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I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9 00:01:54.129 --> 00:01:57.709 VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of 00:01:57.709 --> 00:02:01.530 HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined by Tony Maluzzi, 00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:08.490 Katie8RTT, and Andy Maluzzi, KK4LWR, and we will 00:02:08.490 --> 00:02:12.169 take your calls as we always do in just a few 00:02:12.169 --> 00:02:16.310 minutes. Last week was Joe Eisenberg's turn, 00:02:16.449 --> 00:02:20.650 K0NEB. to talk about some new CW kits. 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He is the past president 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.120 of the Gator Amateur Radio Club at the University 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:52.899 of Florida in Gainesville and the current president 00:05:52.899 --> 00:05:56.339 of the Disney Emergency Amateur Radio Service. 00:05:56.980 --> 00:05:59.839 He is currently a systems engineer for Walt Disney 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:02.800 Parks and Resorts in Florida. He is a key leader 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.660 in the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative, 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:10.439 or CARI as they like to call it. groups that's 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.720 been formed to share and promote ideas to rejuvenate 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.579 amateur radio clubs in colleges and universities 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:20.120 in North America. Andy came into Ham Radio thanks 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:24.800 to his brother Tony KD8RTT. Tony just went back 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.279 to school and finished his master's in electrical 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.129 engineering from Ohio University. where he was 00:06:30.129 --> 00:06:32.509 the amateur radio club president. And during 00:06:32.509 --> 00:06:35.050 undergrad, he was the president of the Rose Tech 00:06:35.050 --> 00:06:38.790 amateur radio club, W9NAA at Rose -Hulman in 00:06:38.790 --> 00:06:42.250 Terre Haute, Indiana. Tony is a pilot and also 00:06:42.250 --> 00:06:46.470 a key leader in the ARRL collegiate amateur radio 00:06:46.470 --> 00:06:48.970 initiative. You can find him on the satellites 00:06:48.970 --> 00:06:54.350 or operating CW or portable on HF. So guys, thanks 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:58.199 for coming back on the show. Thanks again for 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:02.720 having us Neil Always good to talk to you and 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:07.240 we've Had a chance to talk quite a bit and Troy 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:11.120 W9KVR says good evening to both of you and good 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:18.980 to hear you guys once again, so COVID you know 00:07:18.980 --> 00:07:24.379 This is a real shocker here, you know COVID actually 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:28.310 messed up plans I mean, right? Who would have 00:07:28.310 --> 00:07:36.009 thought? I mean, you know, surely not. Yeah. 00:07:37.250 --> 00:07:40.730 So it's your third year. Now you've got COVID 00:07:40.730 --> 00:07:45.689 to deal with. Yeah. Uh, it's a curve ball, but 00:07:45.689 --> 00:07:47.589 I think it's a curve ball that we can actually 00:07:47.589 --> 00:07:50.709 use to make the QSO party even more accessible. 00:07:51.269 --> 00:07:53.370 Well, that's what we're going to talk about. 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:59.300 Yeah, we kind of revamped we we revamped the 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:01.259 rules a little bit to kind of accommodate this 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:05.459 and then encourage Clubs, you know, no matter 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:08.920 their situation to participate So, you know if 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:12.220 you if you looked at this in the past again the 00:08:12.220 --> 00:08:14.339 accused of parties open to all hams You don't 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:17.480 have to be associated with a college But we've 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.360 changed some of the entry categories a little 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.300 bit on the collegiate side so that if a club 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:25.120 is operating from their club shack like they 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.439 would typically, that's fine. If your students 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:32.100 are distributed across the country or the area 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:33.960 or whatever, they can also participate separately. 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:36.940 And we've also introduced an aggregate club score 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:39.840 that kind of ties those together. So really trying 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:42.179 to kind of encourage people no matter the situation 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:44.500 to get on the air, make contacts and participate. 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:49.679 Well, we'll address all the changes here specifically 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:53.440 in a little bit but first it is the third year 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.940 for this event refresh everybody's memory about 00:08:56.940 --> 00:09:00.740 The collegiate QSO party and and who participates 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:03.639 and how it scored under under normal circumstances 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:09.620 So this event is really open to everyone although 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:12.929 it tries to focus on New Ham, specifically those 00:09:12.929 --> 00:09:15.950 in college and universities or technical schools. 00:09:16.789 --> 00:09:19.750 But it is open to anyone. And the idea is to 00:09:19.750 --> 00:09:22.490 celebrate either where you went to school, connecting 00:09:22.490 --> 00:09:24.950 with the club at the school you might have attended, 00:09:25.389 --> 00:09:27.870 or just sharing your favorite college experiences, 00:09:28.090 --> 00:09:31.830 as well as giving those students something immediate 00:09:31.830 --> 00:09:35.570 to start off their year. When Tony and I both 00:09:35.570 --> 00:09:38.269 were working with our clubs back in college and 00:09:38.269 --> 00:09:40.850 at you know, in grad school, one of the big challenges 00:09:40.850 --> 00:09:42.970 is, you know, getting people on the radio quickly 00:09:42.970 --> 00:09:45.690 and getting them engaged. I think once you get 00:09:45.690 --> 00:09:49.149 someone on the air, it's very easy to get them 00:09:49.149 --> 00:09:51.149 excited about the hobby. But you got to get them 00:09:51.149 --> 00:09:53.990 on the air. And this, you know, the timing of 00:09:53.990 --> 00:09:56.789 this event is really time to be that sort of, 00:09:56.870 --> 00:09:59.049 OK, school's back in session, or in some cases, 00:09:59.149 --> 00:10:00.850 school's going to start in the next week or so. 00:10:01.110 --> 00:10:02.750 Let's get everyone together at an activities 00:10:02.750 --> 00:10:04.590 fair and say, hey, this coming weekend, there 00:10:04.590 --> 00:10:08.370 is something that you can do. Yeah, that's always 00:10:08.370 --> 00:10:11.730 rule number one getting youth into ham radio. 