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I'm your host Neil rap WB nine 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.640 VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.039 ham talk live tonight we are joined by Mark Brown 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:11.120 in for BCD the chairman of the Huntsville ham 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.060 fest. And we'll take your calls live in just 00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:18.000 a few minutes. Last week on the show, Tim Helming, 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.159 WT1IM, was here to talk about Calm Academy. If 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.020 you missed that show, you can listen anytime 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:28.659 at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:02:28.659 --> 00:02:33.500 app or YouTube. And you can catch the re -broadcast 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:39.650 of HamTalk Live on WTWW 5085 AM. and that Saturday 00:02:39.650 --> 00:02:43.069 afternoon is at about 3 .30 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:02:44.129 --> 00:02:46.629 I want to remind you about the Virtual Ham Expo 00:02:46.629 --> 00:02:49.349 coming up. The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is 00:02:49.349 --> 00:02:52.669 on March 13th and 14th. Early bird tickets are 00:02:52.669 --> 00:02:56.729 available for $10 at their website. One of the 00:02:56.729 --> 00:02:58.229 things that will be going on this year is the 00:02:58.229 --> 00:03:01.789 Buildathon. 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Visit us at a ham -fest 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:39.600 near you or call 920 -435 -2973 or see our whole 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:43.660 catalog at PL -259 .com. Sorry, one thing we 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:48.610 don't have is a tower. You're listening to ham 00:05:48.610 --> 00:05:52.589 talk live with Neil rap yesterday My xyl said 00:05:52.589 --> 00:05:55.110 she'd leave me if I didn't give up ham radio 00:05:55.110 --> 00:06:12.610 over Welcome back to ham talk live. Thanks to 00:06:12.610 --> 00:06:15.670 Scott and Jill over at tower electronics they 00:06:15.670 --> 00:06:18.470 sponsor the show each week and help bring ham 00:06:18.470 --> 00:06:21.870 talk live your way coming up on their ham fest 00:06:21.870 --> 00:06:26.569 calendar they have brooksville florida this weekend 00:06:26.569 --> 00:06:30.149 on february 20th and then dalton georgia next 00:06:30.149 --> 00:06:34.050 weekend february 27th but you can visit them 00:06:34.050 --> 00:06:42.720 anytime at pl -259 .com Well, welcome back. Tonight, 00:06:42.899 --> 00:06:46.459 Mark Brown in for BCT joins us on the Orlando 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:49.939 Amateur Radio Club and hamcation line. Mark is 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:52.540 chairman of the Huntsville Ham Fest. He works 00:06:52.540 --> 00:06:55.199 at one of the many high -tech government contracting 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:58.560 firms. in Huntsville, Alabama, and he's been 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.939 the president of the North Alabama DX club, the 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:03.740 Huntsville Amateur Radio Club, and is a member 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:06.560 of the Tennessee and Alabama contest groups. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:10.160 Mark Stardow is a novice class ham back in high 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:13.389 school and got into the service. or got back 00:07:13.389 --> 00:07:16.329 into the service at age 50 in full force and 00:07:16.329 --> 00:07:20.750 he's been working hard all year long in his role 00:07:20.750 --> 00:07:24.449 as chairman of the Huntsville Hamfest for a few 00:07:24.449 --> 00:07:27.410 years now. So Mark, welcome back to the show. 00:07:29.069 --> 00:07:32.009 Thank you, Neil. Good evening. Yeah, it's been 00:07:32.009 --> 00:07:34.310 been good to talk to you here and catch up a 00:07:34.310 --> 00:07:37.170 little bit and and we'll have to finish catching 00:07:37.170 --> 00:07:41.050 up later because we've got this show thing to 00:07:41.050 --> 00:07:45.009 do now right, but You know, we've had so many 00:07:45.009 --> 00:07:47.730 canceled events. It's just one after the other 00:07:47.730 --> 00:07:51.970 after the other and we're going on you know twice 00:07:51.970 --> 00:07:56.730 in a row now for Dayton and and We need some 00:07:56.730 --> 00:08:00.439 encouraging news and as soon as As soon as the 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:03.899 word just got out a little bit, I'd text you 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:06.319 and say, hey, Mark, you want to come on the show 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.100 and talk about what you found out? You're like, 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:13.180 you found out that quick? How do you? Good news 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:16.379 travels fast. Well, we need some good news. So 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:19.870 we want to talk about. What you and the board 00:08:19.870 --> 00:08:22.790 of the Huntsville Hamfest found out just this 00:08:22.790 --> 00:08:26.670 week in your meetings with the facility, which 00:08:26.670 --> 00:08:29.689 is the Von Braun Center there in Huntsville. 