WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:12.900 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:30.880 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:36.399 Neograft, here we go! Welcome to Hamtop Live! 00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:40.359 Call in, let's talk, Neil's your guy, Hamtop 00:00:40.359 --> 00:01:01.219 Live! Good evening everyone, it's time for HamTalk 00:01:01.219 --> 00:01:07.859 Live, episode number 241, Hamcation Special Edition, 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.799 recorded live on Thursday, January 7th, 2021. 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.840 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.159 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.599 we're joined by Orlando Hamcation Chairman Michael 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:27.060 Cawley, W4MCA. And we'll take your calls live 00:01:27.060 --> 00:01:29.099 a little later in the show. It's been a couple 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:32.439 of weeks since I've hosted a live show. Hope 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:37.099 you had time to enjoy the holidays. Our last 00:01:37.099 --> 00:01:42.480 episode featured John Portun, W6NBC, who, by 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:49.640 the way, is going to be on an upcoming AWRL podcast 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:54.730 or learning. learning venue, whatever they're 00:01:54.730 --> 00:01:58.069 calling it. But anyway, he's going to be on talking 00:01:58.069 --> 00:02:01.310 about actually this same helical antenna that 00:02:01.310 --> 00:02:05.650 he was on with us a few weeks ago. 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Welcome back to HamTalk Live. Tonight 00:06:12.019 --> 00:06:17.480 Michael Colley, W4MCA, joins us on the Orlando 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:21.300 Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation Zoom line. Michael 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:25.699 is the chairman of Orlando Hamcation for the 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:28.459 fourth year and he served seven years as the 00:06:28.459 --> 00:06:31.199 tailgate chairman, six years as the IT chairman, 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:35.069 and a year as the finance. Chairman and hamcation 00:06:35.069 --> 00:06:38.930 is sponsored by the Orlando amateur radio club 00:06:38.930 --> 00:06:43.949 and Michael Welcome back as always and and that's 00:06:43.949 --> 00:06:47.629 that's the new thing the the Orlando amateur 00:06:47.629 --> 00:06:51.410 radio club and hamcation zoom line So thanks 00:06:51.410 --> 00:06:54.550 for the thanks for that and thank you John For 00:06:54.550 --> 00:06:58.189 making that possible You're welcome. They'll 00:06:58.189 --> 00:07:01.569 just trying to help out best we can with the 00:07:01.569 --> 00:07:03.870 great program that you have here and trying to 00:07:03.870 --> 00:07:07.829 keep it running into the 21st century. Yeah. 00:07:08.550 --> 00:07:14.370 Off of Skype and on to Zoom. We're getting into 00:07:14.370 --> 00:07:18.449 the 21st century here. So yeah, appreciate you 00:07:18.449 --> 00:07:23.670 letting us use the Zoom account here for. The 00:07:23.670 --> 00:07:28.329 show and we'll be transitioning things over to 00:07:28.329 --> 00:07:33.290 zoom a lot more here in the next few weeks well 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:39.930 speaking of transitioning things online That's 00:07:39.930 --> 00:07:42.829 that's what's happening with hamcation special 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:46.689 edition or as I like to call it hamcation se 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:50.699 last time you were on the show you brought us 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:52.939 the sad news that hamcation wasn't going to be 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:56.920 in person this year but you told us about hamcation 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:02.040 se and now that you're about a month out let's 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:07.160 preview what's gonna be taking place online at 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:13.660 hamcation special edition Yeah, no everything's 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:16.480 coming together very well for a hamcation special 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.480 edition this year Like you said everything will 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:23.480 be online Well, let me rephrase that not everything's 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.480 gonna be online 90 % of it's gonna be online 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.339 But our biggest thing that we are doing this 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:32.740 year. We have set up some very good webinars 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:36.539 They're actually gonna be four tracks of webinars 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:39.779 one of them is gonna be contesting technology 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.480 Uh, one for all the vendors and one for youth. 00:08:44.340 --> 00:08:49.279 Um, so, um, you pretty much, you have to register, 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:53.600 um, to sign up for it. So if you go to hamcation 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:57.460 .com and then just go to the tab that says webinars, 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.899 there's a full schedule of webinars. Webinars 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:06.340 will run from 10 AM until 4 PM, uh, both days, 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:11.000 Saturday and Sunday, which is February. 13th 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.159 and 14th. There's some very good ones on there. 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:20.580 For each category, I believe also, Neil, you're 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:23.960 doing one for the youth category on Yoda 2021. 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:32.659 I am. So please check it out. I know for contesters, 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:34.919 I know Tim Duffy is actually doing one on his 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:38.960 K3LR station and a huge antenna farm he has there. 00:09:40.370 --> 00:09:44.250 Um, uh, I don't know if you've ever driven by, 00:09:44.389 --> 00:09:46.129 I don't know if you've ever driven by there, 00:09:46.129 --> 00:09:50.429 but it's just, it's a sight to see. I have not. 00:09:50.509 --> 00:09:53.610 I I've seen photos, uh, of it and then on the 00:09:53.610 --> 00:09:55.789 inside, but I have never been by there, but I 00:09:55.789 --> 00:09:59.970 can only imagine, uh, what it looks like. So, 00:10:00.009 --> 00:10:05.070 but, uh, you do have to register, uh, to, uh, 00:10:05.269 --> 00:10:11.570 attend a webinar. Um, To register, you just go 00:10:11.570 --> 00:10:15.750 to hamcation .com, go under webinars, pick the 00:10:15.750 --> 00:10:18.450 one that you wanna watch, you register for it. 00:10:18.610 --> 00:10:21.450 You will have to register for each one of them. 00:10:21.490 --> 00:10:23.029 So if you wanna watch four of them, you would 00:10:23.029 --> 00:10:26.610 have to register four times. What happens once 00:10:26.610 --> 00:10:28.970 you register, you'll get an email stating all 00:10:28.970 --> 00:10:31.269 the information and how to join the webinar. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:34.600 on the day of the webinar. You will also get 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.019 email reminders to remind you about the webinars 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:40.480 you signed up for, just in case you forget, and 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:44.039 you'll get an email reminder a week before, and 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.879 I believe the day before also, just to remind 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.980 you what webinars you signed up for. So if you 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:52.000 sign up today, and then all of a sudden come 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.100 February 13th, you're like, okay, which ones 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:58.299 did I sign up for? It will send you a reminder, 00:10:58.860 --> 00:11:03.149 so you don't forget. Uh, one thing that we are 00:11:03.149 --> 00:11:06.269 able to offer this year, we are giving away prizes, 00:11:06.289 --> 00:11:11.370 um, by donations from our vendors that we have. 00:11:12.149 --> 00:11:15.649 Um, there's two ways you can get a prize ticket. 