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I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:56.879 for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:57.060 --> 00:02:01.750 Tonight we're joined By Andy Malusi, KK4LWR and 00:02:01.750 --> 00:02:06.530 Tony Malusi, KD8RTT. And we will take your calls 00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:10.150 live in just a few minutes. Last week here on 00:02:10.150 --> 00:02:13.330 the show, Dave Schwartz, W0DAS and Matt Deutsch 00:02:13.330 --> 00:02:17.189 in Zero RGT were here to talk about the 100th 00:02:17.189 --> 00:02:21.590 anniversary of WWV and the special event station. 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:25.080 coming up here in just a couple of weeks. And 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.080 if you missed that show, you can listen anytime. 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.879 Just go over to HamTalkLive .com and click on 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:33.080 it, or you can go to your favorite podcast app 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:37.659 or on YouTube and you can also catch the rebroadcast 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:45.439 of the show on WTWW 5085 AM. That's Saturday 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:49.500 evenings at about 6 30 p .m. Eastern time. Well, 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:52.199 there's a lot going on this weekend. I've got 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:56.599 two ham fest within driving distance and the 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:59.500 voice of America's got a an anniversary coming 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:04.139 up and just so many things going on. And then 00:03:04.139 --> 00:03:06.120 we're going to talk about the collegiate QSO 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.419 party going on this weekend as well. But I want 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:11.919 to remind you of a few of the events coming up 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:16.439 and This one's a few weeks away, but don't forget 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.419 about the 100 watts at a wire fallout It's a 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:22.300 fallout season once again and that third annual 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:27.580 event is held by 100 watts to wire podcast that's 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:32.599 October 11th through the 13th and Christian Casey 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.539 your STH says it's time to get outdoors and enjoy 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:39.500 radio before the chill arrives over here in the 00:03:39.789 --> 00:03:43.509 U .S. and the Midwest anyway. So while it's not 00:03:43.509 --> 00:03:47.009 a contest there are some prizes for participants 00:03:47.009 --> 00:03:49.990 who earn 25 points for contacts with some of 00:03:49.990 --> 00:03:53.650 the special ops and each operator is worth five 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:58.639 points and some Gifts in there. So check that 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.199 out for more information go to 100 Watson wire 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.819 comm slash Activities and you can get more information 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:08.479 about fallout now on Saturday It's the National 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.039 Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting's special 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:15.960 event station. They're on the air from 1400 to 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:20.600 2100 Zulu Saturday. They're celebrating the 75th 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.980 anniversary of that Voice of America Bethany 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:27.500 Relay Station just on the north side of Cincinnati. 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:31.079 So look for them on 40 meters and 20 meters as 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.579 WC8VOA and they're having a big fundraiser and 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:38.040 dinner and everything for the 75th anniversary 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:43.399 that evening. So some of the regular museum hours 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.910 will be a little Little different on Saturday, 00:04:47.269 --> 00:04:50.949 but from 1400 to 2100 Zulu, you can catch them 00:04:50.949 --> 00:04:54.350 on 40 meters or 20 meters. So make sure you check 00:04:54.350 --> 00:04:57.689 that out. And also this weekend, as we mentioned 00:04:57.689 --> 00:05:00.529 is the collegiate QSO party, which is our topic 00:05:00.529 --> 00:05:03.709 tonight. So have your questions ready to go. 00:05:03.730 --> 00:05:05.990 And if you're listening to us live on Thursday 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:09.449 night, you can give us a call after the interview. 00:05:09.889 --> 00:05:12.110 Let me give you the phone number. It's eight 00:05:12.110 --> 00:05:17.160 one two net. ham one eight one two six three 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.019 eight four two six one you can also send a question 00:05:21.019 --> 00:05:24.839 via twitter or twitter handle is at ham talk 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.459 live and i'll give you that number again a little 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:30.959 later in the show so you can call in and and 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.899 one last thing thanks to marty uh nn1c um he 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:37.990 worked on the the other phone system last night 00:05:37.990 --> 00:05:40.509 and got it back up and running and and we're 00:05:40.509 --> 00:05:43.009 working on getting that finalized and we've got 00:05:43.009 --> 00:05:45.970 a new phone number and new system and and you'll 00:05:45.970 --> 00:05:48.449 be able to hear the the the show while you're 00:05:48.449 --> 00:05:51.350 on hold and everything so uh that's just a week 00:05:51.350 --> 00:05:55.310 or two away hopefully so uh thanks to marty and 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:58.930 n1c for making all that happen last night so 00:05:58.930 --> 00:06:02.930 i'll be back with tony and andy right after this 00:06:02.930 --> 00:06:07.430 word from icom right here on HamTalk Live. 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Our guest tonight, 00:08:27.350 --> 00:08:30.670 Andy Malusi, KK4LWR, the past president of the 00:08:30.670 --> 00:08:33.129 Gator Amateur Radio Club at the University of 00:08:33.129 --> 00:08:35.929 Florida in Gainesville and the current president 00:08:35.929 --> 00:08:39.629 of the Disney Emergency Amateur Radio Service. 