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I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:58.040 Thanks for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:04.200 Live. Tonight, we're joined by Paul Bork N1SFE 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.879 and we'll be talking about field day and he's 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.139 going to take your field day questions and we'll 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:13.000 give you a chance to call in in just a few minutes. 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:19.240 Last week it was Sterling N0SSC and Jocelyn KD8VRX 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.860 here to talk about the summer youth on the air 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:25.180 events. If you missed that show you can listen 00:02:25.180 --> 00:02:28.669 anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite 00:02:28.669 --> 00:02:32.930 podcast or over on YouTube. 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Tonight 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:20.480 my guest is ARRL contest program manager Paul 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:25.470 Bork in one SFE. Paul has just completed his 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:28.910 first full year in that role. He's been licensed 00:06:28.910 --> 00:06:34.389 since 1994 and, like me, he listened for distant 00:06:34.389 --> 00:06:39.149 AM stations quite a bit and later developed a 00:06:39.149 --> 00:06:42.129 career involving various aspects of broadcasting. 00:06:43.310 --> 00:06:46.230 And he started at a broadcast station at the 00:06:46.230 --> 00:06:50.399 University of Parkford. where the station's general 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.480 manager John Ramsey W1JNR pushed him to get his 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.600 license. He grew up in Newington and wanted the 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:01.740 opportunity to give back to this hobby and he 00:07:01.740 --> 00:07:04.480 likes to find ways to get newer hams into contest 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.339 and dispel the idea you need tons and tons and 00:07:08.339 --> 00:07:12.000 tons of equipment to participate. So Paul, welcome 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.720 back to the show from that location for the last 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.600 time. Yeah, I think thanks for it. Thanks for 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.000 having me Neil. Yeah, it's very exciting I just 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.100 bought a house so I'm in the process of moving 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:27.060 so of course, you know moving over field day 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:30.079 weekend That's the best time to move right? especially 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:35.040 if you're you're like It's time to taking care 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:41.839 of field day It's The timing couldn't be any 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:49.199 better Yeah, oh my goodness well It's been an 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:53.660 absolute crazy year. Life has been turned upside 00:07:53.660 --> 00:07:59.480 down on so many different levels. And even in 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.759 April, you know, when people said, Oh, well, 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:05.620 what's going to happen with field day? What are 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:08.399 we going to do with? with field day we're still 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:11.100 gonna do it and and wasn't long and then all 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:13.019 of a sudden is like oh we're still having field 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:17.060 day it just may look a little different and then 00:08:17.060 --> 00:08:20.500 some rule changes happened and that seems to 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:24.860 be a lot of the questions I'm getting and talking 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:27.060 with you before the show it seems to be a lot 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:30.139 of the questions you're getting so let's start 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:33.480 off right off the bat with these new changes 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.669 that are just for this year because of the pandemic. 00:08:38.549 --> 00:08:42.730 Well, I just want to say early on, we weren't 00:08:42.730 --> 00:08:44.529 quite sure where this was going because when 00:08:44.529 --> 00:08:46.830 we first started getting the stuff ready for 00:08:46.830 --> 00:08:49.690 field day, that was back in February. And early 00:08:49.690 --> 00:08:51.730 on, we weren't quite sure what was going to happen 00:08:51.730 --> 00:08:54.629 with everything. And stuff had to get published 00:08:54.629 --> 00:08:56.990 in QSC. Of course, we had publication deadlines, 00:08:57.549 --> 00:09:01.830 which are set out quite far. So we weren't quite 00:09:01.830 --> 00:09:04.409 sure exactly how everything was going to pan 00:09:04.409 --> 00:09:09.519 out. early on we went with the adapts and uh... 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.080 that battle battle messaging uh... very early 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.639 on but back in late may the programs and services 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.259 committee had uh... agreed to uh... to make a 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:22.320 couple of changes which you just reference and 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.980 uh... one of those was uh... the big one was 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:30.259 since we're encouraging participants to uh... 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:31.960 uh... participate from home if they can't get 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:36.110 together due to social social distancing they 00:09:36.110 --> 00:09:38.370 would be operating from home as either a Class 00:09:38.370 --> 00:09:43.370 D Delta or Class E Echo stations. And Class D 00:09:43.370 --> 00:09:47.149 normally cannot count contacts for field day 00:09:47.149 --> 00:09:49.370 with other Class D stations. In other words, 00:09:49.590 --> 00:09:52.950 that would be two home stations working on commercial 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:54.909 power. It'd be like your normal ham shack at 00:09:54.909 --> 00:09:57.970 home. It'd be like just a normal home -to -home 00:09:57.970 --> 00:10:00.649 contact. Normally those don't count for field 00:10:00.649 --> 00:10:04.899 day point credit. This year, this year only we 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:09.279 are allowing those contacts to count for field 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:15.600 day points. So there's going to be a lot more 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:20.419 class D operations we would expect. Because a 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:22.480 lot of people are going to be operating from 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.419 home and they're going to be running class D 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:30.559 and so normally you could only work Other classes 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.279 you couldn't work the class D because it was 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.559 we didn't want a home -to -home thing But but 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.019 this year is different. We're trying to really 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:40.320 kind of differentiate, you know field day of 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:42.000 course is not a contest where we're trying to 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:46.759 differentiate it from a normal event where people 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:48.639 just get off of their homes and work each other 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.000 and you know really field days is a slightly 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.240 different animal than you know, then most amateur 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.679 radio contests seeing as it is a not a contest 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.240 there are points i think you know the points 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:04.200 really me one of the questions i get a lot of 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.399 you know is well if it's not a contest why are 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:12.720 there points it encourages participation and 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.940 also some groups like you know some groups have 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.899 a little friendly competitions with their neighboring 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:20.379 clubs or you know clubs across the country even 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:22.759 uh... you know so some of them do do make it 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.220 into a competition a little like a friendly competition 00:11:25.220 --> 00:11:28.350 or even It could be something to gauge your performance 00:11:28.350 --> 00:11:31.330 from year to year. So that's really the only, 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:33.929 you know, that's really the only reason why there 00:11:33.929 --> 00:11:37.710 are points. Now there was a common saying around 00:11:37.710 --> 00:11:40.450 the teaching field whenever, you know, the pandemic 00:11:40.450 --> 00:11:43.049 was going on that it was kind of like, whose 00:11:43.049 --> 00:11:47.590 line is it anyway? You know, the points are made 00:11:47.590 --> 00:11:56.120 up and they don't matter. So anyway, so class 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:59.980 D to class D contacts can count for credit. And 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:03.340 you're right, there will probably be a lot more 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:06.320 just all around entries to field aid this year. 00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:11.600 Because last year we had about 3 ,100 distinct 