WEBVTT 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.160 Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:29.050 the air shortly. Please stand by. This episode 00:00:29.050 --> 00:00:32.630 of HamTalk Live is brought to you by Tower Electronics. 00:00:33.049 --> 00:00:37.329 For connectors, cables, and more, call 920 -435 00:00:37.329 --> 00:00:44.070 -2973 or visit pl -259 .com. And by ICOM, heard 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:49.270 it, worked it, logged it. Visit www .icomamerica 00:00:49.270 --> 00:00:53.009 .com slash amateur for more information about 00:00:53.009 --> 00:01:29.120 ICOM radios. Good evening, everyone. It's time 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:34.500 for HamTalk Live, episode number 210. Contest 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:38.359 University and Hamvention QSo Party recorded 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:43.640 live on Thursday, April 30th, 2020. I'm your 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:47.519 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning into 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:50.560 this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:55.099 by Tim Duffy, K3LR, and we'll take your calls 00:01:55.099 --> 00:01:58.480 live in just a few minutes. Last week, Dr. Scott 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:03.840 Wright, KZeroMD, and Sam Rose KC2LRC, we're here 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:08.180 to talk about ways hams can help COVID -19 research. 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.319 And if you missed that show, you can listen anytime. 00:02:11.539 --> 00:02:14.860 Just go over to HamTalkLive .com or catch your 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.919 favorite podcasting app or go to YouTube. And 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.020 we're also rebroadcast on Saturday evenings. 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:28.879 on WTWW 5085 AM. And that Saturday is about 6 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.400 .30 PM Eastern time. You can catch the rebroadcast 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.680 each week. So get your questions ready to go 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:39.419 for Tim. 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They're not out on the HamFest trail just 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.639 yet, but we're hoping that changes soon. But 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.060 Tower Electronics sponsors the show each and 00:06:01.060 --> 00:06:03.540 every week, so make sure you visit them at PL 00:06:03.540 --> 00:06:10.689 -259. My guest tonight is Tim Duffy, K3LR. He 00:06:10.689 --> 00:06:13.829 is the founder and chairman of Contest University. 00:06:14.410 --> 00:06:16.649 In addition to being the director of Contest 00:06:16.649 --> 00:06:20.069 University, Tim is also the chief operating officer 00:06:20.069 --> 00:06:25.089 of DX Engineering, among many other things. And 00:06:25.089 --> 00:06:27.550 he is a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. 00:06:27.629 --> 00:06:31.209 He's been on Team USA for the World Radio Sport 00:06:31.209 --> 00:06:35.029 Team Championship five times. He's a graduate 00:06:35.029 --> 00:06:39.850 of Penn State and the recipient of the 2015 amateur 00:06:39.850 --> 00:06:43.050 of the year from the Dayton Hamvention awards 00:06:43.050 --> 00:06:46.389 committee. So Tim, welcome back to the show. 00:06:47.730 --> 00:06:51.670 Thanks for having me here, Neil. Well, you've 00:06:51.670 --> 00:06:54.110 got a couple of events that we're going to look 00:06:54.110 --> 00:06:58.050 forward to because unfortunately, Hamvention 00:06:58.050 --> 00:07:01.110 had to be canceled this year and we're all pretty 00:07:01.110 --> 00:07:06.120 sad about that. But COVID -19 is a big issue 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:10.839 and we've had to deal with losing out on Hamvention, 00:07:10.939 --> 00:07:14.459 which would have been here in just about three 00:07:14.459 --> 00:07:18.399 weeks. So you've led the charge in making two 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.959 events happen that was supposed to happen. Well, 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:25.939 one of them was supposed to happen during Hamvention 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:27.879 weekend. The other one is kind of taking the 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.920 place of that. We're going to talk about both 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.160 of those events tonight. But first, let's talk 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.040 about Contest University. And this is when it 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.360 was supposed to be, but you've got a little different 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.480 plan for it now. Yeah, we do, Neil. And I'm very 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.379 excited about it. And thanks very much for having 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:51.800 me on here this evening to talk about Contest 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:58.649 University 2020 online via Zoom. Many people 00:07:58.649 --> 00:08:03.230 are now familiar with zoom You know zoom was 00:08:03.230 --> 00:08:07.850 was here before The virus was but a lot of people 00:08:07.850 --> 00:08:10.810 didn't have exposure to it But now we've all 00:08:10.810 --> 00:08:14.670 gotten very comfortable with with zoom and it's 00:08:14.670 --> 00:08:17.410 very easy even if you haven't been on it yet 00:08:17.410 --> 00:08:21.050 It's a it's very easy Did you just click on the 00:08:21.050 --> 00:08:23.589 link and off it goes and you're hooked up and 00:08:23.589 --> 00:08:28.060 you're watching great presentations And so we're 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:30.620 going to have Contest University online. And 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:34.820 you know, Neil, I always felt very special when 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:38.279 we'd have Contest University in person, and we 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.559 would have 350 people. And there would be from 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:47.580 all over the world. So far, we opened up registration 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:52.059 for Contest University online. We opened it up 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:59.029 on Monday evening. I'm working with Corey, W3CDG. 00:08:59.070 --> 00:09:04.029 Corey is a whiz. He's absolutely a whiz, and 00:09:04.029 --> 00:09:10.389 he is also the production manager at DX Engineering, 00:09:11.549 --> 00:09:15.470 but he's really a computer whiz. Anyway, he opened 00:09:15.470 --> 00:09:21.549 it up, and we have almost 1 ,200, 1 ,200 registrations. 00:09:22.470 --> 00:09:25.149 for Contest University Online. Can you believe 00:09:25.149 --> 00:09:29.330 that? And he's produced a couple of heat maps 00:09:29.330 --> 00:09:31.769 showing where all the sign -ups are coming. And 00:09:31.769 --> 00:09:34.990 they're coming from all over the world. Southeast 00:09:34.990 --> 00:09:39.049 Asia, from Europe, South Africa, down in South 00:09:39.049 --> 00:09:42.289 America, and of course, very strong in Canada 00:09:42.289 --> 00:09:47.090 and the United States. And we still have quite 00:09:47.090 --> 00:09:50.690 a bit of time. Contest University Online will 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:53.000 be on the same Thursday that it was supposed 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:57.799 to be on, May 14th, and it will be recorded. 