WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.880 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.880 --> 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 Hamtok Live Call in, let's 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:42.159 talk, Neil's your guy Hamtok Live, here we go 00:00:42.159 --> 00:01:00.490 on Hamtok Radio Good evening everyone, it's time 00:01:00.490 --> 00:01:06.409 for HamTalk Live episode number 255, Yoda Contest, 00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:11.349 recorded live on Thursday, April 15th, 2021. 00:01:11.810 --> 00:01:15.829 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:01:15.829 --> 00:01:18.950 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. 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Well, 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.160 welcome back to HamTalk Live tonight, Philip 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:25.079 Springer, DK6SP, Marcus Grossa, DLHGM, and Tommy 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.500 Varro, HA8RT. Join us on the Orlando Amateur 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:33.800 Radio Club and Hamcation Zoom line. Philip, the 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:37.839 K6SB, is the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:42.620 Chair that operates youngsters on the air in 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:45.120 Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:51.060 Asia. Philip is also a director of the Worldwide 00:05:51.060 --> 00:05:55.100 Radio Operators Foundation. Philip is from Bavaria, 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:58.930 Germany, and became licensed at age 10. He is 00:05:58.930 --> 00:06:03.290 an accomplished contestor at 23 years old and 00:06:03.290 --> 00:06:07.509 is studying logistics and digitalization at the 00:06:07.509 --> 00:06:13.709 master's level. Marcus Grossa, the L8GM, is the 00:06:13.709 --> 00:06:17.389 vice chair of the IARU Region 1 youth working 00:06:17.389 --> 00:06:20.310 group, also from Germany, and has been licensed 00:06:20.310 --> 00:06:23.490 since 2011. He's been active within youth work 00:06:23.490 --> 00:06:27.490 in the local club since then. Furthermore, he 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:30.810 is a master's graduate in computer science and 00:06:30.810 --> 00:06:32.750 he is one of the programmers for the Charlie 00:06:32.750 --> 00:06:37.329 25 SDR project by Smart Radio Concepts, which 00:06:37.329 --> 00:06:42.230 some people may know from Hamvention. He's more 00:06:42.230 --> 00:06:44.209 interested in the technical side of the hobby 00:06:44.209 --> 00:06:47.769 and generally leaves the station up for others 00:06:47.769 --> 00:06:51.649 to use as soon as that's going and Marcus is 00:06:51.649 --> 00:06:55.879 25 years old. And finally, Tommy Varro HA8RT 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:59.899 is a 22 year old from Hungary and is also an 00:06:59.899 --> 00:07:01.860 accomplished contester and was partnered with 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:07.740 Philip in WRTC 2018. He's the award manager for 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:10.480 December Yoda month and has been licensed since 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:14.759 age 14. Tommy is currently studying information 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.259 technology engineering and he is the liaison 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:21.459 to the Hungarian amateur radio society that is 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:25.779 cooperating with Yoda to sponsor this new Yoda 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:29.259 contest and all three are members of the contest 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:33.740 committee. So guys, thanks so much for being 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:38.800 up early, early, early in the morning over in 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.259 Germany and Hungary to be with us tonight to 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:47.560 talk about this. Thanks for having us. Thanks. 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:52.870 Thanks, Neil. It really depends if it's early 00:07:52.870 --> 00:07:56.629 or late. Yes, yeah, we're not sure if it's really 00:07:56.629 --> 00:08:00.509 late or really early. Probably for you all, knowing 00:08:00.509 --> 00:08:03.730 you all and knowing when we usually end up talking 00:08:03.730 --> 00:08:09.509 on Telegram, it's probably late. Yeah, I think 00:08:09.509 --> 00:08:15.459 I'll stay up late. Especially Philip. I get telegram 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:18.180 messages from Philip at like midnight eastern 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:21.420 time and it's like, wait a minute, isn't it like 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:28.060 4 in the morning? That's true somehow. That would 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:31.720 be 6 in the morning. I'm not sure if that makes 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.879 it better. Knowing Philip is a raid right now, 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:37.980 that's probably still written before he goes 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:44.799 to bed. Well, we want to talk about this new 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:48.659 contest and the idea of some youth organized 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:51.679 contest. It's been floating around for a long 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.799 time, but a week ago you made the big announcement 00:08:55.799 --> 00:09:00.879 that Yoda is going to launch the contest. So 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.580 tell us a little bit about the reasons that Yoda 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:09.179 decided to do this contest. I'll take up the 00:09:09.179 --> 00:09:13.860 question, Neil. So I can give you a little insight 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:16.220 on how things developed regarding this contest. 00:09:17.940 --> 00:09:22.440 As we as the Team Yoda in Region 1 are already 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:25.620 a big initiative, we established already the 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:28.600 Youth Contest Program some years ago. to give 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:30.940 youngsters the possibility to experience the 00:09:30.940 --> 00:09:35.059 contest world itself from one of Europe's big 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:39.059 gun stations, such as LX -7i from Luxembourg, 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.179 amongst others of course. This already created 00:09:43.179 --> 00:09:45.360 some activity besides the annual December Yoda 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.299 month activity. We're also a Yoda region too, 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:50.779 so in North and South America very active nowadays. