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It's the last man standing 00:01:42.689 --> 00:01:46.430 going QRT with a bang special event recorded 00:01:46.430 --> 00:01:51.049 live on Thursday, March 11th, 2021. I'm your 00:01:51.049 --> 00:01:54.989 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in 00:01:54.989 --> 00:01:58.650 to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're 00:01:58.650 --> 00:02:03.560 joined by... Lou Maggio, N02C, Sally Rosato, 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:09.240 K2RYD, and John Amadeo, AA6JA. And we'll take 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:12.939 your calls live in just a few minutes. Last week, 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.719 Jim Wilson, K5ND, was on the show to talk about 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:21.259 VHF contesting. and roving. If you missed the 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:24.780 show, you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:28.419 or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:33.979 And WTWW rebroadcasts HamTalk Live every Saturday 00:02:33.979 --> 00:02:38.659 afternoon at about 3 30 p .m. Eastern Time. That's 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:44.030 five zero eight five on the A .M. dial. A couple 00:02:44.030 --> 00:02:47.770 of things before we get started. Phil Ross, AB8PR 00:02:47.770 --> 00:02:50.550 has been told that unless a matching kidney can 00:02:50.550 --> 00:02:53.110 be located from a living donor soon, it will 00:02:53.110 --> 00:02:56.330 require dialysis and that's a time -consuming 00:02:56.330 --> 00:02:58.849 intervention that's not really considered a cure. 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:04.289 So Christian K0SDH and Alex W7HU are turning 00:03:04.289 --> 00:03:10.419 their respective YouTube channels. into an awareness 00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:13.780 campaign, the Papa Phil Challenge, in hopes of 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:16.500 finding a donor. So check them out. It's 100 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:20.639 watts and a wire for Christian and W7HU Alex 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:24.280 on YouTube. And you can find the Papa Phil website 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:28.919 at PapaPhilCan .com. They'll be on 17, 20, 40, 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:32.180 and 80 meters from March 13th through March 20th. 00:03:32.490 --> 00:03:35.189 sharing Phil's story and using the special event 00:03:35.189 --> 00:03:40.789 call sign K4P and the hams will be calling for 00:03:40.789 --> 00:03:45.129 contacts on Sideband and FT8 and special event 00:03:45.129 --> 00:03:48.270 cards are available as well as a downloadable 00:03:48.270 --> 00:03:52.289 digital certificate. So check that out and check 00:03:52.289 --> 00:03:57.530 out their Papa Phil challenge shows. over on 00:03:57.530 --> 00:04:00.750 YouTube. So that's coming up here in just a couple 00:04:00.750 --> 00:04:04.969 of days. Also coming up in a couple of days, 00:04:05.050 --> 00:04:09.830 it's the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. It returns 00:04:09.830 --> 00:04:13.370 this weekend, March 13th and 14th. As part of 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:17.050 the speaker lineup, ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA 00:04:17.050 --> 00:04:20.329 will deliver the keynote. That's on Saturday, 00:04:20.350 --> 00:04:24.329 March 13th from 12 to 1 Pacific Time. And he'll 00:04:24.329 --> 00:04:28.310 be talking about some current ARRL initiatives 00:04:28.310 --> 00:04:31.910 for the current generation of hams. So check 00:04:31.910 --> 00:04:36.089 that out. Okay, well we're talking about last 00:04:36.089 --> 00:04:42.209 man standing tonight. The last episodes are being 00:04:42.209 --> 00:04:48.129 produced and recorded and shot. And they're going 00:04:48.129 --> 00:04:51.949 to be finishing up the series, which has a little 00:04:51.949 --> 00:04:54.129 ham radio in it. And we're here to talk about 00:04:54.129 --> 00:04:57.009 that tonight and a special event celebrating 00:04:57.009 --> 00:05:00.870 the end of that. So get your questions ready 00:05:00.870 --> 00:05:02.970 to go. If you're listening to us live on Thursday 00:05:02.970 --> 00:05:07.329 night, you'll be able to call in a little while. 00:05:07.329 --> 00:05:10.410 We'll let you know when it's time to call. But 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:12.230 I'll give you the phone number so you can have 00:05:12.230 --> 00:05:21.610 it ready. It's 859. 982 -7373 again it's 859 00:05:21.610 --> 00:05:26.250 -982 -7373 it's also on the website and all our 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:29.470 social media and everything and we'll announce 00:05:29.470 --> 00:05:34.149 that several times again before it's time to 00:05:34.149 --> 00:05:37.509 call but you can also tweet us it's at HamTalkLive 00:05:37.509 --> 00:05:40.209 on Twitter we'll watch that if you're on Spreaker 00:05:40.209 --> 00:05:42.629 you can type in the comments that's kind of like 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:46.019 a chat area So you can do that as well and I'll 00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:48.540 be back with Lou, Sally and John right after 00:05:48.540 --> 00:05:52.319 this word from ICOM America right here on HamTalk 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.920 Live. The great outdoors is calling. Get outside 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.740 and under the stars with one of ICOM's ultimate 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:02.199 SDR transceivers. 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Tonight, 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:44.779 Lou Maggio, NO2C, Sally Rosato, K2RYD, and John 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:49.139 Amadeo, AA6JA join us on the Orlando Amateur 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:54.090 Radio Club and Hamcation Zoom line. Lou and O2C 00:08:54.090 --> 00:08:57.850 and his wife Sally K2RYD are arranging the operations 00:08:57.850 --> 00:09:02.210 of the Last Man Standing Special Event. Sally 00:09:02.210 --> 00:09:05.250 created the 12 Days of Christmas Special Event, 00:09:05.909 --> 00:09:09.110 and Lou the Christmas Birthday Special Event. 00:09:09.750 --> 00:09:11.830 And Lou and Sally are members of the Great South 00:09:11.830 --> 00:09:14.570 Bay Amateur Radio Club in Long Island, New York, 00:09:14.570 --> 00:09:19.990 and are also operators for the 13 Colonies Special 00:09:19.990 --> 00:09:24.639 Event. Originally from Long Island, John Amadeo 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.100 started in amateur radio as a Tech Plus in the 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:30.039 early 1970s and quickly upgraded to General. 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:33.539 He moved to Los Angeles in the early 80s where 00:09:33.539 --> 00:09:36.299 he ultimately upgraded to Extra and changed his 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:43.769 call recently from NN6JA to AA6JA. John has worked 00:09:43.769 --> 00:09:46.669 in the entertainment industry as an editor, director 00:09:46.669 --> 00:09:49.490 and producer for the past 30 years. He's produced 00:09:49.490 --> 00:09:52.169 familiar shows like Titus, Arrested Development, 00:09:52.409 --> 00:09:55.490 Samantha Who and Sports Night. And he's currently 00:09:55.490 --> 00:09:59.309 producing Last Man Standing starring Tim Allen, 00:09:59.450 --> 00:10:02.950 which is now in its ninth and final season on 00:10:02.950 --> 00:10:07.049 Fox and is nationally syndicated. So Lou, Sally 00:10:07.049 --> 00:10:09.769 and John, welcome to the show. You've all been 00:10:09.769 --> 00:10:13.049 on the show before, but not together. So It's 00:10:13.049 --> 00:10:17.330 great to have you all here once Thank you, how 00:10:17.330 --> 00:10:22.149 are you? Doing just great and really excited 00:10:22.149 --> 00:10:25.590 about this special event there's been a lot of 00:10:25.590 --> 00:10:28.330 work and planning going into this to make it 00:10:28.330 --> 00:10:32.990 big and Really happy to talk about it a little 00:10:32.990 --> 00:10:39.889 bit tonight Let's actually John you sent me a 00:10:39.929 --> 00:10:42.809 copy of the promotional video this afternoon 00:10:42.809 --> 00:10:46.889 Why don't we go ahead and play that and then 00:10:46.889 --> 00:10:50.269 we'll come back and we'll start talking a little 00:10:50.269 --> 00:10:55.330 bit about The special event very good If you're 00:10:55.330 --> 00:10:58.830 a fan of Tim Allen's TV series Last Man Standing, 00:10:59.309 --> 00:11:02.289 you'll have a final chance to contact the show's 00:11:02.289 --> 00:11:05.649 amateur radio club station before it goes QRT. 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:12.750 The week -long KA -6 LMS radio special event 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:18.649 starts on March 24th at 0000 UTC and runs through 00:11:18.649 --> 00:11:23.490 2359 UTC on March 30th. This will be an all -mode, 00:11:23.690 --> 00:11:36.269 all -band event. Fans will have the opportunity 00:11:36.269 --> 00:11:39.870 to work the bonus one -by -one stations K6L, 00:11:40.049 --> 00:11:47.519 K6M, K6S, W6L, W6M and W6S. Stations from every 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:52.820 call sign area will operate as KA6LMS -0 through 00:11:52.820 --> 00:12:00.620 KA6LMS -9 and KA6LMS -VE, providing nationwide 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:04.019 and international coverage. The remote operators 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:08.700 are a virtual who's who of ham celebrities, contesters, 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.080 and podcasters. Many will live stream their operations. 