259 listening to us on the podcast edition of the 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.500 show. You won't be able to reach us live because 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:09.500 we're doing this on Thursday evening. So give 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.980 us a call if you're listening live right now 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:19.900 at eight five nine nine eight. 72, 73, 73. So 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:24.680 we mentioned Mochi is with you. So I don't know 00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:29.460 if we can get Mochi to speak on demand, but introduce 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:33.759 everybody to Mochi. All right, say hi, Mr. Mochi. 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:38.339 What did you say? Really? Is that so? He said 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:43.940 that that joke clapped him up. Did you think 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:47.349 that was funny? Oh yeah, I know. What do you 00:27:47.349 --> 00:27:50.009 think of him radio? Do you like amateur radio? 00:27:50.930 --> 00:27:53.150 That's what I thought. That's what I thought. 00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:55.250 He said he really loves going on activations 00:27:55.250 --> 00:27:59.170 with me and I don't know what he's saying. He's 00:27:59.170 --> 00:28:04.029 just saying hello to everybody. And he can quack 00:28:04.029 --> 00:28:10.829 right through the pileup. Oh, totally. So, so, 00:28:10.829 --> 00:28:14.670 so Karen, Karen E. Murray, Katie 2GUT, who, who? 00:28:14.569 --> 00:28:18.150 Probably, I'm guessing, is going to be on the 00:28:18.150 --> 00:28:23.670 phone line at 859 -982 -7373 pretty soon. But 00:28:23.670 --> 00:28:25.710 she was blowing up my phone last night while 00:28:25.710 --> 00:28:27.549 I was at the Voice of America Museum working 00:28:27.549 --> 00:28:33.470 on Yoda Camp and said that you were to ducks 00:28:33.470 --> 00:28:40.190 as she is to squirrels. So tell us a little bit 00:28:40.190 --> 00:28:45.269 about the ducks. So when I was a when I was a 00:28:45.269 --> 00:28:48.289 kid I actually my brother brought different brother 00:28:48.289 --> 00:28:50.950 my oldest brother brought some ducks home and 00:28:50.950 --> 00:28:54.069 this one we kept as a pet in the house and I 00:28:54.069 --> 00:28:56.369 was like seven years old and I would like Go 00:28:56.369 --> 00:28:58.130 to get on the bus in the morning and he would 00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:00.490 like chase He would follow me onto the bus and 00:29:00.490 --> 00:29:04.720 stuff. He was like imprinted on me. So Really, 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.819 I don't know. I guess I just found that love 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.480 for them and there was a connection there so 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.559 when I got a little bit older I had my when I 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:13.240 was like 13 or whatever I got a few more and 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:16.500 they connected with me and After I was in well 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:18.720 when I was in the service. I really couldn't 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.079 have animals so it was really difficult for me 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:25.740 and then when I got out I Just wanted that connection 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:29.200 again, and there is a that imprinting that ducks 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:33.680 do on their owner is incredible It is incredible. 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:38.000 And I hatched Mochi and Marvel from eggs. The 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:41.200 other ducks I got were ducklings that were from 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:45.819 hatcheries, and they go through a lot of stress 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:49.359 before they get to their actual homes. So they 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.980 didn't connect with me like I had in previous 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:55.440 cases. So yeah, I hatched these two ducklings, 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.460 and Mochi just... has to be with me all the time. 00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:04.279 I mean, if he isn't, he will quack consistently. 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.500 I used to be in an apartment and I'd leave him. 