00:10:12.190 --> 00:10:14.990 Just get them on the air. Don't start with the 00:10:14.990 --> 00:10:19.570 test. That's always rule number one. Learned 00:10:19.570 --> 00:10:24.049 that one a long time ago. So let's talk a little 00:10:24.049 --> 00:10:27.669 bit about the plans for this year. You've already 00:10:27.669 --> 00:10:30.870 mentioned an overview of some of those changes. 00:10:31.889 --> 00:10:36.139 So let's dig into that a little bit and how things 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:37.980 are going to be a little different this year. 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:44.299 Yeah, sure. So like I said, we've kind of reorganized 00:10:44.299 --> 00:10:47.200 the categories of entry on the operating classes. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.279 So like we said, anyone can participate. You 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:51.299 don't have to be associated with the school, 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:54.820 but we have some operating classes that are for 00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:58.820 alumni or employee, faculty, or staff of a college 00:10:58.820 --> 00:11:01.600 and then the college stations. And like I said, 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.759 you've got kind of two classes depending on how 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.240 your club might be operating. whether you know 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.960 the club can operate kind of as normal out of 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:09.879 the shack or people could take turns during the 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:12.600 period from the club shack or if people want 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.620 to operate separately they have their own home 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:16.600 stations and they want their points to count 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.639 towards the club. We have an aggregate way to 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:22.679 do that also so there's really all the different 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.419 situations we try to cover in some way and just 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:28.720 encourage operation to make it easy and not get 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.519 too caught up in you know a lot of the details 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.220 that could make it difficult for people to figure 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:38.669 out a way to get on the air. So, what do people 00:11:38.669 --> 00:11:43.950 need to know to operate this thing if they're 00:11:43.950 --> 00:11:47.309 not involved with a college or maybe they're 00:11:47.309 --> 00:11:51.529 just an alumnus and they're just getting on the 00:11:51.529 --> 00:11:55.909 air just for fun through this. What do they need 00:11:55.909 --> 00:11:59.889 to know? So we've really gone for a simple exchange 00:11:59.889 --> 00:12:04.110 to give new folks a way not to feel overwhelmed. 00:12:04.889 --> 00:12:06.590 You're going to exchange your call signs, of 00:12:06.590 --> 00:12:11.490 course, your signal report, and then you're going 00:12:11.490 --> 00:12:13.690 to exchange the class that you are in the event. 00:12:14.309 --> 00:12:16.250 So if you're just wanting to get on the air, 00:12:16.409 --> 00:12:19.669 you might want to be an alumni representing the 00:12:19.669 --> 00:12:21.909 club you used to be part of, or you might want 00:12:21.909 --> 00:12:24.230 to identify yourself as just an individual, a 00:12:24.230 --> 00:12:27.610 non... you know, affiliate sort of thing. And 00:12:27.610 --> 00:12:31.250 then you would pass along a school identifier. 00:12:31.690 --> 00:12:35.529 So if you are, you know, like for me, you know, 00:12:35.529 --> 00:12:39.389 I'll be involved, you know, probably as an alumni 00:12:39.389 --> 00:12:42.450 member of the Gator Amateur Radio Club. So I'd 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:44.570 identify as an alumni class. And then I'd say 00:12:44.570 --> 00:12:47.269 my school affiliation is the University of Florida. 00:12:47.750 --> 00:12:51.610 Go Gators. And, you know, make sure to exchange. 00:12:52.350 --> 00:12:54.690 that with someone else and hopefully hear from 00:12:54.690 --> 00:12:59.370 them the same or different category or class. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:03.200 I like to think of it, since it's a QSo party, 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:05.360 it's not supposed to be super duper competitive. 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:08.580 Maybe there's more to the QSo exchange than that. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.139 I love talking to schools, and when you get that 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:13.580 chance saying, oh, tell me about your club, or 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:17.200 I've talked to a number of other gators on the 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:21.559 radio doing stuff like this. So there might be 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:25.200 some talking about Kentucky or whatever. You 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:26.919 know their football program when I when I talked 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.299 to another gator and how the gators are better, 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:30.879 you know And that sort of thing for a little 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:34.720 bit Yeah, I was just getting ready to say yeah, 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:39.259 I was planning my next thing here This is usually 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:42.100 the part of the program where andy and I start 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:47.299 trash talking um florida versus kentucky football 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:51.919 and Yeah, I saw it in your facebook story today 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:57.220 a little tough But but did you notice did you 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:01.779 notice that the promotions for this show? We 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:05.539 used a picture of a you know college campus. 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:08.600 Did you did you notice that picture? I did pick 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:15.399 up on that picture. I did pick up on it The Willy 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.220 tea as they call it at the University of Kentucky, 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:21.580 that's the new Well, I guess it's not real new 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:26.080 now, but new to me. I'll provide you a wonderful 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.980 picture of the, uh, the UF, uh, antenna farm 00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:32.700 that you can use for next year. There we go. 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:36.759 Okay. All right. Not the Odom. No, no, no, not 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:41.039 the Ocon. I'll show you the radio club. Yeah. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:44.080 Well, it was usually about time to, uh, to be 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.320 doing that, but You know, COVID messed up everything. