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He joins us once again 00:05:22.949 --> 00:05:25.970 from Picayune, Mississippi. you know i'm from 00:05:25.970 --> 00:05:28.629 amateur radio news line and ham nation and his 00:05:28.629 --> 00:05:31.149 day job is working at the i heart media radio 00:05:31.149 --> 00:05:34.009 stations in new orleans producing commercials 00:05:34.009 --> 00:05:37.310 and his formerly an on -air personality don is 00:05:37.310 --> 00:05:40.189 a native of shawnee oklahoma first license in 00:05:40.189 --> 00:05:43.629 nineteen ninety five he's an extra class license 00:05:43.629 --> 00:05:47.310 holder in an active volunteer examiner and he 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:51.689 has a green car fetish what's not going to happen 00:05:51.689 --> 00:05:54.180 is that he's already got a reddish And a red 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:57.759 guitar finish. Something about green cars and 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.399 red guitars. And I just want to say that following 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:06.019 Jerry Ellsworth and Amy Herndon, that's a pretty 00:06:06.019 --> 00:06:07.939 tall order. We had them on Ham Nation, as you 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:09.699 know, last week, the day before you had them 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:14.680 on Ham Talk Live. Man, that's a tough act to 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.180 follow, Jerry and Amy. Those girls got big brains. 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:23.740 Don, you know I love you like a brother. No, 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:25.839 they're smart. They're bright. I'm not sure you 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.579 can follow them. They get no one. No, I'd guide 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:32.199 this what I'm saying I can't That's what I said 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.339 on ham nation the Don you want to say anything 00:06:34.339 --> 00:06:36.160 to Jerry and Amy? So I'm just sitting here feeling 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:37.879 so inadequate I mean, you know, I'm still sitting 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.100 in the corner eating my crayons and these girls 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:42.660 are doing this augmented reality 3d stuff I'm 00:06:42.660 --> 00:06:45.139 like what the heck and making their own chips 00:06:45.139 --> 00:06:48.560 in the garage Oh, yeah, yeah that that's another 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.660 thing. Yeah. Yeah Jerry in her spare time makes 00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:54.500 chips makes integrated circuits from scratch. 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:58.779 It's like cheese That's not that's not why they 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:01.680 call tonight, but yeah, just yeah just Jerry 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.720 and Amy just got amazing. So how are you doing? 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.680 I'm doing good. I'm doing good. How are you? 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.279 Well, it's a slow night. So obviously I'm back 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:13.680 on exactly And how are the cray and how do the 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:17.800 crayons taste? Well that I'm very disappointed 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.519 because the purple ones don't taste like grape 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:24.019 at all. Oh, man. Yeah You gotta do something 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:27.120 about that. We need flavored crayons Well, you 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:28.860 know, I'm getting them from the dollar store. 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:32.459 So it's me. That's all I can afford but Well, 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:34.939 it's been way too long I wanted to get you back 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:38.720 here on the show and then we say that about this 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.699 Yeah, I say that now Which you know we were talking 00:07:41.699 --> 00:07:44.220 about if the wine glass was gonna be full or 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.100 empty at the beginning of the show or the end 00:07:46.100 --> 00:07:49.399 But it was full before it's empty now. It will 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.560 be full again. Yeah, there you go. Yeah Well, 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.959 we've been talking about you know news line getting 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:02.209 Bill Pasternak wa6 ITF's call sign for quite 00:08:02.209 --> 00:08:06.029 a while, and that finally happened. You are the 00:08:06.029 --> 00:08:12.029 trustee of WA6ITF now. I am. Could not be more 00:08:12.029 --> 00:08:15.589 proud. Yeah, it was a long, it was something 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:20.110 that, I don't remember who originally of the 00:08:20.110 --> 00:08:22.569 Newsline staff had the idea. Might have been 00:08:22.569 --> 00:08:24.790 Paul. Paul seems to be the idea guy, good or 00:08:24.790 --> 00:08:27.110 bad. Might have been Paul. Yeah, good or bad. 00:08:27.230 --> 00:08:30.750 Paul Brown, W9GCO. But anyway, it was kind of 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:33.669 a consensus like, why don't we do a amateur radio 00:08:33.669 --> 00:08:36.350 news line, amateur radio club? And man, it wouldn't 00:08:36.350 --> 00:08:39.590 be cool if we could get Bill's call. Look, well, 00:08:39.590 --> 00:08:41.889 yeah, that would be cool. Let's see if we can 00:08:41.889 --> 00:08:45.730 do that. And long story short, we did. Thanks 00:08:45.730 --> 00:08:51.809 to Bill's daughter and Bill's wife, who is unfortunately 00:08:51.809 --> 00:08:55.970 in the throws, the deep, deep throws of Alzheimer's. 00:08:56.330 --> 00:09:01.769 But his daughter aided us in that, in getting 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:03.970 Bill's call, which was still active. I mean, 00:09:04.070 --> 00:09:06.389 he had not been gone all that long, you know, 00:09:06.389 --> 00:09:08.990 three, four years. So his call was still active. 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:12.830 We had to get his call canceled and have, you 00:09:12.830 --> 00:09:17.389 know, a letter from the family stating that, 00:09:17.389 --> 00:09:19.850 you know, what we were doing is what they wanted. 00:09:20.389 --> 00:09:27.580 So, yeah, we now have WA6ITF as the as the the 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:31.320 the duly assigned call sign for the Amateur radio 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.659 newsline amateur radio club and we just could 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:38.100 not be more thrilled about it Well, tell us a 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:41.139 little bit about bill for those who don't know 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:44.879 bill because it's kind of hard to believe that 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.320 there are people who don't remember bill because 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.220 They are newly licensed and so right exactly 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:54.860 they may not know so remind everybody about bill 00:09:55.149 --> 00:09:57.789 Well, Bill Pasternak is the one of the founders 00:09:57.789 --> 00:10:00.950 along with Jim Hendershot of amateur radio newsline 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:03.990 Which has been going on for 40 years now. It's 00:10:03.990 --> 00:10:07.629 hard to believe but over 40 years It started 00:10:07.629 --> 00:10:10.690 as just a couple of guys on top of a mountaintop 00:10:10.690 --> 00:10:14.909 in Southern, California on a net for the Westlink 00:10:14.909 --> 00:10:17.950 linked repeater system Who were giving basically 00:10:17.950 --> 00:10:20.970 a state of the system report and it was called 00:10:20.970 --> 00:10:24.529 the Westlink report and then they started adding 00:10:24.809 --> 