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Your 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:21.680 host, Neil Rapp, would tell you a chemistry joke, 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.819 but he probably wouldn't get a reaction. Now, 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:43.959 more HamTalk Live. Thanks to Scott and Jill at 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.699 Tower Electronics for sponsoring the show tonight 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:50.139 to help bring you HamTalk Live. They're gonna 00:04:50.139 --> 00:04:56.259 be in Ocala, Florida December 6th and 7th and 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:59.319 then in Plant City, Florida near Tampa December 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:04.259 13th and 14th or you can visit them online at 00:05:04.259 --> 00:05:12.410 PL -259 .com Well tonight my guests are a couple 00:05:12.410 --> 00:05:17.410 of very familiar voices Here on the show Sam 00:05:17.410 --> 00:05:22.050 Rose KC to LRC is from Syracuse, New York Sam 00:05:22.050 --> 00:05:25.610 was first licensed in June 2003 at the age of 00:05:25.610 --> 00:05:28.870 13 He studied electrical engineering at Clarkson 00:05:28.870 --> 00:05:31.810 University where he was president of Clarkson's 00:05:31.810 --> 00:05:38.540 radio club K2CC from 2010 to 2012 He started 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:40.759 his career doing engineering and data performance 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:45.360 analysis work on C -Speed Lightwave Radar, a 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.240 next -generation S -band air traffic surveillance 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.740 radar, and now he supports phased array radar 00:05:51.740 --> 00:05:56.379 systems at Lockheed Martin. Sam is an avid contester, 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.360 works satellites, public service events, IRLP, 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.819 restores radios, and enjoys special events like 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:06.819 balloon launches, ISS retransmissions, and weird 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:10.160 contests. Since he started ham radio at a young 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.420 age, he's particularly interested in introducing 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:15.579 ham radio to youth and young adults, and he attended 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:18.819 the Youngsters on the Air Camp in IARU Region 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:25.019 1 in the summer of 2016 held in Austria. Jocelyn 00:06:25.019 --> 00:06:30.100 Bro, KD8 VRX, and VA2 VRX. first became interested 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:33.720 in ham radio as a boy scout. He became licensed 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:36.939 in 2013 and now holds an extra class license. 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:41.319 He is a technical analyst and systems administrator 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:45.420 with Vertical Solutions in Cincinnati. He was 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:48.240 a scout leader and now a merit badge counselor 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.300 for the radio merit badge. He's a mentor with 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:55.199 VEX Robotics and a member of the Westchester 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.980 Amateur Radio Association. the Dayton Amateur 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.240 Radio Association, the Ohio Valley Experimental 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.759 Club, and the Greater Cincinnati Builders Group. 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:07.579 Jocelyn volunteers at the Voice of America Museum 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:10.199 of Broadcasting, where he's the IT director and 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.339 organizes and conducts youth events. He is better 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:18.259 known as the proud father of Chris KD8YVJ, the 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:23.399 2015 Hiram Percy Maxim Award winner. and member 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:28.040 of the 2017 Youth DX Adventure to Costa Rica. 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.899 If my voice sounds funny, it's because I have 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:35.860 to cough, so hang on a second. OK, we got that 00:07:35.860 --> 00:07:38.079 out of the way. The other member of the group, 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:42.379 Sterling Mann in Zero SFC, is on assignment tonight 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:46.600 at the Georgia Tech football game. So Sam and 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:51.079 Jocelyn, welcome to the show. Hey, greetings 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:54.519 from Syracuse. Thanks Neil for having us on tonight 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:58.160 Yeah, but it's it's been a little over a week 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:02.199 now since the announcement came out about youth 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:06.220 on the air camp and we've we've had a lot of 00:08:06.220 --> 00:08:12.600 of questions and and comments and oh we see Some 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.899 people here on the on the chat. So we'll say 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:20.560 hello to them but Sam you haven't had a whole 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.300 lot to say about this because you've been buried 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:28.079 in retro game con and and All kinds of stuff 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.600 at work and and so you haven't had a whole lot 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.340 to say about this. So first of all, let's let's 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:39.259 get Your focus on what this camp is and and how 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:41.720 you think that the launch is going and what's 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.559 your reaction to finally? Getting this to be 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.830 a reality Well, I mean, I'm pretty pumped at 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:52.850 say the least it's been what I'm in the making 00:08:52.850 --> 00:08:57.110 I think we all got the conflict here. It's been 00:08:57.110 --> 00:09:00.669 quite some time in the making There's there's 00:09:00.669 --> 00:09:02.950 a lot we're excited to announce I mean, this 00:09:02.950 --> 00:09:06.590 is the first week long camp in the US or really 00:09:06.590 --> 00:09:12.730 in IARU region two of this program So what it 00:09:12.730 --> 00:09:16.909 is is it's a week long youth camp where? Various 00:09:16.909 --> 00:09:19.649 ham radio activities and workshops are presented 00:09:19.649 --> 00:09:24.450 for youth involvement and participation and it's 00:09:24.450 --> 00:09:29.090 very hands -on. And then in that week that you've 00:09:29.090 --> 00:09:32.230 got, there's a lot of other things. You've got 00:09:32.230 --> 00:09:34.929 some just plain recreational activities, you've 00:09:34.929 --> 00:09:38.009 got some trips in there, maybe some touristy 00:09:38.009 --> 00:09:40.950 things, and just some time to let kids be kids 00:09:40.950 --> 00:09:45.210 and get to know each other. You walk away from 00:09:45.210 --> 00:09:48.690 this with not just some interesting ideas of 00:09:48.690 --> 00:09:51.470 what can you do in ham radio land that you might 00:09:51.470 --> 00:09:56.429 not have thought of, but also you walk away from 00:09:56.429 --> 00:09:59.049 this with a whole bunch of buddies you've made 00:09:59.049 --> 00:10:02.830 who might not live where you are. They probably 00:10:02.830 --> 00:10:06.389 don't, but you can keep in touch and say, hey, 00:10:06.590 --> 00:10:09.210 well, what do we want to do? We want to go get 00:10:09.210 --> 00:10:13.720 on the air for this contest or do this. You get 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:17.159 some networking out of it also and for the longest 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:20.440 time I thought the US has had strong programs 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:25.220 in terms of exposing uninterested people or interested 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:31.700 people or non hams to ham radio But once they've 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:34.100 kind of gotten them interested and gotten them 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:37.039 to be licensed They haven't really had a whole 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:39.039 lot more for them to do. It's like, okay, well, 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.019 what's the next thing to do? You got your HT, 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:44.919 now talking on repeaters, interesting at first, 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:46.960 maybe I don't want to do it anymore. What's next? 