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We go and welcome to once again 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.920 everyone it's time for ham talk live episode 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:40.500 number 185 fall special events jamboree on the 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:44.180 air fallout and school club roundup recorded 00:01:44.180 --> 00:01:49.239 live on Thursday October 10th 2019 I'm your host 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.319 Neil Rapp WB9 VPG thanks for tuning in to this 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.760 episode of ham talk live tonight we're joined 00:01:55.760 --> 00:02:00.859 live by Bill Stearns in E4RD and not so live, 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:04.319 with Christian Kudnick, K0STH, and we'll take 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.420 your calls live in just a few minutes. Last week 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:11.419 here on the show was Dr. Nathaniel Fursel, W2NAF, 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:15.860 to talk about the HamSci Centennial WWV Festival 00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:19.680 of Frequency Measurements. Say that five times 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.710 fast. 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And you can 00:05:30.149 --> 00:05:36.480 visit them anytime you want. at PL -259 .com. 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:42.279 Well, joining me tonight live is the Chief Nerd, 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:47.540 Bill Stearns, N -E -4 -R -D, the newly proclaimed 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:51.600 National Jamboree on the Air Task Force Chairman. 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:55.079 Bill currently resides in Billings, Montana with 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.860 his wife and three children, one of whom has 00:05:57.860 --> 00:06:01.759 a birthday today, so happy birthday. And he's 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:04.980 a life member of ARRL and the K2BSA Amateur Radio 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:08.220 Association, of which he is currently the vice 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:12.000 president. And he is active in a lot of stateside 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:15.379 contesting with the Big Sky Contesters and Skywarn 00:06:15.379 --> 00:06:19.180 with Yellowstone County Ares. And he's a software 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:23.220 and systems engineer, podcaster, and just generally 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:26.180 nerdy guy. You can find him on the Linux in the 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:29.290 Hamshack podcast. where he's been a co -host 00:06:29.290 --> 00:06:33.709 since May 2016, and also over on Amateur Radio 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:37.089 Newsline reporting on radio scouting. So Bill, 00:06:37.170 --> 00:06:40.259 welcome back. Yeah, thanks a lot Neil. Thanks 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:42.579 for having me back. I'm glad I didn't bore you 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:47.560 guys the last time I was here For a while you 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.759 had like two or three episodes in a row Yeah, 00:06:50.860 --> 00:06:53.459 you had us on with Linux in the ham shack and 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:56.079 then I came back on for the world scout jamboree 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.459 and yeah, we just Constantly making the rounds 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:05.829 here. Yeah, it's the Bill Stern show Well, congratulations 00:07:05.829 --> 00:07:11.350 on being named the chair for JOTA and big thanks 00:07:11.350 --> 00:07:14.649 to Jim Wilson K5ND for all his years of work 00:07:14.649 --> 00:07:18.350 and we wish him some well -deserved rest from 00:07:18.350 --> 00:07:22.170 at least part of his volunteering. So tell us 00:07:22.170 --> 00:07:25.639 how that new job's going so far. It's going pretty 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:29.000 well. We had a couple of meetings on the phone 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.800 at least to kind of at least get me in touch 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.720 with the BSA people and our Jodi counterpart 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.980 here in the U .S. We have it split into two different 00:07:38.980 --> 00:07:42.300 task force right now for the U .S. And we actually 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:44.879 just had a meeting I think about two or three 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.680 weeks ago with WASM, the World Organization Scouting 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:52.500 Movement, the international organization, talking 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:56.170 about, you know, our Joda and Jodi preparations 00:07:56.170 --> 00:08:01.250 and stuff like that. So it's kind of interesting 00:08:01.250 --> 00:08:04.790 being on the sort of the business side of the 00:08:04.790 --> 00:08:08.129 organization of the event here for the U .S. 00:08:08.529 --> 00:08:12.209 and I hope we can continue to grow it as we have 00:08:12.209 --> 00:08:14.970 been doing over the past few years that I've 00:08:14.970 --> 00:08:18.350 been involved with it. Well, let's talk a little 00:08:18.350 --> 00:08:20.449 bit about this year's Jamboree. Now, what do 00:08:20.449 --> 00:08:23.259 you hope to accomplish this year and And how 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:26.360 can hams that are listening to us tonight help 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.120 out? Yeah, let's talk about Jamboree on the air 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.940 and Jamboree on the internet is next weekend. 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:36.720 It's the 18th through the 20th of October. And 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.039 if you don't know what Joda and Jody is, you 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.740 obviously haven't been listening. It's the largest 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:47.059 scouting event in the world, not just in the 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:49.320 US. It's the world event. This is an international 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:53.259 event. And if the sign of going to a national 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:55.980 jamboree in the U .S. versus a World Scout jamboree 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:58.279 in the U .S., we had twice as many people at 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.289 the World Scout jamboree. close to about 50 ,000 00:09:01.289 --> 00:09:03.590 scouts. I think the number is close to 45 ,000 00:09:03.590 --> 00:09:06.889 scouts. So everything in the world is scoped 00:09:06.889 --> 00:09:09.690 huge, and a lot of people are involved in it, 00:09:09.990 --> 00:09:13.090 and it's great. It's billed as the travel -free 00:09:13.090 --> 00:09:16.330 