00:10:28.889 other news items to it related to ham radio and 00:10:28.889 --> 00:10:30.529 it just got bigger and bigger and bigger and 00:10:30.529 --> 00:10:32.429 eventually it morphed into amateur radio news 00:10:32.429 --> 00:10:34.549 line which was back in the in the early days 00:10:34.549 --> 00:10:39.370 before the internet was cut on tape and was fedexed 00:10:39.370 --> 00:10:42.610 by across the country back to bill whoever anchored 00:10:42.610 --> 00:10:46.409 the newscast and it went out actually on dedicated 00:10:46.409 --> 00:10:49.210 telephone lines all around the country that's 00:10:49.210 --> 00:10:51.850 how you got amateur radio news line was you called 00:10:51.850 --> 00:10:55.330 a telephone to listen to it or to record it or 00:10:55.330 --> 00:10:58.289 to play it over your net well now you know 40 00:10:58.289 --> 00:11:01.629 years later it's all done digitally over the 00:11:01.629 --> 00:11:04.289 internet via you know we share files back and 00:11:04.289 --> 00:11:07.950 forth via Dropbox which is a heck of a lot cheaper 00:11:07.950 --> 00:11:12.409 and easier than you know FedExing tape you know 00:11:12.409 --> 00:11:14.909 back when I got into it when I got licensed in 00:11:14.909 --> 00:11:17.629 1995 but yeah Bill Pashnick founded that And 00:11:17.629 --> 00:11:20.529 he also founded and began the Young Ham of the 00:11:20.529 --> 00:11:23.909 Year Award back 30 some odd years ago. And his 00:11:23.909 --> 00:11:27.509 passion was to spread the word about amateur 00:11:27.509 --> 00:11:31.710 radio and education and kids and just lumping 00:11:31.710 --> 00:11:35.350 all that together. And that's kind of Bill's 00:11:35.350 --> 00:11:38.230 legacy. He passed away about four years ago and 00:11:38.230 --> 00:11:44.470 we are carrying on. I've said many times, we 00:11:44.470 --> 00:11:50.059 cannot fill his shoes. No one can, but we can 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:54.320 take the next step and continue the footsteps 00:11:54.320 --> 00:12:00.759 that ended when he passed away. We can continue 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:04.259 the walk and leave our own footsteps, but no 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:06.059 one is filling his shoes. So that's kind of the 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:09.980 legacy of Bill Pasternak and doing the Amateur 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:12.519 Radio Newsline Amateur Radio Club with WA6ITF 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.919 as the call sign. Just a way to remember him 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:19.159 and memorialize him and and and keep that call 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:22.980 on the air and we're going to We have plans for 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:24.940 the cost and we haven't done any activations 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:27.240 yet But we're gonna be doing some activations 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:29.679 and maybe some special events and I can I can 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:34.679 probably see I Could I could foresee? Doing it 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.700 doing something for maybe his birthday or something 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:40.340 like that I'd say what I would really like to 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:43.820 do and this just popped into my head is Bill 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:48.179 always did the town hall meeting at Hamvention. 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.879 And of course, Hamvention has their special event. 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:56.379 I would very much like to sit there at the controls 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:59.340 of the special event station at Ham Nation and 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:03.840 do that under the as WA6ITF. And I think that 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:06.340 may be something that we'll try to do in upcoming 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:10.659 years. Just a thought, something to do. Well, 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.980 and I know you know when you contacted Bill's 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:17.000 daughter about this I think her her response 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:21.480 was like an hour later No, it was less than that. 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.460 It was like an almost. Yeah, I was via email 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:25.779 So as soon as she saw the email, she's like, 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.960 oh my god. Tell me what I need to do. Yes. Yes 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.259 Yes, just and oh, yes, this is this is great 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:33.500 bill would love this and so would Sharon if she 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:37.059 could comprehend it unfortunately But you know 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:40.659 Alzheimer's being what it is. So yeah, and and 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:43.460 when I You know when I want to we emailed her 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:46.639 back and said well, okay the First off because 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.940 because his call was still an active call Bill 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:54.039 himself had to be a member of the club. Well 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.399 since since his death predated the forming of 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:02.340 the club He was a member emeritus, which is not 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:05.860 good enough for the FCC. So the original request 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.440 for that call got turned down. So we had to go 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.740 back and get something from the executor of his 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:17.860 estate and the death certificate and everything 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:22.000 saying, you know, here's what we need. And then 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.899 it was granted. But when I sent her the screenshot 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:34.799 of the FCC website showing that we were now WA6ITF, 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:37.340 she's like, Oh my God, I'm typing through tears 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:41.600 of joy. Yeah, she's just, she's thrilled. She's 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.539 just absolutely thrilled. And we'll try to get 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:47.200 her on and activate that call as well one of 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:51.559 these days. Yeah. So, you know, we've talked 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:56.419 a little bit about plans. You know, are there 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:59.179 any other plans that you're thinking of to, you 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:02.700 know, maybe an annual thing to remember Bill 00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:07.659 or? You know, what's the idea? Yeah, I've got 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:10.000 several things kicking around in my head. And, 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.720 you know, of course, it's going to be a group 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.080 event with everyone in Newsline. It's not just 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:19.220 me, anybody who is my answering machine going 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:23.320 off, anyone who, you know, is a is a current 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:25.940 or former staff member of Amateur Radio Newsline. 