WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:12.900 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:31.879 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:37.659 we go, welcome to Hamtop Live Call in, let's 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:41.859 talk, Neil's your guy Hamtop Live, here we go 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.299 Good evening, everyone. It's time for HamTalk 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:08.640 Live episode number 256, Hamvention 2021 virtual 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.040 and on -air activities. Recorded live on Thursday, 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:19.640 April 22nd, 2021. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:22.099 Thanks for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk 00:01:22.099 --> 00:01:24.930 Live. Tonight we're joined once again by Michael 00:01:24.930 --> 00:01:28.150 Coulter, WHCI, and we'll take your calls live 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:31.769 in just a few minutes. Last week here on the 00:01:31.769 --> 00:01:36.010 show, Philip Springer, DK6SP, Marcus Grosser, 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:42.730 DL8GM, and Tommy Varro, HA8RT, were up early 00:01:42.730 --> 00:01:47.189 or up late, one or the other, over in Europe. 00:01:47.489 --> 00:01:49.709 They were on the show here to talk about the 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:53.120 new Yoda contest. If you missed the show, you 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.359 can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.939 your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 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Tonight, Michael Coulter, 00:05:40.850 --> 00:05:44.990 WHCI, joins us on the Orlando Amateur Radio Club 00:05:44.990 --> 00:05:48.569 and hamcation line. Michael is the official spokesperson, 00:05:49.350 --> 00:05:52.029 the finance chair and the co -chair of the awards 00:05:52.029 --> 00:05:55.490 committee of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike lives 00:05:55.490 --> 00:05:58.509 in Xenia, Ohio and is past president of the Dayton 00:05:58.509 --> 00:06:01.209 Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention general 00:06:01.209 --> 00:06:06.730 chairman. back in 2011 and 2012. So Michael, 00:06:06.829 --> 00:06:11.290 welcome back once again. Hey, I'm really glad 00:06:11.290 --> 00:06:13.949 to be here and to be able to talk to you and 00:06:13.949 --> 00:06:17.529 Yilin, to everybody else. And, you know, once 00:06:17.529 --> 00:06:19.810 again, it is very disappointing and sad that 00:06:19.810 --> 00:06:22.350 we're not going to be able to have a convention 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:25.910 this year. It's just pushing right up against 00:06:25.910 --> 00:06:30.959 the time. And I don't know that As many people 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.720 would have been able to make it, we're still 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.040 having problems getting, you know, traveling 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.680 from other countries in and out of other countries. 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.860 And Hamvention is such an international event. 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:44.360 So we had to make our decision early on. But 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:46.560 we have some other pretty exciting things planned 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.500 for that weekend. Yeah, we'll talk about some 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:54.259 of those here tonight. You know, we're all disappointed 00:06:54.259 --> 00:06:58.970 that. The second cancellation had to come but 00:06:58.970 --> 00:07:02.550 I know you've got some Some activities again 00:07:02.550 --> 00:07:05.470 and some new activities during the weekend So 00:07:05.470 --> 00:07:07.810 we'll talk about some of those in a minute, but 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:10.709 I'm kind of excited and I haven't haven't officially 00:07:10.709 --> 00:07:13.649 I think said it on the show here that the the 00:07:13.649 --> 00:07:17.589 home office of ham talk live is is on the move 00:07:17.589 --> 00:07:22.490 It's it's finally official I'll be moving to 00:07:22.490 --> 00:07:25.930 just south of Florence, Kentucky, which is the 00:07:25.930 --> 00:07:28.930 kentucky side of cincinnati and and i've already 00:07:28.930 --> 00:07:32.910 figured out uh... that it's one hour and twenty 00:07:32.910 --> 00:07:37.990 two minutes from zinnia my commute has just gone 00:07:37.990 --> 00:07:44.230 way down yeah that's wonderful that's great news 00:07:44.230 --> 00:07:46.209 great news for you i know you've been planning 00:07:46.209 --> 00:07:49.170 that and anytime you can get closer to move closer 00:07:49.170 --> 00:07:51.069 to ham benchan you're going to be a lot better 00:07:51.069 --> 00:07:54.550 off right Was yeah, I was thinking about this 00:07:54.550 --> 00:07:58.310 and and I thought okay now, let's see Let's see 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:01.910 the first move I made was to Evansville and that 00:08:01.910 --> 00:08:05.370 got me just a few minutes closer to ham vincen 00:08:05.370 --> 00:08:08.910 and then I moved from Evansville to Bloomington 00:08:08.910 --> 00:08:12.029 which got me about an hour closer to ham vincen 00:08:12.029 --> 00:08:16.470 and now I'm now I'm an hour and 22 minutes from 00:08:16.470 --> 00:08:20.939 ham vincen, so I guess the next move is it's 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:25.800 got to be like, you know Beaver Creek or something 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:30.519 Or Xenia, you can move right into Xenia. Yeah, 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.279 there we go. Just move right into Xenia, you 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.200 know Get one of those houses right down from 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.440 the fairgrounds. So you just walk over and and 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:44.120 there you go You'd have a lot of friends then. 