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.120 This is kind of a camp that is going to bring 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.620 that to a lot of interested youths, and it's 00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:57.659 going to offer that next level up. It's going 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:00.100 to offer the, oh, what else are the activities 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:05.679 and what are the things that we can do? And who 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.980 are the people that we can do them with? And 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:11.600 so it's really geared more towards people who 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.759 have maybe some experience to even a lot of experience 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:20.779 in ham radio. And so it's not really something 00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:23.320 aimed at people who don't have a license. It's 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.440 aimed at people who do have a license already 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.519 and want to take it up to the next step. So really 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.139 proud to see that this is coming to the US and 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:36.919 to region two. Yeah, it's been a while coming 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:42.820 and I got in on it a little late, but I was able 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:47.080 to step in and get it rolling here. So we're 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:51.620 excited to see how this pilot program goes. This 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:54.580 will be the first one and then, you know, hopefully 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:59.919 we can get these all over the place. in the Americas, 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:02.700 and we're really looking forward to trying to 00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:07.000 get people from all over the Americas. And that's 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.200 something we can talk about later on for sure. 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:16.159 Well Jocelyn, you're over at the Voice of America 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.080 Museum of Broadcasting all the time where the 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.279 camp's gonna be held, and we're both members 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.149 of the club, but... I still haven't been to a 00:12:25.149 --> 00:12:27.090 club meeting because I live two and a half hours 00:12:27.090 --> 00:12:32.070 away. Tell us a little bit about the club and 00:12:32.070 --> 00:12:37.490 the museum and what are the campers really going 00:12:37.490 --> 00:12:41.929 to enjoy with this camp being over in Cincinnati? 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.919 Alright, Neil, not a problem. Well, as you mentioned, 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:50.299 yes, I am with the VOA Museum of Broadcasting. 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:53.419 Museums open on the weekends, so we always have 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:56.200 guests and we try to show what amateur radio 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.980 is and it kind of helps them understand why the 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:02.240 VOA was there and kind of how it worked. So we 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.200 always like to take visitors to the shack in 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.899 the beginning and usually we get more people 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:09.000 coming back after to once they understood a little 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.080 bit of what what the VOA was doing to come and 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:16.759 see how we're doing and getting a feeling of 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.639 what the new technologies are. So the club is 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.559 happy and excited to and the museum as well to 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.460 get everybody there. I know Sterling and I met 00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:30.179 way back in 2016, I want to say, and we were 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:32.600 just talking about oh they had just come back 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.759 from Austria. We met in Huntsville and we were 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.659 just chatting about it and now to see it a few 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:41.580 years later and it's you know everything's lining 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:43.799 up and it's going to be a reality here soon is 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:47.919 very interesting and very good. So yeah the the 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:51.240 campers will get to experience all kinds of different 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.639 things. So we will have a special event station 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.440 Whiskey Yankee and that will be in the VOA shack. 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:02.330 Currently there are seven almost eight operating 00:14:02.330 --> 00:14:04.929 position. We have one that's basically a workbench, 00:14:05.250 --> 00:14:08.289 so there's plenty of room for people to fit in. 00:14:08.830 --> 00:14:11.370 ICOM will be supplying us with some really good 00:14:11.370 --> 00:14:14.450 radios that we will be able to make sure everybody 00:14:14.450 --> 00:14:18.269 gets to learn those radios, the latest and greatest, 00:14:18.330 --> 00:14:21.330 so that will be awesome. Obviously, the museum 00:14:21.330 --> 00:14:23.450 will be open for tour, so they'll get a little 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:26.549 bit of a history lesson of what the VOA is and 00:14:26.549 --> 00:14:30.909 the significance of the VOA in World War II. 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.740 So it'll be very good there. And then we've got 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:37.960 plenty of yard because the VOA site used to be 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.519 at one square mile. A lot of that got sold off 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.580 when the VOA was decommissioned back in 94. So 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:47.340 there's a shopping center, there's different 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:49.740 things, but there's a big park at the back and 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:52.700 we're going to be some fox oaring orientation 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:57.700 back there. I believe it's on Thursday. The front 00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:59.700 lawn is... Plenty of room, that's usually where 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:02.740 we do field day, where we have any type of big 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:07.799 events. So besides the radio stuff, they'll have 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.460 to, we will get them to taste some of the local 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:15.080 foods, Skyline Chili, one of them. I will say 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:17.679 that not being a native from here, it's an acquired 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:21.279 taste. But then once you have it, you start craving 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:25.080 it. We also have La Rosa's pizza, which is unique 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:29.340 to Cincinnati and Grater's ice cream, small batch 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:31.120 ice cream, which Neil, I know you've had the 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.700 pleasure of having and I know some of the news 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:37.059 line people as well. So it should be fun. And 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:39.539 then we've got Kings Island down the road where 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:42.360 we will be doing the FM contest. So I think they're 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:46.360 gonna have a good time and I think everybody's 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:48.299 looking forward to it. So I'll turn it back to 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:52.350 you, Neil. Yeah, we've been making the graders 00:15:52.350 --> 00:15:57.370 a ham -vention tradition here lately, but I have 00:15:57.370 --> 00:16:01.789 to admit though, secretly, they're not as well 00:16:01.789 --> 00:16:07.049 known, but I'm more of a UDF fan than graders. 