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:28.080 is basically a member of the club. I mean, that's 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.220 just that's how you get in the club. If you've 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:32.460 recorded audio for amateur radio news line, you're 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:34.759 you're basically in the club, you know, where 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.700 you've been drafted with you want to or not. 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.419 So you're eligible to act. So you're eligible. 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:41.440 I mean, you can activate that call if you would 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:44.799 like. And and anybody at any time, any of us 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.700 could, you know, you could go on one Saturday 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:49.379 afternoon if you want to do W6ITF. I've actually 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:51.059 thought about it. I haven't had time and I've 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:53.179 got some antenna issues with my my HF station 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:56.799 now. But, um, I'm seriously thinking about doing 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:01.120 it for field day. Oh, yeah. Just, yeah. I mean, 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:03.340 just, yeah, there's no, there's, there's no, 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:07.120 there doesn't have to be a special event to put 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:09.299 that call sign on the air is like, if one day 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:11.639 you want to get on there and you want to say, 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:15.080 Hey, this is a W a six ITF, the amateur radio 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.279 news line, amateur radio club, um, activating 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.879 and, uh, You know if you want to make some contacts 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.620 and put some calls in the log and sling a few 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:27.200 QSL cards out There's nothing wrong with that. 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:29.100 So doesn't have to be a special event to put 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:33.440 it on the air, but we We will plan Hopefully 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.000 some annual things. So maybe his birthday or 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.340 something like that. Yeah Well, we talked about 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:42.820 flying these cassettes by FedEx across the country 00:16:43.289 --> 00:16:47.830 And that's no longer the case. So remind everyone 00:16:47.830 --> 00:16:51.129 how they can listen to Newsline and if they want 00:16:51.129 --> 00:16:56.190 to put Newsline on their local repeater or even 00:16:56.190 --> 00:16:59.690 Simplex for that matter, how they can go and 00:16:59.690 --> 00:17:04.210 find that information and find out where all 00:17:04.210 --> 00:17:08.049 these audio files are and get that done. Yeah, 00:17:08.049 --> 00:17:12.829 super easy a are newsline dot o RG for amateur 00:17:12.829 --> 00:17:16.529 radio newsline a are Alfa Romeo newsline org 00:17:16.529 --> 00:17:19.750 is the website and every week you will see a 00:17:19.750 --> 00:17:22.549 synopsis of what's in the right at the top of 00:17:22.549 --> 00:17:24.329 the page you'll see a synopsis of what's in the 00:17:24.329 --> 00:17:26.869 report and then you'll see click here for the 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:29.390 script and click here for the audio and You can 00:17:29.390 --> 00:17:31.509 right -click save as that audio and you can play 00:17:31.509 --> 00:17:35.970 it on on your own net It dovetails really nicely 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:40.519 with Echo Producer for EchoLink. There are a 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:42.420 lot of nets that run it that way that actually 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:44.380 schedule it to where it comes on at a particular 00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:47.819 time. And you don't necessarily need our permission 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:49.380 to run it, just let us know that you're doing 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:53.140 it because of course in the 10 minute ID break 00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:55.859 every week for the 20 minute newscast, we try 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:58.799 to highlight a repeater or a bulletin station 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:04.240 who is airing Newsline and of course if... You 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.480 have one of those stations by all means let us 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.160 know Newsline today our newsline org is our email 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:14.220 address and let us know. Hey, I'm So -and -so 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:16.700 and this is my net on such -and -such night at 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:18.619 8 p .m. Or whatever and we run amateur radio 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:21.839 newsline or we run it as a simplex we run it 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.380 just however just let us know and We'll put you 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:29.039 with our thanks and gratitude in with the ID 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:31.059 break in the in the middle of the show It's pretty 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:35.180 easy, arsline .org. And the listing's on the 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:39.960 website, and we can put it on there, and there's 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:44.920 the, we call it the Hi -Fi and Lo -Fi. I'm not 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.740 sure we're Lo -Fi. Well, if there's Hi -Fi, there's 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:50.579 got to be Lo -Fi, but there's the Hi -Fi version 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:53.240 that sounds a lot better, but the Lo -Fi works 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.940 on Echo Producer. Right. And if you do use Echo 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:59.960 Producer, just give us an email and we'll send 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:03.740 you that. It's like a buried link basically is 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:09.279 what that is. And then it's also available in 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.700 podcast format. So you can go to any podcast 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:16.420 player and it's pretty much there. Yeah, it's 00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.640 right there. There's a million different ways 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:21.539 to get us. We're in so many places you trip over 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:28.190 us. Probably. Quite often even But that would 00:19:28.190 --> 00:19:32.410 be right now because because yeah, you know it 00:19:32.410 --> 00:19:35.789 it's fall And it's a labor of love for all of 00:19:35.789 --> 00:19:37.970 us. None of us get paid There's not been a single 00:19:37.970 --> 00:19:40.589 person in the 40 year history of amateur radio 00:19:40.589 --> 00:19:43.089 newsline who has ever made a penny off of this 00:19:43.089 --> 00:19:48.750 You know, everything is volunteer we do it for 00:19:48.750 --> 00:19:53.130 the love of the hobby and to give back and a 00:19:53.130 --> 00:19:57.690 lot of us just Because of bill Bill was one of 00:19:57.690 --> 00:20:00.289 those guys who I'm kind of like the godfather 00:20:00.289 --> 00:20:03.329 he Made you an offer. You couldn't refuse. You 00:20:03.329 --> 00:20:05.750 know, I just you could not you could not say 00:20:05.750 --> 00:20:08.930 no to bill and on the very few occasions since 00:20:08.930 --> 00:20:12.170 1995 When I first got involved with Newsline 00:20:12.170 --> 00:20:16.569 that I actually had to say I'm