jamboree. It's the jamboree you can participate 00:09:16.330 --> 00:09:19.690 in from your home, from your troop, from a park, 00:09:20.149 --> 00:09:24.830 or anywhere that the event is being hosted by 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:29.009 local parties. Whether that be a ham club for 00:09:29.009 --> 00:09:31.769 like a Jota or you know, it might even be a troop 00:09:31.769 --> 00:09:34.730 member that's a ham radio operator or just a 00:09:34.730 --> 00:09:39.610 trooper pack or Crew that has somebody doing 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:42.009 the the Jota portion or Jodi portion as well 00:09:42.009 --> 00:09:44.889 Which is basically using the internet to have 00:09:44.889 --> 00:09:48.149 Scouts talk to other Scouts all over the world 00:09:48.750 --> 00:09:52.450 And, you know, we here in the amateur radio community, 00:09:52.450 --> 00:09:55.870 of course, focus our efforts on the Jota side 00:09:55.870 --> 00:09:59.570 because we want to get kids on the air. And it's 00:09:59.570 --> 00:10:03.470 a great way to introduce youth to ham radio and 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:06.269 amateur radio as a hobby, as a lifelong hobby, 00:10:06.309 --> 00:10:09.309 as I like to say. It's definitely something that, 00:10:09.309 --> 00:10:12.710 you know, you can, you know, get them interested. 00:10:12.970 --> 00:10:15.950 And, you know, maybe. maybe they'll go get a 00:10:15.950 --> 00:10:20.029 license, maybe they'll buy a radio, maybe they'll 00:10:20.029 --> 00:10:25.929 get on the air. It happens. Some kids dig it, 00:10:26.309 --> 00:10:29.870 and they want to get into it, and they do, and 00:10:29.870 --> 00:10:32.490 some are just going through the motions. This 00:10:32.490 --> 00:10:34.610 is one more little checkbox that they need to 00:10:34.610 --> 00:10:38.429 check off for requirement, whether that be as 00:10:38.429 --> 00:10:41.470 a Cub Scout for talking to someone in another 00:10:41.470 --> 00:10:44.259 country. which is a requirement for their air 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:46.519 of light, or whether it be part of an Olympic 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.159 radio merit badge program that the Boy Scouts 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:52.759 are running, the Scouts are running. So yeah, 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.759 there's a ton of things that the Scouts can get 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.220 involved with with this event, and it's a great 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:03.639 opportunity to get the youth on the air. Now, 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:06.960 I got to relate this story, and I totally didn't 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:10.159 realize that I would do this until just now. 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:14.700 Uh, but today at school, it was ham club day 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:18.600 and we've got a new member and he has his license 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.720 and he got it at a scout camp this summer. Um, 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:27.720 so he was in New York state somewhere and did 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:31.059 the radio merit badge, got his license, hasn't 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:35.320 been on the air yet. So we got him to sit down 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:38.659 at the radio. We got him to call a station in 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:41.799 Spain a couple of times that We're getting him 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.740 over the mic fright, but But we're getting him 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:47.399 on the air and he's he's all excited about it. 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:51.139 But you know, he probably wouldn't have Done 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:53.740 that had it not been for for going to the scout 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:56.460 camp over the summer and and picking up the merit 00:11:56.460 --> 00:11:59.519 patch That's right, and you know as Jim used 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.799 to say it's it's planting seeds like you're you're 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.940 planting a garden You know some of the some of 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:06.279 the roots will will take in and some won't you 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:10.620 know? So it's always it's always good to to give 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:14.559 you know to show this show amateur radio to as 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.379 many people as possible I mean, that's how we 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:18.500 grow the hobby is to get more people involved 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:22.500 in it and Obviously with with the scouting program. 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:25.659 We have a good captured audience because at one 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:27.139 point in time in their career, they're going 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:30.820 to have to cross over and use radio for something 00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:34.860 or at least pass through like a jamboree, a summer 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:38.179 camp where someone set up a scout camp on the 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:42.759 air station. It's going to happen. They're going 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:45.679 to see it. So in the scouting programs throughout 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:49.919 the world, You know large amounts of scouts all 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:54.000 over the place So the the odds are as good to 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:57.340 get to get the youth involved with radio But 00:12:57.340 --> 00:13:00.039 let's let's get back to just the Jodha and Jodi 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:01.940 event just to kind of get the paperwork out of 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:05.299 the way as they say if if you want to participate 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:08.340 in Jodha and Jodi if you're not already signed 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:13.750 up and Signing up means if you have a group Scouts 00:13:13.750 --> 00:13:16.769 and you you want to register your call sign as 00:13:16.769 --> 00:13:20.090 the event stations call sign You can do that 00:13:20.090 --> 00:13:21.850 if you're going to operate by yourself and just 00:13:21.850 --> 00:13:27.549 provide contacts For Scouts Which is it was needed 00:13:27.549 --> 00:13:29.590 much like when we were talking about world scout 00:13:29.590 --> 00:13:31.610 chamber II, you know Just we need other people 00:13:31.610 --> 00:13:34.110 on the other end of the radio band conditions 00:13:34.110 --> 00:13:37.190 are up and down still You know, the Sun is not 00:13:37.190 --> 00:13:40.309 really our friend all the time And sometimes 00:13:40.309 --> 00:13:42.730 we have really good conditions and sometimes 00:13:42.730 --> 00:13:45.509 not, so the more people that can get involved 00:13:45.509 --> 00:13:49.590 is always better. And I've even convinced a few 00:13:49.590 --> 00:13:52.610 others, just get on the air, just register yourself 00:13:52.610 --> 00:13:54.710 as a single person. You don't have to register 00:13:54.710 --> 00:13:58.289 a group of 10 scouts or whatever, you can register 00:13:58.289 --> 00:14:02.230 yourself and be participating in the event. And 00:14:02.230 --> 00:14:05.240 with that... With that registration, there's 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:08.259 two places to register for at least the US market. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.039 There's the international site, which of course 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:16.460 is jodajodi .info, J -O -T -A -J -O -T -I .info. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.159 And on the website, you'll see a big sign up 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.039 button where you'll have to go ahead and register 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.960 your account. And you do have to have a scout 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.519 .org account. So you'll have to go through the 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.779 motions to get that. And what I am telling people 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:34.080 to do is if you even are a single, go ahead and 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.000 register as a group, because when you register 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:38.820 as a group, it opens up other options under your 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:41.679 profile, which allow you to also participate 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:44.980 and have what at least the Jodi people are gonna 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:47.340 be looking for generally, but we did get a lot 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:53.539 of this last year, these Jam Puzz IDs. So you 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:57.179 get a JID number when you register your group. 00:14:57.940 --> 00:15:00.240 And you'll get an email, like I just got my email 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.299 today for it. So if you are already registered, 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.179 you probably received an email as well with your 00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:09.259 number. Now, if you registered as an individual, 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.559 you will not get a number. So if you plan on 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.299 being on the air, then you probably want to go 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:17.059 ahead and flip your registration to a group. 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:19.659 And when you get down to the numbers of scouts, 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.580 just put zero. and you'll go ahead and be a group 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:25.779 of one. And you can go ahead and put all your 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:27.200 other information there. I'll ask you for your 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:33.480 call sign, if you're gonna be on Skype or the, 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:41.000 drawing a blank now, ScoutLink has a IRC chat 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.059 room as well. And that information is over there 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:50.629 as well. Air as like I'm logged in as any 4rd 00:15:50.629 --> 00:15:53.289 there. So I'm the same pretty much everywhere 00:15:53.289 --> 00:16:02.690 and once you get that registration done We're 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:06.169 losing you bill and strangely enough. Oh, there 00:16:06.169 --> 00:16:14.549 you are. You're back. How And we've lost you 00:16:14.549 --> 00:16:18.580 again You happy The wonders of the internet. 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:30.919 Yes, you're back. And now you're gone. The wonders 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.320 of the internet, ladies and gentlemen. Live radio. 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.039 Do you have me now? Yeah, yeah. I can hear you 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:46.399 now. Good. Where did I fall off at? Not far back, 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:51.080 you were just talking about converting it to 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:54.279 a group and all that registration stuff. Yeah, 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:56.460 so once you finish up with the international 00:16:56.460 --> 00:17:00.000 site, go to the k2bsa .net site, register yourself 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.480 there, and you can register there as a group 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.779 of one as well, and put all your information 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:08.779 in there, and you're off to the races at that 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:11.220 point. You're registered for the event. Now, 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:13.839 you talked about what we want to accomplish during 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.160 the event. So what we want to accomplish is once 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.039 the event is done, we want as many people to 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:24.640 report back their experience and their information 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:28.519 back at the ktubsa .net site. So we can collect 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.200 accurate numbers on participants. So we can show 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.960 that we are growing the Jamboree on the Air and 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:36.779 Jamboree on the Internet program here in the 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:39.519 US. And the more stations we have sending back 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:43.039 reports, the more information we have. to know 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:45.519 exactly how many people are participating, because 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.180 that's really a hard number for us to get at 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:51.000 without people actually giving us that feedback 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:58.059 on exactly how the event went. And to incentivize 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:03.440 that, we do have for stations that follow through, 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:07.859 register, and follow through with reporting what 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:11.109 happened after the event, the follow -up. ICOM 00:18:11.109 --> 00:18:16.369 America has graciously donated an ID51A Handy 00:18:16.369 --> 00:18:21.890 Talkie for a prize for one of the people that 00:18:21.890 --> 00:18:25.250 send back in their follow -up report, their after 00:18:25.250 --> 00:18:28.829 action report to the K2BSA. So it's very cool 00:18:28.829 --> 00:18:31.549 of them and we're really happy to have them as 00:18:31.549 --> 00:18:36.789 a sponsor for that. Well, that's really cool. 