WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.660 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.660 --> 00:00:06.040 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:12.980 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:17.660 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:22.879 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:31.980 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.980 --> 00:00:37.979 we go, welcome to Amtok Live Calling Let's Talk, 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:58.299 Neil's your guy Amtok Live, here we go All right, 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.340 we're finally back. It's time for HamTalk Live. 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:05.500 It's episode number 225. Come and get Wyoming, 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.219 as well as complete Windows audio failures all 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:14.640 the way around. Recorded live on Thursday, August 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:19.359 27th, 2020. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:22.280 Thanks for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.670 Live tonight. We'll be joined by R .J. Bragg, 00:01:25.810 --> 00:01:29.409 W -Y -7 -A -A, and we'll take your calls in just 00:01:29.409 --> 00:01:33.650 a few minutes. And last week Frank Howell, K4FMH, 00:01:33.670 --> 00:01:36.519 was here. to talk about the portable operations 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.459 challenge. If you missed that show, you can listen 00:01:39.459 --> 00:01:42.620 anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite 00:01:42.620 --> 00:01:46.159 podcast app or on YouTube, or you can catch the 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:51.640 rebroadcast on WTWW 5085 AM Saturday afternoons 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.739 at about 3 .30 PM Eastern time. So my apologies. 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.400 We are starting almost a half hour late here. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:00.939 I've been through like four computer crashes 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:05.620 and and all kinds of audio issues. Windows update 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:09.479 like two weeks ago has caused total havoc. I've 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.080 spent hours and hours and hours trying to get 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:14.400 it all lined out. Thought it was all lined out. 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:17.159 Tested it again. Tested it again. Everything 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.460 was fine. And one minute before we go on the 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:22.680 show, it starts acting up again. So if the audio 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:25.759 on the mic is cutting out again, I apologize. 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:29.199 I've done everything I can do, but I didn't want 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:33.680 to keep RJ any longer. So we're going to go ahead 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:38.580 with it and hopefully things are okay now. and 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:41.479 we'll keep our fingers crossed. So I'll be back 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.960 with RJ right after this word from ICOM America 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.840 right here on HamTalk Live. Get out and be active 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:53.580 with ICOM's new IC705 and its optional multi 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:57.060 -function backpack. The IC705 is your perfect 00:02:57.060 --> 00:03:00.259 QRP companion as you have base station features 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:03.020 and functionality at the tip of your fingers 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:06.139 in a portable package covering HF, six meters, 00:03:06.419 --> 00:03:09.539 two meters and 70 centimeters. 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They're at icomamerica 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.399 .com slash amateur. Make sure you check them 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:06.699 out and that's exciting news. 705 hopes to ship 00:05:06.699 --> 00:05:11.139 by the end of September. So that'll be coming 00:05:11.139 --> 00:05:16.939 your way soon. Well tonight my guest is R .J. 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.620 Bragg. He was first licensed as KD0FWZ back in 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:25.000 2008. Since then he's upgraded to extra class 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.519 and has his own ham shack and he spends most 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.870 of his time operating FM satellites. off and 00:05:31.870 --> 00:05:35.189 roving to rare grids, as well as some sideband 00:05:35.189 --> 00:05:37.949 contesting. He is the president of the Chi -Y 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:41.949 amateur radio club in Cheyenne, Wyoming. And 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:44.750 he's been able to operate from McMurdo station 00:05:44.750 --> 00:05:47.970 in Antarctica, where his wife was performing 00:05:47.970 --> 00:05:53.490 research. And I had the privilege of and the 00:05:53.490 --> 00:05:56.709 honor of being present at RJ's first experience 00:05:56.709 --> 00:06:01.829 ever at Chick -fil -A. with the El Camino. So 00:06:01.829 --> 00:06:05.910 Rajay, welcome to the show. Thank you, Neil. 00:06:06.089 --> 00:06:10.430 I appreciate all the work that you went through 00:06:10.430 --> 00:06:15.350 to get us going tonight. Well, I'm trying. And 00:06:15.350 --> 00:06:20.269 it's just this new Windows update has just caused 00:06:20.269 --> 00:06:24.209 all kinds of audio issues. And I thought I finally 00:06:24.209 --> 00:06:29.069 had done my magic, but apparently not. But yeah, 00:06:29.769 --> 00:06:33.629 I'm still kind of, I guess maybe that it's more 00:06:33.629 --> 00:06:37.589 of a Midwest and Southern thing, the Chick -fil 00:06:37.589 --> 00:06:42.129 -A. You hadn't ever had Chick -fil -A. No, they 00:06:42.129 --> 00:06:46.209 do have. But yeah, it's, it's not something I've 00:06:46.209 --> 00:06:50.189 ever come across before. So we were actually 00:06:50.189 --> 00:06:53.670 talking before the show, before everything fell 00:06:53.670 --> 00:07:00.160 apart. We mentioned Skyline Chili, and we were 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.000 talking about Skyline Chili. And you said you'd 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.680 had Skyline Chili, which is the Cincinnati Chili, 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:10.660 but you actually had it in Antarctica. Yeah, 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:13.519 that's it. I was the only one other than the 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.779 person that had it shipped down that knew the 00:07:15.779 --> 00:07:21.220 name. So I got a front row seat for that. So 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:27.089 just in Antarctica. Not, not anywhere near Cincinnati. 