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:47.700 Oh yeah, I would have a lot of friends and I 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:54.940 better have a big driveway. Yeah. No, but that's 00:08:54.940 --> 00:08:57.039 all right. That's what Amateur Radio is about. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:09:00.500 That's what we do. I mean, we're all, you know, 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:03.320 it's a brotherhood and a sisterhood. So it's 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.679 what we do and we have the opportunity to share 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.850 and share cultures. I mean, I know when I'm on 00:09:13.850 --> 00:09:16.769 the radio. Hey, Jeff. I'm talking to a fellow 00:09:16.769 --> 00:09:20.070 from Ireland tonight, and he was telling me, 00:09:20.149 --> 00:09:22.090 oh, Michael, when you're here, I'll at least 00:09:22.090 --> 00:09:24.549 show you around Galway. He said, but if I come 00:09:24.549 --> 00:09:26.529 there, I want you to show me around Hamvention. 00:09:26.830 --> 00:09:31.090 So that was really nice. But I do get a fair 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:33.690 amount of those, and I like it when people want 00:09:33.690 --> 00:09:36.730 to talk about Hamvention, good or bad, on the 00:09:36.730 --> 00:09:39.769 radio. But it happens. I mean, that's what I 00:09:39.769 --> 00:09:45.570 do. Drink and breathe it. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. 00:09:46.470 --> 00:09:49.730 And we're ready for it to happen. But, you know, 00:09:49.870 --> 00:09:52.710 it's going to be another year. But let's talk 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:55.289 a little bit about some of these things that 00:09:55.289 --> 00:09:58.190 will be happening during the weekend that's supposed 00:09:58.190 --> 00:10:01.750 to be. uh... the date the invention and and the 00:10:01.750 --> 00:10:04.470 first one who were just going in chronological 00:10:04.470 --> 00:10:07.929 order here uh... the first one is actually the 00:10:07.929 --> 00:10:12.409 day before which is thursday and uh... there's 00:10:12.409 --> 00:10:15.610 another big virtual contest university planned 00:10:15.610 --> 00:10:21.169 yeah that's right uh... and up the and contest 00:10:21.169 --> 00:10:24.950 university group we partnered up with them and 00:10:24.950 --> 00:10:29.009 uh... That is going to be a very virtual event 00:10:29.009 --> 00:10:33.389 that's going to start at 9 a .m., 1300 Zulu. 00:10:33.909 --> 00:10:37.549 That's 9 a .m. Eastern Daylight Time, about 1300 00:10:37.549 --> 00:10:41.309 Zulu. And the course outline will be out soon. 00:10:41.809 --> 00:10:44.970 And I think today, just starting today, you can 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:48.389 actually get on the Contest University site and 00:10:48.389 --> 00:10:51.629 sign up. You need to sign up separately for both 00:10:51.629 --> 00:10:56.039 the events that the Thursday event and the Friday 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:59.919 event so This is going to be a really a big deal 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:04.720 Also, the other big thing is for both Thursday 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:08.639 and Friday We've teamed up with DX engineering 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.220 as well as icon America and we're giving away 00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:20.580 for for icon radios We're giving away to 7300 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:25.929 One each day, one Friday and one Saturday. Well, 00:11:25.929 --> 00:11:27.230 let me just tell you what we're gonna give away 00:11:27.230 --> 00:11:29.889 each day. Each day we're gonna give away 173 00:11:29.889 --> 00:11:34.809 hundred, excuse me, 273 hundred, 273 hundred, 00:11:35.490 --> 00:11:41.409 176 .10 and ICOM 705. Each day, that's a total 00:11:41.409 --> 00:11:45.509 of four major radios each day. Plus we're going 00:11:45.509 --> 00:11:48.929 to be giving away a lot of tickets for next year 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:54.690 for, hand mentions and you know we don't we don't 00:11:54.690 --> 00:11:57.389 expect we'll have to cancel next year so we're 00:11:57.389 --> 00:11:59.970 gonna have and it'll be a great event so all 00:11:59.970 --> 00:12:02.929 together our prizes are gonna be over $15 ,000 00:12:02.929 --> 00:12:08.529 for two days wow all the events are free nobody's 00:12:08.529 --> 00:12:11.929 got to pay a dime you just got to sign up however 00:12:11.929 --> 00:12:16.370 however you've got to be online when we give 00:12:16.370 --> 00:12:19.039 away a radio it's gonna be a random time you 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:20.679 know, suddenly we're gonna go, wait a minute, 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:23.820 we're gonna give away one of these radios. And 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:27.980 we'll quickly do the generator, the name generator 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:30.740 thing. And if you're there, you're gonna win. 