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Visit www .icomamerica .com slash 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:01.740 amateur for more information about ICOM radios. 00:01:26.589 --> 00:01:33.709 Standing in the snow with a brand new radio Catching 00:01:33.709 --> 00:01:41.599 the ISS satellite Repeat her down the street 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:25.699 Yes, it's the time of year for the radio jingle, 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:33.060 thanks to Emily, the harmonic of AndrewKE8FZT. 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:36.979 But good evening, everyone. It's HamTalk Live, 00:02:37.259 --> 00:02:43.020 episode number 239, the holiday wish list, recorded 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:46.419 live on Thursday, December 10th, 2020. I'm your 00:02:46.419 --> 00:02:50.599 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in. 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:53.289 To this episode of HamTalk Live, tonight we're 00:02:53.289 --> 00:02:58.229 joined by Steve Molo, K -I -4 -K -W -R, and we'll 00:02:58.229 --> 00:03:00.849 take your calls live a little later in the show. 00:03:01.409 --> 00:03:05.250 Last week, Brian Tarasko, KG5HVO, was here to 00:03:05.250 --> 00:03:08.879 talk about December Yoda Month. which will continue 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:12.819 on through the 31st. So if you missed that show, 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:17.479 listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on your 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:22.300 favorite podcast app or on YouTube. You can also 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:30.080 catch the rebroadcast on WTWW 5085 AM. That's 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.159 out of the Nashville, Tennessee area and that's 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:37.139 Saturday afternoons at about 3 30 p .m. Eastern 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:44.300 Time and Had a nice talk with Ted WB 8 p .m. 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:51.000 At WTWW last week so Thanks to them as always 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.439 for running the show Do you want to take just 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:02.069 a moment here? I was actually in Echo Mic 58 00:04:02.069 --> 00:04:04.650 today. I was over in Mount Vernon, Illinois. 00:04:05.669 --> 00:04:12.449 And my aunt Wilma Hayes, KA9JJX, unfortunately 00:04:12.449 --> 00:04:16.649 passed away. She had a stroke here a while ago. 00:04:17.709 --> 00:04:20.970 And you may remember me talking about her son 00:04:20.970 --> 00:04:24.990 that actually passed away just about a month 00:04:24.990 --> 00:04:29.420 and a half ago. It's been a little rough on the 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:32.899 family and the Hamm family here, but just want 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:37.000 to take a moment to remember Aunt Wilma and very 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:41.339 grateful for all that she's done for the family. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.019 Well, get your questions ready to go. If you're 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:46.220 listening to us live on Thursday night, you can 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:51.220 call us after the interview by telephone at 859 00:04:51.220 --> 00:05:00.189 -982 -73. You can also tweet us. It's at HamTalkLive 00:05:00.189 --> 00:05:03.110 on Twitter and we'll give out the phone number 00:05:03.110 --> 00:05:05.970 again later on. It's not time to call just yet, 00:05:06.209 --> 00:05:08.430 but you can write it down, have it ready to go, 00:05:08.430 --> 00:05:17.370 punch it in. It's 859 -982 -7373. Alright, I'll 00:05:17.370 --> 00:05:19.990 be back with Steve right after this word from 00:05:19.990 --> 00:05:23.879 Icom America right here on HamTalk Live. Ham 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:28.680 for the holidays, ICOM's new ID52A and IC705 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.420 give hours of fun and enjoyment working your 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:34.560 favorite bands this holiday season. ICOM's newest 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.959 handheld amateur radio is the ID52A, larger radio, 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:41.300 larger color display, and louder audio. This 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:43.959 VHF -UHF digital transceiver is much more than 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.540 just a replacement for the ID51, but also a new 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:50.180 way of communicating. This color display is 2 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:52.860 .3 inches for exceptional viewability in the 00:05:52.750 --> 00:05:55.910 audio is 80 % louder. 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Welcome back to HamTalk Live. 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.139 Tonight, Steve Molo, KI4KWR joins us on the Orlando 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:27.519 Amateur Radio Club and the Hamcation Zoom line. 