00:11:16.049 --> 00:11:19.769 One is when you sign up and attend a webinar, 00:11:20.250 --> 00:11:23.429 you'll get one free entry into the prize drawing 00:11:23.429 --> 00:11:29.399 or You can actually, for a donation of $5, you 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:36.100 can purchase additional tickets for the prize 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:40.679 drawing. And each ticket is a donation to OARC. 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.460 We are collecting the money, which will be given 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:46.960 back to local clubs. A lot of people doesn't 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.840 realize that a lot of the big ham fest do give 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:53.000 back to their local clubs. Last year we gave 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:57.559 over $15 ,000 back after hamcation to the local 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.720 area clubs, which helps fund them throughout 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.740 the year for repeater repairs, programs they 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:07.519 do, helps fund their field day, different activities. 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.639 And since we did cancel for, I don't like saying 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.769 cancel, postponed for 2020. One, we realized 00:12:15.769 --> 00:12:18.210 this was going to put a hurting on a lot of our 00:12:18.210 --> 00:12:22.330 local clubs. So this is one reason why we decided 00:12:22.330 --> 00:12:26.009 to sell the or make a donation for the tickets. 00:12:26.470 --> 00:12:29.169 And the proceeds will actually go to donations 00:12:29.169 --> 00:12:36.169 to the clubs locally. Yeah, I am proud to be 00:12:36.169 --> 00:12:39.750 representing the youth on the air camp and talking 00:12:39.750 --> 00:12:43.409 about. um you know what's going on because uh 00:12:43.409 --> 00:12:45.850 we're getting ready to kind of ramp that up again 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:48.950 now that uh we're hoping we can pull that off 00:12:48.950 --> 00:12:53.450 uh this summer um with uh the covid situation 00:12:53.450 --> 00:12:56.909 we've got everything ready from last year but 00:12:56.909 --> 00:13:02.940 uh we had to postpone as well. And so that's 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:05.720 kind of getting ready to gear up. So we'll be 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.379 giving some the latest information on that. And 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:17.059 I believe Jocelyn KD8VRX and Sterling N0SSC and 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:20.299 maybe Sam KC2LRC will be along with me on that. 00:13:20.669 --> 00:13:23.190 uh... but uh... some of the some of the other 00:13:23.190 --> 00:13:26.070 committee members will be there as well to uh... 00:13:26.070 --> 00:13:28.990 to discuss that and and you know one of the things 00:13:28.990 --> 00:13:32.129 that that you've supported is the yoda camp and 00:13:32.129 --> 00:13:36.429 and uh... uh... appreciate that your uh... support 00:13:36.429 --> 00:13:40.629 in in making that uh... funding happen so that 00:13:40.629 --> 00:13:45.590 we can be ready to go hopefully this summer yes 00:13:45.590 --> 00:13:49.299 uh... The biggest thing is for people don't realize, 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.360 I mean, a lot of us are getting old. The youth 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:55.259 is the future of amateur radio. We have to get 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:59.779 them more involved. And hopefully by events like 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:03.139 the Yoda 2021 and other Yodas around the country 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:07.279 or around the world, actually, this will help 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.000 get youth more involved in amateur radio and 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.500 understanding what amateur radio is. Hopefully 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:15.639 there'll be the futures of the engineers and 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:19.779 stuff making radios in 20 years Yeah, I know 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:27.379 one of them is is making Satellites for for SpaceX 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:32.679 and Pretty proud of proud of that one. He's he's 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:36.240 out there doing all kinds of stuff and then there's 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:40.759 a long list of those kind of students that have 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:47.919 gone on to use their ham radio skills in some 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:53.500 very fabulous jobs out there and it's great. 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.679 So we appreciate all the support of the youth 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.720 and having the youth track and having a spot 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.840 for us to talk a little bit about Yoda Camp, 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.210 which is just one thing that takes place. And 00:15:07.210 --> 00:15:11.570 Joe, KZeroNEB here in the chat mentions he's 00:15:11.570 --> 00:15:15.830 doing two. So he had to one up me here. So he's 00:15:15.830 --> 00:15:21.029 going to be doing two. So talk about Joe. Yeah, 00:15:21.490 --> 00:15:24.450 Joe will be doing two. I do know one of them 00:15:24.450 --> 00:15:27.429 is a kit building webinar. And the other one 00:15:27.429 --> 00:15:32.269 is actually 3D printing with amateur radio, which 00:15:32.269 --> 00:15:36.419 sounds very interesting. what that presentation's 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:40.600 gonna be. He has done some really cool 3D printing 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.399 stuff. He sent me one for my birthday. I really 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.940 appreciated that. And so yeah, that sounds like 00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:51.679 a really interesting topic. So we'll be looking 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:54.539 forward to that. And ChrisAA4CB says, and don't 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:59.389 forget, there's free parking. Lots of it, actually. 00:16:00.769 --> 00:16:03.789 You won't have any parking worries at a hamcation 00:16:03.789 --> 00:16:09.230 special edition. True, true. All right. Well, 00:16:09.230 --> 00:16:11.789 I know ICOM has stepped up to be a principal 00:16:11.789 --> 00:16:15.230 sponsor of your online event this year, and you've 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:18.570 got all these prizes planned. So tell us a little 00:16:18.570 --> 00:16:24.210 bit about these prizes. And I know Joe, he has 00:16:24.210 --> 00:16:27.500 to... you know he always goes into those buying 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.820 the prize tickets you know he's got to have a 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:32.000 bunch of those so i know he will be doing that 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.480 so so tell us what what joe and and everybody 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:42.799 else can win yeah with the help of the um ICOM 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.299 Platinum sponsor, they've donated several prizes 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:49.820 to Hamcation, along with a lot of our vendors. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.059 Some of them will be doing webinars during the 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:56.080 event. A lot of them are just vendors that weren't 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:58.779 able to do a webinar, but are vendors of Hamcation. 