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206. Hamvention cancellation and the new Hamvention

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QSO party recorded live on Thursday, April 2,

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2020. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks

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for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live.

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Tonight we're joined by Michael Coulter, W8CI,

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and we'll take your calls live in just a few

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but also the QSO party that will be going on

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as those get back up and running. Tonight our

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guest is Michael Coulter, a frequent guest of

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the show, W8CI. He is the official spokesperson,

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finance chair and co -chair of the awards committee

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of the Dayton Hamvention. He lives in Xenia,

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Ohio and is a past president of the Dayton Amateur

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Radio Association and was Hamvention general

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chairman in 2011 and 2012. And he is currently

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the treasurer and a board member of Dara. So

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Michael, welcome back. Hey, thanks Neil. Always

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great to be on your program and you have such

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a fine program. Very well coordinated, very well

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done and I'm glad to be here. Well, we're glad

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that you're here. We're not glad about the timing

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and circumstances. We would rather have you on

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about a month from now telling us about all the

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things that are going to be happening at Hamvention,

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but we're going to have to change that up this

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year and hopefully it's just once. We're all

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disappointed about all those events. So, you

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know, everything's been canceled for the last

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month pretty much, except for the radio. The

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radio is like, hey, you know, I thought the bands

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were dead, but no, everybody's on. So we're going

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to talk about that here in a little bit, but

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You know, Hamvention is one of the big events

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and that had to be canceled this year. So tell

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us how that decision came to be. Well, you know,

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Neil, that, um, having gone through a few years

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back, I mean, Hamvention has really got an interesting

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history. One of these days we'll talk about it

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and different things to happen and things that

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happen behind the scenes that most people do

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not even realize. Let me first start off by,

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number one, thanking our 700 plus volunteers.

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And I mean, these men and women, they swing for

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the bleachers, they try as hard as they can,

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and so many of them had already been doing so

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many things to make this happen. So I'm just

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a volunteer, like the rest of our team, and I

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wanna make sure that their voices out there as

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well. And what happened was is that as we got

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closer and closer, I mean, we looked at it and

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we were two months out. And after we were reading

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all the, watching our governor, watching our

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elected officials and listening to how bad this

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thing was beginning to unroll and unravel, we

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thought that the best thing was to make a decision

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pretty quickly because You know, man, it had

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been quick enough for some people, but you know,

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you got vendors that are putting a lot of money

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into this, making a lot of plans and, you know,

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reservations have been made, things like that.

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And, and, and just so many of the stakeholders,

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the people who, you know, the big events that

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occurred during hand bench and we took all that

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into account. And it was, a couple of very gut

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-wrenching days. We had some long meetings and

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our executive team, about five of us on that

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team, and we came to the conclusion that we had

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to close it. We had to just say, draw a line

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in the sand and say, you know, we can't have

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this. We can't let it go on because it jeopardizes

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the health and the safety of a lot of people.

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You know, there wasn't people quitting or not,

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excuse me, our vendors weren't dropping out,

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things like that. And people had been buying

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tickets, but we were getting pretty worried about

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actual health of people. And so we made that

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decision and drafted the news releases and kind

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of coordinated all of that simultaneously. and

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now we've been working to very diligently to

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begin to get money back to people who want their

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money back and we have three ways that you can

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give your money back or excuse me, three ways,

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three different things you can do with your money.

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If you bought tickets, you can just donate the

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money or you can... let us know and we'll send

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you tickets for next year or we'll send you the

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money back. And that's all listed on our website

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at www .hamvention .org. But Neil, to say the

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least, it was an extremely painful, gut -wrenching,

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hard decision. After we made that decision, we

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let our troops know and volunteers, and they

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were all very disappointed, understood it. They

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understood it. And now in retrospect, it was

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the right move because the state of Ohio still

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is closed up, basically, and it looks, now the

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date is May 1st, and they just announced that

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today we all have stay -at -home orders until

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May the 1st. but it could be extended even farther.

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So I'm sure you probably got some questions about

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it, and I'm truly sorry it had to happen. You

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know, and Neil, looking back on it, we had Xenia,

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you know, where we moved to Xenia from Hera Arena.

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We only had a short period of time to do that.

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We thought it's so important, we worked hard,

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we worked hard back in 2017 to make that happen.

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But this one, We just couldn't get around it.

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I mean we're the kind of people that We're tough

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and robust go ahead Well, you know it is disappointing

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but like you said you know the the cancellations

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just keep coming and and the shelter -in -place

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calls just keep coming and you know today I I

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you know just this afternoon found out, you know

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I'm not going back to my school for the rest

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of the year already and I imagine A lot of other

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states will be doing the same and it's just a

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tough situation and we've got to be responsible

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and you know maintain our distance and try to

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drag this thing out a little longer so that it's

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not so intense and it's difficult but we do have

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something on the plans that will not take the

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place of it but it will at least let everybody

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gather. We'll talk about that here in a little

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bit. But you were telling me before the show

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that you actually had some pretty high -level

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intel on all of this decision -making on deciding

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whether to cancel or not. My high decision Intel,

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I have five children, two of them are medical

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doctors and one of them is an internal medicine

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doctor at The Ohio State University and she specializes

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in infectious diseases and I was running all

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this by her and she didn't say you shouldn't

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do it or you should do it. She just kind of told

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me you know, what the outlook was. And because

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it's her group up there, they actually do a lot

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of work with the governor and the Ohio Department

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of Health. And my daughter is, that particular

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daughter is very serious. Well, all my kids are

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very serious about what they do in their professions.

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But I said, well, what if we cancel Hamvention

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and she said, Yeah, you know dad, that might

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not be a bad idea. But she didn't come out and

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say they would, you know, that I would be up

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to the governor. The governor would have done

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that. And right now, and that really, let me

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back up, that would, that gave me a lot of insight

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in, and taking that back to the team and also

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listening to what our governor was saying and

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what Dr. Fauci was saying that, This thing is

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getting pretty serious and I just hope that all

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of our ham friends all over the United States

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are being careful and are taking this thing very

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seriously because I would hate to see us lose

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a lot of our population in the ham radio world.

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But yeah, as far as having insight, I'm fortunate

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that my daughter in some ways is in that But

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I'm really, really worried about it all the time.

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Yeah, absolutely. They're out there doing incredible

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things and at their risk and I too was... speaking

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with a couple of doctors up at Ohio State and,

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you know, they're facing the same thing and,

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you know, if they're going to go home to their

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families every day now, you know, and that kind

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of thing. And it's really difficult and so shout

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out to all of them for all of their hard work.