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.659 Check spotting sites like DX Summit for pop -up 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:19.720 operations on any day and at any time during 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:23.799 the event week. We expect the on -stage radios 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.379 to be in operation from the studio in California 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:31.700 on Saturday, March 27th at 1800 UTC using 20 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:36.659 meters and on Sunday at 2200 UTC using 40 meters. 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:40.110 If you're a fan of digital modes, Saturday, March 00:12:40.110 --> 00:12:45.950 27th is your day. At 1700 UTC, KA6LMS will be 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:49.809 using D -Star on Reflector 12 Alpha, hosted by 00:12:49.809 --> 00:12:54.129 the Papa Repeater System. At 1900 UTC, the D 00:12:54.129 --> 00:12:57.490 -Star action moves to Reflector 30 Bravo, hosted 00:12:57.490 --> 00:13:02.259 by Georgia D -Star. At 2300 UTC, AmateurLogic 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:07.259 .tv will host the KA -6 LMS Multi -Mode QSO Party 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:14.220 using All -Star, DMR, D -Star, NXDN, P25, Echolink, 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:19.379 HamShack Hotline, Wires X, and Yesu System Fusion. 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:23.980 KA -6 LMS QSL cards will be available for stations 00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:27.039 who contact the stage directly or through relay 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:30.200 stations. Special event certificates, including 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.080 clean sweep endorsements, will be available via 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:36.919 download. The KA -6 LMS radio event is sponsored 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.480 by the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's 12 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:46.059 Days of Christmas team and K2 Heroes teams in 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:50.179 association with AmateurLogic .TV, the Papa Repeater 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:54.220 System, and Georgia D -Star. And of course, Last 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:58.740 Man Standing and KA -6 LMS have always been powered 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:06.360 by ICOM. For more information, go to www .gsbarc 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:16.299 .org slash LMS. So that was a familiar voice 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:20.840 there Jim Dameron and a TMW the voiceover guy 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.860 on the on the promo so it's always good to hear 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:29.080 Jim's voice and John that that is the summary 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:32.600 and We were talking while that was play used 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.120 like yeah, the special event needs an instructional 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.659 video So that was the audio from it. We'll post 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:43.240 that online here and I know it's out there already 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.460 so we'll talk about where you can find that a 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:49.679 little bit later but first let's take a little 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:54.320 look back at the KA -6 LMS club and station on 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:58.159 the set of Last Man Standing and let's talk about 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:00.519 some of the highlights and special operators 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:02.360 you've hosted over the years and I know you've 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:04.940 been working on kind of a video collection of 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:09.230 a lot of that right recently. Oh, yeah. I mean, 00:15:09.450 --> 00:15:12.470 I don't think I can list them all. We've had, 00:15:12.470 --> 00:15:16.470 you know, nine years of operation on that stage. 00:15:16.950 --> 00:15:20.990 It's true that on Last Man Standing, Tim Allen's 00:15:20.990 --> 00:15:23.169 character Mike Baxter is a ham radio operator, 00:15:23.509 --> 00:15:26.370 fictitious call sign K -0 -X -T -T, and many 00:15:26.370 --> 00:15:29.710 people know that the X -T -T stands for formally 00:15:29.710 --> 00:15:33.139 Tim Taylor from Home Improvement. but there isn't 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:35.860 a ton of actual ham radio on the show. There 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:38.659 are some episodes that feature ham radio. But 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:40.539 we were all hams on the show. You know, I have 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:43.539 35 hams on the show, and we had this amazing 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:47.159 equipment from ICOM and from antennas from Comet 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:51.500 and some antennas from Radio Waves. And the missing 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:55.960 link was some LMR 400 from ABR Industries. And 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.480 we hooked all that stuff up. And when we did 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.100 that, we had a pretty amazing ham radio station. 00:16:01.470 --> 00:16:04.330 So we, the club members, started using it. And 00:16:04.330 --> 00:16:08.210 then we invited a lot of local Southern Californian 00:16:08.210 --> 00:16:11.210 guest operators. And then as it turned out, Hams 00:16:11.210 --> 00:16:13.570 will fly to California to operate that station. 00:16:13.669 --> 00:16:16.669 So we've had guest operators from almost every 00:16:16.669 --> 00:16:19.470 part of the United States come and spend an hour 00:16:19.470 --> 00:16:22.490 with us during our dinner breaks. working stations 00:16:22.490 --> 00:16:25.509 around the country. So it's been kind of an amazing 00:16:25.509 --> 00:16:29.429 anomaly on a television series to have a working 00:16:29.429 --> 00:16:31.809 ham radio station. And it's been a lot of fun 00:16:31.809 --> 00:16:34.269 for us and hopefully our viewers that are ham 00:16:34.269 --> 00:16:38.610 radio operators. And I guess the culmination 00:16:38.610 --> 00:16:41.049 of all that as we get ready to put the show to 00:16:41.049 --> 00:16:44.590 bed is this special event where we will have, 00:16:45.110 --> 00:16:47.129 Lou will tell you in a minute, probably 50 or 00:16:47.129 --> 00:16:52.000 60 special operators. as K6 LMS, one variant 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.100 or another, and we will be on the stage and we'll 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:58.279 be on HF and all kinds of digital modes to work 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:02.820 our fans for what may be, who knows, the last 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:05.259 time. You just never know with our show and with 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:08.160 TV the way it is. And I guess that's the short 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:12.680 story, Neil. All right. Well, you've you've actually 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:16.839 had like some test sessions and, you know, you've 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.960 added a lot of hams through this. Oh yeah. You 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.539 know, when, when you run a TV show, you have 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:26.960 a lot of technical people, sound people, video 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:30.019 people. Uh, so it's not a surprise that some 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:32.880 of them were already ham radio operators. But 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:35.359 as the, as we got into the ham radio thing and 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.099 started talking about equipment and putting equipment 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:40.200 on the set, some of our crew members, especially 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.500 our office people who have a lot of time on their 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:46.160 hands, quite frankly, became interested. So we. 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:49.720 You know, we printed out the question pool for 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:51.960 technician and we started talking about that 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.180 during lunch hours and offered anyone that got 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:58.059 a license, a free handheld radio. And a lot of 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:00.640 people took us up on it. At our height, you know, 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.480 of course we'd been on the air for nine seasons, 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.220 but we did have a cancellation in the middle. 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.160 At the height of our club membership, we had 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.839 about 35 people. So that has come and gone over 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.650 the years. I don't even have a count in my head 00:18:15.650 --> 00:18:17.430 right now of how many people are licensed right 00:18:17.430 --> 00:18:20.450 now, but it's enough to support a radio club 00:18:20.450 --> 00:18:23.210 and to keep the thing on the air. Of course, 00:18:23.289 --> 00:18:26.710 this year was special in a bad way with COVID. 