00:16:07.570 --> 00:16:10.169 Now, Julie and I have this argument about, you 00:16:10.169 --> 00:16:14.429 know, we both agree on Skyline, but, you know, 00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:18.509 the graders and UDF argument, you know, it's 00:16:18.509 --> 00:16:23.460 different. But but graders will graders is close 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:27.659 by so we'll do that Yep, that yeah, it works 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:31.820 out really well. Yeah. Well, you know you talked 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:38.019 a little bit about the Fox oaring event that 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:42.159 it's going to take place on Thursday and That's 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:46.399 going to be a big event in itself but to both 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:50.159 of you, you know now that you've seen the list 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:52.879 of topics and who's going to be doing what and 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.519 everything on the schedule, for sure. What's 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:59.220 your favorite thing? What are you looking forward 00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:04.640 to seeing the most at the camp? Boy, that's a 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.099 hard one to say. I mean, the fox soaring was 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:11.920 really fun in Austria. I'm pretty excited to 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.200 do that one again. And for those of you who don't 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:17.220 know, the European way of doing a fox hunt, which 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:20.000 they call fox soaring, They usually do it on 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.619 80 meters with a ferrite bar antenna receiver 00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:26.779 and so you get this bi -directional pattern with 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:29.140 a loop on one side that you can click a switch 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:31.920 on the thing to put in line and that kind of 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:35.900 makes the pattern lopsided. So you use that to 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:38.420 figure out which direction the fox is in then 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:42.740 you turn the thing on like put it parallel in 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:46.000 the direction of the fox And you get a really 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.579 sharp null on that antenna. So where you don't 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:52.039 hear the fox on the thing is where it is. And 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:54.599 they're really good. But the other thing they 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.579 do is they turn it into a race. So they'll have 00:17:57.579 --> 00:18:00.799 a group of two or three people start at a given 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:05.700 time. And they have to go probably about a mile, 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:09.440 it was what they did in Europe, and find four 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:12.299 or five, six or seven, or however many of these 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:15.769 foxes are hidden out there. And so you're not 00:18:15.769 --> 00:18:18.930 only competing, you're not only trying to find 00:18:18.930 --> 00:18:21.049 the foxes, you're trying to get the best time. 00:18:22.069 --> 00:18:27.630 So that means you've got to be able to run fast 00:18:27.630 --> 00:18:29.990 and you've also got to be good at RDF. And if 00:18:29.990 --> 00:18:31.690 you're not good at both, well, you're going to 00:18:31.690 --> 00:18:34.869 get slowed down. So that was really fun at Austria. 00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:40.420 I'm not entirely sure what else. I'm just excited 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:43.200 to see the event in general start happening in 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:48.039 the US. I think this is the first one where we've 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.099 got to hit the ground really hard and do really 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:54.220 well. And everybody's going to say, oh, wow, 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:57.859 this event has some potential. And young hams 00:18:57.859 --> 00:19:00.980 are going to get to learn from young hams. And 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:05.630 then I think this is the point where this begins 00:19:05.630 --> 00:19:08.549 the program where you know you get some people 00:19:08.549 --> 00:19:11.369 into the event and those people eventually become 00:19:11.369 --> 00:19:14.369 leaders organizers and such and it grows the 00:19:14.369 --> 00:19:16.349 program and then we go from there so that's what 00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:24.490 i'm excited to see uh... jocelyn well uh... You 00:19:24.490 --> 00:19:27.809 know as Sam said we've got so many awesome workshops 00:19:27.809 --> 00:19:31.190 that it's hard to pick a Favorite one that I'm 00:19:31.190 --> 00:19:32.509 looking for. I think they're all going to be 00:19:32.509 --> 00:19:36.549 awesome The one though that I am looking forward 00:19:36.549 --> 00:19:40.009 to is I have a D star rig and I've never I mean 00:19:40.009 --> 00:19:44.690 I do the it's just an HD It's the ID 51 a plus 00:19:44.690 --> 00:19:48.710 I believe But I've never gotten to D star and 00:19:48.710 --> 00:19:50.930 I just don't have the time and you know There's 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:52.789 other things are getting in the way put it that 00:19:52.789 --> 00:19:56.259 way And I'm looking forward to just having the 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:59.460 icon guys there to kind of walk us through on 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:02.539 how this works and Kind of get a lesson that 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.960 I can but you know, it's not just for the kids. 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.940 I'll get something out of it, too So that should 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:09.200 be good. But as Sam said, yeah, I I've never 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.460 done the we've done a fox hunt But it was on 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:15.619 two meters very simple Describe the way he was 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:19.140 describing it is it should be really fun And 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:21.180 then we've got the FM contest at Kings Island. 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:24.420 We've got so many great things It's hard to pick 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:27.119 one. I think that would be a better question 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.059 after we're done. Which one was your favorite 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:32.680 one? Right now it's hard to tell, but yeah, everything 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:36.819 sounds awesome. Well, the ISS contact and the 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:39.339 foxering certainly topped my list at Austria. 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:41.259 But I mean, the other things are, you know, just 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:44.920 the intercultural night was fabulous. Granted, 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:49.980 the European culture is a bit... How do I say 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:52.640 this, boozier than ours is, so that's not going 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:56.099 to come over the pond quite exactly as it was. 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.779 But then just hanging out at the beach with a 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:02.460 bunch of guys who are as much of a geek as you 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:04.940 are was just a lot of fun. The strength of their 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:07.819 event, I thought, was it also mixed in plenty 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:10.640 of free time for people to just kick back and 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:14.099 chat and not have too much of an agenda and get 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:19.490 to know each other. yeah, all great stuff and 00:21:19.490 --> 00:21:23.369 stuff that we've planned out for the week and 00:21:23.369 --> 00:21:25.970 I Don't want to go through the whole list again 00:21:25.970 --> 00:21:29.089 because we've done it on two or three shows now 00:21:29.089 --> 00:21:32.869 But you know you can you can check that out on 00:21:32.869 --> 00:21:36.509 our website at Yoda region to yota region and 00:21:36.509 --> 00:21:40.150 the number two dot org Has some descriptions 00:21:40.150 --> 00:21:44.190 there of what? 