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:34.240 You claim it. If you're not there, you're not 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.799 gonna win it. So it's important to pay attention 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.100 because it's really a big deal. It's gonna be 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:45.240 exciting anyway. For those of you who have not 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:49.539 been to Contest University, It's not just about 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:52.659 contesters. Contesters like to hone in their 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:56.759 skills, all their radio skills, transmitting 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:00.159 skills, listening skills, and you're gonna learn 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:05.759 a whole lot about how to do that in that time 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.960 period. And if you don't learn something in that 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:12.279 time frame, and you're... you're either a genius 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.980 or you weren't paying attention. But I really 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:17.639 enjoy the event. I'm not a contester really, 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.320 but I do enjoy deaxing and I like to have a good 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.460 signal when I'm on the radio. And they give you 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:26.580 so much information, things you may not have 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:30.320 thought of before from very, very, I know this 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:34.039 is gonna be a very international and very international 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:36.980 set of instructors this time that Tim has put 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:41.500 together. Yeah, it's I always learn something 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:46.419 new Going to contest University and and it's 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:49.100 and like you said, it's not always contesting 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:53.440 I've learned about USB ports and making sure 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.039 that those things are working with your radio 00:13:56.039 --> 00:14:01.639 properly and and how to tape on a PL 259 and 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:06.309 and it just All these little things that you 00:14:06.309 --> 00:14:11.389 pick up along the way to make your station better, 00:14:11.889 --> 00:14:15.669 whether you're a contestor or a DXer or just 00:14:15.669 --> 00:14:21.610 a rag chewer, it's all helpful. And you can kind 00:14:21.610 --> 00:14:25.590 of pick and choose the ones that apply to you. 00:14:25.610 --> 00:14:28.649 And it's always a great event. So we look forward 00:14:28.649 --> 00:14:34.629 to Contest University. again this year contestuniversity 00:14:34.629 --> 00:14:38.809 .com is where you go to sign up and you can even 00:14:38.809 --> 00:14:43.009 catch some of the old contest university videos 00:14:43.009 --> 00:14:47.850 up there so be sure to check that out and wow 00:14:47.850 --> 00:14:50.389 all these radios you're giving away a ton of 00:14:50.389 --> 00:14:53.690 radios so that'll that'll be really great too. 00:14:54.129 --> 00:14:57.730 Well on Friday you've got a webinar this year 00:14:58.730 --> 00:15:02.309 which is something that's new that you didn't 00:15:02.309 --> 00:15:05.110 do last year, although we're trying not to make 00:15:05.110 --> 00:15:09.789 this cancellation thing a regular scheduled event, 00:15:10.549 --> 00:15:13.289 but tell us a little bit about this webinar that 00:15:13.289 --> 00:15:17.289 you've put together. Yeah, this particular event 00:15:17.289 --> 00:15:21.450 on Friday will start at 11 a .m. Eastern Daylight 00:15:21.450 --> 00:15:26.090 Time, or that's 1500 Zulu. That way folks can 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:28.970 on the West Coast have a chance to get in there 00:15:28.970 --> 00:15:31.750 and don't have to lose too much sleep. But what 00:15:31.750 --> 00:15:35.970 that's going to be, we're going to have our award 00:15:35.970 --> 00:15:41.049 winners from Hamvention are going to each of 00:15:41.049 --> 00:15:43.250 them present, you know, and they're going to 00:15:43.250 --> 00:15:46.830 have a moderator for each one. You know, Tamatha 00:15:46.830 --> 00:15:50.090 Skov as the space weather woman won our technical 00:15:50.090 --> 00:15:53.649 achievement award. And she is going to give, 00:15:53.649 --> 00:15:59.269 I know, an exciting presentation. And if you've 00:15:59.269 --> 00:16:01.490 never listened to her talk, I mean, she is so 00:16:01.490 --> 00:16:06.029 exciting in what she presents and how she presents 00:16:06.029 --> 00:16:09.190 it. And always, we can learn something new from 00:16:09.190 --> 00:16:14.269 Tamatha. Our special achievement winner, W3WL, 00:16:14.889 --> 00:16:18.220 Wesley Lombali, He's done a lot of things in 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:21.720 his lifetime, and he's got a lot of high energy 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.559 support for the science and art of amateur radio. 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.019 He's done a lot to support youth coaching, membership 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:32.360 recruiting, and technical problem assistance. 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.559 And he always seems to do this with smile and 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.659 great humor. And unbeknownst to me, when we had 00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:43.320 made the decision, and it wasn't in his bio, 00:16:44.369 --> 00:16:50.149 Excuse me, he had worked with the Dave Coulter 00:16:50.149 --> 00:16:53.710 de -expedition, our youth de -expedition group, 00:16:53.789 --> 00:16:57.309 so he should be putting on a very interesting 00:16:57.309 --> 00:17:02.250 presentation. Like I say, each one of these people 00:17:02.250 --> 00:17:09.349 will have moderators, they will have former Ham 00:17:09.349 --> 00:17:12.269 of the Years that will be giving them information. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:17.599 Our Club of the Year, which is a K for HTA, the 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.819 Vienna Wireless Society outside of Washington, 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:24.019 D .C. They're actually in Vienna, Virginia, but 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:27.480 they've done an awful lot for their community 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.859 and they're going to talk a lot about what they're 00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:33.920 doing and with their youth education, public 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.559 service, and promoting the overall growth of 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.819 radio through the D .C. area and around the world. 