00:18:26.910 --> 00:18:28.970 We really couldn't have anybody from outside 00:18:28.970 --> 00:18:32.049 the crew on the stage. And matter of fact, even 00:18:32.049 --> 00:18:34.269 the crew for the most part is not on the stage. 00:18:34.910 --> 00:18:37.609 We're all in face masks and shields and staying 00:18:37.609 --> 00:18:40.829 away from the cast members. So, you know, it's 00:18:40.829 --> 00:18:43.289 difficult but we still will manage to put on 00:18:43.289 --> 00:18:45.750 this event and I think it's going to be a spectacular 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:49.349 thing for our fans and for ourselves as ham radio 00:18:49.349 --> 00:18:54.750 operators. Well, it's great to look back at, 00:18:54.750 --> 00:18:57.029 you know, a lot of the successes that you've 00:18:57.029 --> 00:19:00.430 had with this and getting more hams and getting 00:19:00.430 --> 00:19:03.450 some awareness out there and just having some 00:19:03.450 --> 00:19:08.039 fun with, you know, all the operating on the 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:13.819 set and it's just it's been a great and intriguing 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:18.420 time that you know when when Tuesday nights roll 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:21.799 around and it's like you know okay they're gonna 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:26.220 be on the air in a little bit and you know sometimes 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:28.740 you could hear sometimes you couldn't it just 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:34.380 you know with the solar cycle but you took to 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:37.359 any means necessary to make it happen. There 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:41.460 were all digital nights and all kinds of things 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:45.819 to really get everybody in the log that you could. 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:51.400 Lou and Sally are experts at getting people into 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:55.160 the log. So we're going to talk to them about 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:58.380 organizing this special event. It's nothing new 00:19:58.380 --> 00:20:06.059 for the two of you. been very happy to work for 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:08.559 you all on a couple of special events in the 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:11.180 past, and really looking forward to this one 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:15.180 too. But talk about the process of putting on 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:17.640 this event and what makes this one just a little 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:22.960 extra special. Well, Neil, thank you. This is 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:27.299 Lou Ennott from C. What makes this one special 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:31.460 is I get a lot of emails about people who want 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:34.420 to operate and they want to work us, they want 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:36.440 to make sure they don't miss the opportunity. 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.779 One of the things we have learned from the special 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:46.240 events we've done like K2 Heroes and K2M, people 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:50.200 become part of the special event. It becomes... 00:20:50.190 --> 00:20:53.990 You know, if they operate as operators for us 00:20:53.990 --> 00:20:56.730 with one of the slash call signs or one of the 00:20:56.730 --> 00:21:00.210 one by ones, they become part of the special 00:21:00.210 --> 00:21:03.210 event. And the other thing that happens is the 00:21:03.210 --> 00:21:07.109 people who work us become part of the special 00:21:07.109 --> 00:21:09.529 event. And I told John when this whole thing 00:21:09.529 --> 00:21:11.509 started, we were going to get special events 00:21:11.509 --> 00:21:13.630 within the special events, which we're seeing. 00:21:13.950 --> 00:21:17.450 So we've got a group of guys, for example, working 00:21:17.450 --> 00:21:20.329 from one land, slash ones, and they'll probably 00:21:20.329 --> 00:21:24.170 have their own little slash one thing going. 00:21:25.470 --> 00:21:27.730 It's what happens. It's what happens with these 00:21:27.730 --> 00:21:30.410 special events because they want to be part of 00:21:30.410 --> 00:21:32.930 this final thing. There is no more after this. 00:21:33.430 --> 00:21:35.750 They want to be part of it. I get a lot of emails. 00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:39.240 You know, I will be on day and night until I 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.940 work. Well, I told him you don't have to be on 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:43.079 day and night You were we're gonna be on, you 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:47.000 know, you'll find us and It's a lot of fun doing 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.319 it Neil and and John and Sally and I look forward 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:53.079 to it The biggest fun is at the end when the 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:55.920 logs come in which is usually like pulling teeth 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:58.599 a little bit but once we get people to send in 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:00.400 the logs and we get them into the certificate 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.950 program and you see that you've got 15 or 20 00:22:03.950 --> 00:22:08.529 ,000 contacts that were made. Plus we have some 00:22:08.529 --> 00:22:11.750 criteria in there for the clean sweep and a couple 00:22:11.750 --> 00:22:14.670 other little things that will change on the fly, 00:22:14.710 --> 00:22:19.410 of course. But it's just a lot of fun. You are 00:22:19.410 --> 00:22:23.170 part of the end. Whether you are an operator 00:22:23.170 --> 00:22:25.869 or you are making contact with us, you're part 00:22:25.869 --> 00:22:32.900 of it. You do a very good job of getting all 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:37.599 of that together, and we've got the Long Island 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.759 connection between the three of you also, so 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:44.319 that worked out really well. John, talk a little 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:46.400 bit about the timing of the special event with 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:49.339 the end of the production of the show. I know 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:53.920 you're in the last episodes here. Tell us kind 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:57.200 of where you are in the timing of all of this. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:05.359 Sure. We're Monday and Tuesday shooting the first 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:09.039 of the last three episodes. So it's very significant 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.599 that we would have this event during the last 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.119 production week of the show. The 30th, which 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.319 is the last day of the event, is literally the 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:21.259 last day of shooting. So the event is the 24th 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:23.980 to the 30th. Throughout that entire time, we 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.920 will be in the process of shooting the final 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:30.210 episode. So it'll be bittersweet. Maybe we will 00:23:30.210 --> 00:23:32.950 go down to the stage and watch rehearsal. And 00:23:32.950 --> 00:23:35.190 then after the actors leave, we'll get on the 00:23:35.190 --> 00:23:37.569 radio for a few minutes and talk to our fans, 00:23:37.569 --> 00:23:41.829 hopefully. But it's sort of an anomaly, this 00:23:41.829 --> 00:23:45.589 show. No show, to my knowledge, no television 00:23:45.589 --> 00:23:48.730 show has ever had a real working amateur radio 00:23:48.730 --> 00:23:52.230 station as a part of any kind of a prime time 00:23:52.230 --> 00:23:54.910 network television show. So I'm really looking 00:23:54.910 --> 00:23:58.430 forward to doing this. And of course, I think 00:23:58.430 --> 00:24:01.609 the story that you've all heard, of course, is 00:24:01.609 --> 00:24:03.349 that this was a small event and it became a big 00:24:03.349 --> 00:24:05.930 event, but I guess it had to become a big event. 