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Well, daring to come back 00:06:17.850 --> 00:06:21.709 on the show yet once again is Christian Kudnick, 00:06:21.769 --> 00:06:26.110 KZero STH, originally from Baltimore, now in 00:06:26.110 --> 00:06:30.399 Metro St. Louis, Missouri. veteran broadcaster, 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.420 two -time Emmy -winning producer, a regular contributor 00:06:33.420 --> 00:06:36.800 to amateur radio newsline, and the creator of 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:40.379 100 Watts and a Wire, the podcast, and also did 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:44.019 a season of Hours 73, a podcast about income. 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.220 And we're going to talk about Fallout tonight. 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:51.680 So Christian, welcome back. Well, hello, Neil. 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:55.550 I just have one question for you. Who bailed 00:06:55.550 --> 00:06:58.029 out? Because every time I come on the show, your 00:06:58.029 --> 00:07:00.610 ratings don't go through the roof. They fall 00:07:00.610 --> 00:07:03.370 through the roof down into the basement and in 00:07:03.370 --> 00:07:07.129 the darkest corner. And I know somebody bailed 00:07:07.129 --> 00:07:11.250 out. Was it Scott Wright? Was it Tim Duffy? Was 00:07:11.250 --> 00:07:16.769 it Bob Heil? What happened? Now, nobody bailed. 00:07:16.889 --> 00:07:22.670 You always say this. You always say that, you 00:07:22.670 --> 00:07:25.600 know, Somebody bail that that's the only reason 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:30.120 you're on the show And and we kind of nicknamed 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:35.540 you Regis because Regis Philbin was always the 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:38.339 stand -in host for or stand -in guest for David 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:40.620 Letterman he was always on standby just down 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:44.199 the street and you know down the hallway for 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:48.019 a while and and You know, he would always be 00:07:48.019 --> 00:07:51.360 on call in case something happened Regis would 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:56.970 run over But since you and I have been on the 00:07:56.970 --> 00:08:05.350 show Regis Philbin Passed away Rest in peace 00:08:05.350 --> 00:08:09.290 and we have to honor Regis Philbin. In fact, 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:13.949 it was on July 24th I did I did my research July 00:08:13.949 --> 00:08:19.579 24th when when Regis left so What a career. What 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:22.500 an amazing career. We joke, we joke about the 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:25.680 Regis, but isn't... What a career. Can you imagine? 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:28.680 You'd only dream of having a career like Regis 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:34.480 Philbin. I honestly remember when I was a kid 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:41.679 and we first got cable television there was some... 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:47.700 Can't remember the cable health network or something. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:51.120 Mm -hmm. I think it was cable health network 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:58.700 and Who was on there? Regis Philbin he was on 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:03.480 this little cable channel and You know, it's 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.580 like, you know, whatever you turn on because 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:08.299 there's absolutely nothing else going on except 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:13.470 watching the camera Rotate between all the clocks. 00:09:13.470 --> 00:09:16.850 You remember those and super had the weather 00:09:16.850 --> 00:09:23.809 yeah, yeah and it's like I Would watch Regis 00:09:23.809 --> 00:09:27.490 on on this cable health network or whatever it 00:09:27.490 --> 00:09:34.190 was called You know, he was fabulous. Oh good. 00:09:35.450 --> 00:09:39.600 Yep. Rest in peace You know and he just kept 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.299 getting bigger and bigger and bigger in the broadcast 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:49.340 field and So we miss Regis Yeah, it's a little 00:09:49.340 --> 00:09:51.860 little joke that we like to play but yeah, he 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:55.139 did he passed and I thought you know Maybe we 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:58.460 can't do that anymore and we pay tribute to Regis 00:09:58.460 --> 00:10:00.639 because and what a career But it was just funny 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:04.629 that he really literally was the guest that Letterman 00:10:04.629 --> 00:10:06.850 would call up if he needed to, somebody bailed 00:10:06.850 --> 00:10:09.710 out or whatever happened. And it was money, you 00:10:09.710 --> 00:10:13.309 know what I mean? They were great. So we're like 00:10:13.309 --> 00:10:14.950 peanut butter and jelly. I don't know if we're 00:10:14.950 --> 00:10:19.870 like Regis and Dave. We're like Reese's peanut 00:10:19.870 --> 00:10:24.950 butter cups or something like that. Just today, 00:10:25.149 --> 00:10:28.590 in fact, totally, totally out of the blue. I 00:10:28.590 --> 00:10:32.590 was looking at headlines and I saw a headline 00:10:32.590 --> 00:10:36.259 that Kathy Lee was talking about and opened up 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:41.379 about Working with Regis. Oh Just just today 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:48.480 and you know, so so You're not Regis, but but 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.059 you're here But the comparison is and no matter 00:10:52.059 --> 00:11:00.059 how it gets there Lots of well this damn over 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:03.529 Neil is killing people and And this year is just 00:11:03.529 --> 00:11:06.509 so bad. I don't know why we even have to count 00:11:06.509 --> 00:11:10.470 the year. And you just had a big birthday. Yeah, 00:11:10.649 --> 00:11:15.769 the big five -o. Yeah. Welcome to the club. Yeah. 00:11:15.809 --> 00:11:18.289 I remember when you were the youngest ham in 00:11:18.289 --> 00:11:23.549 the world. Now, I'll see you on 75 meters and 00:11:23.549 --> 00:11:26.450 we'll talk about your digestive health. Yes. 00:11:26.990 --> 00:11:30.710 Yes, I went to the doctor for my annual physical 00:11:30.710 --> 00:11:35.090 a week before my birthday And he said oh, I have 00:11:35.090 --> 00:11:38.889 a birthday gift for you have a colonoscopy have 00:11:38.889 --> 00:11:43.090 a colonoscopy I'm like no now. I got to get on 00:11:43.090 --> 00:11:48.549 75 meters and tell same Details, but you know 00:11:48.549 --> 00:11:52.179 what? I think real friends can talk about digestive 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:55.200 health and we should be able to do that. I swear 00:11:55.200 --> 00:12:00.240 to you, I have one coming up. I think it's in 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.580 a couple of weeks for sure, but that's the thing. 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:04.600 And it's like, go ahead. You got to put this 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:06.419 on, go get blood work. Here's your tetanus shot. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:12.519 I was like, holy cow, man. Jeez. I'm waiting 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.340 for this pandemic thing to be over. I punted 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:24.080 it. But I'm belaying. It's the day before. At 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:25.980 least, you know, I've had it done. I've actually 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:29.179 had this procedure before this age done. But 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:31.759 it's the day before. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:34.460 We're talking about colonoscopies on this show. 