00:17:41.109 --> 00:17:45.329 We're excited to have them on board. And then 00:17:45.329 --> 00:17:51.369 our amateur of the year, Angel Vasquez, WP3R, 00:17:51.910 --> 00:17:55.410 he's been known for being one of the principle 00:17:55.410 --> 00:17:59.650 support engineers of what was once one of the 00:17:59.650 --> 00:18:02.509 greatest antennas in the world at Arecibo. But 00:18:02.509 --> 00:18:06.710 he's done so much for amateur radio throughout 00:18:06.710 --> 00:18:10.500 the entire territory of Puerto Rico and extends 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:15.119 worldwide. He's really respected, a very respected 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:19.740 image radio operator. And Joe Taylor will be 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:22.880 his moderator asking him questions. And if you 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.339 know Joe, Joe's one of the inventors of FTA. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:32.359 So we're really looking forward to that. That 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:36.059 event should, it will start at 11 a .m. Eastern 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:38.779 Daylight Time. And we should be over sometime 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:45.279 by 3 PM to 3 .30 PM. Very good. Well, you've 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:51.559 got Dr. Scove, you've got Angel, you've got the 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.779 Vienna Club, you've got all these very deserving 00:18:55.779 --> 00:19:00.559 people. And it's great that you can give them 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:04.609 some time to share. uh... some of the things 00:19:04.609 --> 00:19:09.529 that they have done and then uh... on saturday 00:19:09.529 --> 00:19:15.150 uh... the the second hopefully not annual ham 00:19:15.150 --> 00:19:19.269 vincian q so party takes place so uh... any changes 00:19:19.269 --> 00:19:22.970 from last year and and how are people uh... going 00:19:22.970 --> 00:19:26.869 to participate this year yet let me get right 00:19:26.869 --> 00:19:30.769 to that i don't want to forget that uh... you 00:19:30.769 --> 00:19:33.950 need to sign up for the Hamvention forum and 00:19:33.950 --> 00:19:36.049 that will be, if it isn't there tonight, it should 00:19:36.049 --> 00:19:38.430 be there tomorrow. We're just getting the links 00:19:38.430 --> 00:19:43.109 all set up for the virtual Hamvention forums. 00:19:43.549 --> 00:19:45.930 So be sure you sign up for that. Be sure you 00:19:45.930 --> 00:19:48.829 watch it because those same great radios are 00:19:48.829 --> 00:19:53.130 gonna be given away on Friday as well at different 00:19:53.130 --> 00:19:57.569 times. So you gotta be there to win. Okay, let's 00:19:57.569 --> 00:20:01.130 talk about Saturday. the Ham Bench and QSO party. 00:20:01.210 --> 00:20:05.490 That's gonna be from 8 a .m. to 8 p .m. Eastern 00:20:05.490 --> 00:20:15.549 Daylight Savings Time, which is 1200 to 0000 00:20:15.549 --> 00:20:23.250 on May 23rd. Our WAPI is our club call of the 00:20:23.250 --> 00:20:26.569 Dayton Amateur Radio Association. It'll be a 00:20:26.569 --> 00:20:30.150 bonus station. It'll be scored at 10 points per 00:20:30.150 --> 00:20:33.950 band and mode. And we'll be working 10 meters, 00:20:34.029 --> 00:20:38.230 15 meters, 20 meters, 40 meters, 80 meters. And 00:20:38.230 --> 00:20:44.230 the typical call will be CQ, CQ, HVQP, or Ham 00:20:44.230 --> 00:20:47.589 -Benchen, QSO party, and then your call. And 00:20:47.589 --> 00:20:51.970 a typical exchange will be a signal report in 00:20:51.970 --> 00:20:55.140 the first year you attended Ham -Benchen. You 00:20:55.140 --> 00:21:01.299 know, for example, if you were 1998 or, you know, 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:05.619 1952, you give that exchange. And if you've never 00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:10.779 attended Hamvention, send 2021 in place of that 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:14.740 year. Now, in the end, you send your score, which 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:17.220 is the number of QSOs, including bonus points, 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:21.039 to the 3830scores .com within five days of the 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.279 event. and you will be able to print a certificate 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:27.359 after that contest. So should be pretty nice. 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:30.180 I mean, it's not a high pressure event, but last 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:32.799 year the QSO party was so much fun. I really 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:35.680 enjoyed talking to so many people. And, you know, 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:38.880 I tried to take the extra time and ask people, 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:42.380 tell me what was the, what do you remember the 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:45.240 most about hand benching? What was your most 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:49.400 interesting experience? So I take an extra minute. 00:21:49.789 --> 00:21:52.470 two minutes with everybody, and it was absolutely 00:21:52.470 --> 00:21:56.190 fascinating and great, great, great stories to 00:21:56.190 --> 00:22:00.430 be had. All right, back to you, Neil. All right. 