00:07:27.370 --> 00:07:31.009 Well, anyway, now one of these days. Yeah, maybe 00:07:31.009 --> 00:07:34.430 one of these days. Well, you're actually getting 00:07:34.430 --> 00:07:37.310 ready to go on a road. You were telling me you're 00:07:37.310 --> 00:07:40.069 getting ready to go on another road this weekend 00:07:40.069 --> 00:07:45.050 and the El Camino is headed out. The Elko and 00:07:45.050 --> 00:07:47.529 I have not been on a road trip all season yet, 00:07:47.529 --> 00:07:50.490 so we are headed out. We're going to be November 00:07:50.490 --> 00:07:54.790 zero India for the Kansas QSO party. One of the. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.519 mobile stations. I'm going to be in the northwest 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.060 corner of the state trying to activate about 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:05.860 23 counties over two days. Wow. Okay. So that'll 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:08.980 be cool. Now, is this El Camino trip sponsored 00:08:08.980 --> 00:08:13.540 by N6UA or is that just the last one? Actually, 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:17.819 this one, this, yeah, this one is AD0DX. Ron 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:21.420 is the one that talked. He's actually out roving 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:24.180 tonight and we're going to meet up Saturday night 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:27.519 and camp together and then do some more contacts 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:31.480 for the contest in the morning. Okay. Well, that'll 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.399 be a cool thing. So if you're looking for some 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:40.159 of those Kansas QSO party counties, We'll be 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:45.059 listening for RJ on the air and Mitch. Well, 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.200 let's talk about getting Wyoming in the log, 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.200 because that's the topic of the show tonight. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:53.639 You've got this special event that's just come 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:57.580 together in the past couple of weeks that's called 00:08:57.580 --> 00:09:02.179 Come and Get Wyoming. So what's this all about 00:09:02.179 --> 00:09:06.139 and how did this come about? How did you get 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:11.149 the idea for this? Well, it goes back about a 00:09:11.149 --> 00:09:15.090 year now and the Chi -Y amateur radio club decided, 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:19.409 agreed to host the 2020 Wyoming ham con, which 00:09:19.409 --> 00:09:21.629 would have been the, uh, a double RL section 00:09:21.629 --> 00:09:25.870 convention. And during the planning stages back 00:09:25.870 --> 00:09:28.230 about February, somebody's, you know, said, Hey, 00:09:28.309 --> 00:09:31.169 we should get a one -by -one call and on W seven 00:09:31.169 --> 00:09:34.769 Y was available. So we, we just, uh, got it. 00:09:34.789 --> 00:09:37.629 And we figured as the convention drew closer, 00:09:38.370 --> 00:09:40.460 we'd, uh, we'd figure out what to do with it, 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.340 you know, have it on the air during the convention, 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:46.059 something like that. Well, global pandemic happens 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:49.740 and that kind of gets a sideline to everything. 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:53.580 So we kind of, I guess, forgot about it for a 00:09:53.580 --> 00:09:57.620 little while. And at our last club meeting, beginning 00:09:57.620 --> 00:10:00.200 of August, you know, some of us started kicking 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:02.440 around the idea, hey, we got this special event 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.080 call, you know, we should do something with it. 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:10.059 It's, you know, keep keep getting the Wyoming 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:13.159 community together and the Chi Wai group definitely 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:17.419 is interested. So we know that Cheyenne is, or 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:23.120 Cheyenne, Wyoming is kind of the local DX. Everybody's 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:25.679 looking for Wyoming. Every time you're on a contest, 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:28.820 we get, the club gets emails all the time looking 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:32.899 for the Wyoming's the last entity for someone's 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:35.480 worked all state on this band or this mode or 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.950 something. So we decided to. to have at it, kind 00:10:38.950 --> 00:10:43.330 of the same model as the AWRL 100th anniversary, 00:10:43.490 --> 00:10:49.129 the WA1 -7, in our case, similar format to that. 00:10:51.029 --> 00:10:53.169 All right. Well, it's a shame that, you know, 00:10:53.409 --> 00:10:57.610 you couldn't have the convention. And I know 00:10:57.610 --> 00:11:03.230 you had some very honored and famous guests on 00:11:03.230 --> 00:11:07.379 the way that are chiming in with the hashtag 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:12.139 blame RJ tweets, uh, or hashtag on Twitter right 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:16.879 now. Um, but it's cool that you could recycle 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.620 this and use it, uh, for something else. So if 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:25.120 someone does need Wyoming in his or her log or 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:27.679 just wants to get the special event call. And, 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.120 and I've actually told a friend of mine, Hey, 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.539 um, you know, Wyoming is going to be on he's 00:11:32.539 --> 00:11:37.269 collecting. All states, but one by one call signs. 