sorry. I can't 00:20:16.569 --> 00:20:20.009 do it this week it Killed me inside every time. 00:20:20.170 --> 00:20:22.829 So he was just one of those guys that you just 00:20:22.829 --> 00:20:26.690 could not say no to and I've never heard a bad 00:20:26.690 --> 00:20:30.250 word about Bill plaster neck ever In fact, he's 00:20:30.250 --> 00:20:32.309 the only person that's ever been honored twice 00:20:32.309 --> 00:20:35.509 by the Dayton amateur radio association with 00:20:35.509 --> 00:20:38.690 awards from Hamvention the only ham ever to have 00:20:38.690 --> 00:20:42.369 been awarded twice by By the Dayton Hamvention 00:20:42.369 --> 00:20:44.710 pretty cool. That's that's pretty cool. Pretty 00:20:44.710 --> 00:20:48.089 impressive. Yep Well, we're going to take a break 00:20:48.089 --> 00:20:51.490 and when we come back, we're going to talk about 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:54.910 some other things that that news line is doing 00:20:54.910 --> 00:21:01.029 and who knows what else when Don's on the show, 00:21:01.029 --> 00:21:04.410 you know, you never know where this is going 00:21:04.410 --> 00:21:09.609 to go. Settle down now, Neil. Yeah. So so strap 00:21:09.609 --> 00:21:15.509 in, grab a beverage and we'll be back. with Todd 00:21:15.509 --> 00:21:19.569 right after this word, maybe, from ICOM. If we're 00:21:19.569 --> 00:21:26.549 lucky. We'll be back after ICOM has a few words 00:21:26.549 --> 00:21:30.789 right here on HamTalk Live. Heard it, worked 00:21:30.789 --> 00:21:34.150 it, logged it. It's time to get the transceiver 00:21:34.150 --> 00:21:37.650 that's best suited for your lifestyle. 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Because if you're 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:04.440 listening to us on WTWW, it's Saturday, not Thursday. 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.660 And if you're listening to us on the podcast, 00:25:07.130 --> 00:25:11.910 It's sometime after the show. So we're not here. 00:25:12.589 --> 00:25:16.089 So give us a call. If it's Thursday night, give 00:25:16.089 --> 00:25:20.509 us a call. 812 -638 -4261. Now, let's talk a 00:25:20.509 --> 00:25:24.609 little bit about some other things Newsline is 00:25:24.609 --> 00:25:28.650 doing. And we've put together this new presentation 00:25:28.650 --> 00:25:33.400 that we can do over Skype or in person for club 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:36.440 so talk about this uh... this club presentation 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:41.220 thing yeah in fact uh... uh... i'd say who who 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:44.720 spearheaded that was paul brown w d nine g c 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.200 l he put it more or less put that together i 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:50.819 believe and uh... uh... he joined me at uh... 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:54.180 the peoria superfest in september which also 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.579 was my birthday party which just happened to 00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:58.539 be the same you know within a couple days of 00:25:58.539 --> 00:26:01.430 my birthday so it was the uh... peoria illinois 00:26:01.430 --> 00:26:04.349 superfest and ons fifty ninth birthday party 00:26:04.349 --> 00:26:06.970 which is very cool and they worked out very well 00:26:06.970 --> 00:26:09.089 they invite me i think it was listed that way 00:26:09.089 --> 00:26:16.430 in q street too go good that's funny well you 00:26:16.430 --> 00:26:19.970 know any excuse for a party right but uh... web 00:26:19.970 --> 00:26:22.269 we went up there but i was invited up there to 00:26:22.269 --> 00:26:25.990 speak to do a forum and uh... we use the powerpoint 00:26:25.990 --> 00:26:27.890 uh... for the first time and uh... yeah it worked 00:26:27.890 --> 00:26:31.859 out great Drew Vreba, our current young ham of 00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:33.720 the year, was there as well because he only lives 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.000 about 45 minutes away. He lives in normal Illinois, 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:39.200 just about 30 -45 minutes away from Peoria. And 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:41.240 that was probably the high point of the trip, 00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:43.400 that and the fact that they did birthday cake 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:46.859 for me the Friday night before, before the ham 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:50.059 fest. The low point of the trip, unfortunately, 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:53.240 was sharing a hotel room with Paul Brown, WD9GCO. 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:57.140 But, you know, it didn't... It's a it's a balance. 00:26:57.140 --> 00:27:00.559 No Paul was Paul was actually Paul was actually 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:04.579 a really Just a lot of fun to be around and first 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:07.099 as the longest I'd really time I'd really spent 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:11.019 with him other than at at hamvention, but no 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:14.220 Paul's good guy and I got to see his amazing 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:18.559 install If you if you saw ham nation last night, 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.660 we had about a four and a half minute video of 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:26.099 Paul's radio install in his Subaru Impreza Which 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:30.039 is a manual shift, but he added the paddle shifters 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:32.779 behind the steering wheel and he has turned those 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:37.920 into push -to -talk buttons for his two VHF UHF 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.019 radios in his car just I'd have never thought 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:44.000 about that, but it's a pretty cool project So 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.299 check out check out the latest ham nation from 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:51.240 last night the 23rd depending on when you're 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:54.019 listening to this and you'll see a little Little 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.220 video of that about four and a half minutes or 00:27:56.220 --> 00:28:00.480 so of Paul's install. So yeah, we're the The 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:02.819 PowerPoint worked really great at Peoria and 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:05.200 just a big thanks to the to the folks there for 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.619 having us up there just really good host and 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:12.099 a great little ham fest and I certainly hope 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:14.660 to be back up there at some point in the near 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:19.420 future and and this is also available to clubs 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:23.950 for for club meetings during Or over Skype we 00:28:23.950 --> 00:28:26.470 can we can do that that way if you're you're 00:28:26.470 --> 00:28:31.009 not Close by I actually did one up in Franklin, 00:28:31.009 --> 00:28:34.430 Indiana But you know it was close enough I could 00:28:34.430 --> 00:28:37.569 run up there and and and do it myself and got 00:28:37.569 --> 00:28:40.150 to see one of our correspondents Jack Parker 00:28:40.150 --> 00:28:46.569 w8ish and We had him try out reading the world 00:28:46.569 --> 00:28:50.490 of DX or as I like to call it the world of unpronounceable 00:28:50.490 --> 00:28:54.289 names Yes, exactly bill used to give me those 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:57.750 and I would email him back and go what in the 00:28:57.750 --> 00:29:01.009 heck is this and He would like well, I know you're 00:29:01.009 --> 00:29:03.049 always and he always told me he said I give the 00:29:03.049 --> 00:29:04.650 hard ones to you because you never mess them 00:29:04.650 --> 00:29:08.210 up I'm like, wow, that's high praise but yeah, 00:29:08.289 --> 00:29:14.789 I'd like some people do with Placer County Placer 00:29:14.789 --> 00:29:17.869 Placer Placer County Placer County. That's all 00:29:17.869 --> 00:29:21.329 right. But yeah, I, well, I spent a lot of time 00:29:21.329 --> 00:29:23.650 in central California. I've got relatives there. 