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Well, welcome back 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:55.399 to ham talk live tonight Bryant rascal kg5 HVO 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.720 joins us on the Orlando amateur radio club and 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:03.980 hamcation zoom line and Bryant is a 16 year old 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:06.920 ham that's a past winner of the Bill Pasternak 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:11.060 wa6 ITF Memorial amateur radio newsline young 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:14.100 ham of the year award Bryant's a member of the 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:16.959 Montgomery Alabama amateur radio club the Alabama 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:20.519 contest group the Georgia contest group and and 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.420 cw ops just to name a few he was a participant 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:27.720 in the 2018 world radio sport team championships 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:33.100 in germany and a member of the 2017 and 19 dave 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:37.699 culture youth dx adventures and he was the yoda 00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:40.279 month coordinator for youth on the air in the 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:44.500 americas last year and has graciously taken on 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:47.639 that job again this year after a fine job last 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:51.259 year so bryant Welcome back to the show. And 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:53.699 it's like, it's been like forever since I've 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:57.579 seen you. That is a fact, but not much we can 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:00.100 do about it, but it's great to be here on ham 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:02.839 talk live to talk about a really exciting event 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:06.120 here or an international event. So I guess we'll 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:10.160 jump into it. Yeah, we will. And, uh, you know, 00:07:11.220 --> 00:07:14.579 uh, we've already got two or three, uh, days. 00:07:14.970 --> 00:07:18.490 you know in the books and and well on track here 00:07:18.490 --> 00:07:22.209 so we'll talk about that a little bit but you've 00:07:22.209 --> 00:07:25.329 uh you've done some excellent work getting um 00:07:25.329 --> 00:07:29.250 the plans made and started a little earlier this 00:07:29.250 --> 00:07:32.889 year and and was able to uh raise the numbers 00:07:32.889 --> 00:07:36.230 up some so we'll talk about that but first let's 00:07:36.230 --> 00:07:41.610 kind of take a look back at last year Now the 00:07:41.610 --> 00:07:43.769 Yoda month tell us a little bit about what Yoda 00:07:43.769 --> 00:07:48.029 month is and Tell us how things went last time 00:07:48.029 --> 00:07:50.910 around because that was your first run at being 00:07:50.910 --> 00:07:55.689 the coordinator for the Western Hemisphere Sure, 00:07:55.750 --> 00:07:59.250 so Yoda month is the youngsters on the air month 00:07:59.250 --> 00:08:02.850 and the idea Originally started in Europe with 00:08:02.850 --> 00:08:05.149 the Yoda region one group and they were very 00:08:05.149 --> 00:08:08.699 successful with December Yoda month for quite 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:13.180 some time. And last year, some operators in Region 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:17.000 2 decided that they wanted to mix in and join 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.220 the fun. And so we picked up some special event 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:22.579 call signs. They're all one by ones because we 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:26.759 can't have the y -o -t -a suffixes like our friends 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:30.220 in Europe can. But we had a lot of fun and the 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:34.440 results were absolutely amazing. Internationally, 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:39.240 Yoda Month stations made over 120 ,000 QSOs in 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.320 the month of December. And I'm hearing reports 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:48.259 that during December 2019 that that was the solar 00:08:48.259 --> 00:08:51.320 minimum. And I think that just makes it more 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:58.120 impressive. Yes, so we had 18 youth from Region 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:04.340 2 and they made 12 ,467 QSOs on all modes and 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:06.700 did really cool things with the special call 00:09:06.700 --> 00:09:09.139 signs like operate satellite passes and even 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:12.200 a few contests such as the Canada Day Winter 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:16.700 Contest and the AWRL 160 meter CW contest and 00:09:16.700 --> 00:09:18.940 a few others, but it was a great time and it 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:23.480 was a great success. Yeah, it was really cool 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:27.379 to see the numbers. I just kept watching the 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:32.279 numbers as the month went on. And to know that 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.080 the first year that we've made a significant 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.039 contribution to Yoda Month, which I should say 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:45.200 a couple of the Lee family girls were in on this 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:52.049 even the year before. They were in in 2018. bigger 00:09:52.049 --> 00:09:55.289 group together and the first big group to do 00:09:55.289 --> 00:10:02.529 this in 2019 just really, you know, scored big 00:10:02.529 --> 00:10:05.710 and we're looking for even better things this 00:10:05.710 --> 00:10:09.009 year and I know that you've made a few tweaks 00:10:09.009 --> 00:10:13.669 to the system to try to improve on that. So what 00:10:13.669 --> 00:10:16.809 is your goal for this year and what's going to 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:22.480 be a little bit different from last year? So 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.860 what's going to be different from last year is 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:27.840 I've made the schedules for all the operators 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:31.039 more flexible. I