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:42.400 ICOM helps out in so many ways and it's cool 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:46.119 that you can incentivize those reports because 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:50.140 that's a lot of the data that you need to move 00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:53.339 forward with everything. So that's good news. 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:56.160 Yeah, it's hard to know if it's growing without 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:59.720 people sending it back in reports. But so far 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:02.339 so good on the registrations. We're about where 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:05.220 we were the last time at this time. We are just 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:11.259 crested over 234 234 registrations on the K2BSA 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:13.599 site. I haven't looked at the numbers over on 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.599 the Jota Jodi site because those will be mixed 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:21.019 between ham radio operators and non. So I'm more 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:22.640 interested in the ham radio side, obviously. 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:28.160 And yeah, our numbers are looking good. So hopefully 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.180 if we get every single one of those registrations 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:32.980 to actually report back, that would be awesome. 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:36.440 That would be great. But we'd like more. So if 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:38.200 you haven't registered, I know a lot of you haven't 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:41.400 registered yet, because generally by the time 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.500 Friday comes rolling around, we should be well 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:49.660 over 300. So I'm looking for another 70 or so 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:52.259 of you guys and gals to go ahead and register 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:56.579 your stations. And let's get on the air and let's 00:19:56.579 --> 00:20:00.539 talk about scouting and ham radio and promoting 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:04.019 the hobby to the youth. And if you can put a 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:07.579 group together, that's good. And talking to Jocelyn 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:10.480 over at the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:15.359 in Westchester, Ohio today reminded me that they're 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:20.299 hosting the event at the museum. And so if you 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:23.539 come during museum hours on either the 19th or 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:28.359 the 20th, if you're a scout or a leader in uniform, 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:32.599 you get in free to the museum and you can get 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:36.920 on the air. And they have reduced prices for 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:40.619 adults and children that are with the Scouts. 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:44.160 So it's a chance to come check out the Voice 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.500 of America Museum of Broadcasting over there 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:50.079 in Westchester, Ohio. As well as get some Scouts 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:52.759 on the air and they're going to do some demonstrations 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:55.460 and that kind of thing because you know you can't 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:58.380 have every Scout on the radio. at the same time. 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:04.140 That's something that you can do with your own 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.859 group. Yeah, and it's always good, especially 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:10.099 if you have a group doing this, is to have volunteers, 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:13.579 because the more volunteers you have, obviously 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.839 the more people you can cycle through the station. 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:20.940 If you only have one radio, it really bores people 00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:23.380 standing around looking at you cycling one or 00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:27.259 two through the station. So yeah, it's best to 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:30.279 have a couple extra hands to help you out. Obviously, 00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:34.039 if it's a sanctioned scouting event, you'll definitely 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:36.900 need to have at least one registered adult who's 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:40.319 been properly youth protection trained in your 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.789 group. And that's generally not a problem, because 00:21:42.789 --> 00:21:45.309 I know a lot of those guys are also ham, so. 00:21:46.470 --> 00:21:50.190 So yeah, I mean, by now, you should have already 00:21:50.190 --> 00:21:52.970 planned your event if you're in a group. It does 00:21:52.970 --> 00:21:56.190 take quite a bit of timing to get that handled, 00:21:56.529 --> 00:21:59.690 get on the calendar and everything else. But, 00:21:59.690 --> 00:22:02.750 you know, I've even thrown up a group in one 00:22:02.750 --> 00:22:06.230 week, you know, send out a blast of email. You 00:22:06.230 --> 00:22:09.130 know, I'm a registered scouter. I had a couple 00:22:09.130 --> 00:22:10.750 of friends. We can all go out and throw up a 00:22:10.750 --> 00:22:13.470 radio over at the park and say, you know, you 00:22:13.470 --> 00:22:16.890 show up, we'll get you on the air. But we highly 00:22:16.890 --> 00:22:20.009 recommend you plan the event so you can do all 00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:21.670 the logistics of, you know, what are we going 00:22:21.670 --> 00:22:24.700 to do when they're not? on the radio. You can 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:27.900 talk about demonstrating other aspects of amateur 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:30.779 radio, doing like little amateur radio direction 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:34.539 finding, building antennas, taking apart antennas, 