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Well, how's the club dealing with this cancellation,

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you know, financially and, you know, How's the

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spirit of the club and how's how's Dara dealing

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with all this? Well, you know, it was quite a

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blow and Trying to be good stewards of the future

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We had always kept her on a good ring day fund

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just in case something like this would happen

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and I don't know if it's a pandemic or whatever

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would have happened that we weren't allowed to

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have hand -vention and so We will you know, we'll

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have one next year Hand -vention will be back

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More robust. Um, yeah, we lost a lot of money

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to be expected and um, but I think people people

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know that and you know the outpouring the outpouring

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of of amateur radio operators from all over the

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world has been just tremendous. I mean, I got

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calls, phone calls from people all over the world,

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you know, really trying to sympathize and appreciate

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it. At least we let them know ahead of time.

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And just wanted to let us know that they felt

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it and their hearts are with it. Because to me,

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it's not only the volunteers who hurt at this.

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It is all of us. all the amateur radio operators

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who truly love amateur radio. So it's been tough

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for all of them. I know Jack, WBA, SCT, our general

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chairman, you know, it's been really hard on

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him because we only allow a general, a person

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to be general chairman for two years. And this

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was his second year and he's like feeling, oh

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my gosh. So, but you know, in terms of, I don't

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know if you know Scott Wright, I think his call

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is W0MD. K0MD. I'm sorry, K0MD. Great guy. He

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works at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He has

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been on the front line of this whole thing too.

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I make contact with him. He was telling me that

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one of his colleagues was on a ventilator intensive

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care in one of the other parts of the hospital,

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one of his fellow doctors, and they're really

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fighting on the front lines. So if you know Scott,

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Scott is the editor of the National Contest Journal,

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just a fabulous guy. I really enjoy him, he's

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become a good friend. Go ahead. Yeah, I'm very

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glad to have him as a friend as well and and

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to all of the Health care workers and especially

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:15.819
the hams You know take care and and and we're

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:19.299
we're thinking of you Well, what about the fairgrounds?

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:21.960
How is this impacting the fairgrounds? Yeah,

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.819
obviously hamvention is one of their big things

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:30.200
but They have other events too. So how's the

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:35.359
fairgrounds dealing with all this? Well, they

00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:39.500
are, as anybody, I mean, we're all, everybody's

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:41.619
very concerned, you know, financially, what's

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:43.500
going to happen? Can they, are they going to

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:46.960
make it? The fairgrounds will survive. I talked

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:51.000
to our county administrator. I would call him

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:55.259
the day that we eat actually. that we decided

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:57.180
to cancel Hanventsh and I called him at home

00:18:57.180 --> 00:19:02.380
and talked to him. And, you know, the county's

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:05.460
been pretty good about putting money away and

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:07.740
they have a bit of a surplus. Green County's

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:10.940
a very, you know, there's a lot of good business

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:15.160
happening in Green County. But I'm worried too

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.519
about, you know, it's been a while since I talked

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.980
to him. But you know all the malls are closed

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:25.160
stores are closed here. It's just You know the

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.539
stores that you go to would be a grocery store

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:30.279
Maybe a hardware store, but they closed all the

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.220
malls and that there's a lot of revenue that

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:34.940
comes in for the county and some of that funnels

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:37.759
right into the fairgrounds and All the events

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.920
of course have been canceled at the fairgrounds

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:46.400
until further notice, and that's a big deal Fortunately,

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.920
their fare is a little ways away and we're hoping

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:53.640
they can still, they have that fare because that's

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:58.099
a nice revenue for them. But all the other events

00:19:58.099 --> 00:20:01.339
so far, just every weekend they have to cancel

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:04.279
something. And does that make an effect? Absolutely.

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:07.839
And they are tightening their belt, doing the

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:10.519
very best they can, as I think all of us are.

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:16.319
Yeah, I mean this is gonna be a big thing but

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:21.180
a Lot of a lot of comebacks, you know, there

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:24.180
will be a lot of comebacks here and I think it's

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:28.319
good to know that Hamvention and the fairgrounds

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:32.700
are on pretty decent footing of course, you know

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:35.480
you never know just how bad it's going to be

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:39.019
but But at least there's some pretty good footing

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:41.339
there and some planning ahead that's been done

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:46.039
to Make things stable. So hopefully next year

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:50.160
we can we can be back again Well, it's it's not

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:53.779
the same as being at Hamvention but there's an

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:56.160
event that's going to take place during part

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.940
of the time of Hamvention that would have happened

00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:04.099
and I know the worldwide radio operators foundation

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:08.210
has been working on this and Tim Duffy, K3LR,

00:21:08.349 --> 00:21:11.250
who actually is in the chat this evening, just

00:21:11.250 --> 00:21:15.950
saw a hello from him, has been working on this

00:21:15.950 --> 00:21:19.390
Hamvention QSO party. So Michael, tell us what's

00:21:19.390 --> 00:21:25.789
up with the QSO party this year. Well, I do want

00:21:25.789 --> 00:21:28.750
to, I'm glad that Tim's in the chat room. Probably

00:21:28.750 --> 00:21:30.970
you should have him on the program very soon

00:21:30.970 --> 00:21:37.710
as well. Tim Duffy is an extremely amazing amateur

00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:40.650
radio operator. I mean, I have the greatest amount

00:21:40.650 --> 00:21:43.269
of respect for the guy. He's tireless in his

00:21:43.269 --> 00:21:45.890
love. He's tireless in his energy for amateur

00:21:45.890 --> 00:21:50.230
radio. And, you know, when I talked to him, I

00:21:50.230 --> 00:21:54.470
actually went up to his shop, which is here in

00:21:54.470 --> 00:21:59.079
Ohio. And so I did the announcement. We did kind

00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.619
of a quick thing where I could get on and do

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:04.039
the announcement about the cancellation of the

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:08.599
original cancellation of Hamvention. And he floated

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:11.579
this idea by me. And he said, well, you know,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.619
we ought to have, you know, we ought to have

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:19.680
some way, you know, guys and gals are still looking

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.299
for this weekend. You know, they've had it all

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:25.509
planned. And now it's Basically, we pulled the

00:22:25.509 --> 00:22:30.670
rug out from under all of it. And he said, hey,

00:22:30.730 --> 00:22:33.589
I'll coordinate this whole thing. And he has

00:22:33.589 --> 00:22:37.509
with the Worldwide Radio Operators Foundation.

