WEBVTT 00:00:09.349 --> 00:00:12.150 Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on 00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:30.129 the air shortly. Please stand by. This episode 00:00:30.129 --> 00:00:33.710 of HamTalk Live is brought to you by Tower Electronics. 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:38.390 For connectors, cables, and more, call 920 -435 00:00:38.390 --> 00:00:45.149 -2973 or visit pl -259 .com. And by ICOM, heard 00:00:45.149 --> 00:00:50.390 it, worked it, logged it. Visit www .icomamerica 00:00:50.390 --> 00:00:54.090 .com slash amateur for more information about 00:00:54.090 --> 00:01:29.890 ICOM radios. Hey, good evening, everyone. It's 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:33.989 time for HamTalk Live. It's episode number 198, 00:01:35.010 --> 00:01:38.790 Bill's Birthday Bash, recorded live on Thursday, 00:01:38.909 --> 00:01:43.930 January 30th, 2020. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, 00:01:44.109 --> 00:01:47.609 WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:47.609 --> 00:01:51.069 of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined by Don 00:01:51.069 --> 00:01:56.049 Wilbanks, AE5DW, and we'll take your calls live 00:01:56.049 --> 00:01:58.930 in just a few minutes. Last week here on the 00:01:58.930 --> 00:02:01.849 show, Dr. Scott Wright KZeroMD was here to talk 00:02:01.849 --> 00:02:04.870 about changes to the National Contest Journal. 00:02:05.189 --> 00:02:07.409 If you missed that show, you can listen anytime 00:02:07.409 --> 00:02:10.789 at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:02:10.789 --> 00:02:16.050 app or over on YouTube. And you can catch a rebroadcast 00:02:16.050 --> 00:02:22.069 of HamTalk Live on WTWW 5085 AM. Saturday evenings 00:02:22.069 --> 00:02:26.210 at about 6 30 p .m. Eastern time well next week. 00:02:26.270 --> 00:02:29.370 I won't be here I've got to work. I've got to 00:02:29.370 --> 00:02:33.090 announce a game and that's my it seems like once 00:02:33.090 --> 00:02:35.330 a year I have a Thursday night game to announce 00:02:35.330 --> 00:02:39.090 so I won't be here next week, but I'll be back 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:43.090 on Thursday February 13th and We've got a very 00:02:43.090 --> 00:02:45.610 special guest you won't want to miss so make 00:02:45.610 --> 00:02:48.849 sure you catch that and then on february twentieth 00:02:48.849 --> 00:02:52.210 it's episode number two hundred of ham talk live 00:02:52.210 --> 00:02:55.090 and we'll take a look back at the first one hundred 00:02:55.090 --> 00:02:57.610 ninety nine episodes and uh... have some fun 00:02:57.610 --> 00:03:01.530 to give away some fabulous prizes icon sent uh... 00:03:01.530 --> 00:03:05.189 three swag bags to give away and tower electronics 00:03:05.189 --> 00:03:08.229 uh... sent me home from uh... the collinsville 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:12.969 ham fest with uh... 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Your host, Neil Rapp, may be too radial 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:57.040 short of a full ground system, but he's back 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:17.230 now with more HamTalk Live. Thanks to Icom America 00:06:17.230 --> 00:06:19.730 for bringing HamTalk Live your way each and every 00:06:19.730 --> 00:06:23.129 week. Visit them at icomamerica .com slash amateur. 00:06:24.290 --> 00:06:28.970 And tonight we have with us Ham Radio's Don Wilbanks, 00:06:29.129 --> 00:06:34.550 AE5DW. How do you get to be the official Don 00:06:34.550 --> 00:06:38.689 Wilbanks of Ham Radio? Well, there's only one, 00:06:38.709 --> 00:06:40.990 but I have a button that says I'm not Wilbanks. 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:45.339 So I don't know. You tell me. I don't know. But 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:49.279 I've heard that before it's ham radios It's when 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.199 you know, you're big time. It's quite the conundrum 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:58.019 Neil Well Don joins us once again tonight from 00:06:58.019 --> 00:06:59.839 picking you to Mississippi, you know him from 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.500 amateur radio news line and ham nation His day 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:07.279 job is working at I heart media the radio station 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:10.980 group in New Orleans producing commercials and 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.060 was on the air for a good while, and he's a native 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:18.319 of Shawnee, Oklahoma, first licensed in 1995, 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:22.660 next class license holder, active volunteer examiner, 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:27.959 and he shocked me to the core a couple of months 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:33.399 ago. He sold his Firebird. What was up with that? 00:07:34.299 --> 00:07:36.920 Well, you know, I've yeah I had a 78 Trans Am 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:38.480 for those of you who don't know smoking the bandit 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.800 car and I Have had it for 11 years and I got 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:45.199 to the point to where I was putting about I don't 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.100 know a couple of thousand miles on a year if 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:51.220 that It's it's spent Most of the time sitting 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:53.759 in the garage. I would drive it to work occasionally 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.459 like maybe you know a couple of times a year 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:58.180 and the only reason I drove it to New Orleans 00:07:58.180 --> 00:08:01.560 to work was because you know we have Free secured 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.040 parking because we own the building there downtown 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:09.860 but I Did I rarely had I think I made one or 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:13.060 two car club cruise nights and picking over the 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:16.800 last probably Maybe I've maybe made I've maybe 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.220 made five cruise nights over the last three years 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:21.660 So I just I didn't drive it and the only time 00:08:21.660 --> 00:08:23.439 I drove it was to cruise in the coast and that 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:25.860 was like for two or three days Where I'd put 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:28.490 the majority of those miles on it the annual 00:08:28.490 --> 00:08:32.309 miles and it's like you know what I money's tight 00:08:32.309 --> 00:08:34.389 right now I don't have the money to take it to 00:08:34.389 --> 00:08:37.409 the next level to do some maintenance on it that 00:08:37.409 --> 00:08:39.809 needs to be done some restoration needs to be 00:08:39.809 --> 00:08:43.549 done and better for me to let it go to someone 00:08:43.549 --> 00:08:46.850 who has the same passion for it and can take 00:08:46.850 --> 00:08:49.509 it to the next level and luckily I found a guy 00:08:49.509 --> 00:08:54.470 who who is doing exactly that It's been gone 00:08:54.470 --> 00:08:57.309 just a little over a month now about six weeks 00:08:57.309 --> 00:09:00.129 And it's in the Orlando, Florida area and the 00:09:00.129 --> 00:09:03.289 guy just texted me back. He said hey, it's uh 00:09:03.289 --> 00:09:05.210 he's addressed some of the mechanical issues 00:09:05.210 --> 00:09:07.590 and some of the cosmetic issues and he loves 00:09:07.590 --> 00:09:10.149 it just as much as I as I did he's always wanted 00:09:10.149 --> 00:09:13.210 one of those cars and he's about my age and you 00:09:13.210 --> 00:09:15.009 know a huge smoke in the bandit fan and he's 00:09:15.009 --> 00:09:19.470 got it and It's great and now I was able to buy 00:09:19.470 --> 00:09:22.350 a vehicle for my son for Christmas, which just 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:27.559 totally shocked him. And I have now a 2008 Saturn 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:32.120 Sky Roadster, little convertible, and just love 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.059 it. And it's a car that I can, you know, if I 00:09:34.059 --> 00:09:35.399 want to drive it to Dayton, I can drive it to 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.440 Dayton. If I want to drive it to Huntsville, 