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:50.379 So I know, I know, but Hey, we got the QSO party 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:52.860 to sort of keep that college spirit alive. There 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:56.440 we go. So we'll, we'll, uh, we'll, we'll just 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.039 fight it out on the airwaves on the score. So, 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.460 um, how has the participation been? This is, 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.019 this is year three. And I know, you know, I was 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:09.799 talking with you guys, um, when you were putting 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.529 this thing together and, and looking for. um, 00:15:13.649 --> 00:15:16.429 some ways to keep it interesting and keep it 00:15:16.429 --> 00:15:19.210 going. How have things gone now that you're up 00:15:19.210 --> 00:15:25.149 to year three? So it's very dear to year. Um, 00:15:25.210 --> 00:15:27.730 and you know, we've the other kind of thing we've 00:15:27.730 --> 00:15:29.509 been participating in and kind of leading are 00:15:29.509 --> 00:15:32.970 these monthly calls, um, of with college clubs 00:15:32.970 --> 00:15:35.389 and that sort of thing. Just kind of keep interest 00:15:35.389 --> 00:15:38.730 participation discussion going in between and, 00:15:38.990 --> 00:15:42.039 you know, is probably most people would expect 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:45.100 college or collegiate radio, you know, it goes 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.919 up and down year to year, and you can kind of 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.879 sense some of these trends coming. So, um, you 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.259 know, the first year was pretty good, pretty 00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:54.759 strong number of entries. Um, last year, you 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.200 know, it was a little bit quieter, didn't have 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.679 as many, but this year we've seen a lot more 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.360 participation from college clubs in general, 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.620 um, despite the challenges. So I think, you know, 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.860 it's looking good for this year to be a probably 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:08.500 the biggest year yet with, um, terms of entries 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:11.340 and kind of people knowing about it. So, you 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.759 know, it's a constant thing. We're trying to 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.240 push, um, kind of understanding how it, it varies 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.320 with college clubs and just doing the best we 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.240 can to, you know, keep it moving along and get 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.580 people, uh, the support they need and events 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:29.299 like this to get excited about. Now I read something 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:33.620 about some even remote operating possibilities 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:35.779 on this. What, what, what you got going there? 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:41.960 So we decided this year, with COVID, being in 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:46.200 a shack might be difficult. At UF, with social 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.019 distancing, we could maybe fit two people in 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:51.299 the shack there total. And a lot of clubs are 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:55.379 similar size or even smaller. So we wanted to 00:16:55.379 --> 00:17:00.200 be cognizant of that and accommodating. So this 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.700 year, we're allowing remote operation. in a couple 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:06.480 of different ways. You can do a actual remote 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.640 station where your club members can log into 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.930 your amateur radio shack, if you have it set 00:17:11.930 --> 00:17:14.569 up as that, and operate remotely from there. 00:17:14.630 --> 00:17:16.869 And we actually heard a great talk from Cal Poly 00:17:16.869 --> 00:17:21.470 on our calls a couple of months ago, how they 00:17:21.470 --> 00:17:24.910 set up this summer a remote shack so that their 00:17:24.910 --> 00:17:28.170 members, even with COVID, because some are stuck 00:17:28.170 --> 00:17:30.289 out of state, some are stuck in other cities, 00:17:30.609 --> 00:17:32.769 that they can participate and be active. So they 00:17:32.769 --> 00:17:34.410 have a really cool way that they can call in 00:17:34.410 --> 00:17:37.130 and get on the air. for this year, the first 00:17:37.130 --> 00:17:39.789 time that that's allowed as regular operation 00:17:39.789 --> 00:17:41.990 for the QSO party. And then the other one is 00:17:41.990 --> 00:17:44.430 actually sort of a distributed club. As Tony 00:17:44.430 --> 00:17:47.750 mentioned earlier with our classes, your club 00:17:47.750 --> 00:17:50.470 might say all of our individual members are going 00:17:50.470 --> 00:17:52.210 to get on the air. We're going to loan them HTs 00:17:52.210 --> 00:17:55.390 or we're going to loan them HF rigs. And they 00:17:55.390 --> 00:17:57.450 might go to a park and throw a wire up in a tree 00:17:57.450 --> 00:18:00.150 sort of thing. And they can all operate under 00:18:00.150 --> 00:18:03.769 their own call sign. count that credit towards 00:18:03.769 --> 00:18:07.329 their club which is sort of a distributed remote 00:18:07.329 --> 00:18:10.890 way that they can all participate as well. So 00:18:10.890 --> 00:18:13.190 a couple of different ways that we've tried to 00:18:13.190 --> 00:18:16.630 be really accommodating and embrace the challenges 00:18:16.630 --> 00:18:19.309 of COVID and hopefully allow that to get more 00:18:19.309 --> 00:18:21.589 students on the air and make it a lot more accessible. 00:18:22.470 --> 00:18:24.170 You know we aren't allowing you know college 00:18:24.170 --> 00:18:27.599 clubs to go like rent a big remote station and 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:32.059 have a five element beam on 160 meters and down 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:36.000 for the QSO party. It's still gotta be like their 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.539 club station and that sort of thing. But it does 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:42.839 open it up to where maybe they can't access their 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:44.599 station after hours, but because they're remote, 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:48.410 they can enjoy the party into the evening. You 00:18:48.410 --> 00:18:51.849 know stuff like that. So really trying to Connect 00:18:51.849 --> 00:18:53.630 everyone and try something different. So we'll 00:18:53.630 --> 00:18:55.609 see how this goes This is going to be a really 00:18:55.609 --> 00:18:59.670 new and exciting rule change this year All right, 00:18:59.670 --> 00:19:03.750 so remind everybody of the dates on this and 00:19:03.750 --> 00:19:07.890 where they can find all the rules and information 00:19:07.890 --> 00:19:13.950 Yeah, so it takes place Saturday September 19th 00:19:13.950 --> 00:19:17.069 At midnight UTC basically to