00:08:31.910 --> 00:08:34.730 Okay. Well, thanks, Neil. Um, yeah, I'll mention 00:08:34.730 --> 00:08:37.090 that, uh, you know, putting on a large event 00:08:37.090 --> 00:08:41.590 like this, um, just like Orlando and Dayton and 00:08:41.590 --> 00:08:44.610 other, other large, uh, amateur radio events, 00:08:45.350 --> 00:08:47.950 it's, it's gotta be good for the vendors. and 00:08:47.950 --> 00:08:51.529 the visitors. We need the volunteer base. There 00:08:51.529 --> 00:08:54.090 are so many factors and so many months of planning 00:08:54.090 --> 00:08:57.049 that go into having a successful event. And of 00:08:57.049 --> 00:09:01.789 course, the venue. We waited until the new year 00:09:01.789 --> 00:09:04.870 to approach the Vaughan Braun Center. The vaccine 00:09:04.870 --> 00:09:09.250 had rolled out late last year. And so we went 00:09:09.250 --> 00:09:11.649 to the Vaughan Braun Center a couple of weeks 00:09:11.649 --> 00:09:14.529 ago to sit down with them for a face -to -face 00:09:14.529 --> 00:09:18.190 discussion. on what could we do this year to 00:09:18.190 --> 00:09:25.450 host a safe and successful event. The von Braun 00:09:25.450 --> 00:09:27.490 Center shared with us that they've hosted a few 00:09:27.490 --> 00:09:30.309 large events in the South Hall. They've had some 00:09:30.309 --> 00:09:32.610 gun and knife shows, they had an RV show, and 00:09:32.610 --> 00:09:35.289 some others. And it has been their experience 00:09:35.289 --> 00:09:38.409 that people have learned to social distance. 00:09:39.070 --> 00:09:45.750 We don't need to put marks on the floor. Naturally, 00:09:45.889 --> 00:09:48.110 we'll have to follow the state of Alabama COVID 00:09:48.110 --> 00:09:51.789 rules and guidelines. Everyone not eating or 00:09:51.789 --> 00:09:56.210 drinking will need to wear a mask. But I'll add 00:09:56.210 --> 00:09:59.250 that further restrictions, reductions in those 00:09:59.250 --> 00:10:01.870 restrictions as the summer wears on and more 00:10:01.870 --> 00:10:04.629 people get the vaccine, we may see a better, 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:08.860 even more loose climate. in, uh, in August, but 00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:11.799 we're planning and, and what we heard in, uh, 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.259 in our meeting with them is that we can, we can 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:16.679 do this. We can host a safe and successful event. 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.539 Well, that's, that's great news. Now I know that's 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:25.059 going to come at, like you said, uh, the cost 00:10:25.059 --> 00:10:29.389 of. Masking and that kind of thing. So what what 00:10:29.389 --> 00:10:33.230 are your plans for some adjustments? Right now 00:10:33.230 --> 00:10:36.629 at least and then you know, maybe as time gets 00:10:36.629 --> 00:10:40.210 closer you can back off of some of those I guess 00:10:40.210 --> 00:10:42.970 Possibly yeah what we're planning on right now, 00:10:42.990 --> 00:10:45.429 of course the Vaughn Braun Center will have the 00:10:45.429 --> 00:10:48.129 the hand sanitizer stations throughout the building 00:10:48.129 --> 00:10:51.940 They'll have social distancing uh... signage 00:10:51.940 --> 00:10:54.360 they take care of all that stuff because it's 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.399 needed for every event that they have in the 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.840 room of course but uh... you know last year that 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.340 the rules uh... stipulated uh... one -way aisles 00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:07.200 dedicated entry and exit doors uh... frankly 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:10.000 that and other hurdles uh... made hosting a quality 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.200 event uh... just impossible uh... this year at 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.899 the aisles will be twelve feet and bi -directional 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:19.120 uh... in the past we did uh... 10 -foot aisles 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.340 in the commercial area and 8 -foot aisles in 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:25.019 the flea market. So to give you a sense of, we're 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:27.940 going to increase the spacing of those aisles 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:31.779 to allow more social distancing to get folks 00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:34.440 through. So we'll need to spread this out, Neil. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:38.600 This year, and this is a big enabler, the BBC 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.940 is giving us some additional space to allow us 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:45.799 to spread out that area that we normally use 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.830 for move -in. we're juggling a lot of things 00:11:48.830 --> 00:11:53.070 and we're going to use some or all of that space. 00:11:53.590 --> 00:11:56.070 So it's not just the booths that need to spread 00:11:56.070 --> 00:12:00.690 out, the forum rooms will have to have spacing 00:12:00.690 --> 00:12:03.210 for that and some of the more popular ones will 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:06.429 be a challenge but we're looking at possibilities 00:12:06.429 --> 00:12:08.889 of using different rooms. The Von Braun Center 00:12:08.889 --> 00:12:12.950 is a really big venue and so we have some options. 00:12:13.539 --> 00:12:16.679 the exam area, for example. Normally that's out 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.720 in the hallway, but to allow our entry crowd 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:24.100 to fit in that area, we may move the exam area 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:26.799 somewhere else. I'm using the word may because 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.220 we haven't finished these plans, we're working 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:32.080 on them, but we think we can do this and we're 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.740 working to that end. We may need to move the 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:37.980 stage, so we'll see about that. So, you know, 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:39.919 it's a big challenge for us and we're working 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:44.529 hard to get the planning accomplished. And we're 00:12:44.529 --> 00:12:48.090 encouraging visitors to buy their tickets online. 