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.240 But I can let you know right now, Saturday's 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:05.859 grand prize is gonna be a Yezu 991A. It was actually 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:09.230 donated by Ham Radio Outlet. And then Sunday's 00:17:09.230 --> 00:17:12.349 grand prize is gonna be actually the new ICOM 00:17:12.349 --> 00:17:17.950 IC705. And it was donated by ICOM America. We 00:17:17.950 --> 00:17:20.609 do have other radios that was donated. ICOM also 00:17:20.609 --> 00:17:24.650 donated the 9700, which is gonna be one of the 00:17:24.650 --> 00:17:27.930 prizes. There's lots of prizes actually on the 00:17:27.930 --> 00:17:32.380 website. You can go to hamcation .com. and look 00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:35.019 for the hamcation prizes. Everything is Kurt, 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:38.619 not everything. I got a few to add that we haven't 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:41.740 added yet. But there's a long list of prizes 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:45.740 on there donated from Ham Radio Outlet, Gold 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:49.799 Medal Ideas, some stuff that we had, Orlando 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:55.059 Amateur Radio Club, ARL has donated stuff. A 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:58.579 lot of the vendors are starting to donate. Usually 00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:00.880 a couple times a week, people are donating and 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.599 we are putting them up there as people are donating 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.059 the prizes. So by the time the event gets here, 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:11.220 we should have a really good list of prizes. 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:13.759 And I do know there's still a couple more companies 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.240 thinking about actually becoming sponsors, which 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:23.480 should really help out with the prizes also for 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:29.039 it. Let's talk a little bit about how people 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:32.980 can access all this. You mentioned already, you 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:36.119 know, go to hamcation .com and click on the tab 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:41.519 there and register for each of the sessions that 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:45.079 you want to attend. Is this going to be on Zoom? 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:49.160 Is this going to be YouTube? What's the platform 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:52.799 for all of this and how will people... uh... 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.400 go there i know you said you're you're gonna 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.420 send out the directions but uh... what can people 00:18:57.420 --> 00:19:01.039 expect from uh... that and and do we get virtual 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:07.559 sunshine as well uh... yes virtual sunshine uh... 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.819 no rain and uh... uh... let's make it seventy 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:16.019 degrees uh... hey there we go uh... but uh... 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:19.539 it will actually be done with zooms webinar platform 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:23.160 so it will be done most of it over Zoom, but 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.900 each webinar will actually be broadcast live 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:32.160 also via YouTube. We will be putting up the YouTube 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:35.819 channels for people to watch them. They will 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:38.279 be saved there. So after the event, you can go 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.160 back and watch it. Or if you want to watch two 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.819 of them at one time, you can watch one of them 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:45.400 live. Then later on, go back and watch the second 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:49.930 one that you want to watch. Also, what we're 00:19:49.930 --> 00:19:52.470 going to do, we're actually going to have live 00:19:52.470 --> 00:19:55.890 hamcation prize drawings. We're actually setting 00:19:55.890 --> 00:19:59.049 up the prize booth that everybody knows about 00:19:59.049 --> 00:20:00.730 that's usually in the North Hall in the back 00:20:00.730 --> 00:20:03.009 of the building. We're actually going to be at 00:20:03.009 --> 00:20:06.269 the fairgrounds. We're going to set it up and 00:20:06.269 --> 00:20:11.390 actually do real live prize drawings every hour 00:20:11.390 --> 00:20:15.269 during the webinars. So when one webinar ends, 00:20:15.349 --> 00:20:17.069 we're going to do a prize drawing before the 00:20:17.069 --> 00:20:22.670 next one begins. That will actually be live via 00:20:22.670 --> 00:20:26.730 our hamcation Facebook page. So you can actually 00:20:26.730 --> 00:20:29.269 go on there. We're gonna draw a ticket, ticket 00:20:29.269 --> 00:20:31.589 stubs are identical to the ones that people drop 00:20:31.589 --> 00:20:36.859 in there. And. What happens is once you register, 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:39.079 we fill your information out on a ticket stub 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:41.660 and we actually toss it into the prize barrel. 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:45.900 And same way, if you purchase tickets, extra 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:48.720 chance tickets by a donation, we fill all of 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:51.160 them out. and put them in the prize barrel too. 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.779 So the good part, you don't have to stand out 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:55.140 and fill out all your tickets or have a stamp 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:57.339 ready to fill them all out. We do it for you 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:00.779 this year. And then we email everybody that does 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:04.759 donate their ticket numbers. So if you purchase 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:07.559 10 tickets, we email you all 10 ticket numbers, 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:11.700 whatever weight you purchase. For that part. 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.759 Also, let me just say we are gonna actually have 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:20.680 a QSO party also during hamcation. We are working 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:27.000 with Florida Contest Group. They are actually 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.579 going to be one of the sponsors of the QSO party. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.740 They're getting the rules together. So hopefully 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:34.359 by next week, we'll have this all finalized and 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:38.400 up on our website. And ICOM is also a sponsor 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:42.259 of the QSO party. And I do know that everybody 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:46.819 that participates will get a certificate and 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:50.819 the top winners will actually get a plaque. Very 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:53.579 good. Very good. And all of this is going to 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:57.900 cost the participants. How much? Nothing. It 00:21:57.900 --> 00:22:00.920 is free. The only thing that you would have to 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:03.980 purchase if you do want extra chances into the 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:10.400 prize drawing is the $5 for the tickets. That 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.599 is it to register for webinars. They are free. 