00:24:07.170 --> 00:24:09.369 If we were going to do two hours on one day, 00:24:09.470 --> 00:24:11.329 maybe that wouldn't have served the purpose of 00:24:11.329 --> 00:24:14.730 getting our fans who have tried so hard maybe 00:24:14.730 --> 00:24:17.089 over the years to contact us the opportunity 00:24:17.089 --> 00:24:19.930 to contact us. And there are just so many paths 00:24:19.930 --> 00:24:22.990 into this station. Of course, we all want to 00:24:22.990 --> 00:24:26.869 work everybody on HF and CW and single sideband, 00:24:27.390 --> 00:24:29.690 but there's also, you know, RIDDI and FT8 and 00:24:29.690 --> 00:24:32.230 every digital mode you can possibly name will 00:24:32.230 --> 00:24:35.450 be hit, you know, not just the big ones, D -Star, 00:24:35.650 --> 00:24:38.670 DMR and Yeasu System Fusion, but things like 00:24:38.670 --> 00:24:42.690 All -Star and Hamshack Hotline, you know, just 00:24:42.690 --> 00:24:45.740 every crazy digital mode you can imagine. will 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:48.160 be a part of this event. So it should give everyone 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:51.220 that has ever wanted to contact us an opportunity 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:55.640 to do that. Well, and I remember, you know, you 00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:58.160 set up a schedule with with the kids at school, 00:24:58.180 --> 00:25:01.539 and we recorded that. And that was a special 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:06.000 day for them that they were able to talk to the 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:10.940 set and even were able to fire off a video of 00:25:11.210 --> 00:25:15.069 the contact so we can see what it looked like 00:25:15.069 --> 00:25:18.470 on the other end and that was just so cool and 00:25:18.470 --> 00:25:22.309 so I'm glad that you know this will give everybody 00:25:22.309 --> 00:25:27.710 a really good chance of of contacting the show. 00:25:28.829 --> 00:25:31.109 Well, Lou and Sally, we're going to take a break 00:25:31.109 --> 00:25:35.029 here in a minute, but first we need to tell everyone 00:25:35.029 --> 00:25:38.410 where to find more information about the special 00:25:38.410 --> 00:25:41.890 event and how to work these stations and get 00:25:41.890 --> 00:25:44.569 the certificate and all that. So fill us in on 00:25:44.569 --> 00:25:48.609 those logistical details here. Well, if you want 00:25:48.609 --> 00:25:51.750 information, Sally K -12RD, if you want information 00:25:51.750 --> 00:25:54.609 on the Last Man Standing special radio event, 00:25:55.029 --> 00:26:03.549 you can go to www .gsvarc .org, stroke, let me 00:26:03.549 --> 00:26:06.289 see, I can't read that. LMS. LMS. And that's 00:26:06.289 --> 00:26:09.150 Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, Long Island, 00:26:09.430 --> 00:26:11.690 and you go there and you can watch the video, 00:26:11.730 --> 00:26:14.140 you can watch. You can read everything and it's 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:16.359 a really great thing. And I just want to mention 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:20.960 that when John contacted Bob K2TV at Gisborne 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:25.019 and he and Bob forwarded the email to us about 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:27.880 having a two -hour, three -hour event, we looked 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:30.099 at each other and he said, is this guy kidding? 00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:33.859 We need at least a week. And so that's what it 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:37.500 turned out to be. And don't forget also, and 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:40.500 the link for the certificate, by the way, Neil, 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:43.589 you asked about that. The link to the certificate 00:26:43.589 --> 00:26:48.430 will show up on the list on this page once we 00:26:48.430 --> 00:26:52.730 get the logs in. One of the things that we have 00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:57.049 learned the hard way is if you put the link up 00:26:57.049 --> 00:27:01.750 one second after the special event starts, you 00:27:01.750 --> 00:27:04.150 will be getting emails saying it's not working. 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:08.079 Yeah, we usually tell people, put up on the QRZ 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:11.019 page that the certificates would be available 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:13.259 after a certain date. We give ourselves a month 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:16.140 to get all the certificates and all our logs 00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:19.299 and logged and everything good. And it's amazing 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:22.579 how people say, I worked all 12 stations. I didn't 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:24.740 get my clean sweep certificate. My name's not 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:28.200 there. I worked with W2D. Where is it? And I 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:32.400 get emails up the wazoo looking for the clean 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:35.720 sweep and who they were. and then I better get 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:38.380 the certificate. These people, they have such 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:41.019 a great time. Yeah, the certificates are a big 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:43.859 deal. We spend a lot of time. The certificate 00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:48.160 for this event, which you almost can see it in 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.619 John's promo. That's not the final version, but 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:56.259 it's close. And we put a lot of time in with 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:59.319 that certificate. There's a lot of database behind 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.460 the scenes because it has to figure out a lot 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:04.579 of stuff. And of course satellites. Let's not 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:06.799 forget the satellite guys. They they will be 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:09.160 they will be involved in this So I heard moon 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:11.720 bounce is gonna happen to maybe maybe we hope 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:14.619 we're hoping that he's gonna operate of course 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:18.799 timing becomes a big deal and You know Neil one 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:23.299 of the things is just underutilized Semaphore, 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:30.839 you know, we're looking for I'll tell you what, 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.980 I'll climb up on a big hill and see if you can 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:37.240 see me from Indiana. How's that? That sounds 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:40.019 good. We do have a set of flags, so we're ready. 00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:44.259 In all seriousness, we don't care how you communicate 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:48.539 with us. The satellite thing, when we first did 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:51.140 satellites with, I think it was 12 days of Christmas, 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:55.640 Frank didn't expect the kind of response he got. 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:59.079 And then, Neil, you operated satellite for us 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:03.640 on 12 days also. So it really was a surprise 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.319 how popular it became. As a matter of fact, interestingly 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:11.140 enough, we actually had a Canadian family, a 00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:14.480 family of three, was able to work our special 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:17.099 events on a single pass of the satellite. Yeah, 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.799 they emailed me to set up a date and a time that 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.660 they can do that. And they got it done. And Frank 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:25.799 got it done. Frank got it done. So again. People 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.339 put a lot of value on these certificates. They 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:31.460 you know, it's one of a kind now another thing 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:33.940 is Neil and you can cut me off whenever you want 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:37.319 but but We don't have a time limit on when you 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:40.019 can collect it The certificates are up there 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.200 for many many years. You can just go there and 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.200 get them So don't panic if you didn't get to 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:47.319 certificate right away. It's not going anywhere 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:50.440 Our servers are big and they can handle it. Yeah, 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:56.930 they're still picking up stuff Very good. Well, 00:29:57.069 --> 00:29:59.990 that's some great information there again Great 00:29:59.990 --> 00:30:04.369 South Bay amateur radio club GSB arc org slash 00:30:04.369 --> 00:30:07.869 LMS is where you can find all the details. So 00:30:07.869 --> 00:30:12.589 they'll be on HF they'll be on D star DMR you 00:30:12.589 --> 00:30:16.769 name it it's going to be on and You just got 00:30:16.769 --> 00:30:21.920 to you know, check the DX Summit, the DX Clusters. 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:25.119 Check out the web page and you'll be able to 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.089 find these stations pretty easily. Alright, well 00:30:29.089 --> 00:30:30.829 we're going to take a break and when we come 00:30:30.829 --> 00:30:35.849 back we're going to take your questions at 859 00:30:35.849 --> 00:30:42.690 -982 -7373 and Twitter and on Spreaker and all 00:30:42.690 --> 00:30:46.329 that stuff with Lou, Sally and John right after 00:30:46.329 --> 00:30:49.549 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:30:49.549 --> 00:30:54.690 HamTalk Live. Hey honey, have you seen the PL259s 00:30:54.690 --> 00:30:58.369 anywhere? No, I haven't. Come on kids, let's 00:30:58.369 --> 00:31:03.569 go! 