00:08:40.540 --> 00:08:43.940 He's currently a systems engineer for Walt Disney 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:46.700 Parks and Resorts in Florida and Andy is a key 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:50.519 leader in the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative, 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.539 a group that has been formed to share ideas and 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:56.679 promote and rejuvenate amateur radio clubs in 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:01.179 colleges and universities in North America. And 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:03.860 Andy came into Ham Radio thanks to his brother 00:09:03.860 --> 00:09:08.100 Tony KD8RTT. Tony just went back to school and 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:10.080 finished his master's in electrical engineering 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.059 from Ohio University where he was the amateur 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:16.779 radio club president and during undergrad he 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:19.279 was just down the road from me he was president 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:23.559 of the Rose Tech amateur radio club W9NAA in 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.960 Terre Haute Indiana and Tony's a pilot and also 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.059 a key leader in the collegiate amateur radio 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:32.600 initiative and you can find him on the satellites 00:09:33.149 --> 00:09:37.889 We're operating CW or portable on HF. So Andy 00:09:37.889 --> 00:09:42.570 and Tony, welcome to the show. Thanks Neil. Yeah, 00:09:42.570 --> 00:09:48.669 thanks for having us. Well, you've got the first 00:09:48.669 --> 00:09:54.129 collegiate QSO party under your belts and it's 00:09:54.129 --> 00:09:56.710 time for the second one. So we want to make sure 00:09:56.710 --> 00:09:59.009 everybody knows about it and encourage everyone 00:09:59.009 --> 00:10:03.059 and not just colleges, but Everybody can get 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:06.340 on the collegiate Q. So party this weekend. So 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:08.940 tell us about the Q. So party and how things 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:13.779 went last year. So last year we had the first 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:16.240 Q. So party first collegiate Q. So party and 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.279 it went reasonably well, uh, much bigger than 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.059 we expected. Um, actually some bumps along the 00:10:22.059 --> 00:10:24.789 way, but, uh, A lot of fun. So a lot of work 00:10:24.789 --> 00:10:26.990 went into that. There was a good group of folks 00:10:26.990 --> 00:10:30.909 that helped create the rules and go through that. 00:10:31.590 --> 00:10:35.529 And we had 25, I believe, log submissions here. 00:10:35.669 --> 00:10:37.370 I'm looking actually at the Excel sheet right 00:10:37.370 --> 00:10:40.909 now. Yeah, so we had 25 log submissions. We had 00:10:40.909 --> 00:10:43.330 some people even just submit a blank log just 00:10:43.330 --> 00:10:44.970 so that they could get in the results, which 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:46.570 I thought was kind of cool that they wanted to 00:10:46.570 --> 00:10:49.580 participate in the first one. And we had a whole 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:51.399 bunch of different categories. We had, I believe, 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:55.320 eight categories, although I believe two categories 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.100 did not receive any submittals. But the folks 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:03.470 down at FAU, they won. In the collegiate high 00:11:03.470 --> 00:11:07.490 power category and then w0 yq I want to say that 00:11:07.490 --> 00:11:10.750 was University of Colorado if I'm not mistaken 00:11:10.750 --> 00:11:14.269 Tony could probably correct me on that one They 00:11:14.269 --> 00:11:16.570 won in the low power category collegiate low 00:11:16.570 --> 00:11:21.470 power and then we had kilo one triple e one in 00:11:21.470 --> 00:11:28.159 the employee high power and we had w4 atl He 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.659 won in the alumni high power and he coordinated 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:34.659 his contacts with Georgia Tech. So he did really 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:41.590 well on that. And then W2RS won the Alumni Low 00:11:41.590 --> 00:11:47.649 Power. And then K4VBM won the Individual Low 00:11:47.649 --> 00:11:50.529 Power Award. So quite a few awards there. There 00:11:50.529 --> 00:11:53.690 was, like I said, another bunch of people I didn't 00:11:53.690 --> 00:11:57.210 mention who submitted logs and stuff. But really 00:11:57.210 --> 00:12:02.169 quite cool to see such a successful event. All 00:12:02.169 --> 00:12:04.490 right. Well, you said, you know, you did learn 00:12:04.490 --> 00:12:07.750 a few things and so you made a few changes for 00:12:07.750 --> 00:12:10.970 this year. So What are the changes that are taking 00:12:10.970 --> 00:12:15.490 place? Yeah, so our main we kind of just survey 00:12:15.490 --> 00:12:17.309 after the fact since this is our first run See 00:12:17.309 --> 00:12:19.330 what how it went a lot of the feedback we got 00:12:19.330 --> 00:12:21.269 was let's make this a little simpler a little 00:12:21.269 --> 00:12:25.190 easier in terms of exchange and in terms of multipliers 00:12:25.190 --> 00:12:28.440 and that sort of thing, so kind of simplified 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.940 things. We took away the mascot aspect of the 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:35.200 exchange and really simplified multipliers down 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:38.940 to alumni and college clubs. So, you know, it's 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:40.720 much simpler this year, should be easier for 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:44.379 people to make contacts and log them, but also 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:46.440 still allow people to kind of work out, you know, 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.480 continue to go outside of just the quick exchange 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.399 for a QSO and kind of talk about their school 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:55.840 and tell people what they're doing in their university 00:12:55.840 --> 00:13:01.690 club. Okay. So tell us how we, we can operate 00:13:01.690 --> 00:13:05.710 in the QSO party. What is the exchange now and, 00:13:05.710 --> 00:13:08.370 and tell us about, you know, how individuals 00:13:08.370 --> 00:13:12.269 can do that. And then also how, uh, the colleges 00:13:12.269 --> 00:13:16.429 can participate. So probably the easiest way 00:13:16.429 --> 00:13:19.240 to participate is to get on the air. Um, Like 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:23.340 any contest, get on the air. Yeah, it really 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:27.200 does. And that's really about it. We allow self 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.120 spotting. You can have multiple receivers, that 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:33.259 sort of thing. But if you're an individual, you 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.820 can just get on the air and you can chase college 00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:38.059 