00:12:48.570 --> 00:12:52.169 We think that reducing the transaction time and 00:12:52.169 --> 00:12:55.529 just the ease of coming up, giving your name 00:12:55.529 --> 00:12:58.070 or call sign, and being handed some tickets, 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:02.129 that'll speed things up and help with the social 00:13:02.129 --> 00:13:05.350 distancing. So we're working on a good layout 00:13:05.350 --> 00:13:09.509 in that long hallway for the ticket sales and 00:13:09.509 --> 00:13:12.980 for folks to sign. fill out their raffle tickets. 00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:17.360 Well, I think you've got a good opportunity to 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.700 pull this off because, like you said, the Von 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:24.080 Braun Center is a big place and you're only using 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:30.360 a part of that space and you always do a good 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:34.299 job of making sure that those aisles are plenty 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:37.019 big and then you're going to expand that even 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:40.899 more. Over in the flea market area, so I you 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:44.720 know I really see that You know playing to your 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:49.059 advantage, and I think I think that's a you know 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:55.519 a good Way to to start off with this when we 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.840 haven't had a major show in a while. But yeah, 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:59.879 I was getting ready to ask you about the forums 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:03.179 because I know a lot of the forums are actually 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:06.759 held in the smaller conference rooms over in 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:11.299 the hotel. And, you know, there's not a whole 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:15.159 lot of room in some of those. So I'm glad to 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:19.110 know that you're already addressing that. I had 00:14:19.110 --> 00:14:21.710 a chat with Joe Eisenberg on 40 meters after 00:14:21.710 --> 00:14:26.090 the last hamcation forum this past Sunday. You 00:14:26.090 --> 00:14:28.529 know, it was cold across the country and we thought, 00:14:28.590 --> 00:14:30.570 what a great day to get on 40 meters and just 00:14:30.570 --> 00:14:34.269 ragged you. But, you know, Joe Eisenberg does 00:14:34.269 --> 00:14:39.309 a very popular forum. Bob Heil, Glenn Popeel, 00:14:39.490 --> 00:14:43.490 and a few guys like that, they will fill a room. 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:48.409 And so we've got to figure out a way to... to 00:14:48.409 --> 00:14:54.090 meet that need yeah and you know i'm sure you'll 00:14:54.090 --> 00:14:56.710 have uh well you've got some time to figure that 00:14:56.710 --> 00:15:00.429 out but uh i'm sure you'll have a good plan there 00:15:00.429 --> 00:15:02.950 and it sounds like the uh von braun center is 00:15:02.950 --> 00:15:05.950 willing to uh to help you through some of that 00:15:05.950 --> 00:15:12.080 so that's very encouraging news so um You talked 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.179 a little bit about purchasing tickets ahead of 00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:18.000 time and you know getting all that stuff done 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:21.960 in advance to Cut down the wait times. How can 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:27.440 people do that? When do those go on sale? Hotel 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:31.759 reservations What do people need to do if they 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:36.809 want to plan to attend this year? Well, I would 00:15:36.809 --> 00:15:39.350 say first and foremost get a hotel reservation 00:15:39.350 --> 00:15:42.370 Since we put it out since we put the news out 00:15:42.370 --> 00:15:45.570 on the website and then ported it over to Facebook 00:15:45.570 --> 00:15:48.769 We're hearing a lot of news that folks are making 00:15:48.769 --> 00:15:51.269 their their hotel reservations at the embassy 00:15:51.269 --> 00:15:55.169 and the Homewood suite since Spring Hill We don't 00:15:55.169 --> 00:15:57.730 have the reservation codes on the website yet 00:15:57.730 --> 00:16:01.210 for the for two of the hotels but I can say for 00:16:01.210 --> 00:16:06.100 sure that the embassy the Reservation code, you 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:08.639 must use that, otherwise they'll say there's 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:12.299 no rooms available. That code is CES HAM, Charlie 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:17.840 Echo Sierra Ham. All one word, all caps, to make 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.399 a reservation at the embassy. Ticket sales, please 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:25.159 sit tight. We're working on the ticket portal 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.720 to get that working right, and also we're working 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:31.220 hard too to get the layout defined. So that we 00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:33.980 can put it online so that the dealers can make 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.940 their, and the flea market folks can make their 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:38.840 reservations. Um, we're working as hard as we 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.539 can. Our goal probably about a month from, uh, 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:44.299 from, from now we'll have that stuff, uh, active. 