Sunday September 00:19:17.069 --> 00:19:23.490 20th until 1159. So that whole period, you can 00:19:23.490 --> 00:19:26.329 find all the detailed rules and everything, log 00:19:26.329 --> 00:19:32.529 submissions at collegiateqsoparty .com. Okay, 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:36.319 there you go. So coming up in nine days. Yep, 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.500 and there will also be a packet on there as well 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:40.319 right now We have everything list on the website 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.900 But we will have a packet that will post up there 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:45.000 that will have all the content there plus some 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:49.359 sample You know exchange scripts And all that 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:51.940 sort of stuff that you can download Because that 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:53.460 might be easier if you're operating remotely 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:57.140 or something like that Yeah, and those scripts 00:19:57.140 --> 00:20:00.759 are always good for forgetting newbies on the 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.710 air that Always a big help. So if you have a 00:20:04.710 --> 00:20:08.269 little script there to Have the exchange in front 00:20:08.269 --> 00:20:11.730 of the operator. That's that's always a good 00:20:11.730 --> 00:20:15.230 thing. All right Well, we're going to take a 00:20:15.230 --> 00:20:17.730 break and we'll come back and talk some more 00:20:17.730 --> 00:20:22.329 with Tony and Andy and take your calls and your 00:20:22.329 --> 00:20:25.829 questions Right after this word from tower electronics 00:20:25.829 --> 00:20:32.119 right here on ham talk live Jerry, what's up, 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.039 man? I haven't seen you at Sunbucks in a while. 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:37.519 I used to see you every morning getting coffee. 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:41.339 What's up? Well, I can't afford Sunbucks five 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:44.019 days a week anymore. I had to spend my money 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:47.680 on PL -259s. You know, those antenna projects 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:50.480 I've been meaning to do. I had to do them before 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:54.279 my HOA finds out I have antennas. That's too 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:56.799 bad, Jerry. I miss seeing you and catching up 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.089 over coffee. You should get your PL -259s from 00:21:00.089 --> 00:21:07.069 Tower Electronics. They have great stuff. Jerry, 00:21:07.230 --> 00:21:11.410 you're back. Oh, QRM Heterodyne Frappuccino. 00:21:11.710 --> 00:21:14.390 That's a good choice. How's it going? Did you 00:21:14.390 --> 00:21:17.190 get all those antennas up before the HOA police 00:21:17.190 --> 00:21:20.670 showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. Thanks 00:21:20.670 --> 00:21:23.210 for telling me about Tower Electronics. Now I 00:21:23.210 --> 00:21:26.099 can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch of money 00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:29.799 on my PL259s by switching to Tower Electronics. 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:56.579 Give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the 00:21:56.579 --> 00:22:02.799 number to call is 859 -982 -7373. Or, if you'd 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:06.019 rather type than talk, tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:10.039 Now, here's Neil Rapp with more HamTalk Live. 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:28.339 Welcome back to HamTalk Live. Tower Electronics 00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:34.720 is looking for HamFest but there's just not any 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.279 out there right now so their schedule is empty 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:45.279 but their website is not. PL -259 .com for all 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:51.450 of your connector adapter PL 259 needs. HamTalk 00:22:51.450 --> 00:22:53.730 Live is on the air every Thursday night at 9 00:22:53.730 --> 00:22:57.069 p .m. Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive 00:22:57.069 --> 00:22:59.910 .com. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, 00:23:00.269 --> 00:23:03.569 and Instagram and it's time for your phone calls 00:23:03.569 --> 00:23:06.849 right now. So if you have a question for Andy 00:23:06.849 --> 00:23:09.269 and Tony, give us a call. Let me give you the 00:23:09.269 --> 00:23:21.990 phone number. It's 859 -982. 73 73 again 8 5 00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:29.349 9 9 8 2 73 73 or you can tweet this it's at ham 00:23:29.349 --> 00:23:32.069 talk live on Twitter and if you're listening 00:23:32.069 --> 00:23:35.990 to us on WTWW or the podcast edition you won't 00:23:35.990 --> 00:23:39.069 be able to reach us because we're doing this 00:23:39.069 --> 00:23:43.650 live on Thursday night so We won't be able to 00:23:43.650 --> 00:23:46.450 take your calls, but right now, if you're listening 00:23:46.450 --> 00:23:55.710 live, we can at 859. 9827373. So the trash talking 00:23:55.710 --> 00:24:00.289 continued during the break with the Go Gators 00:24:00.289 --> 00:24:04.369 thing. So this may be the time. I haven't mentioned 00:24:04.369 --> 00:24:08.490 this yet on the show. If you noticed, if you're 00:24:08.490 --> 00:24:11.390 a long time listener of the show and maybe a 00:24:11.390 --> 00:24:13.970 first time caller, but if you're a long time 00:24:13.970 --> 00:24:16.190 listener of the show, you know, we used to have 00:24:16.650 --> 00:24:20.029 a different phone number. We had 812 Net Ham 00:24:20.029 --> 00:24:25.049 1, which we actually still have as a backup. 00:24:25.470 --> 00:24:34.190 But the new phone number is 859 -982 -7373. And 00:24:34.190 --> 00:24:37.490 that was a little bit because I'm planning on 00:24:37.490 --> 00:24:40.890 moving to 859 soon. But also, Andy, do you know 00:24:40.890 --> 00:24:48.950 what 859 spells out on the telephone? Need to 00:24:48.950 --> 00:24:51.029 get my phone out and look at that, but something 00:24:51.029 --> 00:24:56.190 tells me it's not gators. It's not gators. Yeah, 00:24:56.230 --> 00:25:00.950 three five two is FLA And then you know, and 00:25:00.950 --> 00:25:04.230 then you've got the three two one For three two 00:25:04.230 --> 00:25:08.329 one liftoff over there to your east but eight 00:25:08.329 --> 00:25:13.829 five nine is is the area code in Central and 00:25:13.829 --> 00:25:19.279 northern Kentucky and it spells UK why? Oh, I 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:23.660 see what you did there It's okay. Well, we'll 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:30.839 get you a three five two number you can So call 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:37.859 UK why 9827373 we Seemed like the perfect night 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:41.000 to bring that little tidbit out. So there we 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:46.470 go So give us a call if you have a question You 00:25:46.470 --> 00:25:48.309 know, we're talking about the pandemic. We're 00:25:48.309 --> 00:25:53.329 talking about college clubs. How has this impacted 00:25:53.329 --> 00:25:56.769 the college clubs? Have you heard from various 00:25:56.769 --> 00:26:00.329 clubs and you know, how is this messed