set up a Google document for 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:34.320 all four call signs. Our four call signs here 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.980 in the United States for Yoda Month are K8Y, 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:42.559 K8O, K8T, and K8A. And we weren't able to get 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:44.840 as many people involved in the special event 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:48.700 last year due to just a lack of time, but we 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:51.809 learned this year and jumped on the curve ball 00:10:51.809 --> 00:10:56.149 early and started recruiting operators much earlier 00:10:56.149 --> 00:10:59.730 in advance and we pulled a lot of operators from 00:10:59.730 --> 00:11:05.190 the Yoda camp list and a few other sources and 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:09.950 we have right now 26 operators from the United 00:11:09.950 --> 00:11:14.970 States that are scheduled to use these US Yoda 00:11:14.970 --> 00:11:17.529 month special call signs at some point during 00:11:17.529 --> 00:11:21.309 December. There's really no set schedule for 00:11:21.309 --> 00:11:23.769 who will use it when because it's pretty variable. 00:11:24.409 --> 00:11:27.549 Operators can sign in for which days they want 00:11:27.549 --> 00:11:31.450 to operate. It's very customizable and you never 00:11:31.450 --> 00:11:34.230 know who you'll talk to with one of the special 00:11:34.230 --> 00:11:36.370 event call signs so be sure and just ask who 00:11:36.370 --> 00:11:38.070 the operator is. You might be surprised it could 00:11:38.070 --> 00:11:42.070 be a good friend. And the goal this year internationally 00:11:42.070 --> 00:11:47.580 is to again reach 100 ,000 for a second year 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:50.539 in a row. And I think with the current bank conditions 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:53.559 now and the recent conditions that were in CQ 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:58.740 Worldwide CW that a 100 ,000 QSO tally is very, 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:04.700 very possible. Well, I was reading along on Telegram 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:09.440 on the region one Yoda group and they've been 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.919 kind of looking at the numbers already. I know 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.889 we're only three days in, but uh... and i know 00:12:15.889 --> 00:12:19.289 philip mentioned that uh... they were about five 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:22.669 hundred contacts ahead of the goal if you if 00:12:22.669 --> 00:12:26.070 you split it up you know uh... by thirty days 00:12:26.070 --> 00:12:28.590 and how many contacts that would take their they're 00:12:28.590 --> 00:12:31.370 actually a little bit ahead of schedule already 00:12:31.370 --> 00:12:35.850 so uh... hopefully that will continue uh... as 00:12:35.850 --> 00:12:38.389 the month goes on and of course uh... it seems 00:12:38.389 --> 00:12:41.250 like right around christmas it seems like uh... 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:45.779 there's a big upsurge in the number of contacts 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:50.340 as the month winds down and the year winds down. 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:54.220 It seems like the numbers go up. So if we're 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:59.220 already on target, then I think this could work 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:02.820 out really well. I definitely think so, too. 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:05.940 Looking at the statistics page on the Yuta Month 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:09.279 website, just three days into the event we have 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.740 over 13 ,000 QSOs logged. So I think that's really 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:16.980 awesome. And to all the viewers listening right 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:19.580 now, we can't reach our goal without you. So 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:21.820 we just simply need you to turn on your HF radio 00:13:21.820 --> 00:13:24.700 and look for some Yota call signs, which we'll 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:29.059 talk about how to hunt for shortly. Yeah, actually, 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:32.580 let's do that now that you mentioned it, because 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:38.750 we've made it easy to Find these Yoda stations. 00:13:38.769 --> 00:13:43.149 So tell us how you can find Those Yoda stations 00:13:43.149 --> 00:13:47.350 and what call signs to look for and when they 00:13:47.350 --> 00:13:51.769 should be looking So basically any call sign 00:13:51.769 --> 00:13:57.129 that has the suffix y OTA Any station that has 00:13:57.129 --> 00:13:59.730 a suffix y OTA is a Yoda month station and it 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:03.909 is operated by somebody under the age of 26 Here 00:14:03.909 --> 00:14:06.049 in the United States, like I said, the call signs 00:14:06.049 --> 00:14:13.169 are K8Y, K8O, K8T, and K8A. And if you are interested 00:14:13.169 --> 00:14:17.149 in trying to work the stations easily, you can 00:14:17.149 --> 00:14:20.070 go onto DX Summit and create a filter for your 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:22.529 search. And the way you do that is by going into 00:14:22.529 --> 00:14:27.250 the search. bar and typing the percent symbol 00:14:27.250 --> 00:14:30.629 first and then YOTA and so that will eliminate 00:14:30.629 --> 00:14:34.169 all other call signs except for the stations 00:14:34.169 --> 00:14:37.049 that have the suffix YOTA and then you can simply 00:14:37.049 --> 00:14:39.850 type in the other call signs for the Americas 00:14:39.850 --> 00:14:44.529 that again that would be KY, K8O, K8T, and K8A 00:14:44.529 --> 00:14:47.549 and all these operators around the world are 00:14:47.549 --> 00:14:51.230 very eager to contact you and so we graciously 00:14:51.289 --> 00:14:56.309 Greatly appreciate any and all calls and To make 00:14:56.309 --> 00:15:01.490 it even easier than that. We've created a special 00:15:01.490 --> 00:15:06.450 link That will put in the percent sign and y 00:15:06.450 --> 00:15:13.289 o ta and and the k8 y k8 o k8 t and k8 a One 00:15:13.289 --> 00:15:18.250 of those little short URLs. It's bit bitly slash 00:15:18.250 --> 00:15:22.820 dy m Stations, I think it is but I don't know. 