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Tonight we'll be joined 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:27.950 by Chris Bro, KD8YVJ. and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, 00:01:28.049 --> 00:01:30.290 and we'll take your calls live in just a few 00:01:30.290 --> 00:01:34.790 minutes. Last week, Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, was here 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:39.370 to talk about the QSO Today Podcast Virtual Ham 00:01:39.370 --> 00:01:42.049 Expo. If you missed the show, you can listen 00:01:42.049 --> 00:01:45.629 anytime at HamTalkLive .com, or on your favorite 00:01:45.629 --> 00:01:48.329 podcast app, or on YouTube, or you can catch 00:01:48.590 --> 00:01:51.930 The rebroadcast of HamTalk Live every Saturday 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:57.250 afternoon at about 3 .30 PM Eastern over on 5085 00:01:57.250 --> 00:02:03.209 AM WTWW down near Nashville, Tennessee. It's 00:02:03.209 --> 00:02:10.659 5085 AM Saturday afternoons. Well, one last reminder 00:02:10.659 --> 00:02:14.819 here. 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The ceremony wasn't much, but the 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:44.860 reception was excellent. You're listening to 00:05:44.860 --> 00:06:05.920 HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Welcome back to 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.680 HamTalk Live. Thanks to ICOM for sponsoring the 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.339 show. Check them out at icomamerica .com slash 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:15.740 amateur. And our guest tonight, we have two of 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:20.740 those. First one, Chris Bro, KD8YVJ, 17 years 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:24.850 old from Liberty Township, Ohio. He was the 2015 00:06:24.850 --> 00:06:28.790 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxima Memorial Award winner 00:06:28.790 --> 00:06:31.569 and Chris is actively involved with Westchester 00:06:31.569 --> 00:06:35.870 Amateur Radio Association WCHVOA and a tour guide 00:06:35.870 --> 00:06:38.410 at their club station and at the Voice of America 00:06:38.410 --> 00:06:41.870 Museum of Broadcasting. Chris has demonstrated 00:06:41.870 --> 00:06:44.449 ham radio at summer camps for Boy Scouts. He's 00:06:44.449 --> 00:06:47.629 one of the hosts on the heiress video that all 00:06:47.629 --> 00:06:50.250 the schools see right before their heiress contact. 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:54.019 and the social media director and director's 00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:57.480 assistant for the youth on the air camp. He is 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:01.160 a senior at St. X or St. Xavier High School as 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:06.420 we tend to call it St. X and plans on pursuing 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:11.860 a degree in aviation and he is also the second 00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:17.420 person to portray Hammy, the HamTalk Live mascot. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:21.720 Also with us tonight, Ham Radio's Don Wilbanks, 00:07:21.779 --> 00:07:25.160 AE -5DW. He joins us once again tonight from 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.220 Bickey U in Mississippi. You know him from Amateur 00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:29.819 Radio Newsline and Ham Nation. His day job is 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:32.879 working at the High Art Media radio stations 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.779 in New Orleans, producing commercials. And his 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:40.439 former on -air personality, he's a native of 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:44.790 Shawnee, Oklahoma, first licensed in 1995. He 00:07:44.790 --> 00:07:47.629 has an extra class license and an active volunteer 00:07:47.629 --> 00:07:52.189 examiner, and he also wears a kilt to certain 00:07:52.189 --> 00:07:58.709 weddings. And his son was the first to portray 00:07:58.709 --> 00:08:04.250 Hammy, the Hamptok live mascot. And my son graduated, 00:08:04.670 --> 00:08:07.370 finally had his graduation ceremony from college 00:08:07.370 --> 00:08:09.350 last night, so we're very thrilled about that. 00:08:09.970 --> 00:08:13.560 Yeah, that actually was... Yeah, congratulations, 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.199 Tyler. That actually was the first thing on my 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.980 list that I wrote in, because we were watching 00:08:18.980 --> 00:08:23.060 last night Tyler's graduation ceremony. And I 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:25.779 noticed that Tyler got to do something. I don't 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:28.199 know if he planned this and thought it out or 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.939 if it was just him being silly spontaneously. 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.440 But when he got his picture with the guy holding 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.059 the diploma cover, Since he wasn't allowed to 00:08:40.059 --> 00:08:42.860 touch the diploma cover because of all the COVID 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:47.019 stuff, he actually did something that normally 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.320 you wouldn't be able to do in one of those pictures. 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:53.399 He gave the two thumbs up. He did. And normally 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.039 you wouldn't be able to do that because you're 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.840 holding the diploma cover thing. So he got a 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:02.039 rare opportunity there. I'll tell you something 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:04.460 else that he did, that he did the same thing 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:07.019 for his high school graduation two years ago. 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:09.960 He had a bag of chicken nuggets from McDonald's 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:17.000 underneath his gown. He was he was snacking during 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:24.139 the during the during the ceremony. That's my 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:28.039 boy. And by the way, is November seven Tango 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:30.820 Mike Whiskey, which happened to be his initial. 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:34.320 So very, very proud of him. We're very proud 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:40.000 of Tyler and and He graduated and had the party 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.340 and now he's graduated again. So he's got to 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:46.940 celebrate like three times now. As, uh, as the 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:49.620 Cajuns say down here, he granulated and he got 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:56.519 his diplomat. There you go. Right. Yeah. Yeah. 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.960 I had, I had the, um, laugh. Actually, Julie, 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:02.700 I think is the one who brought it up, uh, when, 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:05.580 when the young lady gave her graduation speech 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:08.450 from the. you know, on behalf of the class and 00:10:08.450 --> 00:10:13.690 said, graduate. Well, that's a good, we are in 00:10:13.690 --> 00:10:18.330 South Mississippi. So, you know, we're lucky. 00:10:19.570 --> 00:10:24.149 Yeah. Yeah. I saw some sneakers, but, uh, yeah. 00:10:25.029 --> 00:10:27.029 Yeah. Yeah. Well, congratulations once again 00:10:27.029 --> 00:10:30.789 to Tyler. Tyler had his work shirt on. He actually, 00:10:31.049 --> 00:10:34.789 he's, he's an IT help desk guy. at the corporate 00:10:34.789 --> 00:10:39.710 office for a local tire retail chain. And they 00:10:39.710 --> 00:10:41.590 have other businesses as well. So he's doing 00:10:41.590 --> 00:10:43.470 the corporate help desk thing. He just started 00:10:43.470 --> 00:10:45.970 that this week. So he actually had his work shirt 00:10:45.970 --> 00:10:50.570 on underneath the gown. He had just come from 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:55.289 work. There you go. Well, we've got the job done, 00:10:55.769 --> 00:10:58.389 so. Let me apologize for my less than stunner 00:10:58.389 --> 00:11:00.710 stunning audio tonight I'm actually sitting on 00:11:00.710 --> 00:11:04.230 the back deck here at the palatial Delta whiskey 00:11:04.230 --> 00:11:10.070 mansion here on the family compound and I'm on 00:11:10.070 --> 00:11:12.809 the Mac book I'm using some Apple ear pod not 00:11:12.809 --> 00:11:16.669 ear pods but Apple ear buds wired earbuds to 00:11:16.669 --> 00:11:19.549 get into the Mac book because I'm I'm consuming 00:11:19.549 --> 00:11:22.470 a cigar and we don't do that in the house so 00:11:22.470 --> 00:11:25.450 We're coming to you from the great outdoors tonight 00:11:25.549 --> 00:11:28.690 There you go. Well, you got a life like being 00:11:28.690 --> 00:11:32.169 out on the great outdoors and How's life at the 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:35.649 Delta Whiskey Mansion there? Life at the the 00:11:35.649 --> 00:11:38.809 the palatial Delta Whiskey Mansion is beautiful. 