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:15.320 field day entries that were submitted. And with 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:17.279 all the class D to class D, we were expecting 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.419 that number to be a bit higher. Because a lot 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:22.639 of the participants that would have gotten together 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.039 in a you know a class a or a class f you know 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:29.480 a big group will all be getting together separately 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:31.799 well not getting together but they'll be separate 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.840 but they'll they'll be able to participate individually 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:37.019 from their own homes so that's going to drive 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:42.559 the numbers up i i would expect so and so to 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.600 kind of simplify this let me make sure i'm i'm 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:48.820 correct here in saying this so if i'm not correct 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:52.059 me if i'm wrong But there are no restrictions 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:55.159 on who you work during field day this year, no 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:59.259 matter what class you are. Exactly. That is 100 00:12:59.259 --> 00:13:03.440 % correct. All right. Well, then there's the 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.519 club thing. So why don't you go ahead and address 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.259 the club situation. OK. So what they decide to 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:16.059 do is instead of, you know, people can't get 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:18.620 together as a big club, what we're allowing is 00:13:18.669 --> 00:13:22.889 Individual participants, like if you or I participated 00:13:22.889 --> 00:13:25.970 using our own call signs from our homes, we can 00:13:25.970 --> 00:13:28.710 declare a club name in the entry form. This is 00:13:28.710 --> 00:13:31.850 on the online entry form. And our score would 00:13:31.850 --> 00:13:33.789 be attributed to what they call an aggregate 00:13:33.789 --> 00:13:39.049 club score. It's not going to go towards a field 00:13:39.049 --> 00:13:41.289 day entry under the club call sign. It's going 00:13:41.289 --> 00:13:43.690 to go, there will be a list of club names. And 00:13:43.690 --> 00:13:46.149 if anyone's familiar with the way we do club 00:13:46.149 --> 00:13:49.220 scoring for contests, basically what happens 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:53.179 is individual participant scores all the participants 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:56.120 will get counted towards the club score and it 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.940 will just add up a club score so we're doing 00:13:58.940 --> 00:14:01.460 something very similar to that so what you will 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:04.419 see is you will see like like say neil you and 00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:07.360 i were both participating in the same as the 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.879 same club from our homes you'd see a listing 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.399 for my call sign under whatever class i operated 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.039 like say i operated mobile so i was a class c 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.960 and you operate as a class D because you were 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:22.340 home. Your score would show up under your call 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:27.600 sign as class D with the club name that you that 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.299 you entered into the field day form. My score 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:33.080 would show up under the class C scores because 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.019 I was class C mobile with the club name and then 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:41.019 there will be a listing under the club with the 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:45.259 scores of Mine in yours and if the club did a 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:49.120 100 club call sign from it did a class a or a 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:53.159 Class F or even a class B if it was a small group 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.360 Those scores will all be tallied together and 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.460 show up under a different section with the club 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:04.100 total all together So it's kind of like there's 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:06.679 two different scoring so there's the club scoring 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:10.720 and then there's the station scoring Right, so 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:12.659 you see the station scoring, right, so in other 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:14.679 words, if your club got together, and this is 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.519 one of the questions I'm getting a lot. A question 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.259 would be similar, like, well, my club is doing 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:23.919 a Class A this year, and I just, you know, they're 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.799 using the club call sign, I don't feel that I 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:31.340 really wanna head out and get together socially 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:33.159 like that, so I'm gonna participate from home. 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:38.360 What do I do, and how does the score count? Some 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:41.200 parts of this, one is, Do I use the club call 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:45.059 sign? And the answer is no. The club call sign 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:48.360 can only be used in one location, and any of 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.360 those transmitters needs to be within that 1 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:55.100 ,000 foot diameter circle. That is the rule under 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:58.639 class. It's listed under class A, but it's true 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.279 for every class with the exception of class C 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:06.960 mobile. So you'll use your own station call sign 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:09.690 from your own individual location. and then when 00:16:09.690 --> 00:16:11.830 you submit the field day entry separately you're 00:16:11.830 --> 00:16:14.190 going to submit your own field day entry and 00:16:14.190 --> 00:16:15.970 you will put the name of the club in the club 00:16:15.970 --> 00:16:19.610 name field on the on the entry form which normally 00:16:19.610 --> 00:16:24.690 we don't even publish club names for class D 00:16:24.690 --> 00:16:28.230 and E stations but not only are we going to publish 00:16:28.230 --> 00:16:31.129 them then there will be another list that will 00:16:31.129 --> 00:16:34.389 combine not only your club's class A score but 00:16:34.389 --> 00:16:37.960 also your class D scored or any other individuals 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.980 that chose to attribute their score to the club. 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:48.179 Does that make sense? Absolutely, it makes perfect 00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:51.820 sense to me. And I had actually talked to you 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:54.940 before because we planned something for Youth 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:57.279 on the Air and I wanted to confirm it with you 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.399 before we started letting everybody know about 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:05.500 it and that was You can put any club in there 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:09.299 you want it's not a set list so contesters may 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:12.779 be familiar with this like set list of contest 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:17.619 clubs and those are fine, but you can type anything 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:22.539 in there so Trying to spell it the same and you 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:25.039 know capitalize the same and that kind of thing 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:28.799 would be really helpful So yes, so really what 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.900 needs what needs to happen is we were really 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:34.940 trying to discourage clubs from using a straight 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:39.240 acronym like an organization might be called 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:43.339 M .A .R .S. and there could be a million of them 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:46.140 depending on where they're from. I would really 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:48.460 recommend spelling out the name of the club, 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.420 common abbreviations and acronyms like amateur 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:57.440 radio society and putting in M .A .R .S. is middle 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:59.500 sex in Connecticut. What if you were to put in 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:02.130 middle sex A .R .S.? I would understand what 00:18:02.130 --> 00:18:04.730 that means because ARS is amateur radio society, 00:18:05.150 --> 00:18:07.890 but you need to stay away from common acronyms 00:18:07.890 --> 00:18:10.849 that could be used by other groups all throughout 00:18:10.849 --> 00:18:13.269 the country. It'd be very hard to determine which 00:18:13.269 --> 00:18:15.950 club they're actually meeting. So what we're 00:18:15.950 --> 00:18:18.509 working on is on the field day form, when you 00:18:18.509 --> 00:18:22.230 start typing, it's going to pre -populate suggestions 00:18:22.230 --> 00:18:25.930 of club names that will seem to fit. Now again, 00:18:26.130 --> 00:18:30.079 as you mentioned, you can put any buddy's You 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:32.339 can put any name in there, like a class B Bravo 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:34.940 entry is a one or two person club. If you and 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.839 I were doing it, we can put Paul and Neil's field 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:39.619 back. And that would be perfectly acceptable. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:41.319 You'll see that if you ever looked in the class 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.559 B scores, you'll see things like that that aren't 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.759 even a club name. So you don't have to be an 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:52.980 ARRL affiliated club. You don't need to be registered 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:55.960 as a contest club. I get a lot of questions about 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:58.599 that too, because in the contest, you have to 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:01.000 register as a contest club and there's your set 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:04.319 rules about who can participate where you need 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.759 to be located and none of that's applying for 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:08.519 field day we're really kind of keeping this as 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:15.819 simplified as possible just to help individuals 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:19.400 who don't want to or can't participate in the 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:22.579 group because of COVID -19 that they can still 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:27.369 at least make their their efforts count towards 00:19:27.369 --> 00:19:32.690 the club as a whole. And if you can standardize 00:19:32.690 --> 00:19:36.970 your club's official name, that would make Paul's 00:19:36.970 --> 00:19:40.730 life much easier. Right. So I would probably 00:19:40.730 --> 00:19:44.890 recommend if you are a ARRL club or if you are 00:19:44.890 --> 00:19:50.150 even any club, I would recommend using your official 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:55.079 club name. That would probably make the compilation 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.480 of the results online and not that I just want 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:59.420 to make my life easier, but what's going to happen 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:01.440 is I'm going to have thousands of entries and 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:04.079 this is not an automated process at all. This 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:06.559 is something that I will get a spreadsheet of 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.420 results and I'll have to figure out what club 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:10.359 everybody meant to attribute their scores to. 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.779 So it's going to be an interesting task when 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:15.400 it comes time to compile the results for the 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:20.900 December QST. Now I'll give an example and that 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:23.509 gives me another way to. sneak in another plug 00:20:23.509 --> 00:20:27.289 for youth on the air but youth on the air we're 00:20:27.289 --> 00:20:32.589 going to do a compilation club score so we're 00:20:32.589 --> 00:20:38.089 trying to get everybody that's 25 or under in 00:20:38.089 --> 00:20:41.430 age we're trying to get everybody if you don't 00:20:41.430 --> 00:20:43.789 have a club that you want to go ahead and assign 00:20:43.789 --> 00:20:48.630 yours to to put in youth on the air and not yoda 00:20:48.630 --> 00:20:54.569 but youth on the air So, you know anybody 25 00:20:54.569 --> 00:20:58.309 or under that You don't have another club to 00:20:58.309 --> 00:21:01.410 put it under Put it under youth on the air and 00:21:01.410 --> 00:21:03.990 we'd like to kind of see how the young people 00:21:03.990 --> 00:21:07.430 can can Compile a score and again that you're 00:21:07.430 --> 00:21:10.430 still going to get your individual score But 00:21:10.430 --> 00:21:12.470 we'd kind of like to see how that would would 00:21:12.470 --> 00:21:15.150 go So so I'll put in the plug for the youth on 00:21:15.150 --> 00:21:18.569 the air thing, but that's for ages 25 and below 00:21:18.569 --> 00:21:24.349 so Now that we've we've addressed the big things 00:21:24.349 --> 00:21:27.049 that you're getting a ton of questions about 00:21:27.049 --> 00:21:31.369 Let's talk just a little bit about planning because 00:21:31.369 --> 00:21:34.349 there are some groups that are still going to 00:21:34.349 --> 00:21:38.230 go And they're still going to social distance, 00:21:38.230 --> 00:21:41.690 but they're still going to have a club Activity 00:21:41.690 --> 00:21:44.430 so let's talk a little bit about some of these 00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:47.930 changes that were recommended to to maintain 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:52.960 social distancing, whether that be operate from 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.839 home or whether that be, you know, come up with 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.380 a way to separate everybody. Sure. Well, I mean, 00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:04.460 really what the with the ARL stance is really 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:07.299 first and foremost, pay attention to the guidance 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:10.980 from your local and regional state health health 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:14.359 authorities. You know, we don't know what the 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:17.200 situation is like from, you know, from New Hampshire 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:21.119 to California could be totally different. So 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:24.240 the first and foremost is really pay attention 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:28.240 to that guidance, decide whether you A, can gather 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.880 in any large group and if you can gather in some 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:33.140 sort of group, either you need to limit the amount 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:36.839 of people that can be there or keep the different 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.579 field day stations so far apart and using sanitization 00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:42.279 protocols. I mean, there's just so many different 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.559 things that can come into play here. So there's 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.539 really no one size fits all. First of all, there's 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:50.259 so many different situations throughout the whole 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:52.859 country, which is really kind of hard to set 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:58.220 one set rule for everyone given as the country 00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:03.640 is so spread out. Okay, some good ideas there. 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:09.160 And then aside from all of this, aside from all 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:12.599 of the club entries and all that kind of stuff 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:17.400 that we're doing this year, In past field day 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:21.240 submissions, what are the most common mistakes 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:23.720 that you notice on those entry forms that people 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:26.940 should watch out for? So one of the things I 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:29.539 notice if you're claiming bonus points, there 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:33.259 are certain bonus points that require a supporting 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:37.279 documentation to either be uploaded in the field 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:41.470 day entry. Or you can send it in as independent 00:23:41.470 --> 00:23:43.369 documentation. I have some people that will email, 00:23:43.529 --> 00:23:49.509 say, hey, this is for this entry's bonus point 00:23:49.509 --> 00:23:52.670 documentation. So when you're uploading the documentation, 00:23:52.869 --> 00:23:54.869 one of the things we notice is if the file is 00:23:54.869 --> 00:23:58.150 very large, or if you have several very large 00:23:58.150 --> 00:24:01.230 files, you may have to split them up and do them 00:24:01.230 --> 00:24:04.690 as more than one upload. When you upload an entry, 00:24:04.990 --> 00:24:08.650 you're allowed to go back and and either make 00:24:08.650 --> 00:24:11.089 changes or add more documentation. Either you 00:24:11.089 --> 00:24:14.670 don't have everything at one time or if they're, 00:24:14.809 --> 00:24:17.849 we set a file limit of six megabytes last year 00:24:17.849 --> 00:24:20.569 and sometimes what was going on last year and 00:24:20.569 --> 00:24:23.650 we were working on this because there was a little 00:24:23.650 --> 00:24:25.970 computer glitch where it wouldn't give you a 00:24:25.970 --> 00:24:28.670 confirmation page when you upload it. If it was 00:24:28.670 --> 00:24:31.009 too big, it would go right back to the entry 00:24:31.009 --> 00:24:34.230 form and it would be blank. So one thing you 00:24:34.230 --> 00:24:36.109 wanna make sure, especially when you have large 00:24:36.109 --> 00:24:39.490 files, is to make sure that you get a confirmation 00:24:39.490 --> 00:24:43.210 page and a confirmation email. A properly submitted 00:24:43.210 --> 00:24:45.750 field day entry through the web app, which is 00:24:45.750 --> 00:24:50.869 at field -day .arrl .org. If you click on the 00:24:50.869 --> 00:24:53.390 top of the page where it says entry form, it 00:24:53.390 --> 00:24:56.789 will bring you to the entry form. It will give 00:24:56.789 --> 00:25:00.190 you, you'll be able to submit your email address 00:25:00.190 --> 00:25:02.950 and it will give you a confirmation email but 00:25:02.950 --> 00:25:06.180 also the computer screen will display a page 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:10.259 that has a confirmation number and a confirmation 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.779 that was submitted. So it's important to make 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:16.200 sure that you receive your confirmation number. 