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I thought I could 00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:43.679 rewire my power supply all by myself. Boy, was 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:46.780 I ever in for a shock. But I took it to a professional 00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:52.800 and got it fixed and now I'm ex -static. This 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:56.139 has been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:59.880 Week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in again 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:05.420 next week for another joke from Rick. Oh my goodness, 00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:11.280 he did it again. I guess we were really in for 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:14.280 a shock on that one, guys. They reported the 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:24.030 show. It's time for your call. So give us a call 00:35:24.030 --> 00:35:30.309 right now at 859 -982 -7373. If you have a question 00:35:30.309 --> 00:35:35.710 for us tonight, give us a call 859 -982 -7373 00:35:35.710 --> 00:35:39.690 or you can tweet us at HamTalk Live. And if you're 00:35:39.690 --> 00:35:43.050 listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast edition 00:35:43.050 --> 00:35:45.469 of the show, you won't be able to reach us because 00:35:45.469 --> 00:35:48.400 we're... We're not here 24 -7, we're just here 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:52.280 for a little while on Thursday night. So a couple 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:58.500 of things here. Let's see, Andy, K7JKA and Ed 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:03.500 at KG8CX are around here. Trying to figure that 00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:08.460 out. So anyway, missed when the special event 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:11.139 will be. So that's going to be at the end of 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:18.050 the month. And you've got HF, D -Star, Hamshack, 00:36:18.090 --> 00:36:21.929 Hotline, you name it. So all kinds of ways that 00:36:21.929 --> 00:36:25.610 you can connect there, Andy. So just check out 00:36:25.610 --> 00:36:31.510 the gsbarc .org slash lms and all of those dates 00:36:31.510 --> 00:36:36.349 and times are there and we can get you in the 00:36:36.349 --> 00:36:39.510 log, hopefully. Well, we have a call on the line, 00:36:39.530 --> 00:36:42.050 so let's go to the phones. Hello, welcome to 00:36:42.050 --> 00:36:46.079 HamTalk Live. Hey, thanks Neil. I just have something 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:50.539 to say. This is kd2gut I don't ever want to hear 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:57.699 you complain about my jokes again After that 00:36:57.699 --> 00:37:02.800 groaner yes, yes after that Aaron is the master 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:08.380 of the pun Well, I want to tell you this this 00:37:09.190 --> 00:37:12.550 chat tonight on the show is getting everybody 00:37:12.550 --> 00:37:17.210 pumped for this event. What's really neat about 00:37:17.210 --> 00:37:21.250 what's going on right now is we're sort of in 00:37:21.250 --> 00:37:25.369 rehearsal as we have been, right, for the last 00:37:25.369 --> 00:37:28.530 couple weeks between the back and forth with 00:37:28.530 --> 00:37:33.230 the emails, with Lou and Sally and John and everybody 00:37:33.230 --> 00:37:37.960 and you, Neil, on Discord. We're sort of practicing 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:41.260 getting warmed up and getting ready to hit the 00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:46.440 ground running in very short time. The excitement 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:50.920 is pretty amazing. This could outdo 12 days of 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:55.019 Christmas. Lou and Sally, how do you feel about 00:37:55.019 --> 00:38:02.000 that? Well, I hope it is the best special event 00:38:02.090 --> 00:38:05.250 of the year because 12 days is going to be going 00:38:05.250 --> 00:38:08.150 on and on and on. We did the third one this year. 00:38:08.929 --> 00:38:11.170 Last Man Standing is one time and it's going 00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:13.610 to be spectacular and I'm so happy to be part 00:38:13.610 --> 00:38:18.329 of it. Yeah, I have to say too, John, the work 00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:22.590 you've been putting in on the videos and all 00:38:22.590 --> 00:38:26.949 the production work you've been doing has been 00:38:26.949 --> 00:38:32.639 astonishing. This is a An event, yes, it's going 00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:35.579 to be on the air, but it's already on so many 00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:39.159 platforms. I can't remember any special event 00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:43.139 being so far -reaching, certainly in its prep 00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:47.800 work, as much as in what's going to be happening, 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:52.039 people live streaming, people going digital. 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:56.610 It's just going to be happening everywhere. Well, 00:38:56.610 --> 00:38:58.489 thanks so much. I really appreciate that, Karen. 00:38:58.869 --> 00:39:01.789 You know, I started in this business as an editor. 00:39:01.889 --> 00:39:05.769 So for me to throw a video together, it's actually 00:39:05.769 --> 00:39:08.250 quite relaxing. You know, come home and turn 00:39:08.250 --> 00:39:10.710 on the Final Cut Pro and pour a glass of wine 00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:13.349 and do a little editing is not a hard thing for 00:39:13.349 --> 00:39:16.030 me to do. And I've just got so much footage. 00:39:16.510 --> 00:39:20.309 So many people supported us in this ham radio 00:39:20.309 --> 00:39:23.710 endeavor. And over the years, we've tried to 00:39:23.710 --> 00:39:26.340 videotape as much as possible. And of course, 00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.719 going through all those, I can only see the things 00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:30.659 that I'm missing, the things that I don't have. 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:33.920 But I had so many great people come down to the 00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:37.420 show and operate the station. I really felt like 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:39.820 I had to put something together to thank them 00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:42.559 and to, as a tribute to them, but also to get 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:45.599 our fans and our ham radio friends to see what 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:48.340 it was like to be on the stage and operate that 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:50.710 station. You know, what most people don't realize 00:39:50.710 --> 00:39:52.769 is that was done at our dinner time. So it was 00:39:52.769 --> 00:39:57.010 a one hour per week event for us. We would just 00:39:57.010 --> 00:40:00.050 very quickly set up the station, get somebody 00:40:00.050 --> 00:40:02.510 on the air work, usually, you know, a hundred 00:40:02.510 --> 00:40:05.750 people and then tear it all down as fast as possible 00:40:05.750 --> 00:40:07.829 because the actors would be standing in the same 00:40:07.829 --> 00:40:11.530 spot minutes later in front of a 200 % live audience. 00:40:11.809 --> 00:40:14.670 So what a great time we had. And I just trying 00:40:14.670 --> 00:40:19.719 to share it with everybody. Yeah, it shows, and 00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:22.239 you had said something the other day that I think 00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.960 has really stayed with me. You had mentioned 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:29.760 that when there's a show or a movie about doctors 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:33.920 or lawyers, you'd mentioned that usually someone 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:36.260 from the legal community or the medical community 00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:39.800 is brought in to make it authentic. But bring 00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:43.079 in the topic of ham radio and and sometimes a 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.900 show or a movie will kind of go off the rails 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:49.420 and play fast and loose with the with the facts 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:54.159 and that this show did not do that and It didn't 00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:58.320 I mean it was a triumph for that for that as 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:01.940 well as for showing real ham radio in action 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:05.420 as you say taking that precious hour and making 00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:08.869 the most of it and and that's really groundbreaking. 