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That'll 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:01.299 come up and if you're listening to us on WTWW 00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:04.380 or the podcast edition We're not here because 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:08.279 it's Thursday night right now as we record this 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:10.900 so I'm sorry, but we won't be able to take your 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:15.140 calls live, but We'll take some calls and some 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:19.099 questions. We do have some coming in, but let's 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:21.640 talk just a little bit about Yoda Month since 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:27.079 we were just talking about ICOM here helping 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:32.259 us do the Yoda Month thing. We don't have the 00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:38.970 exact details just yet from Region 2. Bryant, 00:26:38.970 --> 00:26:41.490 KG5HVO, has been working on this and he's got 00:26:41.490 --> 00:26:44.109 everything ready to roll. We're just waiting 00:26:44.109 --> 00:26:48.509 on some official paperwork is what we're waiting 00:26:48.509 --> 00:26:53.670 on. But if you go to events .ham -yoda .com, 00:26:54.130 --> 00:26:57.289 you'll see all the details, all the awards that 00:26:57.289 --> 00:27:02.839 you can get for the Region 1 stations and then 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.579 hopefully we'll get the paperwork worked out 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:07.619 and then we'll have some Region 2 stations on 00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:11.160 there as well but basically it's a bunch of special 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.039 event calls through the month of December and 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:17.680 you get on the air and make some contacts and 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.500 so they'll have like I said the award program 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:24.160 so check that out over on the Region 1 Yoda website 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:28.250 and give them a call and then Like I said, hopefully 00:27:28.250 --> 00:27:31.589 we can get some region two call signs added in 00:27:31.589 --> 00:27:35.410 there here in the next few days, and we'll announce 00:27:35.410 --> 00:27:41.890 that a little better later on. Well, let's take 00:27:41.890 --> 00:27:46.829 a look at some of the comments here. Troy W9KVR 00:27:46.829 --> 00:27:56.390 says, mm, Skyline. Mm, graders. So I think Troy's... 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:01.700 Troy's ready for that Let's see on Twitter. Oh, 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:06.140 don't forget about big boy. Oh, oh my yeah Big 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:09.240 boys. No, we got list yet. Yeah, we got frishes, 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:16.180 too. Yeah Brett wi7bg says he's got a question 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:18.779 from a young perspective ham looking over his 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:26.890 shoulder. What's the youth? So thanks for listening 00:28:26.890 --> 00:28:31.730 Brett and He's Saying what youth on the air. 00:28:31.730 --> 00:28:35.430 What's that? Well, there we go. Oh and and and 00:28:35.430 --> 00:28:37.970 Something very important. I haven't given the 00:28:37.970 --> 00:28:40.890 score update at Georgia Tech. They were up 14 00:28:40.890 --> 00:28:45.490 nothing It's now 21 to 3 Georgia Tech over NC 00:28:45.490 --> 00:28:50.539 State. So Sterling, we hope you're enjoying That 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:52.420 means we're not getting sterling tonight is what 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:55.480 that means. Yes, that means sterling is not calling 00:28:55.480 --> 00:29:03.619 in Well, let's see What else have we got to talk 00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:06.920 about? We've got ways to help what we're gonna 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:15.059 talk about that. I know And This wouldn't be 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:20.470 possible without a lot of help And we've been 00:29:20.470 --> 00:29:25.970 able to get some corporate sponsors to help pay 00:29:25.970 --> 00:29:28.809 for the camp and provide the equipment for the 00:29:28.809 --> 00:29:32.670 camp. And, you know, we're about three -fourths 00:29:32.670 --> 00:29:35.089 of the way there. That was kind of our self -imposed 00:29:35.089 --> 00:29:39.450 goal. And ICOM, like Jocelyn said, is going to 00:29:39.450 --> 00:29:44.089 provide all the radios for us. Heil Sam's going 00:29:44.089 --> 00:29:47.049 to provide mics and headsets and headphones and 00:29:47.049 --> 00:29:50.019 all that kind of thing. R &L electronics is just 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:53.039 down the road. They're going to provide all the 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:57.019 last -minute necessities and connectors and tuners 00:29:57.019 --> 00:30:02.440 and stuff like that. And then our financial donors, 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:05.779 the YASME Foundation, the Worldwide Radio Operators 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:10.940 Foundation, some of the major hamfests, Orlando, 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:16.599 Dayton, Huntsville. All of those, Orlando Hamcation, 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:18.839 Dayton Hamvention and Huntsville Hamfest are 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.700 donating. The Northern California DX Foundation 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:28.259 is a big donor. And then we've got ARRL Foundation, 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:36.160 the Southwest Ohio DX Association. Xtronic donated 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:40.579 all their soldering stations for the camp. And 00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:43.940 Radio Amateurs of Canada. They're going to try 00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:48.500 to send some campers and Gary West, K8DEV and 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:55.259 his wife Dede, K8DXE. They are there in Westchester 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:59.440 and Gary's been a big help getting me connected 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:04.200 with resources in the community. So thanks to 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:06.859 all of them and then we've got our fundraising 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:10.140 campaign and thanks to all of you who have already 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:13.529 donated to it. We'll talk more. about that in 00:31:13.529 --> 00:31:20.069 a bit. Joshlin, you had something else too? Yeah, 00:31:20.069 --> 00:31:22.250 I was going to say for the gentleman that was 00:31:22.250 --> 00:31:24.430 wondering the youth, I guess one thing we should 00:31:24.430 --> 00:31:30.670 specify is the age ratio or the age range, sorry. 00:31:31.470 --> 00:31:36.390 So we're looking at 15 to 25 as our age range 00:31:36.390 --> 00:31:41.619 for now. So if you're in that age group, you're 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:43.579 certainly welcome to apply. I believe registration 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:47.680 will open in February. But if you want more information, 00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:50.799 as Neil mentioned earlier, if you go to yotaregion2 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:54.440 .org and right off there on the main site, on 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:57.160 the left side, it says... You'd on the air camp 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:00.059 come is coming to the USA and there's a couple 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:02.240 links there and you'll find out more information 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:05.380 about the camp and the activities and really 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:09.000 how we're send this up. So just hopefully that 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:12.700 answers the question. So back to you, Neil. Yeah. 00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:15.440 And be sure to sign up. There's a sign up there. 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.759 It doesn't commit you to the camp. It's just 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:20.460 a sign up so that we know you're interested and 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:24.759 then we can get a hold of you. to tell you as 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:28.039 registration opens in February and kind of remind 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:31.519 you about that and some things that are going 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.839 to be happening between now and then. So be sure 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:38.299 to sign up there on the website just so we can 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:41.359 get your contact information and let you know 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:47.779 more about the camp. Sam, over to you. Oh, okay. 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:52.099 Yeah, I think the age range Think is an interesting 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:55.440 one. I was surprised actually when I went over 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:59.440 to Austria And they said oh, well, you know, 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:02.059 this is uh, this is the age range we're doing 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:04.539 but I mean that's a good age range in a lot of 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:07.619 ways I mean, there's there's a lot of overlap 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:11.500 between you know people in high school and such 00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:15.059 and college and young adults who maybe have just 00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:17.480 Gotten their job in engineering or something 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.660 or looking for something else to do. I mean that's 00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:23.859 It's a bit broader, I think, than what would 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:27.240 often be considered a youth in this region. But, 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:30.079 I mean, it worked well in Austria, so this is 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:33.380 kind of the thing we're basing it on. Yeah, and 00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:36.700 I was going to say, Sam, also, I'm sure that, 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:39.579 you know, we're expecting about, well, right 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:44.500 now we're limited to 20 campers. If we can get 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:46.539 more funds, then obviously we'll open up to more. 