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.549 We have also... the activity throughout our sub 00:09:55.549 --> 00:09:57.850 -regional and summer camps, of course, where 00:09:57.850 --> 00:10:01.529 camp stations are set up. There is some activity, 00:10:01.830 --> 00:10:04.230 but within these difficult times at the moment, 00:10:04.370 --> 00:10:06.649 most of these events had to be canceled following 00:10:06.649 --> 00:10:10.490 the COVID guidelines. So we started to think 00:10:10.490 --> 00:10:14.690 within the IIU Region 1 Youth Working Group to 00:10:14.690 --> 00:10:16.889 think a bit ahead and search for a way to still 00:10:16.889 --> 00:10:19.230 have some activity amongst the Yoda community 00:10:19.230 --> 00:10:24.000 itself. That's when EmRush, the Hungarian Amateur 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.480 Radio Society contacted us as the youth working 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:32.059 group with some idea. So we thought, yeah, why 00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:36.940 not having such an idea? And that, yeah, was 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:40.019 perfectly fitting and could create some activity 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.399 throughout the year when there are no other events 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.899 around. So we negotiated a bit with them how 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:48.480 to implement such a Yoda contest. That's how 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.320 the idea gathered. And Tommy. who is with us 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.659 tonight, also told me that he had already developed 00:10:55.659 --> 00:10:59.019 a customizable contest log upload, which he would 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:03.340 offer for Team Yoda to use. And yeah, so this 00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:05.679 is where the idea came up. And meanwhile, we 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.299 also had one of our regular meetings with the 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:11.960 Region 2 Yoda staff in the US and presented this 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.179 kind of idea of a new contest. and you have been 00:11:15.179 --> 00:11:17.419 with us Neil and I think you really like the 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:22.440 idea and you also gave great input to us to make 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.019 this whole thing a great success and two long 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:28.620 months later approximately we put a lot of time 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:30.539 and energy into the preparation of the project 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:32.220 we have launched it to the public and now we 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:33.980 are really looking forward to the first event 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:37.779 to be held on Saturday the 22nd of May from 8 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:42.320 to 20 UTC yeah that's about it some some insights 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:46.799 on how it all developed well guys tell us how 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:51.240 this contest is going to work uh do the and and 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.799 before i before i get the comments because i 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:58.779 know i'll get the comments they're using the 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:03.990 term youngster And and one of the things that 00:12:03.990 --> 00:12:07.389 we changed over here when we put together the 00:12:07.389 --> 00:12:09.389 camp and some of the activities was we changed 00:12:09.389 --> 00:12:12.950 the word to youth because the meanings are very 00:12:12.950 --> 00:12:17.769 different Over here youngster is is usually like 00:12:17.769 --> 00:12:20.809 a little kid and usually it's a really old person 00:12:20.809 --> 00:12:25.490 using that term and so we used youth but but 00:12:25.490 --> 00:12:30.600 over there they youth is kind of a Has a negative 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:35.600 connotation to it. So, so yeah, I know it's it's 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.039 it's youth over here. It's youngsters over there. 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:44.360 So, but so they are youngsters. Yes. And it still 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:49.419 spells the same. It still spells Yoda. So Do 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:53.639 youngsters, youth, earn more points? Are they 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.600 worth more points? Are the older hams welcome 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.419 to participate in the contest? How's this going 00:13:01.419 --> 00:13:08.519 to work and who participates? Well, by far and 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:12.340 large, to some degree, let's say, if you're just 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:14.539 listening it on the radio, like stumble upon 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:16.779 the contest, it's going to sound like all Asia. 00:13:16.970 --> 00:13:19.789 contest if anybody has participated there so 00:13:19.789 --> 00:13:26.070 exchange is RSC and age but there are more points 00:13:26.070 --> 00:13:31.889 for youngsters so that's the like limit is at 00:13:31.889 --> 00:13:36.250 25 so at 25 you're still a youngster so I am 00:13:36.250 --> 00:13:39.870 still a youngster for this year no longer for 00:13:39.870 --> 00:13:42.029 next year Well, actually for next year as well, 00:13:42.129 --> 00:13:45.470 because we count the age beginning of at first 00:13:45.470 --> 00:13:48.629 of January, which I missed by a few days. So 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:53.049 I can do that next year as well. So more points 00:13:53.049 --> 00:13:56.830 for youngsters and slightly more points for people 00:13:56.830 --> 00:14:02.690 like even younger youngsters. And then otherwise 00:14:02.690 --> 00:14:06.629 multipliers are the different ages you work per 00:14:06.629 --> 00:14:10.360 band. So it's like older hams. are basically 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:12.299 going to be multiplier because obviously their 00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:15.600 age is more spread out between 26 and, I don't 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.159 know, 85 or so. But the youngsters are obviously 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:23.159 compressed and effectively like 10 to 25. But 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:25.700 youngsters are worth a lot more points. So one 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:29.360 point for a non DX station on the same continent, 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:33.600 three points for a DX station. And then regardless 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.299 of same continent or the X youngsters over the 00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:41.460 10 to 13 points depending on age. There are a 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:46.200 few categories. Mostly single operator, there's 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.820 three band mixed. So you can work wherever but 00:14:50.820 --> 00:14:55.519 like that category, your three best bands are 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:57.820 only gonna be counted. So that's great for people 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:59.940 having like compromised antennas or similar, 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:02.759 because single band can often turn into a chore. 