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:17.700 And then Each person that registers for at least 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:21.400 one webinar will get one entry into the prize 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:23.500 drawing. Just to make it clear though, if you 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:26.460 register for 10 webinars, you don't get 10 drawings. 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.339 You only get one. People's kinda getting that 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:32.140 confused. So all you have to do is register for 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:35.859 one and you will get one drawing into the prize 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:40.349 drawing for that. The other thing we have did 00:22:40.349 --> 00:22:43.190 also it should be up on the website within the 00:22:43.190 --> 00:22:48.190 next couple days is we have hamcation special 00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:55.490 edition 2021 lanyards for a eight dollar donation 00:22:55.490 --> 00:23:01.259 which also includes shipping and that you can 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:04.319 purchase your very own hamcation special edition 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:07.519 lanyard we have a limited number of lanyards 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:13.819 made so they will be once they sell out that's 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:16.500 it on those so please if you want those keep 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:23.559 eye on www .hamcation .com and once we get it 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.380 posted within the next couple days, it will be 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:29.619 on the front page so people can click it and 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:36.759 Order them All right, very good. So Check that 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.460 out hamcation .com and make sure you sign up 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:41.900 that just you know, so that everything works 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:45.640 properly in getting everybody signed up and in 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:50.480 the right place for those webinars and the capacity 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:54.079 and all that kind of thing. Go to hamcation .com, 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:59.160 sign up for those and some cool prizes and all 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:05.619 kinds of stuff going on. Karen Eve Murray, Katie2GUT, 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:09.299 says she's going to work on her virtual tan. 00:24:10.009 --> 00:24:15.609 with the virtual sunshine there. So cool stuff. 00:24:16.509 --> 00:24:20.609 So check that out and sign up for those webinars. 00:24:20.730 --> 00:24:25.390 Sounds like a great time and it's free. And you 00:24:25.390 --> 00:24:29.730 can donate. And I saw the lanyard on Twitter, 00:24:29.730 --> 00:24:32.569 I think it was. Is it Twitter or Instagram? I 00:24:32.569 --> 00:24:35.410 think it's Twitter. There was a good picture 00:24:35.410 --> 00:24:38.589 of the lanyard there, so you can check that out 00:24:38.589 --> 00:24:42.519 as well. All right. Well, it's time to take a 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:45.240 break and when we come back, we'll talk a little 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:49.500 more about hamcation and the future of everything 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.539 and and John mentioned to you I should throw 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:54.920 this in that that the Q so party is is this year 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:58.960 only and and as a coincidence and shout out to 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:05.119 the Dayton folks I got my My QSL card today actually 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:11.160 from the from the Dayton one from the QSO party 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:16.180 that took place during the canceled Hamvention. 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:23.380 So shout out to them and I'm sure yours will 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:27.779 be equally as enjoyable and look forward to it. 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:31.539 So we'll talk about that stuff and more when 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:34.400 we come back after this word from Tower Electronics 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:39.099 right here on HamTalk Live. 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Join the conversation. 00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:20.140 Give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:26.359 number to call is 859 -982 -7373. Or if you'd 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:29.599 rather type than talk, tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:33.599 Now, here's Neil Rapp with more HamTalk Live. 00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:02.000 Welcome back to HamTalk Live! Tower Electronics 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.920 will be at the tailgate, Jack Moyer's tailgate 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:08.539 in Orlando, January 16th. Looks like Arcadia, 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:13.440 Florida has been cancelled, but also on the books 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:17.059 for Tower Electronics. Dalton, Georgia, February 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:23.359 27th, but you can visit them anytime at PL -259 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:27.099 .com. HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:30.440 night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time, right here at HamTalkLive 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:34.440 .com. And be sure to check us out on Facebook, 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:38.059 Twitter, and Instagram. And now it's time once 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:41.539 again for the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:45.269 the Week with Indyne GSU. Now it's time for the 00:28:45.269 --> 00:28:48.509 HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the 00:28:48.509 --> 00:28:51.289 part of the show where Rick tells us a ham radio 00:28:51.289 --> 00:28:54.190 joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:28:54.190 --> 00:28:57.910 Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's 00:28:57.910 --> 00:29:02.190 Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live 00:29:02.190 --> 00:29:09.809 Joke of the Week. I asked my psychologist the 00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:12.529 other day, is ham radio an addiction? He said 00:29:12.529 --> 00:29:15.549 it depends on the frequency you get on the air. 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:42.759 for michael give us a call at eight five nine 00:29:43.150 --> 00:29:49.950 9 8 2 73 73 or you can tweet at ham talk live 00:29:49.950 --> 00:29:53.609 and if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the 00:29:53.609 --> 00:29:56.029 podcast edition you won't be able to call in 00:29:56.029 --> 00:30:00.069 because we're doing this live on Thursday night 00:30:00.069 --> 00:30:03.109 and and John clarified by the way in the comments 00:30:03.109 --> 00:30:07.230 that that it's only this year that they're filling 00:30:07.230 --> 00:30:10.710 out the tickets for you and they they actually 00:30:10.710 --> 00:30:14.289 have a label maker to do that And as a former 00:30:14.289 --> 00:30:19.769 Hamfest chair, I will say this. Here's a Hamfest 00:30:19.769 --> 00:30:25.789 life hack. Is take some address labels with you. 00:30:26.529 --> 00:30:28.789 And a few people would do that. They'd just take 00:30:28.789 --> 00:30:31.089 an address label, you know, return address label 00:30:31.089 --> 00:30:34.289 and stick it on there. And so, as long as you're 00:30:34.289 --> 00:30:38.509 not trying to decode it all, it works just fine. 00:30:38.950 --> 00:30:42.250 So there's a little life hack from HamTalk Live. 00:30:43.730 --> 00:30:46.809 But John says they'll be printing those labels 00:30:46.809 --> 00:30:49.329 out and then sticking them on there, and that'll 00:30:49.329 --> 00:30:52.849 take care of it. So this year, you don't have 00:30:52.849 --> 00:30:57.309 to fill out the tickets. So let's see. You also 00:30:57.309 --> 00:31:01.230 mentioned during the break, you mentioned testing. 