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:38.360 I think we should ID. How did we get here? I 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.120 think I said Kilo Zero Sierra Tango Hotel. Back 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.980 to you, Neil. I got an ID. Whiskey Bravo Nine, 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:48.470 Victor Papagolf. Anyway, thanks for having me 00:12:48.470 --> 00:12:51.610 on this is wonderful. I appreciate you. Congratulations 00:12:51.610 --> 00:12:55.389 on your wedding and your birthday How is the 00:12:55.389 --> 00:12:58.049 married life treating you? Well, I'll give you 00:12:58.049 --> 00:13:00.289 the answer I give everybody else the same as 00:13:00.289 --> 00:13:02.389 the engaged life because we're still driving 00:13:02.389 --> 00:13:08.149 two and a half hours on weekends, so Someday 00:13:08.149 --> 00:13:10.250 we'll get that. Yeah, it'll get better. We'll 00:13:10.250 --> 00:13:13.909 get that figured out Well speaking of weekends 00:13:14.429 --> 00:13:18.830 There there's an excuse for a segue Speaking 00:13:18.830 --> 00:13:23.990 of weekends fallout is almost here so so remind 00:13:23.990 --> 00:13:27.789 everybody about what fallout is and and have 00:13:27.789 --> 00:13:30.470 you made any adjustments to it and I know sometimes 00:13:30.470 --> 00:13:34.110 you have Winner take all prizes and sometimes 00:13:34.110 --> 00:13:39.029 you have you know points and so What's going 00:13:39.029 --> 00:13:42.460 on with fallout this time around? Well, I'll 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:46.580 probably stream my colonoscopy, so whoever wins 00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:50.360 this year, just kidding, October 9th through 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:54.059 the 11th, we're going to encourage all hams to 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:57.720 get outside. One last hurrah for the majority 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.580 of people who don't necessarily get out all the 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:02.679 time. I know there's some diehards out there 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:05.740 who get out winter field day, but it's a chance 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:08.460 to exercise our bodies and our equipment, get 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:11.159 out and make some contacts. And really, we just 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:14.860 go from the 9th through the 11th. You have all 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:18.399 weekend to go, any band, any mode, any time. 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:22.379 Make as many contacts as you want. But, you know, 00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:25.320 it's fun to do it in a portable way. It's not 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:30.080 a contest, but we operate on a honor system where, 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.659 you know, one person, say you work a station, 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.700 you don't know them or they don't have a 100 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:37.220 watt ID. No problem. They don't need one. You 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:40.330 don't need one. But that's one point. You get 00:14:40.330 --> 00:14:43.370 two points for working a 100 watt ID and there's 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:46.129 several thousand of those out there. So what 00:14:46.129 --> 00:14:50.250 you're working up to is 25 points which really 00:14:50.250 --> 00:14:52.769 is nothing if you think about it because we have 00:14:52.769 --> 00:14:54.870 bonus stations and I was going to ask you Neil 00:14:54.870 --> 00:14:57.769 if you were going to play but you're so busy 00:14:57.769 --> 00:15:01.730 and married and newlywed traveling but you're 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:03.950 welcome to and you have in the past but we'll 00:15:03.950 --> 00:15:06.409 put out some stations some friends that are worth 00:15:06.409 --> 00:15:10.139 five points. and just get 25 points and then 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:13.500 you can qualify for the giveaway and it's a random 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:17.840 drawing and Neil, this time around, it's just 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.039 happenstance that we're giving away a complete 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:26.820 station. MFJ is going to give away one of these 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:30.299 Zygu G90s. I don't know if you've seen this and 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:32.539 a lot of people are like, oh no, that's from 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:35.139 China, nope, nope, nope, nope. But this is a 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:37.279 radio. It's really cool. I've been able to take 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.820 it out. And it's 20 watts. Really strong. And 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:48.399 it's actually a very cool radio. MFJ has donated 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:52.159 that. We've got an NFED wire antenna kit from 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.980 LDG. And you're thinking, LDG, wait a minute. 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:58.399 Well, the Zygu has a tuner in it. LDG said, look, 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.080 let's give you an antenna kit. Now you've got 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:05.360 the rig. and the antenna. PowerFilm Solar is 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.879 going to give away a solar panel. BioEnoPower 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.279 is going to give away a battery. And ABR Industries 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.539 is going to give away 50 feet of coax. All you 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:19.759 need is a backpack, and you're ready to go. So, 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:22.740 you know, you just make 25 contacts, get yourself 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:25.500 in the drawing, and some winner will have a complete 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:28.559 station you can go and do whatever. That's the 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:30.899 first time we've given away everything but the 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:36.830 rig, this time. We got the rig. Wow, cool. So 00:16:36.830 --> 00:16:40.070 there's some incentive to get on and like you 00:16:40.070 --> 00:16:43.450 said just get the minimum number of points gets 00:16:43.450 --> 00:16:46.889 you in the drawing and hopefully you get more 00:16:46.889 --> 00:16:51.490 points than that or more contacts but that's 00:16:51.490 --> 00:16:54.309 just a minimum to kind of encourage everybody 00:16:54.309 --> 00:16:57.470 to get on a little bit and I will do my best 00:16:57.470 --> 00:17:03.230 to get on. I'm traveling most weekends but Well, 00:17:03.230 --> 00:17:06.250 I just have to play it by ear, but I hope to 00:17:06.250 --> 00:17:11.470 get on and You start actually on Thursday nights, 00:17:11.470 --> 00:17:15.230 right? So I'm maybe I can get on And you don't 00:17:15.230 --> 00:17:17.390 have to be you know, you don't have to go outside 00:17:17.390 --> 00:17:19.670 at all. There's really no rules to this It's 00:17:19.670 --> 00:17:22.710 more of a gentleman sort of agreement and ladies 00:17:22.710 --> 00:17:25.269 we are doing an honor system with the points 00:17:25.269 --> 00:17:27.529 You know, we don't want to turn in logs and make 00:17:27.529 --> 00:17:30.269 it complicated. It's not a it's not a contest 00:17:30.829 --> 00:17:33.230 But, you know, if you don't want to get outside 00:17:33.230 --> 00:17:35.569 or you don't have a station you can take outside, 00:17:35.769 --> 00:17:38.650 I totally get it. You can do it from the comfort 00:17:38.650 --> 00:17:40.769 of your own home. Fall is here. It's getting 00:17:40.769 --> 00:17:43.750 colder in some places. You can do it in your 00:17:43.750 --> 00:17:46.369 car if you've got an HF station. I don't care 00:17:46.369 --> 00:17:48.470 if you do it on two meters. You know, I don't 00:17:48.470 --> 00:17:50.130 know how that would work on a repeater. You'd 00:17:50.130 --> 00:17:53.210 probably make somebody crazy. But how about simplex? 00:17:53.769 --> 00:17:56.960 I don't know, but... Yeah, you can do it anytime 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.240 and then you know seven o 'clock central time 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.299 where I am we can kick off on Thursday And I 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:06.480 usually start in the shack on Thursday and slowly 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:10.279 move my way outside as the weekend Unfolds and 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.440 if you go to our website 100 watts and a wire 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.640 comm Click the activities tab, and you'll be 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:19.839 able to see the prizes the bonus stations Neil 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.640 if you want it to you could be a bonus station. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.720 I think the more bonus stations that are out 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.960 there, it just, you know, it makes people feel 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.059 involved and there's something more to chase, 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:32.279 but no pressure on you. I'm just saying if that's 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:34.779 what you, you were around to do it, you're welcome 00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:38.579 to be a bonus station too. Karen, Eve Murray 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:41.440 is going to be a Juan Katie 2GUT. You can see 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:46.720 the full list, Steve W7UDI and others. So, You 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.259 know, just get on the air and have fun. And I 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:52.559 look at it as a last hurrah of getting out. Once 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:55.279 the cold starts to settle in, I find myself out 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:58.140 there less just because, you know, the kids are 00:18:58.140 --> 00:19:02.059 inside and mama's inside and work to be done, 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.559 you know, it is. But so this is something I can 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.900 make a schedule for and actually get out. Sure. 00:19:08.190 --> 00:19:13.630 So let's run down exactly when the hours are 00:19:13.630 --> 00:19:17.809 for the official hours anyway. Um, and the days 00:19:17.809 --> 00:19:22.890 of the fallout. Okay. You want me to do that? 00:19:23.130 --> 00:19:28.009 So zero hundred UTC on Friday. So that is, you 00:19:28.009 --> 00:19:31.009 know, I'm not a wizard with the UTC, but that 00:19:31.009 --> 00:19:33.769 is Thursday night, seven o 'clock my time central. 