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.139 try for half an hour, but everybody's on the 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:08.919 different band. So that way you have three bands 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.700 mixed like compromise between having like a huge 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:14.720 elaborate antenna farm that works on all bands 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.000 versus the single band category that gets boring 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:23.879 quickly. That category has both an old age and 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:28.580 a youngster category. So those two are like scored 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:31.419 separately. There's of course all bands once 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:37.039 again split between open and youngsters. There's 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:41.740 some mixed category, all bands for six hours 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:47.299 only, but that's also only for youngsters. I 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:50.240 guess this has probably got to be more popular 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.620 with the younger operators, like people still 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:56.320 in school or so, not students that don't have 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:00.039 anything else to do either. Then there's multi 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:04.649 -operator. but we require youngsters at the station 00:16:04.649 --> 00:16:08.730 as well. So two youngsters for one non -youngster 00:16:08.730 --> 00:16:12.470 operator. And other than that, it's mostly standard 00:16:12.470 --> 00:16:16.950 and multi -operation category as well. So yeah, 00:16:17.110 --> 00:16:20.450 that's pretty much how it works. After that, 00:16:20.450 --> 00:16:22.889 it's a standard contest. Everybody works, everybody. 00:16:22.929 --> 00:16:27.960 So it's not like work goal Germany or... where 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:30.659 it's like only US and elsewhere. So everybody 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:34.279 works everybody. Doesn't matter if like same 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.299 country, different country, different continent. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.440 That's all the same. The rest should be fairly 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.899 normal. The full rules can of course be found 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:51.259 at ham -youta .com slash contest. That also has 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:54.940 links to like log upload and rules and a bazillion 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:58.899 other languages once we get the translation sorted 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:02.360 out. So most of them are going to be still coming 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.680 soon, but some are there. So should for some 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:09.319 reason you eat the rules in German or Hungarian 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:12.380 or Swedish, those are there as well. The rest 00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:16.440 is going to come soon, including Japanese, for 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.480 example, and a few others. So that's where you 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:25.230 find hopefully everything. Yes. All right. Well, 00:17:25.410 --> 00:17:31.089 that sounds like a neat, neat idea to. count 00:17:31.089 --> 00:17:35.049 you know the ages differently but keep everybody 00:17:35.049 --> 00:17:40.250 involved and encourage you know youth participation 00:17:40.250 --> 00:17:45.609 but but we're still keeping us oldsters who used 00:17:45.609 --> 00:17:50.369 to be youngsters on the air involved as well 00:17:50.369 --> 00:17:55.930 and keep keep the bands busy for everybody so 00:17:56.750 --> 00:18:00.150 Tell us when the contest is. Now I know that 00:18:00.150 --> 00:18:02.769 this is not like, you know, a lot of them is 00:18:02.769 --> 00:18:05.970 once a year. There's a little difference. So, 00:18:05.970 --> 00:18:10.190 uh, when is the contest and then how can people 00:18:10.190 --> 00:18:13.190 participate? What should they do to, uh, to just 00:18:13.190 --> 00:18:21.990 participate in the contest? So basically we have 00:18:21.990 --> 00:18:25.150 three rounds, Neil. The first round, as I already 00:18:25.150 --> 00:18:30.210 told you, is the 22nd of May, from 8 to 19 .59 00:18:30.210 --> 00:18:33.910 UTC. We also have a second round planned for 00:18:33.910 --> 00:18:38.690 Saturday, the 17th of July, from 10 to 21 .59 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:43.289 UTC. And the third round on Thursday, the 30th 00:18:43.289 --> 00:18:49.799 of December, from 1200 to 23 .59 UTC. And as 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:55.359 you already see, we have varying times where 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.400 the contest takes place. That's because we want 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:03.240 to cover the whole world and give every youngster 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.539 the same possibility to participate within this 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:12.279 new Jota contest. So we are varying every round 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:16.559 for two hours. And how can you participate? Just 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:20.910 get your HF station set up. or visit your neighbor 00:19:20.910 --> 00:19:24.650 or your Elma around the corner and get on the 00:19:24.650 --> 00:19:28.430 bands and work everybody you can hear in CW as 00:19:28.430 --> 00:19:31.470 well as SSP. As Marcus told us already, it's 00:19:31.470 --> 00:19:35.190 a mixed contest. So Morse code as well as phone 00:19:35.190 --> 00:19:37.990 will be available. And yeah, just get on the 00:19:37.990 --> 00:19:42.509 air and have fun during the contest. And let's 00:19:42.509 --> 00:19:46.089 talk a little bit too about this. You all are 00:19:46.089 --> 00:19:50.470 putting this on, but it is a worldwide Yoda event. 00:19:50.710 --> 00:19:53.369 So we have, you know, the youth on the air that 00:19:53.369 --> 00:19:56.849 started over here. You know, we started planning 00:19:56.849 --> 00:20:01.269 our camp and doing some of those activities with 00:20:01.269 --> 00:20:04.190 Yoda month and that kind of thing over here. 00:20:04.369 --> 00:20:08.650 And then down in region three in Oceania, there's 00:20:08.650 --> 00:20:11.589 a lot of activity down there too. So talk a little 00:20:11.589 --> 00:20:16.599 bit about them. Sure, so we also have our friends 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:22.559 in region 3 which is When they are just developed 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:26.900 developing a yeah a yoda program there as well. 