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.279 I can drive it to Huntsville. So never could 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.659 do that with a Trans Am, but I can do it with 00:09:39.659 --> 00:09:42.159 that Saturn. So yeah, that was part of it. It 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.279 was time for it to go to a new home. That's what 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.759 it was. I mean, I miss it, but you know, better 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.639 for the car. Now, I remember making the haul 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:58.159 from Indiana. to orlando in the firebird it's 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.919 not exactly the most comfortable ride in the 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:06.100 world it's it's not in style well yeah yeah but 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:08.509 but how long ago was that That wasn't in a four 00:10:08.509 --> 00:10:10.730 -year -old like the muscle car either, you know, 00:10:11.309 --> 00:10:14.549 so yeah Yeah, that was that was over 20 years 00:10:14.549 --> 00:10:17.429 ago. So yeah, and the Saturn is the five -speed 00:10:17.429 --> 00:10:19.470 So I got a stick again, which is a lot of you 00:10:19.470 --> 00:10:22.850 know, my own Trans Am I had a I had a 73 Trans 00:10:22.850 --> 00:10:25.830 Am with a four -speed 455 in a four -speed and 00:10:25.830 --> 00:10:29.950 that car was way too much fun. So having my little 00:10:29.950 --> 00:10:31.950 Saturn. It's like a half a Corvette. It's a four 00:10:31.950 --> 00:10:34.570 -cylinder It looks like a Corvette kind of it's 00:10:34.570 --> 00:10:38.110 a it's a five -speed stick and it's a two -seater 00:10:38.110 --> 00:10:40.590 Roadster and it's just a it's a kick in the pants. 00:10:40.590 --> 00:10:45.129 I love that car That's good. I'm glad glad you're 00:10:45.129 --> 00:10:50.409 able to Get something that was a little better 00:10:50.409 --> 00:10:54.870 for for your long drives back and forth and and 00:10:54.870 --> 00:10:57.809 hope that all works out and I'm sure Tyler's 00:10:57.809 --> 00:11:03.350 gonna enjoy his new oh he loves it yeah yeah 00:11:03.350 --> 00:11:06.190 he's yeah he's he's loving it so now we just 00:11:06.190 --> 00:11:08.210 have to sell his his other car his older car 00:11:08.210 --> 00:11:10.470 so get rid of that thing get it out of my yard 00:11:10.470 --> 00:11:13.269 but that's not why they called let's not talk 00:11:13.269 --> 00:11:15.909 about cars anymore let's talk about let's talk 00:11:15.909 --> 00:11:19.750 about the amateur radio news line It's a radio 00:11:19.750 --> 00:11:23.610 club and the first activation of wa6 ITF, which 00:11:23.610 --> 00:11:26.610 of course was Bill Pasternak's call sign the 00:11:26.610 --> 00:11:28.889 founder of ham nation his birthday is coming 00:11:28.889 --> 00:11:32.250 up What would have been his 78th birthday? Coming 00:11:32.250 --> 00:11:35.950 up on February 7 Which happens to be a Friday 00:11:35.950 --> 00:11:38.649 night. So like last week. I was looking at the 00:11:38.649 --> 00:11:41.590 calendar. I'm like hmm, maybe the perfect time 00:11:41.590 --> 00:11:46.009 to do a first activation of the ARN ARC with 00:11:46.009 --> 00:11:47.830 that call sign. So that's what we're gonna do 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.539 So I've dubbed it Bill's birthday bash I spent 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:57.240 all of 15 seconds thinking that up so yeah, so 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:02.000 So time well spent there we go So so give us 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.659 the details here on on where we can find people 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:09.100 and what's gonna happen and everything with the 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:12.519 bills birthday bash Yeah, well we we we started 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.559 up We've been thinking about doing a news line 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:21.419 Ham Radio Club for some time and just finally 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:23.440 decided to you know get off the pot and do it 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.259 and first off you know Bill's call sign was still 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:31.899 active so we had to get his daughter Kelly and 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:35.700 his wife to sign off on releasing that call sign 00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:37.460 to us which they were more than happy to do and 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:42.580 that you know with their blessing so we got WA6ITF 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:44.759 once we actually had a car first call sign was 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:48.840 KI5 something or other and we said we're not 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.100 even going to activate that until we get WA6ITF 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:56.100 so we officially got that last year sometime 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:58.879 and we've just been sitting on it looking for 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.500 a time Convenient time to activate and I just 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:05.659 I just happened to I Don't know. I didn't I didn't 00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:07.220 remember that Bill's birthday was coming up I 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:09.580 just happened to look up his obituary and I and 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:13.580 I thought wow his birthday is is Like right around 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:16.100 the corner. Let's and it's a Friday night. It's 00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:20.120 the perfect time to do that and I thought well 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.120 that's yeah, so that's what we're going to do 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.909 and Yeah, so we're gonna have a good time with 00:13:25.909 --> 00:13:28.649 that. But anyway, so it's it's the AR and ARC. 00:13:28.669 --> 00:13:32.809 You can look us up on QRZ. Just look up WA6ITF 00:13:32.809 --> 00:13:38.690 and the QRZ page is active and basically we are 00:13:38.690 --> 00:13:42.649 collection of current and former Newsline staff 00:13:42.649 --> 00:13:47.370 members and we are periodically going to activate 00:13:47.370 --> 00:13:50.830 WA6ITF and this first activation is it's not 00:13:50.830 --> 00:13:53.169 a special event. I mean, it kind of is, but it's 00:13:53.169 --> 00:13:55.330 not. It's really informal. We don't know where 00:13:55.330 --> 00:13:58.370 we're going to be. It's just from Friday the 00:13:58.370 --> 00:14:03.570 7th through Sunday sometime. Newsline staffers, 00:14:03.850 --> 00:14:05.529 current and former, are going to get on the air 00:14:05.529 --> 00:14:09.190 with WA6ITF. And I've encouraged them to spot 00:14:09.190 --> 00:14:12.470 themselves on DX Summit. We're going to be on 00:14:12.470 --> 00:14:16.570 HF. We're going to try to do some D -Star, DMR, 00:14:16.909 --> 00:14:20.860 system fusion. And echo lake just and it's not 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:23.200 organized it's wherever somebody wants to go 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.340 just go and spot yourself on the x summit and 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:32.620 start calling cq. Newsline w a six i t f and 00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:34.600 that's pretty much it will talk to anybody we 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.340 can we're working on qsl cards. So hopefully 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:39.559 we'll have some qsl cards that we're going to 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.399 send out amanda alden from ham nation k one ddn. 