00:22:39.269 --> 00:22:42.589
And he's just been a tremendous powerhouse on

00:22:42.589 --> 00:22:46.250
this. And if you go to, normally he's a sponsor

00:22:46.250 --> 00:22:51.089
on this. And we've had other organizations that

00:22:51.089 --> 00:22:54.109
wanted to you know give us donations and money

00:22:54.109 --> 00:22:57.609
toward this event and we turned them down actually

00:22:57.609 --> 00:23:01.549
and between Tim and I and Tim even took the DX

00:23:01.549 --> 00:23:04.170
Engineering logo off because even though there

00:23:04.170 --> 00:23:08.569
are support DX Engineering is a support for this

00:23:08.569 --> 00:23:12.150
organization the Worldwide Radio Operators Foundation

00:23:12.150 --> 00:23:16.910
he left just the Hamvention logo on there and

00:23:16.910 --> 00:23:20.799
so we're doing a couple of things with this This

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.599
will be, you know, in place of our great gathering

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:27.680
that we normally have, you know, the gathering

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.180
of amateur radio operators. And I call it a gathering

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:33.180
because it's just, it's more than a show. It's

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:35.920
where we all get together and celebrate what

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:38.200
we've been doing for so long, many of us our

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:40.980
whole lives. You, since you were, I think as

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.740
soon as you get off your Gerber baby food, you

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:48.829
got your license, right? Pretty much. So, I mean,

00:23:48.910 --> 00:23:51.670
a lot of people like that. Lots of stories about

00:23:51.670 --> 00:23:55.509
Hamvention. So Tim says, and I totally agree,

00:23:56.250 --> 00:23:59.589
let's bring this together and get on the air.

00:23:59.630 --> 00:24:02.650
And it's not so much to get the total amount

00:24:02.650 --> 00:24:06.109
of points. If you win, that's wonderful. But

00:24:06.109 --> 00:24:09.069
the thing of it is, we want to celebrate amateur

00:24:09.069 --> 00:24:11.829
radio together. This is really a tough time.

00:24:12.250 --> 00:24:17.480
And for Hamvention to actually cancel, You know,

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:20.579
that's that's a I mean to me. I still can't believe

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:24.619
it But let's get on and let's talk about you

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:29.240
know, hey, for example, what what year? what

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.900
was your first year that you attended hand mention

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:36.480
and We have a lot of different categories in

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:39.059
here. I Don't know if you're going to go to a

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:41.619
break or you want me to start talking about that

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:46.019
a Break here in a minute, but go ahead That I

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:48.400
do want to say, you know, I also want to thank

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:53.480
a shout out to Ted Randall on his shortwave Program

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.440
that he's done a lot of work for hand -vention,

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:58.319
you know, he's done a lot of promotion of hand

00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:01.359
-vention he does that year after year and and

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:04.259
and I'm thinking about all these vendors out

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:06.779
there that you know do so much for hand -vention

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:11.420
and guys like Tim they have the you know, the

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:17.869
the contest dinners, he does the contest university,

00:25:17.990 --> 00:25:21.769
which I believe he's gonna do online. So I hope

00:25:21.769 --> 00:25:24.809
that you take the time to find that out, Neil,

00:25:26.049 --> 00:25:29.990
and to talk to him about that. It'll be a fabulous

00:25:29.990 --> 00:25:33.470
event, see if we can pull that off online. But

00:25:33.470 --> 00:25:41.259
so many people who depend on Hamvention. they

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:44.019
depend on us to at least have the platform, the

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.640
gathering. And so now we can't have that gathering,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:49.240
let's gather on the radio, let's get on the radio.

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:52.819
And that's kind of where I think our heads are

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:58.920
at with this whole thing, Neil, so, yeah. Yep.

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:03.000
All right, well let's take a break here and we'll

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:05.190
go ahead and do that and then we'll... Maybe

00:26:05.190 --> 00:26:08.809
talk a little more specifics on the QSO party,

00:26:08.910 --> 00:26:11.410
how that's going to work, and that kind of thing.

00:26:12.150 --> 00:26:15.230
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00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:09.680
It's time for your calls and your comments and

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.680
questions. If you have a question for Michael,

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:19.119
give us a call at 859 -982 -7373. That's 859

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:24.559
-982 -7373. And I better mention that Marty was

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.259
working on the phone system and I'm not sure

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:31.000
if it got fixed. So if not, If you get a busy

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.420
signal there, give us a call at the old number.

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.819
It's 812 -638 -4261. I'll give those out here

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:44.200
again in just a minute. But the backup number

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:51.720
is 812 -638 -4261. So Michael, we've got a lot

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:55.160
of comments out here tonight on the chat and

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:59.470
on the tweets. Not too many questions here, but

00:29:59.470 --> 00:30:04.309
all very supportive of the club and Hamvention

00:30:04.309 --> 00:30:09.269
and all the things that are going on. And so

00:30:09.269 --> 00:30:11.690
we thank everybody for those. And we'll get through

00:30:11.690 --> 00:30:14.410
some of those here in a little bit, but let's

00:30:14.410 --> 00:30:17.849
pick up where we left off here about the QSO

00:30:17.849 --> 00:30:21.269
party. Can you fill us in a little bit on the

00:30:21.269 --> 00:30:23.950
details on when that's going to be and how that's

00:30:23.950 --> 00:30:31.759
going to work? Absolutely. I wanted to give a

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:36.400
quick shout out and hello to my friends in Orlando

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:40.400
and my friends in Huntsville and my friends in

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:44.579
Germany and in Japan and all the parts of the

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:47.519
world who have been so supportive. Thank you.

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.319
Thanks to all of you. It means a lot. It's a

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:56.200
very tough decision and as pillars of we're all

00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:59.349
you know, are doing our thing, are working hard

00:30:59.349 --> 00:31:02.369
with their volunteers and our volunteers to try

00:31:02.369 --> 00:31:06.170
to keep, to push amateur radio farther out. Anyway,

00:31:06.369 --> 00:31:09.349
I wanna say that, and one other thing about this

00:31:09.349 --> 00:31:13.549
QSO party, is that, you know, we've had many,

00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:16.410
many years of this great gathering that we call

00:31:16.410 --> 00:31:22.289
Hamvention. But we also, as ironic as this is,

00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:25.839
within, two or three days after we decided to

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:29.500
cancel Hamvention. We have a member who's been

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:33.619
very involved with us, Ron Moorfield, W8ILC.