up? I 00:26:00.329 --> 00:26:03.210 can tell you it's brought my high school club 00:26:03.210 --> 00:26:07.210 to a grinding halt. I can tell you that. What 00:26:07.210 --> 00:26:11.769 are you hearing from others? Yeah. I mean, as 00:26:11.769 --> 00:26:13.769 you'd expect, it's been a big adjustment, I think, 00:26:13.789 --> 00:26:17.430 for a lot of clubs. I'll say that I've been kind 00:26:17.430 --> 00:26:20.730 of surprised by how active clubs have tried or 00:26:20.730 --> 00:26:22.950 have been despite this and tried to be even over 00:26:22.950 --> 00:26:25.789 the summer. You know, they're doing regular online, 00:26:25.789 --> 00:26:28.170 you know, Zoom type meetings. That's kind of 00:26:28.170 --> 00:26:30.430 expected, but they're trying to do some other 00:26:30.430 --> 00:26:32.990 events too. If they can do a social distance 00:26:32.990 --> 00:26:35.269 box hunt, they've always been talking about that, 00:26:35.329 --> 00:26:39.250 or organizing, you know, maybe like a two meter 00:26:39.250 --> 00:26:42.859 contest local. that people don't get together 00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:46.920 and do. So I think they're finding a way. The 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.660 remote shack project, I mean, this is a good 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:51.460 excuse to get that set up and working. So, you 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:54.279 know, it's a big challenge for some or for everyone, 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:56.059 really. I know some will probably have a much 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:58.920 harder time than others, but. Um, I think a lot 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:01.160 of the clubs are really finding a way to still 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:03.940 be active, get things done. Although the situation 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.740 is unique for everyone. You know, some schools, 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:08.039 they can't have anybody in the shack. Some they're 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.940 limited to how many they can go in the shack. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.819 Um, they're, they're finding a way from, from 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:19.299 what, from what we've heard. Okay. Well, there's, 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:22.180 yeah, like you said, every situation is, uh, 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:25.799 its own case. And, uh, We were in the middle 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:30.480 of antenna repairs with all of this hit so we've 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:34.980 we've got some rebuilding to do well We've got 00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:40.119 a few comments here on Spreaker so Troy W9 KVR 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:44.660 says we need to get Sean KX 9x to get his alma 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:49.920 mater University of Illinois on the air and I 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:53.359 Remember working them at some point uh... let's 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:58.819 see uh... john w four u s f says go hoosiers 00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:02.599 he's in florida but but he was a member of the 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:07.460 canine i u radio club back in the early seventies 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:11.339 and uh... there's a great tri -band beam still 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:16.359 in operation on the uh... memorial union uh... 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:20.059 up at the top have been up there many times and 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:25.720 uh... It is going strong over there. So Good 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:29.000 to hear you John in here tonight and so we've 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:32.700 got some some Big Ten stuff going here with Illinois 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:35.880 and Indiana and we've got SEC with the Gators 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:41.559 and and and the Kentucky Wildcats, so Eight five 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:44.660 nine nine eight two seventy three seventy three. 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:49.099 Yes You know activating your club is definitely 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:51.559 something that this QSO party is great for. We've 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:54.059 actually gotten a couple of emails from folks 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:56.200 saying, hey, the club isn't currently active, 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.440 but I know the trustee, I'm an alumni, I'm still 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:01.519 involved with campus and all that, can I activate 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:04.079 the club? And there will be a few clubs on the 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.819 air for the QSO party that don't have active 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.960 student clubs right now, but they're alumni that 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:12.140 want to participate and use it as a way to sort 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:15.960 of encourage students to get on the air and get 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.380 active. So might not result in an active club 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:21.019 this year, it's definitely something that you 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.700 know they can share their experience and you 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:25.420 know share a little bit of the the promotion 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:27.900 and all that of you know the college club and 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:29.680 it's kind of fun to go back and activate your 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:34.559 alma mater. Now Troy is at Glen Raymond middle 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.259 school and he says that since his classroom is 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:43.099 the shack he's got room to social distance so 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:49.519 you may hear W9GRS on the air. We can get some 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:55.380 other schools involved as well. 859 -982 -7373 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:57.759 is the phone number if you'd like to call in 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:02.019 and chime in or ask a question here. We have 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:06.940 Andy Melusi, KK4LWR and Tony Melusi, KD8RTT with 00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:11.119 us tonight. Let's talk a little bit about Cary 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.019 while we're here too. What are some of the other 00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:17.940 collegiate ham radio events that will be coming 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:26.640 up here in the fall and in the winter. Well, 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:30.619 I think the most recurring one, and the one we'd 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:33.019 love to see folks get involved with, is our monthly 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:36.980 calls. So the ARRL has been really gracious and 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:40.160 provided the use of their GoToWebinar platform. 