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.620 Whose family owns a print shop they are doing 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:49.320 the qsl cards for us and if you've seen the any 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:51.419 of her qsl card She does excellent work. She 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:55.600 did the ham nation What I call the ham nation 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:59.159 century special events the ham nation 100 200 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:03.179 300 for the 100 200 and 300 episode she designed 00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:06.899 those qsl cards and she's An amazing graphic 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:09.399 artist and designer. So I know that what she 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.179 does for us is just going to be really, really 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:15.120 good. So that's kind of it. So be listening, 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:19.340 check out DX Summit and just search WA6ITF in 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:21.179 the search box on DX Summit and find out where 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:23.559 we are and come get us. That's kind of it. This 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.659 is going to get us celebrating. And with the 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:29.320 Newsline crew, you won't have any trouble getting 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:34.629 one of us to talk to you. Exactly. Especially 00:15:34.629 --> 00:15:38.250 if you get Paul Brown. I mean, yeah, he'll talk. 00:15:38.370 --> 00:15:41.230 Yeah, Paul's, you know, leopard. Yeah, he'll 00:15:41.230 --> 00:15:45.389 drive. And he has those, um, those signed autographed 00:15:45.389 --> 00:15:49.129 pictures, you know, of himself. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 00:15:49.429 --> 00:15:54.149 So maybe you can get one of those, but don't, 00:15:54.149 --> 00:15:56.730 don't, don't send it to the, to the club address. 00:15:56.769 --> 00:16:00.009 Send it straight to Paul for the request on that. 00:16:00.269 --> 00:16:07.320 Cause we want no part of that. We don't want 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.000 any part of Paul, but we're kind of stuck with 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.340 him Because you know I mean we're not paying 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:15.320 him so we can't really fire him We're gonna fuck 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.980 go into the phone lines a little early tonight 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:22.580 Because here he is Actually good evening Paul, 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:27.120 you know Good evening. Oh he had to come defend 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:33.480 himself No, he didn't Yeah I hear myself being 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.759 trash -talked. And that's something new? No, 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.200 not really. But I thought I'd take the opportunity 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.000 to kind of get in here and defend myself a little. 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.259 Oh, okay. Yeah. Oh, we didn't say anything that 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:52.860 wasn't true, did we? Well, I actually know. See? 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:57.200 No, really, you're a good guy as far as you know. 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.700 As far as I know. That's what I'm going with. 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:05.019 It's on my Christmas card. So Paul are you Paul 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:09.299 one of your plans? Yeah, are you excited? I am 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:12.039 I'm so I'm seriously excited. I'm pumped Yeah, 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.940 I mean this is this is like my second time doing 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:18.880 a special event I was just involved in that 12 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.180 days of Christmas thing as one of the The bonus 00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:24.380 stations and that was that was the first time 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:26.759 I got on the air and people actually wanted to 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:30.400 talk to me. Yeah, so I you know, I kind of got 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.380 a taste of that and I'm like hey You know, I 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:35.220 put my call out there people actually want to 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:37.240 come back to me which I'm not really used to 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.279 So yeah, and and the fact that we're getting 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.940 to do this as a club now is it's just really 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:46.140 cool And you know, like you said the fact that 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:49.519 we get to keep bills call You know and legacy 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.180 active and get get that call gets to stay out 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:54.619 there and get used that's really special to all 00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:57.490 of us Yeah, and his daughter Kelly was just absolutely 00:17:57.490 --> 00:17:59.650 thrilled that we were doing this I mean she was 00:17:59.650 --> 00:18:02.329 like she would send me email. She's like I'm 00:18:02.329 --> 00:18:05.829 crying So many tears of happiness right now, 00:18:06.130 --> 00:18:07.710 and I just emailed her a few minutes ago and 00:18:07.710 --> 00:18:09.890 told her what we're doing And she's like oh my 00:18:09.890 --> 00:18:12.710 god. I have a surprise for you Regarding that 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:14.529 where can I send it so I have no idea what she's 00:18:14.529 --> 00:18:17.960 sending, but she's sending me something uh... 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:19.680 i i i gave her my address cuz you know that i 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.119 guess that's that's the one that you are said 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.980 page but course will share it with with everybody 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:26.779 but uh... yeah i mean it where i'm just so pleased 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:29.400 as bill uh... you know i mean i got involved 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.460 with newsline literally within a couple months 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:35.339 of getting licensed uh... back in ninety five 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:38.200 so and this is my twenty fifth year and so twenty 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:40.880 five years is a ham twenty five years association 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.359 with bill he's been gone the last five and there's 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.000 not been a day Don't think that I haven't wanted 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:49.799 to pick up the phone and ask him something so 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.720 to be able to keep keep that call sign alive 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.920 and And keep his legacy going in in this way. 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.759 I mean we're doing what we can with newsline, 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:02.480 but to do it this way as well I think bill would 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.759 just be thrilled I know I know Kelly his daughter 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:08.359 Kelly is just beside herself with joy great and 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.640 for me It's the closest I get because I didn't 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.099 I never had the opportunity to meet bill now 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:16.410 I've been which i've been licensed now coming 00:19:16.410 --> 00:19:19.609 up on forty three years which understand how 00:19:19.609 --> 00:19:22.269 that's even possible cuz i'm only thirty two 00:19:22.269 --> 00:19:27.509 yet um... but uh... back when i started uh... 