00:11:39.269 --> 00:11:41.649 We'll be getting in the hot tub later. I almost 00:11:41.649 --> 00:11:45.210 did the show from the hot tub tonight, but I 00:11:45.210 --> 00:11:47.110 didn't want to have the electricity thing, you 00:11:47.110 --> 00:11:51.250 know, so Well, there's that. Yeah, electricity 00:11:51.250 --> 00:11:54.230 and water. That's a good thing. There you go. 00:11:54.230 --> 00:11:56.740 There you go. Well, We're here to talk about 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:58.100 Chris, so I guess we'll talk about Chris. Right, 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.799 that's not why you called. You didn't call to 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:02.259 hear about me. You called to hear about Chris. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:09.820 Oh, you're the man of the hour. This could turn 00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:11.779 into a Dean Martin Rose, so you're the man of 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:14.639 the hour. Yeah, good. Ladies and gentlemen, Don 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:18.940 Rickles. We'll get Foster Brooks to come up here 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:22.399 as your ham radio licensing mentor. That'd be 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.070 awesome, wouldn't it? You're too young to know 00:12:25.070 --> 00:12:31.389 who these people are I was gonna say No, that's 00:12:31.389 --> 00:12:34.710 Foster Grant Oh Foster Grant. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. 00:12:34.750 --> 00:12:36.830 I'm drinking and you're drunk. How does that 00:12:36.830 --> 00:12:44.289 work? Yeah, I don't know Who knows All right. 00:12:44.389 --> 00:12:50.379 Well, we've got the the 2020 We'll get the full 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:56.039 name in here the Bill Pasternak WIT WA 6 ITF 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:00.340 Memorial amateur radio news line Young ham of 00:13:00.340 --> 00:13:02.940 the year with us tonight. So and that's all the 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:05.860 time. Good night. Thank you. Okay. Good night. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:11.580 Yep Don't forget to tip your weight around so 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:15.940 tell us a little bit about the award here and 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:20.759 what all's been going on with that and Well, 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:27.539 the award started again by Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:33.480 in 1986. So we have a long history of Young Hams 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.000 of the Year. There's only one year that we didn't 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:38.139 award it and that was because, quite frankly, 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:44.039 the nominees weren't stellar enough, we didn't 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:48.480 think. there's a pretty high bar and every year 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.419 the bar gets higher so we have done this except 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:56.879 for one year since 1986 and when Bill Pasternak 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:00.639 passed away became a silent key in 2015 we added 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.179 his name to the award as a memorial to his commitment 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:05.860 to recognizing the accomplishments of young people 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:09.059 in the amateur radio service and I have to mention 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:12.000 CQ Magazine, Yezu USA are the primary sponsors 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.840 of the award also, Hile Sound Limited, and Radio 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:17.080 Waves Antenna Company, and we could not do this 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:20.320 without our corporate sponsor. Let me just read 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:29.600 you a little bit of what earned Chris this award. 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:32.940 His father was this guy at an amateur radio, 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:37.679 Jocelyn Bro, KD8 VRX. Chris recalled car trips, 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:39.700 watching and listening to his dad operate mobile. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:41.860 We could be on a trip somewhere. Chris said, 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:44.419 this is from the press release. Chris said, we 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:45.860 could be on a trip somewhere. We'd be talking 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:47.340 to people along the way. It seemed like a lot 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:50.700 of fun. As you mentioned, Chris is a member of 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:53.059 the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, the Westchester 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:55.960 Amateur Radio Association, and the Ohio Valley 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.799 Experimenters Club. He's an honor student in 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.120 his senior year or entering his senior year at 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.720 St. Xavier, St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. 00:15:04.110 --> 00:15:06.289 He helped restart the school's amateur radio 00:15:06.289 --> 00:15:09.210 club, WHGYH. He's earned recognition for his 00:15:09.210 --> 00:15:11.929 many achievements, including the Hiram Percy 00:15:11.929 --> 00:15:14.590 Maxim Award in 2015, the Ohio Section Special 00:15:14.590 --> 00:15:17.649 Recognition Award in 2016, the Great Lakes Division 00:15:17.649 --> 00:15:20.970 Young Amateur of the Year in 2017. That year, 00:15:21.110 --> 00:15:23.509 Chris was invited to join the Dave Calter Youth 00:15:23.509 --> 00:15:26.830 DX Adventure in Costa Rica, where he worked the 00:15:26.830 --> 00:15:29.169 stations along with Former Young Ham of the year 00:15:29.169 --> 00:15:34.149 Bryant rascal kg5 HVO from 2018 also Austin Harris 00:15:34.149 --> 00:15:38.669 w8 CCS that made more than 3100 contact which 00:15:38.669 --> 00:15:43.190 I believe is a record Chris is that true I? Want 00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:45.950 to say it is but I honestly I can't remember 00:15:45.950 --> 00:15:48.750 to tell you the truth I have to look I want to 00:15:48.750 --> 00:15:51.730 say it is correct me if I was record at the time 00:15:51.730 --> 00:15:55.519 I do know that yeah at the time Right. So Chris 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:57.320 also helped in the planning of an amateur radio 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.379 on the International Space Station contact in 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:04.299 2016. Spoke with astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:07.659 while she flew overhead. As you mentioned, he's 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:09.419 the social media director for the Youth on the 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:11.700 Air organization, a contesting mentor for youth 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:14.200 who are involved in its programs, tour guide, 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:16.039 like we said, at the National Voice of America. 00:16:16.690 --> 00:16:18.889 Museum of Broadcasting in Westchester, Ohio. 00:16:18.950 --> 00:16:21.269 If you have not seen that, you need to go. Every 00:16:21.269 --> 00:16:24.629 American needs to know about the history of the 00:16:24.629 --> 00:16:28.529 VOA there in Westchester, Ohio. He actively assisted 00:16:28.529 --> 00:16:31.289 minoring youth young operators at its amateur 00:16:31.289 --> 00:16:34.789 radio station there, WC8VOA, a killer station. 00:16:35.429 --> 00:16:37.409 Chris also works annually with his dad on putting 00:16:37.409 --> 00:16:39.570 youth on the air in the annual Jamboree on the 00:16:39.570 --> 00:16:41.769 Air in October. He's been a presenter at the 00:16:41.769 --> 00:16:44.529 Dayton Youth Forum in 2017, the Orlando Hamcation 00:16:44.529 --> 00:16:47.330 in 2017. And he recently started working part 00:16:47.330 --> 00:16:50.490 -time at his local regional airport and he was 00:16:50.490 --> 00:16:52.269 invited to take flying lessons. He's pursuing 00:16:52.269 --> 00:16:54.809 his private pilot's license. He's exploring a 00:16:54.809 --> 00:16:56.529 career in aviation as a commercial pilot and 00:16:56.529 --> 00:17:00.730 he has a killer setup for a flight sim at home. 00:17:00.950 --> 00:17:03.730 I was able to visit their home here when I went 00:17:03.730 --> 00:17:06.609 up to Neil's wedding and that's a sweet little 00:17:06.609 --> 00:17:10.450 setup. I'm very envious of that being a guy who 00:17:10.450 --> 00:17:13.359 came within a few hours of soloing. to get my 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:15.940 private had to stop because well the job ended 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:19.079 and airplanes fly on money but nonetheless Chris 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.819 is on his way to earning his wings and we could 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:26.880 not be more proud to have Chris Breaux as our 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:31.920 2020 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:35.519 Newsline Young Ham of the Year and normally we 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:37.359 present this award at the Huntsville Hamfest 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:40.480 the third weekend in October But because of the 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.500 COVID -19 pandemic, that ham fest was canceled 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:47.700 and I was able to present him the award at Neil's 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:52.140 wedding. We're very thrilled, Chris, that you're 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:54.559 representing us as the 2020 Young Ham of the 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.440 Year. Congratulations. Thank you, Don. Appreciate 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:01.700 it. And also, I met Chris when he was 12 years 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:05.119 old. I was standing at Dayton in the Hera Arena. 