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2020 recorded live on Thursday, October 1st,
2020. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks
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And we're going to talk about Fallout tonight.
So Christian, welcome back. Well, hello, Neil.
I just have one question for you. Who bailed
out? Because every time I come on the show, your
ratings don't go through the roof. They fall
through the roof down into the basement and in
the darkest corner. And I know somebody bailed
out. Was it Scott Wright? Was it Tim Duffy? Was
it Bob Heil? What happened? Now, nobody bailed.
You always say this. You always say that, you
know, Somebody bail that that's the only reason
you're on the show And and we kind of nicknamed
you Regis because Regis Philbin was always the
stand -in host for or stand -in guest for David
Letterman he was always on standby just down
the street and you know down the hallway for
a while and and You know, he would always be
on call in case something happened Regis would
run over But since you and I have been on the
show Regis Philbin Passed away Rest in peace
and we have to honor Regis Philbin. In fact,
it was on July 24th I did I did my research July
24th when when Regis left so What a career. What
an amazing career. We joke, we joke about the
Regis, but isn't... What a career. Can you imagine?
You'd only dream of having a career like Regis
Philbin. I honestly remember when I was a kid
and we first got cable television there was some...
Can't remember the cable health network or something.
Mm -hmm. I think it was cable health network
and Who was on there? Regis Philbin he was on
this little cable channel and You know, it's
like, you know, whatever you turn on because
there's absolutely nothing else going on except
watching the camera Rotate between all the clocks.
You remember those and super had the weather
yeah, yeah and it's like I Would watch Regis
on on this cable health network or whatever it
was called You know, he was fabulous. Oh good.
Yep. Rest in peace You know and he just kept
getting bigger and bigger and bigger in the broadcast
field and So we miss Regis Yeah, it's a little
little joke that we like to play but yeah, he
did he passed and I thought you know Maybe we
can't do that anymore and we pay tribute to Regis
because and what a career But it was just funny
that he really literally was the guest that Letterman
would call up if he needed to, somebody bailed
out or whatever happened. And it was money, you
know what I mean? They were great. So we're like
peanut butter and jelly. I don't know if we're
like Regis and Dave. We're like Reese's peanut
butter cups or something like that. Just today,
in fact, totally, totally out of the blue. I
was looking at headlines and I saw a headline
that Kathy Lee was talking about and opened up
about Working with Regis. Oh Just just today
and you know, so so You're not Regis, but but
you're here But the comparison is and no matter
how it gets there Lots of well this damn over
Neil is killing people and And this year is just
so bad. I don't know why we even have to count
the year. And you just had a big birthday. Yeah,
the big five -o. Yeah. Welcome to the club. Yeah.
I remember when you were the youngest ham in
the world. Now, I'll see you on 75 meters and
we'll talk about your digestive health. Yes.
Yes, I went to the doctor for my annual physical
a week before my birthday And he said oh, I have
a birthday gift for you have a colonoscopy have
a colonoscopy I'm like no now. I got to get on
75 meters and tell same Details, but you know
what? I think real friends can talk about digestive
health and we should be able to do that. I swear
to you, I have one coming up. I think it's in
a couple of weeks for sure, but that's the thing.
And it's like, go ahead. You got to put this
on, go get blood work. Here's your tetanus shot.
I was like, holy cow, man. Jeez. I'm waiting
for this pandemic thing to be over. I punted
it. But I'm belaying. It's the day before. At
least, you know, I've had it done. I've actually
had this procedure before this age done. But
it's the day before. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
We're talking about colonoscopies on this show.
I think we should ID. How did we get here? I
think I said Kilo Zero Sierra Tango Hotel. Back
to you, Neil. I got an ID. Whiskey Bravo Nine,
Victor Papagolf. Anyway, thanks for having me
on this is wonderful. I appreciate you. Congratulations
on your wedding and your birthday How is the
married life treating you? Well, I'll give you
the answer I give everybody else the same as
the engaged life because we're still driving
two and a half hours on weekends, so Someday
we'll get that. Yeah, it'll get better. We'll
get that figured out Well speaking of weekends
There there's an excuse for a segue Speaking
of weekends fallout is almost here so so remind
everybody about what fallout is and and have
you made any adjustments to it and I know sometimes
you have Winner take all prizes and sometimes
you have you know points and so What's going
on with fallout this time around? Well, I'll
probably stream my colonoscopy, so whoever wins
this year, just kidding, October 9th through
the 11th, we're going to encourage all hams to
get outside. One last hurrah for the majority
of people who don't necessarily get out all the
time. I know there's some diehards out there
who get out winter field day, but it's a chance
to exercise our bodies and our equipment, get
out and make some contacts. And really, we just
go from the 9th through the 11th. You have all
weekend to go, any band, any mode, any time.