00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:05.589 So let's talk a little bit about the testing, 00:31:05.849 --> 00:31:07.670 the license testing that's going to be taking 00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:11.289 place. Yeah, two more things to cover real quick. 00:31:11.390 --> 00:31:14.329 One of them is going to be the testing. We are 00:31:14.329 --> 00:31:18.869 going to be doing live testing at the fairgrounds 00:31:18.869 --> 00:31:28.279 on February 14th, Sunday. from 10 a .m. until 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:34.299 4 p .m. We have had a lot of requests throughout 00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:38.000 central Florida for test sessions. Almost all 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:42.279 the local clubs has not did any test sessions 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:47.000 since March of last year here locally. So there's 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.839 lots of people that, one, want to get their amateur 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:54.180 radio. license and two that wants to upgrade. 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:58.980 So we have decided to do testing at hamcation 00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:02.279 at the fairgrounds in the North Hall. The North 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:05.220 Hall is the building that usually had the prize 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:09.519 bear on the back of it. So we can actually host 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:12.799 up to 32 people. Everybody will be almost within 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:15.940 eight foot apart social distance in there. You 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:20.380 will have to abide by the local restrictions 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:22.859 of wearing a mask, stuff like that. We have plenty 00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:26.019 of sanitizer to sanitize everything in between 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:28.920 the testes. But if you do want to do this, I 00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.299 know it's more for people within central Florida 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:34.559 that's within driving distance, you do have to 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.920 preregister. To preregister, if you go to the 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:41.720 hamcation .com website, you can actually go on 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:46.319 there and preregister. And the fee is free. We 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:49.740 are not charging you to take your test. And what 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:52.420 we have come to learn, I know everybody's talking 00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:56.880 about the $35 fee that FCC just put out there. 00:32:57.259 --> 00:33:00.579 It should not be in effect before hamcation special 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:03.559 edition. So this might be one of your last times 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:07.160 you can actually take a test or upgrade for free 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:14.640 anywhere. So if you like to upgrade, please go 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:17.940 on the website and register to do it. We'll have 00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:22.160 plenty of space. And that's one reason why we're 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.440 running it 10 to four. You don't have to get 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:26.259 there right at 10 o 'clock. You can come in at 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:28.579 noon, one o 'clock, two o 'clock, take your test 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:34.680 and leave. So that's one of the things I had. 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:39.779 And the second one I have to actually cover is 00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:45.900 Everybody knows that we do do awards every year. 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:51.220 The one award that we do do is the Hamcation 00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:55.160 Carol Perry Educator of the Year award. Just 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.039 to let everybody know a little background on 00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:59.759 it, this award is bestowed upon an individual 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:03.160 who has made an outstanding contribution educating 00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:06.119 and advancing youth in amateur radio. It was 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.840 first awarded in 2018 to its namesake, Carol 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:15.039 Perry WB2MGP, in honor of her work as an educator 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:19.260 teaching students about ham radio. We have picked 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:22.599 a winner. The winner knows who it is. everybody 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:26.739 listening will know who this person is. Hamcation 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:32.559 has decided to announce Neil Rapp WB9 VPG as 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:36.260 the 2021 recipient of the Carol Perry Educator 00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:40.380 of the Year Award. Congratulations, Neil. Oh, 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:45.460 thank you so much, Michael. That's quite an honor 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:52.440 and And it's even more special when, you know, 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.260 it's the Carol Perry Educator of the Year Award 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:58.860 because Carol and I go way, way, way, way, way 00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:04.699 back. She loves to tell the story of my QSL card 00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:10.159 being hung up in her classroom as an inspiration. 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:15.670 And then as I ended up going into teaching, She 00:35:15.670 --> 00:35:23.130 was the inspiration and the leader and imparted 00:35:23.130 --> 00:35:29.510 a lot of knowledge to me to do what I've done 00:35:29.510 --> 00:35:34.250 for the last 20 some years in high schools and 00:35:34.250 --> 00:35:40.619 so it's very special that it's It's her award 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:46.639 To receive that since we go so far back. So Thank 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:52.039 you so much for that I look forward to to getting 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:57.179 that in person next year and I appreciate getting 00:35:57.179 --> 00:36:01.019 it virtually this year. So so thank you so much 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:05.440 All right. Well, the phones are starting to ring 00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:09.059 here. So we'll get to the phones and then we'll 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:14.059 talk a little more about hamcation, but we have 00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:16.300 a caller on the line. So good evening. Welcome 00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:21.480 to ham talk live. Well, thank you. This is Carol 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:26.699 Perry. Hi, Carol. Oh, it's so good to hear you. 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:37.960 This is so strange. Well, thank you so much. 