00:22:00.529 --> 00:22:07.109 Well, I enjoyed the event as well and have the 00:22:07.109 --> 00:22:12.490 QSL card here from WABI and just appreciate everything 00:22:12.490 --> 00:22:16.809 that happened for that one and look forward to 00:22:16.809 --> 00:22:21.369 another great Hamvention QSO party. And once 00:22:21.369 --> 00:22:25.809 again, I will say, I hope it's the last one. 00:22:27.349 --> 00:22:31.970 Oh, man, you and me both. I don't want to go 00:22:31.970 --> 00:22:35.160 through this again. This is not You know, planning 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:38.380 virtual events and things like that is not really 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:42.539 what we do. We put on major amateur radio events, 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.519 I mean, in -person events, and this has been 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.160 a switch for us, and a switch for everybody, 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.940 I think. But, you know, there's been so many 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:54.400 virtual events. We want to make ours kind of 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:57.380 easy, and we want to make it worthwhile. We figured 00:22:57.380 --> 00:23:01.319 that over $15 ,000 worth of prizes, and it doesn't 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:05.960 cost anything. You know, why not? Yeah, yeah. 00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:09.839 Well, that's great. So, a chance to win some 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:13.960 prizes, a chance to learn, a chance to hear from 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:19.240 all four of the award winners. Very deserving 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:23.500 award winners. And you can check it all out at 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:28.940 hamvention .org, and the signups will be there 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:32.630 soon. Check that out and then contestuniversity 00:23:32.630 --> 00:23:37.690 .com for the contest university on Thursday. 00:23:38.470 --> 00:23:41.990 So let's take a break right here and we'll come 00:23:41.990 --> 00:23:44.210 back. We'll talk some more with Michael and we'll 00:23:44.210 --> 00:23:46.490 take your phone calls and tweets and comments. 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:52.279 on Spreaker, if I can talk, and we'll take the 00:23:52.279 --> 00:24:00.400 calls at 859 -982 -7373 when we come back after 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.240 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:08.480 HamTalk Live. Hey honey, have you seen the PL259s 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:12.119 anywhere? No, I haven't. Come on kids, let's 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:17.339 go! There's just one place to go for all of your 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:20.579 connector needs. Tower electronics. Tower electronics. 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.839 Tower electronics. A giant warehouse of connectors 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.859 and adapters for every occasion. Thousands to 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:29.619 choose from in every shape, size and color. 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Or call 920 -435 -2973. 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:41.019 Do we sell PL259 connectors? Join the conversation. 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:47.559 Give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:53.759 number to call is 859 -982 -7373. Or, if you'd 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:57.039 rather type than talk, tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:25:57.380 --> 00:26:00.940 Now, here's Neil Rapp with more HamTalk Live. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.660 We all started out with nothing and still have 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:07.240 most of it. You're listening to HamTalk Live 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:30.420 with Neil Rapp. Welcome back to HamTalk Live, 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:33.180 thanks to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:36.220 for sponsoring the show again tonight. They help 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:39.960 bring you HamTalk Live every week, as does ICOM 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:44.819 America. And Tower Electronics will be at the 00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:48.319 Sandwich, Illinois, HamFest on May 2nd. And then 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.119 Newberry, Michigan, June 12th, Monroe, Michigan, 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:55.940 June 20th. But visit them anytime, anywhere at 00:26:55.940 --> 00:27:02.180 PL -259 .com. HamTalk Live is on the air every 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:05.200 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time, right 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:08.420 here at HamTalkLive .com. And be sure to check 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:10.839 us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Before 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:14.460 we get back to Michael, it's time for the Ham 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:18.240 Radio Joke of the Week. Now it's time for the 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.500 HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:24.259 part of the show where Rick tells us a ham radio 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:27.160 joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:30.900 Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:35.180 Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:42.630 Joke of the Week. I was talking on the two meter 00:27:42.630 --> 00:27:44.470 repeater while I was driving through Louisville 00:27:44.470 --> 00:27:46.670 last week and one of the locals told me I was 00:27:46.670 --> 00:27:48.829 pronouncing the name of the town wrong. He said 00:27:48.829 --> 00:27:51.809 it's Louisville not Louisville. So I stopped 00:27:51.809 --> 00:27:54.289 for supper and I asked the server can you tell 00:27:54.289 --> 00:27:57.509 me real slow how you pronounce this place and 00:27:57.509 --> 00:28:03.740 she said