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:39.559
He never missed a Hamvention from 1952 all the

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:46.539
way through 2019. And he died, he passed on three

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:50.579
days after we announced that we weren't gonna

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:55.359
have a Hamvention. Ron was one of the guys in

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.180
our club and I like to think that maybe some

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:01.819
of us who are really intricately involved with

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:05.519
Hamvention, we stand on his shoulders and the

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.480
shoulders of the guys and gals that he worked

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:11.619
with back then. So we want to remember him through

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:17.319
this event. And we also want to light up the

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:21.339
airways on May the 16th. That's Saturday, May

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:26.740
the 16th. And if you look on our webpage, www

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:31.460
.hamvention .org, and you just, it'll have the

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.619
events there, and just click right on it, and

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:36.819
it'll give you a whole lot of information about

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:38.779
it, and it'll also lead you to another website,

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.640
which I'll give you in a minute. But the deal

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:44.539
is this, it's a 12 -hour event, 8 a .m. to 8

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:48.420
p .m. Eastern Daylight savings time on the Saturday

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:52.740
of Hanvention. That's a Saturday. You can operate

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:57.759
CW or single side ban on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15,

00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:01.859
and 10. The exchange is simply a signal report

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:05.220
in the first year you attended Hanvention. And

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.460
if you have never attended Hanvention, that's

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:10.990
okay, join in. and just send a 20 -20 on it.

00:33:12.289 --> 00:33:15.589
And then where you send your score in and that

00:33:15.589 --> 00:33:19.470
will be, it's all posted there. But there's a

00:33:19.470 --> 00:33:23.390
special bonus and it kind of depends on what

00:33:23.390 --> 00:33:29.529
our distancing things are gonna be. But Rob,

00:33:29.549 --> 00:33:35.009
KB8UEY, he's our station manager at WBI, W8BI.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:39.640
That's a club call of the Dayton Amateur Radio

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:43.440
Association. And of course everybody knows that

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:46.740
DERA is the host of Hamvention. But he will have

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:50.839
designated people from their homes that will

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:54.500
be on these frequencies and these designated

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:59.400
DERA members will be allowed to use the W8BI

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:04.130
call sign and there'll be 12 available. So you

00:34:04.130 --> 00:34:07.410
can earn extra bonus points and, you know, have

00:34:07.410 --> 00:34:12.590
like a additional 120 points or 120 additional

00:34:12.590 --> 00:34:16.989
QSOs. So it is 10 points for each band or mode

00:34:16.989 --> 00:34:22.550
QSO with W -8BI, which gave Borat, India. So

00:34:22.550 --> 00:34:28.630
also the other website to go look at and you

00:34:28.630 --> 00:34:35.030
can actually see the official WWROF, the Worldwide

00:34:35.030 --> 00:34:38.969
Radio Operators Foundation, at the website of,

00:34:39.369 --> 00:34:42.210
let's see, I have it right here. Did I go too

00:34:42.210 --> 00:34:44.250
quick? I think I went too quick. Here it is.

00:34:44.929 --> 00:34:50.230
Yes, it is www .hbqp. That's for Hamvention,

00:34:50.550 --> 00:34:57.809
QSOparty .org. It's www .hbqp .org. And we just

00:34:57.809 --> 00:35:02.320
want people to get on. and let's commensurate

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:04.280
together some of the best conventions you've

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.340
been to, some of the worst you've been to, what

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:09.840
are your best memories? And maybe you'll hear

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:13.860
some of your pals on there and let's get on and

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:16.820
celebrate. Let's celebrate our great gathering

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:20.860
and what we've done with amateur radio. And that's

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:25.639
kind of it. There are different power levels

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:28.880
and all that we can get into. But at the same

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.679
time, all this information is posted. And I know

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:40.019
Tim Duffy, K3LR, has kindly put down himself

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:47.019
for the WROF. He is a contact person there. And

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:50.199
if you have further questions or comments, go

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.920
through him. Because he is the one that we're

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:56.260
leaning on. Or has put this whole thing together

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:59.500
even out of his own pocket pay for the websites

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:02.800
got everything set up Just really amazing and

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.679
really thank him for that. By the way, he is

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:10.679
a DERA member Back to you Neil. Okay. Well, actually

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:13.280
we have a call on the line and I believe it's

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:19.159
it is Tim. Is this Tim? Hello Neil, how are you

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:23.409
K3LR here? Yeah, so Tim anything you want to

00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:27.929
add here to all this or we can do another episode

00:36:27.929 --> 00:36:34.170
We probably should do another episode just because

00:36:34.170 --> 00:36:38.849
there's so many Dayton events As Michael mentioned

00:36:38.849 --> 00:36:42.030
there's so many Dayton events. They were affected

00:36:42.030 --> 00:36:46.130
by this I mean, you know four days in May the

00:36:46.130 --> 00:36:51.380
slow scan TV guys the RTTY guys So many events

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:57.219
are built around Dodara Hamvention. And, you

00:36:57.219 --> 00:37:02.340
know, I just can't imagine how the 700 volunteers

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:06.880
feel with Hamvention being canceled for this

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:10.900
year. And, you know, I go back to Ron Moorfield,

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:16.000
WA to ILC, who I saw here a few months ago. And

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:19.769
now that he's a silent key, I just... I think

00:37:19.769 --> 00:37:25.809
about Ham Benjamin breaking his heart. I really,

00:37:27.070 --> 00:37:30.570
my thoughts and prayers go out to Ron and his

00:37:30.570 --> 00:37:35.070
family and all the things that went on. Ron was

00:37:35.070 --> 00:37:39.690
such a tremendous DERA member and Michael has

00:37:39.690 --> 00:37:44.349
focused on that and certainly the, you know,

00:37:44.510 --> 00:37:48.369
in remembrance of Ron Moorfield, W -A -I -L -C,

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:53.760
during the Hamvention QSO party, but I wanted

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:56.760
to congratulate Michael for getting out in front

00:37:56.760 --> 00:38:01.719
of this and being very transparent, and the rest

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:07.099
of the Hamvention team, Jack Grebs and Ron Moorfield,

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:13.539
and just all of the tremendous volunteers, and

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:16.360
to you, Neil, for hosting this show here tonight.

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:21.179
Well, thank you very much, Tim, and if you don't

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:23.099
mind, we'll keep you on here for a little bit.