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:20.000 If you don't, either give us a call at the contest 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:23.579 program manager's office, which is me, or send 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:27.779 an email and we'll help you step you through 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:31.079 it. So I really think that the two things were 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:34.619 the missing bonus point documentation, which 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:36.720 means you would not get that bonus point. In 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.339 other words, if you claim bonus points for, say, 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:43.079 media publicity, and you did not upload supporting 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:46.200 documents for it, you would not get that bonus 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.339 point. And it will tell you that when you submit 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:51.799 it. It will tell you that you are missing certain 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:55.880 ones. All right, very good. Well, we're going 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:57.759 to take a break because we want to get to some 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.059 questions and we do have a couple of questions 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:03.339 that have rolled in already. So we want to give 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:07.160 everybody a chance to ask those so we can we 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:10.900 can talk more if if not, but I know we've got 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.980 some coming in. So we're going to take a break 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:15.539 and do that. And we'll be back to do that right 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:18.380 after this word from Tower Electronics right 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:23.819 here on HamTalk Live. Jerry, what's up, man? 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.980 I haven't seen you at Sunbucks in a while. I 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.859 used to see you every morning getting coffee. 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:32.680 What's up? Well, I can't afford Sunbucks five 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:35.359 days a week anymore. I had to spend my money 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:39.039 on PL -259s. You know, those antenna projects 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:41.819 I've been meaning to do. I had to do them before 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:45.619 my HOA finds out I have antennas. That's too 00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:48.160 bad, Jerry. I miss seeing you and catching up 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:51.440 over coffee. You should get your PL -259s from 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:58.420 Tower Electronics. They have great stuff. Jerry, 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.740 you're back. Oh, QRM Heterodyne Frappuccino. 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:05.720 That's a good choice. How's it going? Did you 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.539 get all those antennas up before the HOA police 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:12.019 showed up? Yeah, I got them all done. Thanks 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:14.559 for telling me about Tower Electronics. Now I 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.450 can have my coffee. I just saved a bunch of money 00:27:17.450 --> 00:27:21.150 on my PL259s by switching to Tower Electronics. 00:27:21.569 --> 00:27:24.650 Don't get caught without PL259s. Visit Tower 00:27:24.650 --> 00:27:29.369 Electronics online at pl -259 .com or at a ham 00:27:29.369 --> 00:27:33.390 fest near you. Or give them a call at 920 -435 00:27:33.390 --> 00:27:36.950 -2973 and be sure to pick up some power poles, 00:27:37.190 --> 00:27:40.609 adapters and cables too. Join the conversation. 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:47.220 give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. Again, the 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:53.440 number to call is 859 -982 -7373. Or if you'd 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:56.720 rather type than talk, tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:27:57.099 --> 00:28:00.740 Now, here's Neil Rapp with more HamTalk Live. 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:09.690 CQ Field Day. CQ Field Day. This is HamTalk Live 00:28:09.690 --> 00:28:38.039 with Neil Rapp. Welcome back to ham talk live 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:41.180 Ham talk lives on the air every Thursday night 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:44.940 9 p .m. Eastern time Right here at ham talk live 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:47.480 comm and be sure to check us out on Facebook 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:49.619 Twitter and Instagram and it's time for your 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:52.660 calls now So if you have a question for Paul, 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:57.180 give us a call at eight five nine nine eight 00:28:57.180 --> 00:29:00.299 two seventy three seventy three or you can tweet 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:04.160 at HamTalk Live, and if you're listening to us 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:09.079 on WTWW or on the podcast edition, you won't 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:11.920 be able to reach us live since the show's on 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:14.579 Thursday, and we have a call. Let me see if we 00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:17.380 can take the call here. Good evening, welcome 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:21.359 to HamTalk Live. Hey, my name is Jerry, KI4IO 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.980 here in Fireway, Warrenton, Virginia. I was just 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.039 gonna go set up in my yard in the tent, throw 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:29.349 up a new antenna, and operate Class B. but according 00:29:29.349 --> 00:29:31.910 to their questions i've seen i can't do that 00:29:31.910 --> 00:29:36.230 this year is that true well so what class are 00:29:36.230 --> 00:29:39.750 you yours you're saying class of the uh... uh... 00:29:39.750 --> 00:29:42.650 uh... battery i was going to operate just battery 00:29:42.650 --> 00:29:46.150 and then throw up and then not use my not use 00:29:46.150 --> 00:29:50.130 my uh... home antenna so so so normally a class 00:29:50.130 --> 00:29:52.910 b and this is this is actually for a for a for 00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:54.690 every year not just for this year but normally 00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:59.039 class b is really kind of portable where you 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:02.839 actually move away from your normal QTH now I 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:05.420 don't know what your setup is but I'm thinking 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.779 that if you know you were to go set up an attack 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:12.079 out and out away from the house and you're Really 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.359 making an effort to really be like a portable, 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:16.480 you know Think to think of a portable operation 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:19.099 as if you were backpacking somewhere or something 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:21.720 like that So, you know again, normally we're 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:24.299 trying to encourage class B to be groups that 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:27.660 are not using their normal stations, not using 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:31.660 any of their normal station antennas and running 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:34.500 completely off the grid and on portable power 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:39.660 sources. I'd be out in my front yard and not 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:42.380 that far from the house and most of the state 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:44.339 parks around here probably don't even have the 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.180 toilets opened up yet so that's why I'm opting 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:50.039 for something like this. If you are operating 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:52.789 on a fully fully portable power source that's 00:30:52.789 --> 00:30:56.710 not on the commercial power grid, you would probably 00:30:56.710 --> 00:31:05.069 be more like a class E echo. So really the intent 00:31:05.069 --> 00:31:08.890 of that rule is to really encourage people from 00:31:08.890 --> 00:31:11.289 operating in, like if you were to go to a park 00:31:11.289 --> 00:31:14.250 down the street or something, or a farmer's field, 00:31:14.609 --> 00:31:17.390 or you got somebody at a big piece of property 00:31:17.390 --> 00:31:19.880 that says, hey, you can set up over here. Certainly 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:23.779 go ahead and then get class B So that is not 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:26.980 just a for this year thing that is normally the 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:30.339 that is normally the intent of a class B is to 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:32.460 really Really make an effort to be a portable 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:35.940 station away from your from your home station 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:38.660 at home facilities Yeah, no last couple years. 