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:27.779 I just always go to youth on the air org and 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:30.620 it's right there on the front page of youth on 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:34.039 the air org you just click on the You know click 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:37.600 here to find Yoda stations and it will automatically 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:40.340 take you to DX summit and put those filters in 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:43.740 and Pull those up. We also have that pinned on 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:47.000 the youth on the air Facebook and Twitter pages 00:15:47.850 --> 00:15:52.149 And it's out there on Instagram, too, but Instagram 00:15:52.149 --> 00:15:55.309 doesn't do links very well, so it's there. But 00:15:55.309 --> 00:15:59.669 we've got that link plastered all over the website 00:15:59.669 --> 00:16:04.029 and Facebook and Twitter on Youth on the Air. 00:16:04.169 --> 00:16:06.789 And you just click that, and it'll send you right 00:16:06.789 --> 00:16:10.250 to it and put those filters in. And you'll be 00:16:10.250 --> 00:16:14.399 able to find who is on where and what. frequency 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:18.559 they're on, and they're on really all the time. 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:22.159 Now the Europe stations are on earlier in the 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:24.960 day, obviously, because of the time difference, 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.559 but I've been seeing some of the US stations 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:32.980 on just about all hours of the day. Yes, we do 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:35.000 have some operators that like to stay up later. 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.580 I've seen as late as like 06 Zulu. Right now, 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:40.799 it looks like most of the concentration of activity 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:45.000 for at least the US call signs is on SSB and 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:49.480 FTA and FT4, but I'm sure we'll get on CW as 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.899 the month goes on. Great start to the event. 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:55.720 It's going to be a great time, and I'm really 00:16:55.720 --> 00:17:01.600 optimistic. Now, most countries actually allow 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.019 more than three letters in the suffix, and the 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:08.720 US seems to be the one that that doesn't do that. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:11.079 So it's kind of weird to have, you know, you 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.220 learn all these, you know, what's a legal call 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:16.160 sign in the US and, you know, you don't have 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:19.200 those four letter call signs. And in fact, in 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:23.190 Australia for a long time, they uh... use that 00:17:23.190 --> 00:17:26.410 for you know at the initial license you've got 00:17:26.410 --> 00:17:30.089 a four letter call sign suffix and then uh... 00:17:30.089 --> 00:17:33.369 you could upgrade to uh... getting a three -letter 00:17:33.369 --> 00:17:37.589 one so that y o t a ending is is in just about 00:17:37.589 --> 00:17:40.309 every country but the u s i haven't looked to 00:17:40.309 --> 00:17:43.049 see if there are any others that that don't do 00:17:43.049 --> 00:17:47.950 it but i haven't found one yet so uh... and the 00:17:47.950 --> 00:17:53.150 reason for the eight Call signs is because our 00:17:53.150 --> 00:17:57.609 camp the Yoda camp Is going to be held in the 00:17:57.609 --> 00:18:00.230 eighth call district. So that's why we picked 00:18:00.230 --> 00:18:02.849 it last year and of course we had to postpone 00:18:02.849 --> 00:18:07.970 the camp a year, so we're still going to be in 00:18:07.970 --> 00:18:12.630 Ohio so that's why we picked the the eights for 00:18:12.630 --> 00:18:18.420 the call signs, but Kate why K8O, K8T, and K8A 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:22.960 will be on just everywhere. Different bands, 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.640 different modes. I know, I'm presuming Ruth is 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:33.220 probably our satellite person. And maybe Case, 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:38.660 he gets on satellite a lot. But, you know, even 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:40.779 on satellites, you should be hearing some of 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:44.079 those one by one call signs. So be listening 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.519 for them and work them. One other change this 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:53.500 year is the QSL information because when you 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:57.539 work 129 ,000 stations, that's a lot of QSLs 00:18:57.539 --> 00:19:02.279 to handle. So I know they have changed the QSLing 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:06.509 process. So, tell everybody about the new QSL 00:19:06.509 --> 00:19:12.009 process and also how to get the award certificates 00:19:12.009 --> 00:19:17.470 for Yoda Month. So, in order to get QSLs, you 00:19:17.470 --> 00:19:20.589 can find more information at the website, which 00:19:20.589 --> 00:19:30.619 is events .ham -yota .com slash QSL info. One 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:34.480 specific request that was provided to us from 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:38.380 the European organizers was to not have stations 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:42.380 send QSL cards directly to the QSL manager, but 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:47.539 instead request them online via the ClubLog OQRS 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:50.619 system. Again, like Neil, you were saying, it's 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:55.259 a lot of QSLs to handle when you make 129 ,000 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:59.670 QSOs, and so I'm sure the mailbox It was just 00:19:59.670 --> 00:20:02.349 overpiling. It's just been insane how many QSL 00:20:02.349 --> 00:20:05.250 cards the manager got. But again, to solve that 00:20:05.250 --> 00:20:08.589 problem, we're just going to do a completely 00:20:08.589 --> 00:20:12.250 online virtual QSL request. And again, that's 00:20:12.250 --> 00:20:16.549 through the ClubLog OQRS system. And if you have 00:20:16.549 --> 00:20:19.920 questions, you can always... email me or Neil 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:21.880 or the European organizers and we can get you 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.619 more details. As far as awards go, that is also 