00:09:57.899 --> 00:10:01.639 So if you're busy or you're working or you can't 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:06.000 watch during the time on May 14th, you can look 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:10.740 at the recording. And so, Neil, being that we 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:14.340 have 1 ,200 already, I'm thinking that it could 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:20.779 go well over 2 ,000. And so... This is the new 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:24.539 abnormal or the new normal and really will set 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:27.179 the stage for Contest University going forward 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:32.559 in the future both to have it in person and online 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:35.559 at the same time and all you have to do is go 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:41.220 to the Contest University website. That's contestuniversityalloneword 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:45.460 .com and the register now button is right there 00:10:45.460 --> 00:10:49.679 and you get signed up. and you'll be all set 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:54.340 to go. Yeah, it's easy to do. I punched my information 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:58.720 in a couple of days ago and you can get signed 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:02.580 up there and get the link to how to get into 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:04.919 the Zoom meeting and then you get a follow -up 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.779 email too with all the information on how to 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:13.779 do that. So if you can spare time on the 14th, 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.039 this is something you should do. I've had the 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:21.399 opportunity to be at Contest University for the 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:26.580 last few years now and it's incredible, the people 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:29.240 that you meet, the information that's there, 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:34.940 the presentations are just second to none and 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:38.639 just a really neat event. I remember the first 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:44.799 year I sat down and I had my high school kids 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:48.679 with me. uh... from school and we sat down and 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.980 then just struck up a conversation with a guy 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:54.779 from australia and you know he he's telling me 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:58.700 about all of his you know uh... station equipment 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:01.519 that he has over in australia and we're trying 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.399 to work out a scared and and all this kind of 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:08.059 thing just just sitting over breakfast and uh... 00:12:08.059 --> 00:12:12.080 and there's so many more stories like that Um, 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:15.539 that contest university is just a great thing 00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:18.220 to do. And if you can do it in person, it's, 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:22.059 it's great, but this is a chance for many, many 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:25.639 more people, uh, to join in. Cause that room, 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.700 I mean, that was a huge room and it was packed. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:34.080 Yeah, it was. And, uh, Neil, can you imagine 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:38.259 having 1200 people in that room? Oh, no way. 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:44.419 Now, if you take a look on the Contest University 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:48.720 website at the course outline, Terry, Kate, M 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.940 &J has put up the course outline. It's just a 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:57.220 tremendous set of topics for HF operating. Even 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:59.919 if you're not a contestor, you can really get 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:03.279 a lot out of these presentations because all 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:07.879 of the professors are really, really skilled, 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.210 a lot of experience. that they're going to share. 00:13:12.389 --> 00:13:14.889 And if you want to take a look at previous years, 00:13:15.409 --> 00:13:19.070 there's a video section and a file section on 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:22.470 the website. You can take a look at past presentations 00:13:22.470 --> 00:13:26.389 and get a flavor for just how good this is going 00:13:26.389 --> 00:13:30.490 to be. Now, obviously this is about contesting, 00:13:30.509 --> 00:13:35.809 but like you say, there's all kinds of information, 00:13:35.809 --> 00:13:40.059 even if you're not a contester. Last year, or 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:42.000 was it last year or the year before? I can't 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:47.159 remember now, but anyway, it was an hour on how 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:53.700 to put a PL -259 on, and what good PL -259s look 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:57.700 like, and how many times to turn the tape, and 00:13:57.700 --> 00:14:03.320 what kind of tape to use, and an hour on connectors, 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:05.659 and this is something that you're going to use 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:09.399 whether you're a contestor or not. Yeah, I mean 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.799 you really Neil you're you're spot -on you can't 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.620 You can't be in the hobby without having appeal 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:21.700 259. So Yeah, there's a lot of great expertise 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:25.279 and you get you got guys like Ward Silver and 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:29.840 zero AX the editor of the ARL handbook and the 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.879 antenna book Frank Donovan with over 60 years 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:38.779 experience in station building You got Nathaniel, 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:44.639 W2NAF, Dr. Nathaniel talking about propagation 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.299 in the ionosphere. Doug Grant, who just wrote 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:52.600 a book on contesting called Amateur Radio Contesting 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:57.120 for Beginners. He's going to be presenting. You 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.860 know, it just goes on and on and on. These are 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:04.820 guys that can really share a wealth of knowledge 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:08.100 and they're going to do it. via Zoom, and you 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:11.519 can stay at home. Well, that's a great plan. 