stations. If you're if you follow the Facebook 00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:41.059 page for the collegiate amateur radio group initiative 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:44.149 on. Like I said, the Facebook page here, there's 00:13:44.149 --> 00:13:46.769 been a post going with a law school saying that 00:13:46.769 --> 00:13:48.610 they're going to be on the air, where they're 00:13:48.610 --> 00:13:52.049 going to be. If you are a college club, you can 00:13:52.049 --> 00:13:54.049 just get on the air and you can join the Facebook 00:13:54.049 --> 00:13:56.129 group and totally let people know. You can get 00:13:56.129 --> 00:13:59.289 on the air, spot yourself, all that sort of stuff 00:13:59.289 --> 00:14:02.009 so people find you. And the easiest way probably 00:14:02.009 --> 00:14:04.429 to find more information is collegiateqsoparty 00:14:04.429 --> 00:14:07.330 .com will take you to the page with all the rules 00:14:07.330 --> 00:14:10.730 and breakdown. Um, as far as the exchange goes, 00:14:11.250 --> 00:14:13.970 so try to keep it relatively simple. So call 00:14:13.970 --> 00:14:17.129 sign, um, a school identifier that's consistently 00:14:17.129 --> 00:14:19.590 used. So it could be a school name or abbreviation, 00:14:19.789 --> 00:14:22.690 but whatever the school club uses, um, signal 00:14:22.690 --> 00:14:26.210 report RST and your operating class, um, of which 00:14:26.210 --> 00:14:28.769 there are five this year compared to the eight 00:14:28.769 --> 00:14:34.009 in previous years. Okay. So you can check all 00:14:34.009 --> 00:14:37.950 that out at collegiatecusoparty .com and, uh, 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:41.240 get on the air and talk to some of those and 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.879 again you know the idea is for college stations 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:49.059 to be on and work but there's some emphasis too 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:53.320 on alumni because that brings in more contacts. 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.600 Yeah so one of the things that we wanted to do 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.580 with this contest was we wanted to make it a 00:14:58.580 --> 00:15:00.379 little different than other ones. We wanted this 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:04.350 to be a way to start conversations between students 00:15:04.350 --> 00:15:08.070 and alumni of their school. Amateur radio is 00:15:08.070 --> 00:15:11.190 a really unique and special hobby. So if we can 00:15:11.190 --> 00:15:13.389 find a way to nurture and grow the programs, 00:15:13.710 --> 00:15:15.789 we wanted to leverage that. So in this particular 00:15:15.789 --> 00:15:18.490 contest, there's actually a three times multiplier 00:15:18.490 --> 00:15:21.029 when you as an alumni work the college you went 00:15:21.029 --> 00:15:24.690 to, or when you're a college station working 00:15:24.690 --> 00:15:27.940 alumni from your school. or even when you're 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:30.059 an alumni working another alumni from your school. 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:32.200 So we're really trying to push that networking 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:36.679 aspect to this event. And maybe that turns into 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.379 either a long -term relationship with the club, 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.279 maybe you find out some other special events 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:45.379 they do and you get on the air with them. We're 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:48.519 hoping that this is a springboard to help grow 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.299 and foster amateur radio in the collegiate space. 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:57.840 On the alumni end, just as a note, you know, 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.519 it doesn't necessarily mean you had to be a ham 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:01.159 when you went to the school or you didn't have 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.500 to be a member of the club. Um, just if you went 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:05.919 to that school in any capacity, you can count 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:08.000 yourself as an alumni there. So, you know, try 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.919 to keep that open and just, you know, encourage, 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:12.620 like Andy said, encourage those connections and 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:18.379 conversations. All right. Very good. Well, that's 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:21.139 a little bit about the collegiate Q so party 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:25.179 and, um, That's again taking place this weekend, 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:28.799 actually less than 24 hours away. So, uh, be 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:32.200 sure to check that out and, uh, we're going to 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:34.879 come back here in just a couple of minutes and 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.580 we're going to take your calls and your questions. 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.899 So give us a call at 8 1 2 net ham 1 8 1 2 6 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:46.120 3 8 4 2 6 1 or tweet us at ham talk live and 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:48.580 we'll, we'll take your questions and we'll. Talk 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:52.120 a little bit more about college contests and 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.860 activities and the collegiate QSO party when 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:59.039 we come back right after this word from Tower 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:02.279 Electronics here on HamTalk Live. 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So hopefully you're enjoying 00:19:58.630 --> 00:20:03.089 the show and hello to Chris. He just logged in 00:20:03.089 --> 00:20:06.269 here and said hello. So Good to see you back 00:20:06.269 --> 00:20:09.950 in here once again tonight. So if you have a 00:20:09.950 --> 00:20:13.289 comment, uh, you can, you can also type that 00:20:13.289 --> 00:20:15.529 in on, on Spreaker. If you're listening to Spreaker, 00:20:15.569 --> 00:20:19.029 that's what Chris did. So, uh, give us a call 00:20:19.029 --> 00:20:24.210 812 -638 -4261. And we'll take your questions 00:20:24.210 --> 00:20:27.690 about the collegiate QSO party as well as, uh, 00:20:27.750 --> 00:20:30.809 other collegiate things. And speaking of other 00:20:30.809 --> 00:20:36.440 collegiate things, um, The collegiate Q so party 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:45.700 is is another Cog in the system here it the idea 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:52.119 is to you know build up to something every month 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:57.039 or so That's tied in with with schools and universities. 