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:40.839 We've been you know 50 miles from home So out 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:43.759 in the Shenandoah National Park, but can't do 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.720 it this year. Okay. Thank you very much for your 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.579 response All right, you're welcome. Jerry. Thanks, 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:55.220 right? Thanks for calling Jerry. 859 -982 -7373 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:58.519 is the number and we do have some that have come 00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:03.440 in on Twitter here. Brett wy7bg says I'm thinking 00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:07.079 of putting one of my rigs on zoom perhaps with 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:11.500 a temporary field day antenna and allowing members 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:14.880 of my local club to join the zoom meeting and 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:18.319 remote control the rig. Which, by the way, will 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:23.980 be set up for FT4 and FT8. What class would that 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:27.500 setup be? Well, there's a lot going on there. 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:31.640 Yes, there's a lot going on there. One is FT4 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:34.420 and FT8 are allowed modes. Any digital mode is 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:36.339 allowed as long as it supports the field day 00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:39.539 exchange. The real question about what class 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:43.920 it would be is, is he at home? Is he running 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:49.190 on commercial power? think about all the stations, 00:32:49.210 --> 00:32:51.829 he said one of his rigs. So if he has one of 00:32:51.829 --> 00:32:54.730 his rigs, like his main rig at home running on, 00:32:55.130 --> 00:32:57.490 it's his regular station rig, he's on commercial 00:32:57.490 --> 00:33:02.809 power, that would be a class D home station. 00:33:03.809 --> 00:33:10.230 So the Zoom remote controlled rig would not be 00:33:10.230 --> 00:33:18.019 considered a different class. So I'm not sure 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.480 whether he's doing that as a club. Is he using 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:23.160 the club call sign? There's a lot of variables 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:28.500 there. I would really recommend sending in an 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:34.700 email to us or giving us a call and discuss those 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.019 particulars because there's a lot going on there. 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.640 What class? It depends on a lot of variables. 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:43.200 How many total participants are there? There's 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:47.589 another one too. So if he had more than three 00:33:47.589 --> 00:33:49.650 people participating, even though it was set 00:33:49.650 --> 00:33:52.089 up at his home, that would be back in as a Class 00:33:52.089 --> 00:33:56.750 A again. So there's a lot of different variables. 00:33:57.410 --> 00:33:59.809 So really, I would recommend kind of contacting 00:33:59.809 --> 00:34:03.309 us with your specifics, and we can help you out 00:34:03.309 --> 00:34:07.329 there. Okay, yeah, remote, you know, it's come 00:34:07.329 --> 00:34:09.869 up, and like for youth on the air, we're going 00:34:09.869 --> 00:34:12.550 to have a remote station. So kids, you know, 00:34:12.590 --> 00:34:16.570 that are uh... uh... and and there is no i don't 00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:19.130 have a regular home and get on and do that but 00:34:19.130 --> 00:34:22.250 it's gonna it's going to be in the same location 00:34:22.250 --> 00:34:25.590 you know every time that way nothing in the field 00:34:25.590 --> 00:34:27.849 day rules that prohibits you know it's somebody 00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:31.170 from act is from from getting in in remotely 00:34:31.170 --> 00:34:34.769 accessing a field day transmitter so uh... you 00:34:34.769 --> 00:34:36.750 know you know a lot of clubs are even doing that 00:34:36.750 --> 00:34:38.750 in their class a say hey we have this one transfer 00:34:38.750 --> 00:34:41.389 set up a lot of people are rolling access we 00:34:41.389 --> 00:34:44.219 just have to get others there's certain FCC rules 00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:46.760 they got to make sure as to which you know which 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:48.460 part of the bands you're transmitting out whether 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:50.860 there's a control operator it has the correct 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:54.320 the correct privileges and all that stuff too 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:56.579 so there's there's those concerns as well with 00:34:56.579 --> 00:35:00.900 the remote operation sure so so where where was 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:04.380 the line then between making that a D or an A 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:09.380 on commercial Well, it really is the class the 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:12.980 class a is a club or non club group of three 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:15.699 or more persons So it depends on how many told 00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:20.940 you three there are So if it was just I again 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:23.679 how many participants are there? So, you know, 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:26.280 you have to look at the scene and that is Participants 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:28.840 are people that help set up people who are in 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.960 and not only not only licensed teams But non 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:33.460 licensed hands or not even there are non licensed 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:36.789 people It could be anyone a participant is anyone 00:35:36.789 --> 00:35:38.630 who comes to your field aid and it helps set 00:35:38.630 --> 00:35:41.769 up an antenna You know, you know does anything 00:35:41.769 --> 00:35:43.510 if they're considered a participant. They don't 00:35:43.510 --> 00:35:46.409 have to be a licensed ham So again, it all depends 00:35:46.409 --> 00:35:50.570 on how your specific setup is As to which class 00:35:50.570 --> 00:35:54.849 it is. So just the remote operation itself wouldn't 00:35:54.849 --> 00:35:59.170 really drive what class it is Okay, very good 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.079 Alright well we've got another call on the line 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:04.739 so let's see who we have here even though I know 00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:10.139 who it is. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hi Neil, 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:14.760 hi Paul, this is Jocelyn KD8 VRX and I have questions 00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:17.860 like everybody else. First I think Neil said 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:21.039 it already but Paul nobody I think envies your 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:24.579 position because of the whole situation. Normally, 00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:26.659 I think it's easy. We all show up at the club 00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:29.019 and, hey, we're a 3 alpha, and that's what I 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:32.340 am. Since a lot of us are operating from home, 00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:35.500 we have lots of questions that you can understand. 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.719 I have the same question that Jerry from Virginia 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:41.940 had. I thought I could be a B operate from my 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:45.260 backyard because I looked at an E station as 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:47.599 operating on battery power from my shack in the 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:51.800 basement, not being outside. I think maybe I 00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.119 know it's clear for you, but it wasn't for me. 00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:57.239 It wasn't for Jerry So, you know, I will say 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:01.239 maybe we clarify that in in future in the future 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:05.880 Say, you know portable is this many feet or miles 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.239 away from home or something similar. I Really 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:11.679 think it's really about really whether you made 00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:14.440 a significant effort to release. You know really 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:18.869 to really Not just sit up set up on the deck 00:37:18.869 --> 00:37:23.210 five steps from your kitchen sliding door and 00:37:23.210 --> 00:37:26.630 You know the deck there and you're right right 00:37:26.630 --> 00:37:29.809 right outside the door to me that that is not 00:37:29.809 --> 00:37:32.489 really in the intent of the class B is I mean 00:37:32.489 --> 00:37:35.170 if you if you have a yard that's deep and you're 00:37:35.170 --> 00:37:37.969 out in your Bush watch your way out to the back 00:37:37.969 --> 00:37:41.590 40 and you set up antennas, you know, think about 00:37:41.590 --> 00:37:44.679 really what is Think about what the intent of 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:48.280 the rule is and really did you satisfy? I mean 00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:50.159 if you were if you were just doing to say well 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:52.820 I'm doing this just so I can be class B and you 00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:54.960 set up portable, you know Yes, they're portable 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.980 antennas, but you're right outside your kitchen 00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:59.940 door. Is that really is that really portable? 