00:41:08.969 --> 00:41:12.989 So I think the time that we're going to be spending 00:41:12.989 --> 00:41:17.269 on the air operating is both a farewell and a 00:41:17.269 --> 00:41:20.309 celebration of that because I think amateur radio 00:41:20.309 --> 00:41:24.769 has achieved a new status now as a result of 00:41:24.769 --> 00:41:27.489 all of this. Well that's very kind of you to 00:41:27.489 --> 00:41:29.550 say that and oh yeah I totally stand behind that 00:41:29.550 --> 00:41:34.679 statement. I actually did a I don't know, for 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:38.219 the centennial, the 100 year centennial of the 00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:42.320 ARRL in Connecticut, a brief talk about that 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.900 concept of when people portray amateur radio 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:48.219 on television and films, it is almost always 00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:50.199 the butt of jokes, it's almost always negative, 00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:54.519 and it is always completely inaccurate. So the 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:57.320 only thing I really set out to do with our show 00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:01.139 was to at least make it accurate. and then hopefully 00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:04.000 stop the writers from doing anything negative 00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:07.179 because, you know, a room full of comedy writers, 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:10.619 we have 18 writers on the show. So they're not 00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:12.880 knowledgeable about ham radio. It took me two 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:15.780 or three seasons to educate people to what ham 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.559 radio really was as opposed to what they thought 00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:21.079 it might be before we could actually get some 00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:24.440 decent ham radio stories. And, you know, it worked 00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:29.300 eventually. You just don't want uninitiated people 00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:31.179 to talk about ham radio because it's going to 00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:33.360 turn the masses off and you know we're a very 00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:35.860 small hobby so we kind of need all the help we 00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:37.800 can get and at the very least we need to talk 00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:40.780 about ham radio as what it really is and what 00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:43.719 it really can do and that's what we tried to 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:47.840 do hopefully we accomplished some of it well 00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.360 i think what ham radio really can do now is give 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:55.420 back and that's what we're doing uh coming up 00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:58.300 very soon we're giving back to this show and 00:42:58.300 --> 00:43:01.820 all its seasons and what it's been able to do 00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:05.860 for ham radio. So it's I'm psyched. This is going 00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:10.059 to be amazing. So thank you. You're very welcome. 00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:12.139 We're drinking some strong tea and staying up 00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:15.760 late to workstations. You got that right. Caffeine, 00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:20.719 caffeine for everybody. OK, I'm going to free 00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:23.780 up the line. Yep. Going to let other people jump 00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:26.760 in. Yes, Neil. Yes, Karen, thank you for calling 00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:29.760 in. Katie 2GUT, the editor over at Amateur Radio 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:32.579 Newsline. Thank you, as always, for listening 00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:36.260 and calling in and look forward to working with 00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:40.900 you on this one, as well as all of the other 00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:45.320 operators for this Last Man Standing special, 00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:49.820 special event. So take care and I'll be talking 00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:53.440 to you soon. Absolutely. You take care now. Have 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:59.210 a good night. Bye bye. Bye bye, Karen. 859 -982 00:43:59.210 --> 00:44:02.909 -7373 is the telephone number if you would like 00:44:02.909 --> 00:44:07.329 to call in. We have a few minutes left here so 00:44:07.329 --> 00:44:11.929 we'll try to get as many as we can and we have 00:44:11.929 --> 00:44:15.130 another caller on the line and my caller ID tells 00:44:15.130 --> 00:44:19.010 me that this is a familiar voice. So good evening, 00:44:19.050 --> 00:44:23.369 welcome to HamTalk Live. Hey, good evening, Neil, 00:44:23.829 --> 00:44:26.329 and good evening to Lou, Sally, and John. This 00:44:26.329 --> 00:44:30.090 is Jocelyn, KDA BRX. And I just wanted to, not 00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:32.730 a question, but I think everybody's looking forward 00:44:32.730 --> 00:44:34.730 to this event. I know we're very happy to be 00:44:34.730 --> 00:44:38.690 part of it. And as people have said, will we 00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:41.730 be able to make a QSO? Are we going to be able 00:44:41.730 --> 00:44:45.250 to get a QSL card? And I basically said, if you 00:44:45.250 --> 00:44:47.190 can't, you're not trying hard enough because 00:44:47.190 --> 00:44:52.469 there's going to be stations all over. So anyways, 00:44:52.469 --> 00:44:55.590 I just want to say, hear the voices. It's nice 00:44:55.590 --> 00:44:58.449 to hear the voice and looking forward to the 00:44:58.449 --> 00:45:04.010 event here coming up just a few weeks away. Yeah, 00:45:04.289 --> 00:45:09.469 it is. I think I have to amplify what Jocelyn's 00:45:09.469 --> 00:45:12.769 saying. He's so completely right, is that we've 00:45:12.769 --> 00:45:18.789 created so many paths into this event on in every 00:45:18.789 --> 00:45:22.289 call sign area in almost every mode we can think 00:45:22.289 --> 00:45:24.210 of that if this is something you want to do. 00:45:24.469 --> 00:45:26.309 And it's not just about last man standing. I 00:45:26.309 --> 00:45:29.110 mean, let's be let's be straight about that. 00:45:29.530 --> 00:45:32.090 This is about how people make contacts on ham 00:45:32.090 --> 00:45:35.030 radio. And it's not a contest. It's just an event. 00:45:35.369 --> 00:45:38.940 And if you want to contact us. And we're interplay 00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:41.820 with the event. There's a way to do it. If you're 00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:45.039 a technician to an extra, if you're a voice operator 00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:49.960 to a CW DMR ready satellite, maybe moon bounce. 00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:53.119 We'll see. You, you can get into this event and 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.900 you should, you should do it. You should try 00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:57.000 and do it. And, uh, we appreciate, Jocelyn, we 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.159 appreciate that you're participating and so many 00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:02.199 people have come, come forward to say, I want 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:04.059 to be a part of this event and be a part of this, 00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:08.179 uh, this thing. And, um, I don't know. I don't 00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:11.079 know what's going to happen. I'm going to operate. 00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:13.500 I'm going to also sit back and enjoy it and just 00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:18.260 see what happens. And I'm hoping for the tidal 00:46:18.260 --> 00:46:23.159 wave that Lou and Sally are expecting. But I 00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:25.400 never expect anything. And I just always hope 00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:29.639 for the best. And we'll see what happens. It's 00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:35.780 going to be great, John. Yep. No worries. Yep. 00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:38.239 Yep. All right, well, I will let you go, but 00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:41.519 thank you for being on tonight. And like I said, 00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:43.320 we're all looking forward to it. This should 00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:46.039 be a fantastic event and looking forward to hear 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:48.719 some more detail. So I will let you go and you 00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:52.420 guys enjoy the rest of your evening. 73. 73. 00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:55.280 73, Jocelyn. We'll see you in a few days here. 00:46:56.659 --> 00:47:02.250 Yeah, bye bye. Bye bye. 859 -982 -7373 is the 00:47:02.250 --> 00:47:04.730 phone number, and we'll try to squeeze in one 00:47:04.730 --> 00:47:07.769 more here before we go. Oh, actually, we already 00:47:07.769 --> 00:47:10.429 have one. So let's go straight to the phones. 00:47:10.929 --> 00:47:18.329 Good evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hello? 00:47:20.570 --> 00:47:23.489 I heard something. Yeah, I heard a little something. 00:47:23.489 --> 00:47:28.449 Hello? Oh, there we go. Yes. There I am. Hey. 00:47:28.510 --> 00:47:31.550 This is Bill WZ1L in Massachusetts. Good evening 00:47:31.550 --> 00:47:35.710 to you, Neil, John, and Ms. Sally. I just wanted 00:47:35.710 --> 00:47:39.409 to call in and say that this is one of the best 00:47:39.409 --> 00:47:44.309 things that have come across in ham radio. And 00:47:44.309 --> 00:47:50.949 I thank Sally and Luke for helping out with this. 00:47:51.829 --> 00:47:56.760 They're avid, I should say avid. Contest is and 00:47:56.760 --> 00:47:59.579 whatever so they can handle the pilot I'm going 00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:02.780 to try and get on every day and see who I can 00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:06.760 work and Look for the special stations and whatever 00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:12.440 and do John I just wanted to let you know I Contacted 00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:15.000 dead on Facebook and I said, oh did you know 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:18.199 that that man standing is doing a special event? 