00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:25.869 So when I heard Placer County, I immediately 00:29:25.869 --> 00:29:27.990 knew, no, that's supposed to be Placer County. 00:29:28.289 --> 00:29:30.190 That's what happens when you're trying to produce 00:29:30.190 --> 00:29:33.670 news line two minutes before HamTalk Live. Right. 00:29:33.670 --> 00:29:35.750 And you don't always have time to do the things 00:29:35.750 --> 00:29:39.910 and yeah, you know, when I, when I, when I do 00:29:39.910 --> 00:29:43.109 the anchoring, I try to take time to go through 00:29:43.109 --> 00:29:45.869 and And if there's something that I can't pronounce, 00:29:46.069 --> 00:29:48.529 I'll Google it and do the Google pronunciation 00:29:48.529 --> 00:29:51.049 and have like, you can, it's very cool, you can 00:29:51.049 --> 00:29:54.130 have like a native speaker in that language, 00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:56.650 pronounce it for you, which really, really helps 00:29:56.650 --> 00:29:58.710 a lot. Yeah, it does. I use that a lot. You gotta 00:29:58.710 --> 00:30:01.789 go by and, yeah, and check, you know, recheck 00:30:01.789 --> 00:30:04.450 call signs when you're doing the news line anchoring. 00:30:04.490 --> 00:30:07.710 That was another thing. Bill, if you ever, for 00:30:07.710 --> 00:30:10.170 those of you who knew Bill, he wrote exactly 00:30:10.170 --> 00:30:13.420 the way he spoke. which made for some interesting 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:18.900 scripts sometimes. It would take me an hour and 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:21.440 a half to put together a 30 minute newscast when 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:24.000 Bill would send me a script. It's a lot faster 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.000 now that Karen Eve Murray is writing it because 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:34.160 she writes for news and Bill kind of wrote. The 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.440 way he spoke a lot of times and so it's a it's 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.059 a lot easier and that's let me tell you something 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:41.160 If you're a club and you want to have one of 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:43.819 us from Newsline Come in and like do a Skype 00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:46.160 thing or whatever. We're all available But I'd 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.779 say who would be very interesting would be Karen 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:50.299 Eve Murray Katie to GUT She's kind of the unsung 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.519 hero. She's the one who basically puts words 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:56.220 in our mouths She is the editor in chief for 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:58.539 amateur radio news line and is responsible for 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:03.960 putting those words Down so that those of us 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.339 who anchor or read the stories can have that 00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:12.140 so she has taken over bills Place as editor and 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:15.740 I just want to put a plug out if you if you want 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:19.220 get somebody from from Newsline to come and do 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.839 a Skype meeting or by all means Karen Eve Murray 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:26.640 is Fascinating just her hobbies and some of the 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:28.460 things that she's involved with outside of amateur 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:31.910 radio with Emma animal rescue And she's got a 00:31:31.910 --> 00:31:34.369 thing for squirrels, which could explain why 00:31:34.369 --> 00:31:37.089 she is a member of the Newsline staff, because, 00:31:37.269 --> 00:31:39.650 well, we're all nuts. We're all nuts, exactly. 00:31:42.490 --> 00:31:44.930 But no, we're all available. Just send an email 00:31:44.930 --> 00:31:48.630 to newsline .org and inquire, and we'd be more 00:31:48.630 --> 00:31:52.589 than happy to do that. And if you want to, much 00:31:52.589 --> 00:31:55.089 in the same way that Peoria did for me, if you 00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:58.690 want to fly one of us to, if you want to have 00:31:58.690 --> 00:32:03.599 one of us at your event, in person you know it's 00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:06.339 just get us there and put us up in a hotel room 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:09.059 and then there's there's no charge other than 00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:12.059 just the travel expenses of getting us there 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.519 and getting us back and you know we don't we 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:16.839 don't charge anything extra for that so it's 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.900 a lot easier with Skype and a heck of a lot cheaper 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.220 now so we're available whatever you you know 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:23.859 whatever you need for us we're out there we love 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:26.039 to spread the word about amateur radio news line 00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:30.140 and keep keep Bill's legacy alive now, you know 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:34.619 you mentioned Karen and Now that we've established 00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:37.720 that Karen is the one writing the words we can 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:41.839 put she's our blame for puns Yes, she's our mama 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:48.359 Karen is our mama That that is true And I mean 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:55.180 that in the best possible way she is she she's 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:58.160 like I don't know. I don't know. I don't know 00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:01.299 who who hosted romper room like in your TV market 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:03.759 when you were a kid But in New Orleans it was 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:07.200 miss Fran and so she is she is our miss Fran 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.240 She's the one who's in charge of the news line 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:15.339 romper room Keep this in line Yeah, and really 00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:17.700 I don't know rise. I don't know what we do without 00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:20.099 her. I really don't she's amazing. Oh, I know. 00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:25.099 Yes, and God's in She can write and and and the 00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:28.119 the puns are just unbelievable. Oh, she's hilarious, 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:32.619 but it's it's it's amazing how How she came to 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:37.000 us when bill was ill? We had actually we had 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.819 missed a couple of weeks of newsline for like 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:44.619 the first time in like 35 years Had never missed 00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.099 a deadline missed a week and when bill went in 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:50.940 the hospital suddenly It just things stopped 00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:53.740 