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The Orlando 00:01:43.489 --> 00:01:48.469 hamcation preview 2020 recorded live on Thursday, 00:01:48.569 --> 00:01:53.230 January 16th, 2020. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, 00:01:53.450 --> 00:01:58.590 WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to another episode 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:01.530 of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined by Michael 00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:06.819 Colley. W4MCA and we will take your calls live 00:02:06.819 --> 00:02:10.479 in just a few minutes. Last week Paul Stetzer 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:15.659 in 8HM was here to talk about the AMSAT 50th 00:02:15.659 --> 00:02:20.560 anniversary recap on that and if you missed that 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.139 show you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com 00:02:24.139 --> 00:02:28.439 or on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 00:02:28.889 --> 00:02:33.210 or you can catch the rebroadcast over on WTWW 00:02:33.210 --> 00:02:39.129 that's 5085 AM Saturday evenings at about 630 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:42.789 PM Eastern Time and looks like episode number 00:02:42.789 --> 00:02:48.240 200 is Going to land on February 20th and we've 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:52.860 got some giveaways planned. ICOM, Tower Electronics, 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:56.360 and LDG Electronics have all stepped up with 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.900 some prizes to give away that night. 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A clean house is a sign of a broken radio. 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:56.600 You're listening to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:21.600 Be sure to check out IcomAmerica .com slash amateur. 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.980 Thanks to them for sponsoring the show and some 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:29.560 prizes for episode 200 coming up soon. And they 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.420 have some savings going on, so make sure you 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:36.720 check that out. IcomAmerica .com slash amateur. 00:06:37.660 --> 00:06:40.399 HamTalk Live's on the air every Thursday night 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.639 at 9 p .m. Eastern time, right here at HamTalk 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:49.399 Live. and joining us here on HamTalkLive .com 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.779 tonight is Michael Colley, W4MCA. He is the chairman 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:59.279 of the Orlando Hamcation. He served seven years 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:03.720 as Hamcation's tailgate chairman and six years 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:08.139 as the IT chairman and for one year as the finance 00:07:08.139 --> 00:07:11.259 chairman and Hamcation is sponsored by the Orlando 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.720 amateur radio club and, and he's, he's looking 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.300 pretty good. I saw a picture of you while ago 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:22.180 that I think was taken this afternoon. I saw 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:26.899 on Facebook while ago, somebody came and visited 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:31.439 you at work. Oh, Scott did. Yeah. Yeah. A couple 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.660 of days ago. Yeah. So, so we got to, so we got 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:38.980 to see the, what was the Buffalo head? What, 00:07:38.980 --> 00:07:45.629 what, what was it? Buffalo Yeah, so yeah, it's 00:07:45.629 --> 00:07:50.129 all Scott from tower electronics. He'll be Down 00:07:50.129 --> 00:07:54.329 there for hamcation, of course and Was able to 00:07:54.329 --> 00:07:58.230 stop by and see it. So let's get into it. Let's 00:07:58.230 --> 00:08:03.149 talk about hamcation We're gonna talk about what's 00:08:03.149 --> 00:08:06.430 old what's new what what what can you not miss? 00:08:06.430 --> 00:08:11.740 So let's start off with what's new This year 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:16.759 we actually have several new things One of the 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:22.100 new things a RL will be doing a radio build build 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:29.139 a radio at their booth this year It is basically 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:30.600 they're gonna have everything there to build 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:35.450 a little trans meter type of radio I'm not sure 00:08:35.450 --> 00:08:37.970 about all the details of it, but I do know it 00:08:37.970 --> 00:08:41.710 is a geared toward youth or young adults. Uh, 00:08:41.710 --> 00:08:44.590 they did it up in a group of individuals, did 00:08:44.590 --> 00:08:48.450 it up in Oshkosh, uh, at the air show. And it 00:08:48.450 --> 00:08:51.490 was a big hit up there. So, uh, ARL has got them 00:08:51.490 --> 00:08:54.330 to come down to hamcation and do it at their 00:08:54.330 --> 00:08:59.669 booth this year. Very good. Well, what, what 00:08:59.669 --> 00:09:03.710 else is new? One of the big things this year, 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:06.230 we're going to have a hamcation information station 00:09:06.230 --> 00:09:10.669 on AM 610. You tune your car radio or any radio 00:09:10.669 --> 00:09:14.590 to AM Channel 610 and it will be broadcasting 00:09:14.590 --> 00:09:17.929 information about the show, parking details, 00:09:19.610 --> 00:09:21.389 any type of information we need to give out to 00:09:21.389 --> 00:09:25.419 the public. Uh, show hours, stuff like that. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.179 So it should help out, uh, with people coming 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:31.679 in and it has about a five to 10 mile range from 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.419 the fairgrounds. Well, very good. Well, that'll 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:39.539 be, uh, that'll be helpful to get some, uh, updated 00:09:39.539 --> 00:09:43.899 information through the broadcast radio too. 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:47.200 So that sounds good. And then, uh, of course, 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.340 uh, I'm sure you have talking. Yeah. We'll still 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:55.519 have the talk in, uh, one 46 .76, uh, is the 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.220 frequency and it will be going on. I believe 00:09:58.220 --> 00:10:01.899 it starts on Wednesday, uh, before the show all 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:06.240 the way until Sunday. All right. Very good. Anything 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.320 else new coming up this year? Yeah. One of the 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:11.240 big things this year, we've actually partnered 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.940 with ARL and him Vincent to, uh, offer the ARL 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:19.730 events app to our attendees this year. You can 00:10:19.730 --> 00:10:24.769 go on your Play Store for either Google Play 00:10:24.769 --> 00:10:29.789 or Apple. And if you search for ARRL Events app, 00:10:30.129 --> 00:10:32.889 you can find this app. And it's basically the 00:10:32.889 --> 00:10:35.309 program on your phone. You can keep track of 00:10:35.309 --> 00:10:38.750 forms. You can keep track of the prizes every 00:10:38.750 --> 00:10:43.639 hour on there. You can search for vendors. You 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.000 can search for other attendees and connect with 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.700 them, keep track of friends and stuff like that 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:52.679 on there. There's maps of the show. So everything 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.740 pretty much on your phone that you would need 00:10:54.740 --> 00:11:00.100 to attend the event. I use that a lot at Hamvention. 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:03.379 I am one of those people that I don't want to 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:06.720 carry around paper. I don't want to carry around 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:12.580 all this extra stuff. I can pull it up on my 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:14.759 phone go right to the forum schedule find out 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.620 what room I was supposed to be in next and worked 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:19.820 really well and I noticed a few weeks ago there 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:22.720 was an update and all of a sudden it changed 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.080 icons and names and everything and then I saw 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.600 the release that from ARL that they were going 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:34.840 to support hamcation so I was very glad to see 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.639 that and that should be real helpful. Yeah, and 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.659 the nice thing about that, too, if there are 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:42.740 attending forums, you can actually click the 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:45.379 little round button next to them and it will 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:48.019 actually add it to your calendar and it will 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:50.179 actually send you a reminder. I believe it's 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:53.120 15 minutes before the forum starts. So if you 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:55.299 forget about it, it will actually alert you and 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:57.240 let you know the forum that you want to watch 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:01.179 is getting ready to start. Yeah, I remember doing 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:05.799 that last time and the way I end up hopping forums. 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:10.620 That was real handy. So yeah, so that that's 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:14.299 gonna be a great addition to hamcation. I'm sure 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:19.419 so We've talked about new stuff What's coming 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:23.399 back? Back this year will be the Boy Scouts. 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:26.440 They will be selling lanyards for five dollar 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.259 donation For the lanyard and that will also get 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:34.389 your ticket laminated Uh, so when you come and 00:12:34.389 --> 00:12:36.450 go throughout the show, your ticket will be around 00:12:36.450 --> 00:12:38.009 your neck. You don't have to pull it out of your 00:12:38.009 --> 00:12:41.429 pocket anymore. And all proceeds to that goes 00:12:41.429 --> 00:12:45.450 to the local boy scout club. Uh, that's actually 00:12:45.450 --> 00:12:52.740 doing that. Very good. And our other big thing 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:56.159 this year first robotics will be back Actually 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:58.799 right behind the Boy Scouts in the north building 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.639 and they're gonna have a bigger area this year 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:04.100 So hopefully they'll have more robots out there 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:07.840 to play with Also coming back this year will 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.539 be Carol Perry with her youth form this year 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:16.440 and She puts on a very good form post