00:11:37.990 --> 00:11:41.350 So this is, you know, a rare chance to get that. 00:11:41.610 --> 00:11:43.730 So I warned him and said, Hey, you know, this 00:11:43.730 --> 00:11:48.929 is, this is coming up. So, uh, if somebody's 00:11:48.929 --> 00:11:51.470 out there and wants to get Wyoming in the log 00:11:51.470 --> 00:11:53.850 from the special event, what do they need to 00:11:53.850 --> 00:11:57.549 do? How do they know what to do? Well, really 00:11:57.549 --> 00:12:00.980 it's going to be, um, we're, we're Trying to 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:03.759 open it up to any amateurs in the state of Wyoming. 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:06.679 So definitely the, the shy Y members. Um, and 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:08.740 we're a pretty good size club. I think about 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:11.460 54 members, but we're going to open it up to 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:14.259 the rest of the hams. And we, I mean, this is, 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.559 like I said, this is kind of coming together 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.299 quickly. We just sent out an invitation to people 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:24.000 today. Um, so we're gonna, we've got a scheduler 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.559 on our website and the website is, uh, www shy 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:35.179 y a r c dot net so s h y w y a r c dot net and 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:37.279 you'll see the special event page right up front 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.860 and then there's a scheduler so when people and 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:43.360 that's gonna that's gonna change regularly as 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.399 people have time they're gonna you know throw 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.440 their name on the list and say i'm gonna be on 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.820 this band on this mode at this time so keep an 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:53.360 eye out on that um it's just starting to get 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:57.440 populated now We're really trying to get as many 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:01.500 modes and as many bands as we can, even some 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:06.460 unique ones. I got one buddy from the club that 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:09.799 he thinks he's going to try to get the slow scan 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.279 TV up on the air. I'd like myself to try to do 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.659 a little meteor scatter for this event. So we're 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:19.799 really going to try to fill in people's Logbook 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.860 of the World accounts for Wyoming. So all of 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:26.220 the logs that we do, we're going to get those 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.899 up on Logbook of the World. That's going to be 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:34.519 the primary way to get QSL. And then we are going 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.039 to offer a QSL card, which is getting designed 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:41.480 as we speak. We're going to ask for a self -addressed, 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.519 self -stamped and addressed envelope and a $1 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.700 just to cover our costs because We're really 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:50.379 not trying to make money on this. We're just 00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:54.379 trying to break even on this whole deal. And 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:56.220 then the last thing we're working on, and this 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:58.240 is again in the planning stages, we're going 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.480 to try to offer a digital certificate. So you 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.500 can go to our website and get an automatically 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:08.899 generated certificate of the one by one call 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:12.139 station. So there's a lot going on in the background. 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:15.220 Things are updating quickly and we're really 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:18.700 just excited to get just get Wyoming in as many 00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:23.679 logs as we can. Okay. And this is September 6th 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:28.440 through 15th. So that's when to look for this. 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.200 So talk a little bit about the, you know, the 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.559 club that's sponsoring this and who's going to 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.120 be operating and who's doing the organizing. 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.039 Is this all you or what, what, what's going on 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.470 behind the scenes? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the 00:14:45.470 --> 00:14:48.149 Chi -Wai Amateur Radio Club, which has been around 00:14:48.149 --> 00:14:51.009 since 1932. Like I say, we got a real good group 00:14:51.009 --> 00:14:54.950 here in Cheyenne. Last I checked, like I said, 00:14:55.009 --> 00:15:00.750 we're about 54 members. And, you know, a lot 00:15:00.750 --> 00:15:02.710 of people, this has been kind of a grassroots 00:15:02.710 --> 00:15:04.570 thing. One of the things that happened during 00:15:04.570 --> 00:15:08.210 the pandemic, we used to have a once a week, 00:15:08.230 --> 00:15:10.769 an informal meeting at McDonald's on Tuesday 00:15:10.769 --> 00:15:14.070 after, or Tuesday at lunchtime. And that obviously 00:15:14.070 --> 00:15:16.269 went away. Well, once the weather finally got 00:15:16.269 --> 00:15:20.029 better in Cheyenne about June, instead of going 00:15:20.029 --> 00:15:22.210 to McDonald's, we all just went to the local 00:15:22.210 --> 00:15:25.809 park. So every Tuesday we have a get together 00:15:25.809 --> 00:15:31.049 in the park and have lunch outside, practice 00:15:31.049 --> 00:15:33.549 good precautions, and it's a good way to get 00:15:33.549 --> 00:15:36.370 together. And there's been a lot of discussion 00:15:36.370 --> 00:15:38.649 in there. We got a good group of people that 00:15:38.649 --> 00:15:41.549 are in the background working on this, it's by 00:15:41.549 --> 00:15:45.629 no means all me. I get to be the voice of the 00:15:45.629 --> 00:15:49.350 event here and there, but we're on Facebook and 00:15:49.350 --> 00:15:52.090 trying to put the word out as many places and 00:15:52.090 --> 00:15:56.350 in many ways as we can. And the club call sign 00:15:56.350 --> 00:16:02.610 is KC7SNO. So that's who's actually requested 00:16:02.610 --> 00:16:07.679 the one by one call sign. All right, very good. 