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:32.380 So we already had guests from from for example, 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:37.450 Japan from New Zealand's during our region one 00:20:37.450 --> 00:20:40.809 summer camps. So they get impressions how Yoda 00:20:40.809 --> 00:20:44.849 is working over here in Europe, Africa, Middle 00:20:44.849 --> 00:20:49.289 East, and Northern Asia. So yeah, they have been 00:20:49.289 --> 00:20:52.750 really impressed and therefore there was already 00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:57.450 a camp held in New Zealand recently, where about 00:20:57.450 --> 00:21:03.140 25 people met, 25 youth, youngsters. Yeah, they 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:07.140 have been having a camp station as well. They 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:09.839 are also participating within the December Yoda 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:13.880 month where 31 days of activity take place around 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:16.500 the world and you can work the Yoda special event 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:21.859 stations. Yeah, so Region 3 is developing. We 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:25.759 are in great contact with the IAU youth working 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.829 group from Region 3. and try to help them as 00:21:29.829 --> 00:21:34.289 good as possible so they will be successful in 00:21:34.289 --> 00:21:39.609 the future and get everything solved. Yeah, so 00:21:39.609 --> 00:21:42.869 that's the current state with Region 3 and as 00:21:42.869 --> 00:21:46.349 we are with Region 2, we try to assist and get 00:21:46.349 --> 00:21:50.750 input and stuff and we are helping out each other 00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:54.869 all over. I would say we benefit from each other, 00:21:55.109 --> 00:21:58.869 Region 1, 2 and 3. Yeah, well, we sure appreciate 00:21:58.869 --> 00:22:01.910 you know you all taking the lead on on this one 00:22:01.910 --> 00:22:05.910 and and the December Yoda month and then you 00:22:05.910 --> 00:22:10.089 know, we were we're trying to invite you know 00:22:10.089 --> 00:22:14.210 some of the region one people we've got one scheduled 00:22:14.210 --> 00:22:17.109 to come over from Iceland if if the borders are 00:22:17.109 --> 00:22:20.990 open we'll see how that goes, but But we're trying 00:22:20.990 --> 00:22:25.089 to you know when we try to to donate and give 00:22:25.089 --> 00:22:28.170 back for Yoda month and that kind of thing too. 00:22:28.690 --> 00:22:32.150 So that's important that we give back some too, 00:22:32.150 --> 00:22:37.490 but we're developing here as well and we made 00:22:37.490 --> 00:22:41.210 the announcement today that plans for our summer 00:22:41.210 --> 00:22:47.250 camp are still on. We are good to go unless things 00:22:47.250 --> 00:22:51.950 take a terrible turn which we don't anticipate. 00:22:53.309 --> 00:22:55.089 We don't know what kind of restrictions we're 00:22:55.089 --> 00:22:58.329 going to have, but, uh, you know, we, we obviously 00:22:58.329 --> 00:23:03.349 will have some, um, but, um, we're looking like, 00:23:03.349 --> 00:23:07.309 um, you know, things are pretty good over here. 00:23:07.410 --> 00:23:13.069 So, uh, we're hoping to, uh, have that happen 00:23:13.069 --> 00:23:17.690 in, in July without any issues. So, uh, that 00:23:17.690 --> 00:23:21.009 announcement came out today. So we'll share that 00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:24.940 as well. So, We'll talk a little bit more about 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:27.900 the contest and we'll open up the phone lines 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:35.799 here at 859 -982 -7373. So we'll take some phone 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:38.859 calls, we'll take some tweets. 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Eastern 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:05.700 Time right here at HamTalkLive .com and be sure 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:08.819 to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:14.099 And now, as we have been doing for several weeks 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:17.539 now, it's time for the ham radio joke of the 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:21.640 week within 9GSU. Now it's time for the HamTalk 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:24.759 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the part of 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.559 the show where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:30.599 The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:34.079 brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.680 Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live Joke 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:45.920 of the Week. Guy walked into a bar with a pair 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:48.839 of jumper cables tied around his neck. The bartender 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:51.380 said, you can come in, but don't be starting 00:27:51.380 --> 00:28:25.099 anything. Tommy was saying before the show, he 00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:27.019 was going to tell me jokes during the commercial 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:37.220 breaks, but he didn't. All right. Well, it's 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:39.299 time for your calls right now. So if you have 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:42.279 a question for Philip or Marcus or Tommy, give 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:49.000 us a call at eight five nine. 9827373 or tweet 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.359 us at ham talk live or if you're on Spreaker 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:54.680 type in the comments there and if you're listening 00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:59.220 to us on WTWW or on the podcast Edition, you 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:01.259 won't be able to reach us live since we're doing 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:04.920 this on Thursday night, so Tommy talk a little 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:09.019 bit about All the cool computer stuff here. Talk 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:14.640 about some of the uploading of the logs and the 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.160 processing of the data here for this contest. 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:25.539 Yeah, okay. So it's been basically three or four 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:32.460 years from now already when our team of IT guys 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:36.799 have been at by mass to develop something like 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.420 a contest evaluator software and they haven't 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:43.680 thought that it's gonna be like so worldwide 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:47.259 it was basically for the first time for small 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:51.299 regional contests or Hungarian contests like 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:55.200 national championships and similar but since 00:29:55.200 --> 00:30:00.519 then we have also taken up the AJDX contest and 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:05.680 I had already some inquiries from other international 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:10.359 contests to include them and to evaluate the 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:14.519 contest for them. It's basically like a site, 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:20.140 like a normal log upload site which you can see 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:26.099 in many contests. It's differences is right now 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:31.430 