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:46.820 We're six months out. So there's plenty of time. 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:53.580 Yep. Yep. Absolutely. Um, Oh, and what I was 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:57.470 just getting ready to say just. Got erased from 00:16:57.470 --> 00:17:03.090 my mind. So we'll come up with that here a little 00:17:03.090 --> 00:17:08.549 bit Okay, so so tickets and that kind of thing 00:17:08.549 --> 00:17:10.890 you really want to encourage that ahead of time 00:17:10.890 --> 00:17:13.930 but do that Oh, I know what it was. I can tell 00:17:13.930 --> 00:17:16.910 you that the embassy thing the embassy suites 00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:20.839 link works too without the code if you click 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:24.799 the link on the website because i actually reserved 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:28.339 my rooms the day before the news came out so 00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:31.720 uh... i can tell you that that uh... reservation 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:34.619 code does work on the uh... on the website if 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:37.480 you just click on it uh... that that okay that's 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:42.160 good to know thank you so you know make sure 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.119 you get those early and and you know embassy 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:49.440 does usually sell out so If you want to be able 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:54.319 to just walk across on the walkway, that's something 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:57.180 that you need to be thinking about soon and then 00:17:57.180 --> 00:18:00.160 we'll wait to hear about the tickets and whenever 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.700 that comes out, I'll be sure to announce it. 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.000 I'm sure others will be announcing it as well. 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:11.779 But please do that. That way, like you said, 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:17.180 they can cut down a lot of the entry time and 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.480 exchanging money and all that kind of thing. 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.220 So sounds like a good plan. All right. Well, 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.180 we're going to take a break. We'll come back 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:28.299 with Mark. We'll talk a little bit more about 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:33.359 the plans for Huntsville in August. And we'll 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.799 do that right after this word from ICOM America 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:40.890 right here on HamTalk Live. Love is on the air 00:18:40.890 --> 00:18:44.549 at ICOM with this sweetheart of a package. It's 00:18:44.549 --> 00:18:49.150 the IC -705. The perfect sidekick for hams that 00:18:49.150 --> 00:18:52.269 like to enjoy what both the great indoors and 00:18:52.269 --> 00:18:55.029 outdoors have to offer. 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All right, well, speaking 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:11.220 of entertainment, it's time once again, here's 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:15.700 Rick in 9GSU with the HamTalk Live Ham Radio 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:19.970 Choke. Now it's time for the HamTalk Live Ham 00:23:19.970 --> 00:23:22.490 Radio Joke of the Week, the part of the show 00:23:22.490 --> 00:23:25.809 where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The HamTalk 00:23:25.809 --> 00:23:28.329 Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought to 00:23:28.329 --> 00:23:33.289 you by QRM Labs. Now here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU 00:23:33.289 --> 00:23:41.910 with today's HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. I 00:23:41.910 --> 00:23:43.869 started putting an antenna on my dog when I take 00:23:43.869 --> 00:23:46.650 him for a walk and now I have a golden receiver. 00:23:48.269 --> 00:23:51.369 This has been the Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke 00:23:51.369 --> 00:23:55.089 of the Week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in 00:23:55.089 --> 00:24:00.750 again next week for another joke from Rick. Oh 00:24:00.750 --> 00:24:05.170 my goodness. Do you have a golden receiver, Mark? 00:24:07.250 --> 00:24:11.650 I have a big receiver. I guess it would be the 00:24:11.650 --> 00:24:15.049 St. Bernard of receivers. It's the TS 990. Oh, 00:24:15.089 --> 00:24:23.130 there you go. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Thank you, 00:24:23.190 --> 00:24:26.549 Rick, as always. And we'll hear from him again 00:24:26.549 --> 00:24:29.890 next week, but right now we'd like to hear from 00:24:29.890 --> 00:24:37.009 you. at 859 -982 -7373. It's time for your call. 00:24:37.089 --> 00:24:39.730 So if you have a question for Mark, give us a 00:24:39.730 --> 00:24:47.170 call right now at 859 -982 -7373, or you can 00:24:47.170 --> 00:24:50.069 tweet us. It's at HamTalk Live. And if you're 00:24:50.069 --> 00:24:54.309 listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast version, 00:24:54.970 --> 00:24:57.410 you won't be able to reach us because we're not 00:24:57.410 --> 00:25:01.819 live right now. We're as they used to say, Memorex. 