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.259 Well, we're trying to get the word out and I 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:12.519 just anchored news line this afternoon we'll 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.639 have you on this week's news line and I know 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.960 Josh has got you over on Crash Course and several 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.139 others so Hopefully the word will get out. So 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:25.000 if you know somebody who needs Wyoming, here's 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:30.600 a great chance to Pick it up and I'm I'm guessing 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.620 knowing you that they'll probably be some opportunities 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:40.179 on satellite as well I would suspect I don't 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:43.340 know if there'll be any but I would have to think 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:45.740 there's probably gonna be a contact or two on 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:52.000 satellites probably so I'm so thrilled to have 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.559 you in my log for probably four or five different 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.340 grids I think And, uh, every time I hear your 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:02.419 call, I was like, okay, let's see where he's 00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:06.339 at now because he's usually somewhere else. So 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:09.619 we usually try to try to break through there. 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:13.799 So, and one thing that I hadn't even thought 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.059 about until I was preparing for the show tonight, 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:19.599 I need Wyoming in my log for a lot. I mean, I 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.660 got wiped all States, but I got a lot of bands 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:24.099 and modes that I need it. So I think the, uh, 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:26.000 the folks in Wyoming are going to be happy to 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:31.349 get Wyoming for a few, uh, Yeah, we're talking, 00:17:31.490 --> 00:17:34.450 you know, you're in Wyoming, so you're getting, 00:17:34.450 --> 00:17:36.569 you know, pile ups all the time because people 00:17:36.569 --> 00:17:39.509 need Wyoming and you know, you're on satellites, 00:17:39.549 --> 00:17:42.750 which are almost always busy. And then, you know, 00:17:42.849 --> 00:17:46.349 your other big operating position was Antarctica. 00:17:47.970 --> 00:17:50.170 So it's like, how are you going to get all these? 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.359 Yeah, I don't have conversations on ham radio 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:57.279 very often. Every contact I've ever made has 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:02.839 been in the middle of a pileup, I think. Well, 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:06.339 that's kind of a nice problem to have, but I 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:10.559 guess it could get old after a while. But here's 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.700 a chance to get Wyoming crossed off. And I know 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:18.299 for the school, we were trying to get a school 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:22.420 in every state, and Wyoming was number 49, so 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:27.119 it was a tough one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I spent 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:30.460 a little time on the FCC, the ULS today, and 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:34.200 it appears that Wyoming has the fifth fewest 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:38.960 hams with active call signs right now. I think 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:43.900 around 2 ,200, 2 ,200 hams. So it's not a big 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:48.240 group. Well, that actually answers a question 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:53.059 that came in from John W4USF. Any idea how many 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:56.160 hams are licensed in Wyoming and how many of 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:03.180 those are active? Yeah, an active is tough. But 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:06.259 according to the ULS, that's, you know, And that 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:09.980 seems reasonable. There's several clubs around 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:13.220 the state. So there's quite a few people out 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:20.119 there. All right. Well, it's Come and Get Wyoming, 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:24.079 September 6th through the 15th. And we'll talk 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:26.720 a little more about that and a little more with 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.940 RJ after this word from Tower Electronics right 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:35.980 here on HamTalk Live. Jerry, what's up, man? 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.140 I haven't seen you at Sunbucks in a while. I 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:41.039 used to see you every morning getting coffee. 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.859 What's up? Well, I can't afford Sunbucks five 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:47.539 days a week anymore. I had to spend my money 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:51.200 on PL 259s. You know, those antenna projects 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.000 I've been meaning to do. I had to do them before 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:57.799 my HOA finds out I have antennas. That's too 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.319 bad, Jerry. I miss seeing you and catching up 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.630 over coffee. You should get your PL -259s from 00:20:03.630 --> 00:20:10.589 Tower Electronics. They have great stuff. Jerry, 00:20:10.809 --> 00:20:14.930 you're back. Oh, QRM Heterodyne Frappuccino. 