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.839 at the Ham Nation booth. I think Bob Heil was 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.039 there. There may have been a couple of other 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.579 people there. And this gentleman came up with 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:14.400 his young son, who I believe, Chris, you were 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:17.900 12 at the time, and I think you had just missed 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:20.640 earning your technician ticket by one or two 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:24.640 questions. And as I recall, you were just a little 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.420 bit bummed, and we did our best to encourage 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:30.279 you and cheer you on. And it wasn't long after 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:34.220 that that you earned your amateur radio ticket. 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.859 And you hit the ground running. And you're still 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:43.700 running. And I expect good things to come of 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:46.859 you and your amateur radio career over your lifetime. 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:51.380 And I am honored, as I can be, to be your friend. 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:54.779 Thank you. Yeah, Dayton was fun. I think it was 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:57.500 our first year going. And we only had the day. 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:59.839 We had some other stuff planned. And my father 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.660 had just become a ham. So we're like, we'll just 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:04.660 go up for the day, see what it's like. um took 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:07.119 the test missed it by one point like you said 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:12.140 and uh wasn't real happy obviously um but we 00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:14.019 were like we can either try and take the test 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:16.500 again which maybe i would have gotten it but 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:18.339 we were like we kind of want to see what this 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:22.420 whole hair arena thing is so decided to explore 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:25.299 around instead met you and mr heil and all the 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:28.180 wonderful folks at ham nation and in the community 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:30.819 and it was uh it was a great time You know, having 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:34.700 not been around that test session at HERA, but 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:37.119 I am a VE and I've been involved in a lot of 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:39.579 test sessions, all of the, you know, small local 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:43.380 ham fest, I cannot even imagine what the pressure 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:47.039 must be like to take your test at HERA. I actually, 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:50.079 my son Tyler was talking about maybe taking his 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.799 test at HERA or at a large ham fest and I said 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.339 no, let's do it at the local club because there's 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:58.890 gonna be a whole lot less pressure. And talk 00:19:58.890 --> 00:20:00.490 a little bit about that, because I can't even 00:20:00.490 --> 00:20:03.349 imagine the experience of taking a test at pretty 00:20:03.349 --> 00:20:06.730 much the largest ham fest in the world. I didn't 00:20:06.730 --> 00:20:09.650 honestly feel too pressured. Also, like for me, 00:20:09.730 --> 00:20:12.009 since I'm from here, you know, Dayton is just 00:20:12.009 --> 00:20:14.710 a big city up the road. It's not, you know, everybody's 00:20:14.710 --> 00:20:17.289 like, oh, my God, it's the Mecca of ham radio. 00:20:17.309 --> 00:20:19.930 And it's this big convention on, you know, 12 00:20:19.930 --> 00:20:22.470 year old Chris mine. I'm like, oh, yeah, there's 00:20:22.470 --> 00:20:26.819 a museum and Wright Brothers stuff. It's up the 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:29.579 road like an hour or so. So I was like, you know 00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:33.079 This is just going to take the test and I'd studied 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.960 a little bit I'd read through Gordon West book 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:39.019 and done all that and I was like, I think I'm 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:41.839 ready Went for it and missed it by one. So I 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:45.119 was like, I'm almost ready gotta Go back and 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:47.920 reread. But um, honestly, I wasn't too pressured 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.089 just because I didn't comprehend how Big it was 00:20:51.089 --> 00:20:53.390 and what it was. Plus, I had done the test before 00:20:53.390 --> 00:20:55.390 I went. I think if I had done it the other way 00:20:55.390 --> 00:20:57.529 around and gone first and then try to take the 00:20:57.529 --> 00:20:59.069 test, I probably would have been more nervous. 00:20:59.490 --> 00:21:02.470 Yeah. Well, you got it. And that's the important 00:21:02.470 --> 00:21:04.549 thing. And you're doing great things. And we're 00:21:04.549 --> 00:21:09.549 so proud of you. Thank you. We really are. Yeah, 00:21:09.769 --> 00:21:12.569 I remember. I can't be more excited about this 00:21:12.569 --> 00:21:16.390 young man. I really can't. Yeah, I remember meeting 00:21:16.390 --> 00:21:20.630 him and just one that. Hamvention as well, but 00:21:20.630 --> 00:21:24.789 I think it was a year later and I was working 00:21:24.789 --> 00:21:32.569 with one of my students at the the big Super 00:21:32.569 --> 00:21:37.289 station that they had set up out in the out in 00:21:37.289 --> 00:21:41.609 the vestibule and So they had this great big 00:21:41.609 --> 00:21:47.029 huge automatic 2kw amplifier that was almost 00:21:47.589 --> 00:21:54.789 running below the legal limit. The biggest and 00:21:54.789 --> 00:22:00.490 best radios, they just decked it out with everything 00:22:00.490 --> 00:22:05.309 and so it was your chance to operate one of these 00:22:05.309 --> 00:22:09.750 huge stations and here comes Chris in his hat 00:22:09.750 --> 00:22:15.089 and Jocelyn and hung around because I was covering 00:22:15.089 --> 00:22:23.269 for for Emmett, the radio waves guy. He was kind 00:22:23.269 --> 00:22:25.049 of heading that up. So I was kind of covering 00:22:25.049 --> 00:22:29.170 for him. So they came along and so I got him, 00:22:29.170 --> 00:22:32.490 you know, set up on the radio and they took off 00:22:32.490 --> 00:22:36.849 running and happened to snap a couple of pictures 00:22:36.849 --> 00:22:41.190 and then sent them to my friend Gary West, K8DEV, 00:22:41.269 --> 00:22:46.039 who was in the same club. We finally made contact 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:48.480 there and started working together and now we're 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:52.799 working together on this whole Yoda thing. I'm 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:55.180 actually a member of the club over there now 00:22:55.180 --> 00:23:00.079 and spend some time over there. It's been great 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:04.339 to have Chris around and I get to see firsthand 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:13.089 what he does. the youth contesting program. And 00:23:13.089 --> 00:23:17.769 he was mentoring Patrick, another young ham in 00:23:17.769 --> 00:23:21.990 the Cincinnati area. And we just kind of showed 00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:25.329 him, you know, okay, here's what you do. And 00:23:25.329 --> 00:23:31.730 off he went. And so couldn't be more proud of 00:23:31.730 --> 00:23:35.180 your accomplishments. Chris is a first -class 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:37.380 operator to I the first time I talked to Chris 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:40.420 on the radio It was field day two or three years 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:42.359 ago. I think and I actually got Chris twice I 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:45.380 got Chris on I believe it was 