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:29.890 if you don't belong to the marissa illinois amateur 00:19:29.890 --> 00:19:34.269 radio club we used to have uh... westlink carried 00:19:34.269 --> 00:19:36.910 on our repeater every week yeah and that was 00:19:36.910 --> 00:19:39.029 that was back in the old days when we had to 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:41.390 dial up the auto patch and call into the answering 00:19:41.390 --> 00:19:45.740 machines righto you know i i you know i started 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:48.319 listening to that way back then in the fact that 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.000 i get to actually be part of this now pretty 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:56.539 cool whether you are not i can't speak to that 00:19:56.539 --> 00:20:01.319 it's um... it's definitely an honor to be involved 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.119 in in something i mean you know think about it 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.220 news lines been going for you know for dad as 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:10.599 we say for decades and counting uh... and to 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.920 uh... to be able to keep that keep that going 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:16.220 is something special and it's a it's a real privilege 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:19.160 and i got to tell you i mean i'm i guess i'm 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.160 kind of seen as the the i don't know the leader 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.539 of the band or something maybe just because i've 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:28.119 been with it for so long 25 years now or just 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:31.640 because it it's my face that you see on ham nation 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.559 every week doing doing news line and i'm the 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.279 one who gets to go do the young ham of the year 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:38.759 i'm just kind of the face of it but you know 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:42.019 it's a We are a team in every sense of the word, 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:45.680 and there is no I in team, so I'm certainly not 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.799 the one in charge. We're all equally in charge. 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:53.500 But just to be part of this whole thing is just 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:58.140 amazing. And I remember back in 94 when I was 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:00.400 studying for my license, I went and bought myself, 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:02.339 in fact, that's how it started. I was studying 00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:05.740 for my ticket actually in 75 as a 15 -year -old, 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:08.599 and then girls in cars, and then 20 years later. 00:21:09.459 --> 00:21:11.579 I decided I was gonna get back in a ham radio 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:16.140 when my wife's uncle Had a little ham radio handheld 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.559 and I said well guy, you know, I messed with 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.940 that 20 years ago And he said we'll get your 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:21.680 license. Okay, I will so I went out to Radio 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:24.019 Shack about myself an HTX 202 and started listening 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:26.000 to the New Orleans repeaters and the first thing 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.900 I heard on the Monday night net was this news 00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:31.759 program about About amateur radio and being a 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:34.839 broadcaster. I was blown away with the quality 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:39.289 of the first off the the talent and the reporting 00:21:39.289 --> 00:21:41.849 and then I found out you know they do the young 00:21:41.849 --> 00:21:44.289 ham of the year award and there was a winner 00:21:44.289 --> 00:21:47.369 from 93 of the young ham of the year award in 00:21:47.369 --> 00:21:50.430 New Orleans and and he says hey you want to you 00:21:50.430 --> 00:21:52.309 want to you ever thought about going to the Huntsville 00:21:52.309 --> 00:21:54.269 ham fest that's where they do the award I won't 00:21:54.269 --> 00:21:56.130 know I hadn't thought about it but yeah that 00:21:56.130 --> 00:21:58.529 sounds like fun let's go and he says great I'll 00:21:58.529 --> 00:22:01.430 introduce you to bill and it was you know introduced 00:22:01.430 --> 00:22:04.799 me to bill long before the ham fest and Bill's 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.259 like, oh, yeah, you're our boy. You're going 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.920 to be part of this whole thing. So here's what 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:10.920 you're going to do. And I'm like, oh, OK. And 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:13.160 kind of got roped into it. And now it's like 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:18.160 it's funny. Ham radio is the hobby that my wife 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:20.259 has told me. She said, I thought this would be 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:23.279 another hobby of the month. You'd be on to something 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:26.240 else in a month. And now 25 years later, it's 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.259 such a huge part of your life. And our son is 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:35.950 now licensed. And it's just it's it's become 00:22:35.950 --> 00:22:39.549 Part of who I am and that and and I attribute 00:22:39.549 --> 00:22:41.890 that 100 % to Bill Pasternak as he was just one 00:22:41.890 --> 00:22:44.670 of those guys He was the godfather. You could 00:22:44.670 --> 00:22:47.450 not say no to him he would make you an offer 00:22:47.450 --> 00:22:50.759 that you literally could not refuse and There 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.000 were only a handful of times that I had to because 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:55.660 of previous commitments tell a man No, I can't 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:58.460 do something, but it it hurt me to the bone every 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.900 time I had to do it And that was just the kind 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:02.420 of guy he was he would he could get anybody to 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:06.119 do anything I mean he could sell ice to the Eskimos 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:10.980 You know and it's funny you mentioned the Longevity 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.900 of the hobby because I you know I look around 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:16.539 here in the basement it shelves full of various 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.859 things I've tried over the years and dropped 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:22.240 And the one that I keep coming back to after 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.440 you know 43 years is ham radio yeah, and You 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:29.460 know then then after bill passed away. It sounded 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:32.180 like maybe I could maybe I could help a little 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:35.000 and then I contacted you and somehow you had 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:39.420 a temporary loss of sanity and Invite I think 00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:44.220 I was drunk that night You know what I'm really 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:47.039 amazed at is despite the fact that they see Don 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:50.440 space every week They still listen to us. They 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:53.700 still listen. Yeah, they keep coming back. It's 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.640 a public service because you can take one of 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:58.000 those screenshots from the amateur radio news 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:00.299 line headlines on Ham Nation. You print that 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:03.720 out and you tape that up to your refrigerator 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.559 and it will run every cockroach right out of 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:14.400 your kitchen. Oh, there you go. Thanks, Don Will 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:21.759 Banks. Paul what are your plans for the activation? 