00:19:34.589 --> 00:19:38.109 So just, you know, Tie that in the UTC time 0100 00:19:38.109 --> 00:19:43.569 UTC through Sunday 2359. It ends right before 00:19:43.569 --> 00:19:48.269 the Sunday evening HF net at seven o 'clock central 00:19:48.269 --> 00:19:50.930 time. So you can run any time you want. A lot 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:53.869 of people say, ah man, I got to work. Well, whenever 00:19:53.869 --> 00:19:56.430 you sit down next to the radio, if you do, you 00:19:56.430 --> 00:19:59.130 know, get on call, you know, seek your fallout. 00:19:59.390 --> 00:20:01.509 Make some contacts. It's just another way to 00:20:01.509 --> 00:20:04.269 get out there. The exchange is very simple. Just 00:20:04.269 --> 00:20:06.750 call sign. If you have a 100 watt ID, you can 00:20:06.750 --> 00:20:09.950 share it. You know, where are you? You can talk 00:20:09.950 --> 00:20:13.230 to them about whatever you want to and give a 00:20:13.230 --> 00:20:15.069 true signal report. I always think that's fun, 00:20:15.150 --> 00:20:16.630 especially when you're in the field to really 00:20:16.630 --> 00:20:19.569 know what your antenna is doing. But other than 00:20:19.569 --> 00:20:22.430 that, there's really no rules. It's just an organized 00:20:22.430 --> 00:20:25.529 way to get us out there as a community, all of 00:20:25.529 --> 00:20:28.880 our community and operate. That's all. Just an 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.660 excuse to get out, man. That's all you need. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:36.740 There you go. It's an excuse to get out. Get 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:40.140 outside and get on the air and give somebody 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:43.839 a real signal report like, you're a one, three. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:47.900 Two, two. I like this one. Nichols. Nichols. 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:54.539 You're two Nichols. Nichols. I'm trying to figure 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:57.789 out if you're a one, three. How in the world 00:20:57.789 --> 00:21:00.750 are you hearing me? Just tell me you can hear 00:21:00.750 --> 00:21:03.769 me, okay? It breaks my heart to hear. You're 00:21:03.769 --> 00:21:08.369 a one by seven. I got a five. Oh no, I got a 00:21:08.369 --> 00:21:13.829 five, eight plus one time. Five, eight plus one. 00:21:14.450 --> 00:21:17.990 Oh, thanks. What? So that's between eight and 00:21:17.990 --> 00:21:22.980 nine. That's a great one. So yeah, I'll take 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:26.400 it whatever but it's it's cool to get out there 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.299 and literally now the bugs are sort of fading 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:32.579 out a little aggressive now, but here at least 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:36.440 but It's been good and cool. Nice breeze. It's 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.440 it's fun time to operate and like I said, it's 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:41.240 an excuse I put it on the calendar and it's known 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:43.279 in the fam that hey, he's gonna go out and do 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:47.809 it. All right that he's in the field so Yeah. 00:21:47.890 --> 00:21:51.750 And I actually made a notes here, right? I didn't 00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:54.990 see the notes this time, um, about the bonus 00:21:54.990 --> 00:21:58.369 stations. You've got RIA, N2RJ on the list and 00:21:58.369 --> 00:22:00.609 Steve and Karen E. Murray talked about. You've 00:22:00.609 --> 00:22:08.289 got KI9W, Case3TOM and OH8STN. Do you know Julian? 00:22:10.069 --> 00:22:14.049 Everybody knows Julian. I think Julian is a, 00:22:14.049 --> 00:22:19.569 he's such a cool guy. He's in Finland and He 00:22:19.569 --> 00:22:21.470 was watching the show. We'll talk about that 00:22:21.470 --> 00:22:23.089 a little bit later. He was watching the show 00:22:23.089 --> 00:22:26.650 on YouTube Two weeks ago, I think on the weekend 00:22:26.650 --> 00:22:28.509 and he jumped on and it was you know, it's around 00:22:28.509 --> 00:22:32.190 dinnertime there in the morning When when I was 00:22:32.190 --> 00:22:35.230 streaming this out and you know, he's straight 00:22:35.230 --> 00:22:41.349 up grid down Off -grid communications and he 00:22:41.349 --> 00:22:44.009 beats the snot out of these radios and these 00:22:44.009 --> 00:22:46.799 batteries and he builds them and He's the kind 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:49.279 of guy you want to hang out with when it hits 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:51.859 the fan because he's out there doing it. He was 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:56.019 also a former Marine here from the states but 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:58.900 he lives in Finland now and just just an interesting 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:01.700 guy who has an interesting YouTube channel and 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:04.160 he's a friend of mine and that that does look 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:06.539 like an interesting call sign when you see it 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:09.380 but if you see his work or if you can work him 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:12.000 from Finland that should be worth more points 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:15.289 really. If you can catch Julian in Finland or 00:23:15.289 --> 00:23:16.930 anytime that weekend, that should be fun. He 00:23:16.930 --> 00:23:19.869 likes to work the digital modes. So if you like 00:23:19.869 --> 00:23:23.210 to do that, you may find him there. Yeah. Now 00:23:23.210 --> 00:23:26.990 you mentioned watch because the podcast has been 00:23:26.990 --> 00:23:31.589 listen and, and now it's watch. So talk a little 00:23:31.589 --> 00:23:34.930 bit about that. And I tell you, Neil, I don't 00:23:34.930 --> 00:23:38.289 know that COVID happened and I, for some reason, 00:23:38.329 --> 00:23:40.309 and you know, I w I've been encouraged for a 00:23:40.309 --> 00:23:43.630 while. to do the YouTube channel. And the horses 00:23:43.630 --> 00:23:46.569 left the barn. I mean, there are some huge ham 00:23:46.569 --> 00:23:49.710 radio YouTubers out there. And for me, it's not 00:23:49.710 --> 00:23:53.009 about worrying. I think maybe I was like, oh, 00:23:53.029 --> 00:23:56.470 I don't know. Now I'm the smallest YouTuber on 00:23:56.470 --> 00:23:59.410 the planet. But you know, we've got a show and 00:23:59.410 --> 00:24:01.109 people are slowly starting to make their way 00:24:01.109 --> 00:24:03.009 over there. And basically, I just put a camera 00:24:03.009 --> 00:24:06.190 up in the studio so you can now see the show. 00:24:06.549 --> 00:24:08.049 And I'm thinking, why didn't I do this when I 00:24:08.049 --> 00:24:12.150 was much younger? Now I'm just the old guy in 00:24:12.150 --> 00:24:14.130 the studio looking around like a crazy monkey 00:24:14.130 --> 00:24:16.509 because that's what we do on the radio. I'm looking 00:24:16.509 --> 00:24:20.390 at screens and but I'm having a great time streaming. 00:24:21.630 --> 00:24:24.710 I'm streaming out live to Facebook and to YouTube 00:24:24.710 --> 00:24:28.170 now and you can come and subscribe, click the 00:24:28.170 --> 00:24:29.829 bell. It tells you when I'm going to do a live 00:24:29.829 --> 00:24:33.690 show and I'm moving back to doing a weekly show 00:24:33.690 --> 00:24:37.069 back in October. Last October I decided I'll 00:24:37.069 --> 00:24:39.710 do just two shows a month. And I was like, yeah, 00:24:39.710 --> 00:24:42.089 I don't know, man. I just needed, I think I needed 00:24:42.089 --> 00:24:46.410 a break. And this has kind of re -energized me 00:24:46.410 --> 00:24:48.829 somewhat, you know, and we can have conversations 00:24:48.829 --> 00:24:54.130 on YouTube, talk to people like Steve, W7UDI, 00:24:54.269 --> 00:24:57.049 and he's a net control operator for us. And Steve's 00:24:57.049 --> 00:24:59.210 been around with Ham Nation for many years and 00:24:59.210 --> 00:25:01.849 people love him. Now you can see him and you 00:25:01.849 --> 00:25:03.730 can see him and talk to him. We're not going 00:25:03.730 --> 00:25:06.440 to get rid of the podcast. We're just going to 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.700 take the audio from the recording and put it 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:12.119 back out there. But this is a chance now to try 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.980 a new platform and to connect with people. And 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:19.539 on this platform with YouTube, we can take live 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:22.920 comments. I could have you as a guest and we 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.859 could take comments, put them on the screen, 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.519 engage with people in a different way. And I 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:31.299 think it's put some wind in my sails to give 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:34.440 me a new challenge. Because guys like us, I mean, 00:25:34.650 --> 00:25:38.470 Me, we should be behind the microphone and have 00:25:38.470 --> 00:25:41.349 been for many years. And when you mix in a camera, 00:25:41.789 --> 00:25:44.789 it's just different. Oh, it's totally different. 