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:49.839 But I was going to say, Guess the younger kids 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.660 are probably going to go towards each other as 00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:54.420 peers and the older kids or the young adults 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.859 Are probably going to hang out more together? 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:59.900 Because they have more in common just from you 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:02.920 know life and stuff in general So I think that's 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.680 going to be great because they'll be able to 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:07.799 meet people That are interested in radio just 00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:10.739 like they are and being able to keep in touch 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:13.500 and you know Like you said jobs or it could be 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:15.760 very simple things, but I think I think it would 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:20.400 be very good to to see all that uh... dynamics 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.780 work out and uh... you know i think friendships 00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:25.039 are going to come out of this uh... no matter 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:27.500 what i think uh... people are gonna have a good 00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:29.159 time i mean that's why we're going to the effort 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:31.840 we want everybody to have a good time and uh... 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:35.380 make sure that the program is successful now 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:38.239 for sure well i mean the age range is uh... they 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:41.239 actually co -mingled a lot more than i had expected 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:44.539 when i went to austria so you know that they 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:47.000 had a bit of a different organization they had 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:51.139 uh... the teams there were grouped by country 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:54.960 so you know you have a radio organization there 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:57.960 for a given country and that radio organization 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:00.280 was kind of the gatekeeper of who they sent to 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:04.639 the big national camp every summer. So those 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:07.800 people you know you might have a group where 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:11.900 they were We had groups where they were on all 00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:14.260 edges of that age range and we had groups where 00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.699 they were kind of in the center or to one side 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:20.239 or the other. And, you know, that stuff kind 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:25.000 of broke down while we were there. So that was 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:27.480 another thing we were talking about also is that 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:31.400 there's, you know, how to figure out who exactly 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:34.000 is going to come. I imagine we're going to have 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.440 more applicants than we have spaces. Now, we 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.380 hope we'll get enough sponsorship that we'll 00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:43.760 be able to offer a few more spaces than the 20 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.679 that are planned right now. But, you know, there 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:50.920 may be some things that we look at like having 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:54.659 recommendations from certain hams and local clubs 00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:57.739 as a head up to do that to make sure that we 00:35:57.739 --> 00:36:00.019 come up with a good group for our first event 00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:02.199 because the chemistry of the group is going to 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:05.760 be one of the critical factors. But I think we'll 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:08.510 come up with a really great group. And I'm really 00:36:08.510 --> 00:36:12.309 excited that people are going to be able to go 00:36:12.309 --> 00:36:17.150 and sit next to the radio with people like Marty 00:36:17.150 --> 00:36:24.789 or KG5HVO and get to do things with people who 00:36:24.789 --> 00:36:28.289 have really, really good radio experience at 00:36:28.289 --> 00:36:31.710 their own age range. So that'll be a great experience 00:36:31.710 --> 00:36:36.190 for them. Now, in addition to this, we've got 00:36:36.190 --> 00:36:41.010 the whole international thing going so We've 00:36:41.010 --> 00:36:43.590 we've done a little bit of promoting down in 00:36:43.590 --> 00:36:46.590 Central and South America on social media We 00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:50.070 did some this summer. We did some more last week 00:36:50.070 --> 00:36:54.030 as we opened up the camp, but You know one of 00:36:54.030 --> 00:36:57.730 the things that we're going to be Working on 00:36:57.730 --> 00:37:02.070 is making sure we get the word down there and 00:37:02.070 --> 00:37:05.659 try to get some people from some other countries 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:12.659 besides just the U .S. and Canada? Yeah, I mean, 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:15.960 that's kind of how the European won. Well, I 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:18.059 say European just because that's where it was 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:21.239 when I was there. It's really IARU region one. 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:25.820 So some years they did it up in Europe. One year 00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:30.039 they did it in South Africa. And then when they 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.099 were doing it in Europe, they had participants 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:35.260 from Africa come up there. And we certainly hope 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:37.960 to have some participants from Canada and South 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:42.340 America come up. And that's something that's 00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:44.719 interesting when you start traveling internationally 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.099 or go to one of the really big hamfests. I mean, 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.900 you get a certain amount of it at Hamvention, 00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:50.719 some of the bigger ones here, but you actually 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:57.050 get to meet the DX. I may be called to a certain 00:37:57.050 --> 00:38:01.670 group overseas, our favorite US East Coast spotting 00:38:01.670 --> 00:38:04.150 station, because every once in a while I will 00:38:04.150 --> 00:38:07.190 get a message on Telegram saying, Sam, hey, can 00:38:07.190 --> 00:38:10.610 you get on the air? Because we want some spots 00:38:10.610 --> 00:38:13.809 from the East Coast. And so I say, oh, OK, well, 00:38:13.949 --> 00:38:15.949 maybe now's a good time to turn the radio on. 00:38:16.510 --> 00:38:20.840 Let's see if I can hear some of y 'all. It's 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.340 fun to maintain some connections to people who 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:28.820 are so far -flung, and certainly doing that for 00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:31.519 North and South America would be a great opportunity 00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:35.079 if we can make it work. There may be a guest 00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.139 or two from Europe, we don't know yet, but some 00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:41.460 of the big people in European Yoda want to see 00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:44.480 our event, so we may wind up with some pretty 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:50.639 far -flung guests, and I hope we do. Yeah, I'm 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:54.139 really looking forward to seeing what we can 00:38:54.139 --> 00:39:00.820 do with that and I think that Those experiences 00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:03.420 