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:01.099 And so this is just one more of those activities. 00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:03.630 So talk a little bit about some of the other 00:21:03.630 --> 00:21:07.450 activities and how that, uh, that progression 00:21:07.450 --> 00:21:12.289 is coming along. So one of the things, uh, that 00:21:12.289 --> 00:21:14.829 Tony and I both found when we were running our 00:21:14.829 --> 00:21:18.269 clubs was, uh, having consistent activities and 00:21:18.269 --> 00:21:20.769 something to always look forward to or work towards, 00:21:20.890 --> 00:21:25.009 um, tended to make more sustainable clubs. So 00:21:25.009 --> 00:21:26.950 contesting is a great way to get people on the 00:21:26.950 --> 00:21:30.369 arts. Great time up in the shack too. Um, so 00:21:30.369 --> 00:21:33.789 we, We're trying to piggyback on the calendar 00:21:33.789 --> 00:21:36.049 year and make sure there's a number of opportunities 00:21:36.049 --> 00:21:40.329 for collegiate clubs. So the idea with the QSO 00:21:40.329 --> 00:21:42.710 party here was in September, when you're heading 00:21:42.710 --> 00:21:45.130 back to school, it's a great time to get people 00:21:45.130 --> 00:21:47.569 on the air or show people amateur radio for the 00:21:47.569 --> 00:21:51.869 first time. The bonus points that we offer is 00:21:51.869 --> 00:21:54.170 actually operating a portable station, you know, 00:21:54.170 --> 00:21:56.509 in your quad or somewhere, you know, a public 00:21:56.509 --> 00:21:59.109 out on campus. Um, it's on a Saturday, so you 00:21:59.109 --> 00:22:01.269 could do it as a tailgate for your football games. 00:22:01.650 --> 00:22:03.410 Um, you know, a lot of different opportunities 00:22:03.410 --> 00:22:05.490 by the way, Kentucky lost just saying that Neil, 00:22:06.490 --> 00:22:10.269 um, you had to get that in there. Oh, after last 00:22:10.269 --> 00:22:15.849 time I had to make sure. Go Gators. Um, but, 00:22:16.190 --> 00:22:22.009 uh, you know, uh, yeah. But, you know, that's 00:22:22.009 --> 00:22:23.630 a good September event, good thing, you know, 00:22:23.809 --> 00:22:25.289 after your activities fair, something to look 00:22:25.289 --> 00:22:28.970 forward to. And then in October, it's been a 00:22:28.970 --> 00:22:31.150 marquee event now, you know, especially in the 00:22:31.150 --> 00:22:34.869 school space for, geez, decades, potentially, 00:22:35.490 --> 00:22:38.400 is the... School club roundup, you know, and 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:40.680 that's not just college clubs, but it's a very 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:43.920 very popular event Lots of schools lots of individuals 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:46.259 get involved with that event and it's a full 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:49.299 week long So that requires a bit more planning 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:51.720 and you know some comfort on the air So we're 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:54.119 hoping that QSO party gets, you know college 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:55.579 students a bit of an opportunity to get on the 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:58.299 air Regular school students can totally work 00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:00.700 colleges in the QSO party Maybe find out a little 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.420 bit if they're thinking about going to a school 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.420 learn about their club or something. But that 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:08.460 will set them up for the school club roundup 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:14.630 in the fall here. let them be engaged, and that 00:23:14.630 --> 00:23:16.650 sort of gives them something, you know, contest 00:23:16.650 --> 00:23:18.630 -wise to look forward to a couple of times in 00:23:18.630 --> 00:23:21.130 the semester. In addition to many of the other 00:23:21.130 --> 00:23:23.829 contests, they're just sort of open season. And 00:23:23.829 --> 00:23:25.869 then when you come back in the fall, sorry, in 00:23:25.869 --> 00:23:29.109 the spring semester, we have the North American 00:23:29.109 --> 00:23:31.230 QSO party, and they have the collegiate championship 00:23:31.230 --> 00:23:34.170 right there in January, so that's late January, 00:23:34.549 --> 00:23:38.230 which is also when the ARRL Foundation scholarships 00:23:38.230 --> 00:23:40.049 are due for college students, so if there's any 00:23:40.049 --> 00:23:42.039 college students listening. be sure to apply 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:44.539 for those. You know, they're usually do at the 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:46.759 end of January. And that's a great opportunity, 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.599 like I said, as well to, you know, start off 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.710 the semester right and have a good you know, 00:23:51.710 --> 00:23:55.089 event. And then following up in February, we 00:23:55.089 --> 00:23:58.250 have the School Club Roundup again, which Lou 00:23:58.250 --> 00:23:59.849 and company have done a great job with, like 00:23:59.849 --> 00:24:03.230 I said. And, you know, that's another activity 00:24:03.230 --> 00:24:05.309 that's actually how Neil and I first met was 00:24:05.309 --> 00:24:08.329 on the forums for School Club Roundup. And there's 00:24:08.329 --> 00:24:10.890 a lot of fun to be had there. And that gets you 00:24:10.890 --> 00:24:13.910 into late February. So that brings you more or 00:24:13.910 --> 00:24:17.269 less to spring break time. So schools can then, 00:24:17.269 --> 00:24:18.730 you know, after spring break, you can either 00:24:18.730 --> 00:24:21.309 do some antenna building, some fox hunting, or 00:24:21.309 --> 00:24:24.970 join in some of the other contests. And part 00:24:24.970 --> 00:24:26.869 of what we've tried to do with the Collegiate 00:24:26.869 --> 00:24:28.349 Amateur Radio Initiative and the Facebook Room 00:24:28.349 --> 00:24:31.190 in particular is kind of have a central resource 00:24:31.190 --> 00:24:34.430 that people can discuss these events and also 00:24:34.430 --> 00:24:37.069 discuss other events they'd like to do. We're 00:24:37.069 --> 00:24:38.849 trying to make this very much a community -driven 00:24:38.849 --> 00:24:42.380 thing. great events on the calendar already. 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:44.660 People can come up with other things in between. 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:48.539 If there's interest, we can do more of these 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.579 collegiate QSO party type events. I'm going to 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.759 kind of fill it in. So we're trying to have a 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.900 little bit of a structure. Us and other groups 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:57.000 have also. And then also find a way for people 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.559 to take the next step themselves with their club 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.859 to fill out their school year and keep people 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:05.779 active and drive new interest to the hobby. And 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:09.259 there's also the ready version of the North American 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:12.460 collegiate championships now, too So so we've 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.579 got the sideband version and the ready version. 