20 meters early 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:49.480 in in the 24 -hour period and again on 40 meters 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.299 in the last hour or so of the 24 -hour period 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:55.240 and to hear this young man on the radio is a 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:58.619 true joy, especially a field day because Being 00:23:58.619 --> 00:24:03.000 a young you were probably 15 at the time I think 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:05.279 when when we did that field a contact and listening 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:08.039 to you there's like you sound like you've been 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:11.039 on the air for all your life and I listened to 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:15.960 I listened to you call the local The local net 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.200 on I guess it's VHF UHF Whatever repeater that 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:21.759 yeah the UHF or VHF repeated there in Westchester 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:25.059 at the VOA I listened on echo link and was able 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:28.440 to check in a couple of weeks ago And yeah, you're 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.839 a first class operator. I mean, you, you, you, 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:34.720 yeah, you, you know what you're doing and it's 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:37.880 just, um, I'm kind of awestruck. I really am. 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:41.900 I mean, I don't, I don't get awestruck easily. 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:45.079 I really, because I've been in radio for 40 years 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:50.000 and I've been around big people. But when you 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:53.420 are around someone who does something really, 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:56.170 really well. And especially better than you, 00:24:56.170 --> 00:24:58.490 I don't consider myself a real good operator 00:24:58.490 --> 00:25:00.049 because I just don't have the time to get on 00:25:00.049 --> 00:25:02.170 the radio that much. But listening to you, I'm 00:25:02.170 --> 00:25:03.650 sitting there thinking, my God, I wish I was 00:25:03.650 --> 00:25:07.710 as good as this kid. Appreciate it, Don. Yeah, 00:25:08.049 --> 00:25:13.450 that was the first field day. I want to say it 00:25:13.450 --> 00:25:18.549 was, let's see. Probably 12 still, right? It 00:25:18.549 --> 00:25:22.859 was right after Dayton and. Was Mike shy so I 00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:26.940 only made one or two contacts, right? When we 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:29.119 did our contact you were not Mike shy at all 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:32.460 you I know that was the next year. Yeah, and 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:37.380 I think I made 700 or 800 contacts that field 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:43.299 day. Yeah, so fun This year I didn't really do 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:45.660 it just because I had worked that weekend and 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:50.029 stuff came up but hopefully next year I'll do 00:25:50.029 --> 00:25:53.769 it again at the club and Try and do a little 00:25:53.769 --> 00:25:55.430 bit longer, especially now that I'm older and 00:25:55.430 --> 00:25:59.349 it an all -nighter Doesn't seem like well, you 00:25:59.349 --> 00:26:02.509 know when you're 13 an all -nighter sounds impossible 00:26:02.509 --> 00:26:05.910 Yeah, when you're 18 going into college and all 00:26:05.910 --> 00:26:12.829 -nighter is nothing so I was like, oh maybe I'll 00:26:12.829 --> 00:26:14.710 do field day and I'll run the night shift or 00:26:14.710 --> 00:26:18.430 something. So well, let's let's let's hear about 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:23.339 So you You're in your senior year. You're you're 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:25.180 going to be going into your senior year in high 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:29.099 school You're working at the local airport. You've 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:31.740 decided that you're gonna make a career in aviation 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.359 What are the college plans that we're talking 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:38.140 about here? Um, so the college plans are currently 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:42.619 a lot of people recently have done aviation through 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:45.640 college and there's ways to get your commercial 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.240 ratings and instrument ratings, all the different 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:52.339 ratings you need to fly through college. And 00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:55.200 so I'm probably going to do that. I might do 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:57.700 ROTC or Air Force Reserve or something of that 00:26:57.700 --> 00:27:00.200 nature on the side to help pay for it or just 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:04.140 to get military experience. Just because I've 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.940 heard it's a good backup and everything. And 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:09.829 I was like, you know, yeah. So I'm probably going 00:27:09.829 --> 00:27:12.930 to do that on the side just to help with it. 00:27:13.009 --> 00:27:16.349 But I'm planning on going either. There's a couple 00:27:16.349 --> 00:27:18.950 of schools in states like Bowling Green and Kent 00:27:18.950 --> 00:27:24.970 State, Ohio State have the Ohio State and then 00:27:24.970 --> 00:27:28.329 Ohio University, just because the two get confused. 00:27:29.650 --> 00:27:32.190 They both all four of those have aviation programs 00:27:32.190 --> 00:27:34.390 and they're in state. So that's definitely an 00:27:34.390 --> 00:27:36.950 option options for me just because of the cost 00:27:36.950 --> 00:27:39.920 and everything. And then out -of -state, there's 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.019 some good ones too. There's St. Louis University, 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:45.579 which like St. Xavier, like my high school, is 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:49.240 also a Catholic university. So that would be 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.039 just like for the religious aspect. And I believe 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.559 there's a little bit of scholarship for that 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:57.119 as well that's easier to obtain. So I was like, 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:02.140 that's definitely an option as well. Try to think 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:06.109 where else to Purdue over in Indiana. It's definitely 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:08.529 one and then I know in Florida. There's Embry 00:28:08.529 --> 00:28:11.109 riddle, which is like the big yeah, I was gonna 00:28:11.109 --> 00:28:14.190 be riddle Yes, I'm looking there. I'm not too 00:28:14.190 --> 00:28:17.269 sure yet, but I know my parents are like it's 00:28:17.269 --> 00:28:19.289 Florida So, you know, it's not like there's winter 00:28:19.289 --> 00:28:22.609 or anything like here No, we have hurricanes. 00:28:23.190 --> 00:28:25.410 That's a lot of true which and it's a lot of 00:28:25.410 --> 00:28:30.960 fun to watch to watch It's not AvWeb, but it's 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.519 one of the flight trackers. And watch all the 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.819 planes depart Embrey Riddle when the hurricanes 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:37.359 come through, because all the students get to 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.680 move the airplanes out of state, out of the path 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:43.380 of the storm. And so to watch the flight tracker 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:48.140 website is pretty amazing. You see all these 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:51.000 tail numbers ending in ER. And those are all 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.859 the Embry riddles and they take off about a half 00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.960 hour to 45 minutes apart. And you're just a line 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:57.480 of them flying to like some place in Tennessee 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:00.619 or something. It's funny as it can be. I remember 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:03.480 seeing that. I believe it was last year when 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:06.119 we had the hurricane come through. I mean, obviously 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:08.339 it didn't come through Ohio, but down south where 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:11.759 you guys are. And I remembered someone got like 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.660 the ATC recording and it's just one after the 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:17.119 other after the other requesting clearance over 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:21.150 to wherever they were going. Right. Yeah, it's 00:29:21.150 --> 00:29:25.750 pretty amazing to watch. All right. Well, we're 00:29:25.750 --> 00:29:27.710 going to take a break here and then we're going 00:29:27.710 --> 00:29:30.490 to come back. We'll take some calls and we'll 00:29:30.490 --> 00:29:33.250 take some some tweets and comments and all that 00:29:33.250 --> 00:29:36.130 stuff when we come back with Chris and Don right 00:29:36.130 --> 00:29:38.329 after this word from Tower Electronics right 00:29:38.329 --> 00:29:41.990 here on HamTalk Live. Hey, honey, have you seen 00:29:41.990 --> 00:29:46.849 the PL 259s anywhere? No, I haven't. Come on, 00:29:47.089 --> 00:29:51.980 kids. Let's go. you There's just one place to 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:55.259 go for all of your connector needs. Tower electronics. 