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:09.099 He knew the sound of my shoes when I was coming 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:12.019 down the hall. I mean, it's incredible how much 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:17.619 he knows that I am mom. And there's a bond unlike 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:21.819 any other animal I've had. So, yeah, that's, 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:24.279 I just opened up my heart to them and they just, 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:29.119 you know. Just quack right in. Yep. Yep. So Mochi 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:32.039 goes with you on your, on your Pota activations 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:36.000 mostly. Oh, you know, when I can bring him, there 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.539 are some parks that don't allow animals, um, 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.700 or they're, they're restricted during certain 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.539 times of the year. But yes, he'll come with me 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:45.519 on parks on the air activations and, uh, he'll 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.420 just hang out. I have a truck. He'll hang out 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:49.640 in the back of the truck and just sit right next 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:54.210 to me and listen to me. Yep. He just kind of 00:30:54.210 --> 00:30:57.130 hangs out. If someone wants to talk to him, I'll 00:30:57.130 --> 00:30:58.710 put him on the air. I don't know what he sounds 00:30:58.710 --> 00:31:01.529 like on HF. I know he sounds pretty good on a 00:31:01.529 --> 00:31:03.910 repeater, but on HF, I'm not sure if people can 00:31:03.910 --> 00:31:07.529 actually hear him. But yeah, yeah, he just kind 00:31:07.529 --> 00:31:11.829 of, he's my buddy. Okay. Now what about field 00:31:11.829 --> 00:31:15.210 day? Does Mochi go to field day? Okay, so Mochi 00:31:15.210 --> 00:31:18.009 came to Field Day this year for a little while. 00:31:18.410 --> 00:31:20.490 Mochi and Marvel were in the yard. I have, like, 00:31:20.490 --> 00:31:22.549 a fence that I put them in, and then, you know, 00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:25.849 when we weren't operating, I'd walk them around 00:31:25.849 --> 00:31:28.190 the yard and everything, and because of the plague 00:31:28.190 --> 00:31:31.839 of, what are they, the... Cicadas this year. 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:34.119 They were eating all these cicadas all over the 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.740 yard. They were loving it So this this field 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.900 day was good last field day I did not bring them 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:41.519 because my brother and I operated from a place 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:45.920 that wouldn't allow them. So It was just it was 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.440 better this year for them. I guess as far as 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:52.359 staying with me Very good. Well, if you want 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:55.140 to join in give us a call right now at eight 00:31:55.140 --> 00:32:03.109 five nine 9827373. And I need to check the tweets 00:32:03.109 --> 00:32:06.589 here. So let me check the tweets here real quick. 00:32:09.809 --> 00:32:12.609 Tweets. Tweets. Yeah. Yeah. Not quacks. It's 00:32:12.609 --> 00:32:16.430 tweets. I'm sorry. Wrong kind of bird. Wrong 00:32:16.430 --> 00:32:23.029 one. Well, we do have a call on the line, so 00:32:23.029 --> 00:32:25.289 let's go to the phones. Good evening. Welcome 00:32:25.289 --> 00:32:29.349 to HamTalk Live. Thank you. I think you've been 00:32:29.349 --> 00:32:32.529 expecting me. I have been expecting your call. 00:32:32.690 --> 00:32:40.289 Yes, I have. Yes. Hi, Juni. Hello. Hi. This is 00:32:40.289 --> 00:32:44.170 a great show and I'm really glad to hear all 00:32:44.170 --> 00:32:48.730 of... all of Junie's wisdom in portable operating 00:32:48.730 --> 00:32:52.890 because that's the one thing I haven't done that's 00:32:52.890 --> 00:32:56.150 still on my bucket list and I promised myself 00:32:56.150 --> 00:33:00.789 that I will go portable with Junie. So I'd like 00:33:00.789 --> 00:33:04.069 to suggest when it's practical to do so, Junie, 00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:08.009 you know what Peg and I have been saying about 00:33:08.009 --> 00:33:13.589 a particular landmark out here in Suffolk County, 00:33:13.630 --> 00:33:18.059 New York. It is a huge statue. I mean, you can 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:22.259 walk inside it. And it is called the Big Duck. 