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.179 And thanks to ICOM America for sponsoring the 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:35.500 show tonight. Check them out at icomamerica .com 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:38.440 slash amateurs. Well, in past years we've had... 00:08:38.809 --> 00:08:42.149 DX engineering and ham radio outlet for our shopping 00:08:42.149 --> 00:08:45.429 shows and this year it's giga parts turn at the 00:08:45.429 --> 00:08:50.029 holiday wish list show So Steve is with us. He 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:53.570 is a brand ambassador with giga parts Which is 00:08:53.570 --> 00:08:56.870 an amateur radio and computer store with locations 00:08:56.870 --> 00:09:00.409 in Huntsville, Alabama and Las Vegas, Nevada 00:09:00.409 --> 00:09:03.629 Prior to that Steve was their lead chat expert 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:07.190 for customer service. So Steve welcome to the 00:09:07.190 --> 00:09:10.769 show Good evening Neil. How is everybody doing 00:09:10.769 --> 00:09:13.230 out there and especially you know Neil? How are 00:09:13.230 --> 00:09:17.389 you doing? I? I am doing okay. It's been kind 00:09:17.389 --> 00:09:21.490 of a long day with a lot of driving but I'm here 00:09:21.490 --> 00:09:25.629 and ready to go and and ready to hear about some 00:09:25.629 --> 00:09:31.690 some ideas for some ham gifts and not that not 00:09:31.690 --> 00:09:36.730 that my wife has as Purchase things that are 00:09:36.730 --> 00:09:38.769 mentioned on this show before hint hint hint 00:09:38.769 --> 00:09:45.690 hint But You may want to just share this, you 00:09:45.690 --> 00:09:48.570 know with someone who you know might be looking 00:09:48.570 --> 00:09:53.149 to find a gift for you and Or maybe you want 00:09:53.149 --> 00:09:56.110 to you want to buy one for yourself. So Steve 00:09:56.110 --> 00:10:00.649 is here to give us some ideas. So What are some 00:10:00.649 --> 00:10:05.549 of those gift ideas that you have for us tonight? 00:10:07.009 --> 00:10:09.870 Some of the things are what we've done this week 00:10:09.870 --> 00:10:12.590 is come up with an actual part of the webpage 00:10:12.590 --> 00:10:17.110 which is stocking stuffers and What we've done 00:10:17.110 --> 00:10:21.450 is we brought it down to Price category so we 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:27.889 have one for under $10 under $20 under $50 and 00:10:27.889 --> 00:10:30.970 under $100 So what I'll do real quick is I'll 00:10:30.970 --> 00:10:33.509 hit just, you know, like one or two items in 00:10:33.509 --> 00:10:36.389 each and I'll start at the bottom. And on our 00:10:36.389 --> 00:10:40.190 webpage, you know, under the, it's on the top 00:10:40.190 --> 00:10:44.409 of gigaparts .com. You got the kind of flashes 00:10:44.409 --> 00:10:46.149 every like three or four seconds. And one of 00:10:46.149 --> 00:10:49.570 them says stocking stoppers. So a couple of things 00:10:49.570 --> 00:10:54.570 we have in there is the JetLube SS30 NICs and 00:10:54.570 --> 00:10:57.379 ThreadLuber Kint. i've actually been using that 00:10:57.379 --> 00:11:01.580 myself for my tower rebuild with a classic 33 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:05.039 and i'm putting back up on a 40 40 foot tower 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.059 a couple other items in there are the extreme 00:11:09.059 --> 00:11:12.279 tape self -using silicone tape i'm definitely 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:18.960 going to use on the coax to protect the uh connector 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:23.840 there we go uh coax seal and what i'm noticing 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:27.820 a lot here Local here in the store a lot of people 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:32.620 like The rescue tape it comes in handy not for 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:37.059 just amateur radio, but garden hoses Running 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:40.259 over their garden hose or they pierced it on 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:42.740 the side of their house So that's you know a 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:46.159 couple of the options under the $10 option When 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:50.080 we come to the under $20 option one of the most 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.639 popular items that I see selling a lot between 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.320 the store and online is our custom carrying cases 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:02.000 we've got them in six different colors i'm thinking 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:07.059 five five colors so the black orange yellow red 00:12:07.059 --> 00:12:12.200 very good for camping qrp to carry your batteries 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:17.320 your microphone maybe a small qrp antenna the 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:20.779 new uh dry bags that we're offering so if you 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:22.860 know if you go camping want to keep stuff dry 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:29.360 we have a gigaparts bag dry bag and under the 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.919 $20 item I would say for everything we list the 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:37.519 most popular is the qrp nano morse code key from 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:43.860 cw morse it is no bigger than a quarter in I 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:47.059 don't want to say diameter but in size very small 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:50.820 very portable and for the price and the reliability 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:55.980 of it it works Other options getting up into 00:12:55.980 --> 00:13:02.980 the $50 level we have Let's see, I'm trying to 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:06.559 think of popular ones here. I kind of joke when 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.820 I when I see it on here Of course we got bigger 00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:15.940 dry bags the universal guiding system from chameleon 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:20.019 a Lot of people call in to the stores both stores 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:23.299 and even on our chat portal on gigaparts .com 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.519 What can I use this universal diving system for? 