00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:21.280 And he said no, so I sent him all the information 00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:24.400 and I told him I said make sure you you check 00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:27.510 in Make sure you check in. I says out there in 00:48:27.510 --> 00:48:29.590 California. I said, I'm sure that I want to go 00:48:29.590 --> 00:48:32.750 and talk to you. So, um, and I want to thank 00:48:32.750 --> 00:48:36.530 you, John, for helping produce this program. 00:48:37.070 --> 00:48:40.670 Uh, it's something that, uh, the real hams have 00:48:40.670 --> 00:48:44.550 enjoyed. So, um, that's so nice of you to say 00:48:44.550 --> 00:48:47.769 that. I so appreciate it. We, and we, you know, 00:48:47.849 --> 00:48:50.530 I, I'm, I'm from the East coast. So when I'm 00:48:50.530 --> 00:48:53.610 sitting here in my, uh, my six call sign area 00:48:53.610 --> 00:48:56.559 shack, It's always like a plus for me to contact 00:48:56.559 --> 00:49:00.079 people and the ones and twos. And, you know, 00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:04.199 I definitely, we have some operators on the, 00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:07.099 in the one call sign area, and I hope you'll 00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:10.860 be one of the people we contact to the stage. 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:14.480 But I guess I want to say that one of the things 00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:16.719 we're going to do, which maybe isn't common, 00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:20.739 is that we're going to use a lot of relay operators. 00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:23.460 So when we're on the stage, which is the stage 00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:25.880 is look, the stage is not an amazing station. 00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:29.239 The radios are great. We right now have an ICOM 00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:34.159 IC 7300 and an IC 9700. But, you know, the antennas 00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:36.400 are compromised and we can only put out 100 watts 00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:38.659 or we set all the fire alarms off in the entire 00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:42.280 studio. So we have to be careful. But we're going 00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:44.920 to have stations all over the country. So if 00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:47.380 you're up in the one call sign area and you can 00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:50.500 get directly to us, that's amazing. But if you 00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:52.360 can't, we're going to have people around the 00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:54.780 country that can relay and we can chat back and 00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:57.659 forth and make contacts. And we accept all of 00:49:57.659 --> 00:49:59.800 those contacts. Contact is a contact as far as 00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:02.900 we're concerned. And yet, you know, besides HF, 00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:06.320 if you have any digital modes, we're there. We're 00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:11.900 ready to hear you on DMR, D -Star, Yesus' Fusion, 00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:18.280 Hamshack Hotline, All -Star, EchoLink, anything 00:50:18.280 --> 00:50:22.010 you can name. So I appreciate that. And the thing 00:50:22.010 --> 00:50:24.829 is, we want to work everybody. We want to work 00:50:24.829 --> 00:50:29.170 techs. We want to work actors. If your CW is 00:50:29.170 --> 00:50:32.309 your thing and you're at 35 words a minute, we 00:50:32.309 --> 00:50:34.230 want to work you. If you're at five words a minute, 00:50:34.289 --> 00:50:39.449 we want to work you. So please call us. I will, 00:50:39.590 --> 00:50:44.280 John. It's really something that i i really want 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.739 to do i i really want to come out to california 00:50:46.739 --> 00:50:50.719 to actually the a a taping of the show but uh... 00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:53.500 that life and uh... few other things uh... thrown 00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:57.340 in in my way i i didn't get a chance to get out 00:50:57.340 --> 00:51:01.239 there so uh... i i i wish you luck in which you 00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:04.980 well and whatever your future endeavors are uh... 00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:08.019 i know that uh... uh... your team there is done 00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:11.079 uh... uh... an outstanding job uh... for uh... 00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:16.309 producing this particular program and I'll miss 00:51:16.309 --> 00:51:19.889 watching it except in syndication so thank you 00:51:19.889 --> 00:51:22.690 for all you're doing out there and I'll let somebody 00:51:22.690 --> 00:51:27.309 else call in and good evening to you Neil. Oh 00:51:27.309 --> 00:51:29.570 thank you so much for calling in and thanks for 00:51:29.570 --> 00:51:35.369 all the kind words tonight. Yep good night. Good 00:51:35.369 --> 00:51:42.639 night. And and I will agree I would love to have 00:51:42.639 --> 00:51:46.000 come out and and John I so much appreciate the 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:49.219 invitation and I wish I could have made it out 00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:53.659 there because this truly is a rare opportunity 00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:56.980 and it just broke my heart to have to say no, 00:51:57.179 --> 00:52:02.579 but In fact, I was kind of hoping maybe you know 00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:05.960 uh this this last season would have worked but 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:11.320 covid had other ideas so uh i couldn't even ask 00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:15.460 but but i i appreciate you thinking of me and 00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:19.119 and you know it's just it's just so cool to have 00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:23.280 this and and the special event will give us one 00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:28.349 last shot at contacting the station so I have 00:52:28.349 --> 00:52:31.829 to ask before we sign off tonight what what's 00:52:31.829 --> 00:52:35.429 next will the club just kind of fade into the 00:52:35.429 --> 00:52:41.170 sunset and and and dip to black or will it keep 00:52:41.170 --> 00:52:43.449 going what what what do you see for the future 00:52:43.449 --> 00:52:46.199 of the club Well, you know, that's a that's kind 00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:47.699 of an interesting question I'm not sure that 00:52:47.699 --> 00:52:50.480 I can totally answer it But there are a number 00:52:50.480 --> 00:52:52.780 of people that are a part of this club that are 00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:56.000 all active hams and really enjoy the hobby We'll 00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.639 have the license. That's not an issue We will 00:52:58.639 --> 00:53:01.820 not have the set at least as far as I know we 00:53:01.820 --> 00:53:04.559 won't you know And who knows this this show has 00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:08.280 got such a bizarre lifespan We were on the air 00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:10.940 for six years. We were canceled for a year. We 00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:13.980 were brought back for two years There are so 00:53:13.980 --> 00:53:16.639 many stations that would love to have this show 00:53:16.639 --> 00:53:20.219 that nothing is impossible, but it seems like 00:53:20.219 --> 00:53:23.199 we will probably be ending in a few weeks. And, 00:53:23.340 --> 00:53:25.400 you know, you'll see those shows in the future. 00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:28.239 I think we air until May, now the way things 00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:31.400 look. But as for the club members, we're still 00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:33.480 very much active hams and really enjoy the hobby. 