Make as many contacts as you want. But, you know,
it's fun to do it in a portable way. It's not
a contest, but we operate on a honor system where,
you know, one person, say you work a station,
you don't know them or they don't have a 100
watt ID. No problem. They don't need one. You
don't need one. But that's one point. You get
two points for working a 100 watt ID and there's
several thousand of those out there. So what
you're working up to is 25 points which really
is nothing if you think about it because we have
bonus stations and I was going to ask you Neil
if you were going to play but you're so busy
and married and newlywed traveling but you're
welcome to and you have in the past but we'll
put out some stations some friends that are worth
five points. and just get 25 points and then
you can qualify for the giveaway and it's a random
drawing and Neil, this time around, it's just
happenstance that we're giving away a complete
station. MFJ is going to give away one of these
Zygu G90s. I don't know if you've seen this and
a lot of people are like, oh no, that's from
China, nope, nope, nope, nope. But this is a
radio. It's really cool. I've been able to take
it out. And it's 20 watts. Really strong. And
it's actually a very cool radio. MFJ has donated
that. We've got an NFED wire antenna kit from
LDG. And you're thinking, LDG, wait a minute.
Well, the Zygu has a tuner in it. LDG said, look,
let's give you an antenna kit. Now you've got
the rig. and the antenna. PowerFilm Solar is
going to give away a solar panel. BioEnoPower
is going to give away a battery. And ABR Industries
is going to give away 50 feet of coax. All you
need is a backpack, and you're ready to go. So,
you know, you just make 25 contacts, get yourself
in the drawing, and some winner will have a complete
station you can go and do whatever. That's the
first time we've given away everything but the
rig, this time. We got the rig. Wow, cool. So
there's some incentive to get on and like you
said just get the minimum number of points gets
you in the drawing and hopefully you get more
points than that or more contacts but that's
just a minimum to kind of encourage everybody
to get on a little bit and I will do my best
to get on. I'm traveling most weekends but Well,
I just have to play it by ear, but I hope to
get on and You start actually on Thursday nights,
right? So I'm maybe I can get on And you don't
have to be you know, you don't have to go outside
at all. There's really no rules to this It's
more of a gentleman sort of agreement and ladies
we are doing an honor system with the points
You know, we don't want to turn in logs and make
it complicated. It's not a it's not a contest
But, you know, if you don't want to get outside
or you don't have a station you can take outside,
I totally get it. You can do it from the comfort
of your own home. Fall is here. It's getting
colder in some places. You can do it in your
car if you've got an HF station. I don't care
if you do it on two meters. You know, I don't
know how that would work on a repeater. You'd
probably make somebody crazy. But how about simplex?
I don't know, but... Yeah, you can do it anytime
and then you know seven o 'clock central time
where I am we can kick off on Thursday And I
usually start in the shack on Thursday and slowly
move my way outside as the weekend Unfolds and
if you go to our website 100 watts and a wire
comm Click the activities tab, and you'll be
able to see the prizes the bonus stations Neil
if you want it to you could be a bonus station.
I think the more bonus stations that are out
there, it just, you know, it makes people feel
involved and there's something more to chase,
but no pressure on you. I'm just saying if that's
what you, you were around to do it, you're welcome
to be a bonus station too. Karen, Eve Murray
is going to be a Juan Katie 2GUT. You can see
the full list, Steve W7UDI and others. So, You
know, just get on the air and have fun. And I
look at it as a last hurrah of getting out. Once
the cold starts to settle in, I find myself out
there less just because, you know, the kids are
inside and mama's inside and work to be done,
you know, it is. But so this is something I can
make a schedule for and actually get out. Sure.
So let's run down exactly when the hours are
for the official hours anyway. Um, and the days
of the fallout. Okay. You want me to do that?