00:20:15.230 --> 00:20:17.910 That's a good choice. How's it going? Did you 00:20:17.910 --> 00:20:20.730 get all those antennas up before the HOA police 00:20:20.730 --> 00:20:24.210 showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. Thanks 00:20:24.210 --> 00:20:26.730 for telling me about Tower Electronics. Now I 00:20:26.730 --> 00:20:29.630 can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch of money 00:20:29.630 --> 00:20:33.329 on my PL259s by switching to Tower Electronics. 00:20:33.670 --> 00:20:36.829 Don't get caught without PL259s. Visit Tower 00:20:36.829 --> 00:20:41.549 Electronics online at pl -259 .com or at a ham 00:20:41.549 --> 00:20:45.549 fest near you. Or give them a call at 920 -435 00:20:45.549 --> 00:20:49.130 -2973. And be sure to pick up some power poles, 00:20:49.329 --> 00:20:53.380 adapters and cables too. 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Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:15.400 .com. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:20.019 and Instagram. And I haven't turned the phone 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:23.220 bank back on. There was an update for the software 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:25.380 and I don't know if that was what was causing 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:28.160 the problem or not, but. It seemed like things 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.599 were working, so I didn't dare do it. So I'm 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:34.259 going to leave that off for a while. We may try 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:36.720 the phone lines later. But if you want to tweet 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:39.680 us, it's at HamTalk Live on Twitter. Or if you're 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:44.160 listening live here on Thursday night, you can 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:49.240 type a comment in on Spreaker. we can get you 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:51.940 in that way and if you're listening to us on 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:59.240 WTWW or on the podcast version you won't be able 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:04.180 to get us because it's Thursday night here and 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:06.839 again apologies for running late tonight we've 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:09.740 had all kinds of technical problems and there 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:13.480 still may be some crackle in the microphone here 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:17.480 so we'll keep trying I promise you I've spent 00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:22.880 Five or six hours on this just in the last three 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:27.240 or four days Trying to trying to make sure this 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:31.160 all works and of course as soon as we get ready 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:34.900 to go on it That's when Murphy shows up just 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:40.700 like in ham radio. So anyway, if you have a question, 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:46.619 let us know at ham talk live or Give us a comment 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:51.259 here on Spreaker John also says w4 usf says thanks 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:55.240 to your service to the ham community and is Just 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:58.859 asked is the University of Wyoming on the air. 00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:02.359 So Do you know anything about that? Oh, yeah, 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.819 we've actually had to kind of work on that a 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:08.079 little bit Yeah. Yeah, you made the contact through 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.160 them and we work Pretty closely with the University 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:15.200 of Wyoming, it's UARC, University Amateur Radio 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:17.640 Club, I believe is the official title of their 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:20.319 club. And we share a repeater site with them. 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:22.339 So we work with them regularly, but honestly, 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:25.079 I don't know about their club station. I don't 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.880 know what they have or I don't know too much 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:31.119 about that one, unfortunately. Yeah, we were 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.799 trying to get those schools and I think that 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:37.920 was who we contacted at one point. I believe 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:42.750 so. during a school club roundup. Let's see, 00:24:42.890 --> 00:24:48.069 Tom, wy7ky says that I should tell you that you 00:24:48.069 --> 00:24:57.990 sound better on VHF. Actually, you sound better 00:24:57.990 --> 00:25:05.089 than on VHF. Yeah, and Tom is... Tom is one of 00:25:05.089 --> 00:25:07.750 the backbones of this group. He's been, uh, been 00:25:07.750 --> 00:25:09.910 part of the club for years and he's a Kentucky 00:25:09.910 --> 00:25:13.970 boy. So he's, uh, he, he had a lot of, a lot 00:25:13.970 --> 00:25:18.609 of, uh, shots on, uh, the UK boys, their basketball 00:25:18.609 --> 00:25:21.589 tip told me I need to get a few zingers in on 00:25:21.589 --> 00:25:26.730 you, but I, I refrained. So Tom's, yeah, he's 00:25:26.730 --> 00:25:30.109 been a huge help, uh, in putting this event together. 