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:58.460 Tower electronics. Tower electronics. A giant 00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:01.339 warehouse of connectors and adapters for every 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:03.920 occasion. 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If you're listening 00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:53.769 to us on WTW or on the podcast edition, you won't 00:32:53.769 --> 00:32:57.859 find anybody at home because not there it's Thursday 00:32:57.859 --> 00:33:00.819 night or when we're recording this and tonight 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:03.740 we're giving away a Hamptoth live t -shirt for 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:07.240 the best call or tweet of the night uh thanks 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:11.519 to Tanner Jones W9TWJ for donating a shirt to 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:14.420 give away so uh we'll give away a shirt tonight 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:18.940 for the the best call or tweet so again the number 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:25.680 859 -982 -73 73 and dawn, you know that this 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.119 this guy Chris kind of kind of decided to make 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:32.460 this whole thing a surprise Yeah, this is great. 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:37.660 Um, I found out That that Chris was the young 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:40.480 hem of the year. And so I knew that that our 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:45.359 our young hem of the year chairman Mark Abramovich 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:48.940 nt3v was gonna call Chris to do an interview 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:53.380 for the audio piece that we did for for amateur 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:58.180 radio news line and so um the funny thing is 00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:01.380 chris texts me and he says um because he knew 00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:04.140 i was coming up to to your wedding and i figured 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:06.940 well this is perfect because it will be the perfect 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:10.860 opportunity i'm trying to pull up the um the 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:17.039 the text now here we go um i was coming up i'm 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.679 gonna pull it up make sure you're not lying i've 00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:24.449 got it i've got it right So I said this is gonna 00:34:24.449 --> 00:34:26.869 be great because I'm coming up to to to the wedding 00:34:26.869 --> 00:34:29.769 and I figure well We'll just give it to we can 00:34:29.769 --> 00:34:33.449 do the award like at in the Ed Neil's wedding. 00:34:33.449 --> 00:34:36.769 We'll just I can present it to him there and 00:34:36.769 --> 00:34:39.750 Maybe at the reception or something and and Neil 00:34:39.750 --> 00:34:41.909 you were so gracious to say hey Do you want to 00:34:41.909 --> 00:34:43.849 get up and I'm like no, I don't do it because 00:34:43.849 --> 00:34:47.230 it's it's your day. You know, it's This is so 00:34:47.230 --> 00:34:50.500 funny. So he says I know Mark, this is the text 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:54.599 from Chris, Friday July 10, 2 .28 p .m. I know 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:56.579 Mark wants me to tell my mom and dad, but I'm 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:59.380 just gonna let them be surprised. And I'm like, 00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:01.880 oh, that's funny. And then he says, does Neil 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:06.119 know? And I said, yes, so. Because I knew you 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.340 were gonna be coming over to drop some supplies 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:14.219 off and help out. Yeah. And so I wanted to make 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.280 sure Neil didn't say anything when it came over 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:20.349 either. Here's how it went down. We're sitting 00:35:20.349 --> 00:35:23.030 at the table. It's a table of eight at the wedding 00:35:23.030 --> 00:35:27.489 and there was another couple who Know friends 00:35:27.489 --> 00:35:29.170 of yours Neil and that's how we figured out that 00:35:29.170 --> 00:35:33.150 your name is actually rusty. Oh Yeah, you must 00:35:33.150 --> 00:35:36.409 have been talking to Dave Yeah, and so your name 00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:41.789 is rusty and because of my attire at the at the 00:35:41.789 --> 00:35:47.530 wedding I am now known as kilt boy and Chris 00:35:47.530 --> 00:35:50.489 just your mother just texted me by the way rusty 00:35:50.489 --> 00:35:53.829 and kilt boy Thursday evening entertainment There 00:35:53.829 --> 00:35:56.849 we go. Excuse me am I right? It's the rusty and 00:35:56.849 --> 00:36:02.789 kilt boy show with the with the the former Cincinnati 00:36:02.789 --> 00:36:05.409 short rib who was of course that's your blues 00:36:05.409 --> 00:36:08.719 name because you're in our blues band And although 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.460 short rib no more, you were a head shorter than 00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:13.079 me when I met you at least, and now you're a 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.960 head taller than me at least, so you have graduated 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:19.619 from being a short rib to a full rack. But anyway, 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:21.280 so here's the cool thing. We're sitting there 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:24.239 at this table, and I've got this Walmart bag 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:25.960 with a pad of envelope in it, and I'm just sitting 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:29.000 there, and I told your dad, I said, yeah, I got 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.739 something I'm gonna bring to Chris. He had no 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:32.980 idea what it was. So you kept it a secret and 00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.480 I said here I'm just gonna here Chris just let 00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:36.380 me just give this to you now and so he pulls 00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:39.159 this plaque out and shows it to his parents and 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:42.019 You can see their chins drop under their face 00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:44.400 masks. It was the most priceless thing and I 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.300 got I have a picture of that moment and I wish 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:49.539 that the face masks were not there because I 00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:52.280 know that that their tongues would have hit the 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.820 floor because it was the most priceless picture 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:57.860 and I'm I'm so glad that that you were able to 00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:59.780 surprise them with that because you know, it's 00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:03.820 kind of I think If we were to do this at the 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:06.579 Huntsville Hamfest, it's kind of I don't know 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.699 if I want to say anti -climactic But it's like 00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:11.719 the surprise is gone, you know, there's yes You 00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:13.800 know that you're gonna get up on stage and we're 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:17.500 gonna spend 20 minutes or so talking with you 00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.639 and and and letting you talk and everything but 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:22.260 it was a It was kind of a neat experience to 00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:24.260 be able to do that at Neil's wedding because 00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:27.500 it was very intimate It was just us Yep, a bunch 00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.260 of friends sitting around and the fact that you 00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:31.650 were able to surprise your parents with that, 00:37:31.869 --> 00:37:34.429 and I was able to experience that with my wife. 00:37:34.550 --> 00:37:37.489 It was the first time that you guys had met my 00:37:37.489 --> 00:37:40.510 wife Dawn, which was just very, very cool. Now, 00:37:40.909 --> 00:37:43.650 your mother Kim and my wife Dawn, I think, are 00:37:43.650 --> 00:37:47.690 now BFFs, so that's a cool thing. I just wish 00:37:47.690 --> 00:37:49.969 that you guys lived closer to us, or we lived 00:37:49.969 --> 00:37:52.309 closer to you, or whatever, but nonetheless, 00:37:52.989 --> 00:37:55.329 the fact that you were able to surprise your 00:37:55.329 --> 00:37:58.719 parents... at Neil's wedding to me was just like 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:01.219 the best idea ever. So congrats on it. Yeah. 