it's containing many many Hungarian and international 00:30:31.430 --> 00:30:36.609 contests already and it's developing and Yeah, 00:30:36.609 --> 00:30:40.009 of course I can go on about the latest technology 00:30:40.009 --> 00:30:43.569 stuff and everything, but I'm not sure if everybody's 00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:48.769 interested in that Well the nice thing is though 00:30:48.769 --> 00:30:52.309 that you can get in there and look up stuff that 00:30:52.309 --> 00:30:59.160 that's that's always cool Yeah When the idea 00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:03.680 came up to do a Yota contest, we have been thinking 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:08.140 that, okay, so we can basically make some small 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:12.779 changes, some improvements in place, and we can 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:17.859 do a Yota contest on this one. Which means that, 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.900 of course, we don't have to evaluate the logs 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:23.940 in an Excel or something like this. It's a more 00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:28.859 professional way. with algorithms that are already 00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:32.059 tried out in international contests with more 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:38.559 than 2000 logs each. So, yeah, it's working and 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:42.480 it's constantly developing, getting the new ideas 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:47.500 always from the, I would say from the mistakes 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:50.839 of the operators. We are trying to eliminate 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.079 those mistakes made by the operators by making 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:59.009 it more straightforward. easy to use and responsive. 00:32:00.190 --> 00:32:04.910 That's the biggest issue always, to be more easy 00:32:04.910 --> 00:32:07.869 to use and responsive. I think we are starting 00:32:07.869 --> 00:32:13.349 to make a good job at it. I think you all have 00:32:13.349 --> 00:32:16.190 done an excellent job with the the December Yoda 00:32:16.190 --> 00:32:21.130 month and I'm sure that This will be Equally 00:32:21.130 --> 00:32:25.569 as good And you know, I just kind of sit back 00:32:25.569 --> 00:32:28.569 here and and think about this, you know, we've 00:32:28.569 --> 00:32:34.589 got we've got Philip that's 23 we've got Marcus 00:32:34.589 --> 00:32:38.690 that's 25 and we've got Tommy that's that's 22 00:32:38.690 --> 00:32:43.269 and these guys are are Doing the work they're 00:32:43.269 --> 00:32:45.190 putting together the contest. They're putting 00:32:45.190 --> 00:32:48.329 together the rules. They're doing the IT work 00:32:48.329 --> 00:32:53.109 to make all the logging and all the calculations 00:32:53.109 --> 00:32:56.630 and checking the logs and making all of that 00:32:56.630 --> 00:33:00.069 work and that's what what's unique about Yoda 00:33:00.069 --> 00:33:05.769 is that the young people are the ones that are 00:33:05.769 --> 00:33:09.059 doing things Mostly for themselves, of course 00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:13.819 with some some help but it it's really a big 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:16.099 change and I think that's one of the things that 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:19.740 I kind of fight a little bit over here is you 00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:23.440 know We got to make sure that that we keep the 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:29.079 youth doing The planning and doing the work and 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:33.759 and we're trying to get it the Infrastructure 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:39.990 set up So that can happen and and so I look forward 00:33:39.990 --> 00:33:44.529 to when when we're a little more structured and 00:33:44.529 --> 00:33:47.869 and that can happen more but we have a lot of 00:33:47.869 --> 00:33:53.750 that happening already and I'm just You know 00:33:53.750 --> 00:33:56.950 amazed even even you know, the graphic design 00:33:56.950 --> 00:34:00.150 is and publicity and and all these things are 00:34:00.150 --> 00:34:03.569 done are done by the youth I just wanted to say, 00:34:03.569 --> 00:34:08.170 Neil, that, yeah, we have a big team. It's not 00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:13.250 only us three. There's also AJ6PX, a Java from 00:34:13.250 --> 00:34:16.110 Hungary within the contest committee. And there's 00:34:16.110 --> 00:34:20.329 a big PR group behind our back and getting our 00:34:20.329 --> 00:34:24.170 bags free with doing all the work, graphic designs, 00:34:24.690 --> 00:34:27.329 getting text done. writing press releases and 00:34:27.329 --> 00:34:31.289 stuff. This is really great support also within 00:34:31.289 --> 00:34:35.210 the youth working group. So big kudos to them. 00:34:35.550 --> 00:34:38.150 They are doing an excellent job with what they 00:34:38.150 --> 00:34:41.409 are doing. And as you said, they are not older 00:34:41.409 --> 00:34:45.889 than 22. They are all our age, all the same age 00:34:45.889 --> 00:34:53.559 level, and all are under Even our IT with the 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:56.300 Yota homepage and stuff, they are all under 26 00:34:56.300 --> 00:35:01.559 and this is fascinating. It's just great to have 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:05.719 them aboard the team. Yeah, even the translations 00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:08.739 for the rules are made by youngsters into different 00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:12.739 languages, I hope. Yeah, our community is just 00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:16.119 insane They are contacting us. Can we translate? 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:19.099 Can we translate? We are really we really want 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:21.820 to do this Contribute to the other program. That's 00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:24.400 that's amazing. Yeah, so thanks also to these 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:30.599 guys Well, it's it's been really neat to see 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:36.389 all of this develop and you know 40 let's see. 00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:40.130 What is it now 45 46 years ago when I became 00:35:40.130 --> 00:35:43.710 a ham at five years old it was you know, none 00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:48.889 of this existed and So it's just so cool to see 00:35:48.889 --> 00:35:51.429 all of this and then I think that's some of the 00:35:51.429 --> 00:35:55.469 motivation for me to To do this is to provide 00:35:55.469 --> 00:35:59.289 that that you know, I wasn't able to take advantage 00:35:59.289 --> 00:36:03.880 of it at that point In my life and you know, 00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:09.599 it's growing. I think our youth are growing There 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:14.000 as as one of your slogans is there is youth in 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:18.559 amateur radio But we're working to you know, 00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:21.400 get them more involved and and take ownership 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:26.760 of things a lot more and It's it's starting to 00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:33.340 move things Definitely. Yeah We have so many 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:37.739 active young people, not only over here in Europe. 