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:13.320 The only thing you're going to lose out on is 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:18.279 that breakfast buffet. That's it. Well, let's 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.120 talk a little bit about registration. We said 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.879 that the website's there. You just hit the button. 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.240 How long is that registration going to go? Can 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.379 people show up the day of? What do they need 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:33.480 to know about getting registered for this? You 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.679 know, Neil, we're going to leave it go right 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.840 up to the beginning of Contest University so 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:43.820 they can sign up the day of and right to the 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:46.820 minutes before and they can join while it's in 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:51.179 progress. There's no limit. Corey is taking care 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:54.879 of all those particulars. So, you know, we get 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:59.879 2 ,000, 3 ,000, doesn't matter. We're going to 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:02.159 take it on and bring it on and it's going to 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:07.049 be fabulous. All right, so again contestuniversity 00:16:07.049 --> 00:16:10.730 .com is where you can sign up for that and then 00:16:10.730 --> 00:16:14.809 Any any details on zoom now, you know a lot of 00:16:14.809 --> 00:16:16.570 club meetings and a lot of things are happening 00:16:16.570 --> 00:16:19.350 on zoom But for anybody out there who still hasn't 00:16:19.350 --> 00:16:23.049 done zoom any any advice for them on on getting 00:16:23.049 --> 00:16:27.629 zoom up and running You know, it is so easy Neil 00:16:27.629 --> 00:16:30.789 I found it doesn't matter if you're running Linux 00:16:30.789 --> 00:16:34.850 or you're running Mac or you're running, you 00:16:34.850 --> 00:16:38.669 know windows doesn't matter it all works and 00:16:38.669 --> 00:16:41.990 You don't have to worry about the video Because 00:16:41.990 --> 00:16:44.309 all the participants will not have to worry about 00:16:44.309 --> 00:16:47.009 video, but you will be able to interact with 00:16:47.009 --> 00:16:51.370 us and with the speakers and ask questions via 00:16:51.370 --> 00:16:55.549 the chat room and so I encourage you to Maybe 00:16:55.549 --> 00:16:59.299 watch a YouTube about zoom or to have your local 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:02.759 club I mean our our local club here met on Tuesday 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:07.140 night here this week and it was great on zoom 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:10.279 and zoom does have a free package if you want 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.039 to get started so go take a look at zoom google 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.599 zoom and take a look at it but it's so simple 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.980 and easy to use and it's going to be a great 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:25.250 engine for us to do ctu with Yeah, and if you 00:17:25.250 --> 00:17:29.829 go to zoom .us you can go ahead and download 00:17:29.829 --> 00:17:34.349 their Little applet that goes along with it. 00:17:34.349 --> 00:17:37.930 It's a little easier if you have that Ahead of 00:17:37.930 --> 00:17:41.710 time so check out the zoom .us and we've been 00:17:41.710 --> 00:17:43.589 using it for club meetings around here We do 00:17:43.589 --> 00:17:46.569 video and then we do the audio on the repeater 00:17:46.569 --> 00:17:51.170 I'm in it for all kinds of meetings. I've got 00:17:51.170 --> 00:17:54.039 a department meeting for my school tomorrow on 00:17:54.039 --> 00:18:00.299 it. I've got all kinds of meetings that are happening 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:03.200 on Zoom, so make sure you check that out. It's 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.559 a great resource. Well, we've got one other event 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.240 that we want to talk about that is hopefully, 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.640 no offense, a one -time event because we hope 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.940 this doesn't happen again. But in place of being 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:25.700 at Hamvention, You've put together this QSO party 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:29.859 during the Saturday of Hamvention, and we talked 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:32.319 about that a little bit a few weeks ago, and 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.420 you were kind enough to call in when Michael 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:39.180 Coulter, W8CI, was here with us. But now that 00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:42.019 the plans are a little more polished and solidified, 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:45.240 let's talk about how people can participate in 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.960 the Hamvention QSO party. Yeah, the Hamvention 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:51.799 QSO party, and you're right, Neil. Let's hope 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.319 this is a one and done. You know, we don't want 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:59.259 to go through this again. But the Hamvention 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:04.259 QSO party is to honor a long time DERA member, 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:10.279 Ron Moorfield, W8 ILC, and also to really give 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:16.019 a lot of focus to the 750 plus volunteers that 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:19.559 put on Hamvention every year. And, you know, 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:23.660 they're hurting right now. This event means so 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:26.579 much to them and so much to the amateur radio 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:29.460 community and it's not going to happen this year. 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:33.680 So what better way than to use our hobby of ham 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.279 radio to get on the air and celebrate all of 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:42.059 those volunteers for hamvention. So the contest 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:46.500 starts at 12 Zulu, which is 8 a .m. Eastern time 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:52.529 here in the United States. It goes on all day 00:19:52.529 --> 00:19:58.170 on Saturday. And the rules are on HVQP, Hamvention 00:19:58.170 --> 00:20:05.029 QSO party, HVQP .org. And the rules are pretty 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:07.809 simple. You know, Neil, it's the first year you 00:20:07.809 --> 00:20:10.450 attended Hamvention with your signal report. 