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:27.920 And you need to activate the Big Duck. And we 00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:31.039 need to be there with you. So I'm hoping that 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:35.880 - And you need to send us pictures. Yeah. Yeah. 00:33:37.569 --> 00:33:42.009 it's a huge white duck and you you can set up 00:33:42.009 --> 00:33:46.349 probably outside and Bring your bring Moki and 00:33:46.349 --> 00:33:48.970 whoever else you like and I think that would 00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:54.390 be very cool. I I know we've discussed this in 00:33:54.390 --> 00:33:57.650 the past. I think it's a great idea I and that'll 00:33:57.650 --> 00:34:01.950 be an awesome time for us to To get you on the 00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:05.609 air and you know in the portable Standpoint and 00:34:05.609 --> 00:34:07.789 you'll get to see like my gear and stuff like 00:34:07.789 --> 00:34:10.710 that. So it's awesome I think I actually saw 00:34:10.710 --> 00:34:12.789 pictures once you told me about that giant duck 00:34:12.789 --> 00:34:15.210 over in Long Island, you know, I never even thought 00:34:15.210 --> 00:34:19.769 that I would find a landmark like that, but I'm 00:34:19.769 --> 00:34:25.349 sure mochi will be very confused and Maybe he'll 00:34:25.349 --> 00:34:27.849 think it's his mom or something. But yeah, no, 00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:30.530 I'm totally into that that sounds like a lot 00:34:30.530 --> 00:34:35.590 of fun Mochi may think it's a religious shrine. 00:34:38.989 --> 00:34:45.510 It may be a kind of duck pilgrimage to the holy 00:34:45.510 --> 00:34:51.369 site of the big duck. They don't sell ducks there. 00:34:51.389 --> 00:34:54.829 Do they like rubber ducks or anything? I'm not 00:34:54.829 --> 00:34:57.809 sure. I've never been... This is a very strange 00:34:57.809 --> 00:35:01.110 sentence I'm about to say. I've never been inside 00:35:01.110 --> 00:35:04.289 the Big Duck. It's just a very strange sentence 00:35:04.289 --> 00:35:06.809 that I'm hearing myself say. So I don't know 00:35:06.809 --> 00:35:14.650 what's in there. But maybe we can explore that 00:35:14.650 --> 00:35:18.929 together. I look forward to that. You know, the 00:35:18.929 --> 00:35:23.010 very first prize we gave away on HamTalk Live 00:35:23.010 --> 00:35:25.909 when it first started was a glow -in -the -dark 00:35:25.909 --> 00:35:32.570 miniature rubber duck. how i rocked that was 00:35:32.570 --> 00:35:35.489 the very first prize we gave away what right 00:35:35.489 --> 00:35:39.030 you you got the duck on on the uh on the air 00:35:39.030 --> 00:35:41.929 tonight how lucky it wasn't the rubber duck you 00:35:41.929 --> 00:35:44.949 know that you you put on your handheld it was 00:35:44.949 --> 00:35:48.650 it was it was an actual rubber duck oh it was 00:35:48.650 --> 00:35:51.110 a rubber duck it wasn't a rubber duckie antenna 00:35:51.110 --> 00:35:55.309 that right really funny because i knew exactly 00:35:55.309 --> 00:35:57.710 what he was talking about it was a rubber A rubber 00:35:57.710 --> 00:35:59.750 duck not to be confused with the one that goes 00:35:59.750 --> 00:36:08.449 on the radio. Oh boy. Oh God. Oh God. I guess 00:36:08.449 --> 00:36:10.949 we didn't realize how many ducks were involved 00:36:10.949 --> 00:36:17.449 in amateur radio. Yeah, and we could just put 00:36:17.449 --> 00:36:21.380 them all in a row. Oh, we're gonna keep going 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:24.320 with the puns here. Oh. Well, Karen's on the 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:26.719 show. I mean, if Karen's on the show, the puns 00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:32.500 have to start. Yes. Yeah, we're just, we're just 00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:39.519 winging it now. Oh boy. Well, I did just want 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:43.219 to say, Juni, I'm enjoying hearing you. You're 00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:46.480 inspiring me all over again to get out there. 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:49.780 So when things settle down and things settle 00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:53.300 in, we now have got to do this, take pictures, 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:57.340 report to Neil about it, and really get this 00:36:57.340 --> 00:37:01.539 done. All right. I think that this is the plan. 