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:17.700 So that's another one that's that's in there 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:24.000 and Over on Yoda region to org yota region to 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.819 org we try to Keep up with all of these things. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:30.359 So that's that's one place too that you can go 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:35.480 to to catch up with all of the activities Revolving 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:38.519 around young people. So make sure you you check 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:42.349 that out and I calm America's been Gracious enough 00:25:42.349 --> 00:25:46.230 to sponsor the website for that. So be sure you 00:25:46.230 --> 00:25:51.250 check that out at yota region to org But there's 00:25:51.250 --> 00:25:54.450 a lot of things going on Yeah, and actually shout 00:25:54.450 --> 00:25:57.630 to icon as well last year without even any asking 00:25:57.630 --> 00:26:00.130 or prompting icon reached out to us and hooked 00:26:00.130 --> 00:26:02.309 us up with some swag for the winning schools 00:26:02.309 --> 00:26:05.730 so that's really cool because a lot of schools, 00:26:05.730 --> 00:26:07.950 you know amateur radio clubs don't have a lot 00:26:07.950 --> 00:26:10.240 of giveaways they might They might do a t -shirt 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.279 or they might do a polo shirt, you know, but 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.859 they don't really have a lot of stuff for like 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.640 new members or to give away activities fair. 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.519 So icon stepped up for that last year and that 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.160 was really cool. So we want to thank them for 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:23.420 that. So there's all kinds of these things going 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:25.900 on. You just gotta, you know, you gotta be aware 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:28.400 of them and get on the air and school club roundup 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:30.799 is about a month away. It's the third week of 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:33.819 October and, and looking forward to that in the 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:37.480 second week of February and I can, I can. Definitely 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.279 agree with with what Andy's saying here With 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:43.779 you know having activities that you look forward 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:47.160 to and prepare for it really gives you You know 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.359 some motivation and some reason for doing what 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:53.480 you're doing and at the high school level that 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:59.140 that's key That you know we learn how to fill 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:03.299 out QSL cards and how to do UTC and how to you 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:06.079 know know what to say and what to do and all 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:09.240 this kind of stuff because we're preparing for 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:12.140 school club roundup twice a year and the more 00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:16.579 of these activities like the North American collegiate 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:22.140 championships and the collegiate QSO party and 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.700 all of these things, give you some things to 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:32.259 build upon and you're to be commended for adding 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:36.720 to that list with this one and some of the other 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:39.460 ones and I'm sure there'll be more in the future. 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:44.680 Yeah, I mean we would love to see this grow especially 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:46.839 if folks are interested in it, you know, and 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:49.980 if they want to help out. It's a cool way to 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.420 recognize and celebrate, you know, sort of the 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:55.720 new hams in the group. Yeah, and also, you know, 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.859 like I mentioned earlier, it's kind of community 00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:59.980 effort in that, you know, we've had multiple 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:02.240 people reach out and help us with this event, 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.940 you know, forming the rules and that sort of 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:06.440 thing, which has been really great to involve 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.160 the whole community in it. So it's been a really 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:11.950 neat experience. And, you know, if you want to 00:28:11.950 --> 00:28:14.269 go out to your alma mater and you want to, you 00:28:14.269 --> 00:28:15.970 know, get involved with the club, this is a great 00:28:15.970 --> 00:28:19.210 opportunity to do that. You know, it's a single 00:28:19.210 --> 00:28:22.470 weekend. So if, you know, after the football 00:28:22.470 --> 00:28:26.069 game and, you know, Maybe everyone's not Gators 00:28:26.069 --> 00:28:28.509 beating Kentucky, but you know maybe after that 00:28:28.509 --> 00:28:31.190 football game You know you can get out there 00:28:31.190 --> 00:28:33.309 and go visit your college station. Maybe get 00:28:33.309 --> 00:28:36.150 on the air and help them out We put bonuses in 00:28:36.150 --> 00:28:38.869 there for all sorts of things as well So there's 00:28:38.869 --> 00:28:41.049 bonuses for social media so you can totally like 00:28:41.049 --> 00:28:44.450 and share I'm on Twitter on Facebook on YouTube 00:28:44.450 --> 00:28:47.430 any of the stuff that your college club You know 00:28:47.430 --> 00:28:49.309 puts out there, so you know follow your alma 00:28:49.309 --> 00:28:52.390 mater. Maybe they might share it if you're If 00:28:52.390 --> 00:28:55.150 your collegiate club has social media, that's 00:28:55.150 --> 00:28:56.730 a great way to stay in contact with them, sort 00:28:56.730 --> 00:28:59.089 of keep up with what they're doing. And that 00:28:59.089 --> 00:29:01.390 helps them out for this contest. They need to 00:29:01.390 --> 00:29:03.490 be sharing and sort of promoting. So that's a 00:29:03.490 --> 00:29:07.470 