have some 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:22.080 good speakers at it this year Yeah, always always 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.980 like to see Carol and all the kids and and that's 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:31.019 a cool thing so glad that But that's all coming 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:35.700 back again And so what are some things that you 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:38.100 know if you're coming to hamcation for the first 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:42.059 time? What are some things that you just cannot 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:45.000 afford to miss water or the things you you just 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:49.100 have to do? The biggest one I would say this 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:52.879 year would be our forms We've added a fourth 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.220 clear span tent because the man from people that 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:59.820 want to put on forms will be having 47 forms 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:04.519 this year over two days So that's the biggest 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:08.399 thing. There's a lot of technical forms A lot 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:11.539 of forms Ward silver is actually doing a form. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.899 I believe on grounding uh... so some good forms 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:18.080 this year to uh... check out and uh... learn 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:22.659 some stuff well that'll be good and ward always 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:26.259 does a fabulous job so that'll be good uh... 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:32.620 so let's get an update on uh... some of the travel 00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:35.259 uh... information that people are going to need 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:39.460 uh... water the hotel uh... reservations looking 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:44.879 like at this point uh... parking traffic, those 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.799 kinds of things. What's the latest on all of 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:51.899 that? Um, the parking is looking good for hamcation. 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.779 All of our parking is actually onsite and it 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:58.820 is free. Um, we've added, there's a flea market 00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:01.320 out front that we have bought out last year and 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.860 we're doing the same thing this year, which will 00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:07.620 add more parking to the show. So we should have 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:12.559 no issues with parking, uh, hotels. Most of the 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:17.120 hotels are still got rooms available The cutoff 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:19.159 date for some of them have already passed to 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.000 get a discounted rate But I do know our two Rosen 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:27.139 hotels is still offering discounted rooms until 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:31.299 124 and all that info is actually on our website 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:38.690 Okay, very good and And any updates on traffic 00:15:38.690 --> 00:15:42.029 patterns or anything changing on any of that? 00:15:43.350 --> 00:15:46.549 The traffic in Orlando, I4 is still under construction. 00:15:48.629 --> 00:15:52.529 When is I4 not under construction? That is true. 00:15:54.629 --> 00:15:57.029 We joke here locally when they get done, they're 00:15:57.029 --> 00:15:58.750 going to have to start over because it's still 00:15:58.750 --> 00:16:01.330 not going to be big enough by the time they get 00:16:01.330 --> 00:16:04.330 done with it. So but it is still under construction. 00:16:04.330 --> 00:16:07.389 That's one thing with the information Radio and 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:10.149 the Tolkien will have information on that if 00:16:10.149 --> 00:16:12.210 there is any road closures because they change 00:16:12.210 --> 00:16:15.690 it daily pretty much And then if there's any 00:16:15.690 --> 00:16:17.669 construction around the fairgrounds will let 00:16:17.669 --> 00:16:21.889 people know that away also Or as we like to call 00:16:21.889 --> 00:16:26.409 it the I for parking lot Yep, that's why locals 00:16:26.409 --> 00:16:30.950 try to stay off Now we're going to talk a little 00:16:30.950 --> 00:16:34.080 bit about routes here in a little bit. We'll 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.919 do that after the break, but we'll talk about 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:42.600 that, some different ways that you can take care 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.320 of getting from one place to another. So anything 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.059 else that sticks out that we need to talk about 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:55.419 here, about what's coming up? One of the big 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:57.980 things we have added this year, we've added more 00:16:57.980 --> 00:17:01.379 golf carts and they're actually going to transport 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:04.980 people from the parking areas to the ticket booths 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:07.220 and then back to their cars when they're leaving. 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:10.519 Since we've added more parking, our furthest 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.380 parking lot is pretty far from the ticket booths. 