00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:14.470 So, and if you don't remember the first year, 00:20:15.130 --> 00:20:19.000 well, just make it up. You know, and if you've 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.440 never been to Ham Invention, just use 2020. And 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.859 the idea is to get on the air, not so much to 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:32.000 make a big score, but to talk to people. And 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.660 then W -8BI, which is the call sign of the Dayton 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:42.359 Amateur Radio Association club. W -8BI is a special 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:46.980 bonus station. And each time you work that bonus 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:52.359 station, you can add an extra 10 points or a 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:56.480 maximum of 120 bonus points. We don't require 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.480 you to send in logs or anything like that. Just 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:03.480 post your scores on 3830scores .com. The idea 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:05.920 is to have fun. And you say, well, it's just 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:10.079 SSB and CW. Well, you can operate FT8 or FT4 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:14.799 or RTTY or... PSK 31, whatever you want to operate, 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.960 just get on the air and have fun. And that day 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.980 is kind of a, it's sort of a sad day, but this 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:26.640 is a celebration of the volunteers of the Dayton 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:29.619 Amateur Radio Association. And they are the people 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:35.359 that every year give so much to all of us to 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:37.720 have, you know, to make sure that we have a good 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:40.700 time at Hamvention. And so this is the least 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:46.099 we can do. to make sure that they feel thank. 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:49.839 So that's what's going on here, Neil. I think 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:53.660 it's gonna be a great event. The idea was hatched 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:57.279 sitting around the water cooler at DX Engineering 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:02.200 and we presented it to Michael Coulter and the 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:06.420 rest of the executive team at the Hamvention 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:10.220 headquarters where Dara is. And they said it 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.640 was a great idea as long as we took the ball 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:19.039 and run with it. H -V -Q -P dot O -R -G. And 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:22.160 we hope that the band's just come alive calling 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:27.319 CQ Hamvention. Well, one thing I've heard and 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:31.079 I've noticed is that the band seemed to be doing 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.839 a whole lot better when everybody's at home. 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:39.869 It's almost magical. When there's actually people 00:22:39.869 --> 00:22:44.430 on the bands are a whole lot better And even 00:22:44.430 --> 00:22:46.950 two meter repeaters are more active now, I mean 00:22:46.950 --> 00:22:51.750 it's just You know We I actually put together 00:22:51.750 --> 00:22:55.049 a net That we have here in the Western, Pennsylvania 00:22:55.049 --> 00:22:57.970 section every morning. It's called the Western, 00:22:58.349 --> 00:23:01.490 Pennsylvania Health and wellness net and it's 00:23:01.490 --> 00:23:05.730 up in the nosebleed section of 75 meters on 39 00:23:05.730 --> 00:23:12.970 83 every morning And we get 80 check -ins. It's 00:23:12.970 --> 00:23:16.650 great activity. Guys are on the air. They're 00:23:16.650 --> 00:23:19.430 having a good time. You get to kind of tune out 00:23:19.430 --> 00:23:25.529 of all the virus stuff that's on the news. And 00:23:25.529 --> 00:23:28.009 you get back into our hobby, which is really 00:23:28.009 --> 00:23:31.369 designed for social distancing, don't you think? 00:23:31.809 --> 00:23:37.289 Oh, absolutely. At least you can stay a full 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:42.579 wavelength apart on 146 .52, right? That's, that's 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:48.240 six feet. So there you go. Or close to it anyway. 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:53.400 Well, yeah, I mean, I've been on nets, um, on 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.819 repeaters now, you know, that usually take 20 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:58.640 minutes and they take an hour. Uh, there there's 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:02.039 just so many more people on because people are 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:04.740 actually turning on the radio and getting on. 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:10.009 And, and so that's kind of a, uh... silver lining 00:24:10.009 --> 00:24:12.369 in the in the dark cloud of uh... you know that 00:24:12.369 --> 00:24:15.329 that the bands are more active than and people 00:24:15.329 --> 00:24:18.309 are on and yeah you know the conditions aren't 00:24:18.309 --> 00:24:21.609 as good but uh... there's there's still a lot 00:24:21.609 --> 00:24:26.690 out there so uh... saturday may sixteenth that's 00:24:26.690 --> 00:24:31.009 that's the day to get on and uh... talk to some 00:24:31.009 --> 00:24:34.539 people and and celebrate hand -vention and the 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:37.299 volunteers that helped make it happen and again 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:40.640 the uh... exchanges is just your uh... the year 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:44.779 that you first went so mine will be nineteen 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:49.839 seventy seven i guess so uh... we'll have to 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:52.440 do that or or you can make one up like you said 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:55.799 you know everybody it seems to be bob when it 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:59.460 comes contesting time although i did read something 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:02.440 today that actually dave was more popular than 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:07.650 bob Do you agree with that assessment? I think 00:25:07.650 --> 00:25:11.069 Bob's more popular. I hear a lot of a lot of 00:25:11.069 --> 00:25:15.150 Bob's on the air and you know it's it's Bob. 00:25:15.150 --> 00:25:22.329 Broken old bottles. Yeah. So if you don't know, 00:25:22.509 --> 00:25:27.829 make it up. Guestimate it. If you say 1776, we'll 00:25:27.829 --> 00:25:32.049 probably question it. but get on and give that 00:25:32.049 --> 00:25:35.109 a try. And again, if you haven't been yet, you 00:25:35.109 --> 00:25:38.230 know, 2020. All right, well, we're gonna take 00:25:38.230 --> 00:25:41.109 a break. We're gonna get a message from ICOM 00:25:41.109 --> 00:25:43.529 in here real quick and then we're going to take 00:25:43.529 --> 00:25:46.369 your questions and we'll talk more about both 00:25:46.369 --> 00:25:49.630 of these events with Tim Duffy, K3LR, when we 00:25:49.630 --> 00:25:53.069 come back after this word from ICOM America right 00:25:53.069 --> 00:25:57.640 here on HamTalk Live. 