00:53:34.110 --> 00:53:37.550 So we could certainly make a series of special 00:53:37.550 --> 00:53:39.869 events. And, you know, the passion these days 00:53:39.869 --> 00:53:42.969 is for the reboot. So people are rebooting every 00:53:42.969 --> 00:53:46.690 show you've ever watched in your childhood. Maybe 00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:49.070 there'll be a reboot of the club and maybe there'll 00:53:49.070 --> 00:53:52.090 be a reboot. You know, there could be some additional 00:53:52.090 --> 00:53:55.570 special events. I know right now, at the end 00:53:55.570 --> 00:53:59.590 of a TV production, we usually have a wrap party 00:53:59.590 --> 00:54:02.579 where we all come together and you know, have 00:54:02.579 --> 00:54:04.940 a few drinks and talk about the show and show 00:54:04.940 --> 00:54:07.659 the gag reel and all that stuff. And we're not 00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:09.440 going to be able to do that this year, really, 00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:12.960 in any meaningful way because of COVID. But we 00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:16.619 probably will have something in the future where 00:54:16.619 --> 00:54:19.000 we will get together as a crew, even though we'll 00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:22.320 all be on different shows by then. And it may 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:24.659 be the same kind of thing for the club. Maybe 00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:29.480 we will pick some significant dates, like anniversary 00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:32.409 dates, and maybe we'll get together. uh and get 00:54:32.409 --> 00:54:35.210 in uh and have some kind of operation or activation 00:54:35.210 --> 00:54:38.550 to celebrate the show itself and of course we'll 00:54:38.550 --> 00:54:41.449 be in syndication forever as far as i know you're 00:54:41.449 --> 00:54:44.570 still watching i love lucy on tv i'm still watching 00:54:44.570 --> 00:54:47.389 the you know home improvement is still on the 00:54:47.389 --> 00:54:49.710 air and i imagine last man standing will be on 00:54:49.710 --> 00:54:52.340 the air for quite a long time So if we can come 00:54:52.340 --> 00:54:54.500 up with some significant dates, we can easily 00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:57.340 put together an event or at least an operation 00:54:57.340 --> 00:55:00.079 for the show and get some guys on the air and 00:55:00.079 --> 00:55:02.900 talk to some of our fans. By then, everyone will 00:55:02.900 --> 00:55:06.239 have seen every episode in existence. Right now, 00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:09.019 Lou and Sally are watching every single episode 00:55:09.019 --> 00:55:12.179 of Last Man Standing in preparation for the event. 00:55:13.159 --> 00:55:16.579 So they'll certainly be up on it. Yeah, we have 00:55:16.579 --> 00:55:20.159 been. We've been doing it. There is, by the way, 00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:22.420 Uh, we haven't really announced it in any meaningful 00:55:22.420 --> 00:55:25.460 way, but there is probably going to be some kind 00:55:25.460 --> 00:55:28.820 of a last man standing trivia thing happening 00:55:28.820 --> 00:55:32.539 during the event that could result in some last 00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:35.860 man standing logo swag. So, uh, stay tuned for 00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:40.420 that. I'm sure. Yeah. Well, you know, yeah, I 00:55:40.420 --> 00:55:43.829 think, uh, unfortunately. The key operator might 00:55:43.829 --> 00:55:46.230 have had a little mishap with the wind and a 00:55:46.230 --> 00:55:47.869 tower. You know, Lou and Sally, you could talk 00:55:47.869 --> 00:55:49.789 about that, but I'm sure there's a way for him 00:55:49.789 --> 00:55:53.010 to get on the air. He is going to be on the air. 00:55:53.710 --> 00:55:56.590 Yeah, he has taken the part of his tower down 00:55:56.590 --> 00:55:59.690 that came down. He's got an off center fed up 00:55:59.690 --> 00:56:04.590 in its place. He can he can push the power out, 00:56:04.650 --> 00:56:09.829 so he should be OK. He should be OK. OK, well, 00:56:09.829 --> 00:56:12.260 I'd love to see that because. I would I would 00:56:12.260 --> 00:56:14.699 be interested to see how the trivia questions 00:56:14.699 --> 00:56:19.139 go and what people's answers are to them. He 00:56:19.139 --> 00:56:22.840 told me he sent me an email that that he is promoting 00:56:22.840 --> 00:56:26.440 it. So he's on the air doing streaming now. Oh, 00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:29.820 great. But he's doing it. Great. I know I sent 00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:33.179 him a box of giveaway things of, you know, because 00:56:33.179 --> 00:56:35.480 we don't have an audience this year, we had quite 00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:37.639 a few. You know, when audience members come to 00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:41.710 the show, we tend to give them some prizes. And 00:56:41.710 --> 00:56:44.449 since we had no audience this year, we had a 00:56:44.449 --> 00:56:46.949 few leftover things from last season that I sent 00:56:46.949 --> 00:56:49.909 to Peter and he'll be giving those away to the 00:56:49.909 --> 00:56:52.590 people that correctly answered the Last Man Standing 00:56:52.590 --> 00:56:55.130 trivia. I think that Lou and Sally, you are not 00:56:55.130 --> 00:56:58.349 eligible. Oh, but you know what? You sent me 00:56:58.349 --> 00:57:00.710 a really cool jacket and I'm going to wear it 00:57:00.710 --> 00:57:04.050 every time. Yeah, we'll be on the air wearing 00:57:04.050 --> 00:57:07.469 our Last Man Standing. I have my Last Man Standing 00:57:07.469 --> 00:57:12.300 hat. I'm drinking my coffee out of my mug. Well, 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:14.340 we're drinking that late at night, hopefully, 00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:17.219 while you're working. And we'll get some pictures 00:57:17.219 --> 00:57:20.420 of us operating, which is mostly Sally operating 00:57:20.420 --> 00:57:24.840 and me logging. He has great radio ears. My ears 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:27.500 aren't as good as his. He can pull them out of 00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:31.539 the mud. It takes me a while. Well, it's a team 00:57:31.539 --> 00:57:34.880 effort. It is a team effort, when we operate 00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:39.289 it's a team effort, yes. Well, John, one final 00:57:39.289 --> 00:57:44.269 thing here. What's next for John? I know you've 00:57:44.269 --> 00:57:47.489 always got some kind of project in the works, 00:57:47.489 --> 00:57:52.909 so what kinds of things are you thinking after 00:57:52.909 --> 00:57:55.250 the show? And I know, you know, this is kind 00:57:55.250 --> 00:57:59.710 of a time when emotions are high. You know, you're 00:57:59.710 --> 00:58:02.269 finishing up and then you've got this big special 00:58:02.269 --> 00:58:04.530 event going on at the same time and everything, 00:58:04.710 --> 00:58:09.000 but what's next? Well, that's a you know, it's 00:58:09.000 --> 00:58:12.820 a tough question because I am offered things 00:58:12.820 --> 00:58:17.340 I am Fairly known in my industry. So I'm being 00:58:17.340 --> 00:58:20.000 offered things right now and my first choice 00:58:20.000 --> 00:58:26.559 would be not to do anything I Mean this is nine 00:58:26.559 --> 00:58:31.360 years of one show and Under and they're quite 00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:34.559 frankly at least this last year this last year 00:58:34.559 --> 00:58:38.449 combat conditions, you know my my My crew and 00:58:38.449 --> 00:58:42.190 my staff has really just gone above and beyond 00:58:42.190 --> 00:58:46.690 and delivered the show. And my preference would 00:58:46.690 --> 00:58:48.510 be not to do anything, but I am being offered 00:58:48.510 --> 00:58:50.550 a couple of things now that I might not be able 00:58:50.550 --> 00:58:53.690 to turn down. So that's all I can say about that 00:58:53.690 --> 00:58:57.710 right now. As we get to the 59 minute mark of 00:58:57.710 --> 00:59:03.579 your one hour podcast. the uh... the the clock 00:59:03.579 --> 00:59:10.079 is saving you there so uh... so well look forward 00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:14.820 to uh... whatever it is that you uh... pick up 00:59:14.820 --> 00:59:18.159 next and and maybe you can at least get a little 00:59:18.159 --> 00:59:21.940 bit of a break here before uh... Diving into 00:59:21.940 --> 00:59:27.039 the the next venture so best of luck with that 00:59:27.039 --> 00:59:31.019 best of luck with the Special event really looking 00:59:31.019 --> 00:59:34.360 forward to being a part of it and being in it 00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:38.239 and just can't wait for it to happen. So Check 00:59:38.239 --> 00:59:42.679 out GSB arc org slash LMS. You can watch the 00:59:42.679 --> 00:59:46.699 video All the notes are there. So just go to 00:59:46.699 --> 00:59:49.639 the website all the information is there and 00:59:50.829 --> 00:59:55.630 We've got about 10 days to go or so, so get ready 00:59:55.630 --> 00:59:58.190 to go for last man standing going out with a 00:59:58.190 --> 01:00:02.949 bang. Thanks so much. Yep, thank you all for 01:00:02.949 --> 01:00:05.230 being here tonight. Appreciate it. Lou, Sally, 01:00:05.230 --> 01:00:11.369 always great to talk to you. And John, it just 01:00:11.369 --> 01:00:13.829 means so much for you to take the time to do 01:00:13.829 --> 01:00:17.000 this in the middle of... everything you're pulling 01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:20.360 off for this special event and the wrap -up of 01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:26.019 the final, or we presume the final season of 01:00:26.019 --> 01:00:29.000 Last Man Standing. So thank you so much for being 01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:34.610 on. Thank you guys in 73. Thanks Neil. All right. 01:00:34.690 --> 01:00:38.210 Well, that is a wrap for this week's edition 01:00:38.210 --> 01:00:41.889 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, Lou, N02C, 01:00:42.030 --> 01:00:46.110 Sally, K2RYD, and John Amadeo, AA6JA, and everybody 01:00:46.110 --> 01:00:49.110 out there in cyberspace for listening and calling 01:00:49.110 --> 01:00:52.230 in and typing in and invite you all back next 01:00:52.230 --> 01:00:56.230 Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And for 01:00:56.230 --> 01:00:59.329 a list of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive 01:00:59.329 --> 01:01:02.650 .com. And if you enjoy the show, please leave 01:01:02.650 --> 01:01:05.650 a review. you on Apple podcasts or wherever you 01:01:05.650 --> 01:01:08.710 listen. That helps others find the show faster. 01:01:08.969 --> 01:01:12.570 So for now, this is Neil rap WB nine VPG saying 01:01:12.570 --> 01:01:16.230 seven three, seven five, and may the good DX 01:01:16.230 --> 01:01:17.590 be yours.