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:03.579 I want to apologize to Mark first because the 00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:06.860 first thing he said after he told me was tell 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:09.860 your parents. I completely disregarded that. 00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:12.159 And I was like, no, I'm not going to do that. 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:17.179 I'm going to wait. No, but I was like, OK, it's 00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:19.039 going to happen at Neil's wedding. Neil's wedding 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.579 is, I don't know, like 12 hours away. I was like, 00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:25.559 I think they can wait 12 hours. It was perfect. 00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:30.579 Was absolutely perfect and and I actually mark 00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:32.519 agrees. He's like, oh that was the best I'm so 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:34.420 glad that he didn't tell his parents. So now 00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:39.360 it was one of it was the most unique Awards presentation 00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:41.219 for young ham of the year that I've been involved 00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:43.440 with in my 25 years with the organization It 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:46.280 was just it was priceless. Everything just worked 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:49.400 in the middle of the only one hasn't been at 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.780 Huntsville That's true. Well, that's all right 00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:55.519 because next year Um, we'll have you up on stage, 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:58.199 uh, and we will, um, we'll, we'll do it all at 00:38:58.199 --> 00:39:01.380 Huntsville again. Um, so be sure next year, be 00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:03.159 sure and bring your award because we want to 00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:06.480 have a picture of you and the 2021, uh, Youngham 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:09.579 winner next year at Huntsville, which is the, 00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:13.039 yeah, we're about, uh, that will be what, uh, 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:16.780 13 months away from now. Yep. Right at. Okay. 00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:18.699 So I want to know who's wedding are we going 00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:21.860 to crash next summer? I don't know. I don't know 00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:24.920 anybody getting married. Yeah, me neither. You 00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:27.539 don't have any plans, do you Chris? No, I do 00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:30.739 not. It's a little early for that, Don. A little 00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:33.159 bit, yeah, yeah, hold on. A little bit. As long 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:36.559 as you can. Yeah. But you know, hey listen, the 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.719 heart wants, the heart wants what it wants. When 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:40.780 I moved to New Orleans, and this is totally off 00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.159 of subject, but the heart wants what it wants. 00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:45.679 I was fresh out of a divorce, moved to New Orleans, 00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:48.619 met my wife my first night back on the radio 00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:51.360 in New Orleans on the request line of all places. 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:55.000 So I'm batting 50 -50 on the request line. And 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:58.179 my priest at my church in Oklahoma City gave 00:39:58.179 --> 00:40:00.440 me, before I moved, gave me the worst advice 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.840 ever. He said, don't go down there and fall in 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:04.760 love with some girl. And I avoided it like the 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:06.579 plague, I'm telling you. But I literally, one 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:08.480 night driving home from her house after dropping 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:11.880 her off after a date, I had to literally pull 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.960 over on the side of the road and throw my hands 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:17.570 up in surrender. And look up at the sky well 00:40:17.570 --> 00:40:19.969 through the the ceiling of the roof of the car 00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:23.309 and say, okay God This is the plan. I guess I'm 00:40:23.309 --> 00:40:26.010 gonna trust you and We'll be celebrating our 00:40:26.010 --> 00:40:29.489 36th wedding anniversary coming up in September 00:40:29.489 --> 00:40:31.789 So hey the heart wants what it wants and when 00:40:31.789 --> 00:40:34.050 it's right, it's right. So, you know, you can't 00:40:34.050 --> 00:40:36.690 fight destiny But yeah, you're a little young. 00:40:36.710 --> 00:40:46.639 Let's not think about that yet. Yeah Uh first 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:52.820 that I remember yeah Wow Well, it's gonna be 00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:55.360 it's gonna be a tough act to follow Tyler's first 00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:57.860 concert was Motley Crue on their farewell tour 00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:59.539 and that's gonna be a tough act to follow as 00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:02.599 well. So yeah Yeah, this wedding is gonna be 00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:07.079 a tough act to follow I think Yeah, I was gonna 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:10.280 say I don't know anybody getting married so yeah, 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:13.869 he came up and asked me what What's going on? 00:41:14.090 --> 00:41:16.489 What are we doing here at this reception? I'm 00:41:16.489 --> 00:41:19.230 like, haven't you been to a wedding before, boy? 00:41:20.070 --> 00:41:21.869 No. That's all right. We all convened over to 00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:24.429 his house for the party after the party. Oh, 00:41:24.429 --> 00:41:26.849 that was the party after the party. Okay. Yeah. 00:41:27.010 --> 00:41:31.909 Don and I went over to Kim and Jocelyn's house 00:41:31.909 --> 00:41:35.769 and we got to hear Chris play piano for us, which 00:41:35.769 --> 00:41:37.949 that was a talent. I did not know that you had 00:41:37.949 --> 00:41:41.630 and you did a fine job. It's a secret one. Well, 00:41:42.210 --> 00:41:49.050 it's a secret no more. It's on this show, so 00:41:49.050 --> 00:41:52.869 there's at least five people that heard it. We 00:41:52.869 --> 00:41:57.030 very much enjoyed that. And I know that your 00:41:57.030 --> 00:42:00.329 mom's listening and your dad, so thank you so 00:42:00.329 --> 00:42:02.869 much for having us over that night. That was 00:42:02.869 --> 00:42:07.409 just the best, seriously. Hi, baby. My wife just 00:42:07.409 --> 00:42:10.150 walked in she was over at the cross the way for 00:42:10.150 --> 00:42:13.590 a birthday party Yeah, there she is and then 00:42:13.590 --> 00:42:16.909 she got the the official photographer duties 00:42:16.909 --> 00:42:23.070 Yeah, that's right. Yeah, there were some Why 00:42:23.070 --> 00:42:25.429 yeah, well, I think I think Chris's mom took 00:42:25.429 --> 00:42:29.429 the picture of me you Chris and his dad I Think 00:42:29.429 --> 00:42:33.170 him. Oh she Kim took that one. All right. Yeah. 00:42:33.190 --> 00:42:36.949 Yeah, I knew Don had had some of them somebody 00:42:36.949 --> 00:42:41.110 took a picture somewhere exactly there was there 00:42:41.110 --> 00:42:43.969 was actually photographic evidence yeah to be 00:42:43.969 --> 00:42:45.949 used that's right with circles and arrows and 00:42:45.949 --> 00:42:48.489 a paragraph on the back to be used as evidence 00:42:48.489 --> 00:42:51.190 against us that that's another uh that i say 00:42:51.190 --> 00:42:53.010 you don't you're too young for that too but neil 00:42:53.010 --> 00:42:57.670 knows so neil knows what that is i'm sure that's 00:42:57.670 --> 00:43:01.789 uh yeah thanksgiving staple that is the uh alice's 00:43:01.789 --> 00:43:05.699 restaurant I just got confused on the against 00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:09.460 this part, but listen to Alice's restaurant, 00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:14.059 okay? Arlo Arlo not Arlo, but Neil should I listen 00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:21.800 to this man's advice or? Exactly that's all I'm 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:25.539 asking you first our little Guthrie's Alice's 00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:28.400 restaurant and Massacre. Yes, you must listen. 