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:25.099 When are you going to be on and have you arranged 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:28.460 for your neighbor not to have the Halloween decorations 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:34.220 out creating RFI? Oh the the guy with the spark 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:36.759 gap Skellington across the street must have moved 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:41.960 because I got oh no it's it was a giant like 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:45.000 15 foot high inflatable jack Skellington with 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:49.200 LEDs The flashing circuit inside that thing put 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:53.599 out broadband noise down from from Like the broadcast 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.920 band all the way up through 10 meters Wow Yeah, 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:59.119 but he he must have moved because we didn't have 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:03.680 that this year. So yay My plans you might actually 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:09.420 be able to hear I know I've got a I've got a 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:12.960 I'll be on tomorrow evening a little bit later 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:17.599 probably around eight eight thirty central time 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:21.599 i'll be on saturday evening and then uh... i've 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.220 got sunday sunday all off so there was this church 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:29.660 it's not this week and it's another week so wait 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:32.019 it's not this weekend no it's the seventh those 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:36.039 next seven kyun actually go okay nevermind i 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:38.019 mean feel free to feel free to go ahead and practice 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:42.720 you really know that you can get Yeah, I'm tired 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.680 it'll take a week or so to get the fanatics down, 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.500 you know, it's another new call First off, I 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.460 mean you're known as QR Paul. So no one's gonna 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:55.160 hear you anyway. Hey, I worked a few people during 00:25:55.160 --> 00:26:00.859 that that 12 days of Christmas thing. So Well, 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.839 then I will be I'll be on throughout the weekend 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:07.660 somewhat Not as much as I would have been this 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.660 weekend had this been the weekend before doing 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:15.460 it But yeah, no, I will be on Friday night when 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:18.160 I get home from because Friday night is our club 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:20.819 meeting. Yeah. And since I'm president of the 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:23.180 club, it's really totally important that I be 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:26.539 there. And then Saturday morning and evening. 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:29.319 And then sometimes on Sunday, I'll be there, 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:33.779 too. So I'll be on. Good deal looking fortunate. 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:35.619 Are you gonna? Do you have any plans? I just 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:38.640 can do hf you to do any any digital stuff with 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:54.440 the D star DMR or Hf I can do DMR except I don't 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:57.000 right now. I don't have a brandmeister who repeater 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.220 in my area. Mine are all DMR mark. So yeah I 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.799 don't know what talk groups I got that everybody 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:07.440 else can do. Right. Then my DSPAR, DSPAR? That 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:12.720 too, yeah. Yeah, I are an anchor, I speak. My 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.539 D -Star hotspot is not quite configured right 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:21.480 yet, so mostly HF. Okay, cool. Well, I can certainly 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:26.039 do D -Star and Fusion. DMR is questionable because... 00:27:26.009 --> 00:27:29.009 i just today took my dmr radio with me to work 00:27:29.009 --> 00:27:31.990 and and program the code plug with my open spot 00:27:31.990 --> 00:27:34.329 i didn't have that done so i haven't even tried 00:27:34.329 --> 00:27:36.509 it yet so hopefully we'll see i can i can barely 00:27:36.509 --> 00:27:38.809 spell dmr but i can certainly do the other three 00:27:38.809 --> 00:27:44.130 so we're gonna have fun even if i mean uh... 00:27:44.130 --> 00:27:46.309 whatever even if what we do is wrong we're still 00:27:46.309 --> 00:27:52.109 gonna have fun we're still looking forward to 00:27:52.109 --> 00:27:55.779 it i tried to explain to people what what our 00:27:55.779 --> 00:28:00.519 group is like. And I think we all kind of agree 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:06.079 that for the most part, our online office, like 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:09.579 our Facebook chat group or whatever, pretty much 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:11.980 is the office that we all wish we could work 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:17.559 in in real life. Well, yeah, but just like at 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:21.859 iHeart, I keep my door shut. I mean, you know, 00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:24.890 a lot of us have spent, you know, couple of days 00:28:24.890 --> 00:28:29.150 with each other over date and and uh... so far 00:28:29.150 --> 00:28:31.410 we we still for the most part like each other 00:28:31.410 --> 00:28:34.990 so we still talk to you really at the last one 00:28:34.990 --> 00:28:37.890 really at the front family to to belong to it 00:28:37.890 --> 00:28:40.549 is it's a i was gonna say earlier that uh... 00:28:40.549 --> 00:28:43.529 bill would love love love love the staff that 00:28:43.529 --> 00:28:45.630 we've that we've uh... put together right now 00:28:45.630 --> 00:28:48.329 the current the correct news line staff as we 00:28:48.329 --> 00:28:52.519 are bill would absolutely love us So he'd be 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:55.599 right in there on that Facebook or that private 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.339 messenger group just stirring up the monkeys. 00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:01.680 Believe me That's good. Yeah, I really wish I'd 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:06.619 had a chance to meet him Yep, good guy Good guy. 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:09.259 So I'm excited about the activation and getting 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:12.220 the w a6 ITF back on the back on the radio where 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.819 it belongs It's been too long. It's been five 00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:21.200 years Yeah Well We're going to take a break and 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:23.660 when we come back, we're going to take your phone 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:27.240 calls and your tweets and probably some more 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:31.500 random ramblings of Don Wilbanks, Paul Brown, 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:35.119 and myself right after this word from Tower Electronics 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:38.759 right here on HamTalk Live. Thank you for a lovely 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:42.460 dinner. Aren't you going to ask me in to solder 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:46.460 some PL 259s? 