burger king. This has been the ham talk 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:06.920 live ham radio joke of the week with Rick Garrett 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:10.640 in nine GSU Tune in again next week for another 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:18.039 joke from Rick. Oh He's done it again Burger 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:26.559 King But it is Louisville Not Louisville, so 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:29.440 there we go. All right, Rick will be back again 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:33.730 next week with another Ham radio joke of the 00:28:33.730 --> 00:28:35.990 week. So now it is time for your phone call. 00:28:36.009 --> 00:28:38.109 So if you have a question for Michael, give us 00:28:38.109 --> 00:28:45.910 a call right now at 859 -982 -7373. Or you can 00:28:45.910 --> 00:28:50.089 tweet us at HamTalk Live is the handle on Twitter. 00:28:50.430 --> 00:28:53.869 And if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the 00:28:53.869 --> 00:28:56.990 podcast edition of the show, you won't be able 00:28:56.990 --> 00:29:00.160 to reach us live. We're doing this. on Thursday 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:05.819 night, so give us a call right now at 859 -982 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:12.859 -7373. Okay, well Michael, we've talked a little 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:17.200 bit about everything going on. Let's talk a little 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:23.400 bit about 2022. You know, you said it's going 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:29.180 to be bigger and better. What do you have forthcoming 00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:35.380 here? Well right now, you know we are we are 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:38.140 looking you know every committees trying to refine 00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:42.720 and trying to make their improvements and For 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:46.019 next year, but even the fairgrounds themselves 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:49.359 have been doing a whole lot of improvement For 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.000 example, you know all the inside rooms have been 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:57.000 painted bright Walls all touched up. It looks 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:02.440 really pristine, looks very, very nice. And they're 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:06.140 getting new electronic signs. We're hoping by 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:10.039 next year that the signs that just kind of hang 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:13.839 over the barns there that we put up become digital 00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:19.599 signs and we can digitally have each one of the 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:23.539 buildings named. and that we can have some better 00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:28.160 information through the digital displays. So 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:32.299 those are just a few of the things, but the team's 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:36.000 not let up. We're still putting things together, 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:40.460 looking for next year, and it isn't that we're 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:42.700 asleep at the wheel. We can't be with an event 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:53.920 like this. find to improve on and that's taking 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:56.599 place. I know the fairgrounds has done a lot 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:02.460 with fans and and opening up the the other building 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:06.920 and putting those grindings down and the flea 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:10.900 market and there's still a lot of upgrades and 00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:14.420 it's good to hear that those have continued while 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:19.339 things are are kind of calm and peaceful at the 00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:24.220 fairgrounds and hopefully It won't be long before 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:29.519 they start hosting Some events and and then we 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:33.480 can get hamvention going again eight five nine 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.079 nine eight two seventy three seventy three is 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:39.339 the phone number if you have something that you 00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:42.799 want to Chime in about with Amvention. Give us 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:51.519 a call right now. 859 -982 -7373. Now you mentioned 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:57.819 these prizes that you're going to be giving away. 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:02.440 Just kind of remind everybody, you know, how 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:07.220 they can win those because you got to be there. 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:13.759 Right. This, these prizes are donated by, you 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.799 know, Hamvention and ICOM America and DX Engineering. 