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So you can 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:14.299 tweet us if you're listening live on Thursday 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:17.019 night. So we've got a couple of other things 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:20.779 to talk about, but first we have a call on the 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:25.450 line. And it's Mark Brown in for BCD. Good evening, 00:29:25.630 --> 00:29:32.150 Mark. Good evening, Neil. What's your question 00:29:32.150 --> 00:29:35.289 for Tim here? Well, I got a couple of questions. 00:29:35.490 --> 00:29:39.690 And good evening, Tim. First question, for Tim, 00:29:39.730 --> 00:29:42.230 do you have a suggestion for an overlay template 00:29:42.230 --> 00:29:46.150 for N1MM for the Hamvention QSO party? In other 00:29:46.150 --> 00:29:48.849 words, what might be the easiest way to log this 00:29:48.849 --> 00:29:53.380 QSO party? Yeah, that is a great question mark 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:56.680 and hello to you and hello to everybody in Huntsville 00:29:56.680 --> 00:30:01.079 and mark Thanks for all you do to make the Huntsville 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:06.960 ham fest as success N1 mm does support the hamvention 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:12.359 QSO party. There is a special overlay also in 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:18.339 3f JP has an overlay and EI 5 di for the super 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:22.009 duper They also have an overlay for the Hamvention 00:30:22.009 --> 00:30:26.910 QSO party. All created special for this one -time 00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:31.349 contest, but N1MM does support it, and just get 00:30:31.349 --> 00:30:33.869 the latest version, and the overlay is right 00:30:33.869 --> 00:30:38.130 there. Awesome. You guys have really done your 00:30:38.130 --> 00:30:42.230 homework. This one is more of a suggestion. During 00:30:42.230 --> 00:30:46.349 last weekend's Florida QSO party, 20 meters was 00:30:46.349 --> 00:30:48.819 long for most of the day. You know, I heard from 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:51.400 here in central Tennessee, I heard a lot of sixes 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:54.460 and sevens calling the Florida spots that I couldn't 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:58.000 hear. So I hope the Darrah operators spread the 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:01.539 love on all the bands. They will. I think you're 00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:04.980 going to find Darrah operators all over the place. 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.779 They're going to be on 80. They're going to be 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:11.480 on 160. They're going to be on 40 and 20. And 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.779 we actually have a... a scheduling program that 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.599 uh... we're working with them to make sure that 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:22.500 that uh... that there are members are all over 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:25.819 the place so you should have no trouble whatsoever 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:30.539 finding w eight bravo india awesome i know you 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.440 guys uh... you get a lot of planning for the 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.160 uh... w one a w centennial and that worked out 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.319 uh... extremely well up there uh... a question 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:41.619 related to contest university Will the presenters, 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:44.319 Frank Donovan, Bob Sherwood and others, will 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.299 they be zooming from their homes or are they 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:49.000 gathering someplace like your DXE facility up 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.559 there in Talmadge? No, they'll all be from home. 00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:59.740 So W3LPL will be in Glenwood, Maryland and Rob 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:03.960 Sherwood will be out in Colorado and Ed Munns 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:08.400 will be at his vineyard where he makes tremendous 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:13.859 wine. out in northern California and TV Bob N6 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:19.440 TV will be from his home in Silicon Valley. Doug 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:22.460 Grant will be up in New Hampshire. So we'll be 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:27.700 all over the U .S. and zooming in and it should 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:32.640 be a great time. Awesome. I know we're all disappointed 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.960 that we're not meeting face to face up there 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:37.839 in Dayton. but uh... this will be a a good a 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.839 nice substitute for uh... for getting together 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.240 on that thursday and then of course the uh... 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.079 uh... the q s o party on on saturday uh... i'll 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:48.180 throw in mike my two cents to zoom is easy uh... 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:50.420 for folks that are on the fence uh... about uh... 00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:52.759 trying it uh... three of our local clubs are 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:55.339 participating using uh... by the zoom application 00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:57.500 and our hospital campus committee started using 00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.319 it uh... last sunday works extremely well very 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.960 easy so yeah i'm looking forward to work and 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:06.210 uh... You know, Jack and Michael, Rick, Ron Kramer 00:33:06.210 --> 00:33:09.470 up there, the Dayton guys. And to you, Tim and 00:33:09.470 --> 00:33:12.190 Neil, thank you guys for all you do to support 00:33:12.190 --> 00:33:14.390 the hobby. We're keeping our fingers crossed 00:33:14.390 --> 00:33:17.390 down here in Huntsville for the August Ham Fest. 00:33:19.109 --> 00:33:22.890 We continue to be optimistic that things will 00:33:22.890 --> 00:33:25.529 settle down and looking forward to having things 00:33:25.529 --> 00:33:28.769 come to fruition in August. And we'll keep everybody 00:33:28.769 --> 00:33:32.660 posted via our website. But Tim and Neil, thank 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.740 you both for all you do. And I'll turn it back 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:40.299 to you. Neil, Mark, it was great to have you 00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:43.579 here during the centennial operation that we 00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:48.019 did at K3LR. And again, thanks to Corey W3CDG 00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:52.740 for coordinating the scheduling system for that. 