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:06.980 This is the plan. That sounds awesome. I hope 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:10.000 that, just to kind of go along with the inspiration 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:13.260 part, I hope that I am able to kind of get people 00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:15.679 to know that you don't have to be a ham for a 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:19.039 very long time to become portable and get an 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.139 antenna up at a park or, you know, go out and 00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:23.619 do something in nature. It's just a great way 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:25.599 to get out of the house, you know what I mean? 00:37:26.349 --> 00:37:29.369 And you're generally not in a space with a lot 00:37:29.369 --> 00:37:32.010 of people around you. You can be in your vehicle 00:37:32.010 --> 00:37:34.449 and activate. You can be in a field and activate. 00:37:34.889 --> 00:37:37.550 So I've actually found that I haven't communicated 00:37:37.550 --> 00:37:40.489 with too many people when I'm at the actual spots, 00:37:40.769 --> 00:37:44.030 because I know that that's a concern for a lot 00:37:44.030 --> 00:37:47.150 of people right now. I've gone to some parks. 00:37:47.289 --> 00:37:50.369 Nobody's there. It's been awesome. And sometimes 00:37:50.369 --> 00:37:52.250 I meet some people and I just talk with them 00:37:52.250 --> 00:37:56.039 briefly about what I'm doing. You know, so I'm 00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:58.300 glad that I hope that I can inspire people to 00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:00.780 get out there, because it is a great part of 00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:04.760 the hobby. It's the sub -hobby, right? Doing 00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:10.340 these things. So I'm glad that I can put a little 00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:13.739 flame under you there to get you out and maybe 00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:16.760 do some portable stuff. So I guess Mochi's the 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.239 other counterpart to that. Right, Monge? Yep. 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:24.429 That you have. that you have, I've never activated 00:38:24.429 --> 00:38:28.570 with a duck. So that will be another experience 00:38:28.570 --> 00:38:31.650 that I do look forward to. I think that will 00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:35.090 be a good luck duck. I think we will definitely 00:38:35.090 --> 00:38:37.789 have a good luck duck and make some good contacts. 00:38:39.070 --> 00:38:42.349 So thanks, Juni, and thanks, Neil, for inviting 00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:47.110 Juni on the show. Just wanted to check in and 00:38:47.110 --> 00:38:52.989 go forth and quack them up. All right. Sounds 00:38:52.989 --> 00:38:57.789 good. Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT, the editor over 00:38:57.789 --> 00:39:00.730 at Amateur Radio Newsline. Thank you for calling 00:39:00.730 --> 00:39:07.469 once again and happy squirrels and prairie dogs. 00:39:08.809 --> 00:39:15.250 Thank you. We'll activate with those next. There 00:39:15.250 --> 00:39:21.309 you go. Squirrels, prairie dogs and ducks. Oh, 00:39:21.329 --> 00:39:25.329 there we go. Thanks for calling, Karen. Appreciate 00:39:25.329 --> 00:39:28.690 it. Okay. Good night, you guys. Take care. Good 00:39:28.690 --> 00:39:34.849 night. You too. 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number. 00:39:34.889 --> 00:39:37.250 If you'd like to join in, we have just a few 00:39:37.250 --> 00:39:39.750 minutes left. Uh, and, and Juni, I don't want 00:39:39.750 --> 00:39:41.989 you to get away without talking about the call 00:39:41.989 --> 00:39:47.230 sign. Oh boy. The number one duck, huh? Yeah. 00:39:47.369 --> 00:39:50.889 Yeah. So so here's the deal on the call sign 00:39:50.889 --> 00:39:54.550 um I actually my prior my previous call sign 00:39:54.550 --> 00:39:58.630 when I got licensed was KC one MHV miss high 00:39:58.630 --> 00:40:03.309 voltage, and I kind of liked that But I was told 00:40:03.309 --> 00:40:05.769 you know if you want to get something cool that 00:40:05.769 --> 00:40:09.010 you know Kinda represents you or whatever do 00:40:09.010 --> 00:40:11.489 it soon do it fast get a vanity call because 00:40:11.489 --> 00:40:14.329 you don't want to have to Go through the log 00:40:14.329 --> 00:40:17.179 books and do all that stuff whatever so I decided 00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:20.300 to be, well, I was like number one ducks and 00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:22.539 then I look and somebody has that call sign and 00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:26.659 then I looked up number one quack. I don't know. 