So zero hundred UTC on Friday. So that is, you
know, I'm not a wizard with the UTC, but that
is Thursday night, seven o 'clock my time central.
So just, you know, Tie that in the UTC time 0100
UTC through Sunday 2359. It ends right before
the Sunday evening HF net at seven o 'clock central
time. So you can run any time you want. A lot
of people say, ah man, I got to work. Well, whenever
you sit down next to the radio, if you do, you
know, get on call, you know, seek your fallout.
Make some contacts. It's just another way to
get out there. The exchange is very simple. Just
call sign. If you have a 100 watt ID, you can
share it. You know, where are you? You can talk
to them about whatever you want to and give a
true signal report. I always think that's fun,
especially when you're in the field to really
know what your antenna is doing. But other than
that, there's really no rules. It's just an organized
way to get us out there as a community, all of
our community and operate. That's all. Just an
excuse to get out, man. That's all you need.
There you go. It's an excuse to get out. Get
outside and get on the air and give somebody
a real signal report like, you're a one, three.
Two, two. I like this one. Nichols. Nichols.
You're two Nichols. Nichols. I'm trying to figure
out if you're a one, three. How in the world
are you hearing me? Just tell me you can hear
me, okay? It breaks my heart to hear. You're
a one by seven. I got a five. Oh no, I got a
five, eight plus one time. Five, eight plus one.
Oh, thanks. What? So that's between eight and
nine. That's a great one. So yeah, I'll take
it whatever but it's it's cool to get out there
and literally now the bugs are sort of fading
out a little aggressive now, but here at least
but It's been good and cool. Nice breeze. It's
it's fun time to operate and like I said, it's
an excuse I put it on the calendar and it's known
in the fam that hey, he's gonna go out and do
it. All right that he's in the field so Yeah.
And I actually made a notes here, right? I didn't
see the notes this time, um, about the bonus
stations. You've got RIA, N2RJ on the list and
Steve and Karen E. Murray talked about. You've
got KI9W, Case3TOM and OH8STN. Do you know Julian?
Everybody knows Julian. I think Julian is a,
he's such a cool guy. He's in Finland and He
was watching the show. We'll talk about that
a little bit later. He was watching the show
on YouTube Two weeks ago, I think on the weekend
and he jumped on and it was you know, it's around
dinnertime there in the morning When when I was
streaming this out and you know, he's straight
up grid down Off -grid communications and he
beats the snot out of these radios and these
batteries and he builds them and He's the kind
of guy you want to hang out with when it hits
the fan because he's out there doing it. He was
also a former Marine here from the states but
he lives in Finland now and just just an interesting
guy who has an interesting YouTube channel and
he's a friend of mine and that that does look
like an interesting call sign when you see it
but if you see his work or if you can work him
from Finland that should be worth more points
really. If you can catch Julian in Finland or
anytime that weekend, that should be fun. He
likes to work the digital modes. So if you like
to do that, you may find him there. Yeah. Now
you mentioned watch because the podcast has been
listen and, and now it's watch. So talk a little
bit about that. And I tell you, Neil, I don't
know that COVID happened and I, for some reason,
and you know, I w I've been encouraged for a
while. to do the YouTube channel. And the horses
left the barn. I mean, there are some huge ham
radio YouTubers out there. And for me, it's not
about worrying. I think maybe I was like, oh,
I don't know. Now I'm the smallest YouTuber on
the planet. But you know, we've got a show and
people are slowly starting to make their way
over there. And basically, I just put a camera
up in the studio so you can now see the show.
And I'm thinking, why didn't I do this when I
was much younger? Now I'm just the old guy in
the studio looking around like a crazy monkey
because that's what we do on the radio. I'm looking
at screens and but I'm having a great time streaming.
I'm streaming out live to Facebook and to YouTube
now and you can come and subscribe, click the
bell. It tells you when I'm going to do a live
show and I'm moving back to doing a weekly show
back in October. Last October I decided I'll
do just two shows a month. And I was like, yeah,
I don't know, man. I just needed, I think I needed
a break. And this has kind of re -energized me
somewhat, you know, and we can have conversations
on YouTube, talk to people like Steve, W7UDI,
and he's a net control operator for us. And Steve's
been around with Ham Nation for many years and
people love him. Now you can see him and you
can see him and talk to him. We're not going
to get rid of the podcast. We're just going to
take the audio from the recording and put it
back out there. But this is a chance now to try
a new platform and to connect with people. And
on this platform with YouTube, we can take live
comments. I could have you as a guest and we
could take comments, put them on the screen,
engage with people in a different way. And I
think it's put some wind in my sails to give
me a new challenge. Because guys like us, I mean,
Me, we should be behind the microphone and have
been for many years. And when you mix in a camera,
it's just different. Oh, it's totally different.