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:27.440
We've got a few comments and questions here that

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.579
you can probably help Michael out with a little

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:35.760
bit. Well, Michael is the best little operation.

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:42.059
No, no, no, no, no. No, I'm not. Well, the first

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:44.920
one that I know I'm going to have to ask, because

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:48.809
he's been asking me for like... Two days now

00:38:48.809 --> 00:38:52.570
Joe K zero NEB wants to know about the cat in

00:38:52.570 --> 00:38:58.309
the hat being a Dayton bonus station Well, you

00:38:58.309 --> 00:39:01.329
know, here's the thing we've had Michael and

00:39:01.329 --> 00:39:06.210
I have had several emails into us about bonus

00:39:06.210 --> 00:39:11.829
this bonus that and Here here's how we have Michael

00:39:11.829 --> 00:39:17.909
and I have Have done a real good session on this

00:39:17.909 --> 00:39:22.409
and the bottom line is there is only one bonus

00:39:22.409 --> 00:39:27.849
station and that is the 700 volunteers of the

00:39:27.849 --> 00:39:31.969
Dayton Amateur Radio Association that give their

00:39:31.969 --> 00:39:37.010
time, their efforts, they take off work to produce

00:39:37.010 --> 00:39:40.010
Hamvention so there is only one bonus station

00:39:40.010 --> 00:39:43.289
and there will only be one bonus station and

00:39:43.289 --> 00:39:47.179
that's W8 Bravo India the Dayton Amateur Radio

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:51.460
Association stations operating from home and

00:39:51.460 --> 00:40:00.599
so WABI is it. Okay and if there are DARA members

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:04.320
like Joe because I know what he's going to ask

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:10.719
next that want to operate WBI who do they contact

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:13.019
how do they how do they find out if they can

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:19.360
do that? Well, Michael had a... Go ahead, Michael.

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:22.739
Yeah, I was going to say probably the best thing

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:26.239
to do is, you know, I'm good on QRZ. You can

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:30.800
just email me and I will forward it to Rob. Because

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.699
Rob is our station manager and he is the ultimate

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:38.800
decider on who's going to be doing that. And

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:42.500
I know he's got a very eager team that he's already

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:45.530
been working with. some discussions about this

00:40:45.530 --> 00:40:50.590
already, and you know, Rob puts in, that's K

00:40:50.590 --> 00:40:54.869
-B -8 -U -E -Y, calls himself UE, but he just

00:40:54.869 --> 00:40:59.309
is tremendous at our W -8 -B -I station, and

00:40:59.309 --> 00:41:02.650
he keeps everything tweaked and running. So,

00:41:02.829 --> 00:41:06.809
he's the guy that I'm going to, to say, Rob,

00:41:06.889 --> 00:41:10.530
you make these decisions, in terms of who's gonna

00:41:10.530 --> 00:41:15.530
be the W -8 -B -I point. person for it. And so,

00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:18.070
if anybody, you know, if you're a DARA member,

00:41:18.369 --> 00:41:21.829
you gotta be a DARA member, for one. And I know

00:41:21.829 --> 00:41:25.570
that the cat in the hat is, I know Joe is, but

00:41:25.570 --> 00:41:29.809
you can send me an email, and my call is Whiskey8CharlieIndia,

00:41:30.309 --> 00:41:33.250
and, you know, let me know and I'll pass it on.

00:41:33.369 --> 00:41:36.769
Does that sound alright, you, Tim? Well, yeah,

00:41:36.929 --> 00:41:40.170
no, it needs to go all through, Rob. In fact,

00:41:40.550 --> 00:41:44.750
tomorrow morning, Rob We'll be getting a scheduler

00:41:44.750 --> 00:41:49.489
that we developed during the WNAW centennial

00:41:49.489 --> 00:41:54.230
event and we're going to give Rob and Michael

00:41:54.230 --> 00:41:59.389
a scheduler that will allow hour by hour scheduling

00:41:59.389 --> 00:42:04.230
of WAPI on all of the HF bands during the event.

00:42:05.230 --> 00:42:08.869
So stay tuned for that. You know, this is a one

00:42:08.869 --> 00:42:12.679
time event. We hope that Hamvention never gets

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:19.000
cancelled again. So stay tuned and we'll get

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:22.699
that to Rob tomorrow morning and that'll take

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:25.639
care of all the scheduling of WA Bravo India.

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:30.219
Okay, very good. Well there's your answer, Joe,

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:33.760
so thank you for that and thank you guys for

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:37.199
the answers and yeah, Tim, no offense, but I

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:42.659
hope we don't ever have to do this again. As

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:47.000
long as we have to this is a good way to do it

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:51.059
Well, let's go through some of the comments here

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:55.039
and and Tim yeah, let's let we'll talk but maybe

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:58.559
we can work out a another episode of some stuff

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:04.210
here Michael Colley w4mca from The Orlando Amateur

00:43:04.210 --> 00:43:06.530
Radio Club says, we support the decision that

00:43:06.530 --> 00:43:09.329
Hamvention Executive Committee made. We wish

00:43:09.329 --> 00:43:13.210
Dara all the best from Hamcation. During the

00:43:13.210 --> 00:43:15.449
difficult time, please support the vendors. Most

00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:19.670
of them are still open and shipping. So there

00:43:19.670 --> 00:43:23.349
you go. That's from, from Michael. Oh, go ahead,

00:43:23.449 --> 00:43:27.670
Michael. Yeah, I do want to, I want to emphasize

00:43:27.670 --> 00:43:30.730
that too. I mean, I represent a not -for -profit

00:43:30.730 --> 00:43:35.070
organization, but you know, our vendors are all

00:43:35.070 --> 00:43:38.750
pillars in this amateur radio community. And,

00:43:38.789 --> 00:43:42.510
you know, it's a scary time for them. A lot of

00:43:42.510 --> 00:43:46.289
them are working from home and trying to take

00:43:46.289 --> 00:43:48.789
care of all of us as amateur radio operators

00:43:48.789 --> 00:43:51.150
and keeping their organizations, their companies

00:43:51.150 --> 00:43:54.750
alive and vibrant. So now's the time to just

00:43:54.750 --> 00:43:56.389
jump right in there if there's something you're

00:43:56.389 --> 00:44:00.349
looking for. I know everybody wants to take care

00:44:00.349 --> 00:44:04.610
of you, including Tim. Yeah, I'm sure Tim will

00:44:04.610 --> 00:44:12.409
take care of you. I know Let's see Chris is Always

00:44:12.409 --> 00:44:17.369
support the club. So then that's great 2019 was

00:44:17.369 --> 00:44:20.630
his first time to him invention and Troy said

00:44:20.630 --> 00:44:25.210
w9kvr says 2020 was going to be he finally had

00:44:25.210 --> 00:44:28.349
an opening in his schedule and And it's not gonna

00:44:28.349 --> 00:44:34.440
work Oh, goodness. Oh, let's see. What else do

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:38.960
we have here? Tim reminds us that 2021 will be