that you have, you know, you you're talking to 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:06.119 these people all the time on telegram, you know 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.079 because you spent a week with them you got to 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:13.059 know them and now you're working with them to 00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:16.139 To help bring this camp over here and it's exactly 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:20.300 what we hope will We'll take off from this one. 00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:23.039 Yeah, I made such good friends. I try to get 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.960 out to Friedrichshafen every year to see him 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.739 there. Yeah, so now I'm going to hear about the 00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:36.829 camp being. Right before Friedrich Hoffman Sometimes 00:39:36.829 --> 00:39:39.190 stuff falls the way it does. Yeah, I might have 00:39:39.190 --> 00:39:41.690 to I might have to go see them a different time 00:39:41.690 --> 00:39:46.409 this year Well, and I was gonna say to Sam's 00:39:46.409 --> 00:39:48.130 point, that's the that's the beauty of having 00:39:48.130 --> 00:39:51.329 it close to Dayton as well Because the folks 00:39:51.329 --> 00:39:53.769 that are gonna meet here are probably able to 00:39:53.769 --> 00:39:55.929 also get to Dayton and that may be their meeting 00:39:55.929 --> 00:39:57.929 point Kind of like what Sam is saying there about 00:39:57.929 --> 00:40:01.730 Friedrich Hoffman Yeah, that's what happens in 00:40:01.730 --> 00:40:03.949 Friedrichshafen and now in Friedrichshafen they 00:40:03.949 --> 00:40:06.230 they have a big youth camp which is actually 00:40:06.230 --> 00:40:09.269 in one of the unused exhibition halls that a 00:40:09.269 --> 00:40:13.050 lot of the Yoda people stay at and that's open 00:40:13.050 --> 00:40:17.130 pretty much to anybody 27 and under and so the 00:40:17.130 --> 00:40:20.730 same age ranges tend to congregate there and 00:40:20.730 --> 00:40:23.010 It kind of similar effect happens there. There's 00:40:23.010 --> 00:40:25.090 a bunch of buddies who met up there just doing 00:40:25.090 --> 00:40:28.280 activities there and so they've got they've got 00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:31.380 a ham radio station they set up for that where 00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:34.099 they let people bring boat anchors that they 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.440 bought at Friedrichshoff and over to try them 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.179 out right then and stuff like that. They'll usually 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:43.139 have a game server set up and some soldering 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:47.070 stations and the pile of test equipment. this 00:40:47.070 --> 00:40:50.010 weird thing that they call a beamer, which is 00:40:50.010 --> 00:40:52.570 their word for a projector. I laughed the first 00:40:52.570 --> 00:40:58.130 time I heard that. I had a buddy from Yoda Japan 00:40:58.130 --> 00:41:02.510 came over, and he brought his Japanese Nintendo 00:41:02.510 --> 00:41:05.050 Entertainment System, or they call it a Famicom 00:41:05.050 --> 00:41:09.190 there, and we were just shining the thing on 00:41:09.190 --> 00:41:12.130 the wall with the beamer, oops, I mean projector, 00:41:13.250 --> 00:41:17.840 and playing God. Japanese Mega Man X on the on 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:20.360 the wall and it's like, you know, this is the 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:24.320 type of thing that kids do when You're just given 00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:28.119 the freedom to hang out. And so that's We've 00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:30.639 got plenty of time for that But yeah, I mean, 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:32.280 I think a lot of people are gonna get together 00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:34.340 hamvention and you know Maybe we'll either start 00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:36.699 doing something in subsequent years and hamvention 00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:39.260 where we have like some kind of dinner where 00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:43.460 we get everybody together or some or do an Airbnb 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:45.659 or something. I mean, there's a lot of ideas 00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:48.940 that we can do going forward, but the first one 00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:52.219 is to just get the camp off well and the rest 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:57.280 will fall into place. Troy W9KVR has a question. 00:41:57.380 --> 00:42:00.059 I know it's a week long camp, but will there 00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:06.340 be single day opportunities available? And I'm, 00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:11.489 I guess, I guess since I'm I'm the guy that has 00:42:11.489 --> 00:42:16.650 to say no. I don't like saying no. But yeah, 00:42:17.210 --> 00:42:24.909 not really. We're going to have the whole week 00:42:24.909 --> 00:42:27.590 kind of mapped out. Now I know there are some 00:42:27.590 --> 00:42:32.070 people who maybe have to leave a little early. 00:42:34.789 --> 00:42:37.489 Yeah, we really won't be able to do that at least 00:42:37.489 --> 00:42:39.409 this time. It's something interesting to think 00:42:39.409 --> 00:42:43.329 about It's something that there might be some 00:42:43.329 --> 00:42:46.849 possibility also, you know, maybe we will be 00:42:46.849 --> 00:42:49.869 as flexible as we can but maybe if there's people 00:42:49.869 --> 00:42:52.690 who live nearby who want to just come and visit 00:42:52.690 --> 00:42:55.889 for a particular time or see a particular opportunity 00:42:55.889 --> 00:42:59.510 or See a particular activity or something like 00:42:59.510 --> 00:43:02.760 that There may be some possibilities to accommodate 00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:06.699 them but in general the event is designed such 00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:09.239 that You're gonna be there for the whole week 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:11.900 and we really want it to be like that because 00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:14.420 if you're just there for a few hours or whatnot 00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:18.039 No, cool. Well, I saw an activity if you're there 00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:21.539 for the week Well, I made buddies and that's 00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:25.460 really really what it's aimed at Now I will say 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:31.829 this the Thursday afternoon the camp we need 00:43:31.829 --> 00:43:36.309 visitors we want visitors because we need fans 00:43:36.309 --> 00:43:41.710 for this race and so if you're gonna come visit 00:43:41.710 --> 00:43:45.269 for one day Thursday afternoon is the day to 00:43:45.269 --> 00:43:51.969 do that go ahead Jocelyn no no sorry I was going 00:43:51.969 --> 00:43:54.610 to say, yeah, Sam, I think has got a good point. 00:43:54.809 --> 00:43:57.829 If people are local, we may be able to work something 00:43:57.829 --> 00:44:00.570 if they want to stop in for a few hours. But 00:44:00.570 --> 00:44:04.510 as he said, the camp is aimed at building friendship 00:44:04.510 --> 00:44:07.989 relationships and be getting the whole package 00:44:07.989 --> 00:44:11.090 experience. So that's all I was trying to say. 00:44:11.210 --> 00:44:15.369 Sorry. No, no, that's fine. So, yeah, we are 00:44:15.369 --> 00:44:19.579 we are going to be looking for. Some local help 00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:24.300 with things But you know most of it at this point 00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:29.099 is Set up tear down And and again, we'd really 00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:32.139 want to get a big crowd if we can on Thursday 00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:38.159 To cheer on the the race. So You know, that's 00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:40.079 that's something we'll be working on and we'll 00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:44.059 talk about But really I want to focus on three 00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:47.159 ways you can help if you want to help make this 00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:50.219 Successful and you you want to help us out and 00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:54.280 in making this thing ago I see three things that 00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:59.260 you can do to help one Be on the air during that 00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:03.820 week. We need pile -ups If they're gonna practice 00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:08.460 contesting skills and operating skills We need 00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:14.780 to have some Pile -ups and so we need people 00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:19.159 to be on the air during that week, especially 00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:22.480 that Monday evening when we have some dedicated 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:26.880 time for that. We need people on the air and 