And, you know, it comes up in my mind, you know,
being the radio, the broadcast radio geek that
I am, Bob and Tom, you know, and you heard them
for years and years and years. And then All of
a sudden they put in a camera. And so you can
actually see what they look like. You can actually
watch what they're doing, when they're doing
the show, you can watch their expressions. And
it's a whole new game. And they were syndicated
out on, well, it was WGN America at that time,
late at night. And it was just a whole new thing.
I like it a lot, I think it really gives some,
and you know Howard Stern does it, Rush Limbaugh
does it, and that's not the reason I'm doing
it, but it's this, it's a similar way of showing
you what a radio show would look like just with
the camera on, and I had to tell the listeners
or viewers, see, it's a slow transition, that
I may not be looking at that microphone, or that,
see, see how it is? I may not be looking at that
camera. because I'm used to working in a certain
way that's radio, so I'm not gonna stare it down.
However, if I have a guest, of course I'm looking
that way, everything's right in front of me,
but you know, if you're looking at multiple screens,
there's something romantic about it, and I love
radio and broadcast radio, and had a career doing
it 30 years now, and so being able to peek in...
It's kind of cool and I'm a gardener at heart
and in real life. So a slow growth is cool I
think that you know, we've got a little more
than 400 people now and What I'm curious to watch
is the engagement. It's not so many numbers You
know of thousands of people have subscribed.
I think that'll happen over time But what I'm
looking at is who's engaged in what you're putting
out there. What percentage of the people that
are subscribed are actually watching and so that's
kind of cool to watch that and and see who's
really digging it and for me and I think guys
like us because we've talked about our different
shows and and I remember talking to you before
you started this one was you know you go through
phases and you know are you still having fun
that's the question you know why are you doing
it and is it still fun so as long as it's fun
you know I'm engaged and and I'm into it This
new platform for me and YouTube is just great.
I think YouTube is great. It's strong. It's huge
and This is niche enough That the brothers and
sisters, you know who are in this and love it
like we do they find it So I'll just put it out
there while I'm having fun and hopefully they'll
dig it too. And it's given me a new I Don't know
a new something. I don't know what it is, but
it's it's a new element that I know it makes
me happy. It's fun You know, it's not like, oh
God, I got to talk to Neil tonight. I got to
talk to Neil one more time about, you know, it's
fun. And I'd love to have you come on too. And
when you see how this is done, it's the platform
I'm using. I send you or any guest a link, you
click it, you can be on your phone. You can be
anything that has a camera and a microphone and
you go right to the green room and I can bring
you up. You know, it's cool. So I'm going to
have you on and we'll talk and we'll continue
that conversation. But thank you for asking that
and if anybody's interested in your audience
that wants to see the show that we've been doing
for five years, just do a search for 100 watts
and a wire on YouTube and you'll find it. All
right. Well, we're going to talk more about that
and we're going to start taking Your calls and
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So we'll get you the number for that and take
your tweets and all that kind of stuff. But...
First Christian, we were talking during the break
about the IC -705 on the show. Of course, you
couldn't hear it. But you mentioned Dr. Scott
Wright a while ago. Dr. Scott Wright, KZeroMD,
sent me... A review of the IC -705. I noticed
he had it in his shack. He got a new radio. He
got the 705. He got a new antenna. And he's just
raving about the receiver in this thing. And,
you know, it said it's solid. It's a rugged field
performer. And that's exactly what we're looking
at for fallout. Something to take outside. It's
only a kilogram. and has all the SDR stuff from
the IC7300. You've got a band scope and everything
just in a little rig that you can just carry
outside. He has all the big rigs. He's got the
7851 and the 7610 and everything. That receiver
is comparable to some of those big rigs. You
know, I met dr. Scott through you and I have
to say Thank you for the work that he's doing.