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:28.619 on the website but I'll go into some specifics 00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:33.599 about that. It's a point system and the way that 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.640 points are achieved is you get two points for 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:40.980 every new Yoda station you work and one point 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:46.480 for every new band slot. So if you worked K8Y 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.400 on 40 meter CW, you would get two points for 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.500 working K8Y as a new station and one point for 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:55.859 working them on 40 meter CW. But if you work 00:20:55.859 --> 00:21:00.059 K8Y again, but on 40 meter phone, you would only 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:02.700 get one point for just getting them on a different 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:05.920 band slot and such. So that's basically how the 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:09.460 award system works. And it appears right now 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:12.920 that the awards request system is not available. 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:16.359 But of course it is only three days into the 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.880 event and I would just recommend to everybody 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:21.799 to just stay tuned to the website for more details 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.740 as they come along. There's different levels 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:31.200 that you can get so you don't have to have hundreds 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.039 and thousands of points to... to get one of the 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:39.200 certificates. There are some that are very easily 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:43.119 obtainable. And you can just download those and 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:46.059 you've got them instantly. So be sure to take 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:49.259 a look at that. And of course, all this information 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:54.019 about awards and QSLs and all that can be found 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:58.640 at both the ham -yoda .com website, which is 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:02.720 the website for the organizers and we also have 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:08.759 that posted on our website at youthontheair .org 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:12.500 and then also you've put all this information 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:18.319 into our QRZ .com pages for those US call signs 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:22.180 as well. Yes, all the information for QSL Union 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:27.140 Awards is on our QRZ pages. So you can take a 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:30.119 look at those and see where you're at and and 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:34.400 the logs are getting uploaded Pretty much daily. 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:37.759 So you should be able to Take a look and see 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:42.640 if you're in the log. 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The HamTalk Live Ham Radio 00:27:09.630 --> 00:27:12.950 Joke of the Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. 00:27:13.210 --> 00:27:17.190 Now, here's Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's 00:27:17.190 --> 00:27:25.000 HamTalk Live Joke of the Week. I went to the 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:28.200 wedding of two Ringo Rangers yesterday. The ceremony 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.259 was kind of boring, but the reception was excellent. 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:36.119 This has been the HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:39.839 of the Week with Rick Garrett in 9GSU. Tune in 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:45.359 again next week for another joke from Rick. I'm 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.240 not sure if those are getting better or worse 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:54.819 as we go on. Thank you so much Rick and we'll 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.920 have another one next week. We'll see what Rick 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:01.039 comes up with On the joke of the week within 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:04.460 nine GSU. Well, it's time to take your calls 00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:08.279 If you have a question for Bryant rascal kg5 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:12.539 HVO give us a call right now at eight five nine 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:15.259 nine eight two seventy three seventy three or 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:18.240 you can tweet us at ham talk live And if you're 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:21.779 listening to us on WTWW or on the podcast edition, 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.140 you won't be able to reach us since we're doing 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:27.900 this live on Thursday night. Again, the phone 00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:37.759 number though, 859 -982 -7373. So give us a call 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.980 right now and we'll get you on here on the show. 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:44.400 We've got a little bit more time here with Bryant, 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:49.240 so we'll talk about Yoda Month. So I know we're 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.559 only three days in. Have you been on the air 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:57.160 yet? And if not, when are you scheduled to be 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:01.579 on? So I have not made any QSOs yet. Unfortunately, 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:04.160 I've been a bit busy wrapping up some studies, 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.640 but I am looking forward to getting on the air 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.980 towards the end of the month when I have a little 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.480 bit of a break. And I think I'm going to run 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:15.220 the K -8A call, Kilo -8 alpha, for a day or two. 