00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:30.820 so that's one way you can help. Another way you 00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:37.920 can help is identify and support. There will 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:40.539 be QSL cards, so you're going to want to be on 00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:42.780 the air and I will make sure they are very good. 00:45:45.140 --> 00:45:49.760 Yeah, we've got those haven't got too far on 00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:53.300 that yet, but we've got some ideas But we will 00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:56.099 definitely have some some cool QSL cards from 00:45:56.099 --> 00:46:00.099 that The second way is to find some youth to 00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:03.440 attend the camp. We need some Recommendations 00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:07.260 we need people to know about this camp That are 00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:11.039 between the ages of 15 and 25 and have a license 00:46:11.909 --> 00:46:14.690 They do need to be licensed before they come 00:46:14.690 --> 00:46:16.469 because they're going to have to operate on their 00:46:16.469 --> 00:46:21.610 own. So we need to find some youth and again 00:46:21.610 --> 00:46:25.690 getting the word down to Central and South America 00:46:25.690 --> 00:46:27.829 is going to be a little more challenging. We've 00:46:27.829 --> 00:46:31.429 got some avenues to do that and like I said we've 00:46:31.429 --> 00:46:35.210 been doing some social media promotion even this 00:46:35.210 --> 00:46:39.510 summer. But we need to get some youth identified. 00:46:39.690 --> 00:46:43.750 And maybe you can sponsor local youth to come 00:46:43.750 --> 00:46:48.150 to the camp, help them get to Cincinnati. That's 00:46:48.150 --> 00:46:51.909 the one thing that is going to cost the camper 00:46:51.909 --> 00:46:57.349 other than the $100 registration fee is transportation 00:46:57.349 --> 00:46:59.710 there and back. And so maybe you can help them 00:46:59.710 --> 00:47:04.480 out with that. And then lastly, Uh, we, we still 00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:08.920 need donations. Uh, we have about $5 ,000, uh, 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:12.280 left that we need to raise. Um, after all the 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:16.239 corporate sponsors, uh, have chipped in. Um, 00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:20.840 and so we have a GoFundMe page set up. Um, and 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:23.500 we also take donations by PayPal, if you'd rather 00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:26.639 do it on PayPal. And then I kind of transfer 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:29.699 it over. So we get the. The running total but 00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:32.500 you can donate on PayPal you can donate on the 00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:36.820 GoFundMe site We need to finish that off and 00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:40.760 then The more we get the more campers we can 00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:44.659 host We've got 20 right now. We hope to go up 00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:53.019 to 30 So we got to get up to $11 ,000 over the 00:47:53.019 --> 00:48:00.119 Already pledged donations So an extra $6 ,000 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:04.699 means we can get 10 more kids in. So $11 ,000 00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:08.639 would put us in the ballpark of being able to 00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:13.099 have our maximum, which is $30 ,000. So donate 00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:19.099 if you can. Ask your club to donate. Ask others 00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:23.179 to donate. And you can find that on our website 00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:29.000 at yota .org. And there's a donate button there. 00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:33.179 And also, as you're shopping, and rumor has it 00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:35.519 there may be some shopping going on about a week 00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:40.400 from today, if you're on Amazon, if you do smile 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:46.599 .amazon .com and sign up there, anything that 00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:54.000 you purchased, over smile .amazon .com a percentage 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:58.559 of that sale is donated by Amazon to the camp 00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:03.219 so that information is also on the website so 00:49:03.219 --> 00:49:06.000 those are some ways that you can help if you 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:11.500 want to see this happen that's some ways that 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:15.300 you can help All right. Well, it looks like our 00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:18.719 time is gone. So let me run around the horn one 00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:22.420 last time here For anything we might have missed 00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:26.400 or any closing comments. So Sam, why don't you 00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:30.219 go ahead first? No, I mean for sure, you know 00:49:30.219 --> 00:49:33.000 the more help we can get that more people we 00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:36.639 can put up in the camp Do think we're probably 00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:38.760 we were saying that the upper limit would be 00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:41.400 around 30 just because of how big the place is 00:49:41.400 --> 00:49:44.710 but you know if we get a lot of support we'll 00:49:44.710 --> 00:49:47.809 try to bring in as many people as we can and 00:49:47.809 --> 00:49:51.050 Then this I hope is just the beginning of a really 00:49:51.050 --> 00:49:55.230 big Yona program in North and South America, 00:49:55.230 --> 00:49:59.969 you know that everything started small the In 00:49:59.969 --> 00:50:05.349 Europe was pretty humble it was pretty small 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:09.079 It was the beginning of a big program now that 00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:12.159 does one huge camp during the summer and several 00:50:12.159 --> 00:50:15.980 smaller ones during the rest of the year. So 00:50:15.980 --> 00:50:19.019 they've got their Nordics on the air camp in 00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:21.320 Scandinavia coming up and they're going to have 00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:24.500 another big one next summer and probably a few 00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:27.760 big ones in between. I mean the one in southern 00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:30.420 Germany, which was considered a subregional Yoda 00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:35.159 camp, I think had 60 attendees. this is the sort 00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:37.500 of thing where, you know, maybe some of you listening 00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:41.639 are interested in participating in this camp 00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:44.320 and this program, but maybe some others of you 00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:47.599 listening are interested in what you can do to 00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:49.820 expand the program once we get our feet in the 00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:52.320 ground. You know, maybe there's going to be a 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:55.239 whole bunch of different smaller camps going 00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:57.280 on in a few years. You know, that's just something 00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:58.940 that I want everybody to keep in the back of 00:50:58.940 --> 00:51:02.409 their heads is that, you know, this is kind of 00:51:02.409 --> 00:51:05.070 they'd say be the change you want to see and 00:51:05.070 --> 00:51:09.909 if we can get lots of good mentors of all ages 00:51:09.909 --> 00:51:14.610 together to see the program forward then we're 00:51:14.610 --> 00:51:16.530 gonna have a terrific program and I'm pretty 00:51:16.530 --> 00:51:18.730 confident we're gonna be off to a great start 00:51:18.730 --> 00:51:22.070 so and finally thank you Neil for being the prime 00:51:22.070 --> 00:51:25.550 organizer of this of course because you you had 00:51:25.550 --> 00:51:28.789 to change something in my My introduction, you 00:51:28.789 --> 00:51:31.170 should have said instead of restoring vintage 00:51:31.170 --> 00:51:33.969 radios, you meant restoring vintage computers 00:51:33.969 --> 00:51:41.590 for the retro game con stuff. Yes. I'm probably 00:51:41.590 --> 00:51:43.610 one of the youngest people now who knows how 00:51:43.610 --> 00:51:46.530 to take apart a CRT television without killing 00:51:46.530 --> 00:51:51.489 myself, but you know, the hobbies. I really appreciated 00:51:51.489 --> 00:51:54.190 having you take the reins on things while I've 00:51:54.190 --> 00:51:56.920 been... trying to further some other events i've 00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:59.539 been involved with so you're going to be the 00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:05.219 reason why this is successful well thank you 00:52:05.219 --> 00:52:10.110 jocelyn well i think yes Was going to say Sam 00:52:10.110 --> 00:52:13.329 kind of summed it all up You know as you said 00:52:13.329 --> 00:52:17.449 also donations It's just just the way that these 00:52:17.449 --> 00:52:20.550 camp type thing work is we need we need funds 00:52:20.550 --> 00:52:23.570 to make this happen The more campers the better. 