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.039 Oh, you need probably I'll turn your speakers 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:44.260 down there. Let's go to Slow you down here a 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:47.980 little bit. But but yeah Thank you for the big 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:53.159 virtual hug And it's great to talk to you last 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:58.920 week When we found out about all of this so Thank 00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:01.340 you for being here and oh, I don't know if we 00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:03.860 dropped the call. Hello. Welcome to ham talk 00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:08.980 live Hi, Neil. This is Jill. Oh, hi, Jill. Hey, 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:13.980 congratulations Oh, thank you so much. I Think 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:17.300 I think we lost Carol the phone just rang through 00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:20.599 so Carol We'll get you get back in the line here 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.780 and we'll get you back on here. But but thank 00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:27.380 you, Jill welcome. It was honor and approval. 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.900 It's to nominate you for this. Well, thank you 00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:36.219 so much for doing that. It is through our educators, 00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:39.000 getting the kids involved in the hand radio, 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:43.079 is one of the best things that could ever happen. 00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:51.659 I'm getting a little teary -eyed. Because, because 00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:58.030 if it wasn't for my electronics teacher in high 00:37:58.030 --> 00:38:04.409 school in 1904 I would have never gotten my novice 00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:09.849 license and his name is Richard Brown and his 00:38:09.849 --> 00:38:14.309 old call was Kelo Alpha 8 Tangle Tangle Yankee 00:38:14.309 --> 00:38:18.750 and uh if it was for him I wouldn't be back here 00:38:18.750 --> 00:38:32.880 and I know that That is the students that make 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:37.280 it. The teachers who dedicate their time like 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:42.920 you do to them. So congratulations again. Thank 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.780 you very much and you know my dad had a very 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:50.099 similar story. uh... study electronics in high 00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:53.420 school and and went into electronics and and 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:56.920 his teacher introduced him to ham radio and it 00:38:56.920 --> 00:39:01.179 was very late much later on in life before he 00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.579 got licensed and and got involved and that's 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:07.539 when i did uh... we did it together but uh... 00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:13.139 the the inspiration from from teachers is uh... 00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:17.429 is what uh... you know, contributes to that time 00:39:17.429 --> 00:39:21.949 and time again. And so I remember, you know, 00:39:22.090 --> 00:39:24.869 Max Pemberton, K4HAX, I still remember, you know, 00:39:24.869 --> 00:39:29.730 I met him probably twice, but it was dad's high 00:39:29.730 --> 00:39:32.570 school electronics teacher and it made a world 00:39:32.570 --> 00:39:35.409 of difference. So thank you so much for calling 00:39:35.409 --> 00:39:37.750 in. I appreciate it. Thank you for the nomination 00:39:37.750 --> 00:39:42.630 and look forward to seeing you at some point 00:39:42.630 --> 00:39:47.320 here. Hopefully some point. Yes. Very soon. Hopefully. 00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:51.619 Thank you for being a spark to your students. 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:56.079 Thank you. You have a good night meal. All right. 00:39:56.219 --> 00:40:01.320 All right. Thank you, Jill. All right. There's 00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:05.039 Jill KDQJK. Thank you for calling in and we'll 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.820 see if we can pick up care. Maybe this is Carol. 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:11.750 Hello. Welcome to Amtok Live. Welcome to me and 00:40:11.750 --> 00:40:16.599 congratulations to you Neil, KD2GUT! Hello Karen, 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:19.539 thank you very much. Are you ready to work on 00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:23.059 that virtual tan at Hamcation SE? I'm ready. 00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:26.099 I do not want a virtual sunburn, though I burn 00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:30.179 easily. So I think this is the way to do Orlando, 00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:33.940 to do it virtually. I am really happy about one 00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:37.079 thing in particular. Even though this event is 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:41.719 virtual, your award is very, very real. And God 00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:44.989 knows you have... how many kids you've inspired 00:40:44.989 --> 00:40:48.070 and over the years you've given five thousand 00:40:48.070 --> 00:40:52.849 percent so this is it's time has come we're really 00:40:52.849 --> 00:40:55.690 happy for you so that's not virtual that's real 00:40:55.690 --> 00:40:58.909 all right well thank you so much Karen appreciate 00:40:58.909 --> 00:41:04.170 the kind words and Michael I think Karen as she 00:41:04.170 --> 00:41:10.130 usually does inspires inspires creative ideas 00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:14.889 as the editor at Amateur Radio Newsline. I think 00:41:14.889 --> 00:41:17.369 we've got something to go along with the lanyard. 00:41:17.570 --> 00:41:21.289 I think you might put some hamcation sunscreen 00:41:21.289 --> 00:41:27.170 out there on the market. You know that's a great 00:41:27.170 --> 00:41:30.769 idea. Not the greasy kind though. That'll stick 00:41:30.769 --> 00:41:34.809 to my virtual clothing. Okay. But I would like 00:41:34.809 --> 00:41:38.820 that. How about cheesecake on a stick? I think 00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:43.619 Dayton's got a copyright on that one, but You 00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:48.760 guys I'm telling you you you have the best the 00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:51.820 best time I'm looking forward to this too. I 00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:55.280 really am but most especially this year because 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:59.719 This is the year you get the award and I couldn't 00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:04.739 be happier for you Thank you so much Karen and 00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:08.690 and enjoy that that Christmas present now that 00:42:08.690 --> 00:42:11.530 you've actually got it a month later. Oh, yes, 00:42:11.650 --> 00:42:18.989 we need to very quickly mention that my car is 00:42:18.989 --> 00:42:22.869 now the recipient of some lovely air freshener. 00:42:23.050 --> 00:42:25.829 Not that my car needed air freshener, my car 00:42:25.829 --> 00:42:29.690 is clean, but this air freshener inspired by 00:42:29.690 --> 00:42:35.070 the lovely Mrs. Rapp, Julie, and yourself to 00:42:35.070 --> 00:42:42.309 have a squirrel in underpants And he's going 00:42:42.309 --> 00:42:47.050 to really jazz up jazz up my vehicle So I'll 00:42:47.050 --> 00:42:50.670 hop in my car and protect... Karen is the protector 00:42:50.670 --> 00:42:54.369 of all squirrels in New York State, so we got 00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:59.349 her an air freshener with squirrels. I'll be 00:42:59.349 --> 00:43:03.969 driving to hamcation in it, at least in my heart. 