He's doing such important work. I'm coming back
to that radio, but I met him Oddly enough my
family was vacationing on a big family my mother
-in -law was celebrating a big birthday and we
were in Turks and Caicos and I'm thinking this
is probably Four years ago or a little bit more
and that's when I met And you were like, Dr.
Scott's down there. You should try to connect
with him and you made it happen. And I went to
his contest station before the big one started.
Couldn't be a nicer man. And he is doing some
serious work with COVID right now that I can't
even comprehend. I mean, it's just like, wow,
man, that is so significant, but what a guy.
And I'm curious to see what he thinks about that
705. I mean, I have a 7 ,300. and I have a 9700
and I love that interface. I'm an iCom guy, although
I would try other things and I've got the Drake
TR7 was my first baby, but the 705, I'm kind
of not at the front of the line with that. I
don't get out enough right now to justify the
cost of that rig, but I'm really familiar with
how it plays, the touchscreen panel and all that
sort of thing. And I'm slowly getting, see, Neil,
I love my watts, man. Oh, yeah. I'm with you.
I take the 7300 out there in the field. I want
100 watts, but I totally get everybody who digs
the QRP radios. So, you know, I'm curious to
see what others like Scott think about the radio.
So I've been poking around a little bit, too,
and so far I hear good things. I mean, I come
spend the sponsor of our show. From the beginning.
So, you know, I'm not gonna poo poo on the rig,
but I'm also not a buyer of that rig right now
That doesn't mean I won't be but I'm kind of
looking at let why don't you tell me what you
think and what you've heard Well, you know you're
right on I mean it it plays like us, you know
like a 7300 you've got the touchscreen you've
got all the you know, the band scope you've got
all the features, but you just don't have You
know, you just don't have the power that the
other one had. But Scott is saying, you know,
on his first CWQ. So was with somebody down in
Chile because he, you know, he goes down there
for work a lot. And so he was talking to somebody
down in Chile. That was his first CWQ. So he
got a five seven nine and he had him at five
nine nine at home on this. 705 and he's just
saying you know the receivers just just fabulous
and he wrote up a nice Review over on e ham.
I'm not going to read the whole thing here, but
But it's just you know he says CW is really smooth
with full break -in and just you know He's really
into this rig and knowing him, I'm thinking,
you know, 1500 watts, you know? And it's a QRP
rig, but he's loving it. Well, he's doing code
too. And he's got that advantage over a guy like
me who is going to need as many watts to get
through on voice because I'm still, you know,
queuing up to learn CW. The interest is there
for me, but life is just, you know, in the way
at the moment. you know I'm on the phone portion
and so with code I could see you know where five
watts or 10 watts coming out of that radio would
be you know that'd be pretty impressive and it's
small it can fit in the backpack you can buy
with it take it up the hill put it on a plane
I totally see it I totally get it I wonder if
it'll be the game changer that the $7 ,300 was.
I think time will tell, but I was at the front
of the line for the $7 ,300. I had saved up my
money to go from the Drake to a, what was before
that? It was the $7 ,200. And I said, I'm gonna
get me a $7 ,200. And a couple of our friends
that we know were like, wait. Just wait, just
wait. And I'm like, no, man, I want to get that
rig. I got to get a rig. I got to get a 20th
century rig, 21st century rig. And they said,
wait. And I did it. And I just waited and waited
and I saved and saved. And it was a little more
money than the 7 ,200. And it really did change
the game in terms of selling your old used equipment
it changed that market it really changed the
way we look at radio and in some ways and they
you never hear anybody going oh yeah seventy
three hundred that's crap they're crap i heard
one the other day that's crap i haven't heard
anybody say that at all ever about a seventy
three hundred and the audio so i wonder if this
rig the 705 will have that same deal because
it it's set up that way except it doesn't have
the internal tuner but at that at this point
that's really all I could see that it doesn't
have you know well the only thing I hear about
7300 is I heard one on the air because they're
everywhere And they are a fabulous rig. And it's
been five years. I saw that on QRZ the other
day, five years. Yeah, that makes sense. That's
my portable rig. That's what I'm using for fallout.
That's my radios. And I would carry that up a
hill. You know, I'd still take that up. It's
not so big that I can't go, oh, I don't know
about taking that radio. I have taken up there.