00:25:45.210 --> 00:25:51.589 And, you know, it comes up in my mind, you know, 00:25:51.710 --> 00:25:56.130 being the radio, the broadcast radio geek that 00:25:56.130 --> 00:26:00.690 I am, Bob and Tom, you know, and you heard them 00:26:00.690 --> 00:26:04.099 for years and years and years. And then All of 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:09.140 a sudden they put in a camera. And so you can 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.660 actually see what they look like. You can actually 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:14.640 watch what they're doing, when they're doing 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:17.720 the show, you can watch their expressions. And 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:22.880 it's a whole new game. And they were syndicated 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:27.680 out on, well, it was WGN America at that time, 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:32.339 late at night. And it was just a whole new thing. 00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:36.680 I like it a lot, I think it really gives some, 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:39.440 and you know Howard Stern does it, Rush Limbaugh 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.000 does it, and that's not the reason I'm doing 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:45.599 it, but it's this, it's a similar way of showing 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.480 you what a radio show would look like just with 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.539 the camera on, and I had to tell the listeners 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:54.380 or viewers, see, it's a slow transition, that 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:57.140 I may not be looking at that microphone, or that, 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:59.619 see, see how it is? I may not be looking at that 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:03.009 camera. because I'm used to working in a certain 00:27:03.009 --> 00:27:05.369 way that's radio, so I'm not gonna stare it down. 00:27:05.470 --> 00:27:08.930 However, if I have a guest, of course I'm looking 00:27:08.930 --> 00:27:10.509 that way, everything's right in front of me, 00:27:10.549 --> 00:27:12.690 but you know, if you're looking at multiple screens, 00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:16.730 there's something romantic about it, and I love 00:27:16.730 --> 00:27:21.630 radio and broadcast radio, and had a career doing 00:27:21.630 --> 00:27:25.890 it 30 years now, and so being able to peek in... 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:29.480 It's kind of cool and I'm a gardener at heart 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:32.920 and in real life. So a slow growth is cool I 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:35.480 think that you know, we've got a little more 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:39.940 than 400 people now and What I'm curious to watch 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:43.500 is the engagement. It's not so many numbers You 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:46.200 know of thousands of people have subscribed. 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.220 I think that'll happen over time But what I'm 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:52.440 looking at is who's engaged in what you're putting 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:55.380 out there. What percentage of the people that 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.660 are subscribed are actually watching and so that's 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:01.680 kind of cool to watch that and and see who's 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:04.500 really digging it and for me and I think guys 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:06.960 like us because we've talked about our different 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:09.460 shows and and I remember talking to you before 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:12.180 you started this one was you know you go through 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:14.559 phases and you know are you still having fun 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:16.660 that's the question you know why are you doing 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:19.980 it and is it still fun so as long as it's fun 00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:24.519 you know I'm engaged and and I'm into it This 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:27.380 new platform for me and YouTube is just great. 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:30.079 I think YouTube is great. It's strong. It's huge 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:34.900 and This is niche enough That the brothers and 00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:37.440 sisters, you know who are in this and love it 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:40.460 like we do they find it So I'll just put it out 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:42.640 there while I'm having fun and hopefully they'll 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:46.079 dig it too. And it's given me a new I Don't know 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:48.900 a new something. I don't know what it is, but 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:51.960 it's it's a new element that I know it makes 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:54.450 me happy. It's fun You know, it's not like, oh 00:28:54.450 --> 00:28:59.230 God, I got to talk to Neil tonight. I got to 00:28:59.230 --> 00:29:02.210 talk to Neil one more time about, you know, it's 00:29:02.210 --> 00:29:05.349 fun. And I'd love to have you come on too. And 00:29:05.349 --> 00:29:09.309 when you see how this is done, it's the platform 00:29:09.309 --> 00:29:12.849 I'm using. I send you or any guest a link, you 00:29:12.849 --> 00:29:15.190 click it, you can be on your phone. You can be 00:29:15.190 --> 00:29:17.529 anything that has a camera and a microphone and 00:29:17.529 --> 00:29:19.970 you go right to the green room and I can bring 00:29:19.970 --> 00:29:23.470 you up. You know, it's cool. So I'm going to 00:29:23.470 --> 00:29:26.769 have you on and we'll talk and we'll continue 00:29:26.769 --> 00:29:29.690 that conversation. But thank you for asking that 00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:32.029 and if anybody's interested in your audience 00:29:32.029 --> 00:29:34.650 that wants to see the show that we've been doing 00:29:34.650 --> 00:29:38.309 for five years, just do a search for 100 watts 00:29:38.309 --> 00:29:42.119 and a wire on YouTube and you'll find it. All 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.039 right. 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But... 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:42.099 First Christian, we were talking during the break 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:45.799 about the IC -705 on the show. Of course, you 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:49.779 couldn't hear it. But you mentioned Dr. Scott 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.859 Wright a while ago. Dr. Scott Wright, KZeroMD, 00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:58.410 sent me... A review of the IC -705. I noticed 00:32:58.410 --> 00:33:01.210 he had it in his shack. He got a new radio. He 00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:06.970 got the 705. He got a new antenna. And he's just 00:33:06.970 --> 00:33:11.230 raving about the receiver in this thing. And, 00:33:11.490 --> 00:33:15.329 you know, it said it's solid. It's a rugged field 00:33:15.329 --> 00:33:18.369 performer. And that's exactly what we're looking 00:33:18.369 --> 00:33:22.049 at for fallout. Something to take outside. It's 00:33:22.049 --> 00:33:26.450 only a kilogram. and has all the SDR stuff from 00:33:26.450 --> 00:33:31.490 the IC7300. You've got a band scope and everything 00:33:31.490 --> 00:33:34.930 just in a little rig that you can just carry 00:33:34.930 --> 00:33:41.509 outside. He has all the big rigs. He's got the 00:33:41.509 --> 00:33:46.930 7851 and the 7610 and everything. That receiver 00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:52.190 is comparable to some of those big rigs. You 00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:55.730 know, I met dr. Scott through you and I have 00:33:55.730 --> 00:33:59.109 to say Thank you for the work that he's doing. 