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:43.319 so that we can have our monthly calls. So we 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:45.859 meet the second Tuesday of every month at 8 p 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:49.940 .m. Eastern, 7 p .m. Central and we share topics 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:53.140 or just discuss things as a group. So the last 00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:56.579 couple have focused a lot on COVID and the Collegiate 00:30:56.579 --> 00:31:01.019 QSO party, but we had a case talk about a really 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:03.019 cool project where the civil engineers helped 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:05.700 plan out their optimal antenna locations for 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:07.660 their field day site, given the structures in 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:12.200 the area. We heard about Cal Poly in there. What 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:14.779 you call it there remote shack. We've heard a 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.519 little bit about a ham sign involvement from 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:20.220 a few different schools So a lot of really great 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:23.839 content shared On those calls and I think that 00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.880 that's probably the best way besides the Facebook 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.960 group to regularly be involved We're getting 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.319 about 20 to 30 folks from all over the nation 00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:35.160 and even you know Canada joining in so it's a 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.259 really cool way to You know to sort of network 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.859 with the different schools and sort of hear what's 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:43.759 going on So that's the big carry regular meetings 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.019 and then obviously we get together in person 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:51.259 at Dayton and at Orlando and try and have that 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:53.799 month in person and you know put some eyeballs 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.420 on those faces that we've only you know talked 00:31:56.420 --> 00:32:01.920 to on the radio. Yeah and the other the other 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:03.980 kind of events coming up of course School Club 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:09.069 Roundup which is in October and February. every 00:32:09.069 --> 00:32:11.569 year. So of course, college stations will participate 00:32:11.569 --> 00:32:15.549 in that. The other one is the North American 00:32:15.549 --> 00:32:19.470 Collegiate Championship, which runs with North 00:32:19.470 --> 00:32:23.490 American QSO party in January, February for phone 00:32:23.490 --> 00:32:26.089 and ready. So there's a collegiate aspect to 00:32:26.089 --> 00:32:27.829 that too. So there's events spread out throughout 00:32:27.829 --> 00:32:29.890 the year. And like Andy said, with the calls 00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:31.829 we do every month, we're kind of bridging things, 00:32:31.990 --> 00:32:34.289 keeping things going and trying to support the 00:32:34.289 --> 00:32:38.859 best we can in between everything. All right, 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:41.220 sounds like some good stuff and yeah school club 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:45.259 roundup is a little over a month away believe 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:48.900 it or not, so Look forward to hearing some schools 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:55.240 on as as they can I'm not sure if K9SOU is gonna 00:32:55.240 --> 00:33:00.279 be on there for this this time. We'll see That'd 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:03.779 be first in a very long time if we're not, but 00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:09.799 we'll see how that goes. 859 -982 -7373 is the 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:12.019 phone number. We're going to finish things up 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:15.980 here with Tony and Andy, so if you want to call 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:19.440 in, now's the time to do it. We're going to wrap 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:22.880 things up here pretty shortly, so give us a call. 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:29.450 859 -982 -7373 or We've got at HamTalk Live on 00:33:29.450 --> 00:33:36.990 Twitter and also the comments on Spreaker where 00:33:36.990 --> 00:33:40.029 Troy W9KVR says if we don't get shut down, we'll 00:33:40.029 --> 00:33:44.970 be there. So there you go. You know, it's fun, 00:33:44.970 --> 00:33:46.950 Neil, looking back at that because that's how 00:33:46.950 --> 00:33:49.210 you, me and Troy first met with School Club Roundup. 00:33:49.650 --> 00:33:51.730 That is true. Seven, eight years ago, something 00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:55.569 like that. It's really amazing what the different, 00:33:55.569 --> 00:33:59.750 uh, you know, uh, events can lead to some great 00:33:59.750 --> 00:34:02.670 friendships. I get an email from you saying, 00:34:02.990 --> 00:34:07.289 Hey, can we put a, put an article together and, 00:34:07.289 --> 00:34:12.030 and Troy, and now here we are eight years later 00:34:12.030 --> 00:34:15.550 and we're all still, uh, working with school 00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:21.050 clubs. So, um, It's been great. Troy's stopped 00:34:21.050 --> 00:34:24.570 in over here. I haven't been over there yet. 00:34:24.570 --> 00:34:28.190 I need to do that. And of course, I was able 00:34:28.190 --> 00:34:33.030 to visit you at the Disney station. So and you've 00:34:33.030 --> 00:34:36.030 got some we'll go ahead and mention it here since 00:34:36.030 --> 00:34:38.769 we've got some time. You got some exciting news 00:34:38.769 --> 00:34:42.230 for the Disney Club station. Yeah, we're going 00:34:42.230 --> 00:34:45.449 to have a new beam put up on the shack here with 00:34:45.449 --> 00:34:48.360 lead times and, you know, contractors and all 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.079 that. Looks like it'll be November, but yeah, 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.699 pretty pumped about that. But we are on the air 00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:55.739 right now. We got a vertical up and it's set 00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:58.059 up and working well. So I'll be working most 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.920 likely the QSO party from the Disney station 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:04.280 with the Disney call sign, having some fun doing 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:07.980 that. And my goal is we have some new QSL cards 00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:10.900 this year and I want to work every, you know, 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.519 every college club I can during the QSO party 