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:02.340 I mean, yeah, it's portable because it's not 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:07.420 hooked up to anything but Yeah, and that's what 00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:10.460 I mean like the rule is and again normally in 00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:13.389 the past we've not had this We've not had really 00:38:13.389 --> 00:38:15.570 to worry about it because, like I said, we normally 00:38:15.570 --> 00:38:18.789 go at a club or something and, you know, we do 00:38:18.789 --> 00:38:21.550 the same thing similar every year. So we kind 00:38:21.550 --> 00:38:23.730 of know. But this year, like I said, everything's 00:38:23.730 --> 00:38:25.530 been flipped on its head. So everybody's got 00:38:25.530 --> 00:38:28.449 questions. So like I said, I did not intervene. 00:38:29.630 --> 00:38:33.269 And usually what we see, I'm sorry, usually what 00:38:33.269 --> 00:38:35.809 we see for Class B entries is you'll see, like 00:38:35.809 --> 00:38:38.320 last year there was a couple guys. that went 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:41.480 up to a hilltop up in California and the two 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:45.739 of them backpacked in and set up batteries and 00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:47.659 solar up on top of the hill and camped out there 00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:49.639 on top of the hill and ran all weekend as a Class 00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.320 B. I mean that's normally what we see as a Class 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:58.619 B. Things like that and just a couple guys setting 00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:01.719 up in a small park down the street in their town 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:05.079 or something that's not a normal station location 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.599 is really kind of the keywords there, and I'm 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:11.820 sorry I keep interrupting you, Jonathan. No, 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:15.300 no, I appreciate the clarification, and I'm sure 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:18.019 all the other people listening, you know, other 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:20.579 operators listening on the show also appreciate 00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:24.340 it. I had a question regarding points, so let's 00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:26.800 say I'm going to be a home station running on 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:29.579 emergency power, and I'm going to be running 00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:34.059 150 watts. Is my point multiplier 2? Or because 00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:36.340 as soon as you throw in battery, it seems like 00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:38.460 it throws you, it wants to throw you into different 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:44.019 categories. Right, so if you're looking at class 00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:50.460 B, I'm sorry, class D, I'm sorry, I stay corrected. 00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:53.260 So yeah, there is the power multiplier thing, 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.780 so that is, and I'm scrolling to that section 00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:59.300 of the rules right now, I apologize. That's okay, 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:04.420 that's okay. Power multiplier, where are you? 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:15.820 Power multiplier, there we go. So the power multiplier 00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:19.320 is determined by the highest power output of 00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:22.500 any of the transmitters used during field day. 00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:26.699 If all contacts need using 5 watts or less, you 00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:30.829 said you're going to be 150 watts? I'll be running 00:40:30.829 --> 00:40:33.630 100 watts or QRP, but obviously I have to go 00:40:33.630 --> 00:40:36.050 with a higher one, so we'll go with 100 watts. 00:40:36.889 --> 00:40:40.650 Right, so if you were running 5 watts or higher, 00:40:41.469 --> 00:40:44.309 and you were under 150 watts, your power multiplier 00:40:44.309 --> 00:40:48.909 would be 2. Okay, and that's what I read, but 00:40:48.909 --> 00:40:52.250 since I had a chance to get in touch with you, 00:40:52.510 --> 00:40:55.349 I thought I'd take the moment to clarify that. 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:58.539 Right, so that would be a power multiplier of 00:40:58.539 --> 00:41:02.380 two, because basically it's between five and 00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:06.820 between QRP at 150 watts would be two. And then 00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:10.440 if you were great at 150, like if you were running 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.659 an amp or something, your power multiplier is 00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:15.239 one. So what happens is the power multipliers 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:20.119 go up as you use lower power. And then if you're 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:23.110 using five watts or less, but the source is from 00:41:23.110 --> 00:41:25.710 commercial main or a motor driven generator. 00:41:25.730 --> 00:41:29.150 In other words, either an alternator from a car 00:41:29.150 --> 00:41:30.889 is actually considered motor driven generator 00:41:30.889 --> 00:41:34.389 because that's driven out the motor, or a gasoline 00:41:34.389 --> 00:41:38.230 power generator, you're still would be a power 00:41:38.230 --> 00:41:41.250 multiplier of two. When it jumps up to five, 00:41:41.650 --> 00:41:44.110 is you're using a power source other than commercially 00:41:44.110 --> 00:41:47.389 supplied power or a motor driven generator. In 00:41:47.389 --> 00:41:54.340 other words, batteries, solar cells. Squirrel 00:41:54.340 --> 00:42:01.380 on a little wheel. Yeah, we're gonna need a couple 00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:05.139 of squirrels. We've actually seen some people 00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:10.920 doing it on a bicycle power generator. I do remember 00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:13.820 seeing that at Hamvention. I think somebody had 00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:15.880 like the army style where you don't do it with 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.059 your feet, but you do it with your hands. And 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:20.500 just thinking, you know, you got to be committed 00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:25.159 at that point. But I wanted to make one more 00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:28.460 comment, and this is, and Neil's aware of this, 00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:32.980 because I passed it by him earlier. But our club, 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:35.019 and I encourage other clubs to be doing the same 00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:38.340 thing. Because there's going to be so many stations 00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:41.380 running from home, we're having a Zoom session 00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:43.960 with our club to show people how to set up their 00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:47.519 logging software ahead of time. And, you know, 00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:49.940 if there's any questions and things, so that 00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.760 part at least, you know, most people know how 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:54.619 to set up their radios portable. That's, you 00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:56.239 know, they know how to do that. We're trying 00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:59.739 to backfill where the computer logging will be 00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.960 done, so we're gonna have a quick session on 00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.840 doing that, and then we'll have another session 00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:07.239 after field day to show them how to use your 00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:09.880 website to post their entries and how to do it 00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:14.250 effectively. And as far as the... As far as the 00:43:14.250 --> 00:43:19.309 club name, we have the same thing. What do we 00:43:19.309 --> 00:43:21.550 put in the acronym, the full thing? And I think 00:43:21.550 --> 00:43:23.670 what we've decided, we're just gonna put the 00:43:23.670 --> 00:43:26.530 club call sign, because that's probably a unique 00:43:26.530 --> 00:43:29.690 and very easy thing for everybody to know. So 00:43:29.690 --> 00:43:34.389 I didn't know if that was okay or not. A club 00:43:34.389 --> 00:43:37.250 call sign is an easy thing to identify, but what's 00:43:37.250 --> 00:43:39.170 gonna happen is in the results, it'll just show 00:43:39.170 --> 00:43:41.130 the club call sign. So if you wanna have your 00:43:41.130 --> 00:43:43.320 club name, If you want to have your club name 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:48.760 in the results, I would suggest using just the 00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:50.980 official club name. And what we're going to do 00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:53.880 on the field day entry form, as I