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:37.599 doing stuff with Morse code keyers. There's lots 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:39.799 of little things that you can do at your event 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:43.140 to kind of augment the actual demonstration of 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:45.779 the radio. And you can find a lot of those resources 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:51.119 on the K2BSA site for that. Well, Jamboree on 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:54.759 the air is one of many operating events going 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:59.619 on this month and some contests and Christian 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:03.559 k0sth from the 100 watts in a wire podcast is 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.539 busy tonight's with his daughter's dance recital, 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:11.720 but he's here in spirit and by Well, I said mp3 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.099 but I guess it's actually a wave but but by recording 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:18.240 so here's a little bit about another operating 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.220 event that's coming up this weekend it's called 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:27.319 fallout and and and we'll um well there was a 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:30.400 little incident so we'll we'll let you hear about 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:35.259 that well well well look who it is old neil the 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:37.660 restraining order isn't awkward at all is it 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:41.660 buddy I told you, I didn't do it. You want to 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.140 activate a summit? We'll go to the summit. I 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:48.099 accidentally bumped you and you fell. So, several 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:53.059 hundred feet, sure. It was an accident. It was 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:56.380 an accident. We have to practice for fallout. 00:23:57.880 --> 00:24:00.619 You know? We get up the mountain. I push you. 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.500 I mean, you fall down the mountain. You know, 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:06.480 these are things that happen. I don't have any 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.160 insurance to cover this medical pearl. bill thing 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:12.799 how's your knee by the way let me just get on 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:16.059 with it the 100 watts in a wire fallout is happening 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:19.220 this week it's actually happening right now or 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:24.319 as you would say Neil right now beginning tonight 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:27.039 going all the way through the weekend until Sunday 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:30.019 you can get on the air and make contacts and 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:33.819 have a chance to win some prizes in the random 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:37.579 drawing October 11th all the way through the 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:41.460 13th. We're gonna start tonight So zero hundred 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:45.980 UTC was the kickoff boop were underway Set up 00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:48.319 your antennas outside if you can work from the 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:51.980 comfort of your own shack. It's up to you. I 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.779 Say if you have a portable station, let's try 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:56.079 to get it out before the weather gets too bad 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:58.960 And we say mmm. I don't know about that. I'm 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:02.059 gonna get the pellet stove going and I'm gonna 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:05.220 cuddle with my honey Because that's what people 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:08.119 do but if you can't go portable no problem. You 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:12.160 can work from your shack Let's exercise our gear 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:14.680 get on the air and you know what I like to do. 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:17.319 I Like to pretend there's something happening 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:20.599 whether it's a tornado or an earthquake God forbid, 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:24.359 but let's be ready for the fallout any band any 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:28.940 mode Just give you call sign a 100 watt ID if 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:32.319 you have it your state province Maybe you're 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:37.849 a DX country in a real signal report. There's 00:25:37.849 --> 00:25:40.670 a point system this year, Neil, and it's because 00:25:40.670 --> 00:25:43.589 there are a couple thousand dollars worth of 00:25:43.589 --> 00:25:45.930 prizes, but the point system is very easy. You're 00:25:45.930 --> 00:25:48.269 saying, see, child, I thought you said it wasn't 00:25:48.269 --> 00:25:52.230 a contest, my man. It's not. But because of the 00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:54.750 value of the prizes, I want you to at least work 00:25:54.750 --> 00:25:57.869 25 contact points, and it's easy for you to do. 00:25:58.710 --> 00:26:00.809 You can work any station. Get on the air, call 00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:04.750 CQ Fallout. Teach people about the 100 watts 00:26:04.750 --> 00:26:07.829 in a wire community make a contact It's worth 00:26:07.829 --> 00:26:10.470 one point if you work a station with a 100 watt 00:26:10.470 --> 00:26:15.190 ID, so it's worth asking That's worth two points 00:26:15.190 --> 00:26:18.509 and If you work any of the special ops stations 00:26:18.509 --> 00:26:21.089 It's worth five points all of the details are 00:26:21.089 --> 00:26:24.450 at 100 watts in a wire comm click the activities 00:26:24.450 --> 00:26:28.329 page It'll give you a list of prizes what you 00:26:28.329 --> 00:26:31.829 need to do and how to enter the random drawing 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:36.539 All right, Neil, my friend, thank you for this 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:39.779 time. I should only be another 20 minutes or 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:43.019 so. So here we go. Let's start talking about 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:46.819 it. I'd like to first start with the song. This 00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:51.700 is Whitney Houston, and it's for you. I'm just 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.839 kidding. I need to get outside and get this mask 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.480 going get this antenna up and start making contact 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.140 Neil bless you my brother Thank you so much. 