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:18.640 But it's been really exciting to watch the other 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:23.119 really talented youth operators do their thing. 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:26.660 I was just looking at the statistics and it looks 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.799 like K8Y almost has 2 ,000 contacts locked, so 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:35.680 very impressive by those guys. Oh, another cool 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:39.819 thing I heard, W3MLJ who was running K8Y the 00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:42.740 first night or the first day. Yoda month that 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:47.779 he was doing s o 3r single operator 3 radio on 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:54.380 FT for and he made 930 qso's during his shift. 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:58.059 So very impressive You know, yeah, the numbers 00:29:58.059 --> 00:30:02.660 are showing Wow, that's impressive run three 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:08.140 at once Oh, my goodness. Well, I guess you haven't 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:10.920 had a chance to work any of the Yoda stations 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:14.440 elsewhere, but let's talk a little bit about 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:18.059 some of the other stations besides just the ones 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:22.559 in the US, which we're kind of partial to, but 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.079 there are some others out there. Oh, yes, definitely. 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.480 I tried to work a few today, but I think I turned 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.720 on too late. Most of the Europeans had QRT'd 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:35.880 for the night. But it looks like the German station, 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:39.539 I think that's being capped in by a Philip DK6SP, 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:43.940 and that call sign is DB0YOTA, and they have 00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:47.940 a very high QSO number with almost 1 ,500, so 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:51.119 they're doing a fantastic job. I'm thinking the 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:53.900 prime times for catching these Yoda stations 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:57.660 are in the afternoons on the low bands. That's 00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:59.240 why I'm seeing a lot of spots, a lot of data 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:02.140 come in. Of course, you know, on the high bands, 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:05.720 morning is prime time for Europe and elsewhere. 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.440 I'm not sure if there's going to be a station 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:11.240 from New Zealand. I know last year they were 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:16.079 ZL6YOTA and that was, I think, Zegna Zettel for 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.440 a while. I made a few queues with that call, 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:23.500 but I'm not sure where else besides Europe. There's 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:27.400 Yoda stations, but I do know Africa. 7X2 and 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.700 7X3 YOTA are making a lot of queues. I saw a 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.519 lot of spots for them on 15 meters today. All 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.160 I can recommend is just keep an eye on the cluster 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.799 and keep the radio turned on and good things 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:42.839 will happen. You can probably pick up a few new 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:46.720 countries too if you don't have a whole bunch. 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:50.799 It's a good chance to rack up a few of those 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:55.039 European countries especially. So take a look 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:57.900 at the spots. Again, we've got a link right there 00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:00.980 on youthontheair .org if you look at the Yoda 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:04.900 Month logo. Right under there, there's a link 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:07.319 there that says to find Yoda stations, click 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:15.099 here and you can find where everybody is. You're 00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:19.700 big into the contesting. You've been to WRTC 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:24.599 and the whole bit. So how's contest season going? 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:27.839 We're right in the thick of it. So we've had 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:32.180 CQ Worldwide and sweepstakes on sideband and 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:37.259 CW. How's things going? It's been a very interesting 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:39.259 contest season, especially since the conditions 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.559 have picked up. I wasn't able to play much in 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:44.519 the CQ Worldwide sideband contest, but From what 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.059 I heard from friends, it seems like 10 meters 00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:52.259 and 15 meters were fun bands to play on. But 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:55.720 I recently competed in a CQ Worldwide CW from 00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:58.240 my home station, and it was an absolute blast. 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:00.259 It was actually the first time that I've been 00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:03.440 able to run Europe on 15 meters from my home 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:06.440 station, which is just a spider beam at like 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:09.480 50 feet and a few wire antennas. So that was 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:12.740 really exciting and very encouraging. And I think 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:16.880 my next contest, I might try some RIDI this January. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:22.480 They have the NAQP RIDI and the RIDI Roundup. 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:25.559 So I'm looking forward to that. I haven't played 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:28.019 in a lot of RIDI contests so far, but I'm looking 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:31.380 forward to getting my radio interfaced and the 00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:36.240 MMTTY software all hooked up. So just try something 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:40.920 new this contest season. I'm again very enthusiastic 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:45.779 about the upswinging conditions. I think it'll 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:51.160 provide some interesting surprises. 859 -982 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:55.240 -7373 is the phone number if you'd like to call 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:58.900 in and ask a question or a comment for Bryant 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:03.200 Rascal, KG5HVO, the Yoda Month coordinator for 00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:06.039 the Western Hemisphere over here in the Americas. 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:13.539 Brian, I know you talked about you've got 26 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:18.280 operators scheduled so far. Are you looking for 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.179 some more operators? Do you have some open spots 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:25.179 available? What's going on with that if we've 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:27.559 got some young people out there who want to participate? 00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.940 Oh, definitely. Another goal for this year is 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.519 to get more people involved in the special event. 00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:37.159 So if there are any young people listening, under 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:40.260 the age of 26, that would be interested in operating 00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:42.880 one of the special call signs for a day or two, 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.980 or maybe even more than that. You can always 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:50.280 reach out to me, my email, kg5hvo at arrl .net, 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:53.260 and I'd be happy to work with you. We do have 00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:58.980 a few open slots, but... We have, again, a great 00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:02.960 team of operators on both coasts. Levi K6JO from 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:05.619 California has us covered there, and the Lee 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:08.719 family has us covered south. And we have Kyle 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:11.719 W2SOX from New York. He's going to operate some 00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:14.380 from up there. And again, another station from 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:18.559 the northern area of the country is Case W0AAE. 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:22.280 He might do some remote stuff. So again, good 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.320 crew, good mix. Looking forward to seeing what 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:32.639 happens. Yeah, I'm very excited to see some of 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:37.159 the new faces this year as well because we're 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:43.019 expanding that out so if you Are interested and 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:47.619 and you're under 26 years old why? Get a hold 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:51.340 of us and we'll see what we've got available. 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.659 But I know that your new scheduling system, you 00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:57.059 know, last year was kind of, you know, everybody 00:35:57.059 --> 00:36:02.139 took a week. And now by doing it day by day, 00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:08.000 we're really trying to get people on and keep 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:13.159 them on continuously or more continuously than 00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:19.309 last time. Yes, definitely. All right, let's 00:36:19.309 --> 00:36:28.530 see Amir says you are my idol So thanks for that 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:32.199 I'm not sure if he's talking to you or me. I'm 00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:35.860 assuming he's talking to you. So, uh, let's see 00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:42.260 here. 859 -982 -7373 is the, uh, phone number 00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:45.780 and, uh, we're going to finish up here just a 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:48.360 little bit, but, uh, Yoda Month will be going 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:53.420 all, uh, rest of the year. So, you know, get, 00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:56.519 get on, get some contacts and, and work some 00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.400 young people. And this is a great chance for 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.869 some young people to to you know show ham radio 00:37:01.869 --> 00:37:04.389 to their friends of course you know in covid 00:37:04.389 --> 00:37:09.969 uh season here uh that may be a little tougher 00:37:09.969 --> 00:37:13.070 to do but you know there's always there's always 00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:16.269 facetime and zoom and and all that kind of thing 00:37:16.269 --> 00:37:20.590 so you know it is a good time to to uh you know 00:37:20.590 --> 00:37:26.320 get youth involved and and let youth know You 00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.179 know that there are young hams out there that 00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:32.599 are are doing this stuff Yes, that's exactly 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:35.659 the point of the special event station is this 00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:37.980 is special event in general is to promote youth 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:44.460 and amateur radio Well Let's let's look ahead 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:49.239 a little bit And then we're gonna finish up here 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:52.260 again eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:54.699 three seventy three will make this the last call 00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:58.400 for For the phone calls eight five nine nine 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:04.159 eight two seventy three seventy three so in about 00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:07.840 Seven months we're gonna try this again. We're 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:12.699 gonna try to have this camp and get a lot of 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:16.960 these young people together and we'll be running 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:24.039 W8Y for that week. So talk a little bit about 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:27.380 what you're looking forward to with the camp 00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:31.539 next summer, which hopefully will be in good 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:33.920 shape and be able to pull that off this year. 