00:33:59.130 --> 00:34:01.390 He's doing such important work. I'm coming back 00:34:01.390 --> 00:34:05.450 to that radio, but I met him Oddly enough my 00:34:05.450 --> 00:34:10.550 family was vacationing on a big family my mother 00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:12.949 -in -law was celebrating a big birthday and we 00:34:12.949 --> 00:34:16.030 were in Turks and Caicos and I'm thinking this 00:34:16.030 --> 00:34:19.650 is probably Four years ago or a little bit more 00:34:19.650 --> 00:34:23.460 and that's when I met And you were like, Dr. 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.280 Scott's down there. You should try to connect 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:27.179 with him and you made it happen. And I went to 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:29.800 his contest station before the big one started. 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:34.039 Couldn't be a nicer man. And he is doing some 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:38.019 serious work with COVID right now that I can't 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.159 even comprehend. I mean, it's just like, wow, 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.320 man, that is so significant, but what a guy. 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.659 And I'm curious to see what he thinks about that 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:51.739 705. I mean, I have a 7 ,300. and I have a 9700 00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:55.719 and I love that interface. I'm an iCom guy, although 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:59.739 I would try other things and I've got the Drake 00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:04.480 TR7 was my first baby, but the 705, I'm kind 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:07.159 of not at the front of the line with that. I 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:10.280 don't get out enough right now to justify the 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:14.079 cost of that rig, but I'm really familiar with 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:16.940 how it plays, the touchscreen panel and all that 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:20.360 sort of thing. And I'm slowly getting, see, Neil, 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:24.480 I love my watts, man. Oh, yeah. I'm with you. 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:26.820 I take the 7300 out there in the field. I want 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:30.679 100 watts, but I totally get everybody who digs 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:36.300 the QRP radios. So, you know, I'm curious to 00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:39.460 see what others like Scott think about the radio. 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.559 So I've been poking around a little bit, too, 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:44.739 and so far I hear good things. I mean, I come 00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:47.780 spend the sponsor of our show. From the beginning. 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:50.500 So, you know, I'm not gonna poo poo on the rig, 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:53.780 but I'm also not a buyer of that rig right now 00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:56.380 That doesn't mean I won't be but I'm kind of 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:58.500 looking at let why don't you tell me what you 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:01.900 think and what you've heard Well, you know you're 00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:04.960 right on I mean it it plays like us, you know 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.440 like a 7300 you've got the touchscreen you've 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.679 got all the you know, the band scope you've got 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:15.780 all the features, but you just don't have You 00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:18.119 know, you just don't have the power that the 00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:21.619 other one had. But Scott is saying, you know, 00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:26.780 on his first CWQ. So was with somebody down in 00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:29.199 Chile because he, you know, he goes down there 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:33.260 for work a lot. And so he was talking to somebody 00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:36.699 down in Chile. That was his first CWQ. So he 00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:40.579 got a five seven nine and he had him at five 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:45.179 nine nine at home on this. 705 and he's just 00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:48.559 saying you know the receivers just just fabulous 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:53.179 and he wrote up a nice Review over on e ham. 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:56.280 I'm not going to read the whole thing here, but 00:36:56.280 --> 00:37:01.019 But it's just you know he says CW is really smooth 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:07.250 with full break -in and just you know He's really 00:37:07.250 --> 00:37:10.929 into this rig and knowing him, I'm thinking, 00:37:10.929 --> 00:37:16.409 you know, 1500 watts, you know? And it's a QRP 00:37:16.409 --> 00:37:19.530 rig, but he's loving it. Well, he's doing code 00:37:19.530 --> 00:37:22.070 too. And he's got that advantage over a guy like 00:37:22.070 --> 00:37:24.630 me who is going to need as many watts to get 00:37:24.630 --> 00:37:27.269 through on voice because I'm still, you know, 00:37:27.429 --> 00:37:30.110 queuing up to learn CW. The interest is there 00:37:30.110 --> 00:37:32.710 for me, but life is just, you know, in the way 00:37:32.710 --> 00:37:35.860 at the moment. you know I'm on the phone portion 00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:39.900 and so with code I could see you know where five 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:43.139 watts or 10 watts coming out of that radio would 00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:46.800 be you know that'd be pretty impressive and it's 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:49.360 small it can fit in the backpack you can buy 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:51.780 with it take it up the hill put it on a plane 00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:55.460 I totally see it I totally get it I wonder if 00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:59.480 it'll be the game changer that the $7 ,300 was. 00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:02.599 I think time will tell, but I was at the front 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:05.940 of the line for the $7 ,300. I had saved up my 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:10.900 money to go from the Drake to a, what was before 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:14.440 that? It was the $7 ,200. And I said, I'm gonna 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.880 get me a $7 ,200. And a couple of our friends 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:20.000 that we know were like, wait. Just wait, just 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.900 wait. And I'm like, no, man, I want to get that 00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:24.000 rig. I got to get a rig. I got to get a 20th 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:28.920 century rig, 21st century rig. And they said, 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:32.199 wait. And I did it. And I just waited and waited 00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:34.000 and I saved and saved. And it was a little more 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:38.139 money than the 7 ,200. And it really did change 00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:42.769 the game in terms of selling your old used equipment 00:38:42.769 --> 00:38:45.190 it changed that market it really changed the 00:38:45.190 --> 00:38:47.849 way we look at radio and in some ways and they 00:38:47.849 --> 00:38:51.389 you never hear anybody going oh yeah seventy 00:38:51.389 --> 00:38:53.949 three hundred that's crap they're crap i heard 00:38:53.949 --> 00:38:55.730 one the other day that's crap i haven't heard 00:38:55.730 --> 00:38:58.869 anybody say that at all ever about a seventy 00:38:58.869 --> 00:39:01.949 three hundred and the audio so i wonder if this 00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:06.019 rig the 705 will have that same deal because 00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:09.639 it it's set up that way except it doesn't have 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:13.420 the internal tuner but at that at this point 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:16.019 that's really all I could see that it doesn't 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:20.320 have you know well the only thing I hear about 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:24.639 7300 is I heard one on the air because they're 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:28.730 everywhere And they are a fabulous rig. And it's 00:39:28.730 --> 00:39:32.190 been five years. I saw that on QRZ the other 00:39:32.190 --> 00:39:36.989 day, five years. Yeah, that makes sense. That's 00:39:36.989 --> 00:39:39.989 my portable rig. That's what I'm using for fallout. 