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:02.059 I'll see you down the row won't be too long And 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:04.240 I hope to hear you guys on the air seven three 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:07.960 everybody. This is kilo zero Sierra Tango Hotel 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:11.259 listening for you doing the 100 watts in a wire 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:15.220 fallout Well, there you go. There's a Christian 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:20.819 k0 sth and and and Christian the the knees recovering 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:26.220 and and and If you're if you hear Christian on, 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:29.279 you know, he wanted a true signal report So so 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.660 don't give him a five nine, whatever you do, 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:37.339 you know, you know one one or something So well 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:40.740 anyway fallouts going on so you can check that 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:43.039 out as well and we've talked about Joda and we're 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:46.509 gonna talk a little bit about School club roundup 00:27:46.509 --> 00:27:49.269 when I come back with bill right after this word 00:27:49.269 --> 00:27:53.930 from icon America right here on Ham talk live 00:27:53.930 --> 00:27:57.990 heard it worked it logged it It's time to get 00:27:57.990 --> 00:28:00.690 the transceiver that's best suited for your lifestyle. 00:28:01.210 --> 00:28:04.150 ICOM offers a variety of high performance and 00:28:04.150 --> 00:28:07.349 innovative products. 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And Bill, 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.400 one of the things that, you know, I always associate 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.400 with this because School Club Roundup is one 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:21.619 of my big things with being a high school club 00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:26.240 sponsor. And so we always kind of associate Jamboree 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:28.700 on the Air with School Club Roundup because it's 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:31.279 either... you know the weekend before the weekend 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:33.920 after so we usually catch uh... a little bit 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:37.519 of traffic on both sides of uh... this year it's 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.920 right before school club roundup yeah yeah that's 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:44.259 always a good lead -in to uh... because uh... 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.940 you know scouting's involved in a lot of the 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:48.900 schools and and and so on and so forth and it's 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.900 always uh... it's you know another opportunity 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:55.180 to get you know youngsters on the air and uh... 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:58.160 yeah i'd i'd definitely see a a good good good 00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:01.009 mashup of the two events being always next door 00:32:01.009 --> 00:32:03.650 to each other, it makes a lot of sense. Whoever 00:32:03.650 --> 00:32:06.109 planned that must have known something. Yeah, 00:32:06.329 --> 00:32:10.430 there you go. The fall school club roundup is 00:32:10.430 --> 00:32:13.269 always the third week of October and it's Monday 00:32:13.269 --> 00:32:17.660 through Friday, so it's school days. And at our 00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:19.799 school, we get on after school. Some schools 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:23.660 get on during the day. But it's another chance 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:26.819 for you to get on and talk to some youth out 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:30.859 there and get them involved in ham radio. So 00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:35.440 School Club Roundup is October 21st through 25th. 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:38.759 So don't miss that and get on. And again, give. 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:41.380 them some people to talk to. There needs to be 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:43.940 somebody on the other side of the radio. And 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:46.220 if you can work with a school to get a club station 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:52.599 going, that's even better. Yeah. Speaking of 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:55.859 getting involved and getting together, we were 00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:58.279 just talking in the break about one of the comments 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:02.220 we had via Twitter about a club trying to get 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:05.180 a local group together and do this jamboree on 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:08.039 the air event. And we always tell people that 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:12.220 if you're really trying to work hard at getting 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:15.740 JOTA started or JODI started in your area where 00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:19.640 let's say there isn't an organized group doing 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:26.299 it, start working the district roundtables. That 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:29.019 way you get to the local district, you get there, 00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:31.559 they have a monthly meeting, I don't know of 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:34.519 many districts that don't. and you start talking 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.000 to the district executive and the people that 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.579 are actually running, you know, the actual district 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:42.720 mechanics. So you can get people involved. You 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:45.380 can start getting it on the calendar. You know, 00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:48.500 the Jamboree on the Air calendar is up on our 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:50.740 website that kind of tells you when you should 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:53.900 be doing stuff. And for you areas, for the areas 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:56.279 that are having this issue where your club's 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:58.519 interested in doing it, but can't get cooperation 00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.319 from a local council or a local district, or 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:03.140 maybe you're only talking to a troop, I don't 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:08.760 know. Definitely start early and keep up with 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.360 the engagement with the district and possibly 00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:14.480 even a council if you're in a larger area or 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.639 smaller area where the councils are more representative. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.619 So that's all I could say to that is definitely 00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:24.739 start earlier and talk people's ears off about 00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:30.079 this event. Planning is always good if we know 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.820 what's going on ahead of time. It makes it a 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:36.059 whole lot easier to justify things in the youth 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:42.619 world because there's always those concerns that 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:46.739 need to be addressed about legal things and liability 00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:50.460 and all that stuff that unfortunately has to 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:54.050 be... You know put into place to safeguard people 00:34:54.050 --> 00:34:57.570 and and to make sure that you know, the resources 00:34:57.570 --> 00:35:01.389 are there To make it a successful event. And 00:35:01.389 --> 00:35:05.570 so if you can plan ahead that that always helps 00:35:05.570 --> 00:35:08.110 Yeah, our planning calendar starts 10 months 00:35:08.110 --> 00:35:10.570 out. So in january is when you should start planning 00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:13.329 it That's when you should get it. Make sure it's 00:35:13.329 --> 00:35:16.329 on everybody's calendars on everybody's newsletters 00:35:16.329 --> 00:35:19.590 You kind of you start early and uh if you if 00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:22.760 you follow that calendar uh... it's just a recommendation 00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:25.420 not required but if you follow it you can kind 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:29.460 of gear up to making your event a success eight 00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:32.119 one two six three eight four two six one is the 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.980 telephone number if you'd like to call in and 00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:37.280 talk about uh... any of these events the uh... 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:41.300 jamboree on the air and internet or uh... fallout 00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:43.679 or school club roundup give us a call at eight 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:47.719 one two net ham one eight one two six three eight 00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:51.860 four two six one A little bit more about School 00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:54.599 Club Roundup. You can find information about 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:58.699 that on the ARRL website. And also don't forget 00:35:58.699 --> 00:36:03.780 about yotaregion2 .org. Go for it, yotaregion2. 00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:09.159 They try to promote all of the youth events in 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.480 North Central and South America. So you can check 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.619 that out and get links to all of these places 00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:20.269 as well. So don't forget about that. Well bill 00:36:20.269 --> 00:36:24.349 Last we talked you were out in west virginia 00:36:24.349 --> 00:36:28.690 and uh working the world scout jamboree. How 00:36:28.690 --> 00:36:32.710 how did things go? Yeah, things went really well 00:36:32.710 --> 00:36:35.750 at the uh at the world scout jamboree like I 00:36:35.750 --> 00:36:39.489 said, we had uh, um, you know 45 000 scouts there, 00:36:39.489 --> 00:36:43.980 uh, we saw about Gosh, I want to say 3 ,000. 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.260 I don't have the numbers pulled up right in front 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:48.019 of me from the final report. But yeah, we saw 00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:51.360 about 3 ,000 in our tent. And this year, well, 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.679 for this event, we only had the demonstration 00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:57.719 station there. We didn't do radio merit badge. 00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:00.739 We did have also the amateur radio direction 00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:02.659 finding group. They were over in the orienteering 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:05.260 section. And they saw quite a few scouts over 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:07.619 in there. And of course, we did three balloon 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:11.550 launches. And we had the ARIS contact with with 00:37:11.550 --> 00:37:13.550 the space station, which was really awesome to 00:37:13.550 --> 00:37:16.250 see that firsthand. I've kind of seen them online 00:37:16.250 --> 00:37:17.769 and stuff like that, but never actually been 00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:22.269 to one actually happen. And it was kind of interesting, 00:37:22.289 --> 00:37:25.110 amazing, fun, and scary all at the same time. 00:37:26.329 --> 00:37:28.949 Trying to organize it and get all that to come 00:37:28.949 --> 00:37:31.989 off. And luckily we have just the right people 00:37:31.989 --> 00:37:38.269 involved. Mike, W4UOO took care of the soundboard 00:37:38.269 --> 00:37:39.949 and everything else for us, managed through that 00:37:39.949 --> 00:37:43.050 content. was there and of course Jim running 00:37:43.050 --> 00:37:47.090 the microphone, being the MC master like he always 00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:51.969 is, it was great. And yeah, we had a lot of fun. 00:37:52.090 --> 00:37:56.250 We had over 4 ,000 contacts. We also had an impromptu 00:37:56.250 --> 00:37:58.150 testing session while we were at the World Scout 00:37:58.150 --> 00:38:00.789 Jamboree for some of the adults in the camp. 00:38:01.989 --> 00:38:06.389 And two of the people that we had in volunteering 00:38:06.389 --> 00:38:10.929 at our tent both took their licenses, license 00:38:10.929 --> 00:38:13.989 test, and they both passed the first time. So 00:38:13.989 --> 00:38:15.989 they both got their technician's license, one 00:38:15.989 --> 00:38:18.429 from Liechtenstein and the other one from the 00:38:18.429 --> 00:38:21.989 UK. So it was really, really cool to see that 00:38:21.989 --> 00:38:24.070 we had two staff members that weren't licensed, 00:38:24.429 --> 00:38:25.929 but when they left the event, they were licensed. 