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:37.940 Right. Yeah, the idea of the camp is really awesome. 00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:40.800 I was really looking forward to it. last summer, 00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:43.960 but some things are out of our control. But what 00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.579 I'm most looking forward to is just getting to 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:49.400 meet a lot of new friends, create some new relationships, 00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:54.139 share some ideas. The camp idea has been very 00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:57.960 successful in Europe, and they've had some really 00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:02.199 successful outcomes. So it'd be really awesome 00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:05.019 to see that come into play here in North America. 00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:08.760 and the W8Y special event, that's going to be 00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:12.039 really cool using some really fine radios from 00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:17.519 ICOM and using the great antenna system that 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:20.980 the Westchester Amateur Radio Club has over there 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:26.099 at the WC8 VOA station near Cincinnati. I've 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:28.760 operated there once before and very impressive 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:30.659 setup. There's some really nice people in that 00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:33.840 club. And I know you have some great presenters 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:37.650 set up. with all different presentations for 00:39:37.650 --> 00:39:40.489 all different kinds of topics like satellites 00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:45.610 and craft or kit building and high -altitude 00:39:45.610 --> 00:39:48.369 balloons. I was really looking forward to seeing 00:39:48.369 --> 00:39:52.210 those in person, but I did enjoy seeing them 00:39:52.210 --> 00:39:55.789 over Zoom, but I look forward even more to seeing 00:39:55.789 --> 00:40:00.300 them in person. So, there you go. Yeah, and you 00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:03.719 know our summer program on zoom is still available 00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:07.000 on YouTube if you want to watch it there's under 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:11.719 six hours of non -stop Yoda, so You can check 00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:15.840 that out on the Yoda YouTube site and again youth 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:20.179 on the air dot org Is where you will find all 00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:23.360 of that? information well Bryant it's been great 00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:27.199 to At least talk to you again. We've been emailing 00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.199 a ton, but it's great to talk to you again And 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:32.579 I know you're making the rounds here. You've 00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:36.280 got an appearance on ham nation next week and 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:41.000 some others going around to promote this event 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:44.460 and you've done an excellent job of putting everything 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:47.300 together and getting the scheduling going and 00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:50.599 getting the call signs and getting everything 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:54.659 set up and so I thank you once again for taking 00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:59.719 that on and great job and look forward to watching 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:04.199 the numbers as the rest of December rolls on. 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:09.440 great pleasure and having a lot of fun doing 00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:12.079 it, meeting a lot of new people, and thanks for 00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:14.159 all you do with the Youth on the Air Region 2 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:16.219 organization. A lot of this stuff wouldn't have 00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:19.320 even been possible without your support, so thanks 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.920 for having me on, and I hope everybody has a 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:25.780 great night. All right, thanks, Bryant. That's 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:29.679 Bryant Rascal, KG5HVO. I'd like to thank him 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:33.159 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:37.159 tonight and that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:40.199 of HamTalk Live. I'll be back next Thursday night 00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:45.500 at 9 p .m. at HamTalkLive .com and you can check 00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:50.480 out our upcoming guests also at HamTalkLive .com 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.300 and if you like the show please leave us a review. 00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:56.809 That'll help us out and help others. Find the 00:41:56.809 --> 00:42:00.449 show faster, so for now this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:42:00.530 --> 00:42:06.110 saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.