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:16.380 So that's one thing people are asking for last 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:19.150 year. So that's a new thing for this year. And 00:17:19.150 --> 00:17:22.230 the other big thing we're adding a 40 by 40 tent 00:17:22.230 --> 00:17:26.390 outside so we can add more areas for people to 00:17:26.390 --> 00:17:29.990 sit out of the sun, uh, talk to people, eat food, 00:17:30.170 --> 00:17:32.710 stuff like that. So that's another, uh, big thing 00:17:32.710 --> 00:17:35.170 that people are asking for last year that we 00:17:35.170 --> 00:17:38.849 ran out of seating areas outside. Yeah. It's 00:17:38.849 --> 00:17:41.569 always hard to find a place to sit down and, 00:17:42.230 --> 00:17:45.019 uh, catch up with friends and that kind of thing 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:48.099 because you've got so many people there that 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:52.960 it's difficult. So that should relieve a lot 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.539 of that as well and I'm sure those golf cart 00:17:55.539 --> 00:18:00.819 rides will be greatly appreciated. I know I do 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:05.660 appreciate those at Hamvention for sure. Well, 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:08.420 let's take a break here, and then we'll come 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:10.859 back. We'll take your questions. We'll take your 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:15.559 phone calls. The phone number is 812 -638 -4261. 00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:21.900 That spells Net Ham 1. That's area code 812 Net 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:26.619 Ham 1. And we'll take your questions, and we'll 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:29.720 look at the tweets here right after this word 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:33.079 from Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.900 Live. I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm having 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:41.279 an antenna party and I ran out of PL259s. Oh, 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.500 come in. Thank you. Would silver -plated PL259s 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:48.619 from Tower Electronics be too good for your guests? 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:52.539 Those will be fine. Thank you. You saved my life 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:56.180 the other night. 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You're listening to Ham Talk Live 00:19:49.940 --> 00:20:14.380 with Neil Rapp. Tower electronics will be in 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:17.759 Fort Myers, Florida coming up this weekend on 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:22.579 the 18th then on the 19th Wheaton, Illinois the 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:29.240 25th of January Arcadia, Florida as well as Collinsville, 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:34.059 Illinois and I will be there and Visit them and 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:36.400 of course, it'll be at hamcation, but you can 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.799 visit them anytime anywhere from your computer 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:46.720 at PL dash HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:50.099 night, 9 p .m. Eastern at HamTalkLive .com. Be 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:52.900 sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:56.220 Instagram and it's time for your calls now. So 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:59.480 if you have a question or a comment, give us 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:08.890 a call right now at 812 -638. 4 2 6 1 8 1 2 net 00:21:08.890 --> 00:21:14.549 ham 1 or tweet us at ham talk live and if you're 00:21:14.549 --> 00:21:18.029 listening to us on WTWW or the podcast edition 00:21:18.029 --> 00:21:21.130 you're listening to a replay so we won't be there 00:21:21.130 --> 00:21:24.930 to answer your call unfortunately. We do have 00:21:24.930 --> 00:21:27.910 a couple things to talk about but speaking of 00:21:27.910 --> 00:21:33.069 tower electronics I just got a text from Mr. 00:21:33.170 --> 00:21:37.059 Scott Cole himself Saying that he missed out 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:43.339 on the app information so Michael can you repeat 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:46.079 the the app information how people can get a 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:49.799 hold of that app? Yeah, if you're on Android 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:55.039 or iPhone Google or Apple Store if you search 00:21:55.039 --> 00:22:00.940 for a RRL events app if you search for that in 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:04.319 a search thing it will pop up with it and You 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:08.140 can download it and from there you can keep track 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:10.079 of everything that's going on, hamcation, all 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:13.940 the forms, prizes, hourly prize drawings you 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:16.680 can keep up with. So pretty much it's like having 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.740 a program in your pocket without carrying around 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:22.779 a paper program. So if you're on Android, look 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:25.240 for it on the Google Play Store. If you're on 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.579 Apple, if you're on iPhone, look under the... 00:22:29.690 --> 00:22:35.490 iTunes store and just search ARRL events and 00:22:35.490 --> 00:22:39.009 you'll be able to download that free app and 00:22:39.009 --> 00:22:42.630 check all that out. Now I still had the one from 00:22:42.630 --> 00:22:46.990 Hamvention installed and when it updated it put 00:22:46.990 --> 00:22:51.150 that on there but I can't guarantee that it's 00:22:51.150 --> 00:22:53.529 functional that way. You may need to download 00:22:53.529 --> 00:22:56.390 it again. I don't know. Or maybe it'll work. 00:22:56.490 --> 00:23:00.349 I don't know. I'll find out. I know mine worked 00:23:00.349 --> 00:23:03.430 also. I had it already installed and updated 00:23:03.430 --> 00:23:07.829 itself when they put it live. Ah, okay. So if 00:23:07.829 --> 00:23:10.490 you still have it on there from Hamvention, then 00:23:10.490 --> 00:23:14.390 you can get it for Hamcation. So be sure to check 00:23:14.390 --> 00:23:19.049 that out. So again, the phone number 812 -638 00:23:19.049 --> 00:23:22.549 -4261 or tweet us at HamTalk Live if you have 00:23:22.549 --> 00:23:24.970 some... some questions. And we did have a tweet 00:23:24.970 --> 00:23:31.910 come in early from Brett, wy7bg. And Brett, thank 00:23:31.910 --> 00:23:35.069 you for listening and chiming in as you do from 00:23:35.069 --> 00:23:38.650 time to time. And he says that he won't be attending 00:23:38.650 --> 00:23:41.569 hamcation this year. He hopes to one day. He 00:23:41.569 --> 00:23:45.730 sounds like me. But here's a question related 00:23:45.730 --> 00:23:49.319 to it. How can attendees, especially those driving 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:52.359 from out of state or flying in and renting cars, 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:57.180 avoid exorbitant toll charges from all of Orlando's 00:23:57.180 --> 00:24:04.380 ubiquitous toll roads. Yeah, that's a, I believe 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:08.279 Florida has more toll roads than anybody in the 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:11.789 country. Um, but there is ways to say it. off 00:24:11.789 --> 00:24:14.269 of it coming to hamcation. Of course you have 00:24:14.269 --> 00:24:21.529 I -4. The Main Road Colonial Drive runs pretty 00:24:21.529 --> 00:24:25.349 much all the way to Cimarron and then Cimarron 00:24:25.349 --> 00:24:28.230 will take you straight to the airport if you're 00:24:28.230 --> 00:24:31.230 flying in. That would probably be one of the 00:24:31.230 --> 00:24:35.509 best ways to get to the fairgrounds. From the 00:24:35.509 --> 00:24:43.329 airport you can easily take Oh, what road was 00:24:43.329 --> 00:24:47.289 it to like your hotels? Um, most of them, uh, 00:24:47.390 --> 00:24:50.029 will be easy to get to might take a little longer 00:24:50.029 --> 00:24:52.049 without getting on a toll road, but there's ways 00:24:52.049 --> 00:24:55.190 in Orlando, uh, to get around getting on the 00:24:55.190 --> 00:24:58.990 toll roads to make it pretty much anywhere. Yeah. 00:24:59.089 --> 00:25:02.509 There are some ways to do that. And I'll throw 00:25:02.509 --> 00:25:06.930 in my two cents since I, I flew for the very 00:25:06.930 --> 00:25:11.980 first time. in October and we ran down to Orlando 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:17.140 for a couple of days and that was my first time 00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:21.940 flying and so we rented a car and we just stayed 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:27.200 off of the toll roads. We mapped it out and fortunately 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:31.700 I've had a little bit of you know experience 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:35.319 driving around Orlando so I knew some of the 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:38.660 other roads besides the toll roads so we just 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:43.059 avoided them but I was searching around because 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:45.559 I've got the little Florida sticker in my car 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.619 so you know what I did was as soon as I crossed 00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:50.700 over into Florida I went and bought the little 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:53.519 five dollar sticker thing and put it on the car 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:56.990 and then you know I wouldn't get Charged all 00:25:56.990 --> 00:25:59.890 this extra stuff that the rental car people would 00:25:59.890 --> 00:26:04.170 do but but when I actually did rent a car I didn't 00:26:04.170 --> 00:26:09.569 have that with me, but there is a pilot program 00:26:09.569 --> 00:26:14.630 that Florida is doing called visitor toll pass 00:26:14.630 --> 00:26:19.690 so if you fly in there's actually a little kiosk 00:26:19.690 --> 00:26:24.390 at the Orlando International Airport and you 00:26:24.390 --> 00:26:28.009 can reserve one of these things ahead of time 00:26:28.009 --> 00:26:33.269 on the website it's visitortollpass .com and 00:26:33.269 --> 00:26:36.009 you can reserve this thing and you just pick 00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:38.950 up this little it looks like a little parking 00:26:38.950 --> 00:26:41.529 hanger thing you know for your rearview mirror 00:26:41.529 --> 00:26:45.369 at the visitor toll pass kiosk there in the airport 00:26:45.369 --> 00:26:49.049 and it'll just charge you regular toll rates 00:26:49.049 --> 00:26:53.089 it won't charge you the extra for toll by plate 00:26:53.089 --> 00:26:56.250 and then the car rental companies like to add 00:26:56.250 --> 00:26:59.430 on all these fees on top of it for using theirs 00:26:59.430 --> 00:27:02.049 and getting the bill and and all that kind of 00:27:02.049 --> 00:27:06.490 thing so if you use this it'll it'll charge you 00:27:06.490 --> 00:27:08.690 directly and it'll charge you the regular rate 00:27:08.690 --> 00:27:12.130 instead of the the higher rates and then you 00:27:12.130 --> 00:27:15.390 just drop that pass back off at the kiosk when 00:27:15.390 --> 00:27:18.069 you get back to the airport but you have to do 00:27:18.069 --> 00:27:21.529 that at the airport that's a pilot program they're 00:27:21.529 --> 00:27:25.539 testing it out because that's been a A concern 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:31.059 of a lot of travelers is having to take care 00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:36.720 of tolls when you're renting a car and it's not 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:40.140 yours. So you can save a lot of money doing that. 