You know, well, Bill had been in and out of the 00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:56.019 hospital. And I remember one night Skeeter Nash, 00:33:56.180 --> 00:34:00.579 N5ASH. I had something going on behind the scenes 00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:03.019 to where my evenings were taken. So I actually 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:05.519 took about two months off of doing pretty much 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:07.940 anything for Amateur Radio Newsline. And Skeeter 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:11.760 stepped in to do a lot of the anchoring and stuff 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:14.159 when Bill was ill. And I remember while I'm sitting 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.460 here one night in this chair and my phone rings 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:18.579 and it's Skeeter. And I pick up the phone and 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.699 he goes, hey, I have Bill on the phone. I'm like, 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:23.920 really? So we're talking and we're talking about 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:27.840 Newsline and. And Skeeter is like, you know, 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:30.860 well, we've we got an email from this lady, Karen 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:36.039 Eve Murray, Katie to GT, and she writes for she's 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:38.179 to write for New York Newsday, and she's done 00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:41.019 some broadcast writing and she's really interested 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:44.010 in helping us out. And we think that. She could 00:34:44.010 --> 00:34:46.869 be a good person to you know help with the scripts 00:34:46.869 --> 00:34:51.670 and Bill Just is sitting there going hire her 00:34:51.670 --> 00:34:55.449 hire her hire her hire her get her on the staff 00:34:55.449 --> 00:34:58.630 Just just tell her she's in just hire her hire 00:34:58.630 --> 00:35:01.849 her hire 24 hours later Bill Pasternak had passed 00:35:01.849 --> 00:35:07.090 away So that was the last thing that Bill told 00:35:07.090 --> 00:35:10.440 us to do was to hire Karen Eve Murray K -2 -G 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:12.539 -U -T, and it's the best thing we've ever done. 00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:17.019 Yeah, she's done a fabulous job. Well, we have 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:21.920 a call on the HamTalk Live hotline 812 -638 -4261. 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.099 So let's see who we have here. Good evening. 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:29.099 Welcome to HamTalk Live. Good evening, Neil and 00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:33.280 Don. Denny here with a new call sign, K -5 -D 00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:37.059 -C -C. Oh my goodness, you got a new call sign. 00:35:39.110 --> 00:35:41.690 Yeah, to go with the did you come cafe theme? 00:35:41.690 --> 00:35:44.949 But anyway, I heard Don was talking about Doing 00:35:44.949 --> 00:35:48.909 some promo spots on the AR news like and I know 00:35:48.909 --> 00:35:51.710 Don's all about young people Don you probably 00:35:51.710 --> 00:35:55.750 have already met? Ed captain ed of the yacht 00:35:55.750 --> 00:35:58.309 and the echo link conference server with all 00:35:58.309 --> 00:36:01.590 these fantastic young hams I'll tell you what 00:36:01.590 --> 00:36:04.590 they just blow my mind from like seven years 00:36:04.590 --> 00:36:08.320 old and their teens so we've got such an amazing 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:11.179 crop of kids there and we have two nets a week 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:15.880 Tuesday night and Saturday night at 7 p .m. Central 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.559 we're looking for more young people and these 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.380 people are really setting the example for the 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:24.420 rest of the amateur radio world I'll tell you 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:27.599 what so if you get a chance if you can put a 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:30.920 plug in for them and our nets we're combining 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:33.800 some resources and stuff to help expand their 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:38.329 reach And as well listened to as the AR news 00:36:38.329 --> 00:36:40.769 line is, it would be great to have you kind of 00:36:40.769 --> 00:36:42.750 promote them too. I think you already know some 00:36:42.750 --> 00:36:46.280 of these young people. Yeah, absolutely. I missed 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.500 part of the question because my Bluetooth disconnected 00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:50.260 for some reason I'm like all of a sudden I quit 00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:52.380 talking in there silence I'm like wait a minute. 00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:54.300 Let me turn my Bluetooth on and back off and 00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:56.039 back on So anyway, I'm off the Bluetooth now 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:58.940 and I yeah No, we're more than happy to support 00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:02.360 anything Youth oriented and yacht especially 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:05.559 and no we're we're all about that. So yeah, absolutely 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:08.860 Wonderful. Thanks for all you do. Anyway, just 00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:11.380 had to let you know my new call sign. That was 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:14.860 a big thing for me stumbled across this call 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:18.079 sign that just fits so perfectly and nobody was 00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.780 fighting over it, which was surprising. But anyway, 00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:23.579 now I've had two days of trying to straighten 00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:26.920 out all of my places where I use this call sign, 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.920 email addresses, websites, digital platforms 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.280 and everything. I don't know if you guys have 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:34.199 ever had to go through that before, but it's 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:37.760 a lot of work. Yeah, it's it's always traumatic 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:39.860 to change your call sign Which is why when I 00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:43.000 finally got my extra my extra class call sign 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:45.599 I tattooed it on my arm So I don't think I'll 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.559 ever change it, but no it's it's like changing 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.539 an email address. It's nuts. It's absolutely 00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:55.260 nuts Yeah, I I'm listening to your show Neil 00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:59.179 on Twitter I've got it in my tweet nest here, 00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:01.119 and I was just going down the list on my website, 00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:05.280 and I saw live Ham talk live is on and right 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:07.440 below that was another post with the phone number 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.599 and everything so it works out pretty slick and 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:14.500 I see What's at well at one done? Will banks 00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:16.679 is that something different wasn't it? Just done. 