00:25:30.470 --> 00:25:33.200 So he's, he's one of the. big heavy hitters in 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:38.019 the background well we can't uh we can't fold 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:42.900 him for that so uh we'll uh we'll see how how 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:46.940 the old wildcats do but uh we'll see if they 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:52.549 even play at this point Add him talk live on 00:25:52.549 --> 00:25:56.029 Twitter or comment here on Spreaker if you have 00:25:56.029 --> 00:25:59.549 a question here. Oh, and yes, John reminds me 00:25:59.549 --> 00:26:02.210 he's an IU fan. He's in Florida, but and I'm 00:26:02.210 --> 00:26:04.930 in Boyington and I'm a UK fan and he's an IU 00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:10.130 fan. I don't know. Well, anyway, you know, you've 00:26:10.130 --> 00:26:15.539 got some Some stories to tell I know from from 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:19.140 roving and again, you're gonna be roving Kansas 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:25.920 this weekend You got any good satellite roving 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:30.299 stories I've got one that kind of stands out 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:35.460 over all the rest. I Went up my wife. The reason 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:38.900 I got into satellites was my wife got back into 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:42.210 fly fishing And I have the attention span of 00:26:42.210 --> 00:26:44.849 a gnat. So fly fishing isn't going to work for 00:26:44.849 --> 00:26:47.970 me. So we were going to be out in the middle 00:26:47.970 --> 00:26:50.450 of nowhere, Wyoming, and I knew people would 00:26:50.450 --> 00:26:53.250 be wanting grid. So I decided I'd learn, get 00:26:53.250 --> 00:26:55.630 into satellites. And that's been a great, great 00:26:55.630 --> 00:26:57.750 thing for us. We go camping and she does one 00:26:57.750 --> 00:27:00.750 and I do the other. So we went up to the Big 00:27:00.750 --> 00:27:02.990 Horn National Forest. It's up near Sheridan, 00:27:03.029 --> 00:27:05.819 Wyoming, near the Montana border. And I'm doing 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:08.799 passes. I'm handing out Delta November 64, and 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.799 people are loving it because it's not a common 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:15.140 grid square. And I was on an FM A092 pass in 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:19.099 the morning, and I thought I heard somebody call 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:24.559 me from Delta November 64. And so it was WA9JBQ, 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:27.259 who's Rick, who's actually out roving right now. 00:27:30.050 --> 00:27:33.069 I make contact with him and he gives me DN64. 00:27:33.250 --> 00:27:35.910 And I'm like, well, I'm in DN64. And again, nobody's 00:27:35.910 --> 00:27:39.789 ever in DN64. So we start, you know, and it was 00:27:39.789 --> 00:27:42.170 early on in the past, so it was still fairly 00:27:42.170 --> 00:27:44.210 quiet. And I'm like, where in Delta November 00:27:44.210 --> 00:27:46.309 64 are you? And he's like, oh, the Bighorn National 00:27:46.309 --> 00:27:48.329 Forest. I'm like, well, I'm in the Bighorn National 00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:50.910 Forest. And he's like, well, I'm in this little 00:27:50.910 --> 00:27:52.940 area called Burgess Junction. I'm like, well, 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.000 I'm in this little area called Burgess Junction. 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.859 And we just kept going down and I'm like, you 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:59.259 know, are you on this road? Yeah. He was camping 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:02.140 about three quarters of a mile from where I was 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:05.720 camping. So we made a satellite contact three 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.319 quarters of a mile away from each other, not 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.400 knowing each other in the middle of the national 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:12.680 forest miles from anyone else. There were more 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:17.960 cows than there were people. Um, so that one 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:20.960 was kind of over the top. Uh, pretty amazing 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:24.059 to, and then, you know, half hour later he drove 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:26.279 down and, you know, got to meet him and eyeball 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.440 QSO. So it was, it was a pretty spectacular one. 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:33.440 Yeah. Now you got to make some eyeball cues. 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:35.799 So it was on this power tour last summer and 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.839 that's, that's where we have to see each other. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.960 So tell us a little bit about the power tour. 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:45.640 So my other hobby is old cars. So I've got a 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.640 1972 El Camino that I drove out of a farmer's 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:51.420 field and Neil can attest that I haven't done 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:57.160 any body work on it at all. But it runs, I've 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:59.220 put thousands of miles on it and the Hot Rod 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:01.460 Power Tour, it's Hot Rod magazine every year 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:04.920 for 25 years now. It's essentially a car, it's 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.119 a moving car show. It's seven cities in seven 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:12.920 days. And the shows are usually in 150 to 250 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:15.160 miles apart from one another. So this whole car 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.640 show moves from one place to another. There's 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:20.519 no competition or anything. It's just kind of 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:24.339 a rolling cruise night, if you will. And so I've 00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:26.980 done it for three years now. And I've taken my 00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:29.259 ham radio equipment, specifically my satellite 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:33.299 equipment, and traveled along through Kansas 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:38.769 and Missouri, down as far as Alabama. Georgia, 00:29:40.230 --> 00:29:42.750 North Carolina. So we've been all over the place 00:29:42.750 --> 00:29:46.150 with it. And on this last trip, I did a big roving 00:29:46.150 --> 00:29:49.289 trip out of it. I think I activated 28 grids 00:29:49.289 --> 00:29:54.890 or something, had an eyeball