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:41.440 As you said, Neil, we have so many young people 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:45.639 we don't even know yet about. So with the whole 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:49.360 Yoda initiative, we try to find those young people 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:51.940 around the world and get them involved into amateur 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:55.880 radio to not let this great common hobby die. 00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:59.969 So we have a future. And yeah, this is probably 00:36:59.969 --> 00:37:04.690 the most important. We as the youth are kind 00:37:04.690 --> 00:37:07.710 of part of the future of amateur radio. So that's 00:37:07.710 --> 00:37:11.969 why we try to get as many events started as possible 00:37:11.969 --> 00:37:14.969 and also have the other contest now. So let's 00:37:14.969 --> 00:37:18.849 see. And probably we'll find some more youth 00:37:18.849 --> 00:37:22.639 and youngsters on the air during that. yeah, 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:26.300 during that new contest and yeah, hopefully we'll 00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:30.619 get them involved into future projects and stuff 00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:37.469 within the Yoda program. 8 5 9 9 8 2 73 73 is 00:37:37.469 --> 00:37:40.630 the number if you'd like to chime in or shoot 00:37:40.630 --> 00:37:46.469 us a tweet on at ham talk live or Type in the 00:37:46.469 --> 00:37:49.510 comments on Spreaker here and just checking those 00:37:49.510 --> 00:37:54.150 to see what we have Let's talk a little bit about 00:37:54.150 --> 00:37:59.139 Yoda online because that's been One of the big 00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:03.400 things for you all from the last year and we've 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.139 had a little crossover with that in the other 00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:09.400 regions as well, but Talk a little bit about 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:12.400 the Yoda online program and there's another one 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:19.039 coming up here pretty soon Yes, so y 'all don't 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:24.250 mind came up in early 2020 as what Well, we've 00:38:24.250 --> 00:38:27.210 mostly been doing around that time was writing 00:38:27.210 --> 00:38:31.849 very sad blog posts and use updates about cancellations 00:38:31.849 --> 00:38:40.110 of way too many events. So it's like, the thing 00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:42.690 we had to do like our graphics team was mostly 00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:45.269 busy with like taking the logos from all the 00:38:45.269 --> 00:38:47.349 events that we have planned and then like putting 00:38:47.349 --> 00:38:50.539 a red cross over them and then handing it over 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:52.719 to be published and it was like, I think it was 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:56.360 six events that were canceled or so. It was pretty 00:38:56.360 --> 00:39:00.860 absurd and pretty sad to see. So we tried to 00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:04.280 come up with something, some way to have Yota 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:07.539 stay alive in any way while all our in -person 00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:11.079 events were getting canceled. And that led us 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:14.639 to Yota Online, which is, well, let's just say 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:16.920 some sort of like online format that's usually 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:21.179 about an hour. live stream on YouTube, Twitch 00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:27.099 and Facebook. Run by youngsters with youngsters 00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:30.139 as guests coming in presenting various topics. 00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:39.119 And that has worked out reasonably well. We had 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:44.340 on some events, we have lots of views. And as 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:46.900 you said, there's another one coming up very 00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:53.610 soon. Two weeks pretty much exactly well a few 00:39:53.610 --> 00:39:56.590 hours less than two weeks because we're scheduling 00:39:56.590 --> 00:40:02.750 after European time So that's gonna be our 12th 00:40:02.750 --> 00:40:05.909 one then and it's also gonna be the last one 00:40:05.909 --> 00:40:10.590 of the current format As we've as nice as it 00:40:10.590 --> 00:40:14.789 was it was a lot of work and viewership has unfortunately 00:40:14.789 --> 00:40:18.710 been going down All the time so we're trying 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:21.440 we're gonna be trying out and use stuff after 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:24.579 that so the current format is gonna be done after 00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:27.840 one year then but we're gonna try out something 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:30.920 new see if we can make something more engaging 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.079 because right now it's like the team the youth 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.880 working group it's a few guests and then people 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:41.079 in youtube chats or twitch chat or similar which 00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:44.940 is of course great to see all the people but 00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:48.760 we'll see if we can maybe Try something where 00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:52.059 you can get people even more involved make something 00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:56.760 more interactive So that might be coming up Very 00:40:56.760 --> 00:41:00.179 soon, even though they like current delta online 00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:04.119 format is gonna end after this 12th session in 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:08.739 two weeks Okay, so to find out more about that 00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:14.659 low go over to ham dash Yoda calm We also post 00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:17.940 that on youth on the air org so you can check 00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:21.679 it out there as well and And see what's going 00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:26.320 on with the program. Well, we're just about out 00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:31.420 of time here So, let me check again and make 00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:35.260 sure we didn't miss any questions as we said 00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:39.260 Last week we did such a great job that nobody 00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:44.750 had any questions. So So I think we've got everything 00:41:44.750 --> 00:41:52.210 covered here. But Philip, just recap for us the 00:41:52.210 --> 00:41:55.969 contest, when it is, how people can participate, 00:41:56.449 --> 00:42:00.210 and where they can find all the rules and information. 