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.699 Will banks. No, that's my Twitter handle at one 00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:24.039 done. Will banks Okay, I thought maybe you had 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:26.260 make some changes to at some point in time no 00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.539 anyway, thank there There's only one and that's 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:32.570 all we could stand so Well, thank you guys for 00:38:32.570 --> 00:38:35.269 all you do for the hobby. Thanks, Denny. All 00:38:35.269 --> 00:38:38.449 right. Thanks, Denny. Yeah, I got to spend some 00:38:38.449 --> 00:38:40.630 time with him in Huntsville. Great guy. He does 00:38:40.630 --> 00:38:44.889 a lot of things with the stuff that he does. 00:38:44.889 --> 00:38:49.170 Just a great guy. Yep. Yep, sure does. The Digicom 00:38:49.170 --> 00:38:52.250 Cafe with Denny. And now I'm going to have to 00:38:52.250 --> 00:38:57.590 get used to that new call. Yeah. 812 -638 -4261 00:38:57.590 --> 00:39:01.130 is the phone number if you'd like to join us 00:39:01.130 --> 00:39:07.469 812 -638 -4261 is the number so give us call 00:39:07.469 --> 00:39:10.329 we'll finish things up here in just a few minutes, 00:39:10.329 --> 00:39:15.650 but Don you've been You've been doing the ham 00:39:15.650 --> 00:39:20.650 fest rounds lately Peoria and Huntsville Dayton, 00:39:20.769 --> 00:39:25.090 Oklahoma City not long ago Yeah, that was about 00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:28.130 I was a few years ago, and that was a lot of 00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:31.769 fun enjoyed that Dayton I go when I can I don't 00:39:31.769 --> 00:39:33.989 always get to make that every year unfortunately 00:39:33.989 --> 00:39:36.929 Huntsville got to make that because that's young 00:39:36.929 --> 00:39:39.710 hem of the year and you know got invited up to 00:39:39.710 --> 00:39:42.929 Peoria and that was just a Really cool thing. 00:39:42.949 --> 00:39:46.469 So yeah, thanks to the Peoria folks and the Oklahoma 00:39:46.469 --> 00:39:50.059 City folks for inviting me and making it possible 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:53.440 for me to come up and do those. Just humbled 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:56.579 and honored to be able to even be asked to do 00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:59.920 that. So yeah, it's very cool. Well, we've got 00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:02.920 another call on the line, so we'll see who we 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.539 have now. Good evening, welcome to HamTalk Live. 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:11.159 Good evening, Neil, and to you, Mr. Will Banks. 00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:16.539 This is Bill WZ1L in Amesbury, Massachusetts. 00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:23.829 and I am calling because I have been a faithful 00:40:23.829 --> 00:40:27.969 listener to the broadcast of Amateur Radio Newsline 00:40:27.969 --> 00:40:34.269 for many years. I was licensed in 1981 and keep 00:40:34.269 --> 00:40:38.130 up with what's going on and even hear the snippets 00:40:38.130 --> 00:40:41.710 that are put out on Wednesday evening on Ham 00:40:41.710 --> 00:40:49.789 Nation. I was pleased to learn that The WA -6 00:40:49.789 --> 00:40:53.269 ITF call sign will continue to be heard on the 00:40:53.269 --> 00:41:02.550 airways. I believe I met, yeah, I met him once, 00:41:02.710 --> 00:41:07.880 I think in Dayton, and because he was mobbed 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:10.679 like you guys there when you go to Dayton and 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:16.760 hang around the library. It was really interesting 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:20.599 to at least meet him and shake hands with him 00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:25.239 when he was there. I look forward to future reports 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:30.460 and I just wanted to let the AR Newsline staff 00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:36.519 know that they're appreciated. That's all. All 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.800 I wanted to do was make a comment. Well, thank 00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:44.579 you so much. That means a lot to us. Yeah, I 00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:47.260 mean, you know, we do it because we share the 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:52.840 enthusiasm and the calling that Bill had for 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:55.039 A, letting people know what's going on in this 00:41:55.039 --> 00:42:01.130 hobby and B, promoting youth and education. in 00:42:01.130 --> 00:42:04.469 amateur radio and incorporating that and Because 00:42:04.469 --> 00:42:08.150 you know the kids that the next generation Is 00:42:08.150 --> 00:42:11.530 the lifeblood of this hobby of any hobby? you 00:42:11.530 --> 00:42:15.489 know whether it's old cars or You know basket 00:42:15.489 --> 00:42:17.989 weaving or baseball card collecting or whatever 00:42:17.989 --> 00:42:21.429 it is if you don't get the youth involved It's 00:42:21.429 --> 00:42:25.280 gonna end. It's just gonna die off Because you 00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:27.679 know we all have a limited shelf life unfortunately, 00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:31.500 but we all share that passion that bill had for 00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:35.800 youth and kids and in ham radio and so we're 00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:39.199 trying to trying to keep the torch lit and I 00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:42.380 really appreciate the kind words we We truly 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:46.159 do and thank you very much for that. I Appreciate 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:50.559 that and thank you Neil for letting me call in 00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:55.260 And we'll try again pretty soon on another Hamptack 00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:57.840 Live. All right. Well, thank you so much for 00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.679 calling. We appreciate it and appreciate all 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:06.800 the kind words. Thanks a lot for calling. All 00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:09.719 right. We have another call on the line. And 00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:15.400 so it's Jocelyn, KD8VRX, who I heard on HF this 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:19.320 afternoon. Hi, Jocelyn. Hey, good evening Neil, 00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:22.260 and good evening to Don. It's nice to have Don 00:43:22.260 --> 00:43:24.239 back on. I know it's a slow night, but I'm glad 00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:30.659 he could make it. Hey man! Listen, Jocelyn and 00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:33.679 his whole family, they're just some of my favorite 00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:35.559 people and I love you guys to death. It's so 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:38.480 cool that you call in. It must be a real slow 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:42.360 night up there where you are. Don, you're not 00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:47.329 wrong. I am almost in an empty out, but anyways 00:43:47.329 --> 00:43:50.389 I know I was going to say I think the fact that 00:43:50.389 --> 00:43:54.929 you got the Bill Pasternak's call sign for the 00:43:54.929 --> 00:43:58.409 amateur radio news line club is quite exciting 00:43:58.409 --> 00:44:02.329 and I'm looking forward to work you guys as a 00:44:02.329 --> 00:44:05.289 special event for whatever you do. I'm sure there'll 00:44:05.289 --> 00:44:07.309 be plenty of youth activities that maybe you 00:44:07.309 --> 00:44:11.110 can use that call sign for. You know anything 00:44:11.110 --> 00:44:13.090 you can come up with anything we can do to help 00:44:13.090 --> 00:44:16.090 would be happy to help you out. I think it's 00:44:16.090 --> 00:44:19.769 a great thing and I saw you were talking about 00:44:19.769 --> 00:44:23.230 Paul Brown's Battleship thing yesterday. Yeah, 00:44:23.230 --> 00:44:25.929 he's a lot clever than you and me combined. Yeah, 00:44:25.929 --> 00:44:28.110 he really is. He's too clever for his own good. 00:44:29.289 --> 00:44:32.409 Yeah, it's very cool. Very cool. Anyway, I know 00:44:32.409 --> 00:44:34.969 you've got more people that want to chime in. 00:44:35.289 --> 00:44:38.070 So, Don, I just want to say a quick hello. Hope 00:44:38.070 --> 00:44:40.369 everything's fine, and we'll see you soon. And 00:44:40.369 --> 00:44:43.150 Neil, I will maybe talk to you on 20 tomorrow. 