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:21.240 And, you know, DX Engineering has supplied the 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.200 platform, the virtual platform. They seem to 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:28.000 be very, very good at that. And they have donated 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.160 the use of their platform, which I know they 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:34.059 pay a fair amount of money for. You have to sign 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:37.880 up. You got to sign. And all you need to do is 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:43.359 go to the Contest University site and you can 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:46.380 sign up there for Contest University. That's 00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.160 the Thursday event. Then you can go to the handvention 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:56.400 .org site and sign up for the Friday event. But 00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:59.460 you got to sign up separate, both of them. And 00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:04.339 then to win the prize, like I say, from the very 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:09.500 start, You know, at the forum start on Friday 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:12.920 at 11 a .m., who knows, maybe at 1102, we might 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:17.579 give a radio away. So you gotta be there. You 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.460 gotta be paying attention and you gotta be online. 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:23.900 It isn't just where people pile in at the end 00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:25.859 of the day and say, oh, I better get here now. 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:28.119 They're gonna give away that big prize. I better 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:31.119 make sure I show my face. We decided not to do 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:35.009 that and spread it out. But these radios, You 00:33:35.009 --> 00:33:40.670 know there's two 7300s each day, a 7610 each 00:33:40.670 --> 00:33:45.630 day, and an ICOM 705 each day. That's pretty 00:33:45.630 --> 00:33:49.569 good. I mean, for no admission. And that's just 00:33:49.569 --> 00:33:53.990 a spectacular, I think, lineup of prizes. Yeah, 00:33:54.089 --> 00:33:57.990 you better believe it. So make sure you get there 00:33:57.990 --> 00:34:03.279 and sign up for these virtual webinars and then 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:06.799 and then get on the air with the Hamvention QSO 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:11.179 party on Saturday and again that's the exchange 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:17.719 there is is your signal report and your the first 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:23.400 year you attended Hamvention so I think mine's 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:27.179 77 if I remember right Well, let's go to the 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:30.239 phone lines here. It looks like we have Mark 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:35.119 in for BCD on the line. Good evening, Mark. Good 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:40.320 evening, Neil and Michael. Good evening, Mark. 00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:47.699 How are you guys doing tonight? Doing just fine. 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:54.340 I'm doing, I'm doing great. Good deal. I saw 00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:56.719 you guys got some snow up there, but we just 00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:58.940 got some cold weather down here and it's getting 00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:03.219 back to warm again. But listening to you guys 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:06.119 chat tonight, I went ahead and signed up for 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.539 the contest university and looking forward to 00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:13.719 signing up for the forums. Well, I'm sorry, signed 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:17.059 up for the forums and looking forward to contest 00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:20.920 you and all that. But Michael, I was gonna ask, 00:35:21.389 --> 00:35:25.090 With the QSO party, what band are you going to 00:35:25.090 --> 00:35:27.989 focus on? So I'm looking forward to working you. 00:35:31.630 --> 00:35:34.969 Well, I don't know. It's whatever. I'm not in 00:35:34.969 --> 00:35:39.469 charge of assigning them, but I probably will 00:35:39.469 --> 00:35:44.369 end up on 20 or 40 meters. Well, that's great. 00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:46.789 I know you got that beam for 40 meters. You got 00:35:46.789 --> 00:35:49.860 a great signal on 40. and probably something 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:52.099 good on 20 also. But looking forward to working 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:55.260 you in the QSO party and the other guys, Jack 00:35:55.260 --> 00:36:00.440 and Rick and the other folks up there in Dayton. 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.659 And looking forward to seeing you guys as soon 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:07.539 as we can get together. Well, we're hoping it's 00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:10.500 down there at your place at Huntsville. And, 00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:12.739 you know, it looks like that that's going to 00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:15.260 happen for you and for the team and for Amateur 00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:18.820 Radio. real excited about that. I really, really 00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:21.599 am. And we've got to start having these big ham 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:28.159 radio events, right? Exactly. The virtual things 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:33.000 are fun and they're enjoyable, but there's no 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:36.000 substitute for solder smoke coming out of the 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.659 youth lounge where kids are putting kids together. 