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:56.819 And that's the same system we sent down to DERA. 00:33:56.980 --> 00:34:02.059 So everything should work smooth. And Mark, God 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:05.460 willing, I'm going to see you in August. Hey, 00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:08.840 thanks a lot, Tim. See you later. 73. All right, 00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:11.599 good luck, Mark. We hope to see you in August, 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:19.539 too. Take care. OK, bye -bye. 859 -982 -7373 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.300 is the phone number. If you have a question, 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:26.440 give us a call right now at 859 -982 -7373. A 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:29.369 couple of comments of... Come in as the show 00:34:29.369 --> 00:34:33.949 has gone on. Troy W9KVR says he's going to have 00:34:33.949 --> 00:34:38.010 to sneak Contest University in during his weekly 00:34:38.010 --> 00:34:42.010 middle school staff meeting. So Troy, I'm there 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:47.349 with you. I'm going to be kind of dodging in 00:34:47.349 --> 00:34:52.110 and out and multitasking a little bit for Contest 00:34:52.110 --> 00:34:56.130 University. We've got AP chemistry tests that 00:34:56.130 --> 00:35:01.199 day, so that'll be... Interesting and Marty NN1C 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:05.820 is in the chats tonight and says, couldn't be 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:11.679 more excited for Contest University 2020. And 00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:14.559 yeah, I mean, you're going to blow all the attendance 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.739 records right out the window with this thing. 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:22.840 Yeah, I think so. And again, I believe this sets 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:28.010 the stage, Neil, going forward for a hybrid in 00:35:28.010 --> 00:35:32.610 person and online You know and in fact Marty 00:35:32.610 --> 00:35:37.670 has helped us do live streaming in the past and 00:35:37.670 --> 00:35:41.190 I'm very excited about having Marty as a professor 00:35:41.190 --> 00:35:46.510 this year as well, so I Think it's gonna be great. 00:35:47.250 --> 00:35:50.309 Yeah, I look forward to hearing what Marty has 00:35:50.309 --> 00:35:53.849 to say And now we've got Michael Coulter, W8CI 00:35:53.849 --> 00:35:55.829 on the line and Michael will need you to turn 00:35:55.829 --> 00:35:58.050 your speakers down there. But good evening, Michael. 00:35:59.949 --> 00:36:01.889 Good evening. I think I got it turned down now. 00:36:01.889 --> 00:36:05.050 I was fumbling around for that. Hey, I really 00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:09.769 appreciate Tim getting on there and all he's 00:36:09.769 --> 00:36:13.789 doing for Hamvention and with the Contest University 00:36:13.789 --> 00:36:18.650 and keeping all that alive. I mean, he's been 00:36:18.650 --> 00:36:21.920 doing a tremendous amount of work. And he doesn't 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:24.559 get any money for it. And we all appreciate what 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:27.059 he does. I do. And appreciate what you're doing, 00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:30.539 too, Neil. So I'm looking forward to both the 00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:36.579 contest university as well as the QSO party that 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.980 everybody's looking forward to, especially around 00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:43.599 these parts. Well, we're looking forward to it, 00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:46.519 too. Again, we wish we could all be together 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:50.500 there. at the Green County Fairgrounds with you 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:55.440 in person, but that's not possible this time. 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.500 So we'll get on the air and we'll get on Zoom 00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:03.059 and we'll still take in a lot of these activities. 00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:06.659 And I know that there's even some more stuff 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:09.940 going on, but these are the two that Hamvention 00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:16.619 is supporting and affiliated with. Yeah, that's 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:21.420 true and Appreciate everybody's support on this 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.940 and our club does our club is really a buzz with 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:27.960 it. We're ready and I've been getting emails 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:31.940 and Contacts from people all over the world. 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:34.719 They're going to participate in this event. So 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:37.579 The conditions are going to be great that day. 00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:41.659 At least that's what we're planning on And we're 00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:44.400 certainly looking forward to everybody participating 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:48.219 and enjoying themselves, as Tim says. So I don't 00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:54.019 wanna hold it up. I will fade into the, and just 00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:56.440 listen here. But thanks again. Thank you, Tim, 00:37:56.539 --> 00:38:01.219 for all you do. So that's 73. Michael, it's great 00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:04.699 to hear you tonight. And I know you and I spent 00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:09.559 a lot of time together. And I know these times 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.320 are meant for those of us who really want to 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:18.039 make sure that we do everything possible to give 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:21.119 back to this hobby, which has been so good to 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:28.960 us. And Neil, thanks very much for having your 00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:34.860 Thursday night deal here on HamTalk Live. You've 00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:38.760 got pillars here like Mark N4BCD and Michael 00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:45.320 Coulter, WHCI. This is really rough on the Hamvention 00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:53.380 volunteers to have to cancel. Just very, very 00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:57.179 rough. The Hamvention QSO party is going to be 00:38:57.179 --> 00:39:01.780 a very bright spot in that Saturday, May 16th. 00:39:01.789 --> 00:39:05.630 And I couldn't be more excited about having Michael 00:39:05.630 --> 00:39:09.989 open Contest University on May 14th, and the 00:39:09.989 --> 00:39:13.289 fact that we have 1 ,200 signed up for it now. 00:39:13.849 --> 00:39:18.610 Probably going to have close to 2 ,000 participate 00:39:18.610 --> 00:39:22.389 in Contest University. And it's just a great 00:39:22.389 --> 00:39:26.590 opportunity to showcase how important Hamvention 00:39:26.590 --> 00:39:30.769 is to the amateur radio community worldwide. 