00:39:40.550 --> 00:39:43.190 That's my radios. And I would carry that up a 00:39:43.190 --> 00:39:45.590 hill. You know, I'd still take that up. It's 00:39:45.590 --> 00:39:47.670 not so big that I can't go, oh, I don't know 00:39:47.670 --> 00:39:50.690 about taking that radio. I have taken up there. 00:39:50.730 --> 00:39:54.139 I'm taking it. As long as I'm able to carry some 00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:58.340 sort of rucksack, I'm going to take that radio 00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:01.219 with me. So that's kind of my front line. When 00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:04.659 I'm outside, it goes with me. I had thought about 00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:09.880 getting a portable rig. I kind of liked the idea 00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:11.519 of having the tuner and everything built in. 00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:14.190 I was kind of thinking to him, you know. I think 00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:17.969 I'd do, you know, just a 7300 because, you know, 00:40:18.070 --> 00:40:20.590 the tuner's already there and, you know, just 00:40:20.590 --> 00:40:24.769 make life easier for me. But if you're climbing 00:40:24.769 --> 00:40:28.150 up, you know, a mountain or something, you know, 00:40:28.369 --> 00:40:32.050 705 would be fabulous and it's working great. 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:35.320 Well, if you want to check out that review, go 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:38.260 over to eHam and take a look at that. And it's 00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:42.320 time for your calls now. So Paul Brown, WD9GCO 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:44.679 has been on hold since Tuesday, I believe is 00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:50.420 what you said. So so Paul it's time to call now 00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:53.659 and and you can call too. It's eight five nine 00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:56.960 nine eight two seventy three seventy three if 00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.219 you have a Question or comment for Christian 00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:01.800 or you can tweet us. It's at ham talk live We'll 00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:03.699 get to a couple of those here in just a second 00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:07.199 and if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.860 podcast edition We're not here. It's it's Thursday 00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:13.579 night. So sorry, but we're not here but eight 00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.840 five nine nine eight two seventy three seventy 00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:18.489 three you can You can fight your way through 00:41:18.489 --> 00:41:22.110 Paul's phone call That's why he calls all the 00:41:22.110 --> 00:41:24.909 time when I'm on and it's so nice. He's got such 00:41:24.909 --> 00:41:27.670 a nice soothing voice I never listen to what 00:41:27.670 --> 00:41:36.170 he's saying, but the voice Well now now here's 00:41:36.170 --> 00:41:39.530 the story, I don't know that you knew I actually 00:41:39.530 --> 00:41:44.420 Got to go visit Paul up in Valparaiso Cause it 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:48.199 was kind of a, it was kind of a secretive undercover 00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:55.559 deal. I was, I was getting some cups to use at 00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:59.179 the wedding and I didn't want Julie to know about 00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:03.099 it because we were getting married on July 11th 00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:08.500 on seven 11. So I wanted to get seven 11 cups. 00:42:10.090 --> 00:42:13.170 And Paul was going to bring them to the wedding, 00:42:13.789 --> 00:42:18.469 but with COVID going on, he ended up having to 00:42:18.469 --> 00:42:22.570 cancel. And so I said, you know, I had called 00:42:22.570 --> 00:42:25.730 the manager of 7 -Eleven and Valpo and set it 00:42:25.730 --> 00:42:28.789 all up. So I decided, eh, what the heck, I'll 00:42:28.789 --> 00:42:32.949 just drive up there. So I drove up there, met 00:42:32.949 --> 00:42:37.630 Paul. We went. Over to 7 -Eleven, we got the 00:42:37.630 --> 00:42:40.829 cups for the wedding and I took Paul out in the 00:42:40.829 --> 00:42:43.130 middle of a parking lot and showed him how to 00:42:43.130 --> 00:42:45.949 do a satellite pass. And we got to hang out a 00:42:45.949 --> 00:42:47.710 little bit, which I mean, you know, we see each 00:42:47.710 --> 00:42:50.710 other at Hamvention and a few other things here 00:42:50.710 --> 00:42:53.849 and there, you know, but I hadn't ever gone to 00:42:53.849 --> 00:42:56.929 see him, you know, at his home QTH. So I got 00:42:56.929 --> 00:43:00.590 to go up there and visit, but we couldn't tell 00:43:00.590 --> 00:43:05.610 anybody because... It was a secret mission for 00:43:05.610 --> 00:43:09.369 7 -eleven cups Well, that's cool. Yeah, we don't 00:43:09.369 --> 00:43:11.630 have those out here but on the East Coast they 00:43:11.630 --> 00:43:14.989 they had them growing up and and I wish you would 00:43:14.989 --> 00:43:18.510 have went and needed Wawa cups because I would 00:43:18.510 --> 00:43:21.130 have had you pick me up some sort of hoagie I 00:43:21.130 --> 00:43:26.110 miss Wawa so much from the East Coast. Yeah Although 00:43:26.110 --> 00:43:27.989 I've kind of grown away from their coffee, but 00:43:27.989 --> 00:43:30.090 there are some things I just can't get out here 00:43:30.090 --> 00:43:33.960 now And 7 -eleven I you know what I think 7 -eleven 00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:37.679 is here. Yeah, I think I think there is one I 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:40.099 think there is one or two around there. Let's 00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:43.219 be one or two Okay, but it was just you know, 00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:46.599 I knew Paul was there. I knew there was a 7 -eleven 00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:50.019 It was like the second closest so I was like, 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:52.239 yeah Okay, Paul can just go by and get them and 00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:54.440 then that didn't work out. So yeah, we'll just 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:56.920 drive up there There was a bunch of eyes that 00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:59.300 I drove all the way up there and back without 00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:02.809 Julie knowing that I was What did you tell her 00:44:02.809 --> 00:44:04.690 you were doing, man? Halfway across the state. 00:44:04.710 --> 00:44:07.590 I told her I was running errands. Okay. Which 00:44:07.590 --> 00:44:10.409 I was running errands. It's just that was, you 00:44:10.409 --> 00:44:12.869 know. Right. It was an error. Three or four hours 00:44:12.869 --> 00:44:15.570 away, and there was a couple of satellite passes 00:44:15.570 --> 00:44:17.989 that may have happened on the way there, you 00:44:17.989 --> 00:44:21.070 know. I remember seeing your wedding pictures 00:44:21.070 --> 00:44:24.710 holding those cups and wondering like, wow, he 00:44:24.710 --> 00:44:26.929 got catered by 7 -Eleven. That was different. 00:44:27.030 --> 00:44:30.000 And then we watched it. We watched you on the 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:34.300 YouTube and it was wonderful. It was a bummer 00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:37.539 that we couldn't be there. I know you had, you 00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:39.800 know, you had friends and family that were able 00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:43.179 to go, but it's stupid COVID, but we were really 00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:47.920 happy to be able to watch it. Yeah, COVID really 00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:50.079 messed things up, but we were able to pull it 00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:53.539 off. Well, the phone just rang, so let's go to 00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:58.719 the phones. Hello. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hey 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:01.460 Neil, hey Christian, it's Jocelyn. KDHBRX, how 00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:06.260 are you guys? Hey, how are you, man? I'm good, 00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:09.099 I'm good. I called to put the show back on track. 