00:36:39.889 --> 00:36:45.170 and real live exam sessions and forums with real 00:36:45.170 --> 00:36:48.269 people up there. We're looking forward to putting 00:36:48.269 --> 00:36:52.489 on an event in August safely, and it looks like 00:36:52.489 --> 00:36:56.670 it's a go down here. And our condolences to everybody 00:36:56.670 --> 00:36:59.550 up there in Dayton and Orlando, too, that had 00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:03.110 to cancel. It's painful for everyone, but we're 00:37:03.110 --> 00:37:04.809 gonna get through this, and we're gonna be healthy, 00:37:04.889 --> 00:37:10.239 and look forward to better times. Yeah, thanks, 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:13.579 Mark. Absolutely. Hamvention's still healthy. 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:16.480 You know, we're financially robust. We're gonna, 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:20.099 you know, already planning for next year. And, 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:24.380 you know, as the proof is, we've got some spectacular 00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:28.340 radios, you know, giveaways, prizes for a two 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:32.280 -day event. That's, I think, over $15 ,000 in 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:35.900 prizes and things. It speaks for itself. It's 00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:39.210 gonna be a super -duper event. Anyway, Mark, 00:37:39.389 --> 00:37:43.550 I appreciate you calling in. Yeah, thanks, Michael. 00:37:43.769 --> 00:37:45.869 And yeah, you guys really do have an all -star 00:37:45.869 --> 00:37:49.449 list of prizes for this event. It's going to 00:37:49.449 --> 00:37:52.429 keep me tuned in for sure. But I just wanted 00:37:52.429 --> 00:37:54.750 to say hello tonight, and we'll look for you 00:37:54.750 --> 00:37:57.769 on the bands during the QSO party. 73, Michael 00:37:57.769 --> 00:38:02.579 and Neil from N4BCD, Mark and Huntsville. Thank 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:06.179 you so much Mark for calling in and we look forward 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:09.820 to hearing you on the bands and Seeing you down 00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:13.039 in Huntsville that my my reservations are are 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:17.900 made. So We're ready for for that big event. 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:21.760 So we're looking forward to it for sure Take 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:27.500 care guys. Thanks. Yep 73 mark Take care mark. 00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:31.159 Appreciate it Alright, if you have a question 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:36.159 or comment, give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. 00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:39.539 Our time is almost up here, so... If you're going 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:43.719 to give us a call, now's the time to do it, 859 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:50.800 -982 -7373. Let me check the tweets here, and 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:55.519 also the chat, and hi to Chris, AA4CB, thanks 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:59.260 for listening in, and Mark was in there earlier, 00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:03.480 so we appreciate everybody tuning in and listening 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:08.780 live, and on the replay. Well, Michael, I think 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:14.639 we've we've got it all covered. So we we look 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:19.519 forward to all these events that are virtual 00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:22.059 and wish you the best of luck with everything 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:26.159 and hope to hear you on. And it sounds like we 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:29.340 got the inside track here. Look on 20 or 40. 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:36.059 And for you and and we'll We'll look forward 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:41.360 to 2022 when we can get the gang back together 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:47.820 again Boy, I agree with him you know, man I'm 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:49.880 so looking forward to it. But thank you very 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:52.639 much for having me on your program and allowing 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:57.079 me to you know Tell some of the amateur radio 00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:59.880 community about what hand mentions going to do 00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:07.829 for our weekend Yeah Sounds great and definitely 00:40:07.829 --> 00:40:11.699 looking forward to it. Well, thank you so much. 00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:16.019 That is a wrap for this week's edition of ham 00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:18.280 talk live Thanks to my guest Michael Coulter 00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:22.179 w8 ci and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.880 listening in and calling in and typing in and 00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:28.159 invite you back next Thursday night 9 p .m Eastern 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:33.420 time and for a list of our guests go to ham talk 00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:36.780 live Dot -com and if you like the show, please 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:39.619 leave a review that'll help others find the show 00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:43.050 And that's all for now. So this is Neil Rapp, 00:40:43.210 --> 00:40:50.030 WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good DX be yours.