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:44.000
awesome. Joe says he's working on a 2020 Salute

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.800
Slideshow for Hamvention. So we'll look forward

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:52.099
to seeing another one of those. Lisa, who actually

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:57.159
I met last summer out at Newington in the Teachers

00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:59.679
Institute says last year was going to be the

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:04.070
year she went. Her dad lived long enough they

00:45:04.070 --> 00:45:08.369
were going to go and then he passed away the

00:45:08.369 --> 00:45:13.050
October before so she didn't get to go. So we've

00:45:13.050 --> 00:45:15.630
still got a lot of people who are wanting to

00:45:15.630 --> 00:45:18.349
go for the first time so next year we're going

00:45:18.349 --> 00:45:22.530
to have to get them there right Michael? Absolutely

00:45:22.530 --> 00:45:27.170
you know it's a I'll tell you what every volunteer

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:30.300
They're welcoming people, they bend over backwards

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:34.039
for every one of our guests, and that's how all

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:36.340
of our volunteers treat people, because it's

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:38.659
a labor of love, it's their passion, and it's

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:43.059
what we do. It's what Hamvention does, as our

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:46.480
simple contribution to Amateur Radio is to put

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:49.880
on this gathering, not a show, it's a gathering,

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:55.780
and they all work hard for that. WZ1L says, I'm

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:58.320
looking forward to the QSO party for Hamvention

00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:02.039
Weekend and see you there. So look forward to

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:08.360
hearing you on during the QSO party. John W4USF

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:11.659
wants to know any thoughts about virtual forums

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:15.519
and continuation of virtual awards that were

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:21.889
a part of Hamvention. Michael? Virtual awards,

00:46:22.630 --> 00:46:25.869
I probably, we will wait till next year to do

00:46:25.869 --> 00:46:30.909
the award ceremonies. We will combine 2019 and

00:46:30.909 --> 00:46:33.750
2020 and have a bigger event for all of our award

00:46:33.750 --> 00:46:36.650
winners. We felt like that, you know, we've discussed

00:46:36.650 --> 00:46:39.929
that and just, it's that really good personal

00:46:39.929 --> 00:46:42.789
touch to make sure that they get honored because

00:46:42.789 --> 00:46:45.170
we have a very nice banquet and things like that.

00:46:45.550 --> 00:46:48.659
As far as the virtual forums, There's been some

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:51.820
talk about it, but quite honestly, we are trying

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:54.480
to close down a ham -vention that didn't happen.

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:58.780
And the bandwidth of the time that we have and

00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:00.559
the energy we have, we're not sure we can pull

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:04.199
that off. We're looking at it, and I know I talked

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:09.059
to Jack Gerbs about it, WBA SCT, our general

00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:13.400
chairman, and we've been looking at the possibility

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:15.900
of doing it to see if we can pull that off in

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:20.320
such a short period of time. good idea. But logistically,

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:22.360
we're not sure how we're going to do that at

00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:27.860
this point. Okay. And also John says, or wants

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:31.960
to know, is there a vendors list that he can

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:35.360
look at so that Dayton vendors can be supported?

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:44.099
I think it's on there, but I'm not really sure.

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:48.090
I didn't look for it, but You know, I know that

00:47:48.090 --> 00:47:51.190
whoever's favorite vendor is that he's been to

00:47:51.190 --> 00:47:53.489
at Hamvention, they were coming back because

00:47:53.489 --> 00:47:57.130
we didn't have people drop out. But let me find

00:47:57.130 --> 00:47:59.730
out about that and we'll take a look at that.

00:47:59.730 --> 00:48:02.510
That's a great question and a great comment.

00:48:02.690 --> 00:48:09.110
I like hearing that. I may be wrong, but I think

00:48:09.110 --> 00:48:13.230
pcboard .ca has the list every year, so you might

00:48:13.230 --> 00:48:15.730
be able to look up last year's if nothing else.

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:20.059
Right, I believe it's there, but I never like

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:22.380
to say I don't know what you know I try to keep

00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:27.579
up with that website as well, so All right, very

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:33.599
good and Got a lot a lot of support here tonight

00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:36.820
for you, so so we won't get through all of these

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:42.030
but A lot of people very understanding and looking

00:48:42.030 --> 00:48:46.329
forward to 2021 and also the QSO party. And,

00:48:46.369 --> 00:48:50.329
and I got to throw this in Brett, wy7bg on Twitter

00:48:50.329 --> 00:48:53.469
says, hope you'll still go ahead with your wedding

00:48:53.469 --> 00:48:56.429
plans. Well, Brett, actually this afternoon,

00:48:56.429 --> 00:49:01.030
uh, we moved it back. So it's still on, but now

00:49:01.030 --> 00:49:05.690
it's going to be on, uh, July 11th. So it's seven

00:49:05.690 --> 00:49:10.199
11. So. If we do it on that day, everybody gets

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:14.179
a free Slurpee from 7 -Eleven. So I don't know

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:20.400
if that's good or bad. But yeah, we're going

00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:22.239
to move that back. And there's a lot of other

00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:24.039
things that are going to get moved back too.

00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:26.219
And I got a couple of those that we're working

00:49:26.219 --> 00:49:31.869
on as well. Go ahead, Michael. Well, congratulations

00:49:31.869 --> 00:49:34.630
to you and I understand that you're going to

00:49:34.630 --> 00:49:37.469
be moving a lot closer to Zina, just right down

00:49:37.469 --> 00:49:41.389
the highway, about 50 miles or so. So everybody's

00:49:41.389 --> 00:49:46.869
excited about that. And I know your youth gathering

00:49:46.869 --> 00:49:50.349
is, you're looking for a new date for that as

00:49:50.349 --> 00:49:54.469
well. So, and all of us at DERA can eventually

00:49:54.469 --> 00:49:57.329
appreciate all the work that you do for youth,

00:49:57.510 --> 00:50:01.840
just so you know. Well, thank you very much.