00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:20.019 Thank you, Jocelyn! No, I'm just kidding, I'm 00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:22.320 just kidding. And yeah, we can all get on 80 00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:25.119 meters later and talk about all the stuff we 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:29.340 have to do once you reach a certain age. I had 00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:31.559 a question for Christian. First, thank you for 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:33.920 doing the fallout again. This is going to be 00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.860 our third or fourth year that we've done it with 00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:39.840 the VOA group. And somebody raised up a good 00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:43.820 question. Can we register the club with a 100 00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:46.739 ID? We all have our own unique IDs, but we didn't 00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:49.039 know if we could do the club. I assume so. I 00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:52.059 don't see why not. But I wanted to hear it from 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:55.539 your perspective. Yeah, I don't mind that at 00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.719 all. I think that's fine. No doubt about it, 00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:59.420 that's fine. Don't worry. And I think there are 00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:03.559 some other clubs in there as well. And yeah, 00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:07.079 more power to you, man. You know, I'm not a no 00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:09.880 rules guy, but in this case, it's like, you know, 00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:12.400 if that helps get the people involved and we 00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:14.420 get more people on the air, by all means, go 00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:16.019 ahead. If people are interested in doing that 00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:18.360 jostling, go ahead, go ahead for it. You know, 00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:20.940 just to let you both know, my doctor told me 00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:24.349 I need a little bit more vitamin D too. So I'm 00:46:24.349 --> 00:46:26.469 on the vitamin D. I thought the sun would be 00:46:26.469 --> 00:46:30.090 it, but back to our digestive health. Vitamin 00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:33.250 D guys. Oh, you didn't want me to go there, did 00:46:33.250 --> 00:46:37.250 you? No. I will put that on the grocery list. 00:46:37.289 --> 00:46:39.570 More vitamin D from the vitamin store. Not a 00:46:39.570 --> 00:46:46.070 problem. The reason again I was asking is, and 00:46:46.070 --> 00:46:47.849 you made the point as well, that gets more people 00:46:47.849 --> 00:46:50.690 on the air. Some people that come while we do 00:46:50.690 --> 00:46:52.690 the fallout, we try to make it a club event. 00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:56.340 and are like, I don't have one, right? So then 00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:58.039 it's like, oh, you should have gotten one. So 00:46:58.039 --> 00:47:00.159 if the club has one, then it's like, here's the 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:02.480 number you give people. So that will work out 00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:07.320 just fine. And yeah, hopefully this whole situation 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:10.579 ends up real soon and we all get to see each 00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:13.039 other in person. It's been way too long. So, 00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:16.639 and that's all I've got. So I will let you get 00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:22.340 back on show. I'm happy. I beat Neil, or sorry. 00:47:22.650 --> 00:47:25.530 Could be Paul Brown to the phone. You must be 00:47:25.530 --> 00:47:28.449 busy with something. Maybe he's on 75 meters. 00:47:28.449 --> 00:47:33.750 All right. Thanks for taking the call. Thank 00:47:33.750 --> 00:47:39.369 you, man. Thanks, Jocelyn. I will. You too. 7 00:47:39.369 --> 00:47:43.070 -3. 7 -3, Jocelyn. Thanks for getting us back 00:47:43.070 --> 00:47:45.789 on track there and beating out Paul on the phone 00:47:45.789 --> 00:47:51.539 lines. 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number and 00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:53.760 we do have a couple of tweets here to get to. 00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:57.099 So let's do that. And I had one other thing. 00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:02.739 So first of all, Jacob KG7EQN says, Christian, 00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:05.119 it's nice hearing about the intersection of life 00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:08.340 and ham radio. Does it make me feel bad to put 00:48:08.340 --> 00:48:14.000 stuff on hold when I see what you need to? And 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.900 pause and reevaluate where you are and what you're 00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:22.079 doing with podcasts. So thanks from from Jacob 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:25.039 Well, thank you Jacob. That's really nice to 00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:27.260 say yeah I think the perspective of somebody 00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:29.679 who's just going through life and trying to figure 00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:33.159 things out is something we all do as Amateur 00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:35.460 radio operators and we're definitely more than 00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:38.300 just that different hobbies different interests. 00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:41.039 We're raising families we You know, we have to 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:43.480 stop and we have to fix an antenna, but we have 00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:46.340 to do it on our time and on our schedule. So, 00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:49.079 you know, that's really the intersection of life 00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:51.920 and amateur radio. That's kind of how I look 00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:54.960 at it. And I don't do the kind of show where 00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:59.079 I teach you how to do everything. I'm not qualified 00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:01.739 to do it, but I have questions myself. I have 00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:04.139 a curious mind. So I'll bring people in who really 00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:07.780 know what they're doing, whether it's tower safety 00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:11.159 or working a satellite. pass you know what's 00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:13.980 that like and i enjoy talking to people so i 00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:17.519 think that's um that's kind of my uh my approach 00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:19.820 to doing this show but i appreciate the compliment 00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:26.739 jacob okay and chris a4 cb says hello and um 00:49:27.349 --> 00:49:30.449 Hello, Chris, and thanks for tuning in tonight. 00:49:30.590 --> 00:49:33.329 And also, I forgot to mention it, when we were 00:49:33.329 --> 00:49:37.309 talking about Dr. Scott Wright, KZRMD, he specifically 00:49:37.309 --> 00:49:39.929 told me on the phone last night to tell you hello, 00:49:40.769 --> 00:49:43.730 so. Oh, cool. Make sure to get that in there. 00:49:44.630 --> 00:49:50.389 So, 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number to call, 00:49:50.829 --> 00:49:53.690 and we're already over, so we'll probably make 00:49:53.690 --> 00:50:00.860 that the last. call for calls 859 -982 -7373 00:50:00.860 --> 00:50:04.980 but but here here is my question with this YouTube 00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:07.760 thing going on so you've added YouTube to the 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:11.559 to the 100 watts of wire podcast and added the 00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:14.400 video what about those episodes where you go 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:16.500 walking through the garden or you're going to 00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:19.199 have like somebody like follow you through the 00:50:19.199 --> 00:50:24.650 the garden and Well, this is a very low budget 00:50:24.650 --> 00:50:27.809 affair. I don't know how many people you have 00:50:27.809 --> 00:50:31.989 on your team on your successful podcast, but 00:50:31.989 --> 00:50:35.190 Yeah, we have not turned a profit. No, I'm just 00:50:35.190 --> 00:50:40.349 kidding. I I don't know I I could stream it, 00:50:40.610 --> 00:50:42.349 you know, I could stream it but I haven't done 00:50:42.349 --> 00:50:44.750 that yet so I kind of would need to I'd probably 00:50:44.750 --> 00:50:48.889 still take these walks and Record them and bring 00:50:48.889 --> 00:50:53.789 them back to upload Um, but I do believe that 00:50:53.789 --> 00:50:57.869 I could do the show from say a device out in 00:50:57.869 --> 00:51:00.449 the antenna garden. I just haven't done that 00:51:00.449 --> 00:51:04.110 yet. And it, it would terrify me to like, oops, 00:51:04.269 --> 00:51:07.949 drop the phone down the hill and there goes the 00:51:07.949 --> 00:51:10.050 people watching and you know, you're fumbling 00:51:10.050 --> 00:51:14.190 around. So I, technically it can be done live, 00:51:14.190 --> 00:51:16.969 but I would probably approach it from a recorded 00:51:16.969 --> 00:51:21.730 point. And and upload it but yeah I do undo that 00:51:21.730 --> 00:51:24.570 and I think. You know here all my stuff is in 00:51:24.570 --> 00:51:28.170 trees I do all the tree business. And you