00:39:31.650 --> 00:39:37.110 And Michael and I work every day to defend and 00:39:37.110 --> 00:39:41.429 protect all that Hamvention is. So thanks again, 00:39:41.550 --> 00:39:45.250 Neil. Thank you, Neil. I'll go ahead and hang 00:39:45.250 --> 00:39:48.090 up. All right, Michael, take care. Thank you 00:39:48.090 --> 00:39:51.570 for calling. Thank you. Thanks for what you do, 00:39:51.670 --> 00:39:56.289 Neil. 73, you guys. You're very welcome. 859 00:39:56.289 --> 00:40:01.900 -982 -7373 is the uh... phone number to call 00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.400 if you have a question we have a few minutes 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:07.920 left here with tim duffy k three l r so uh... 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.019 give us call eight five nine nine eight two seventy 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:14.940 three seventy three or you can tweet us at that 00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:19.219 and talk live on twitter now uh... when You and 00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:21.780 Michael were on a few weeks ago. There was some 00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:28.099 discussion about who would be on the W8BI call 00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:31.300 sign and that kind of thing. Do you have any 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:35.760 kind of idea where those stations will be and 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:40.559 who will be operating those? The way it's going 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:45.119 to come down, Neil, is that there's a scheduler 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:49.760 that we put together that Michael is going to 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:53.679 disseminate amongst the DERA members and they 00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:58.679 will sign up for specific time slots on the various 00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:03.780 bands and so Right now we don't have any idea. 00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:09.360 All we know is if you work w8bi That is a DERA 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:13.420 volunteer and a DERA volunteer is a very important 00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:19.980 person and we want to honor and thank every time 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:24.659 we talk to Whiskey8BravoIndia, that's a big deal. 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:28.199 It's a really big deal because that DARA volunteer 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:32.400 is not able to do what he or she would normally 00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:37.559 do. And so, you know, it's almost good that it's 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.420 anonymous and we don't know where they are, but 00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:44.199 we know that they're a part of a pillar of this 00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:48.019 amateur radio hobby. and a very important part 00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:51.320 of what Hamvention is all about. And Hamvention 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:55.000 is all about giving back to the hobby, the best 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.940 hobby in the world that we know and love. And 00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:03.500 we get to enjoy all of these great friends that 00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:07.619 we have because of this hobby. When you think 00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:12.400 about it, it's really amazing, Neil. Now it sure 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:18.639 is, you know, I was reading the other day Some 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:22.900 things that you know Hams is you know, you immediately 00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:26.219 become friends. It's like there's an immediate 00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:31.760 almost trust there because you've got a call 00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:36.500 sign and That's something that you just don't 00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:40.940 get in other places and other hobbies and services. 00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:48.159 It's just amazing. Just last weekend I was trying 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:53.490 to find land to build a house and I'm contacted 00:42:53.490 --> 00:42:56.710 some some realtors and all of a sudden you know 00:42:56.710 --> 00:43:00.550 I'm saying hey I got to know about the deed restrictions 00:43:00.550 --> 00:43:04.050 I gotta know can I put a tower up I I need it 00:43:04.050 --> 00:43:08.550 I need a stepper and I need this thing and you 00:43:08.550 --> 00:43:10.429 know most people don't know what in the world 00:43:10.429 --> 00:43:13.780 he's talking about and and then You know, the 00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:16.780 guy texted me back and said, oh, well, what are 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:19.500 you trying to put up? And gave me his call sign. 00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:23.840 And I'm like, okay, we instantly have a connection 00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:27.059 here because, you know, he told me his call sign. 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:29.840 So I know he knows what I'm talking about. And 00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:33.579 these are the kind of relationships that happen 00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:36.840 and some of the networking that happens. And 00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.860 this year you'll be able to do that from the 00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:44.400 comfort of your own home. Two great events. Looking 00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:48.480 forward to those. There are some other events 00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:53.719 going on. I know a bunch of the YouTube people 00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:58.539 are putting together some stuff. That's not necessarily 00:43:59.230 --> 00:44:01.989 uh... affiliated with ham vincen but the timing 00:44:01.989 --> 00:44:04.630 is good and and uh... so they're they're trying 00:44:04.630 --> 00:44:07.670 to kind of fill some of that gap as well on their 00:44:07.670 --> 00:44:11.989 own uh... and here at ham talk live uh... we're 00:44:11.989 --> 00:44:15.030 going to have our usual thursday night gathering 00:44:15.030 --> 00:44:17.989 after contest university at nine o 'clock and 00:44:17.989 --> 00:44:20.889 and we have some things planned uh... that we're 00:44:20.889 --> 00:44:25.070 going to uh... take time to remember ham vincen's 00:44:25.070 --> 00:44:30.239 past and and console ourselves about not being 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:33.900 there and we're starting to get some things lined 00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:38.559 up for that but So we'll have the usual Thursday 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:42.639 night show about Dayton it won't be from Dayton 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:46.400 this time, but there'll be Some other things 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:48.719 going on as well, but these are the two biggies 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:53.340 and and