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:07.660 We're recorded. So let's see here. Let's take 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:12.700 a look at Twitter and the chat. We've got our 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:20.200 usual gang here in the chat tonight. Jill, KDAQGA 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:25.519 is here. Chris, A4CB. Joe, K0NEB, who we were 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:28.839 talking about a little bit earlier. All here 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:34.680 and talking about Everything for Huntsville and 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:38.940 Joe says I've got my plane ticket. So I think 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:43.140 there's a lot of a lot of anticipation here and 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:48.279 I think we're all ready for a ham fest so Hope 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.200 here's hoping that all that encouraging news 00:25:51.200 --> 00:26:00.809 sticks with us Amen to that Let's see and let's 00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:07.250 see We have a question from dr. Scott right k0md. 00:26:07.250 --> 00:26:11.269 When are you going to upgrade to the IC 7851? 00:26:11.910 --> 00:26:15.170 That's all your favorable comments here amcation 00:26:15.170 --> 00:26:21.049 and I gotta open one of those at 10 k3 LRs and 00:26:21.049 --> 00:26:24.670 it's just what an amazing radio. Oh He says great 00:26:24.670 --> 00:26:27.569 rig and better than a golden receiver. So yeah 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:37.420 And we have Jeff in the comments here so welcome 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:42.420 Jeff and he says there is a chat so Let's see 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:45.539 Jeff wants to know will there be a QCWA booth 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:50.789 at Huntsville any idea on that yet? or is it 00:26:50.789 --> 00:26:52.410 a little early for that? Based on the surveys, 00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:54.970 I can only speak in general terms because our 00:26:54.970 --> 00:26:57.589 commercial guide took care, and our flea market 00:26:57.589 --> 00:26:59.569 guide took care of the actual survey details. 00:27:00.170 --> 00:27:04.430 All I can say is that the vast majority of the 00:27:04.430 --> 00:27:06.890 vendors that we've had before, including QCWA, 00:27:07.470 --> 00:27:09.970 will be back this year. I can't say with certainty, 00:27:10.750 --> 00:27:13.109 but like I said, I'm very confident that we will 00:27:13.109 --> 00:27:14.869 see the regular vendors that we've seen in the 00:27:14.869 --> 00:27:18.049 past. Okay. And I was, I was trying to remember 00:27:18.049 --> 00:27:22.130 if QCWA was usually on the list and I believe 00:27:22.130 --> 00:27:25.430 it is. So we'll, we'll have to, we'll have to 00:27:25.430 --> 00:27:28.390 see. We're six months out, but, uh, quite, quite 00:27:28.390 --> 00:27:32.390 possible. We'll put it that way. Uh, let's see. 00:27:33.049 --> 00:27:36.730 So, uh, what activities do you have planned? 00:27:36.869 --> 00:27:39.130 I know we're, we're still six months out. This 00:27:39.130 --> 00:27:42.210 is way too early to really be doing this show, 00:27:42.470 --> 00:27:46.630 but But we know that it's going to be different 00:27:46.630 --> 00:27:50.950 and we want to prepare people for that and make 00:27:50.950 --> 00:27:54.029 sure to get them thinking a little bit more ahead 00:27:54.029 --> 00:27:58.690 of time, more planning, and that kind of thing. 00:27:59.390 --> 00:28:02.089 And we're just excited, so that's why we're doing 00:28:02.089 --> 00:28:05.269 this tonight. But do you have some things that 00:28:05.269 --> 00:28:11.750 you can talk about? Yeah, absolutely. Of course, 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.099 that I'm friends with the Dayton guys and the 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.220 Orlando guys and we chat frequently throughout 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:20.819 the year and share ideas and best practices and 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:24.359 It's become sort of a tradition Jack Gerbs the 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:27.720 past Dayton chair. I'm looking forward to to 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:31.079 being out on the on the patio Saturday night 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:35.079 with Jack and Toasting with a glass of rye whiskey 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:39.759 and maybe a cigar to finally getting another 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:41.960 face -to -face meeting. We've done this in the 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.799 past and we're looking forward to doing it again. 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.980 But yeah, we're gonna have the same great stuff. 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:50.200 We got a great dealer show. I'm very proud of 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:53.660 the 52 different commercial dealers we have. 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:56.079 And I'm really excited this year about the flea 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.819 market. According to dealers and distributors, 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.940 radios are flying off the shelf right now. And 00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:05.299 I just can't imagine. that people are going to 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:08.240 keep all those radios. So the flea market might 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:11.519 be a gold mine this year. There may be a lot 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:15.579 of rigs out there. The forums, we get great forum 00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:18.220 presenters. I mentioned three of them, Joe, Joe 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:22.519 Eisenberg, KZeroNEB, Glenn Popeil does the Arduinus 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:26.920 stuff, and of course, Bob Heil and his Heil Sound 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:30.559 microphones, but lots of others. Space Weather, 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:34.000 Contesting Forums, The League, We'll be doing, 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.140 of course, their Southeastern Division Convention. 