00:42:01.690 --> 00:42:05.849 Sure, Neil. No problem. So again, the first round 00:42:05.849 --> 00:42:10.599 will be coming up on the 22nd of May. So roughly 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.260 in about five weeks, the 22nd of May from 8 to 00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:19.019 19 .59 UTC. We will have a second round on the 00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:23.659 17th of July from 10 to 21 .59 UTC. And the third 00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:27.019 round end of the year on the 30th of December, 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:33.880 Thursday 30th of December from 12 to 23 .59 UTC. 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.519 Who can participate? Every amateur radio operator 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:41.010 in the world. doesn't need to be a youngster 00:42:41.010 --> 00:42:46.030 or a youth. Everybody can participate. You can 00:42:46.030 --> 00:42:50.610 see all the contest rules exactly on ham -yoda 00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:57.550 .com slash contest. Then it will take place on 00:42:57.550 --> 00:43:01.210 80 meters, on 3 .5 megahertz, on 40 meters, seven 00:43:01.210 --> 00:43:05.340 megahertz. on 20 meters, 40 megahertz, 15 meters, 00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:09.400 21 megahertz, and 10 meters, 28 megahertz. Modes 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:12.179 used will be Morse code as well as phone, CW 00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:16.739 and SSB. We have different categories also, especially 00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:22.380 for youth. We have special categories for oldsters, 00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:27.340 to say like this. We have a multi -operator, 00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:30.199 single transmitter, all bands mixed category 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.989 with the limitation that one non -youngster has 00:43:35.989 --> 00:43:42.250 to be fit by two youngster operators. We have 00:43:42.250 --> 00:43:48.289 also an SWL short -wave listener category and 00:43:48.289 --> 00:43:53.469 furthermore we have some, yeah, it's uncommon 00:43:53.469 --> 00:43:57.150 but for us a really important category, we have 00:43:57.150 --> 00:44:01.260 the station sponsors. where station owners invite 00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:04.639 youngsters and then may apply to a separate category 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:08.119 with photos submitted to contest at ham -yoda 00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:12.019 .com to our official email address. So also if 00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:14.800 you have any questions regarding the rules, if 00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:17.599 you read through them on ham -yoda .com slash 00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:20.179 contest, if you don't understand what's written 00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:23.199 there, just drop us an email at contest at ham 00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:28.980 -yoda .com. The station sponsors needs to Yeah, 00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:33.659 submit a photo of the youth operating from their 00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:36.579 station and also the youth has to provide the 00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:40.579 call sign in the operator list that they can 00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:46.059 apply for this category. The exchange will be 00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:51.159 a normal report, so RS or RST plus H on the 1st 00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:55.239 of January each year. Multi -operators will have 00:44:55.239 --> 00:45:00.170 the same. but it has always to be less than 25. 00:45:00.449 --> 00:45:04.250 So 25 is the maximum age for a multi -operator. 00:45:05.210 --> 00:45:09.769 How does the scoring work? So if you have a QSO 00:45:09.769 --> 00:45:13.730 with your own continent, it's... a station aged 00:45:13.730 --> 00:45:16.230 over 25, so it's a non -youngster, it's worth 00:45:16.230 --> 00:45:19.949 one point. If you have a QSO with another continent, 00:45:20.210 --> 00:45:23.670 so it's a DX station with a station aged over 00:45:23.670 --> 00:45:26.349 25, it's also non -youngster, it's worth three 00:45:26.349 --> 00:45:30.070 points, so same continent, one point, DX, three 00:45:30.070 --> 00:45:36.150 points. If you work a youngster or a youth, regardless 00:45:36.150 --> 00:45:40.449 of any continent, under the age of 12, it's 13 00:45:40.449 --> 00:45:44.820 points. From 12 to 16 years, it's worth 12 points. 00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:49.639 From 17 to 21 years, it's 11 points. And from 00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:52.820 22 to 25 years, it's worth 10 points. So you 00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:55.260 see, if you work the youngsters on the air or 00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:58.960 the youth on the air, you will get a lot of points. 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:04.039 The multipliers are different exchanges. So the 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.539 ages. So everybody gives the age, 59, 599 plus 00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:11.469 age. Work per band, regardless of the mode. And 00:46:11.469 --> 00:46:14.150 the final result will be the sum of points earned 00:46:14.150 --> 00:46:17.090 per band's end mode multiplied by the sum of 00:46:17.090 --> 00:46:21.949 multipliers worked per band. You can easily send 00:46:21.949 --> 00:46:27.110 us the log, Cabrillo format, V2 .0 or higher, 00:46:28.809 --> 00:46:32.530 to contest .ham -jura .com. So you will find 00:46:32.530 --> 00:46:35.489 that all in the rules again as well. And the 00:46:35.489 --> 00:46:37.969 log submission deadline will be seven days after 00:46:37.969 --> 00:46:42.010 the end of the contest. You will also get an 00:46:42.010 --> 00:46:45.050 email confirmation once you've uploaded your 00:46:45.050 --> 00:46:49.650 logbook. And as Tommy said before, this is really 00:46:49.650 --> 00:46:53.690 straightforward. You just drop the Cabrillo Formats 00:46:53.690 --> 00:46:58.349 log file. You will just enter the category with 00:46:58.349 --> 00:47:01.809 a drop -down. You will see what you've operated 00:47:01.809 --> 00:47:04.369 and then everything is okay. You will get the 00:47:04.369 --> 00:47:08.980 confirmation email. Then the Yotakantas committee 00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:13.760 will be doing the log check afterwards. We will 00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:16.519 have special wooden plaques for winners of each 00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:21.179 category. And yeah, that's about it. So if you 00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:25.059 want to participate, just do it. We have on our 00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:28.920 YouTube channel, at Ham Yota, we have already 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:32.789 