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It's Thursday right now about 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:35.619 931 Eastern Time and we're with Don AE5DW and 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:40.980 Paul WD9GCO and myself and we'll kind of pick 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:43.839 up where we left off here but give us a call 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:51.079 at 812 -638 -4261 or you can tweet us at HamTalkLive 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:55.680 and we have a rare text that came into the show 00:32:57.610 --> 00:33:04.410 from let me pull it up here from Julie Swigert 00:33:04.410 --> 00:33:11.630 I know her hey I like her yeah also known as 00:33:11.630 --> 00:33:15.069 my fiance who's actually listening tonight which 00:33:15.069 --> 00:33:19.309 is which is kind of impressive but she says hi 00:33:19.309 --> 00:33:24.569 Don I miss you I need a Don hug soon say May 00:33:24.569 --> 00:33:29.279 30th See she's your fiance, but you'll always 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:35.559 be my girlfriend I Don't know if I'm coming to 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:39.579 Dayton or not. I have no idea. I I don't know 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:45.420 No, she said May 30th. I know I know well if 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.579 I can't make it to Dayton. How can I make it 00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:52.180 to the other event? That's the problem, but There's 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:54.319 only going to stay two you're going to stay you're 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:56.619 going to stay two weeks and wait for the wedding 00:33:56.619 --> 00:34:01.039 No, I don't know what if I can't what I'm saying. 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.900 I don't know I might have probably not able to 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:07.000 travel to either of them unfortunately But bring 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.880 her to Huntsville. Oh, I'll save a hug up for 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:12.739 now We usually we usually get her down to Huntsville. 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:15.400 So I know you do I know you do she's a sweetheart 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.000 You're you're batting way out of your league 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.099 with her. No, I know we all put the boat. We 00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:22.880 like her better Yeah. Yeah. Pretty much. Oh yeah. 00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:26.780 Yeah. I think that goes for everybody except 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:30.400 for the cat. She's, uh, she's fun to drink margaritas 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:36.559 with. Oh, she may, she may, she may get you for 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:39.420 that one. I may not be her boyfriend anymore. 00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:49.219 812 -638 -4261. Go ahead, Paul. As I'll see both 00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:52.329 of you at both events. Because that's the kind 00:34:52.329 --> 00:34:57.489 of friend I am Yeah Yeah, you're rich. That's 00:34:57.489 --> 00:35:01.710 your problem Yeah And Andy wants Annie wants 00:35:01.710 --> 00:35:04.210 to go down the street to the Voice of America 00:35:04.210 --> 00:35:10.530 Museum and operate so Here she is she just chimed 00:35:10.530 --> 00:35:14.909 in I need one more hug before I'm married I Can 00:35:14.909 --> 00:35:17.349 only be rich or good -looking. I can't do both. 00:35:18.469 --> 00:35:23.269 I'm sorry Well what happened There you go. I 00:35:23.269 --> 00:35:26.750 don't know. That's my problem. See, clearly I'm 00:35:26.750 --> 00:35:32.230 not good at either of them. Exactly. Oh my goodness. 00:35:32.570 --> 00:35:36.210 Well, what's been happening here lately with 00:35:36.210 --> 00:35:39.849 Newsline? Give us the latest. What's the scoop? 00:35:40.630 --> 00:35:44.829 In fact, speaking of, we just released our newscast 00:35:44.829 --> 00:35:49.630 like five minutes ago, but Don was talking. Oh, 00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:52.309 awesome. I don't know, but I'm going to be anchoring 00:35:52.309 --> 00:35:55.829 next week. I'm going to be anchoring for the 00:35:55.829 --> 00:35:58.750 birthday show that comes out on Bill's birthday. 00:35:59.190 --> 00:36:00.969 I have an anchored news line in a long time, 00:36:01.130 --> 00:36:02.929 so it's going to be good to get back in the rotation. 00:36:05.030 --> 00:36:07.050 Good to get back in the rotation. Well, you know, 00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:11.389 it gives that Paul guy a night off. Yeah, exactly. 00:36:13.530 --> 00:36:16.590 Now, Paul, you had this week, right? I had this 00:36:16.590 --> 00:36:18.710 week, yeah. So the one that just went up has 00:36:18.710 --> 00:36:25.360 my voice on it. Yeah, that's available for download 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.360 right now at arnewsline .org Unfortunately this 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:33.500 world this week the What can Karen try to make 00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:38.280 us say segment wasn't too bad or otherwise known 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.780 as world of DX Bill used to always give me the 00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.860 hard pronunciation because you knew I could do 00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:48.719 it He would literally he would say he would say 00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:51.380 listen DX is really really challenging. You're 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:57.480 the only one that can do it so Challenge except 00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:00.659 I like to call it the world of unpronounceable 00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:05.519 DX Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, exactly But yeah, I spent 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:09.440 a lot of time when I get those DX calls and DX 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.320 locations, I try to spend a lot of time Googling 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:15.699 and doing the, how do you say this word? And 00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.739 that's the great thing about Google is it'll 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.719 pronounce it for you. I mean, you know, so with 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:22.139 a native speaker, there are some websites that 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:24.800 will actually pronounce that stuff for you with 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.960 native speakers. So you can actually attempt 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:30.780 to get it right, which is important. I get that 00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:35.019 on YouTube. There's some pronounce. Oh, I forget 00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:37.260 what the name is, but it's pronounced something, 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.980 some name. I'll pull it up on YouTube and get 00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:44.119 them. And I am a professional pronunciator, you 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:48.679 know. Yes. Well, we haven't got a tweet yet, 00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:52.760 but somehow I'm getting another text. What's 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:55.260 with this text thing? We don't give out the text 00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:58.320 number. Is it from your fiance about me? No this 00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:03.199 one is from Scott Cole KB9 AMM from Tower Electronics 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:07.880 So how many radios did Don have in the Trans 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:15.639 Am? I had one it was an AM FM Did not have a 00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:19.360 did not have a ham radio or CB in the Trans Am 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:23.460 Wow Now wait a minute, if it was the Smoky and 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:26.219 the Bandit car, wouldn't it have to have an 11 00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:30.179 meter? Well, one would think, but no, I never 00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:34.099 did put one in there. I did, now on the 73, I 00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:38.079 had a little Hershey Kiss magnetic antenna back 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.860 on the trunk lid, and I would bring my HT with 00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:42.840 me, but I never did do that with the 78. The 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.960 73 got ate by Hurricane Katrina, and I never 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:48.800 did put any kind of radio or mag -mount antenna 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:52.730 at all on the 78. And there's no room in the 00:38:52.730 --> 00:38:56.630 Saturn. I mean that thing is dinky So there's 00:38:56.630 --> 00:38:59.030 no room for it now It's it's hard to find room 00:38:59.030 --> 00:39:02.389 for a for a radio and cars these days well that 00:39:02.389 --> 00:39:05.090 Paul had a nice setup when it's a you know It's 00:39:05.090 --> 00:39:08.210 a five -speed stick. It's like I had a problem 00:39:08.210 --> 00:39:11.690 with that in the Jeep When I had my icon 7 ,000 00:39:11.690 --> 00:39:14.289 in the Jeep because it was a manual as well So 00:39:14.289 --> 00:39:16.150 I had a headset for the Jeep which worked out 00:39:16.150 --> 00:39:19.000 really good But yeah, probably not gonna put 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.460 anything in the Saturn either because you're 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:25.079 just no room Paul let's put you on the spot here. 