00:43:04.769 --> 00:43:11.829 So have a great celebration and we'll see you 00:43:11.829 --> 00:43:16.869 soon. All right, Karen virtually. Oh, yeah now 00:43:16.869 --> 00:43:19.849 we'll do by Neil. All right. Bye. Bye. Thanks 00:43:19.849 --> 00:43:24.150 so much. Bye now. Sure. Bye. Bye Okay, Carol 00:43:24.150 --> 00:43:27.750 has informed me that she is on hold. So let's 00:43:27.750 --> 00:43:29.769 We'll keep going through the line here till we 00:43:29.769 --> 00:43:33.570 get to her All right. Hello. Welcome to am talk 00:43:33.570 --> 00:43:38.110 live Hello, this is Carol again. Ah, there we 00:43:38.110 --> 00:43:40.590 go. Carol. Okay, we got you. We got disconnected 00:43:40.590 --> 00:43:45.119 there. So But yes, thank you so much for calling 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:49.719 in and thank you for all of the inspiration over 00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:52.800 the years. We've been able to work together on 00:43:52.800 --> 00:44:00.159 a few things and you know, the passion and the 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:04.039 knowledge of working with these kids and introducing 00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:07.519 them to Ham Radio is just unlike anything else. 00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:16.059 Thank you. Well Neil not only are you an inspiration 00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:25.980 in your adult life Still more Not I was saying 00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:29.780 not only are you a super inspiration to thousands 00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:36.139 of kids in your adult life but as a young person 00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:40.699 as the youngest ham That's when you sent me your 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.179 QSL card, and that's what hung up in my classroom 00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:51.059 for many years, inspiring the youngsters every 00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:55.320 time they saw your QSL card. So you've been an 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:59.940 inspiration for a real long time, Neil, and always 00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:03.900 have sent me quality, high -caliber youngsters 00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:07.980 to speak at the Youth Forum. Well, it's been 00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:12.139 a pleasure and I thank you for all of your support 00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:16.739 over the years and everything from getting some 00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:23.320 funding going for equipment to making presentations 00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:27.019 and offering opportunities for these kids to 00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:31.139 speak at the youth forums. fabulous thing and 00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:34.440 I'm very honored to to receive an award with 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:37.219 especially with your name on it so thank you 00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:43.699 so much. You are welcome. Well Carol is great 00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:46.300 to talk to you thank you so much for taking the 00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:49.820 time to call in and calling the other day as 00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:53.559 well and look forward to the time when we can 00:45:53.559 --> 00:46:00.480 we can catch up in person once again. Yeah, I 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:02.980 know you you said you you've been home a lot 00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:08.500 and you're not used to that so It'll be good 00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:18.159 to get out so thanks again Carol All right, take 00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:23.510 care 73 Carol All right eight five nine nine 00:46:23.510 --> 00:46:26.170 eight two seventy three seventy three is the 00:46:26.170 --> 00:46:31.750 number and and Michael you you've You started 00:46:31.750 --> 00:46:36.809 something here and John Okay in for JTK says 00:46:36.809 --> 00:46:41.389 fried Snickers bar Not not the the cheesecake 00:46:41.389 --> 00:46:46.130 on a stick. So that's the That's the Dayton thing 00:46:46.130 --> 00:46:53.050 so So What do you think the sunscreen an idea 00:46:53.050 --> 00:46:59.530 Yeah, considering today we hit almost 80 here 00:46:59.530 --> 00:47:09.469 so But we gotta be back down in the mid 50s over 00:47:09.469 --> 00:47:15.329 the weekend. Oh Oh, oh my goodness, I'm so sorry 00:47:17.889 --> 00:47:21.030 Which I know in Florida, you're like, oh, it's 00:47:21.030 --> 00:47:23.650 so cold. You know, I'm sitting up here and it's 00:47:23.650 --> 00:47:30.010 like 35 right now. So yeah. And that's on a good 00:47:30.010 --> 00:47:35.030 day. Well, all right. So thank you so much for 00:47:35.030 --> 00:47:42.969 talking about the award and my thanks to the 00:47:42.969 --> 00:47:47.170 nominating committee and everybody involved. 00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:52.360 It was just good to hear and Alton and John says 00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:57.360 free air conditioning too. It is just a great 00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:01.900 thing. So let's talk a little bit again about, 00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:05.639 you know, hamcation SE and then the plans for 00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:10.360 resuming on Joe says it's 26 there in Nebraska. 00:48:12.510 --> 00:48:15.809 resuming things in 2022. Let's talk about that 00:48:15.809 --> 00:48:18.789 a little bit and then we're gonna wrap things 00:48:18.789 --> 00:48:25.829 up here. So anything else on 2021 and then what's 00:48:25.829 --> 00:48:28.809 the plan for when we can get back together again 00:48:28.809 --> 00:48:33.449 in person? For 2021, I think that's pretty much 00:48:33.449 --> 00:48:38.980 it. Please go register for the webinars. We have 00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:41.059 some good ones. We like to see lots of people 00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:44.300 in the webinars to support everybody, all the 00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:47.380 presenters that's gonna be presenting them. So 00:48:47.380 --> 00:48:50.780 here's your chance to, one, if you've never been 00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:54.199 to a HamFest before, sort of what type of forums 00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:58.079 are at HamFest to check out. Or two, if you're 00:48:58.079 --> 00:49:00.739 not able to make it to HamFest for some reason, 00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:03.659 here's your chance to actually be able to have 00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:07.519 forums. webinars live so you can participate 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:12.179 with them for this year. For next year, Hamcation 00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:16.639 2022 is already in full swing also because we 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:21.119 did postpone this year in 2022. It will be our 00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:26.320 75th anniversary and it will be the ARRL National 00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:29.400 Convention. They've actually moved it from 2021 00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:33.780 since we are not doing a live show to 2022. It's 00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:38.480 all set to go. Probably about two weeks after 00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:42.400 our special edition, our hamcation website will 00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:46.460 be live with everything for 2022 already. All 00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:49.579 the information and you can start purchasing 00:49:49.579 --> 00:49:54.019 your tickets at that point. So we're actually 00:49:54.019 --> 00:49:56.800 going live with the website earlier than normal 00:49:56.800 --> 00:50:01.179 for 2022 to give everybody more of a chance to 00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:04.139 purchase tickets and stuff like that for it. 00:50:04.570 --> 00:50:09.409 Um, I can tell you, uh, two things. One of the 00:50:09.409 --> 00:50:14.050 things that was actually kind of, um, uh, leaked, 00:50:14.050 --> 00:50:18.710 uh, about two weeks are actually right before 00:50:18.710 --> 00:50:22.309 Christmas myself. Michael Coulter, Mark Brown, 00:50:23.050 --> 00:50:29.650 and John was on Tim Duffy's DX Engineering radio 00:50:29.650 --> 00:50:33.210 show, just to talk about how we all work together 00:50:33.210 --> 00:50:37.849 with each other for ideas and stuff like that 00:50:37.849 --> 00:50:41.389 for the HamFest. But Tim did announce that in 00:50:41.389 --> 00:50:47.099 2022, he will be bringing Contest University 00:50:47.099 --> 00:50:51.559 