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:42.980 So visitortollpass .com is the name of that. 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:46.440 And if you're flying in and renting a car, you 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:51.279 might want to check that out. That's my two cents 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:55.880 worth. So let's see. Scott is texting me some 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:59.099 more. So let's see what Scott has to say here. 00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:03.940 KB9AMM. He must be in Florida with nothing else 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:09.559 to do right now. So let's see. Ask about SpaceX 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:15.740 launch Wednesday night before the fest. Is there 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:20.990 a SpaceX rocket launch coming up? Uh, there is, 00:28:20.990 --> 00:28:24.589 um, I remember Scott actually saying something 00:28:24.589 --> 00:28:32.150 about this. I believe it is January six. Uh, 00:28:32.410 --> 00:28:36.569 February six, or I'm sorry. I'm looking here 00:28:36.569 --> 00:28:44.450 on the web. No. Well, they haven't updated it, 00:28:44.750 --> 00:28:49.390 but there is one. Oh, go ahead. Yeah, there is 00:28:49.390 --> 00:28:52.470 one the week of or that Wednesday, I believe 00:28:52.470 --> 00:28:55.329 he said yes I'm not sure what time it is, but 00:28:55.329 --> 00:28:59.670 you can go to Looks like SpaceX calm for more 00:28:59.670 --> 00:29:04.069 information on it Okay. Yeah launches are always 00:29:04.069 --> 00:29:06.890 getting delayed and rescheduled and all that 00:29:06.890 --> 00:29:10.670 so it's always good to check out the The websites 00:29:10.670 --> 00:29:14.329 and find that out. I've been able to catch one 00:29:14.329 --> 00:29:18.200 or two down there And it's a lot of fun, pretty 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:22.640 cool. But they do get delayed and rescheduled 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.559 and everything. So hopefully that one will work 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:28.799 for some people that are down there. So make 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:31.160 sure you check that out as well. Maybe you can 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:33.900 catch a launch while you're down there. Yeah, 00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:39.279 even from Orlando, if it's clear skies, you could 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:43.000 actually see the launch from here. Yeah, yeah. 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:47.900 Always like I liked the night launch because 00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:50.440 all of a sudden the sky just lights up like it 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.819 was daylight You hear the roosters crowing and 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:55.000 everything else and then all of a sudden it goes 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:59.299 right back to dark again So that'll be another 00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:04.819 good opportunity While you're down there at hamcation 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:08.819 so Remind us again the dates and the location 00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:13.299 and and the times Michael It's gonna be February 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:24.559 7th 8th and 9th and we are open from 9 to 5 on 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:29.839 Friday 9 to 5 on Saturday and 9 to 2 on Sunday 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.660 and the location will be the Central Florida 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:39.180 Fairgrounds and Expo Park And your website is 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.920 fabulous that you you redid that a couple years 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:46.329 ago and that is Uh, the website is going to be 00:30:46.329 --> 00:30:52.369 www .hamcation .com and, uh, pretty much we're 00:30:52.369 --> 00:30:54.769 updating it every couple of days, uh, keeping 00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:57.529 up with all the new information going up there. 00:30:58.450 --> 00:31:00.829 Okay. So make sure you check that out hamcation 00:31:00.829 --> 00:31:06.200 .com and, uh, you can get the latest. information 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:10.660 on the Orlando hamcation. If you have a question 00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:16.799 or a comment, give us a call at 812 -638 -4261. 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:22.539 812 -NET -HAM -1 is the number. So we would like 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:26.019 to get your questions answered and take your 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:30.660 comments. While we're waiting to see if we have 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:34.480 some of those, Michael, I know you've got a ton 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:39.180 Prizes and we we kind of teased that that you 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:42.299 know you're gonna have a chance to win here on 00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:46.140 ham talk live on February 20th, but You're also 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.599 gonna have a chance to win before that and that's 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:51.880 it hamcation. You've got some fabulous prizes 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:55.220 we do this year again, we're gonna have over 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:59.480 $25 ,000 in prizes and Some of the big prizes 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:03.140 our grand prizes will be on Friday a Kenwood 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:07.519 590 SG Our Saturday grand prize is going to be 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:13.279 an icon 9700 and Then the Sunday big grand prize 