00:44:43.269 --> 00:44:45.530 We'll see what happens. So anyways, good night, 00:44:45.670 --> 00:44:47.829 guys, and thank you for being there tonight. 00:44:48.250 --> 00:44:50.389 Well, thank you. Tell the boys I said hi, and 00:44:50.389 --> 00:44:52.550 my love to Kim, and I just love you guys to death. 00:44:52.650 --> 00:44:55.670 Thanks for calling in. No problem. Same from 00:44:55.670 --> 00:44:58.150 here. And yeah, well, we can try 20. I don't 00:44:58.150 --> 00:45:03.980 know. We're so close. We'll try it. We'll try 00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:07.139 it. One more day of school club roundup. So we'll 00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:10.119 give it a shot. Yeah, you guys do that. I'm always 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:12.340 driving home from work. When the school club 00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:15.760 roundup is on, I always miss it. No, we're on 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:18.780 until 8 o 'clock. Oh, are you? Okay. Well, yeah, 00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:22.000 we go three to eight at our school. So, you know, 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:24.579 you can catch some of the universities on at 00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:28.719 night, too. Yeah. Cool. Yep. One more night. 00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:32.360 So we'll... It makes for some long days from 00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:36.059 7 a .m. To 8 p .m. But but yeah, it's a whole 00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:38.940 lot of fun and we've got it we've got a new guy 00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:43.440 this year that Hadn't been in ham radio before 00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:50.260 he went to a summer camp for Boy Scouts and Got 00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:53.159 his license he got his radio merit badge got 00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:55.380 his license came back and came in one day and 00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:58.039 said you know hey I wanted to find out about 00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:00.860 the Ham Radio Club. I've got my license, but 00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:04.559 I've never been on the radio before. And so we 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:07.559 got him on. It took a while to get him kind of 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:09.980 used to the mic and everything, but tonight he's 00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:13.260 just been rattling off contacts two and three 00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:17.710 a minute. So very cool. You know, it's a pretty 00:46:17.710 --> 00:46:21.269 cool time. So if you get a chance to get on the 00:46:21.269 --> 00:46:24.250 air, if you're listening, you know, get on. There's 00:46:24.250 --> 00:46:27.110 a lot of people warming up for CQ Worldwide out 00:46:27.110 --> 00:46:31.429 there, too. We talked to Croatia and Serbia today 00:46:31.429 --> 00:46:38.170 and St. Lucia and I forget where all. They're 00:46:38.170 --> 00:46:41.130 out there warming up. So it's a fabulous time 00:46:41.130 --> 00:46:43.929 to be on the air because we just had Jamboree 00:46:43.929 --> 00:46:46.449 on the air. We've got people warming up for CQ 00:46:46.449 --> 00:46:49.150 Worldwide this weekend. We've got School Club 00:46:49.150 --> 00:46:51.409 Roundup all week. And as soon as School Club 00:46:51.409 --> 00:46:56.829 Roundup ends, CQ Worldwide starts. So there is 00:46:56.829 --> 00:47:00.909 no lack. of people out there to contact on the 00:47:00.909 --> 00:47:03.570 air right now. So, if you get a chance, give 00:47:03.570 --> 00:47:07.949 some schools a call. It ends at 2359 tomorrow. 00:47:08.530 --> 00:47:13.730 And then, you know, get on CQ Worldwide. Cool 00:47:13.730 --> 00:47:18.610 stuff. Well, Don, it looks like our time has 00:47:18.610 --> 00:47:22.250 gone away here, but oh, we've got a note here 00:47:22.250 --> 00:47:25.309 from Troy Simpson, W9KVR, just got back from 00:47:25.309 --> 00:47:28.449 parent -teacher conferences, so. I wish you could 00:47:28.449 --> 00:47:30.610 have put those hours in for School Club Roundup. 00:47:32.949 --> 00:47:40.210 Yeah, so we've talked to Troy this week as well 00:47:40.210 --> 00:47:43.750 and hopefully you can get a little more airtime 00:47:43.750 --> 00:47:49.250 before 2359 tomorrow. Don, it's been a pleasure 00:47:49.250 --> 00:47:52.269 as always. Thank you for coming on and talking 00:47:52.269 --> 00:47:57.409 about this new... call or new old call sign and 00:47:57.409 --> 00:48:01.929 all the plans for the future. My pleasure. I 00:48:01.929 --> 00:48:04.210 mean, I'm always happy to spread the word and 00:48:04.210 --> 00:48:07.190 always happy to be on with you. And you're one 00:48:07.190 --> 00:48:09.269 of my favorite people to you and Julie. And of 00:48:09.269 --> 00:48:12.230 course, give my love to your lovely, your lovely 00:48:12.230 --> 00:48:15.849 Julie. And thanks for having me on. All right. 00:48:15.849 --> 00:48:19.409 Well, thank you. And, and have you found any 00:48:19.409 --> 00:48:22.389 green cars lately? We didn't talk about that. 00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:25.260 No, well, I've maybe that'll be something we 00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:27.139 can talk about the next time you have a slow 00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:29.119 night green cars and red guitars and what that 00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:33.000 means and red guitars Yeah, we go and hillbilly 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:34.980 music. No, that's a whole different thing. That's 00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:37.059 a dry I said I just went to a Dwight Yoakam concert 00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:39.820 last week. So now I've got Guitars Cadillacs 00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:42.539 and hillbilly music that was green cars red guitars 00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:44.420 and hillbilly music. That's what I meant to you 00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:48.360 right there. There you go With a ball. Thanks 00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:53.380 for right. Yeah All right, we'll go fill that 00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:56.360 wine glass back up and we'll uh, I'll do it. 00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:58.559 We'll be talking to you. Thank you, sir. Thanks 00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:02.159 so much All right. Well, that's a wrap for this 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:04.760 week's edition of ham talk lives. Thanks to my 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:08.360 guest Don will banks 85 DW and everybody out 00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:10.500 there in cyberspace for listening and calling 00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:13.230 in and I invite you back next Thursday night 00:49:13.230 --> 00:49:16.429 at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. For a list of our upcoming 00:49:16.429 --> 00:49:20.449 guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. And if you like 00:49:20.449 --> 00:49:23.110 the show, please leave us a review. That helps 00:49:23.110 --> 00:49:26.010 others find us faster. So for now, this is Neil 00:49:26.010 --> 00:49:31.309 Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and may the 00:49:31.309 --> 00:49:39.699 good DX be yours. Bye bye.