mentioned this 00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:56.739 earlier, we're going to have an autocomplete 00:43:56.739 --> 00:44:00.039 thing set up. So when you start typing in the 00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:01.960 name of a club, it's going to give you a list 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:04.320 of suggestions. Because again, you can put in 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:08.699 any name. We're really trying to I mean I mean 00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:11.260 call signs for some for some groups probably 00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.420 they're going to be they're going to do that 00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:15.239 But I would probably recommend putting in the 00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.079 the name of the club because that way that it 00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:19.840 will appear as the name of your club in the results 00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:23.739 But the one sounds good. The one thing is to 00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:26.980 be to be consistent. So if you What's the name 00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:31.380 of your club? Westchester amateur radio association 00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.519 Alright, so if you were to put Westchester A 00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:40.199 .R .A. and everybody did that, I would probably 00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:41.820 know who you were unless there was more than 00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:44.780 one Westchester. If that's the official name 00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:47.219 of the club and there's only one Westchester 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:49.940 Amateur Radio Association, using a common acronym 00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:52.300 like A .R .A. on the end or A .R .S. for Amateur 00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:56.139 Radio Society or A .R .C. for Amateur Radio Club, 00:44:56.579 --> 00:45:01.579 those are pretty common. And a lot of times in 00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:05.179 the field, they write an article in QST. We abbreviate 00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:07.079 those back down to them for space limitations 00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:12.780 as well. Yeah, and we may just even tag in, like 00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:14.699 I said, the call sign at the end, put the name 00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:16.880 in the call sign just to make it absolutely unique. 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:19.460 Anyways, thank you very much, Paul, for answering 00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:21.940 all those questions. I'm sure there's other people 00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.539 that have tons of questions that want to get 00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:26.079 on. So I will let you guys go. And thank you 00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:28.260 very much for being on the show. And Neil, thank 00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:30.929 you for having the show. It's a hot topic this 00:45:30.929 --> 00:45:34.170 year. So I'll say 73 for now. All right. Thanks 00:45:34.170 --> 00:45:37.170 73. Thanks for calling. Thanks Jocelyn for calling. 00:45:37.909 --> 00:45:42.510 Talk to you soon. Bye. Yeah. Yeah. It is a, it 00:45:42.510 --> 00:45:45.130 is a hot topic this year. Sometimes we're sitting 00:45:45.130 --> 00:45:49.449 around going, are there going to be any questions? 00:45:50.030 --> 00:45:53.849 Yeah, not this year. So. Let's see what else 00:45:53.849 --> 00:46:00.289 we have here. 859 -982 -7373 is the phone number 00:46:00.289 --> 00:46:03.530 if you'd like to call in. Let's see, you haven't 00:46:03.530 --> 00:46:07.989 gotten to the speaker comments yet. So, Troy 00:46:07.989 --> 00:46:11.690 W9KVR wants to know any significant changes in 00:46:11.690 --> 00:46:15.690 acceptable modes or bands that we need to know. 00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:22.840 Modes or bands? Pretty much no changes. It's 00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:27.460 still the amateur bands excluding the work bands. 00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:34.480 So basically bands are 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:38.360 10 on HF as well as all bands 6 meters and up. 00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:41.900 So anything 50 megahertz and above. All bands 00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:46.440 are acceptable there. So it's the HF bands that 00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:51.719 I mentioned, again, 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:55.320 10. And then as far as modes, any amateur radio 00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:57.760 mode that's authorized and legal is accepted 00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:00.599 as long as it supports the field day exchange. 00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:04.920 And the only other rule that was changed, and 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:07.440 this is actually a rule change, not just a temporary 00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:10.579 waiver, is that the limit of the Gota stations 00:47:10.909 --> 00:47:13.710 uh... contacts you used to live for a go to station 00:47:13.710 --> 00:47:15.909 which is a get on the air station that class 00:47:15.909 --> 00:47:21.769 a can uh... can operate with class a at actually 00:47:21.769 --> 00:47:24.610 uh... anyway anyone who can be in the world and 00:47:24.610 --> 00:47:26.909 who could use a get on the air station you were 00:47:26.909 --> 00:47:29.269 limited to five hundred quesos for the go to 00:47:29.269 --> 00:47:32.110 station now it's limited to a thousand quesos 00:47:32.110 --> 00:47:36.130 that really is the only uh... the only significant 00:47:36.130 --> 00:47:40.380 rule change aside from the the temporary 2020 00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:46.239 waivers. All right. Chris, AA4CB says the only 00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:48.179 major change we're going to have this year is 00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:50.880 pulled pork and chicken. No dominoes this year. 00:47:51.980 --> 00:48:00.079 So there we go. No dominoes. Troy says they're 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:03.199 having Iroquois County Pork Producers Association 00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:06.679 pork burgers on the grill. So there we go. And 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:08.659 it sounds like the food is still going to be 00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:13.159 good for field day. Lisa says she's going to 00:48:13.159 --> 00:48:17.559 be running the Gota station this year. So that's 00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:20.699 a great thing. So thank you, Lisa, for doing 00:48:20.699 --> 00:48:23.400 that. That's something that I've been doing for 00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:27.409 many field days in a row now. No, I want to operate 00:48:27.409 --> 00:48:30.510 but I guess this year's my chance to operate 00:48:30.510 --> 00:48:39.190 now Let's see Skeeter Nash in five a sh says 00:48:39.190 --> 00:48:42.050 at our last meeting some of our members proposed 00:48:42.050 --> 00:48:45.309 Smoking the Boston butts before bringing them 00:48:45.309 --> 00:48:47.929 to field day Others want to wait and smoke them 00:48:47.929 --> 00:48:50.050 on Friday night into Saturday morning has been 00:48:50.050 --> 00:48:54.250 done in the past. What would you suggest? well 00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:58.860 as long as You gotta go low and slow. I recommend 00:48:58.860 --> 00:49:00.739 low and slow. If you're smoking something, it's 00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:03.519 always low and slow. And what kind of wood are 00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:10.579 you using? That's really the question. All right, 00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:14.320 Carl, KD9HQT asks, can you operate under class 00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:18.179 D and E under the same call? Like if you want 00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:21.260 to operate some bands on commercial and others 00:49:21.260 --> 00:49:26.820 on emergency. well basically the answer is no 00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:30.340 so you're going to so if you're on commercial 00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:33.099 power that is going to override if you were working 00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:37.340 anything on the non -commercial power so in other 00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:40.440 words it's almost like the higher power source 00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:42.980 will win so if there's any contact was made on 00:49:42.980 --> 00:49:45.360 commercial power that would that would automatically 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:50.929 push your entry into class D instead of D Okay, 00:49:50.929 --> 00:49:56.269 very good. Well, I think we're here It's almost 00:49:56.269 --> 00:49:58.929 like kind of like with the power The power multiplier 00:49:58.929 --> 00:50:01.349 if you made a whole bunch of contacts on five 00:50:01.349 --> 00:50:06.730 blocks, but me too on 150 You're just all the 00:50:06.730 --> 00:50:09.269 five watt ones basically are everything is gonna 00:50:09.269 --> 00:50:11.869 be 150 because it's it's the maximum of what 00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:14.090 you What you did throughout the whole field day 00:50:14.090 --> 00:50:23.409 period? Very good 859 -982 -7373 is the phone 00:50:23.409 --> 00:50:25.650 number and we're going to make that the last 00:50:25.650 --> 00:50:32.750 call for questions here tonight. 