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:29.879 And the first thing I always tell them, especially 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:34.360 on the chat side, for putting up your dive pole 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:38.960 out doing a poda, a little expedition at your 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:45.500 park, or as easy as hanging something, it's very 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:50.600 portable, very small for that. Another very popular 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:55.159 item is the shark mag mount. the 48 -inch whip 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:59.259 shark mount or shark mag mount. It's listed for 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:03.259 2 meters, 6, and 70 centimeters. What I told 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:05.480 a customer today actually about that product 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:08.820 especially is you can't necessarily use it on 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:11.700 all three at the same time. So if you want to 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:15.679 use it for 6, you kind of have to trim the stinger 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:19.460 for 6 and 70 centimeters. But 2 meters, it is 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:27.950 ready to go. And let's see. Right now the very 00:14:27.950 --> 00:14:33.730 popular stocking stuffer area under $100 is the 00:14:33.730 --> 00:14:38.169 $50 mystery package. I don't even know what's 00:14:38.169 --> 00:14:43.049 in them. I just see them being put together by 00:14:43.049 --> 00:14:46.289 the warehouse and boxed up and raided the ship 00:14:46.289 --> 00:14:50.750 out or sell out of the store. Something we offer 00:14:50.750 --> 00:14:54.720 that It's listed as a flash sale item is the 00:14:54.720 --> 00:15:00.340 pocket meter It looks very small, but the capabilities 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:04.179 for a lot of the makers groups around here in 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:09.139 Huntsville It has meters built -in tools to test 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:14.840 things all by using your phone be a app you download 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:20.460 either for iOS or I almost said Apache but Android 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:25.740 there we go And last on that list, something 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:30.399 that I think we all need as amateurs are dipole 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:34.720 antennas. And the ever so popular radio waves 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:39.960 DX80 antenna, I use one here in my station here 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.159 at home. We use one at the store in Huntsville 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:45.179 for testing, you know, for anybody that wants 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:48.340 to try out a radio in the store. The most popular 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:51.120 I definitely will say is the DX80 for a stocking 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:55.600 stuffer. Now, I know I mentioned stuff under 00:15:55.600 --> 00:16:00.659 $100, but something that if you're poking around 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:04.299 gigaparts .com starting today, you'll notice 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:09.679 if you go to, I'll use the ICOM 7300, we list 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.139 something there where you can finance the radio. 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:17.539 And yes, I've had two people call in today and 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:22.000 go, Steve, I noticed that I could Get the radio 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:27.559 and make 12 payments with 0 % interest. Yes Gigaparts 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:31.220 is now offering the option of using PayPal credit 00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:35.779 and Making payments under $100 a month for 12 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:39.980 months with 0 % interest meal Well, there you 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:43.539 know now that's the way to get a hold of the 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:47.960 7300 if you if you don't have the money in hand, 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:51.759 that's what's a great way to To do that and and 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.460 you know the the mystery packages you meant you 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:56.960 mentioned the mystery packages It brings back 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:01.879 a couple of memories one was is my mom she would 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:06.680 