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:34.559 And then I saw N1DUC. So come to find out, I 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:37.760 wanted to possibly change to N1DUX if it was 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:41.619 possible, but here's the deal. In CW, right, 00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:44.639 when you send your call sign, you send K at the 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:49.320 end, right? So it's N1DUC K, which I thought 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.659 was pretty clever. And I'm like, I am the number 00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:55.139 one duck, so I'm going to do this. I'm keeping 00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:57.900 my call sign. Plus, it's a relatively easy one 00:40:57.900 --> 00:41:01.699 to send as well. So I like that. I like that 00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:03.599 about it. It kind of just rolls off the fingers 00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:08.500 there when you're sending. But yeah, I just. 00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:10.860 i don't know i just felt kind of right into the 00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:13.380 call sign it does become a little problematic 00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:17.699 though uh... doing d x stuff for doing contests 00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:21.079 nobody can hear the u and i say uniform uniform 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:24.980 and they're just like what this is so i don't 00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:27.980 think try to get around ralph like umbrella people 00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:31.019 say united a lot of people say united and trying 00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:33.079 to figure out how i how i get my call sign out 00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.960 there i think a lot of people they struggle with 00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.000 that uh... you know when they're in the noise 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:39.380 and everything and the bands change you know 00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:42.179 it's like a wave um you just hope that the wave 00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:45.219 hits and they they finally hear you you know 00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:48.420 the proper way so yeah and when do you see quack 00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:53.639 quack 73 that was some some good advice uh because 00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:58.420 uh here here i am an extra class and a casual 00:41:58.420 --> 00:42:03.349 contester And, and 45 years later, and I'm like, 00:42:03.349 --> 00:42:05.889 I've had this call for 45 years. I don't want 00:42:05.889 --> 00:42:08.349 to change my call. And I've got whiskey Bravo 00:42:08.349 --> 00:42:11.110 nine, Victor Papa golf. I mean, is there a worse 00:42:11.110 --> 00:42:15.190 call sign out there? I don't know, but I can't 00:42:15.190 --> 00:42:19.730 let go of it. It's like, I just moved to a four 00:42:19.730 --> 00:42:23.050 land and, and in four UK was coming up and I'm 00:42:23.050 --> 00:42:25.409 a big university, Kentucky fan. And I was like, 00:42:25.409 --> 00:42:29.110 Hmm. Maybe this is the time but I was like, nah, 00:42:29.110 --> 00:42:34.090 I can't do it. Yep. Yep. So number one duck. 00:42:36.130 --> 00:42:41.929 And I like the DUC and then the K. I like that. 00:42:42.230 --> 00:42:46.010 That's good. Well, tell us a little bit before 00:42:46.010 --> 00:42:51.230 you go here about field day. What you did for 00:42:51.230 --> 00:42:54.230 field day this year and your favorite field day 00:42:54.230 --> 00:42:58.530 story here before we... wrap things up. Oh certainly. 00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:03.230 So I operated from Virginia from my brother's 00:43:03.230 --> 00:43:08.429 place and we were portable so we were outside 00:43:08.429 --> 00:43:13.110 doing all of our stuff via battery power and 00:43:13.110 --> 00:43:16.869 let's see we had we were QRP so we were running 00:43:16.869 --> 00:43:25.639 five watts and we had a Ziku G90 FT818, Yesu818, 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:30.940 and then the KX3. And we had some homemade antennas, 00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:35.320 and we had the buddy pole, and there was a six 00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:39.179 meter opening, and I made my first... My first 00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:41.400 six meter contact, I think in Tennessee, if I'm 00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.780 