cool part of it. Also, we're trying to get administrators 00:29:07.470 --> 00:29:09.450 involved. Start getting some of the school leadership 00:29:09.450 --> 00:29:11.750 and show them the value that amateur radio brings 00:29:11.750 --> 00:29:15.329 to their institutions. So there's a lot of different 00:29:15.329 --> 00:29:19.000 ways that folks can get involved with this. Well 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:21.240 if you have a question or a comment give us a 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:27.440 call at 812 -638 -4261 812 -NATAM1 or you can 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:31.079 type to us on Spreaker or over on Twitter it's 00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:35.220 at TAM talk live and We'll be checking that again 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:38.099 a couple of times here. In fact, let me check 00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:41.690 that again right now uh... and if you have a 00:29:41.690 --> 00:29:44.630 question please uh... feel free to give us a 00:29:44.630 --> 00:29:48.410 call or a tweet and we'll uh... try to address 00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:52.009 that well what are the the future plans now that 00:29:52.009 --> 00:29:55.569 you've got the first one uh... under the belt 00:29:55.569 --> 00:29:58.049 and now the second one's going to take place 00:29:58.049 --> 00:30:01.750 in just less than twenty four hours water the 00:30:01.750 --> 00:30:04.329 plans for the future to work where you see this 00:30:04.329 --> 00:30:08.480 heading Well, I think it's kind of community 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:10.420 driven in that sense. What people would like 00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:12.799 to see is what we're kind of going by. We had 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.720 a vision that maybe this could be a twice a year 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.960 type thing based on interest. We think that this 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.640 kind of early in the semester type timeline, 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.819 at least in the fall, seems to be a good fit. 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:26.640 People like that. So we're going to continue 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.799 that. Hopefully every year from now on, maybe 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:33.440 add to it if interest warrants that. But this 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.720 is really a starting point, we think, for this 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:38.240 event and maybe others like it. Maybe in the 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.779 future, we do another shorter type sprint event 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:44.500 that's even shorter or that sort of thing. So 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:46.599 we're just trying to build off of it. As there's 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:49.019 interest, we'll continue on with it and see where 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:53.920 people want to take it. Okay, so remind everybody 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:57.440 of the dates and times here and where they can 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:00.640 find the rules and the exchange and all that 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.720 kind of thing for this weekend. So all the rules 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:09.940 you can get to at collegiate QSO party. That 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.880 will redirect you to actually the University 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.980 of Florida, my alma mater's site there, gatoradio 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:18.099 .org slash collegiate. That also works. There's 00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:20.519 been a bit of a team effort going on here. FAU 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:25.859 has built and is hosting an N1MM template. So 00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:28.019 you can go there and get the template for that. 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:31.480 So that will make your logging life a little 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:35.619 easier. And that can either be linked to directly. 00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:41.859 from the gatoradio .org slash collegiacusoparty 00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:45.380 .com page, or you can actually get to it by going 00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:51.759 to s .fau .edu slash CQP. They have a zip file 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:55.099 of everything you need there. So that's really 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.880 cool that FAU is helping out on that. Shout out 00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:58.940 to them. And then when you actually want to compete, 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:03.160 it starts this Saturday at 0 UTC. So that's actually 00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:05.799 Friday night for those of us on the East Coast 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:11.920 and West Coast. And yeah, that runs all the way 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:16.559 until Sunday at 2359. So basically all day Saturday 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:20.640 and all day Sunday. You have the event going. 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:23.819 So. It's going to be a lot of fun. Um, it was 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:27.220 last year. Uh, so I think, uh, it'll be a great 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:29.380 time on the air. Um, and the best part is, is 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:31.660 if you have folks that, you know, aren't aware 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:33.339 of the contest or what you're doing, it's a great 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.900 time to also explain to them that you're a college 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:40.359 station and what that means. And by the way, 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:44.319 I just have to put this in here. You know, our 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:47.279 quarterback went out last week, like for the, 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:50.420 for the season. So did ours. That was our that 00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:54.319 was our backup quarterback So so was ours those 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:56.940 19 points in the fourth quarter and we were we 00:32:56.940 --> 00:33:00.299 were winning most of the game Yeah, but our backup 00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:03.339 quarterback got 19 points in the fourth quarter 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:11.099 So the Gator Wildcat controversy continues here 00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:15.779 on ham talk live and It was about this time last 00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:17.660 year. It was a little later, but you know similar. 