Get stuff, you know and wrap it up and and sell 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.160 it at her famous rummage sales and they always 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:13.240 went over well and people ended up liking them 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:16.539 and then I remember, you know the old Radio Shack 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:19.630 days where you could go in and get the mystery 00:17:19.630 --> 00:17:22.750 box and then they were usually pretty good stuff 00:17:22.750 --> 00:17:26.430 so so that's that's intriguing the mystery box 00:17:26.430 --> 00:17:31.509 i like i like that the mystery box yes um we 00:17:31.509 --> 00:17:37.650 did it in 2019 uh my first principal ham fest 00:17:37.650 --> 00:17:42.509 here and they kind of asked me what do you want 00:17:42.509 --> 00:17:45.150 to put on the counter by the register nice mystery 00:17:45.150 --> 00:17:49.369 boxes so we came up with three different versions 00:17:49.369 --> 00:17:54.269 of a $20 mystery box. And for someone out there 00:17:54.269 --> 00:17:56.890 that may have been at Huntsville Handfest and 00:17:56.890 --> 00:18:03.170 bought one of those $20 ones, I snuck in an older 00:18:03.170 --> 00:18:07.549 HT that was sitting on what now I call my used 00:18:07.549 --> 00:18:11.710 and open box shelf in the store now warehouse 00:18:11.710 --> 00:18:16.670 here. I stuck in, it was sitting in a box. And 00:18:16.670 --> 00:18:17.990 I'm like, you know what, I'm going to put this 00:18:17.990 --> 00:18:22.089 in this and give somebody a project. It worked, 00:18:23.190 --> 00:18:26.809 but it just, it needed to be that mystery box 00:18:26.809 --> 00:18:32.930 of I paid $20 and got it handheld. Yeah. So you 00:18:32.930 --> 00:18:37.109 just don't know. So, you know, it's a, it's a 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:41.279 The curiosity, I think of that, but there's only 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:46.220 some some good stuff in those. So I like your 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:50.660 I like your thought process there on those. Well, 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:53.200 we've talked about some of the things, you know, 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:57.380 the stocking stuffers and some of the more inexpensive 00:18:57.380 --> 00:19:02.299 things that I know that that's probably what. 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:06.319 What my wife is gonna be looking for if she's 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:12.720 looking if she's listening but You've got some 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:17.480 other stuff, you know that that's a Little more 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:20.799 expensive but but some really nice stuff. So 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:25.440 what are some of your good deals on? Some radios 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:31.180 and some things that are over the $100 mark over 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:37.369 the $100 mark Lately the most popular is the, 00:19:37.369 --> 00:19:42.789 you know, ICOM IC705. Right now we are offering 00:19:42.789 --> 00:19:49.829 the free ICOM lantern with it. I think everybody's 00:19:49.829 --> 00:19:53.069 got their, they see it and they go, it looks 00:19:53.069 --> 00:19:57.829 like a 7300 and a 9700, and it is. And, you know, 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:02.480 there's a lot of... Don't want to say it's uncertainty 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:06.920 but more of Will this work for what I want to 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:10.980 use it for I go it can do 10 watts if you provide 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:15.519 the 13 volts Because then at that point you get 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.019 the 10 watts out if you just use the battery 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:20.799 pack on the back That's included you only get 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:26.579 5 watts other options, you know one thing I do 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:31.359 want to stress giga parts is not just your amateur 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:36.359 radio store, we also offer computers. That being 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:42.279 refurbished laptops, new laptops, and we actually 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:47.200 build desktops. Some of them starting, you know, 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:51.299 around the $1 ,000 and below, but we also have 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:54.759 what I would consider the full gaming system 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:59.630 that is about the about the price of a couple 00:20:59.630 --> 00:21:05.349 73 hundreds but it's the latest video card processor 00:21:05.349 --> 00:21:09.910 ram you know everything it's nothing that's nothing 00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:12.289 really older than three months to six months 00:21:12.289 --> 00:21:16.849 and it's a very popular item here especially 00:21:16.849 --> 00:21:22.289 in huntsville for the gamers the vr fans and 00:21:22.289 --> 00:21:26.500 robotics teams A lot of robotics teams buy our 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:31.920 very large gaming system for their robotics team 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:39.180 and the VR side. You never have enough computer 