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:40.619 Dr. Monty Bateman does an unbelievable youth 00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:42.900 lounge. He's been doing it for 12 years now. 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:47.519 We expanded back in 2018 to give him some more 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.880 space. We'll probably need to do that again, 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:52.539 even more space this year. But we're working 00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:56.420 on another great youth lounge. I mentioned exams 00:29:56.420 --> 00:30:00.859 earlier. Talking with our exam coordinator. He 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:04.319 does testing every month and he's seeing a significant 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:07.920 uptick in the number of people taking tests this 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:13.440 year due to possibly the lockdown. For whatever 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:16.039 reason, there are more people taking the exams 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:19.940 and he mentions too that the success rate is 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:23.500 up from years past. People are evidently studying 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:27.240 harder and so we're looking to make sure that 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:31.299 he has the space he needs for for having the 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:35.079 exams. We kind of sprung it on the DX Banquet 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:38.819 just about a week ago when we knew we were on. 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:42.400 So the DX Banquet, they are working on coordinating 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:47.180 a speaker and the venue for the DX Banquet that's 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.519 been held, I don't know, for many, many years 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:53.000 now. And of course, the YL Breakfast, that's 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:55.539 become a tradition that the YLs get together 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:59.500 on Sunday morning. We're not sure where they're 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:02.059 going to be, but that's planning is in the works 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:04.740 too. And again, we'll have more updates as we 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:11.480 move forward. Okay. 859 -982 -7373 is the phone 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:16.819 number if you'd like to jump in. Jill, KD8QGA 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:20.660 has a question. If mass may still be required, 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:26.220 will the... Von Braun Center offer up some disposable 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:29.279 mass if anybody forgets theirs or the ham fest 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:33.640 You all have to provide those or will they be 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:38.200 provided? That's her question No, we're gonna 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:43.200 have to send those people home. I'm sorry That 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.579 question that question has not come up yet, but 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:48.339 I thank you for bringing it up and we will have 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.970 to have some contingency plans for people who 00:31:50.970 --> 00:31:53.289 do show up without a mask because other states, 00:31:53.289 --> 00:31:55.029 uh, you know, are different. If we understand 00:31:55.029 --> 00:31:58.130 that masks get lost, they get dropped. We will 00:31:58.130 --> 00:32:00.309 have to, we will have to make plans to have those 00:32:00.309 --> 00:32:04.670 available. Now I can tell you that, you know, 00:32:04.910 --> 00:32:07.809 pulling off a wedding in the middle of, of COVID, 00:32:07.809 --> 00:32:11.630 uh, was not an easy task. And so we did that. 00:32:11.750 --> 00:32:15.180 We got all this hand sanitizer and we got some 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:17.940 disposable mass and everything and we did use 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:20.400 a little bit of the sanitizer but i don't think 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:23.000 we ever did even open the masks i don't think 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:26.240 we had to but uh... but yeah it's always kind 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.640 of nice to have a few of those around just just 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:34.279 in case so yeah yeah well that's uh... uh... 