to Orlando. So that's one of the big announcements 00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:55.780 that's going to be coming out for 2022. And the 00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:58.219 other big announcements, since we're on the idea 00:50:58.219 --> 00:51:02.420 of awards, we will be starting our second award 00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:08.179 in 2022 to go along with the Carol Perry Educator 00:51:08.179 --> 00:51:14.500 of the Year. The new award will be... amateur 00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:19.000 radio volunteer of the year award to go to a 00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:23.539 volunteer that does stuff for ham radio we'll 00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:25.579 be putting more information on the website once 00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:27.880 we get the criteria together of what we're looking 00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:31.579 for but it will be volunteer of the year award 00:51:31.579 --> 00:51:37.400 all right very good well that's some some exciting 00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:42.829 news another award and the addition of Contest 00:51:42.829 --> 00:51:47.570 University at Orlando. It's a fabulous time and 00:51:47.570 --> 00:51:53.250 that's a nice thing to add in. So that's very 00:51:53.250 --> 00:51:58.110 cool. So the plans for 2022 are already underway 00:51:58.110 --> 00:52:03.670 and they'll be live just shortly after Hamcation 00:52:03.670 --> 00:52:08.980 SE. Okay, so... I have one more question, Michael, 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:13.579 before we sign off for tonight. Has anyone else 00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:22.559 called it hamcation SE? I'm tempted to say somebody 00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:27.380 did. I don't remember who it was. But somebody 00:52:27.380 --> 00:52:29.500 did. I think it was somebody actually on my committee. 00:52:32.320 --> 00:52:36.539 There you go. See, I'm trying here. I'm trying 00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:42.400 to get it to catch on. It's Hamcation SE. Hopefully 00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:45.420 this will be the only special edition of Hamcation. 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:50.000 Yes, yes. We certainly hope so. We hope we've 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:53.079 got everybody back together again. Get the band 00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:59.219 back together again very, very soon. Hopefully 00:52:59.219 --> 00:53:05.079 that is the case. Well, Michael... You did a 00:53:05.079 --> 00:53:07.599 fine job here tonight. Thanks for coming on, 00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:10.360 talking about it. And we wanted to get the word 00:53:10.360 --> 00:53:15.820 out on Hamcation SE and get people to sign up 00:53:15.820 --> 00:53:21.699 for that. And just really appreciate all of your 00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:26.059 time here on the show to talk about it. And thanks 00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:33.920 for... Throwing the award in here tonight Little 00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:38.900 off guard I kind of suspected maybe but but but 00:53:39.949 --> 00:53:43.369 Didn't know that for sure. So that was, yeah, 00:53:43.369 --> 00:53:45.750 when I contacted Neil, I just asked him to talk 00:53:45.750 --> 00:53:50.429 about hamcation. So, uh, when I decided the press 00:53:50.429 --> 00:53:52.849 release will actually go out tomorrow. So everybody 00:53:52.849 --> 00:53:55.090 would be hitting everybody's mailboxes and everything 00:53:55.090 --> 00:53:58.250 tomorrow. So, uh, when he said this one was available, 00:53:58.250 --> 00:54:00.429 I was like, okay, I'll actually present it to 00:54:00.429 --> 00:54:02.929 him live and kind of shock him. Cause he didn't 00:54:02.929 --> 00:54:05.289 know about it yet, but he just didn't know when 00:54:05.289 --> 00:54:07.929 we were going to make it official. So. I figure 00:54:07.929 --> 00:54:11.070 what better way to do it than on HamTalk Live. 00:54:12.469 --> 00:54:17.730 Yeah, now Karen was teasing me a while ago and 00:54:17.730 --> 00:54:19.969 said, you know, are you going to interview yourself? 00:54:20.090 --> 00:54:22.610 And I'm like, no, no, no, no, we don't do that. 00:54:26.190 --> 00:54:28.829 Well, thank you so much for doing that and I 00:54:28.829 --> 00:54:35.420 look forward to it. Being it down there and and 00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:39.139 the banquet and everything once we can get everybody 00:54:39.139 --> 00:54:42.960 back together again in 2022 and I'm looking forward 00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:48.719 to spending some time at hamcation se and and 00:54:48.719 --> 00:54:52.760 giving a talk about youth on the air camp, so 00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:56.019 Looking forward to all of it. And if you have 00:54:56.019 --> 00:54:59.360 anything else that comes up big news between 00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:02.409 now and then let us know we'll We'll definitely 00:55:02.409 --> 00:55:05.090 get that on there and everybody go to hamcation 00:55:05.090 --> 00:55:09.989 .com and check it out. Sounds good, Neil. Thank 00:55:09.989 --> 00:55:13.030 you for having me on the show and thank everybody 00:55:13.030 --> 00:55:18.150 that's in the chat room for all the support for 00:55:18.150 --> 00:55:21.849 hamcation and the show and congrats again on 00:55:21.849 --> 00:55:25.940 winning the award. All right, thank you so much 00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:28.159 and and yes, thank you to everybody that's been 00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:30.800 leaving comments here I've been trying to get 00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:34.900 through them here John the president of the Orlando 00:55:34.900 --> 00:55:37.699 amateur radio club in for JTK's been throwing 00:55:37.699 --> 00:55:43.880 stuff in here and and Made it a lot of fun here 00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:47.820 and Jill saying deep -fried Oreos. So we're getting 00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:49.880 we're getting all kinds of ideas here for you 00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:55.090 guys so you don't know but We may have to have 00:55:55.090 --> 00:55:58.510 to trademark that or something, but Anyway, thank 00:55:58.510 --> 00:56:01.349 you Michael and we'll we'll finish things up 00:56:01.349 --> 00:56:05.409 here tonight and talk to you soon Sounds good. 00:56:05.409 --> 00:56:09.650 Thank you All right. That is a wrap for this 00:56:09.650 --> 00:56:12.389 week's am talk live. Thanks to my guest Michael 00:56:12.389 --> 00:56:16.409 Colley W4MCA and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:56:16.409 --> 00:56:19.690 for calling in, typing in, and I invite you all 00:56:19.690 --> 00:56:22.489 back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time 00:56:22.489 --> 00:56:27.650 when Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, for live from the 00:56:27.650 --> 00:56:31.769 comments here online tonight, he's going to be 00:56:31.769 --> 00:56:35.250 here to talk about rebuilding his ham shack. 00:56:35.590 --> 00:56:38.389 It actually landed on the front cover of CQ Magazine 00:56:38.389 --> 00:56:41.329 this month. So he's going to be here to talk 00:56:41.329 --> 00:56:47.840 about what he did to revitalize his ham shack 00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:50.780 and I can tell you from from working him a couple 00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:55.630 of times during yoda month last month uh... and 00:56:55.630 --> 00:56:59.010 the twelve days of christmas special event uh... 00:56:59.010 --> 00:57:02.389 he hasn't sounded better and uh... so we look 00:57:02.389 --> 00:57:04.510 forward to talking about that next week so be 00:57:04.510 --> 00:57:07.289 sure to tune in for that and for a list of all 00:57:07.289 --> 00:57:10.349 of our upcoming guests visit HamTalkLive .com 00:57:10.349 --> 00:57:12.610 and if you like HamTalk Live please leave us 00:57:12.610 --> 00:57:15.650 a review that helps others find us faster so 00:57:15.650 --> 00:57:18.829 for now this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying seven 00:57:18.829 --> 00:57:24.070 three seven five and may the good DX be yours.