00:38:25.989 --> 00:38:29.050 So we were 100 % licensed in our event tent. 00:38:29.070 --> 00:38:32.329 So it was pretty awesome. Well, that's great. 00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:35.690 That's good news. So, sounds like that one went 00:38:35.690 --> 00:38:39.329 well and you don't even have Jota over with yet 00:38:39.329 --> 00:38:42.550 and already you're planning the National Scout 00:38:42.550 --> 00:38:45.349 Jamboree event. Yeah, we got the National Scout 00:38:45.349 --> 00:38:48.630 Jamboree coming up in 2021. It definitely feels 00:38:48.630 --> 00:38:50.429 like this is an every other year thing. But no, 00:38:50.610 --> 00:38:52.789 really, National Jamborees every four years. 00:38:53.150 --> 00:38:54.849 It's just we had to squeeze a World Jamboree 00:38:54.849 --> 00:38:57.349 in the middle of it all. Fortunately, it's at 00:38:57.349 --> 00:39:01.250 the same place. So we're real excited to kind 00:39:01.250 --> 00:39:03.190 of turn back on those antennas. So we just got 00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:05.750 the new antennas for the World Scout Jamboree, 00:39:05.750 --> 00:39:08.829 and they did perform very, very well. So we're 00:39:08.829 --> 00:39:11.239 real excited. to get those back up in the air 00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:17.440 and get those on the ICOM gear in 2021. And we're 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:20.159 already kind of retooling and refocusing. We 00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:22.519 have some initial thoughts on how we're gonna 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:26.219 do it. I think we're gonna focus this time on 00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:30.860 the Morse code interpreter strip as kind of what 00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:33.780 would be the normal radio merit badge program. 00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:36.679 It's kind of an idea, maybe more than an idea. 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:40.039 But we're going to be all about Morse code this 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.599 time. We've had so much interest in Morse code 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.579 at the event and not enough representation of 00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:48.119 it. And I think this time we're going to try 00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:51.760 to go a little bit crazy with Morse code. So 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:55.199 we haven't put the call out for team members 00:39:55.199 --> 00:40:00.980 yet, but have that in mind. Brush up on the old 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:06.650 CW. We need some CW ops. for National Scout Jamboree. 00:40:07.190 --> 00:40:10.909 So, yeah, that sounds great. Yeah. Yeah, so we're 00:40:10.909 --> 00:40:15.829 real excited about it. Yeah, I think, you know, 00:40:16.010 --> 00:40:20.789 that's a lot of good stuff, but a lot of planning 00:40:20.789 --> 00:40:25.530 ahead. So good luck on getting it all squared 00:40:25.530 --> 00:40:27.869 away and be sure to let us know what's going 00:40:27.869 --> 00:40:32.849 on and how people can help out. Yeah, for sure. 00:40:32.889 --> 00:40:37.309 For sure. No car. All right. Well anything else 00:40:37.309 --> 00:40:39.349 I think we're gonna I think we're gonna wrap 00:40:39.349 --> 00:40:43.110 things up here, but Anything else we need to 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:48.269 throw in here real quick bill No, they just just 00:40:48.269 --> 00:40:51.210 remember register at the nationals, you know, 00:40:51.309 --> 00:40:54.389 sorry the glue world site the international site 00:40:54.389 --> 00:40:58.389 Joda Jodi info and The national site of course 00:40:58.389 --> 00:41:01.469 for the u .s. Is ktubsa .net definitely register 00:41:01.469 --> 00:41:06.449 there As well there is a net tonight in about 00:41:06.449 --> 00:41:13.510 20 minutes or so on the star Jambo 365 star echo 00:41:13.510 --> 00:41:18.690 link node where they have a the US radio scouting 00:41:18.690 --> 00:41:23.639 net every second Thursday of each month And this 00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.980 one luckily falls the week before Jota. So if 00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:28.860 you have Jota questions, there are a ton of Jota 00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:32.239 professionals that attend that. And I suggest 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:35.079 you connect over there and you can talk live 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:39.059 with Chris Overby and a bunch of other guys that 00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:44.460 help make Jota a reality and the excellent event 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:47.480 that it actually is. So that's the USA Radio 00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:52.530 Scouting Net over on starjota -365 star. And 00:41:52.530 --> 00:41:55.030 I think that's all I have yeah, and somehow we 00:41:55.030 --> 00:42:01.369 keep having you on right before that Just happens 00:42:01.369 --> 00:42:04.210 Thursday of the month and it happens to be yeah, 00:42:04.210 --> 00:42:08.070 it happens multiple times Well, Bill, thanks 00:42:08.070 --> 00:42:10.610 for coming on the show. Thanks for filling us 00:42:10.610 --> 00:42:13.170 in on what's going on with Jamboree on the air 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:18.530 and some upcoming things with K2BSA and radio 00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:20.789 scouting and we look forward to hearing from 00:42:20.789 --> 00:42:25.300 you again soon. Yeah, thanks for having me. All 00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:29.420 right, well that's Bill Stern's Ne4RD. So that 00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:33.340 is a wrap for this week's edition of HamTalk 00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:37.619 Live. Thanks to Bill, Ne4RD, and Christian K0STH, 00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:41.059 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening. 00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:44.139 And I invite you all back next Thursday night 00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:47.429 at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. When Jerry Ellsworth, 00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:53.070 AI6TX and Amy Herndon, AI6ZU will be here to 00:42:53.070 --> 00:42:56.929 talk about virtual reality in contesting. If 00:42:56.929 --> 00:42:59.969 you've heard about their Kickstarter program, 00:43:00.469 --> 00:43:03.889 it's going crazy on some of this virtual reality 00:43:03.889 --> 00:43:07.730 stuff. And she's got some great ideas about... 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:10.300 using this in contesting. So we'll talk about 00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:12.199 that next week and you'll have a chance to call 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.340 in and ask your questions live. 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