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.799 It was just before the Gators played them. Yep. 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:25.279 Yeah. It was. Look at that. Well, there's a rivalry 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:31.059 and the National Collegiate Championships, we'll 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:35.299 talk about them for a minute. There's some rivalries 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:39.359 going on in it and this live scoreboard thing. 00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:43.660 Yeah, live scoring was something we wanted to 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:47.000 actually bring to this event, but unfortunately 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:52.619 Work's been a bit busy for me. So We opened up 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.339 Star Wars Galaxy's Edge this summer, which was 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:57.279 a bunch of fun. So You know that that sort of 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:59.380 consumed a lot of my time that I was hoping to 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:04.440 make the The actual live scoring but that's still 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.220 on the goals for this Q. So party but that adds 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:10.280 a certainly a competitive dynamic to the event 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:13.199 And it's really fun to watch on the collegiate 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.699 championship and definitely something we want 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:19.119 to bring to the Q. So party Yeah, I like just 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:22.039 watching it just sitting here and watching the 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:26.400 scores go ahead No, yeah, no, that's that's yeah, 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:28.539 we talked about and also live streaming that 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.079 kind of reminded me of we've encouraged that 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.300 before and you know clubs of live stream from 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:35.119 their shack during that, you know the Collegiate 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:37.480 championship and I think the Q so party so that's 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.940 kind of a neat angle to it people can log in 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.559 check it out and Yeah, nice competitive atmosphere 00:34:44.849 --> 00:34:47.489 And this is a, this is a good recruiting tool. 00:34:47.650 --> 00:34:49.530 It's the beginning of the school year. It's a 00:34:49.530 --> 00:34:52.210 great time to get the word out that, Hey, we 00:34:52.210 --> 00:34:55.429 have a ham radio club here at the college. Uh, 00:34:55.489 --> 00:34:58.110 we've, we've, you know, live streamed it so you 00:34:58.110 --> 00:35:01.510 can see it. If you can't be here, uh, you know, 00:35:01.510 --> 00:35:04.090 it's a great recruiting tool so that people know 00:35:04.090 --> 00:35:06.929 that you're out there and that people may want 00:35:06.929 --> 00:35:10.030 to get involved. Not to mention those people 00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:12.090 that get on the air for the first time, they 00:35:12.090 --> 00:35:14.389 might be a little intimidated. But if they can 00:35:14.389 --> 00:35:17.309 see people do it, you know, and prepare in their 00:35:17.309 --> 00:35:19.809 dorm room before they come over or they have 00:35:19.809 --> 00:35:22.510 video of their first contact, that's a really 00:35:22.510 --> 00:35:26.070 cool memento that not a lot of hams get. So, 00:35:26.130 --> 00:35:27.889 you know, there's definitely that aspect to, 00:35:27.889 --> 00:35:30.170 you know, the live streaming and the social media 00:35:30.170 --> 00:35:35.110 side to this as well. All right. Well, that's 00:35:35.110 --> 00:35:38.110 this weekend, Saturday, September 21st, zero 00:35:38.110 --> 00:35:41.940 hundred UTC. That's that's Friday night. Here 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:47.420 in the US and then Sunday September 22nd at 2359 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.000 is the end and make sure you check out collegiate 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.300 Q so party .com for more information. Well, let's 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:57.559 let's go around the horn here for final comments 00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:02.500 Tony Let's say thanks to everybody who's supported 00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:05.599 these efforts last year and this year. It's it's 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:07.599 a neat experience I know, you know, I always 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:11.710 talk about how impactful the amateur radio club 00:36:11.710 --> 00:36:13.349 was for me in college. So it was a really neat 00:36:13.349 --> 00:36:15.190 experience. I had a lot of fun. I got to do a 00:36:15.190 --> 00:36:18.710 lot of cool things. So encourage people out there 00:36:18.710 --> 00:36:23.349 to participate. See if your school has an active 00:36:23.349 --> 00:36:25.630 club. And if they do, try to get involved with 00:36:25.630 --> 00:36:27.789 them beyond this. The college clubs can always 00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:31.409 use help, be that financial or just you showing 00:36:31.409 --> 00:36:33.449 up to their shack and helping with a new antenna 00:36:33.449 --> 00:36:36.090 project or something like that. So again, we 00:36:36.090 --> 00:36:39.010 really want to encourage people to to look at 00:36:39.010 --> 00:36:43.650 Collegiate Amateur Radio and get involved. All 00:36:43.650 --> 00:36:48.110 right. Andy? I mean, I think Tony summed it up 00:36:48.110 --> 00:36:52.349 pretty well. You know, it's really a unique opportunity 00:36:52.349 --> 00:36:55.150 to get involved and really shape some of the 00:36:55.150 --> 00:36:58.599 next generation of hams. going through college 00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.760 and seeing the overlap between amateur radio 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:03.579 and so many other hobbies, you might be like, 00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:05.860 oh, well, contesting isn't my thing. But if you 00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:08.019 get active and you show up or you talk to them 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:10.699 for this event, maybe contesting isn't your thing, 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:13.469 you might find out that that club. you know, 00:37:13.630 --> 00:37:15.610 also has a big interest in satellites or has 00:37:15.610 --> 00:37:17.989 a big interest in, you know, software defined 00:37:17.989 --> 00:37:20.590 radios and is playing with things in different 00:37:20.590 --> 00:37:23.349 regards. So it can be a gateway to other opportunities. 