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:27.340 What water? What's the big news this week? What 00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:37.780 was your your top story this week? Oh sure You 00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:40.039 don't remember yeah, do I need to pull up pull 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:43.760 up the script since just came out ten minutes 00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:49.469 ago I wouldn't either. I read it, I produced 00:39:49.469 --> 00:39:56.150 it, then I set it up. Top story was about hams 00:39:56.150 --> 00:39:59.750 helping out with recent earthquakes in Turkey. 00:40:00.570 --> 00:40:04.929 Oh yeah, there's been a lot going on there. They 00:40:04.929 --> 00:40:08.070 just had a big one over by Jamaica and the Grand 00:40:08.070 --> 00:40:11.860 Cayman, and the Cayman Islands too. Big one so 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:14.139 but that was so far down and I think the water 00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:16.699 kind of damped it out that it didn't really Cause 00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:19.179 much damage. I don't think but that thing was 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:23.219 felt I saw a I saw a location map and it was 00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:26.559 all over The Caribbean and all the way up into 00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:29.539 up near Orlando, Florida. That was people were 00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:32.860 feeling that so that was a big one Seven point 00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:37.679 seven. I thought I heard now uh... and we we 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:40.179 we wrap it up with a fun story from our buddy 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:42.579 mike askings about stuff on the space station 00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:46.360 so awesome no good you know mike is that mike 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:48.360 is my best friend i've known mike since first 00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:50.820 grade he and i grew up together started our radio 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:53.079 careers together he is still at the first radio 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:55.000 station that we both worked at forty one years 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.219 ago and the fact that you two have known each 00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:00.159 other your entire lives explains an awful lot 00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:02.559 about both of you uh... pretty much yeah we are 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:05.619 now sons and their mothers That's what we call 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:08.760 each other, yep. Great guy. Yeah, that's one 00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:12.739 of the really cool things about Newsline and 00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:15.300 modern technology is back when Bill started this 00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:17.500 thing it was all pretty much had to be done locally 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:21.980 or stuff had to be shipped FedEx but now thanks 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:26.099 to the internet we all have basically production 00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:29.900 studios in our basements and we just upload our 00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:33.130 audio to a common folder and we have You know, 00:41:33.230 --> 00:41:35.369 we've got correspondence around the world. Yeah, 00:41:35.389 --> 00:41:38.750 so it's it's pretty amazing that that we have 00:41:38.750 --> 00:41:42.429 that, you know, ability to do that now. Yeah, 00:41:42.449 --> 00:41:44.469 Bill would email me a script. I would cut it 00:41:44.469 --> 00:41:47.269 at work on quarter inch reel to reel tape. I 00:41:47.269 --> 00:41:50.030 would edit it with a razor blade and splice tape 00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:52.710 and then record that to cassette and throw that 00:41:52.710 --> 00:41:55.090 in a FedEx box and send it back to Los Angeles 00:41:55.090 --> 00:42:00.429 time. So much easier. do it do it all digitally 00:42:00.429 --> 00:42:03.210 on a on a computer uh... you do it on a laptop 00:42:03.210 --> 00:42:05.429 with a u s b microphone now and then put it on 00:42:05.429 --> 00:42:10.769 the drop box immediate and and if something happens 00:42:10.769 --> 00:42:16.050 we can change it in media law media i mean we 00:42:16.050 --> 00:42:18.989 all we all kind of keep an eye on then we cover 00:42:18.989 --> 00:42:21.409 each other's back and anybody can jump in at 00:42:21.409 --> 00:42:24.690 any time so yeah we've got uh... we've got correspondence 00:42:24.690 --> 00:42:30.300 in australia new zealand and germany and So, 00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:33.019 I mean, it's England. Yeah, the UK. Pretty much, 00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:36.980 yeah. Yeah. It's a good bunch. It's a good group. 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.460 And we've got a new voice on. We got a new voice 00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:46.239 on last week. Yep. Who was, yeah, who was that? 00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:53.000 Oh, hang on. I'm trying to answer the phone here. 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:58.480 Maybe. Uh oh. We have another phone call. That 00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:02.639 Julie calling back to talk to me no It's Jocelyn. 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:06.300 Oh But it but it but it won't but it won't let 00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:10.300 him through for some reason I'm not sure why 00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:14.079 It knows it's him Shame that didn't work for 00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:18.260 me. Let me see if I can call him. Yeah, I know 00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:25.599 Let me see let me see if I can get Maybe I can 00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:33.019 add Jocelyn Jocelyn's probably getting tired 00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:37.360 of all my emails. So anyway, if you'd like to 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:40.280 go check out the QRZ page. Oh, there he is. For 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:45.340 the Newsline QRZ page, just look up WA6ITF on 00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:49.860 QRZ. Hello, Jocelyn. Hey, Don, how are you? I'm 00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:53.239 better now that you've called. Well, you know, 00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:56.800 I heard your voice on the radio and or on the 00:43:56.800 --> 00:44:00.260 speaker and I had to... chime in uh... as i've 00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:03.480 said before uh... i got to uh... he built back 00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:05.679 to it bill pasternak but i never got to really 00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:08.099 meet him at the uh... the first year we were 00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:09.820 at huntsville that you had mentioned we should 00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:12.800 