I'm taking it. As long as I'm able to carry some
sort of rucksack, I'm going to take that radio
with me. So that's kind of my front line. When
I'm outside, it goes with me. I had thought about
getting a portable rig. I kind of liked the idea
of having the tuner and everything built in.
I was kind of thinking to him, you know. I think
I'd do, you know, just a 7300 because, you know,
the tuner's already there and, you know, just
make life easier for me. But if you're climbing
up, you know, a mountain or something, you know,
705 would be fabulous and it's working great.
Well, if you want to check out that review, go
over to eHam and take a look at that. And it's
time for your calls now. So Paul Brown, WD9GCO
has been on hold since Tuesday, I believe is
what you said. So so Paul it's time to call now
and and you can call too. It's eight five nine
nine eight two seventy three seventy three if
you have a Question or comment for Christian
or you can tweet us. It's at ham talk live We'll
get to a couple of those here in just a second
and if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the
podcast edition We're not here. It's it's Thursday
night. So sorry, but we're not here but eight
five nine nine eight two seventy three seventy
three you can You can fight your way through
Paul's phone call That's why he calls all the
time when I'm on and it's so nice. He's got such
a nice soothing voice I never listen to what
he's saying, but the voice Well now now here's
the story, I don't know that you knew I actually
Got to go visit Paul up in Valparaiso Cause it
was kind of a, it was kind of a secretive undercover
deal. I was, I was getting some cups to use at
the wedding and I didn't want Julie to know about
it because we were getting married on July 11th
on seven 11. So I wanted to get seven 11 cups.
And Paul was going to bring them to the wedding,
but with COVID going on, he ended up having to
cancel. And so I said, you know, I had called
the manager of 7 -Eleven and Valpo and set it
all up. So I decided, eh, what the heck, I'll
just drive up there. So I drove up there, met
Paul. We went. Over to 7 -Eleven, we got the
cups for the wedding and I took Paul out in the
middle of a parking lot and showed him how to
do a satellite pass. And we got to hang out a
little bit, which I mean, you know, we see each
other at Hamvention and a few other things here
and there, you know, but I hadn't ever gone to
see him, you know, at his home QTH. So I got
to go up there and visit, but we couldn't tell
anybody because... It was a secret mission for
7 -eleven cups Well, that's cool. Yeah, we don't
have those out here but on the East Coast they
they had them growing up and and I wish you would
have went and needed Wawa cups because I would
have had you pick me up some sort of hoagie I
miss Wawa so much from the East Coast. Yeah Although
I've kind of grown away from their coffee, but
there are some things I just can't get out here
now And 7 -eleven I you know what I think 7 -eleven
is here. Yeah, I think I think there is one I
think there is one or two around there. Let's
be one or two Okay, but it was just you know,
I knew Paul was there. I knew there was a 7 -eleven
It was like the second closest so I was like,
yeah Okay, Paul can just go by and get them and
then that didn't work out. So yeah, we'll just
drive up there There was a bunch of eyes that
I drove all the way up there and back without
Julie knowing that I was What did you tell her
you were doing, man? Halfway across the state.
I told her I was running errands. Okay. Which
I was running errands. It's just that was, you
know. Right. It was an error. Three or four hours
away, and there was a couple of satellite passes
that may have happened on the way there, you
know. I remember seeing your wedding pictures
holding those cups and wondering like, wow, he
got catered by 7 -Eleven. That was different.
And then we watched it. We watched you on the
YouTube and it was wonderful. It was a bummer
that we couldn't be there. I know you had, you
know, you had friends and family that were able
to go, but it's stupid COVID, but we were really
happy to be able to watch it. Yeah, COVID really
messed things up, but we were able to pull it
off. Well, the phone just rang, so let's go to
the phones. Hello. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hey
Neil, hey Christian, it's Jocelyn. KDHBRX, how
are you guys? Hey, how are you, man? I'm good,
I'm good. I called to put the show back on track.