QSO with you, KB2 00:29:54.890 --> 00:30:01.069 ISI, K2 MTS, K0 FFY. I'm sure I'm leaving somebody 00:30:01.069 --> 00:30:04.579 out, but. Yeah. Yeah. It's a great way, you know, 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:06.279 and that's a great part of this hobby is, is 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:09.039 meeting there's so many people and so many ways 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:11.119 to get together with them and talk to them on 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.440 the air. But then when you can, you know, sit 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:15.140 across the table and have lunch with them or 00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:18.900 something, it's, it's a great time. Yeah. It's 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:22.380 always cool to meet up with the people and, uh, 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:25.200 glad we got to, uh, to do that because that, 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:28.319 that was definitely, uh, not something that would 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:32.549 happen normally. And, uh, we were able to pull 00:30:32.549 --> 00:30:35.630 that off. And that was the last minute. That 00:30:35.630 --> 00:30:37.930 day was pretty busy. We, you, you caught us in 00:30:37.930 --> 00:30:39.589 the, you know, I was in the middle of the road. 00:30:39.869 --> 00:30:43.369 I, you know, that was, uh, yeah, that was, I 00:30:43.369 --> 00:30:45.150 was pretty pooped by that point in time in the 00:30:45.150 --> 00:30:47.430 week, you know, driving a thousand miles in a 00:30:47.430 --> 00:30:49.809 72 El Caminos, you know, with a five speeds. 00:30:51.269 --> 00:30:54.410 You're worn out by the end of the week. Yeah. 00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:58.400 Well, it was, uh, It was a lot of fun that day. 00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:02.519 I was glad to see it and see the Elko. So we've 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:06.079 got the famous Elko here. All right, the captain 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:10.680 is chiming in that I don't have the phones turned 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:13.779 on. So we're at the end. We're going to try it. 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:17.240 And I'm going to tell it, no, don't update. We're 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:21.240 going to see. It may crash, but we're going to 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:27.549 try it. Let's see. Am I cutting out? Okay, it's 00:31:27.549 --> 00:31:30.329 not great, but all right. Let's give it a try 00:31:30.329 --> 00:31:37.210 859 -982 -7373 is the number and I think the 00:31:37.210 --> 00:31:39.910 captain wants to get a word in edgewise here, 00:31:39.930 --> 00:31:45.890 so let's see if KG5GJT gets in here 859 -982 00:31:45.890 --> 00:31:51.210 -7373 or you can tweet us at HamTalkLive or comment 00:31:51.210 --> 00:31:56.190 and we'll finish things up here and See if we 00:31:56.190 --> 00:32:03.970 can get that going on so Tom mentions here too 00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:09.670 and I'll retweet this as we speak the website 00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:16.690 for the club and the W7Y event, the website there. 00:32:16.849 --> 00:32:20.549 So we just tweeted out the URL for that. And 00:32:20.549 --> 00:32:24.430 RJ, why don't you go through that contact information 00:32:24.430 --> 00:32:29.369 again for the Come and Get Wyoming event where 00:32:29.369 --> 00:32:33.609 they can find you on the web and on social media 00:32:33.609 --> 00:32:37.650 and all that again. Yeah, excellent. Yeah, it's 00:32:37.650 --> 00:32:41.369 a the club name is shy why so it's SH why dash 00:32:41.369 --> 00:32:44.829 w why and if you search that online You'll find 00:32:44.829 --> 00:32:47.150 the club website pretty easily, but it's it's 00:32:47.150 --> 00:32:54.049 shy why a RC net That's the website and it's 00:32:54.049 --> 00:32:56.289 wide open on the front page You'll you'll see 00:32:56.289 --> 00:32:58.849 the you'll see the special event right up front 00:32:58.849 --> 00:33:01.349 and then there's an email address, which is shy 00:33:01.349 --> 00:33:08.289 why events And the QRZ page for W7Y has all the 00:33:08.289 --> 00:33:13.349 linked info as well. All right, very good. So 00:33:13.349 --> 00:33:17.289 keep an eye on that. It's September 6th through 00:33:17.289 --> 00:33:22.569 15th. Come and get Wyoming. All right. We've 00:33:22.569 --> 00:33:25.430 got a call on the line. I'm assuming it's Brian. 00:33:27.549 --> 00:33:31.960 Good evening. Welcome to Amtok Live. Hi, this 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:35.339 is KG5GTC. This is Brian in New Orleans, Louisiana. 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:39.500 Well, there he is. Okay. The computer hasn't 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:44.039 crashed yet. So go right ahead. I wanted to tell 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:46.460 both y 'all. I wanted to tell both y 'all hello. 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:50.880 Good to hear y 'all on. And I'm crushed that 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.519 they're not having the event. I had big plans 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:57.220 to get the wife and go up there and meet a bunch 00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:59.319 of people, meet RJ and a bunch of other guys. 00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:02.880 But Obviously we can't do that this year. So 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:08.579 my question is this, RJ, will they let your group 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:12.199 host the event next year or will it go into some 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:19.619 other location? Yes, it's looking like we'll 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:24.519 be able to do next year. It sounds like the Rocky 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.820 Mountain Division is going to get pushed a year. 