so I'm thankful that you came in tonight 00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:58.340 and Talked about those. We've got another question 00:44:58.340 --> 00:45:05.639 here from Kurt K a 7 ZDD And says will the classes 00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:08.760 be recorded? Yes, they will and where can those 00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:13.719 be found? So Can you tell Kurt? where to find 00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:19.099 the replays so Kurt, thanks very much for your 00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:23.619 question. It's a great one and Kirk and others, 00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:27.179 you can find the replay will be available at 00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:33.619 the contestuniversity .com website. And so we 00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:39.400 also, Neil, we'll have a live stream going on 00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:43.599 YouTube live during the event. So even if you're 00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:47.659 not on Zoom, you'll be able to click on us on 00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:51.219 YouTube live on the DX Engineering YouTube channel. 00:45:51.469 --> 00:45:56.030 during the event too. So, several ways to get 00:45:56.030 --> 00:46:01.829 us and also the recording link will be on contestuniversity 00:46:01.829 --> 00:46:06.789 .com. Okay, so Kurt, there you go. There's your 00:46:06.789 --> 00:46:11.590 answer and hope you can check out some of that 00:46:11.590 --> 00:46:15.230 video from Contest University this year. Well, 00:46:15.369 --> 00:46:18.730 Tim, our time is about up here, and I know you 00:46:18.730 --> 00:46:22.730 were with the Great South Bay Club here before 00:46:22.730 --> 00:46:26.329 this, and you've got a rig right behind you there 00:46:26.329 --> 00:46:30.849 at a world -class station that has 40 meters 00:46:30.849 --> 00:46:34.869 calling your name here, so we want to get you 00:46:34.869 --> 00:46:39.619 out of here. If you would, just any last thoughts 00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:44.280 before we go and then we'll kind of recap everything 00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:47.320 real quickly so people can find out more information 00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:50.980 if they need it. Well, Neil, thanks very much 00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:54.880 for having me this evening. And you know that 00:46:54.880 --> 00:47:00.500 I'm the CEO at DX Engineering. Our team at DX 00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:03.800 Engineering during this whole pandemic has been 00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:08.519 working. Our sales team works remotely from home 00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:13.719 and our manufacturing facility adheres to all 00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:18.639 of the CDC guidelines and we've been making cables 00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:23.579 and making great products and supplying ham radio 00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:26.539 enthusiasts all over the world. If we can help 00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:31.719 you, please email us or call us and we'll do 00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:35.179 everything we can to help you. during this time 00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:40.900 of need to enjoy Ham Radio. It's the greatest 00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:45.179 hobby during, you know, when you got to stay 00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:49.199 in place and stay at home. And thanks to you 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:51.619 and everything you're doing for this hobby, Neil, 00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:56.659 and we're going to continue to enjoy this hobby 00:47:56.659 --> 00:48:02.230 and have fun with Ham Radio. and 73 from Western 00:48:02.230 --> 00:48:06.869 Pennsylvania, K -3LR. Well, thank you very much, 00:48:07.070 --> 00:48:12.210 Tim. And yeah, if you're stuck at home, DX Engineering 00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:16.130 still ships. So you can still get your stuff 00:48:16.130 --> 00:48:22.250 and get on the air. So that's always good. They 00:48:22.250 --> 00:48:26.320 haven't shut that down. And thankfully, we're 00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:29.039 going to see some things ease up here in the 00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:31.300 next few weeks, I think, in different parts of 00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:35.440 the country, so hopefully that will be better 00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:40.400 as well. But for now, let's plan on Contest University, 00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:47.619 contestuniversity .com, 8 .45 a .m. on Thursday, 00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:52.780 May 14th. Log in on Zoom, it's free, just register 00:48:52.780 --> 00:48:56.780 online and you'll get the link to Zoom. Or, as 00:48:56.780 --> 00:49:00.400 he says, you can watch on YouTube Live as well, 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:04.269 but you won't be able to interact as much. as 00:49:04.269 --> 00:49:07.710 you would on zoom and then the Hamvention QSO 00:49:07.710 --> 00:49:12.050 party and we didn't mention the website WWROF 00:49:12.050 --> 00:49:17.210 .org slash Hamvention dash QSO dash party so 00:49:17.210 --> 00:49:20.849 go to WWROF .org you'll find it there it's Saturday 00:49:20.849 --> 00:49:24.989 May 16th from 8 a .m. to 8 p .m. Eastern Time 00:49:25.590 --> 00:49:29.849 And they'll be on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, CW, 00:49:29.869 --> 00:49:33.389 and sideband. And again, the exchange or signal 00:49:33.389 --> 00:49:36.429 report in the first year you attended Hamvention 00:49:36.429 --> 00:49:38.929 and the rules are up there. You can post your 00:49:38.929 --> 00:49:45.449 score to 3830scores .com within five days. And 00:49:45.449 --> 00:49:51.929 if you have any questions, K3LR at K3LR .com. 00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:55.719 Thanks Tim so much for being here. I appreciate 00:49:55.719 --> 00:50:02.159 it and 7 -3 and I'll be talking to you soon 73 00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:06.300 Neil, thanks for doing this You are quite welcome. 00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:10.659 Well, that is a wrap for another edition of ham 00:50:10.659 --> 00:50:14.079 talk live. Thanks to my guest Tim Duffy, K3LR, 00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:16.599 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening, 00:50:16.739 --> 00:50:19.780 calling in, typing in, and invite you back next 00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:23.599 Thursday, 9 p .m. Eastern Time, at HamTalkLive 00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:26.539 .com. And you can check out our upcoming guests 00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:30.019 at HamTalkLive .com as well. And if you like 00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:32.420 the show, please leave us a review. That helps 00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:35.780 other people find the show faster. So for now, 00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:40.349 this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3. seven 00:50:40.349 --> 00:50:45.309 five and now more than ever may the good DX be 00:50:45.309 --> 00:50:45.989 yours