go to and uh... you know the rest of history 00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:15.219 but i think the special event is going to be 00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:17.539 awesome i'm looking forward to working you guys 00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:20.039 i'll probably be at the b o a and uh... working 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:22.139 you guys from there but uh... think that's a 00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:23.659 great idea and i think it's going to be a lot 00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:26.280 of fun We all have a monster signal for sure 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:30.300 then that if you're gonna be at the VOA. Well, 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.679 you know we try we try to keep it alive, but 00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:34.800 yeah, it's usually good and it's nice to hear 00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:38.360 Paul in the background. I know that you and you 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:41.500 and you and Paul were having a discord a little 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:46.280 bit there, but yeah, it'll be fine. Neil and 00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:48.800 I are frankly sick of him, so it's you know the 00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:51.619 fact that you appreciate him is you know is good 00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:56.070 for him. Hey, somebody has to like me. No, they 00:44:56.070 --> 00:45:03.230 don't Anyways, I'm gonna let you do Neil. That's 00:45:03.230 --> 00:45:05.150 why you know, you don't have the phone lines 00:45:05.150 --> 00:45:08.230 open. We can't call in buddy. Yeah Yeah, I don't 00:45:08.230 --> 00:45:10.889 know what happened I hit merge and everything 00:45:10.889 --> 00:45:13.730 and it just sat here and rang and rang and rang 00:45:13.730 --> 00:45:18.010 and rang and rang and I'm like I hit merge So, 00:45:18.090 --> 00:45:22.420 I don't know It's guy That's probably why people 00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:28.000 are texting you anyway. Yeah You enjoy the rest 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:30.340 of the show I certainly will from my side and 00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:32.699 we'll talk to each other and see that they're 00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:35.139 very fit All right, brother. J. Listen and you 00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:37.739 got the boys and your lovely wife. Give them 00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:40.079 give them my love. I just love you guys today 00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:43.340 You do the same sir, and you got to hold a seat 00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:46.559 open for Paul The weekend of the wedding, you 00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:49.000 gotta hold a seat open for Paul, because he wants 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:52.460 on after the wedding. Somebody has to work Karen's 00:45:52.460 --> 00:46:03.719 brother. Thanks so much for calling Jocelyn73. 00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:09.219 What a great guy. Bye. That's JocelynBrok88VRX. 00:46:09.389 --> 00:46:12.570 Aka Chris's dad and that's what we put on that 00:46:12.570 --> 00:46:17.369 on the Yoda powerpoint aka Chris's dad So well, 00:46:17.369 --> 00:46:20.989 it looks like we're about we're about done here. 00:46:20.989 --> 00:46:24.710 So so Don you want to give us a quick recap here 00:46:24.710 --> 00:46:30.809 of Where and all that a semi informal special 00:46:30.809 --> 00:46:35.530 event wa6 ITF February 7 8 & 9 that is Friday 00:46:35.530 --> 00:46:38.960 Saturday and Sunday look for us Look for the 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:43.960 spots of WA6ITF on DX Summit, and if you're going 00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:46.940 to send a QSL card, make sure you put a self 00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:50.679 -addressed stamped envelope in it, because that's 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.960 the only way you're going to get a card back. 00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:55.179 And we're working on cards now, and we're keeping 00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:58.480 Bill Pasternak's memory alive. WA6ITF, the Amateur 00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:01.000 Radio Newsline Amateur Radio Club, on the air, 00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:05.230 first activation. So thrilled about that. Well, 00:47:05.250 --> 00:47:08.150 there you go, and I'll be on a little bit on 00:47:08.150 --> 00:47:12.010 the 7th in that evening time, so I'll be around. 00:47:12.170 --> 00:47:15.989 And Paul, any last words here before we go? No, 00:47:15.989 --> 00:47:19.170 I think I've said enough. Yeah, we agree. Okay. 00:47:21.070 --> 00:47:24.789 Well, I'm just glad that the skeleton thing's 00:47:24.789 --> 00:47:29.590 gone. Oh, believe me, me too. Man, every year, 00:47:29.869 --> 00:47:32.880 the entire month of October, And part of it, 00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:35.800 like November, he'd leave that thing on and just 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:38.400 totally wiped out HF. He's probably working on 00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:45.699 a Tesla coil for next year. Well guys, thanks 00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:49.420 for being here tonight and talking about Bill 00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:52.420 Pasternak, the founder of Newsline, about his 00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:56.840 birthday celebration and look forward to hearing 00:47:56.840 --> 00:48:01.849 you all on the air next weekend. Can't wait to 00:48:01.849 --> 00:48:05.550 wrap. Thank you, sir. Looking forward to it All 00:48:05.550 --> 00:48:08.869 right. Thank you guys. Well, that is a wrap For 00:48:08.869 --> 00:48:11.050 this week's edition of ham talk live. Thanks 00:48:11.050 --> 00:48:14.730 to Don Wilbanks 85 DW and Paul Brown WD9 GCO 00:48:14.730 --> 00:48:18.150 for being here and everybody out there that called 00:48:18.150 --> 00:48:22.510 in listened in typed in whatever and Invite you 00:48:22.510 --> 00:48:25.289 back two weeks from tonight when we'll be back 00:48:25.289 --> 00:48:28.010 at nine o 'clock Eastern time And for a list 00:48:28.010 --> 00:48:30.250 of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive 00:48:30.250 --> 00:48:32.789 .com. If you like the show, please leave us a 00:48:32.789 --> 00:48:37.989 review. And the Yoda matching fun drive is still 00:48:37.989 --> 00:48:41.889 going. We've got until the end of February. So 00:48:41.889 --> 00:48:46.690 youth on the air .org and click on donate and 00:48:46.690 --> 00:48:50.610 you can donate to help get the youth on the air 00:48:50.610 --> 00:48:53.869 camp. Finish out the funding for that. That's 00:48:53.869 --> 00:48:55.989 going to be over at the voice of America museum 00:48:55.989 --> 00:48:59.579 this summer. So make sure you do that. And also, 00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.139 before we go, School Club Roundup is coming up. 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:04.440 And since we're not on the air next week, this 00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:07.920 is the last show before that. So School Club 00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:12.039 Roundup is February 10th through the 14th. So 00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:17.139 also look on DX Summit for schools on the air 00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:19.960 all week long. Make sure you give them a call. 00:49:20.300 --> 00:49:23.940 And they'll be on there looking for as many contacts 00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:26.659 as they can get throughout that week. It's Monday 00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:30.400 through Friday. So look on DX Summit for those 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:34.320 school stations and give them a call. So for 00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:37.820 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven 00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:43.119 three, seven five, and may the good DX be yours. 00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:55.960 Well you came right back to my CQ call Your readability 00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:57.920 5 and strength 9