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.400 Wyoming was up for the division convention in 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:34.000 2021. So it sounds like that's being pushed as 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.920 well for a year. So it sounds like the space 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:40.199 is going to be open for 2021. So we got our fingers 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:46.199 crossed and I think we can make it work. All 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.380 right. Well, then hopefully I will see you all 00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:54.210 up there in 2021. We'd love to have you I you 00:34:54.210 --> 00:34:56.050 were one of the first people that you were the 00:34:56.050 --> 00:34:58.610 first one to jump on the bandwagon and said I 00:34:58.610 --> 00:35:00.769 Need to be in Wyoming and we really appreciate 00:35:00.769 --> 00:35:04.829 that All right, well look good to hear from y 00:35:04.829 --> 00:35:07.769 'all and y 'all stay safe and I'll talk to y 00:35:07.769 --> 00:35:12.349 'all later All right, Brian take care since we're 00:35:12.349 --> 00:35:18.969 calling Eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:35:18.969 --> 00:35:24.079 three seventy three is the number And we'll hold 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:27.619 it open here for another minute or so. And see 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:31.480 if we get any more calls. But come and get Wyoming 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:37.179 is the event. And you've got several days that 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:40.519 you can put Wyoming in the log if you need it. 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:47.420 So make sure you check them out at W7Y. All right. 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:50.960 Well, RJ, thank you so much for coming on. Hang 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:55.019 on, we do have another call, so let's take another 00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:59.820 call. Hello, welcome to Hamtalk Live. Hey Neil, 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:05.320 how you doing? Tom, W -I -7 -K -Y. Hello there, 00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:09.460 and should we do the C -A -T -S cheer, or is 00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:13.199 that legal? Yeah, we're just gonna go around 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:16.260 the horn a little bit, and I won't give you any 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:27.559 more grief about UK, if that's okay. Hey, listen, 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:31.460 uh, RJ's done a wonderful job on this, uh, in 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:35.059 there. I just wanted to say that, uh, uh, between 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:37.800 RJ and the rest of the planning committee for 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:39.599 this special event, I think it's going to be 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:42.760 a great one. Uh, we're anticipating a lot of 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:47.670 contacts, so everybody needs to. Dial in to the 00:36:47.670 --> 00:36:50.949 website and make sure that they get the information 00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:54.630 We've also got it going over to Bob and the crew 00:36:54.630 --> 00:37:00.230 over there ham nation Hunter Watson a wire we've 00:37:00.230 --> 00:37:03.190 plugged them and you guys have done a great job, 00:37:03.289 --> 00:37:06.789 too So I just wanted to call in and say yeah, 00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:09.110 he does sound a little better on air than he 00:37:09.110 --> 00:37:20.320 does on VHF over Well, Tom, like I said, he's 00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:22.679 been a big part of this. So he's, he's, he's 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:27.179 done a lot of the heavy lifting. Yeah. Well, 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:30.320 you're to be commended for helping us all out 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.260 and keeping us going in the right direction. 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:35.199 So I think it's going to be a great time and, 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:39.139 and, uh, good to hear you on the show. Um, and 00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:42.079 we'll talk to you afterwards, I guess on VHF 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.889 or whatever, but. Neil, thanks for having RJ 00:37:44.889 --> 00:37:49.070 on, thanks for showcasing Wyoming, and we're 00:37:49.070 --> 00:37:53.070 really looking forward to it. Alright, Tom, thanks 00:37:53.070 --> 00:37:57.590 for being there. It takes a team to pull it off, 00:37:57.690 --> 00:38:01.570 so thank you for helping out, and thank you for 00:38:01.570 --> 00:38:04.590 getting this on the air so some people can put 00:38:04.590 --> 00:38:09.449 that in the books. Also, you know, make use of 00:38:09.449 --> 00:38:13.230 that call sign and we'll wish you well for 2021 00:38:13.230 --> 00:38:17.570 for the convention. Absolutely, Neil. All right. 00:38:17.630 --> 00:38:24.110 Thanks, you guys. Take care. 73. 73. All right. 00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:28.909 Well, I think we'll end it there, RJ, but any 00:38:28.909 --> 00:38:34.889 final words here before we go? Just thank you 00:38:34.889 --> 00:38:40.530 again, Neil. It's great to have a friend and 00:38:40.530 --> 00:38:44.190 a resource like you in the ham community. I sent 00:38:44.190 --> 00:38:47.630 you a message the other day saying, hey, tell 00:38:47.630 --> 00:38:50.489 me who I need to talk to. And it's good to know 00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:52.690 a mover and a shaker in the ham radio world. 00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:55.570 So you've been a huge help to us. And it's great 00:38:55.570 --> 00:39:00.190 catching you on the air when I can. And I hope 00:39:00.190 --> 00:39:05.139 to get you in the log several more times. And 00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:08.800 the same goes here. So thank you so much for 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:13.559 coming on and We'll be catching you on the birds 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:18.480 Roger Roger. Yep, and everybody come get Wyoming. 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:22.980 We want to give it out. So Load us up. We're 00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:26.400 ready to we're ready to handle it All right. 00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:30.039 No, you seven why look them up on QRZ or the 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:40.170 shy why? ARC, SHY, WY, ARC on web and find out 00:39:40.170 --> 00:39:44.730 more. So that is a wrap for this week's HamTalk 00:39:44.730 --> 00:39:49.150 Live. Thanks to my guest, RJ Bragg, WY7AA, and 00:39:49.150 --> 00:39:51.389 everyone out there in cyberspace for listening 00:39:51.389 --> 00:39:54.539 and calling in, typing in. invite you back next 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:57.800 Thursday night at 9 p .m. 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