know 00:51:28.170 --> 00:51:30.650 is it cool to look up in the tree I mean for 00:51:30.650 --> 00:51:33.269 me it is you know but if that's what the people 00:51:33.269 --> 00:51:36.190 want sure we can we can definitely I love the 00:51:36.190 --> 00:51:38.269 field recordings I love the walking talks they 00:51:38.269 --> 00:51:41.389 may annoy people with the leaves crunching under 00:51:41.389 --> 00:51:45.579 my feet or whatever but. I enjoy them and it's 00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:47.659 like taking a nice walk and bringing the people 00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:51.559 with you. But sometimes I find things to damage 00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:54.619 and I curse. I say these curses, Neil, so I've 00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:57.800 got to be mindful. I guess I could do curses 00:51:57.800 --> 00:52:01.099 on YouTube. But we get storms that come when 00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:04.639 I'll go out there. And oh, here's 160 down again 00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:06.820 with a limb down and you know, you want to scream 00:52:06.820 --> 00:52:11.000 So you might catch me in a vulnerable position 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:14.340 there where I'm I get a little angry at at the 00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:17.780 trees But it's a great question. I enjoy that 00:52:29.170 --> 00:52:32.429 We needed the button. We could hit that every 00:52:32.429 --> 00:52:37.769 time there's one of those curse words. I have 00:52:37.769 --> 00:52:45.010 a question for you. I miss Bob Barker. Did he 00:52:45.010 --> 00:52:50.230 die yet? He didn't die, did he? I should have 00:52:50.230 --> 00:52:53.889 kept him on TV. He was the best. Will you number 00:52:53.889 --> 00:52:57.250 one come on the show in the video form? So it's 00:52:57.250 --> 00:52:59.369 still the same show. We just we just turn the 00:52:59.369 --> 00:53:03.130 camera on Will you come on number one and will 00:53:03.130 --> 00:53:05.550 you be subscribing? You know, I need to have 00:53:05.550 --> 00:53:11.610 you come in Okay, sure I Need you I need smart 00:53:11.610 --> 00:53:14.289 people man. That's the thing. We may need to 00:53:14.289 --> 00:53:18.570 talk about chemistry chemistry chemistry guys 00:53:18.570 --> 00:53:27.409 You know We can figure out the nomenclature of 00:53:27.409 --> 00:53:31.869 iron, lithium iron phosphate. If I'd had you 00:53:31.869 --> 00:53:34.550 as a chemistry teacher, I probably would have 00:53:34.550 --> 00:53:41.590 changed schools, I guess. I don't know. Chemistry's 00:53:41.590 --> 00:53:45.349 like, it's scary for some people, for me. But 00:53:45.349 --> 00:53:48.829 I'm sure your kids love you and you're teaching 00:53:48.829 --> 00:53:50.820 them and... Quite different way. I guess your 00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:54.539 radio club is put on hold too, right? Yeah, we're 00:53:54.539 --> 00:53:58.159 pretty much on hold. We've got some people asking 00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:01.480 about it, but we're just kind of on hold until 00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:07.920 we can get everybody back in the shack. So that's 00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:11.079 kind of a downer. We can't end the show on a 00:54:11.079 --> 00:54:13.360 downer. We need Paul Brown. School point roundup 00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:16.699 coming in like three weeks and we're not sure 00:54:16.699 --> 00:54:20.329 if we're even going to be on. Yeah, where's Paul? 00:54:21.050 --> 00:54:23.409 We've gone the whole show and Paul hasn't called 00:54:23.409 --> 00:54:26.150 yet. I think it was great to block the caller 00:54:26.150 --> 00:54:35.030 ID thing. It was a really good issue. Well, we're 00:54:35.030 --> 00:54:38.690 already over, so I guess we should wrap things 00:54:38.690 --> 00:54:44.409 up here, but we'll give Paul one last chance 00:54:44.409 --> 00:54:48.010 to call in. Let me say thank you for this, Neil. 00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:50.980 You're always a great friend and a long time 00:54:50.980 --> 00:54:53.619 friend. Although we tease, especially on social 00:54:53.619 --> 00:54:56.559 media, that's what we call a little hype. We 00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:58.340 get them in there thinking that you and I are 00:54:58.340 --> 00:55:00.500 gonna get in there and have a little wrestling 00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:06.159 match. Really fast friends and I appreciate you 00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:08.219 and I hope that you'll come and join me on my 00:55:08.219 --> 00:55:09.719 show. We'll think of something to talk about. 00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:11.860 Maybe you can talk about the beauty of satellites 00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:14.599 and why you dig it. Let's talk about why you 00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:18.519 like that sort of thing. And why chemistry? You 00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:23.059 know, why chemistry? That's something, and you're 00:55:23.059 --> 00:55:25.340 called to that. I still have your dad's desk. 00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:27.460 It's doing great. And I think I'll be out there 00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:31.980 tomorrow cleaning up. And it's my kind of shack 00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:35.059 away from the shack. It's in the old wooden shed. 00:55:35.380 --> 00:55:39.820 That's where my portable stuff is. When I set 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:45.250 up, I'm at the edge of the woods. Well, we look 00:55:45.250 --> 00:55:49.489 forward to hearing you on the air from out there 00:55:49.489 --> 00:55:56.309 here in just a Week Yeah, man next Thursday next 00:55:56.309 --> 00:55:59.699 Thursday one week from now be doing it. Yep Make 00:55:59.699 --> 00:56:03.840 sure you check out 100wattsandwire .com and click 00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:05.980 on activities and the information will be there 00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:11.199 on fallout next weekend. So check that out and 00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:14.300 get on the air and then you get the minimum number 00:56:14.300 --> 00:56:17.900 of points. You can enter the random drawing for 00:56:17.900 --> 00:56:21.280 the complete station that's being given away. 00:56:21.980 --> 00:56:24.019 So Christian, as always, thank you for being 00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:27.349 on the show. I didn't have anybody sk - I mean, 00:56:27.349 --> 00:56:30.530 I mean, thank you for coming on and, you know. 00:56:31.889 --> 00:56:34.889 It is better than just canceling the whole show. 00:56:35.909 --> 00:56:38.710 Completely better than canceling all together. 00:56:40.090 --> 00:56:42.469 You're like, gosh, should I just cancel this 00:56:42.469 --> 00:56:45.829 week? Ah, I could use a break or bring Kudnik 00:56:45.829 --> 00:56:51.309 in. Oh, well. See, now you got Don doing that 00:56:51.309 --> 00:56:55.219 too. When Don shows up, he says he's Regis. Oh, 00:56:55.219 --> 00:56:57.320 really? Okay, you can take that. Yeah, you got 00:56:57.320 --> 00:57:00.039 Don doing it now. You can put Regis to rest. 00:57:00.179 --> 00:57:05.199 I mean, bless his heart and soul. Regis is literally 00:57:05.199 --> 00:57:09.219 dead. So we're going to stop talking about Regis. 00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:14.699 All right. Because, you know, you know, he's 00:57:14.699 --> 00:57:21.539 dead. Yeah. Neil. Yep. And so is the end of the 00:57:21.539 --> 00:57:23.730 show. That was the end of the show, so cut off 00:57:23.730 --> 00:57:27.190 the last 25 minutes and it should be good. Okay, 00:57:27.389 --> 00:57:30.130 okay. Right after Jocelyn, right after Jocelyn's... 00:57:30.130 --> 00:57:33.110 Yeah, right after Jocelyn, we can edit that out 00:57:33.110 --> 00:57:36.170 in post. Music. Yep, yep. Thank you, buddy. Stay 00:57:36.170 --> 00:57:38.269 safe out there and all your traveling. Best to 00:57:38.269 --> 00:57:40.590 your bride and I hope to hear you on the air 00:57:40.590 --> 00:57:44.530 next week. All right, hope so too and we'll... 00:57:45.329 --> 00:57:49.469 Have to remind everybody next week to about fallout. 00:57:49.469 --> 00:57:53.030 So so check that out and thanks so much for coming 00:57:53.030 --> 00:57:56.949 on the show once again and And we'll be talking 00:57:56.949 --> 00:58:00.969 to you for sure you bet 73 Neil All right, seven 00:58:00.969 --> 00:58:03.670 three that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:58:03.670 --> 00:58:05.849 of ham talk live. Thanks to my guest Christian 00:58:05.849 --> 00:58:09.730 Kudnick k0 sth and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:58:09.730 --> 00:58:13.340 for listening in typing in calling in and Come 00:58:13.340 --> 00:58:16.059 back next Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:58:16.119 --> 00:58:19.699 For our upcoming guests, visit hamptalklive .com. 00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:22.159 If you like the show, leave us a review. That 00:58:22.159 --> 00:58:26.460 helps us out and we'll say seven three and seven 00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:29.719 five for now. This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Say 00:58:29.719 --> 00:58:33.099 may the good DX be yours.