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:43.960 power and computer space and I know I just had 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:48.559 to replace mine. This is the first run of HamTalk 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.069 Live on the on the replacement laptop and so 00:21:52.069 --> 00:21:55.670 far so good. So I think maybe we've got our technical 00:21:55.670 --> 00:21:59.369 issues taken care of. So always good to have 00:21:59.369 --> 00:22:03.450 that around too. So you all have those available 00:22:03.450 --> 00:22:09.789 as well. So any other any other good deals on 00:22:09.789 --> 00:22:11.890 some stuff that that you're running right now 00:22:11.890 --> 00:22:17.829 that you want to mention? Deals? I'm kind of 00:22:17.829 --> 00:22:22.650 looking at the notes I made today and thinking 00:22:22.650 --> 00:22:27.089 of the popular one item very popular right now 00:22:27.089 --> 00:22:33.150 that was featured in QST the rfinder android 00:22:33.150 --> 00:22:37.829 dmr fm it's a self it's half cell phone half 00:22:37.829 --> 00:22:44.829 ht does dmr but does fm also that is a very popular 00:22:44.829 --> 00:22:50.160 item The availability of a lot of radios right 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:54.900 now, you know, and that's one of our biggest 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:58.519 Issues with right now is the current situation 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:02.000 and availability of getting a lot of radios and 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:05.200 the accessories especially It's not just the 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:08.640 radio is even getting the accessories the antennas 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:12.519 coax Everything is affected. It's just not you 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.509 know, like a certain brand It's everything across 00:23:15.509 --> 00:23:21.910 the board. Yeah, it's just, it's hard to find 00:23:21.910 --> 00:23:26.289 some things sometimes. And I know that, you know, 00:23:26.630 --> 00:23:29.730 that's part of the time that we're living in. 00:23:30.069 --> 00:23:34.230 So glad to hear that you've been able to get 00:23:34.230 --> 00:23:37.670 some stock in on some stuff and offer some of 00:23:37.670 --> 00:23:41.000 these specials here. and uh... and i like the 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:43.740 dipole the radio waves uh... the x eighty have 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:47.380 one of those uh... up at school and uh... works 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:50.640 works very well and so i i like that uh... an 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:54.500 idea to here all right well it's time to take 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.960 a break so we're going to do that we're going 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:01.640 to uh... come back and we'll do the uh... joke 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:04.579 of the week and we'll talk a little more about 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:11.900 some gift ideas and take your calls at 859 -982 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:16.160 -7373 and take a look at the chat and the tweets 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:19.640 and all that when we come back after this word 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:22.640 from Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:31.890 Live. 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They're going to be at Plant City, 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:12.759 Florida this weekend, the 11th and 12th of December. 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:18.000 and then in January the tailgate in Orlando January 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.700 16th Arcadia Florida January 23rd Dalton Georgia 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:25.559 February 27th but you can visit them anytime 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:33.049 at PL - HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday 00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:36.130 night 9 p .m. Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive 00:26:36.130 --> 00:26:39.509 .com and be sure to check us out on Facebook, 00:26:39.769 --> 00:26:44.950 Twitter and Instagram. Now it's time for the 00:26:44.950 --> 00:26:49.099 weekly Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week 00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:53.920 with N9GSU. Now it's time for the Ham Talk Live 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:56.819 Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the part of the show 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:59.900 where Rick tells us a ham radio joke. The Ham 00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:02.539 Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week is brought 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:06.039 to you by QRM Labs. Now, here's Rick Garrett, 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:10.720 N9GSU with today's Ham Talk Live Joke of the 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:18.980 Week. There's a Catholic net on 40 meters. No 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.440 matter what time of day or night I tune in I 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:26.200 always get immaculate reception This has been 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:29.259 the ham talk live ham radio joke of the week 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:33.039 