Thank you, Jocelyn! No, I'm just kidding, I'm
just kidding. And yeah, we can all get on 80
meters later and talk about all the stuff we
have to do once you reach a certain age. I had
a question for Christian. First, thank you for
doing the fallout again. This is going to be
our third or fourth year that we've done it with
the VOA group. And somebody raised up a good
question. Can we register the club with a 100
ID? We all have our own unique IDs, but we didn't
know if we could do the club. I assume so. I
don't see why not. But I wanted to hear it from
your perspective. Yeah, I don't mind that at
all. I think that's fine. No doubt about it,
that's fine. Don't worry. And I think there are
some other clubs in there as well. And yeah,
more power to you, man. You know, I'm not a no
rules guy, but in this case, it's like, you know,
if that helps get the people involved and we
get more people on the air, by all means, go
ahead. If people are interested in doing that
jostling, go ahead, go ahead for it. You know,
just to let you both know, my doctor told me
I need a little bit more vitamin D too. So I'm
on the vitamin D. I thought the sun would be
it, but back to our digestive health. Vitamin
D guys. Oh, you didn't want me to go there, did
you? No. I will put that on the grocery list.
More vitamin D from the vitamin store. Not a
problem. The reason again I was asking is, and
you made the point as well, that gets more people
on the air. Some people that come while we do
the fallout, we try to make it a club event.
and are like, I don't have one, right? So then
it's like, oh, you should have gotten one. So
if the club has one, then it's like, here's the
number you give people. So that will work out
just fine. And yeah, hopefully this whole situation
ends up real soon and we all get to see each
other in person. It's been way too long. So,
and that's all I've got. So I will let you get
back on show. I'm happy. I beat Neil, or sorry.
Could be Paul Brown to the phone. You must be
busy with something. Maybe he's on 75 meters.
All right. Thanks for taking the call. Thank
you, man. Thanks, Jocelyn. I will. You too. 7
-3. 7 -3, Jocelyn. Thanks for getting us back
on track there and beating out Paul on the phone
lines. 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number and
we do have a couple of tweets here to get to.
So let's do that. And I had one other thing.
So first of all, Jacob KG7EQN says, Christian,
it's nice hearing about the intersection of life
and ham radio. Does it make me feel bad to put
stuff on hold when I see what you need to? And
pause and reevaluate where you are and what you're
doing with podcasts. So thanks from from Jacob
Well, thank you Jacob. That's really nice to
say yeah I think the perspective of somebody
who's just going through life and trying to figure
things out is something we all do as Amateur
radio operators and we're definitely more than
just that different hobbies different interests.
We're raising families we You know, we have to
stop and we have to fix an antenna, but we have
to do it on our time and on our schedule. So,
you know, that's really the intersection of life
and amateur radio. That's kind of how I look
at it. And I don't do the kind of show where
I teach you how to do everything. I'm not qualified
to do it, but I have questions myself. I have
a curious mind. So I'll bring people in who really
know what they're doing, whether it's tower safety
or working a satellite. pass you know what's
that like and i enjoy talking to people so i
think that's um that's kind of my uh my approach
to doing this show but i appreciate the compliment
jacob okay and chris a4 cb says hello and um
Hello, Chris, and thanks for tuning in tonight.
And also, I forgot to mention it, when we were
talking about Dr. Scott Wright, KZRMD, he specifically
told me on the phone last night to tell you hello,
so. Oh, cool. Make sure to get that in there.