prepared two supporting videos from... well -known 00:47:32.789 --> 00:47:35.230 worldwide contester. So if you fancy, just have 00:47:35.230 --> 00:47:37.849 a look there who will be on the air. We will 00:47:37.849 --> 00:47:40.869 be having stations from Thailand, from Australia, 00:47:41.090 --> 00:47:44.429 from New Zealand, from the US, Canada, all over 00:47:44.429 --> 00:47:48.969 Europe, Africa even. We will be having, as I 00:47:48.969 --> 00:47:52.710 said, stations worldwide. So hopefully also youngsters 00:47:52.710 --> 00:47:56.210 will be getting the chance to work some new countries 00:47:56.210 --> 00:47:59.190 during the contest. And this is probably the 00:47:59.190 --> 00:48:03.010 thrill. for each of us participating and we are 00:48:03.010 --> 00:48:06.869 really looking forward to get you down our logbook 00:48:06.869 --> 00:48:09.650 and hopefully there will be some great pileups 00:48:09.650 --> 00:48:16.929 to be run by Yoda people, Neil. Yep, that's definitely 00:48:16.929 --> 00:48:20.230 a goal so we're looking forward to that and again 00:48:20.230 --> 00:48:24.500 that's May 22nd for the first one. And the one 00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:29.260 in July is going to be the day after our our 00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:33.599 Yoda camp here in the Americas over here in Westchester, 00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:38.739 Ohio. It'll be the following day and then then 00:48:38.739 --> 00:48:41.659 the end of the year during December Yoda month. 00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:47.340 So it's going to be a lot of fun and really looking 00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:54.260 forward to it. Not only you. Well guys, thank 00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:58.579 you so much for staying up so late and being 00:48:58.579 --> 00:49:03.179 on we'll call it late instead of early and We 00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:06.800 we appreciate all that you're doing to support 00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:11.340 ham radio and youth and ham radio and Being on 00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:15.300 the show tonight to share some of that with us 00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:19.000 Thanks for having us Neil was a great pleasure 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:22.309 being with you on the show tonight and Yeah, 00:49:22.389 --> 00:49:24.389 good luck with your camp in region two. We'll 00:49:24.389 --> 00:49:27.070 be looking forward and happy to distribute any 00:49:27.070 --> 00:49:31.349 news we get from you. And yeah, good luck. Thanks 00:49:31.349 --> 00:49:35.889 for having us and see you soon. Yeah, thanks 00:49:35.889 --> 00:49:41.610 for the opportunity, Neil. Good night. Yes, good 00:49:41.610 --> 00:49:44.690 night and good morning. Good luck. Good luck 00:49:44.690 --> 00:49:48.269 with the camp. Hope it works out the way you 00:49:48.269 --> 00:49:54.309 plan to. Yeah, we've got a good plan. So if we 00:49:54.309 --> 00:49:58.010 can follow it, we're in great shape. So Thank 00:49:58.010 --> 00:50:00.050 you, Marcus. Thank you, Tommy. Thank you Philip 00:50:00.050 --> 00:50:03.469 for being here and I'm sure we'll be we'll be 00:50:03.469 --> 00:50:06.610 talking on telegram again soon. Probably no Like 00:50:06.610 --> 00:50:09.250 I said knowing Philip it'll it'll be in a few 00:50:09.250 --> 00:50:17.690 hours. So Most probably. Yeah Sam is the same 00:50:17.690 --> 00:50:20.869 way though. I mean, I'm talking to Sam over here 00:50:20.869 --> 00:50:25.829 and it's like midnight, 1230. You know, we are 00:50:25.829 --> 00:50:28.309 all avid contest, contesters and the night shift 00:50:28.309 --> 00:50:35.650 has never stopped us from texting. Yes. All right. 00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:42.679 Yeah. I just wanted to say, or the pilot never 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.800 stopped you from testing. Yeah, that's, that's 00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:53.239 probably something that that's a, that should 00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:57.579 count. Is that SO2R? If you're, if you're, if 00:50:57.579 --> 00:51:00.619 you're testing while you're contesting, yeah, 00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:07.079 you can never have too much monitors. So Yes, 00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:09.559 exactly. I've been trying to convince my wife 00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:13.699 of that as we're moving into a new house this 00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:16.599 weekend, or at least she is, and then I'm following 00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:20.159 in a couple of months and I'm trying to convince 00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:22.239 her that, you know, there's no such thing as 00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:27.400 too many monitors, but I'm not sure that's really... 00:51:30.830 --> 00:51:35.710 It might be about as hard to explain as the number 00:51:35.710 --> 00:51:38.630 of antennas. The one you need is always four, 00:51:38.909 --> 00:51:41.050 at least one more than you have. The same with 00:51:41.050 --> 00:51:44.909 radios. I think they all share the same problem 00:51:44.909 --> 00:51:47.590 of trying to achieve the appropriate wife approval 00:51:47.590 --> 00:51:52.440 factor. Exactly. The problem with anything. See 00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:55.300 these young people have it all figured out. They 00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:57.900 know what's going on. I mean, I've been at Hamvention 00:51:57.900 --> 00:52:01.260 presenting like a Hobart radio and I've had the 00:52:01.260 --> 00:52:04.340 discussion with many hams about whether one needs 00:52:04.340 --> 00:52:07.579 more radios or not. And it always, always falls 00:52:07.579 --> 00:52:11.079 down to the same thing. Yep. It's always one 00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:16.860 more. Absolutely. All right. Well, that's a wrap 00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:19.719 for this week's edition of ham talk live. Thanks 00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:23.539 to my guests, Philip Springer, DK six SP Marcus 00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:28.599 grocer DL eight GM and Tommy Varo H a eight RT 00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:31.789 and everybody out in cyberspace for listening 00:52:31.789 --> 00:52:34.329 and invite you back next Thursday night, 9 p 00:52:34.329 --> 00:52:38.349 .m. Eastern time. Michael Coulter, WHCI will 00:52:38.349 --> 00:52:43.010 be here to talk about the Dayton Hamvention 2021 00:52:43.010 --> 00:52:48.510 virtual and on -air activities, since we won't 00:52:48.510 --> 00:52:52.969 have live in -person Hamvention this year once 00:52:52.969 --> 00:52:55.269 again. So we'll be talking about what's happening 00:52:55.269 --> 00:52:58.969 during Hamvention weekend. So make sure to tune 00:52:58.969 --> 00:53:01.329 in for that. And for a list of all of our upcoming 00:53:01.329 --> 00:53:05.989 guests, go to hamtalklive .com. And if you like 00:53:05.989 --> 00:53:08.489 the show, please leave us a review. That'll help 00:53:08.489 --> 00:53:11.570 others find the show faster. So for now, this 00:53:11.570 --> 00:53:17.289 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375. And may the 00:53:17.289 --> 00:53:34.500 good DX be yours. Thanks for watching!