with Rick Garrett in nine GSU Tune in again next 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:38.599 week for another joke from Rick. Oh My goodness 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:43.609 Rick, it's the immaculate reception Alright, 00:27:43.869 --> 00:27:47.369 thanks Rick and I GSU for the joke of the week 00:27:47.369 --> 00:27:51.109 and we're back with Steve from gigaparts and 00:27:51.109 --> 00:27:55.529 it's time for your calls right now So call us 00:27:55.529 --> 00:28:02.220 at eight five nine nine eight If you have a question 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:07.500 or a comment, give us a call right now. 859 -982 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:12.660 -7373 or you can tweet us. It's at HamTalk Live. 00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:16.240 And if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.940 podcast edition, you won't be able to reach us 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:22.859 live. We're doing this on Thursday night. So 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:25.880 if you're not listening on Thursday night, we 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:30.059 won't be by the phone. Okay, let's see, Jill 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:34.160 KD8QGA is in the shack tonight. So thanks for 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:37.759 listening, Jill. And Troy W9KVR says, howdy from 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:41.140 the Flatlands of Illinois. And one week until 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:44.859 Christmas break. So Troy's counting down the 00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:48.380 days. And I always enjoy break because that means 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:51.559 I can actually get on satellites again for a 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:54.920 while. So looking forward to that. I just got 00:28:54.920 --> 00:29:00.490 to... sneak away and do that. Let's see. Let's 00:29:00.490 --> 00:29:05.410 take a look over here on Twitter. I'm not finding 00:29:05.410 --> 00:29:10.490 a whole lot, but we do have a call. So let's 00:29:10.490 --> 00:29:16.250 go to the phones and it is Mark. Hi Mark. Welcome 00:29:16.250 --> 00:29:23.029 to HamTalk Live. Thanks Neil. Good evening and 00:29:23.029 --> 00:29:29.029 good evening Steve. Good evening mark Yes, it's 00:29:29.029 --> 00:29:33.750 mark Brown in for BCD Thanks to the color ID. 00:29:33.829 --> 00:29:38.930 How's it going down there mark? Wonderful wonderful 00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:41.789 just getting ready for Christmas and I've heard 00:29:41.789 --> 00:29:46.369 Steve mentioned his is Gifts tonight, and I wanted 00:29:46.369 --> 00:29:49.809 to add one more that has proven very popular 00:29:49.809 --> 00:29:54.799 for me the gigaparts offers a fifty -pack of 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:59.019 rare earth magnets for $12 .99. I took those 00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:02.720 to a couple of Dirty Santa events last year with 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:06.460 family and office workers, and they proved so 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:11.000 popular that I've ordered three more packs. But 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:14.039 Steve, you might want to mention those and promote 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:18.220 those because those are a lot of fun. There isn't 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:21.000 a household in the United States that has enough 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.490 magnets. Hold photo that is that is true. Yeah, 00:30:25.490 --> 00:30:28.089 and you just don't get them close to your credit 00:30:28.089 --> 00:30:34.630 card. I Have one at school. Yeah And and I put 00:30:34.630 --> 00:30:36.809 that thing on my desk and then tell the kids 00:30:36.809 --> 00:30:45.069 okay pull that off They can't do it Well, these 00:30:45.069 --> 00:30:52.009 these are little pack of it Go ahead Steve I 00:30:52.009 --> 00:30:56.009 was going to say, the magnets, I'm being told 00:30:56.009 --> 00:30:59.509 here via text message from a colleague at work 00:30:59.509 --> 00:31:05.970 that those magnets are in the mystery packages. 00:31:06.150 --> 00:31:09.690 So there's a hint for you listeners that if you 00:31:09.690 --> 00:31:13.829 want the popular item that Mark is mentioning, 00:31:14.430 --> 00:31:20.869 they are in our mystery boxes. Well, there you 00:31:20.869 --> 00:31:22.970 go, you get a chance to get magnets and some 00:31:22.970 --> 00:31:25.329 other things too, but yeah, those are those are 00:31:25.329 --> 00:31:28.690 fun and you know at teachers Institute at a double 00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:33.789 RL we the first thing we did was it took this 00:31:33.789 --> 00:31:37.589 big copper pipe and a PVC pipe and a steel pipe 00:31:37.589 --> 00:31:40.430 and and had us run one of those magnets down 00:31:40.430 --> 00:31:44.470 each one and that started the whole discussion 00:31:44.470 --> 00:31:51.940 of of radio and to see the differences and has 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.519 those magnets pass through there. And so it's 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:57.619 a great demonstration, but yeah, it's also just 00:31:57.619 --> 00:32:06.460 a lot of fun. Absolutely. And even as adults, 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:10.440 we need a toy for Christmas. And even a little 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:18.180 