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:15.920 and send them one of the cool new Disney QSL 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.539 cards. Hopefully that'll be a new student's first 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:21.380 contact or something. They get a cool memento 00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:24.139 out of that. So I'm looking forward to that for 00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:27.840 the QSO party. Now, are you going to wear your 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:32.940 ears? I'd have to find where they are. I think 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:36.920 they're actually in my office at work and We're 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:39.179 work from home unless absolutely necessary So 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:41.519 I'm not sure I can justify to my director that 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:43.679 it's necessary that I go into the office to pick 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:48.300 them up for the party But I'll wear a gator shirt 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:50.320 though, I'll make sure I wear a gator shirt just 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:57.750 so you can you know Sure Well, Troy says he enjoyed 00:35:57.750 --> 00:36:01.289 his visit to the famed K -9 SOU shack. I'm not 00:36:01.289 --> 00:36:05.550 sure where it's famed, but well, yeah. And watched 00:36:05.550 --> 00:36:09.429 Padraig rack up the cues, yeah, and Padraig's 00:36:09.429 --> 00:36:15.329 been working quite a bit at SpaceX. He's been 00:36:15.329 --> 00:36:18.769 running around trying to get some satellites 00:36:18.769 --> 00:36:22.469 going and some rockets up there and all that 00:36:22.469 --> 00:36:26.650 kind of good stuff, so. Those those were the 00:36:26.650 --> 00:36:29.690 days Yeah, that reminds me though at the QSO 00:36:29.690 --> 00:36:33.469 party satellite contacts are totally allowed, 00:36:33.469 --> 00:36:36.750 you know VHF and up is totally allowed for it 00:36:36.750 --> 00:36:38.929 So if you you know, if you don't have access 00:36:38.929 --> 00:36:41.389 to a big HF station, you can you know work the 00:36:41.389 --> 00:36:46.400 contest locally and There's some bonus point 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:48.559 kind of ideas. Some of them is kind of similar 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.940 to field day in some ways. I encourage you to 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:53.960 do some formal message handling if you want and 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:58.519 public operation type stuff. So yeah, there's, 00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:01.500 like you said, not just a HF Superstation. You 00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.599 can get involved and earn points doing a lot 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:05.599 of different things. And you never know where 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.570 those contacts go, you know. Amateur radio has 00:37:09.570 --> 00:37:11.630 come up in job interviews for me and I know it's 00:37:11.630 --> 00:37:13.690 come up for Tony So, you know, you never know 00:37:13.690 --> 00:37:15.230 the person you might be talking to on the radio 00:37:15.230 --> 00:37:18.690 might be your next employer So for the students 00:37:18.690 --> 00:37:20.769 out there that might be listening, you know It's 00:37:20.769 --> 00:37:22.409 another reason to get on the air with the Q so 00:37:22.409 --> 00:37:27.329 party is you can build up your network Yeah now 00:37:27.329 --> 00:37:31.710 speaking of Speaking of the satellites Tony what? 00:37:32.349 --> 00:37:35.289 What grid square are we going to be hearing you 00:37:35.289 --> 00:37:40.260 from on? the collegiate QSO party. Yep, I'll 00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:43.880 be Echo Mike 28 here. So Kansas City area is 00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.539 where I'm at and I'm planning to be on, should 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:48.920 be on Satellates and HF for that is what I'm 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:53.480 thinking right now. All right, sounds good. Troy 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:56.820 says maybe we need to collaborate on yet another 00:37:56.820 --> 00:38:02.519 QST article. I think that'd be great. I'd be 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:05.300 all for that. That was fun last time. We should 00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:08.329 do it again. Yeah, yeah, it was we'll see that 00:38:08.329 --> 00:38:11.789 was using simplex during school club roundup. 00:38:11.829 --> 00:38:15.250 I remember correctly. Yeah Yep, and working, 00:38:15.250 --> 00:38:18.329 uh, you know alumni and those in the local community 00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:21.909 And that's something we still do we we still 00:38:21.909 --> 00:38:25.869 do that Monday night after the local net We go 00:38:25.869 --> 00:38:28.610 over to simplex and we take all the calls we 00:38:28.610 --> 00:38:31.150 can get as long as we have an antenna we couldn't 00:38:31.150 --> 00:38:33.329 do it last time because we didn't have an antenna 00:38:33.329 --> 00:38:35.809 because they took it down to put a new roof on 00:38:35.809 --> 00:38:41.949 but normally we still do that after after that 00:38:41.949 --> 00:38:46.590 article so that's I mean that's a great thing 00:38:46.590 --> 00:38:49.369 too for the collegiate QSO party you know if 00:38:49.369 --> 00:38:51.449 you want to email all the alumni in your community 00:38:51.449 --> 00:38:53.710 or like when I was at UF we didn't you know, 00:38:53.769 --> 00:38:56.570 do amateur radio on a vacuum at UF, we had the 00:38:56.570 --> 00:38:58.489 Gainesville Amateur Radio Society, which was 00:38:58.489 --> 00:39:00.829 a great, you know, local community group. And 00:39:00.829 --> 00:39:02.829 when we were on the air working something, we 00:39:02.829 --> 00:39:04.969 made sure we let them know we'd send an email 00:39:04.969 --> 00:39:07.269 to their secretary so it could get out and get 00:39:07.269 --> 00:39:09.269 announced at their meetings. And we get a whole 00:39:09.269 --> 00:39:11.730 bunch of, you know, just community members, some, 00:39:11.730 --> 00:39:13.769 you know, alumni, some folks just big Gator fans 00:39:13.769 --> 00:39:15.710 and others just, you know, lived in Gainesville, 00:39:15.809 --> 00:39:18.590 one to connect with us. And that's, that's totally 00:39:18.590 --> 00:39:22.179 an acceptable way to get on the air with the 00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:26.380 collegiate QSO party. If you are working the 00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:28.780 QSO party and you talk to a school club, definitely 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:32.099 spot them out there and help others to find them. 00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:34.019 I know the clubs would appreciate that because 00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:36.579 they'll appreciate the queues, but also it's 00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:40.199 fun to see your club call sign scrolling through 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:44.099 on dxsummit .fi or any of the other spotting 00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.159 networks as you're browsing for the next queue. 