So, 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number to call,
and we're already over, so we'll probably make
that the last. call for calls 859 -982 -7373
but but here here is my question with this YouTube
thing going on so you've added YouTube to the
to the 100 watts of wire podcast and added the
video what about those episodes where you go
walking through the garden or you're going to
have like somebody like follow you through the
the garden and Well, this is a very low budget
affair. I don't know how many people you have
on your team on your successful podcast, but
Yeah, we have not turned a profit. No, I'm just
kidding. I I don't know I I could stream it,
you know, I could stream it but I haven't done
that yet so I kind of would need to I'd probably
still take these walks and Record them and bring
them back to upload Um, but I do believe that
I could do the show from say a device out in
the antenna garden. I just haven't done that
yet. And it, it would terrify me to like, oops,
drop the phone down the hill and there goes the
people watching and you know, you're fumbling
around. So I, technically it can be done live,
but I would probably approach it from a recorded
point. And and upload it but yeah I do undo that
and I think. You know here all my stuff is in
trees I do all the tree business. And you know
is it cool to look up in the tree I mean for
me it is you know but if that's what the people
want sure we can we can definitely I love the
field recordings I love the walking talks they
may annoy people with the leaves crunching under
my feet or whatever but. I enjoy them and it's
like taking a nice walk and bringing the people
with you. But sometimes I find things to damage
and I curse. I say these curses, Neil, so I've
got to be mindful. I guess I could do curses
on YouTube. But we get storms that come when
I'll go out there. And oh, here's 160 down again
with a limb down and you know, you want to scream
So you might catch me in a vulnerable position
there where I'm I get a little angry at at the
trees But it's a great question. I enjoy that
We needed the button. We could hit that every
time there's one of those curse words. I have
a question for you. I miss Bob Barker. Did he
die yet? He didn't die, did he? I should have
kept him on TV. He was the best. Will you number
one come on the show in the video form? So it's
still the same show. We just we just turn the
camera on Will you come on number one and will
you be subscribing? You know, I need to have
you come in Okay, sure I Need you I need smart
people man. That's the thing. We may need to
talk about chemistry chemistry chemistry guys
You know We can figure out the nomenclature of
iron, lithium iron phosphate. If I'd had you
as a chemistry teacher, I probably would have
changed schools, I guess. I don't know. Chemistry's
like, it's scary for some people, for me. But
I'm sure your kids love you and you're teaching
them and... Quite different way. I guess your
radio club is put on hold too, right? Yeah, we're
pretty much on hold. We've got some people asking
about it, but we're just kind of on hold until
we can get everybody back in the shack. So that's
kind of a downer. We can't end the show on a
downer. We need Paul Brown. School point roundup
coming in like three weeks and we're not sure
if we're even going to be on. Yeah, where's Paul?
We've gone the whole show and Paul hasn't called
yet. I think it was great to block the caller
ID thing. It was a really good issue. Well, we're
already over, so I guess we should wrap things
up here, but we'll give Paul one last chance
to call in. Let me say thank you for this, Neil.
You're always a great friend and a long time
friend. Although we tease, especially on social
media, that's what we call a little hype. We
get them in there thinking that you and I are
gonna get in there and have a little wrestling
match. Really fast friends and I appreciate you
and I hope that you'll come and join me on my
show. We'll think of something to talk about.
Maybe you can talk about the beauty of satellites
and why you dig it. Let's talk about why you
like that sort of thing. And why chemistry? You
know, why chemistry? That's something, and you're
called to that. I still have your dad's desk.
It's doing great. And I think I'll be out there
tomorrow cleaning up. And it's my kind of shack
away from the shack. It's in the old wooden shed.
That's where my portable stuff is. When I set
up, I'm at the edge of the woods. Well, we look
forward to hearing you on the air from out there
here in just a Week Yeah, man next Thursday next
Thursday one week from now be doing it. Yep Make
sure you check out 100wattsandwire .com and click
on activities and the information will be there
on fallout next weekend. So check that out and
get on the air and then you get the minimum number
of points. You can enter the random drawing for
the complete station that's being given away.
So Christian, as always, thank you for being
on the show. I didn't have anybody sk - I mean,
I mean, thank you for coming on and, you know.
It is better than just canceling the whole show.
Completely better than canceling all together.
You're like, gosh, should I just cancel this
week? Ah, I could use a break or bring Kudnik
in. Oh, well. See, now you got Don doing that
too. When Don shows up, he says he's Regis. Oh,
really? Okay, you can take that. Yeah, you got
Don doing it now. You can put Regis to rest.
I mean, bless his heart and soul. Regis is literally
dead. So we're going to stop talking about Regis.
All right. Because, you know, you know, he's
dead. Yeah. Neil. Yep. And so is the end of the
show. That was the end of the show, so cut off
the last 25 minutes and it should be good. Okay,
okay. Right after Jocelyn, right after Jocelyn's...
Yeah, right after Jocelyn, we can edit that out
in post. Music. Yep, yep. Thank you, buddy. Stay
safe out there and all your traveling. Best to
your bride and I hope to hear you on the air
next week. All right, hope so too and we'll...
Have to remind everybody next week to about fallout.
So so check that out and thanks so much for coming
on the show once again and And we'll be talking
to you for sure you bet 73 Neil All right, seven
three that is a wrap for this week's edition
of ham talk live. Thanks to my guest Christian
Kudnick k0 sth and everybody out there in cyberspace
for listening in typing in calling in and Come
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may the good DX be yours.