not mistaken, it was crazy. I mean, the propagation 00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:46.920 was awesome. So that was amazing. But then it 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:50.739 got even better because I got on his KX3 and 00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:54.989 a friend of mine Kevin and one MRI he was on 00:43:54.989 --> 00:43:57.750 frequency and he was going to call CQ and we 00:43:57.750 --> 00:44:00.570 were able to make a Q so between Connecticut 00:44:00.570 --> 00:44:05.090 and Virginia and he said oh I said oh you know 00:44:05.090 --> 00:44:06.869 are you gonna use the frequency said no go ahead 00:44:06.869 --> 00:44:10.489 try calling CQ so I started calling CQ and I 00:44:10.489 --> 00:44:13.670 had this pile up I mean I was this pretty steady 00:44:13.670 --> 00:44:17.369 stream of people just kind of coming in and and 00:44:17.369 --> 00:44:19.510 talking with me I had a pile up for like an hour 00:44:19.510 --> 00:44:23.500 and a half I had people coming So I made a total, 00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:26.099 actually the most contacts I made was during 00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:29.500 that pile up time. But the battery died in the 00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.760 radio, poor guy who I was making a contact with, 00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:35.199 battery died. So that was it. That was when I 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:39.519 had to end it. I had a total of 83 contacts for 00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:42.840 field day, five watts. And my brother was pretty, 00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:45.840 he was stoked because he got Alaska on five watts, 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:49.920 which was pretty awesome. So that was his cool 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:52.570 part of his. his portion of it and my cool part 00:44:52.570 --> 00:44:54.610 was the pile up and we had a we had a really 00:44:54.610 --> 00:44:57.710 awesome time so I really do enjoy field day it's 00:44:57.710 --> 00:45:00.769 it's always uh it's always there's always something 00:45:00.769 --> 00:45:04.030 to learn you know and uh last year I had 10 contacts 00:45:04.030 --> 00:45:09.070 so 83 I'll take it yeah yeah sounds sounds good 00:45:09.070 --> 00:45:11.769 and last year was kind of a weird year anyway 00:45:11.769 --> 00:45:15.929 so this year was a little more back to normal 00:45:15.929 --> 00:45:20.230 but yeah but uh yeah it's a lot of fun Well, 00:45:20.230 --> 00:45:22.389 thank you so much Juni for coming on the show 00:45:22.389 --> 00:45:25.530 and mochi. Thank you for being on the show and 00:45:25.530 --> 00:45:29.909 talking to us about poda and best of luck in 00:45:29.909 --> 00:45:34.289 in the future poda activations and I'll see you 00:45:34.289 --> 00:45:37.730 further down the log as they say All right. Very 00:45:37.730 --> 00:45:39.949 good. Thank you for having me and you have a 00:45:39.949 --> 00:45:46.739 great night All right, that is Juni N1DUC and 00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:50.960 that is a wrap for this week's edition of HamTalk 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.960 Live. Thanks to Juni for being here and everybody 00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:56.400 out there in cyberspace for listening and calling 00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:59.860 in and invite you back next Thursday night 9 00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:03.920 p .m. Eastern Time and to see our upcoming guests 00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:07.500 just go to HamTalkLive .com and if you like the 00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:10.809 show, leave us a review. That's all we ask. So 00:46:10.809 --> 00:46:14.650 for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG saying 7 -3, 00:46:15.030 --> 00:46:43.039 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours. We talked 00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:47.440 and talked for hours and hours I completely forgot 00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:52.320 you're a ham I don't know your power or the height 00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:56.659 of your tower And frankly, I don't give a damn 00:46:56.659 --> 00:47:01.900 So 73s, to you and your family I'll be seeing 00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:06.760 you further down the line 73s, to you and your 00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:10.119 family I'll be seeing you further down the line 00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.880 Down the dog room