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:36.460 i'm making a note to myself right now that we 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:38.960 are planning to get those because i i honestly 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.079 don't know how easy they are to get available 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:45.670 we need to start now yeah the the disposal ones 00:32:45.670 --> 00:32:50.630 are not too not too hard to find unless you you 00:32:50.630 --> 00:32:55.049 go for the really really medic you know really 00:32:55.049 --> 00:32:58.589 good ones the medical grade Mike Braun is in 00:32:58.589 --> 00:33:02.450 the house tonight says he is ready for Huntsville 00:33:02.450 --> 00:33:08.970 so that's You know, one more here that's ready 00:33:08.970 --> 00:33:11.730 to go. So I know there's, you know, there will 00:33:11.730 --> 00:33:15.549 be some, um, that aren't comfortable with, with 00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:19.329 going and, and, you know, and then that's okay. 00:33:20.009 --> 00:33:23.549 Um, and I, I've been taking things very, very 00:33:23.549 --> 00:33:26.630 cautiously, but I don't know. Something just 00:33:26.630 --> 00:33:29.210 tells me that by August, I think things are going 00:33:29.210 --> 00:33:34.410 to be, um, be very doable and, and hopefully 00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:39.039 that's the case. Yeah, I agree. Neil, none of 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.519 us have a crystal ball. None of us could have 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:48.559 predicted back in February of 2020 when we gathered 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:52.019 in Orlando, COVID -19 was a curiosity. We were 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:55.339 hearing about it in the news and oh my gosh, 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:59.299 one month later, the world went sideways. We've 00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:01.900 got to pin our hopes that things are going to 00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:04.539 be better. The vaccine is out. And yeah, you're 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:06.960 right. Uh, there will be folks that, uh, out 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.719 of, uh, out of fear or caution, uh, choose not 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:13.800 to attend and, um, you know, no, no offense. 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:17.420 Um, we're, you know, none and none taken. We, 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:20.059 we hope that, uh, if you are comfortable with, 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:24.340 uh, with coming, we would love to have you. There 00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:27.079 you go. And that's coming from the world's friendliest 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:33.079 ham fest. So So there you go. Jill's also wondering, 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:36.820 I don't know if you've got any information on 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:40.559 this, but we'll try, about the embassy, about 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:46.000 the dining area for breakfast. Are they spacing 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.659 anything out? Do you know anything about that? 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:54.159 My last visit to the embassy was when we when 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:56.320 we had to cancel last year I honestly have not 00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.400 been back in the building I hope that they have 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.579 that great buffet breakfast I really do because 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:05.239 I'm I stay there on site because I need to be 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:08.159 there so much I really hope they have that great 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:13.679 breakfast oh yeah it's fabulous it's fabulous 00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:18.079 but it just Sometimes it's a little close depending 00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:20.840 on what time you go now that you know I'm not 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.400 a morning person so when I go there's usually 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:30.880 not a whole lot of people there, but All right 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:34.099 eight five nine nine eight two seven three seven 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:38.260 three is the phone number so give us a call and 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:43.179 You can Also tweet us. It's at ham talk live. 00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:47.980 We're gonna finish up here for too long so just 00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:51.880 give us a call or give us a tweet if you have 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.599 any questions here and I'm sure we'll we'll get 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:59.539 into many more of these come about the end of 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:02.639 July 1st of August when we have Mark back on 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:07.860 the show and and tell us what's what's going 00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:11.800 on in much more detail fact we may even do that 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:16.480 a little earlier this year just because of the 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:19.699 Additional planning that you know you need to 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:24.039 do to protect yourself and protect others that's 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:30.320 going to be very important and So just be prepared 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:35.679 to you know to Protect yourself with the with 00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:39.500 the masking and that kind of thing All right. 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:43.360 Well, let's see. Do we have anything else here? 