00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:32.719 Oh, I think I've heard actually yeah I'll back 00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:36.719 him up on that one Well, let's see Chris a for 00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:44.039 CB says hello and John not in for JTK Was excited 00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:47.239 about About the mention of Embry riddle because 00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:49.380 it's just down the road from him and Daytona 00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:52.500 Beach So and John's gonna be on the show next 00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:54.820 week actually, so we'll talk about that here 00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:59.639 when we sign off, but But it was cool. I was 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.440 glad. And yeah, Chris called me and said, you 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:04.500 know, this is your big day. I don't want to get 00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:06.320 in the way. It's like, don't worry about it. 00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.239 We've got it all arranged. It's not going to 00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:14.980 interfere. We'll be good. But the funny thing 00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:18.320 was I was dropping some stuff off to his dad 00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:23.320 in the driveway. And his dad says, well, he got 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:26.840 a call from Mark Abramowitz. Mark Bramwich is 00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:30.239 trying to get a hold of him. I think he's up 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:34.360 there on the phone right now. And I'm like, okay, 00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:38.840 if Mark's calling, that's a pretty good sign. 00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:45.480 So I'm glad it all worked out. And let me just 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:47.880 add that this year was kind of rare. This doesn't 00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:50.000 happen very often at all, because normally there 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:56.480 will be one person One nominee that rises to 00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.679 the top, the cream rises to the top. Well, this 00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:04.300 year, there was a tie. It's very, very rare that 00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:08.559 there was a tie. And Mark, as the Young Ham of 00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:13.719 the Year chairperson, he breaks the tie. So he 00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:22.329 called one judge that was Chris's choice. And 00:45:22.329 --> 00:45:26.230 I believe Mason is the other young man. Correct 00:45:26.230 --> 00:45:28.210 me if I'm wrong, Neil. You know this young man. 00:45:28.550 --> 00:45:32.010 I believe it's Mason. He was the other nominee. 00:45:32.110 --> 00:45:35.630 So he called a judge that had picked Chris and 00:45:35.630 --> 00:45:37.829 a judge that had picked Mason and he picked both 00:45:37.829 --> 00:45:42.110 of their brains. And they were both like, that's 00:45:42.110 --> 00:45:44.929 our guy. There was not one guy that said, well, 00:45:44.949 --> 00:45:46.650 you know what, maybe one might be better than 00:45:46.650 --> 00:45:50.590 the other. It was an absolute dead two to two 00:45:50.590 --> 00:45:56.920 tie. And Mark had to make the decision and I 00:45:56.920 --> 00:46:00.079 think he chose well. Mason is still young enough 00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:05.820 that I believe next year Mason, if he's nominated, 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:08.699 he can be nominated because he's still young 00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:11.780 enough. You have to be 18 or younger. Chris would 00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:13.880 have aged out this year. So this would have been 00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:17.840 Chris's last opportunity. And that had absolutely 00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:21.010 no bearing whatsoever on the choice. It's just 00:46:21.010 --> 00:46:27.769 that you edged out the other nominee and good 00:46:27.769 --> 00:46:31.670 on you. That's all I have to say. You were the 00:46:31.670 --> 00:46:34.429 right choice for a number of reasons. You were 00:46:34.429 --> 00:46:38.210 the right choice. Thanks, Tom. Yeah, I was going 00:46:38.210 --> 00:46:39.849 to say, I don't know if Mason's listening or 00:46:39.849 --> 00:46:43.789 not, but if he is, I mean, you both know this, 00:46:43.809 --> 00:46:47.329 but I... nominated was nominated for years. Yeah. 00:46:47.909 --> 00:46:50.309 And it didn't happen until this one. So just 00:46:50.309 --> 00:46:52.090 because you don't get a one year doesn't mean 00:46:52.090 --> 00:46:54.650 it's an end all be all. I mean, just keep putting 00:46:54.650 --> 00:46:58.869 it in. That typically is the is the rule rather 00:46:58.869 --> 00:47:02.510 than the exception. The person that wins is rarely 00:47:02.510 --> 00:47:05.210 as far as I know. And I have absolutely nothing 00:47:05.210 --> 00:47:10.420 to do with any of the judging whatsoever. I see 00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:12.519 the nominees when they come in and I put them 00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:16.000 in the dropbox folder for the judges and I will 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:19.199 look at them But I have absolutely no say no 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:21.719 input whatsoever, and I don't want any say or 00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:25.940 input whatsoever. I want Total absolute deniability. 00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:29.320 I have nothing to do with the judging But yeah, 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:32.440 so but I do know that for years and years and 00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:34.539 years of being involved with this that the person 00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:39.800 who wins rarely if ever um, wins on their first 00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:46.000 nomination. So. Well, we couldn't be, uh, more 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:49.880 proud of, of all of our young hams and Chris 00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:54.420 has been there for many years. And so we're glad 00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:58.659 that, uh, that it finally became his turn and, 00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:02.940 um, he was able to do that. And I remember him 00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:08.159 going down to, uh, Costa Rica and uh, with, uh, 00:48:08.219 --> 00:48:11.119 Bryant and Austin and, and getting to talk to, 00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:14.179 uh, all of them down there and getting, I was 00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:18.099 getting pictures, uh, on the, on the, uh, from 00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:21.039 the airport and the plane ride down there and 00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:24.360 everything else on that trip. But so I was able 00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:27.320 to kind of follow the old drip and, uh, it was 00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:30.300 a lot of fun. So I, um, I'm really, uh, glad 00:48:30.300 --> 00:48:33.619 that, uh, we were able to, to recognize Chris 00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:39.409 and, uh, And all of us at Newsline are very excited 00:48:39.409 --> 00:48:42.610 for this and we'll keep on doing it. We'll keep 00:48:42.610 --> 00:48:46.469 on looking for young hams that are deserving 00:48:46.469 --> 00:48:49.929 of this award. Yeah, it was Bill Pasternak's 00:48:49.929 --> 00:48:52.889 passion. Like I said, he came up with this idea 00:48:52.889 --> 00:48:56.909 back in 1986 and youth and education were his 00:48:56.909 --> 00:49:00.360 passion and this is... You know, we're carrying 00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:03.280 on and in his footsteps So yeah, it's gonna kids 00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:05.659 gonna keep on as long as we're here and are able 00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:08.820 to do it We're gonna keep honoring a deserving 00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:12.820 young radio amateur every year All right, I've 00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:15.659 got one last question to ask Chris about here 00:49:15.659 --> 00:49:19.000 before we take off Chris if you can pick like 00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:23.639 one particular mode or one particular aspect 00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:27.519 of of ham radio to call your favorite, what would 00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:38.840 it be? That is a really hard tough question Yeah, 00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:43.739 you got