00:52:23.590 --> 00:52:26.389 I think more kids will have fun We're looking 00:52:26.389 --> 00:52:29.329 for a great success at this camp. I was going 00:52:29.329 --> 00:52:32.409 to say real quick. I got a email here from Mr. 00:52:32.469 --> 00:52:36.690 Ed KGHCX up there in Michigan, and he basically 00:52:36.690 --> 00:52:39.590 is saying that he's already promoting the Yoda 00:52:39.590 --> 00:52:42.769 events to his group and looking forward to Yoda 00:52:42.769 --> 00:52:46.070 December on the air. So, Neil, that's all I got. 00:52:46.110 --> 00:52:49.349 Thank you again for having us on and for making 00:52:49.349 --> 00:52:51.989 this happen for the youth in Region 2. I think 00:52:51.989 --> 00:52:54.469 it's going to be fantastic. So, that's all I 00:52:54.469 --> 00:52:59.190 got. All right. Well, I want to thank everybody 00:52:59.190 --> 00:53:03.349 for listening. Um, if, if you want to hear more 00:53:03.349 --> 00:53:07.170 about this, um, we did the announcement on, uh, 00:53:07.269 --> 00:53:09.650 ham nation last week, so you can, you can catch 00:53:09.650 --> 00:53:13.530 that. Um, and then, uh, we were also last night 00:53:13.530 --> 00:53:16.550 or not last night, Tuesday night. Uh, we were 00:53:16.550 --> 00:53:21.690 over on w five K U B .com. So thanks, um, to, 00:53:21.690 --> 00:53:25.050 uh, the whole crew over there at w five K U B 00:53:25.050 --> 00:53:29.389 and, and to Tom and Katie for. I'm having Jocelyn 00:53:29.389 --> 00:53:32.030 and I on Tuesday night and make sure you check 00:53:32.030 --> 00:53:37.190 out w5kub .com and take a look at some of the 00:53:37.190 --> 00:53:40.650 things that they're doing. So we want to express 00:53:40.650 --> 00:53:44.670 our gratitude to that and also Amateur Radio 00:53:44.670 --> 00:53:47.130 Newsline. We've got an article coming out in 00:53:47.130 --> 00:53:49.210 National Contest Journal. We've got an article 00:53:49.210 --> 00:53:54.130 coming out in CQ Magazine, I know. And so many 00:53:54.130 --> 00:53:57.619 different places have helped us. promote this 00:53:57.619 --> 00:54:00.239 and I know we're going to be on Linux and the 00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:03.739 ham shack soon. So there's all kinds of things 00:54:03.739 --> 00:54:06.780 we're trying to kind of make each one different 00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:10.320 so you know you can check those out. The video 00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:14.539 from ham nation we have linked I know over on 00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:17.579 the web page so if you want to check that out 00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:20.400 you can. We'll try to get some of the others 00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:24.719 on there as well, but yota region and the number 00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:29.880 2 .org is where you'll find all that information. 00:54:30.780 --> 00:54:32.960 And Yoda month, that announcement is going to 00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:35.820 take place here within a few days of what the 00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:41.039 call signs are and just exactly what the region 00:54:41.039 --> 00:54:45.409 2 participation is. but the Region 1 participation 00:54:45.409 --> 00:54:50.230 is already up on the Region 1 Yoda website so 00:54:50.230 --> 00:54:56.190 check that out at events .ham -yota .com and 00:54:56.190 --> 00:54:59.150 you can see that and then we'll be adding in 00:54:59.150 --> 00:55:02.849 the Region 2 stuff as soon as we get all the 00:55:02.849 --> 00:55:05.349 I's dotted and T's crossed and all that kind 00:55:05.349 --> 00:55:08.230 of thing but we've got a schedule already set 00:55:08.230 --> 00:55:11.070 up and a lot of young operators, some great young 00:55:11.070 --> 00:55:14.090 operators. Uh, that are going to be working those. 00:55:14.550 --> 00:55:17.449 So, uh, be listening for the announcement about, 00:55:17.449 --> 00:55:22.269 uh, Yoda month over here in, um, the Americas. 00:55:23.150 --> 00:55:26.050 So Jocelyn Sam, thank you for being here. Thank 00:55:26.050 --> 00:55:29.269 you so much for your work on, on the committee. 00:55:29.269 --> 00:55:33.469 Uh, it, it takes, uh, the entire group and I 00:55:33.469 --> 00:55:36.570 know you get like inundated with emails from 00:55:36.570 --> 00:55:42.380 me like daily. So thank you so much for doing 00:55:42.380 --> 00:55:45.719 that. I think I get more emails than some of 00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:51.360 the Yoda chat rooms. Yeah. But by all means, 00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:53.360 I mean, I'm sure we'll be back on here to talk 00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:56.000 about Yoda month, whether it's before it happens 00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:57.679 or right at the beginning. But that's going to 00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:00.519 be a fun one. And Europe, what they do is they 00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:04.360 have the thing on and they They do it all December 00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:07.659 they get a couple of big stations to host and 00:56:07.659 --> 00:56:11.480 they bring youngsters over and they have a competition 00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:14.400 as to who can Believe this is how it works. They 00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:16.420 have a competition as to which station You know 00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:19.300 can reel in the most points at the end. So it's 00:56:19.300 --> 00:56:22.320 a they They make a competition out of it. It's 00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:25.460 a lot of fun. I work a lot of them every year 00:56:25.460 --> 00:56:28.900 Yeah, it should be should be a blast and also 00:56:28.900 --> 00:56:33.789 thanks to ICOM ICOM is sponsoring our website. 00:56:34.929 --> 00:56:38.710 So when you go there, click on the icon ad there 00:56:38.710 --> 00:56:42.210 and check them out because they've got some great 00:56:42.210 --> 00:56:45.610 stuff and we're going to get to use a lot of 00:56:45.610 --> 00:56:47.829 it at the camp. So we're looking forward to that. 00:56:48.250 --> 00:56:52.269 Well, we are way over time here, so we better 00:56:52.269 --> 00:56:57.409 get going. And one final check. Let's see, it's 00:56:57.409 --> 00:56:59.710 still, oh no, the third quarter started. It's 00:56:59.710 --> 00:57:03.460 still 21 to three. Georgia Tech, so still no 00:57:03.460 --> 00:57:08.079 word from Sterling, but we'll excuse him for 00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:13.119 that. So one last note, programming note. Next 00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.280 week is Thanksgiving. I'm going to be over in 00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:19.500 Westchester so we won't have a show next week 00:57:19.500 --> 00:57:22.760 but the following Thursday we'll be back with 00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:25.019 another show and it might even be about Yoda 00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:28.519 month is kind of what I'm thinking so if we can 00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:31.219 get that scheduled we'll talk about that then 00:57:31.219 --> 00:57:35.519 but as Sam said if not then it'll it'll be soon 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:39.159 thereafter and we'll get the word out on that 00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:44.199 but for now that's a wrap for this edition of 00:57:44.199 --> 00:57:48.440 HamTalk Live. Thanks to Sam Rose, KC2LRC, Jocelyn 00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:51.460 Breaux, KD8VRX, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:56.900 for listening and typing in. And on WTWW next 00:57:56.900 --> 00:58:00.780 week, we'll have an encore performance of a previous 00:58:00.780 --> 00:58:04.679 episode since next Thursday's Thanksgiving. So 00:58:04.679 --> 00:58:07.940 happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and we'll see 00:58:07.940 --> 00:58:11.409 you back here Thursday, December 5th. at our 00:58:11.409 --> 00:58:14.230 usual 9 p .m eastern time and for a list of all 00:58:14.230 --> 00:58:17.230 of our upcoming guests go to hamptalklive .com 00:58:17.230 --> 00:58:19.329 and if you like the show please leave us a review 00:58:19.329 --> 00:58:22.530 that helps others find us faster so for now this 00:58:22.530 --> 00:58:26.670 is Neil Rapp WB9 VPG saying seven three seven 00:58:26.670 --> 00:58:31.250 five and may the good DX be yours oh wait less 00:58:31.250 --> 00:58:33.769 is going to say it tonight This is Les Nessman 00:58:33.769 --> 00:58:37.050 saying good day and may the good dicks be yours. 00:58:38.150 --> 00:58:42.090 This has been the family news with Les Nessman. 00:58:44.349 --> 00:58:47.889 As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could 00:58:47.889 --> 00:59:03.969 fly. We came right back to my security call Your 00:59:03.969 --> 00:59:08.489 readability five and strength nine You never 00:59:08.489 --> 00:59:12.889 once mentioned your weather at all And I didn't 00:59:12.889 --> 00:59:18.130 mention mine We talked and talked for hours and 00:59:18.130 --> 00:59:21.269 hours I completely forgot you're a ham