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:20.960 is going to be the new Yezu FT DX 101 D And then 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:25.220 we have lots of hourly prizes also Throughout 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:30.579 the show lots of radios HF radios handhelds hotspots 00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:35.549 power supplies books You name it will have it 00:32:35.549 --> 00:32:40.269 in prizes and we are also selling extra chance 00:32:40.269 --> 00:32:44.730 tickets for prizes So if you want to buy some 00:32:44.730 --> 00:32:47.650 extra chance tickets to toss in the prize barrel 00:32:47.650 --> 00:32:51.009 to give you a little more chance to win We will 00:32:51.009 --> 00:32:54.390 be selling those Thursday before the show at 00:32:54.390 --> 00:32:57.170 the East ticket booth And then during the show 00:32:57.170 --> 00:32:59.750 you can pick them up at the prize and info booth 00:32:59.750 --> 00:33:04.019 on Friday Saturday and Sunday Okay, now you should 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:08.160 repeat that one more time specifically for Joe 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:15.920 Eisenberg, KZeroNEB, and Jill Wolf, KD8QGA. I 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:19.180 think both of them already know. Oh, they already 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:21.799 know, yes, because they're notorious for buying 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:24.789 all these... Prizes and then they they walk away 00:33:24.789 --> 00:33:27.890 with all these prizes or but they buy all the 00:33:27.890 --> 00:33:30.710 tickets and then they yeah They walk away with 00:33:30.710 --> 00:33:33.950 money was last year the person that won the Sunday 00:33:33.950 --> 00:33:38.430 grand prize last year Which was the icon? I believe 00:33:38.430 --> 00:33:43.369 it was the 7610 Or no, it wasn't it was the new 00:33:43.369 --> 00:33:46.890 Kenwood they come out the 890 I believe they 00:33:46.890 --> 00:33:49.640 bought one a mission ticket And that's who won 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:55.940 the grand prize. Well, that's a good, uh, good 00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:58.119 deal. And, and you know, your chances are pretty 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.539 good at a ham fest. You know, you play the lottery, 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:04.579 your chances, you know, you, you've got a better 00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:07.799 chance of getting hit by lightning than winning 00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:10.880 that. But at a ham fest, your chances really 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:16.119 aren't that bad. No, they're not and with the 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.659 number of prizes we have makes it even better. 00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:24.400 So We'll be giving away a lot of prizes. So and 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:26.679 Then you get the extra tickets and and you've 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:31.460 got a better chance. So All kinds of stuff gonna 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:35.320 be given away at hamcation. So make sure you 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:38.960 check that out as well Well, Michael, before 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:41.380 we go, let's, let's talk a little bit about the 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.420 forums. I know you've got like what you say, 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:46.659 40 some forums. So I don't know that we're going 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:49.639 to cover all of them, but, but let's, let's get 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:53.599 a little bit of a preview on some of those. Um, 00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.539 some of the forums, like I said, ward silver 00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.440 is going to be here doing one on grounding and 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:01.579 bonding. Um, let's see. Ella craft's going to 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:05.039 be doing one on the new K four direct sampling 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:10.619 SDR. Let's see here going through the list Joe 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:13.480 Eisenberg is going to be doing one on kit building 00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:16.760 One of the big ones we're doing this year, which 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:25.559 will be new Also on Saturday will be Let me find 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:38.610 this name here He's gonna be actually doing a 00:35:38.610 --> 00:35:41.650 balloon launch bill brown bill brown. Well, we 00:35:41.650 --> 00:35:44.829 be a yeah, okay. Yeah Yeah, he's gonna actually 00:35:44.829 --> 00:35:49.050 be doing a forum at three o 'clock On Saturday 00:35:49.050 --> 00:35:51.110 then after that he's gonna be actually doing 00:35:51.110 --> 00:35:57.170 a balloon launch from hamcation also So and a 00:35:57.170 --> 00:36:02.750 RL is gonna have some forms Let's see here. And 00:36:02.750 --> 00:36:05.030 of course the guys from West Mountain radio is 00:36:05.030 --> 00:36:10.550 going to be doing one on echo link node for personal 00:36:10.550 --> 00:36:14.030 or shared use There's going to be a build an 00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:17.670 antenna form out of aluminum crutches, which 00:36:17.670 --> 00:36:21.989 sounds interesting this year Mars is going to 00:36:21.989 --> 00:36:27.239 be having one Let's see here Tim Duffy is coming 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:30.480 in also to do one on low band receive antennas 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.320 for 160 and 80 meters So there's gonna be a lot 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:39.900 of good forms this year Tapper is actually doing 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:45.300 