859 -982 -7373 00:50:32.750 --> 00:50:36.889 or tweet us at HamTalk Live, but we'll take one 00:50:36.889 --> 00:50:41.710 more look here in just a minute. So besides moving, 00:50:41.969 --> 00:50:48.190 what are your field day plans this year? well 00:50:48.190 --> 00:50:51.190 let me put you this way i took my last antenna 00:50:51.190 --> 00:50:54.150 down at my old at my old qth yesterday so that 00:50:54.150 --> 00:50:57.969 that is uh... that was a uh... that was a uh... 00:50:57.969 --> 00:51:01.050 uh... a four -band fan dipole which is now out 00:51:01.050 --> 00:51:04.150 of my garage hopefully it won't be tangled up 00:51:04.150 --> 00:51:06.789 while i don't do this i tried at my best not 00:51:06.789 --> 00:51:10.250 to tell us about but you know how that goes so 00:51:10.250 --> 00:51:13.670 i i also have a uh... just a couple of model 00:51:13.670 --> 00:51:18.289 band i post i'd be set up at the new QTH with 00:51:18.289 --> 00:51:22.570 one of my little portable radios and just throw 00:51:22.570 --> 00:51:25.329 a dipole up and see if it can make some contacts. 00:51:25.610 --> 00:51:28.750 It all depends on how much painting I get done. 00:51:32.050 --> 00:51:34.349 Now there's something you probably never heard 00:51:34.349 --> 00:51:37.429 of for field day before. It all depends on how 00:51:37.429 --> 00:51:41.389 much painting I get done. It's kind of like the 00:51:41.389 --> 00:51:52.599 honeydew list too. You have that. Well, you've 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:57.000 been on the job for a year now, so what are your 00:51:57.000 --> 00:52:00.610 thoughts after the first year? uh... well i i 00:52:00.610 --> 00:52:03.329 did my first thought is i'm glad that that this 00:52:03.329 --> 00:52:05.949 this was at my first year and having field day 00:52:05.949 --> 00:52:08.650 i because i was i was hired in june third of 00:52:08.650 --> 00:52:11.090 our first start those are start date so last 00:52:11.090 --> 00:52:12.949 year's field day was kind of like a trial by 00:52:12.949 --> 00:52:16.449 fire i got i got i got thrown in feet first uh... 00:52:16.449 --> 00:52:19.369 just inside all by the way here's field day you 00:52:19.369 --> 00:52:21.349 know of course i had a lot of support from from 00:52:21.349 --> 00:52:24.090 part of the night jay jay and and i don't know 00:52:24.090 --> 00:52:26.489 all the staff but again henderson and you know 00:52:26.489 --> 00:52:29.619 all of it all the art that the Ghost of Field 00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:35.840 Day passed. But I'm just glad that this year 00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:38.019 was not my first year doing this and having the 00:52:38.019 --> 00:52:40.380 COVID thing hit at the same time. But there was 00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:44.679 definitely was a lot of learning and I'm really 00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:49.099 starting to get into the groove of everything 00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:52.829 that goes on. There's so many little cogs. and 00:52:52.829 --> 00:52:55.170 different years that all have to turn between, 00:52:55.170 --> 00:52:57.190 you know, log checking your contests and the 00:52:57.190 --> 00:52:59.650 results of publication. And there's a lot of 00:52:59.650 --> 00:53:02.070 people involved and, you know, definitely I think 00:53:02.070 --> 00:53:06.489 the first year is really making the contacts 00:53:06.489 --> 00:53:08.789 with those people and getting a good rapport 00:53:08.789 --> 00:53:12.130 with them and, you know, it makes life a lot 00:53:12.130 --> 00:53:17.510 easier. Well, very good. Well, okay, I've checked 00:53:17.510 --> 00:53:21.119 the... The tweets or through those, I've checked 00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:23.199 the comments, we're through those. The phone 00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:27.099 isn't ringing. So I'm going to get the last question 00:53:27.099 --> 00:53:29.920 in for the night. And this may be the most important 00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:36.219 one of them all. Are you going to include a Ted's 00:53:36.219 --> 00:53:40.000 steamed cheeseburger in the field day? Oh, oh, 00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:43.239 geez. The Ted's steamed cheeseburger. Well, as 00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:45.539 you know, I got to watch my diet and the last 00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:50.530 Ted's I had. Was when I was with you so my goodness 00:53:50.530 --> 00:53:57.389 That was that was July Yeah, and and I and I 00:53:57.389 --> 00:54:03.230 moved further from Ted's. Oh No, oh my you don't 00:54:03.230 --> 00:54:06.469 know a steamed cheeseburger is a very central 00:54:06.469 --> 00:54:09.869 Connecticut thing So basically they literally 00:54:09.869 --> 00:54:12.349 steamed the meat and then they steamed this chunk 00:54:12.349 --> 00:54:16.090 of cheese and they pour over the top and it is 00:54:15.869 --> 00:54:18.929 Some people love them, I kind of tend to, but 00:54:18.929 --> 00:54:21.590 some people are like, eh, I don't know. But it's 00:54:21.590 --> 00:54:24.809 totally a Central Connecticut thing. So if you're 00:54:24.809 --> 00:54:32.510 ever coming up to visit HQ, ask for Paul and 00:54:32.510 --> 00:54:35.510 on SFV and he'll tell you where to find a good 00:54:35.510 --> 00:54:39.340 steamed cheeseburger. Yeah, there you go. I enjoyed 00:54:39.340 --> 00:54:42.340 my trip to Ted's with you and it's good that 00:54:42.340 --> 00:54:45.539 we could get away and do that one evening while 00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:50.920 I was up Newington Way. So I think that's going 00:54:50.920 --> 00:54:53.980 to do it, Paul. So we've got another week for 00:54:53.980 --> 00:54:57.460 questions. If people want to ask questions in 00:54:57.460 --> 00:55:01.300 this last week, tell them how to do it. All right. 00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:03.559 So you can send us an email and what is that 00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:07.519 email address? You can either send it to contests 00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:13.320 plural at a r l dot org uh... yet or or you can 00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:16.940 send it to uh... f d info field day info at a 00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:20.780 r r l dot o r g uh... you know is that or or 00:55:20.780 --> 00:55:23.480 my call sign uh... michael's i'll get to me direct 00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:27.579 the other ones are a uh... my uh... inbox monitored 00:55:27.579 --> 00:55:30.639 by more than one person so if i just happen and 00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:34.340 i want to know be moving or something uh... uh... 00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:36.960 But I usually do tend to get back to the emails, 00:55:37.099 --> 00:55:40.179 even the ones in my inbox, even though I am between 00:55:40.179 --> 00:55:42.280 two houses and we're working remotely from home, 00:55:42.300 --> 00:55:45.559 I usually try to check that mailbox at least 00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:51.099 several times a day, even when I'm off moving. 00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:55.820 Well, very good. We appreciate all of your work 00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:59.320 on field day and making this work and giving 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:04.079 some options here for Doing this in the middle 00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:07.280 of a pandemic, it's a first for everybody, so 00:56:07.280 --> 00:56:10.619 we thank you ahead of time for all those hours 00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:14.019 you're going to have to put in extra to get all 00:56:14.019 --> 00:56:17.099 this scoring going, too. And I thank you for 00:56:17.099 --> 00:56:21.500 not using the term unprecedented times. Oh, yes. 00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:24.239 Well, you know, in these unprecedented times, 00:56:24.480 --> 00:56:28.099 we're all in this together. I was, you know, 00:56:28.219 --> 00:56:33.019 so buy our car. I think I tried to write for 00:56:33.019 --> 00:56:35.780 any of the, you know, the website or QST. I've 00:56:35.780 --> 00:56:39.519 been purposely, I understand this is unprecedented, 00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:42.719 but the term is just like, I gotta stop using 00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:47.519 that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got a whole big 00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:49.480 spiel on that. You probably don't want to hear 00:56:49.480 --> 00:56:55.639 it, but yeah. I think really, Neil, the whole 00:56:55.639 --> 00:57:01.500 crux of it is really be safe and really pay attention 00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:04.880 to what your local authorities are telling you 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:06.579 to do. I think the biggest thing is to be safe. 00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:10.039 We want us all to be healthy. We want us all 00:57:10.039 --> 00:57:14.440 to see fuel day 2021. So again, I think safety 00:57:14.440 --> 00:57:18.159 is our first priority. And that is the perfect 00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:21.139 place to leave it. I think that's a very good 00:57:21.139 --> 00:57:23.260 place to end. So thank you, Paul, for being on 00:57:23.260 --> 00:57:26.579 the show. We appreciate it and enjoy the move. 00:57:28.610 --> 00:57:32.510 And I look forward to hearing more and seeing 00:57:32.510 --> 00:57:35.130 the place after the painting's done. All right, 00:57:35.190 --> 00:57:36.650 well, hey, thanks for having me on, Neil. It's 00:57:36.650 --> 00:57:39.909 always a pleasure. All right, thanks, Paul. Well, 00:57:40.010 --> 00:57:43.670 that is a wrap for this week's edition of HamTalk 00:57:43.670 --> 00:57:47.730 Live. Thanks to my guest, Paul Bork, N1SFE, and 00:57:47.730 --> 00:57:49.849 everybody out there in cyberspace for listening, 00:57:50.110 --> 00:57:52.929 calling in, typing in. And I invite you back 00:57:52.929 --> 00:57:55.750 next Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time. Kevin 00:57:55.750 --> 00:58:00.989 Zari, KK4YEL, and Robert Bankston, KE4AL, will 00:58:00.989 --> 00:58:05.030 be here to talk about satellite courtesy and 00:58:05.030 --> 00:58:08.190 running a special event. So you don't want to 00:58:08.190 --> 00:58:10.789 miss that. For a list of all of our upcoming 00:58:10.789 --> 00:58:13.329 guests, go to HamTalkLive .com. And if you like 00:58:13.329 --> 00:58:15.349 the show, please leave us a review. That's all 00:58:15.349 --> 00:58:19.829 we ask. So for now, this is Neil, WB9VPG, saying 00:58:19.829 --> 00:58:25.909 73. 7 -5 and may the good DX be yours.