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:51.440 Yeah, that's always always good to see and it 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.599 always helps Bring in some pileups. So that's 00:39:55.599 --> 00:40:00.380 excellent excellent idea Okay. Well, I think 00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:04.500 we are through all of the comments tonight that 00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:09.519 have been typed in and phone lines are open but 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:13.360 Looks like everybody's typing tonight. So we're 00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.869 going to close things down here for the night 00:40:16.869 --> 00:40:21.269 so just a quick recap guys of of the dates the 00:40:21.269 --> 00:40:26.909 exchange the website all that uh must know information 00:40:26.909 --> 00:40:38.949 and now he's tweeting go caters so remind us 00:40:38.949 --> 00:40:43.519 of all that need to know information guys Yep, 00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:46.559 so again, it'll take place September 19th and 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:52.219 20th, Saturday, Sunday. collegiatecusoparty .com 00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:55.860 has all the information. And again, doesn't matter, 00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:57.420 you know, if you're, you don't have to be associated 00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:59.480 with a college club at all. We're encouraging 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.719 that, of course, but if you're just an individual 00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:05.440 or an alumni or faculty, staff, whatever, definitely 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.099 we want you to participate. There's different 00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:10.199 classes for those different things, those different 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:13.739 groups of people. We hope to see you on the air. 00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:18.610 Logs are due. about 30 days after the event. 00:41:18.630 --> 00:41:22.170 We make it nice and flexible there. And there 00:41:22.170 --> 00:41:24.809 are award plaques given out for the top folks 00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:28.250 in each of the categories. So definitely a cool 00:41:28.250 --> 00:41:31.590 way to get some recognition, especially for some 00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:34.449 of these clubs that maybe don't have the best 00:41:34.449 --> 00:41:36.809 station and aren't competitive in other events. 00:41:36.909 --> 00:41:38.849 It's a cool way to get a plaque and sort of help 00:41:38.849 --> 00:41:44.110 motivate the club move forward. So yeah, definitely. 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.860 Give us a shout if you're a student that doesn't 00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:49.059 have a club at your school. You can still participate 00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:52.159 as a school club and as a collegiate station. 00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:54.880 So check out the rules. There's lots of ways 00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:57.139 to get involved with this. And even if, like 00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:59.619 I said, you're not involved at all, in nine days, 00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:01.280 if you're just browsing the airwaves and you 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:05.460 hear some school clubs, give them a shout. Feel 00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:07.860 free to submit a log and just have some fun with 00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:10.559 it. Um, you know, the goal is to be fun and sort 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:13.460 of, uh, enjoy the hobby and promote it among 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:17.920 some of our newest, uh, our newest members. All 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:20.400 right. There you go. Collegiate Q so party collegiate 00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:24.300 Q so party .com and guys always great to talk 00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:28.119 to you. Thanks for coming back and hope to hear 00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:33.570 you on the air soon. Yeah, looking forward to 00:42:33.570 --> 00:42:35.190 it. I need to get you in the logbook. I haven't 00:42:35.190 --> 00:42:38.670 gotten RF contact from you in a little bit, so 00:42:38.670 --> 00:42:42.869 we'll need to work on that Yeah, I think thanks 00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:46.610 Neil satellite Yeah, it's been a while though. 00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:49.710 We've done more eyeball quesos and voice quesos 00:42:49.710 --> 00:42:56.840 than This is an RF so this is true All right, 00:42:56.900 --> 00:43:00.000 and Tony yes, thanks for for being on and we 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:04.820 look forward to what was that echo Mike 23 28 00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:11.420 28. Okay. Yep, and you too far Too far south. 00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:17.219 Yeah, okay Yeah, something like that. Yeah, that's 00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:20.380 why I use a man the Twitter wars beginning the 00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:28.519 Twitter wars beginning. Yes it is We got we got 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:32.239 to get our we got to get our Collegiate rivalry 00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:35.760 fired up here for the collegiate Q. So party 00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:40.079 so If you're on Twitter, you can you can check 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:44.199 that out. So Alright guys, we'll say seven three. 00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:48.179 Thanks so much and Thanks for for putting in 00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:50.659 all of the effort on this because I know you 00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:53.590 you all have spent a lot of time thinking this 00:43:53.590 --> 00:43:57.690 through and coming up with all the plans. And 00:43:57.690 --> 00:44:00.769 John W for USF also says thanks for your service 00:44:00.769 --> 00:44:03.309 to ham radio growth and especially among the 00:44:03.309 --> 00:44:10.610 ham. So I echo that completely. And thanks for 00:44:10.610 --> 00:44:14.789 being here to talk about it. Thanks for having 00:44:14.789 --> 00:44:20.329 us. Yeah. All right. That is a wrap. for this 00:44:20.329 --> 00:44:23.150 week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my 00:44:23.150 --> 00:44:27.750 guests, Andy Malusi, KK4LWR, and Tony Malusi, 00:44:27.909 --> 00:44:30.610 KD8RTT, and everyone out there in cyberspace 00:44:30.610 --> 00:44:34.090 for typing in tonight and invite you back next 00:44:34.090 --> 00:44:36.670 Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And this 00:44:36.670 --> 00:44:40.269 is hot off the press here. Next week's topic, 00:44:40.309 --> 00:44:42.309 we're going to be talking about that new radio 00:44:42.309 --> 00:44:45.969 on the International Space Station. Um, so we'll 00:44:45.969 --> 00:44:50.369 be, uh, we'll get all the details on that and, 00:44:50.369 --> 00:44:53.610 uh, no, that's a big thing right now. And I'm 00:44:53.610 --> 00:44:56.829 chomping at the bit to try it out. So, uh, we'll 00:44:56.829 --> 00:44:59.150 be talking about that next week. So make sure 00:44:59.150 --> 00:45:02.190 you tune in for that. 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