a total of six forms over both days So those 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.780 are pretty technical forms also that people like 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:51.900 to sit into from them on digital type of stuff 00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:57.760 Okay, so you've got several of those so make 00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:01.900 sure you stop by the website hamcation .com and 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:06.579 check those out and then the the app again if 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:10.440 you have a smartphone get that app because that 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:12.920 way you can you can look everything up on your 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.639 phone while you're walking around hamcation and 00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:19.699 get those alerts so check out the iTunes store 00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:24.480 or Google Play store for the ARRL events app, 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:28.039 and it will be featuring hamcation now for a 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:33.699 while. So sounds great, Michael. Any last comments 00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:39.300 here before we go? So far, the weather was looking 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:42.400 good. One thing I can guarantee, we won't have 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:50.079 no snow on the ground. But just if you're coming. 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:56.039 Please enjoy yourself. So have fun. And one thing 00:37:56.039 --> 00:38:01.699 I didn't mention, our theme this year is volunteers 00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:05.019 make the difference. So like we say, without 00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:07.659 volunteers, the shows wouldn't happen anywhere 00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:11.480 for amateur radio. So please, if you see volunteers, 00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:14.340 thank them for volunteering, even if they're 00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:18.360 not. a amateur radio volunteer, even when you're 00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:20.679 out and about, you see volunteers, please thank 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.460 them because a lot of stuff won't happen without 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:27.880 volunteers. Yeah, it always takes a lot of people 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:32.599 to pull off a ham fest and that many more to 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:37.980 pull off a large ham fest like you have. So thanks 00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:42.349 to all the volunteers from all of us and And 00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:45.690 I'm still saying I'm going to get there. I thought 00:38:45.690 --> 00:38:48.889 this was going to be my year. I really did. I 00:38:48.889 --> 00:38:50.969 thought this year I'm going to be able to get 00:38:50.969 --> 00:38:54.630 away. I'm going to be able to go. I can fly now 00:38:54.630 --> 00:38:56.269 because I know what's going on with the whole 00:38:56.269 --> 00:39:00.590 flight thing. And I don't have the flight fear 00:39:00.590 --> 00:39:04.269 anymore. And I thought this was going to be my 00:39:04.269 --> 00:39:10.210 year. And it didn't work. I'm gonna make it down 00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:15.550 there. I promise Sounds good All right. Well, 00:39:15.550 --> 00:39:21.170 that's Michael Colley W4 MCA and He's the chairman 00:39:21.170 --> 00:39:25.449 of Orlando hamcation. So thank you so much for 00:39:25.449 --> 00:39:30.650 spending Our 45 minutes together on ham talk 00:39:30.650 --> 00:39:34.650 live tonight You're welcome. Thank you for having 00:39:34.650 --> 00:39:39.500 me here and We'll see a lot of you in less than 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:43.719 three weeks All right, very good. Well, that 00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:47.000 is a wrap for this week's am talk live. Thanks 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:51.500 again to Michael Colley W4 MCA and everybody 00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:54.599 out there in cyberspace for listening and For 00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:57.320 those of you who are typing in and texting in 00:39:57.320 --> 00:40:01.679 Scott Thank you. And we invite you back next 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:06.280 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And if 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:09.059 you want to know who's coming up on the show, 00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:12.460 just go over to HamTalkLive .com. I update that 00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:17.300 as soon as I know, so it'll be there at HamTalkLive 00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:20.059 .com. Just click on the link for the show schedule 00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:23.260 and you can see who our upcoming guests are. 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:27.329 And, you know, we don't... need donations. We 00:40:27.329 --> 00:40:31.929 don't do the begging for funding foundation that, 00:40:31.929 --> 00:40:35.530 you know, some people do and that works for them 00:40:35.530 --> 00:40:38.710 and that's fine. But we don't do that. But what 00:40:38.710 --> 00:40:43.190 we do ask for, what we are begging for, is reviews 00:40:43.190 --> 00:40:47.210 on iTunes. That really helps us out and it helps 00:40:47.210 --> 00:40:49.630 other people find us faster. So if you like the 00:40:49.630 --> 00:40:52.289 show, please just leave us a review. That's all 00:40:52.289 --> 00:40:57.820 we ask. Try to do that if you can. Well, I'll 00:40:57.820 --> 00:41:02.019 say 73 and 75 for now. This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:05.619 saying may the good DX be yours.