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:06.820
Well, Tim, let me get you off of the phone here.

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:08.719
We're going to wrap things up here pretty soon,

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:11.340
but anything else you need to throw in here?

00:50:11.659 --> 00:50:14.139
And again, maybe we'll get another episode going,

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:19.239
but anything tonight here real quick? No, I just

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:22.539
want to make sure that the amateur radio community

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:26.440
is behind the Dayton Amateur Radio Association.

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:30.860
and all the support that comes from Orlando,

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:35.199
comes from Germany, that comes from Huntsville.

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:40.300
MarkN4BCD has been so tremendous. I mean, right

00:50:40.300 --> 00:50:45.139
now, we're pinning our hopes on having a reunion

00:50:45.139 --> 00:50:51.059
event down at Huntsville here in August. So,

00:50:51.219 --> 00:50:55.739
thanks very much for having this, Neil. and to

00:50:55.739 --> 00:51:00.920
Michael for staying strong and Neil we really

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:03.719
should do a show just about all of the things

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:07.739
that are going on here as we get Contest University

00:51:07.739 --> 00:51:12.579
up online which will occur on Zoom and lots of

00:51:12.579 --> 00:51:16.440
good things here coming in the future but it's

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:19.320
just different and it's okay to be different

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:25.010
and Michael so much Thanks and outpouring for

00:51:25.010 --> 00:51:28.769
your leadership and taking the high road here

00:51:28.769 --> 00:51:32.809
and all that you do for the amateur radio community.

00:51:33.610 --> 00:51:38.349
Thank you, Neil. Hey, I'm gonna add a word in

00:51:38.349 --> 00:51:41.409
there, Tim. I appreciate you jumping on as well.

00:51:41.769 --> 00:51:45.230
And you've added a lot to the conversation and

00:51:45.230 --> 00:51:48.469
I'm sure we'll be talking. And I do hope that,

00:51:48.469 --> 00:51:50.429
Neil, that you have that show with him pretty

00:51:50.429 --> 00:51:53.630
soon. He's got a lot. A lot of good things cooking,

00:51:53.989 --> 00:51:59.449
a man with a lot of ideas. 73, Tim. All right,

00:51:59.449 --> 00:52:01.750
Tim. Yeah, we'll be in touch. We'll do that as

00:52:01.750 --> 00:52:04.070
soon as we can fit it into your schedule. We'll

00:52:04.070 --> 00:52:10.389
do that. All right. Thanks again, Neil. Oh, you're

00:52:10.389 --> 00:52:15.139
very welcome. Well, that's Tim Duffy K3LR here

00:52:15.139 --> 00:52:18.800
and we'll find out more about this QSO party

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:21.440
and the online contest University and all that

00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:26.599
kind of thing here in matter of just a few weeks

00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:30.420
because you know, we're what six weeks away from

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:32.940
when the date would be something like that. So

00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:36.480
We will definitely update you and we're gonna

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:39.860
do something special too here on the show to

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:43.079
celebrate Hamvention that Thursday night that

00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:47.820
we usually have Contest University and then I

00:52:47.820 --> 00:52:51.559
do the live broadcast from Dayton where I'm still

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:54.099
kind of working on the details on that but we

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:57.599
will do something to to honor Hamvention that

00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:00.940
night the night before Hamvention normally would

00:53:00.940 --> 00:53:05.639
open so We will do that, and we'll be talking

00:53:05.639 --> 00:53:10.739
more about that later. Well, okay. Looks like

00:53:10.739 --> 00:53:14.420
we are over time here, and that's not surprising

00:53:14.420 --> 00:53:17.739
because Hamvention is on the minds and in the

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:22.460
hearts of so many people. And so we'll wrap things

00:53:22.460 --> 00:53:25.199
up here, but thanks so much for all the comments

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:27.840
tonight. We've had a lot of... participation

00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:29.920
in here and that's what makes this show run.

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:33.880
So we appreciate the calls and all the tweets

00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:37.639
and the chat and all that kind of thing. So Michael,

00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:40.900
let me turn it back to you for any final thoughts

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:47.780
here before we go tonight. Well, Neil, thanks

00:53:47.780 --> 00:53:49.619
for what you do. Thanks for having us on the

00:53:49.619 --> 00:53:52.460
program. And to anybody out there listening,

00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:56.199
get on the radio. get on there, get warmed up

00:53:56.199 --> 00:53:59.400
for this big event that we're gonna have. And

00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:03.860
this is just, it's a contest, true. But it's

00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:07.699
gonna be, you know, the remembrance of our great

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:11.719
gathering. And I hope everybody gets on, has

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:13.860
fun, that's the name of the game, we're gonna

00:54:13.860 --> 00:54:18.320
have fun. And maybe you'll make contact with

00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:21.239
some people that, oh yeah, I knew you, I talked

00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:25.980
to you before. And I remember, I was at the Hamvention

00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:29.000
when the sewer line broke, or I was at the Hamvention

00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:33.300
when, you know, back in the 50s, you know, and,

00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:36.239
you know, all those different things, all the

00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:40.079
different events. And I want to say, too, that

00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:44.059
people that go to Hamvention, you know, you come

00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:47.119
back with a story, one way or another, there's

00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:49.780
always a story. If it's the weather, if it's

00:54:49.780 --> 00:54:52.980
the people you meet, if it's some, forum or some

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:57.019
aha moment, or the day you brought back so many

00:54:57.019 --> 00:55:01.559
boat anchors that the rear bumper was dragging

00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:03.880
in your vehicle, or you were stuck in the mud.

00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:09.739
All the different things that happened. For me,

00:55:09.920 --> 00:55:13.920
I've lived a lot of it, and some of it was pretty

00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:16.280
tough, and some of it was extremely pleasant.

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:19.699
But that's what we amateur radio operators do.

00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:23.000
You know what? We take a slammin' and we keep

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:26.179
on hammin'. Thanks, 73, everybody, and I'll see

00:55:26.179 --> 00:55:29.219
you on the air. All right, Michael, thank you

00:55:29.219 --> 00:55:33.719
so much for being on. Well, that is a wrap for

00:55:33.719 --> 00:55:36.139
this week's edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like

00:55:36.139 --> 00:55:39.920
to thank my guest, Michael Coulter, W8CI, and

00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:42.340
everyone out there in cyberspace for listening

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:45.380
and calling in and invite you all back next Thursday

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:48.679
night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And for a list

00:55:48.679 --> 00:55:51.559
of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive

00:55:51.559 --> 00:55:54.219
.com. If you like the show, please leave us a

00:55:54.219 --> 00:55:58.039
review. That helps us on iTunes or wherever you

00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:01.019
listen. That helps others find us faster. And

00:56:01.019 --> 00:56:05.739
we're going to end a little differently tonight.