one is a $13 item. It's hours of fun. Well, thanks 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:21.440 mark for calling in and and giving us your your 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:25.220 suggestion there go ahead Steve I was gonna say, 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:29.140 you know another another great item that uh Actually, 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:34.140 I used the field day this year With mark is our 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:38.500 20 ,000 milliamp hour battery bank. It has a 00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:42.519 solar panel on one side and is a wireless cell 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:46.019 phone charger at the same time and has three 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:50.299 Yeah, three USB ports on top to charge any other 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:55.299 device. Oh, that's pretty cool. That's right. 00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:59.480 Steve had the Gigaparts van out to the Huntsville 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:04.359 Radio Club's field day, and he had everything. 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:07.380 I mean, it was self -contained. Solar, battery 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:11.759 backup, the ICOM radios from Gigaparts. We were 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:16.470 in high cotton. Oh, I bet. That's nice when you 00:33:16.470 --> 00:33:20.190 have have the Giga parts van just pull up to 00:33:20.190 --> 00:33:25.410 field day that that's cool Absolutely, well guys 00:33:25.410 --> 00:33:28.430 have a Merry Christmas and let's hope we can 00:33:28.430 --> 00:33:30.349 get together at a real ham fest one of these 00:33:30.349 --> 00:33:37.029 days real soon Absolutely mark, thank you for 00:33:37.029 --> 00:33:42.910 calling in our Okay 73 Steve 70. All right. Good 00:33:42.910 --> 00:33:46.789 night. Seven three. Good night. Merry Christmas 00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:52.990 8 5 9 9 8 2 73 73 is the telephone number if 00:33:52.990 --> 00:33:55.430 you'd like to call in and ask a question or a 00:33:55.430 --> 00:33:59.509 comment or if you have an idea Like mark give 00:33:59.509 --> 00:34:06.049 us a call. It's 8 5 9 9 8 2 73 73 or you can 00:34:06.049 --> 00:34:11.329 tweet us it's at ham talk live and Karen Katie 00:34:11.329 --> 00:34:14.309 to gut just tweeted and said just wanted to say 00:34:14.309 --> 00:34:17.289 that she is going to need a bigger stocking this 00:34:17.289 --> 00:34:20.929 year for those ham radio gifts in fact She may 00:34:20.929 --> 00:34:24.289 have to swap the stocking out for some pantyhose. 00:34:24.289 --> 00:34:30.210 Thanks Steve for the inspiration It sounds sounds 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:33.130 like you've you've inspired some people here 00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:39.739 Steve That the pantyhose thing I'm just kind 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:42.420 of wondering what that could be from and I'm 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:46.039 hoping it's not The leaked photo of me dressed 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.159 as elf on the shelf from our Christmas party 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:57.900 Sunday night Well what Karen doesn't know is 00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:04.079 that that I dropped a ham radio Gift in the mail 00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.019 to her yesterday. So she just found out about 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:10.940 that. So So yeah, she's got she's gonna need 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:14.960 some some stocking stuffers. So Thank You Karen 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:18.119 Katie to gut the editor over at amateur radio 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:22.099 newsline. Thank you for for writing in here tonight 00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:25.440 And if you have something give us a call eight 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:29.099 five nine nine eight two seventy three seventy 00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:33.340 three or you can tweet us Again, it's at HamTalk 00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:39.119 Live. All right. Well, Steve, anything else you've 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:43.320 got on your wish list here for all the good boys 00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:48.659 and girls out here in Radioland? My wish list? 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:55.199 It's on, I think, a lot of Ham's wish list right 00:35:55.199 --> 00:36:01.090 now. Hasn't arrived yet. but is asked about a 00:36:01.090 --> 00:36:06.650 lot lately, the Yesu FT -DX10, their new HF 6 00:36:06.650 --> 00:36:14.349 meter 100 watt SDR transceiver. Ah yeah, so that's 00:36:14.349 --> 00:36:19.329 coming soon. That's coming soon. Right now we're 00:36:19.329 --> 00:36:22.090 expecting to ship quarter four 2020, that being 00:36:22.090 --> 00:36:25.650 of course, this time, you know, this month, we 00:36:25.650 --> 00:36:28.929 just, you know, Haven't been given the alert 00:36:28.929 --> 00:36:31.269 yet from the ace who wanted to be on its way 00:36:31.269 --> 00:36:35.170 It looks very interesting to me and you know 00:36:35.170 --> 00:36:38.349 I can't wait to test one out and do a demonstration 00:36:38.349 --> 00:36:44.230 video for the amateurs out there All right, well 00:36:44.230 --> 00:36:47.650 if people are interested in any of these things 00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:51.829 Steve just In case they don't know remind them 00:36:51.829 --> 00:36:55.250 how they can get a hold of you and the staff 00:36:55.250 --> 00:37:00.590 at gigaparts That is very easy. Let's see the 00:37:00.590 --> 00:37:06.570 online version is gigaparts .com and that's g 00:37:06.570 --> 00:37:10.630 -i -g -a -p -a -r -t -s dot com. If you want 00:37:10.630 --> 00:37:12.690 to call in your order and you don't want to order 00:37:12.690 --> 00:37:23.210 online it is 866 -535 -4442 and one of the features 00:37:23.210 --> 00:37:26.829 that you know I still do today, even though I'm 00:37:26.829 --> 00:37:31.150 at Gigaparts, is we actually have a chat option 00:37:31.150 --> 00:37:34.449 on our webpage. So if you want to ask a question, 00:37:34.829 --> 00:37:39.070 I have on average every day about three to five 00:37:39.070 --> 00:37:42.989 chat experts, which are volunteers that answer 00:37:42.989 --> 00:37:46.030 questions and help you out. If you have any questions, 00:37:46.309 --> 00:37:49.829 not only just on amateur radio equipment, anything 00:37:49.829 --> 00:37:52.510 on the webpage, they are more than willing to 00:37:52.510 --> 00:37:56.159 help you out with any question. or even a simple 00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:59.360 issue you may be having with a certain item. 00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:05.840 All right, so there you go. All kinds of stuff. 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:09.920 And the stocking stuffers, you have those listed 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:13.300 on the website, right? That's new this week. 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.000 Yes, the stocking stuffers. As soon as you go 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:21.570 to gigaparts .com, it is the first Then it comes 00:38:21.570 --> 00:38:25.610 up across the flashing marquee I would say it's 00:38:25.610 --> 00:38:27.690 the first dot and it's you can't miss it. It 00:38:27.690 --> 00:38:31.329 says stocking stuffers click here and click there 00:38:31.329 --> 00:38:34.170 and Everything that I listed at the beginning 00:38:34.170 --> 00:38:37.369 the 10 to 20 50 and hundred dollar and below 00:38:37.369 --> 00:38:40.150 options are there and of course the next one 00:38:40.150 --> 00:38:44.429 in that flashing marquee is our weekly specials, 00:38:44.449 --> 00:38:48.590 which is the same, you know the same thing and 00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:51.989 and not the same thing but our weekly specials 00:38:51.989 --> 00:38:54.969 those are while supplies last no back orders 00:38:54.969 --> 00:39:00.449 and i stress that no back orders um that's kind 00:39:00.449 --> 00:39:02.409 of where our you know if you're looking for something 00:39:02.409 --> 00:39:05.269 or you're looking for a deal always look at the 00:39:05.269 --> 00:39:08.070 weekly specials and it's always updated it's 00:39:08.070 --> 00:39:11.030 not just a once a week we are always putting 00:39:11.030 --> 00:39:16.230 in new things every day all right well that's 00:39:16.230 --> 00:39:22.519 uh some Ideas for some gifts for this holiday 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:25.900 season for hams and Steve I want to thank you 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:28.400 for taking the time to come on the show and get 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:32.260 all this ready and thank you so much for for 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:36.480 being here and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:41.719 New Year and We'll be talking to you soon All 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:44.059 right. Thank you new for having me on the show 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:47.860 and thank you everybody out there who listens 00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:53.099 every week on HamTalk Live. All right, well that 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:56.539 is going to be a wrap for this week's edition 00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:59.460 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guest Steve Molo, 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:03.440 KI4KWR, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:07.059 for listening and calling in and typing in and 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:09.699 invite you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:14.070 Eastern Time and just a programming note. Thursday 00:40:14.070 --> 00:40:17.849 is Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve this year, 00:40:18.769 --> 00:40:21.690 so we'll be taking a couple of weeks off for 00:40:21.690 --> 00:40:24.070 Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, but we'll have 00:40:24.070 --> 00:40:31.630 another new show on the 6th, I believe, of January. 00:40:32.789 --> 00:40:35.269 So we'll have a show next week and then we'll 00:40:35.269 --> 00:40:37.269 be off for two weeks and then we'll be back. 00:40:39.090 --> 00:40:43.230 Just check the list over at HamTalkLive .com 00:40:43.230 --> 00:40:46.250 to see who's going to be on and when. And if 00:40:46.250 --> 00:40:48.170 you like the show, please leave us a review. 00:40:48.210 --> 00:40:51.750 That helps others find us faster. And so we will 00:40:51.750 --> 00:40:55.690 say goodnight for now. This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:40:55.789 --> 00:41:02.579 saying 7375, and may the good DX be yours. Thanks 00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:14.139 for watching.