me something there um oh Yeah, I have 00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:46.019 a feeling it's probably at some point gonna be 00:49:46.019 --> 00:49:48.519 aeronautical mobile. That's what I was Yeah, 00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:51.400 thank you. I'm excited to try that see you later 00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:55.300 But, um, for now, I'd probably say Dxing, just 00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:58.460 because I got to go on the Dxpedition, excuse 00:49:58.460 --> 00:50:02.119 me, and just because, like, I love just seeing 00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:05.440 how far I can get in the different places and 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:08.699 all that, so. Well, Aeronautical Mobile will 00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:11.460 definitely help with that. I was going to say, 00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:13.579 once we get Aeronautical Mobile, that'll probably 00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:16.320 be the next one. Have you fooled with satellites 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:18.179 at all yet? Because I've been bitten by that 00:50:18.179 --> 00:50:21.599 bug. Thanks. Thanks to mr. Rap there. He's got 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:26.059 me Yeah, he's got these bit the bug has bit me 00:50:26.059 --> 00:50:33.000 hard here now Yeah, in fact Chris's dad and I 00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:37.239 were in my car Doing a little training on that 00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:41.320 a few months ago over at the museum. So I know 00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:47.079 he's been he's been looking at it and We were 00:50:47.630 --> 00:50:51.050 We even put an aero antenna in his hand there 00:50:51.050 --> 00:50:54.730 for a while for the video shoot for the Youth 00:50:54.730 --> 00:50:57.969 on the Earth commercial. Yep. Right. I was going 00:50:57.969 --> 00:51:02.030 to say, I've used the aero in a, oh, what is 00:51:02.030 --> 00:51:07.130 it? Is it a ID 51A, I think? Yeah. I think it's 00:51:07.130 --> 00:51:10.929 either that or it's the Yasu equivalent, but 00:51:10.929 --> 00:51:14.730 something to that nature. That works pretty well. 00:51:15.070 --> 00:51:18.190 Yep. I've been using the elk and yeah, it's a 00:51:18.190 --> 00:51:22.730 lot of fun Yeah, and the best man in nine Katie 00:51:22.730 --> 00:51:27.710 be Eric Bonham says I knew the secret so There 00:51:27.710 --> 00:51:33.070 we go Best man knew there. Yeah, it was not it 00:51:33.070 --> 00:51:35.349 was nice to meet Eric and everybody else all 00:51:35.349 --> 00:51:39.429 your friends there at the at the wedding and 00:51:39.429 --> 00:51:43.639 Just the fact that that seeing that video of 00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:47.239 you on your little tricycle three -wheel scooter 00:51:47.239 --> 00:51:50.500 thing with the rusty license plate on the front 00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:53.079 of it, I had to actually pause that and I told 00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:54.320 Don, I said, you've got to come here and look 00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:59.199 at this. This is brilliant. One of these days 00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:00.440 when we have time, we're going to have to hear 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:04.380 the origin of the rusty nickname. Oh, yeah, yeah. 00:52:05.260 --> 00:52:08.559 There's a story there, but all the families still 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:12.110 call me that. We'll let them tune in to another 00:52:12.110 --> 00:52:14.349 episode for that. Tune in next week. Well, yeah, 00:52:14.789 --> 00:52:17.230 we'll hear about that at some point. Yeah, Dave 00:52:17.230 --> 00:52:20.409 and Teresa are still calling me Rusty, so there 00:52:20.409 --> 00:52:23.630 you go. Well, that's what, I mean, those of us 00:52:23.630 --> 00:52:26.010 at Newsline behind the scenes, that's your name 00:52:26.010 --> 00:52:29.090 now. So, yeah, you're going to be Rusty from 00:52:29.090 --> 00:52:34.010 now on. And now you're Kilt Boy. Rusty and the 00:52:34.010 --> 00:52:36.900 Kilt Boy. Rusty and the Kilt Boy. That actually 00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:39.599 has a that has a better ring than than my old 00:52:39.599 --> 00:52:42.300 morning show in New Orleans, which was Blair 00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:47.860 and the fat man. I kind of like guilt boy. That 00:52:47.860 --> 00:52:50.280 was before the weight loss. Oh, my goodness. 00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:54.480 All right. Well, we're going to wrap this thing 00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:56.639 up here tonight, and I guess we're going to hold 00:52:56.639 --> 00:53:00.039 over our shirt because we didn't get anybody. 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:02.739 Yeah, I didn't have any calls. What if I call? 00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:05.179 What if I call? Yeah, there you go. You can call. 00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:09.760 Wait a minute. Don't you already have one? I 00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:14.460 think so. Yeah. I was trying to see if you notice. 00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:18.619 Yeah, there you go. All right. So Chris, any 00:53:18.619 --> 00:53:23.639 final words here before we go? Am I allowed to 00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:25.900 do the outro? Is that can that be the final words? 00:53:26.199 --> 00:53:29.239 Okay. All right. You can do the outro. Let's 00:53:29.239 --> 00:53:33.260 do it. Yeah, do it. I'd like to thank myself, 00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:37.019 because I was a guest, Don85DW and Neil for hosting 00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:39.340 the show until I take it over at the end here. 00:53:39.940 --> 00:53:43.440 Everybody listening, nobody called in, but that's 00:53:43.440 --> 00:53:46.719 okay. Hopefully we'll see you next week, Thursday 00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:49.039 night, 9 o 'clock PM Eastern time, 6 o 'clock 00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:51.820 PM Pacific. And Neil, what are we going to be 00:53:51.820 --> 00:53:56.530 talking about next week? group from the Orlando 00:53:56.530 --> 00:53:59.590 hamcation and Orlando amateur radio club will 00:53:59.590 --> 00:54:02.610 be here. They're going to talk about the, uh, 00:54:02.610 --> 00:54:07.909 Carol Perry, uh, award and the, all the plans 00:54:07.909 --> 00:54:10.909 coming up for, uh, hamcation and some of the 00:54:10.909 --> 00:54:12.969 stuff coming up with that. So that's, that's 00:54:12.969 --> 00:54:16.389 what we'll be on next week. John's John says 00:54:16.389 --> 00:54:19.130 it's not him. It's going to be, it's going to 00:54:19.130 --> 00:54:23.400 be, uh, Michael and Mike. So, um, So, John, I 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:26.099 apologize. I assumed you were going to be here, 00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:29.420 but Michael and Mike will be here to talk about 00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:32.820 some hamcation stuff next week. Now, wait a minute, 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:34.920 Chris. You forgot the most important part of 00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:39.159 the closing of the closing. Yeah. Is that so 00:54:39.159 --> 00:54:42.780 for now, this is Chris Bro. No, no, no, no, no, 00:54:42.780 --> 00:54:45.940 Neil, Neil, say it with me. Neil, say it with 00:54:45.940 --> 00:54:49.809 me. Say it with me. That's a wrap. Neil already 00:54:49.809 --> 00:54:51.730 said it, so I wasn't going to take it again from 00:54:51.730 --> 00:54:56.730 him. Alright. That's his line. I'll let him do 00:54:56.730 --> 00:55:04.150 that. Kids these days. Oh, I know. We're so proud 00:55:04.150 --> 00:55:06.570 of you. We're so proud of you. Congratulations. 00:55:07.570 --> 00:55:13.289 I'm so proud that you got this award. I'm more 00:55:13.289 --> 00:55:15.389 proud that you're my friend, so congratulations. 00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:17.860 Thank you. Appreciate it, Don. Thank you, Neil, 00:55:17.880 --> 00:55:21.400 for having us on. Yeah, and the same for me. 00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:28.739 Glad to be able to share in this with you and 00:55:28.739 --> 00:55:34.139 provide a venue for you and just so proud of 00:55:34.139 --> 00:55:36.880 all you've done and all your accomplishments 00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:39.820 and I'm glad that you could get this and you've 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:43.639 done a fine job on so many different things. 00:55:45.099 --> 00:55:50.079 Museum youth on the air and on this show, you 00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:52.159 know, this is the second or third time I think 00:55:52.159 --> 00:55:55.159 on this show. So, you know, you've done a great 00:55:55.159 --> 00:55:59.940 job. So I appreciate all that you do and your 00:55:59.940 --> 00:56:03.219 parents and the friendship of all of your family 00:56:03.219 --> 00:56:08.599 and look forward to seeing you again soon. All 00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:11.579 right, Chris, there you go. There's your cue. 00:56:12.320 --> 00:56:18.599 Sorry. So for now so for now 73 75 and may the 00:56:18.599 --> 00:56:24.400 good be DX be yours Good night, everybody. Good 00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:40.000 night Thank you.