00:56:06.699 --> 00:56:10.019
And some of you may want to just stop at this

00:56:10.019 --> 00:56:13.059
point. And this is the nice thing about the podcast

00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:15.800
edition is if you don't want to listen to the

00:56:15.800 --> 00:56:19.110
rest of it, you can just stop. But there were

00:56:19.110 --> 00:56:21.730
some queue codes running around. And actually,

00:56:22.010 --> 00:56:25.010
let me throw Michael back on here again for just

00:56:25.010 --> 00:56:26.550
a second. I don't know if you've seen these.

00:56:26.989 --> 00:56:29.989
They're running around the internet. Some new

00:56:29.989 --> 00:56:34.849
queue codes that we've got for temporary use

00:56:34.849 --> 00:56:40.010
right now, like QTP. Do you know what QTP means?

00:56:42.869 --> 00:56:46.940
No. Go ahead and let me know. I have toilet paper,

00:56:47.219 --> 00:56:52.760
want to trade for a new car. That's a new Q signal.

00:56:54.019 --> 00:57:01.099
Or QFC, I'm flattening the curve. Or QHS, I have

00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:04.079
hand sanitizer, want to trade for two new cars.

00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:13.760
QUA, I am quarantined. There you go. Anyway,

00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:16.900
yeah look around you'll see those. Well, anyway,

00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:20.159
all right. So tonight we are going to end a little

00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:24.239
differently Yesterday of course was April Fool's

00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:27.320
Day and we did our April Fool's ad last week

00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:32.059
and and we had some some requests To hear some

00:57:32.059 --> 00:57:37.139
of the past ones. So as we leave tonight I'm

00:57:37.139 --> 00:57:42.059
gonna play all of the old April Fool's ads so

00:57:42.639 --> 00:57:47.219
If you're not a fan of those, then we'll say

00:57:47.219 --> 00:57:50.199
7 .3 here in a minute. But if you want to listen

00:57:50.199 --> 00:57:53.519
to those, they're coming up next. So for now,

00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:58.179
this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 .3, 7 .5,

00:57:58.320 --> 00:58:02.750
and may the good DX be yours. Hi folks, Billy

00:58:02.750 --> 00:58:05.230
Hayes back again here to help all of you hams

00:58:05.230 --> 00:58:07.789
out who just can't get rid of that annoying guy

00:58:07.789 --> 00:58:10.409
who keeps making trouble. You know who I'm talking

00:58:10.409 --> 00:58:13.590
about, right? That guy named Murphy. He keeps

00:58:13.590 --> 00:58:16.610
showing up in all of your antennas, towers, rotors,

00:58:16.710 --> 00:58:19.329
and even your computer. He just keeps messing

00:58:19.329 --> 00:58:21.750
things up so they don't work like they should.

00:58:22.030 --> 00:58:24.949
Well, now thanks to the folks at As Seen on Radio,

00:58:25.170 --> 00:58:27.489
there's a solution for that. Kick Murphy out

00:58:27.489 --> 00:58:30.690
of your shack for good. It's the Murphy repeller.

00:58:31.030 --> 00:58:34.570
Just plug it in and your worries are gone. Murphy

00:58:34.570 --> 00:58:37.710
repeller sends out a sub audible tone every five

00:58:37.710 --> 00:58:40.889
seconds that you can't hear, but Mr. Murphy can.

00:58:41.170 --> 00:58:43.929
He can't stand to hear it. So whenever he hears

00:58:43.929 --> 00:58:46.750
the tone, he runs away to that annoying neighbor's

00:58:46.750 --> 00:58:49.090
house across the street that raised all the fuss

00:58:49.090 --> 00:58:52.110
about your antenna at the last homeowners association

00:58:52.110 --> 00:58:55.179
meeting. It's the Murphy Repeller. Get yours

00:58:55.179 --> 00:58:58.400
today. It's available from most ham radio stores

00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:04.039
and a ham fest near you. Or call 985 -655 -2500.

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That's 985 -655 -2500. Order your Murphy Repeller

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Call now, 985 -655 -2500. Hello! Willie Mays

01:00:25.989 --> 01:00:29.269
back again to help you make your ham shack better.

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One time or another, it's probably happened to

01:00:32.389 --> 01:00:35.139
you. You let the magic smoke out of something

01:00:35.139 --> 01:00:39.440
in your shaft. Maybe it was a power supply, a

01:00:39.440 --> 01:00:42.280
radio, or a project you were building. You plug

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01:01:48.300 --> 01:01:51.800
from QRM Labs, back again to help you make your

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ham radio experience better. Are you tired of

01:01:55.260 --> 01:01:57.599
all the work of having to find sounds to use

01:01:57.599 --> 01:02:01.340
to create QRM? You hear that annoying guy on

01:02:01.340 --> 01:02:04.719
80 meters, and you feel this uncontrollable urge

01:02:04.719 --> 01:02:07.780
to illegally jam his signal. But you don't have

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the right sounds to use? Well, QRM Labs has the

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Jammer Generator is an app for both iPhone and

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01:02:22.739 --> 01:02:26.719
over the top of anyone. Just hold the phone up

01:02:26.719 --> 01:02:29.760
to the mic and tap the sound you want. There's

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the famous number station generator. Some music

01:02:42.920 --> 01:02:50.090
like one of Michael Jackson's songs. The Russian

01:02:50.090 --> 01:02:58.590
woodpecker. Just acting stupid. Hey, you're friggin'

01:02:58.929 --> 01:03:02.309
fine, Brian. Hey, you're fine, you psychopath.

01:03:03.489 --> 01:03:07.530
I'm just fine doing what I love to do. I ain't

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paying no fine. I take a poo on you. Tuning the

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rig with your mic. or the classic tune -up tone.

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don't forget to speak as loudly as you can. QRM

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back again to help make your ham radio experience

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better. Maybe you have problems with your neighborhood

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homeowners association or the wife just doesn't

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consult your physician. QRM Labs is not responsible

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for accidents that may occur, not for use near

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back again to make your life with ham radio better.

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Are you tired of putting together all those kits?

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