00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:25.170 So I really consider folks that, you know, maybe 00:37:25.170 --> 00:37:27.949 aren't big contesters even to just try getting 00:37:27.949 --> 00:37:29.909 on the air. If you see that your school is going 00:37:29.909 --> 00:37:31.610 to be on the air or if you know someone from 00:37:31.610 --> 00:37:34.360 your school. bug them to get on the air. Of course, 00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:36.239 if your school doesn't have an active club, you 00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:38.440 can go activate your school. That's in the rules 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:41.119 as well. If you're a student who's at a school 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.500 that doesn't have a club, you can totally participate 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:46.059 as well. Like I said, this is really about building 00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:48.639 that network and that outreach. So I really, 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:50.579 really recommend that folks get out there and 00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:53.760 do that. I also say if you have any comments, 00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:57.500 suggestions, stuff like that, we're gonna do 00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:00.449 another round of... feedback survey after this 00:38:00.449 --> 00:38:01.949 one. I think that that's a good way to get everyone 00:38:01.949 --> 00:38:03.869 sort of pulse on things. So if you submit a log, 00:38:04.349 --> 00:38:05.949 we'll definitely make sure we get another survey. 00:38:06.289 --> 00:38:08.550 But you can also get in touch with Tony and I 00:38:08.550 --> 00:38:12.349 through social media. You can tweet at us. Our 00:38:12.349 --> 00:38:15.449 Twitter handles are call -signed. So KK4LWR for 00:38:15.449 --> 00:38:18.750 me and KD8RTT for Tony. So if you have ideas 00:38:18.750 --> 00:38:22.199 that way, you can get in touch with us. And we're 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:23.599 really trying to make this the best event we 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:26.960 can. The ARL is graciously providing plaques 00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:29.039 for this event. So we have some really, really 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.360 cool plaques that will be going out. I just started 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.380 to see some of the artwork concepts come through. 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:36.360 So we're really looking forward to that as well 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:40.559 in terms of continuing to support this movement. 00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:43.739 Like I said, I'm excited going into year two. 00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:46.920 We learned a lot from last year. Mainly I learned 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.980 I should use Google Forms for submitting documents 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:52.360 now instead of me doing it through email. And 00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:54.260 there is a Google Form already up on that website. 00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:57.119 So if you go to collegiacusepari .com, it has 00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.519 all the submittal. You can look through the Google 00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:02.980 Form and fill that out and all that. So we've 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.860 tried to make this as smooth and painless as 00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:08.340 a process as possible. And we're looking forward 00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:10.989 to more logs this year. Um, and seeing what this 00:39:10.989 --> 00:39:14.909 is going to shape up. So I'm excited. All right. 00:39:14.909 --> 00:39:16.969 Very good. Well, thanks guys for coming on the 00:39:16.969 --> 00:39:19.949 show and talking about this and, uh, wish you, 00:39:19.949 --> 00:39:23.590 uh, much success this weekend with the, uh, QSO 00:39:23.590 --> 00:39:27.449 party and, and then there's the special event 00:39:27.449 --> 00:39:30.090 on too. So, you know, all, all the more reason 00:39:30.090 --> 00:39:33.750 to get on this weekend. So, um, congratulations 00:39:33.750 --> 00:39:36.630 on getting through year one and best of luck 00:39:36.630 --> 00:39:40.360 this weekend on year two. Thank you. And yeah, 00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:43.440 and you know, we're gonna be hosting forums again 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:46.719 at both Dayton and Dayton Hamvention and Orlando 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:50.400 Hamcasian. So, you know, if you're an alumni, 00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:52.340 if you're just a big supporter, if you're a college 00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.860 student and you want to come out, you know, to 00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:56.679 those events and share your thoughts, you know, 00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:58.239 with us in person as well, Tony and I will be 00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:02.840 there to make sure that is available too. And 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:08.239 go Wildcats. And gators go gators 19 points fourth 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:10.679 quarter. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, I know 00:40:12.610 --> 00:40:15.349 All right. Well, that's going to finish things 00:40:15.349 --> 00:40:18.429 up for tonight. So thanks guys for coming on 00:40:18.429 --> 00:40:21.869 the show. That is a wrap for this week's edition 00:40:21.869 --> 00:40:25.070 of ham talk live. Thanks to my guests, Andy Ballouzi, 00:40:25.150 --> 00:40:29.610 KK4LWR and Tony Ballouzi, KD8RTT and everybody 00:40:29.610 --> 00:40:33.510 out in cyberspace for listening in. And I invite 00:40:33.510 --> 00:40:36.070 you back next Thursday night at 9 PM Eastern 00:40:36.070 --> 00:40:39.519 time. Now we had originally scheduled Joe Karsha 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:43.860 in J1Q and Michelle Patno W3 MVP from the So 00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:47.079 Now What podcast for tonight and we had to make 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:50.500 a last second change so they will be here next 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:54.400 week to talk about the So Now What podcast so 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:56.960 for a list of all of our upcoming guests just 00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.539 go to HamTalkLive .com and if you like the show 00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:02.500 please leave us a review that helps others find 00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:06.670 us faster and We'll say 7 -3 for now. So this 00:41:06.670 --> 00:41:10.369 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, once again saying 7 -3, 00:41:10.510 --> 00:41:14.610 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.