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:51.380 Okay, don't see anything here don't see anything 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:54.900 here and of course, you know, we've we've got 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:58.820 You know, it's great to make all these plans, 00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:01.559 but you know something should change I know you'll 00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:05.159 you'll let us all know if if that does happen, 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:09.480 but We're excited and I know you know when I 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.099 texted you the other day yours you said, you 00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:16.389 know I forget how you put it. You weren't jumping 00:37:16.389 --> 00:37:18.909 up and down with excitement, but I forget how 00:37:18.909 --> 00:37:23.050 you said it. It was obvious you were very excited 00:37:23.050 --> 00:37:27.369 at the news. We are, Neil. The whole committee, 00:37:27.750 --> 00:37:30.590 when we clarified ourselves, we need via Zoom 00:37:30.590 --> 00:37:34.730 just because we're geographically far apart and 00:37:34.730 --> 00:37:37.309 it's just convenient. We've gotten used to Zoom 00:37:37.309 --> 00:37:39.969 meetings and it's just working for us. Very soon 00:37:39.969 --> 00:37:44.829 we'll probably morph into some face -to -face 00:37:44.829 --> 00:37:47.650 meetings to cover a lot of these details. But 00:37:47.650 --> 00:37:51.829 yeah, we're all getting excited. It's contagious. 00:37:53.650 --> 00:37:58.449 We hear on other podcasts, the various vendors, 00:37:58.730 --> 00:38:01.809 the various flea market folks, and visitors. 00:38:02.170 --> 00:38:05.849 We read it in chat rooms, we read it in forum 00:38:05.849 --> 00:38:10.670 posts. People really want to get out. And we're 00:38:10.670 --> 00:38:14.670 going to try to make it work for everybody. Well, 00:38:14.929 --> 00:38:18.469 that's some encouraging news. And that's what 00:38:18.469 --> 00:38:22.190 we're here to bring you tonight. We can't tell 00:38:22.190 --> 00:38:25.269 you anything for sure, but we do know that the 00:38:25.269 --> 00:38:29.590 plans are moving. So thank you so much for coming 00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:32.570 on and giving us some encouraging news and some 00:38:32.570 --> 00:38:38.079 hope for A big ham fest in August and you all 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:42.079 always put on an excellent show down there and 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:46.079 I think there's a lot of people that are going 00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:50.420 to want to go to this one if they haven't gone 00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:53.659 before just because it's been so long since we've 00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:57.940 had a good one. A good big massive ham fest. 00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:01.860 Not to say the smaller ones aren't good but you 00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:05.960 know it's just It's just different You know, 00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:08.860 I couldn't say it even if I knew but I'm hopeful 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:12.539 I remain hopeful that That maybe we'll get it. 00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:14.920 Maybe we'll hear or get a new product announcement 00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:18.159 coming out of Huntsville They haven't had the 00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:22.639 venue and you know, yesu icon Kenwood Ellicraft 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:26.239 Flex radio surely there is something being worked 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:29.119 on in the garage that they want to roll out and 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.960 Gosh, it would be cool if they would do it in 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:36.309 Huntsville It would it would so you never know 00:39:36.309 --> 00:39:39.710 And I know there's always changes out there. 00:39:39.710 --> 00:39:42.789 There's always always something coming up. So 00:39:42.789 --> 00:39:46.750 That very well could be Well mark, thanks so 00:39:46.750 --> 00:39:49.849 much for For being here anything else that we 00:39:49.849 --> 00:39:53.429 need to hit here before we go No, I think we've 00:39:53.429 --> 00:39:56.190 covered most of the stuff. I'm short on detailed 00:39:56.190 --> 00:39:58.210 information, but that's what we're working on 00:39:58.210 --> 00:40:00.849 filling in the blanks and appreciate the opportunity 00:40:00.849 --> 00:40:04.050 to come on tonight and then later sometime as 00:40:04.050 --> 00:40:07.429 we get toward June, July, come on with more concrete 00:40:07.429 --> 00:40:09.849 details. But again, Neil, thank you for the opportunity 00:40:09.849 --> 00:40:14.070 to chat with you and your audience tonight. All 00:40:14.070 --> 00:40:17.190 right. Well, that's Mark Brown in for BCD. the 00:40:17.190 --> 00:40:20.070 chairman of the Huntsville Hamfest and thanks 00:40:20.070 --> 00:40:23.809 so much again for coming on the show and sharing 00:40:23.809 --> 00:40:27.630 your news with us and we look forward to hopefully 00:40:27.630 --> 00:40:33.420 seeing you in August. So that is a wrap. Seven 00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:36.760 three that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.300 of ham talk live Thanks to mark brown in for 00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:42.320 BCD and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:44.760 listening and typing in tonight And I invite 00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:49.179 you back next Thursday night 9 p .m Eastern time 00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:53.920 for another episode of ham talk live and if you 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:57.579 like the show you can find our list of upcoming 00:40:57.579 --> 00:41:02.010 guests at ham talk live comm and If you would 00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:04.789 please leave us a review wherever you listen. 00:41:04.849 --> 00:41:07.710 Uh, we're doing a special contest this month 00:41:07.710 --> 00:41:13.510 on, uh, iTunes reviews. 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