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Hey, good evening everyone. It's time for HamTalk
Live episode number 182, the Collegiate QSo Party
2019, recorded live on Thursday, September 19th,
2019. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks
for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live.
Tonight we're joined By Andy Malusi, KK4LWR and
Tony Malusi, KD8RTT. And we will take your calls
live in just a few minutes. Last week here on
the show, Dave Schwartz, W0DAS and Matt Deutsch
in Zero RGT were here to talk about the 100th
anniversary of WWV and the special event station.
coming up here in just a couple of weeks. And
if you missed that show, you can listen anytime.
Just go over to HamTalkLive .com and click on
it, or you can go to your favorite podcast app
or on YouTube and you can also catch the rebroadcast
of the show on WTWW 5085 AM. That's Saturday
evenings at about 6 30 p .m. Eastern time. Well,
there's a lot going on this weekend. I've got
two ham fest within driving distance and the
voice of America's got a an anniversary coming
up and just so many things going on. And then
we're going to talk about the collegiate QSO
party going on this weekend as well. But I want
to remind you of a few of the events coming up
and This one's a few weeks away, but don't forget
about the 100 watts at a wire fallout It's a
fallout season once again and that third annual
event is held by 100 watts to wire podcast that's
October 11th through the 13th and Christian Casey
your STH says it's time to get outdoors and enjoy
radio before the chill arrives over here in the
U .S. and the Midwest anyway. So while it's not
a contest there are some prizes for participants
who earn 25 points for contacts with some of
the special ops and each operator is worth five
points and some Gifts in there. So check that
out for more information go to 100 Watson wire
comm slash Activities and you can get more information
about fallout now on Saturday It's the National
Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting's special
event station. They're on the air from 1400 to
2100 Zulu Saturday. They're celebrating the 75th
anniversary of that Voice of America Bethany
Relay Station just on the north side of Cincinnati.
So look for them on 40 meters and 20 meters as
WC8VOA and they're having a big fundraiser and
dinner and everything for the 75th anniversary
that evening. So some of the regular museum hours
will be a little Little different on Saturday,
but from 1400 to 2100 Zulu, you can catch them
on 40 meters or 20 meters. So make sure you check
that out. And also this weekend, as we mentioned
is the collegiate QSO party, which is our topic
tonight. So have your questions ready to go.
And if you're listening to us live on Thursday
night, you can give us a call after the interview.
Let me give you the phone number. It's eight
one two net. ham one eight one two six three
eight four two six one you can also send a question
via twitter or twitter handle is at ham talk
live and i'll give you that number again a little
later in the show so you can call in and and
one last thing thanks to marty uh nn1c um he
worked on the the other phone system last night
and got it back up and running and and we're
working on getting that finalized and we've got
a new phone number and new system and and you'll
be able to hear the the the show while you're
on hold and everything so uh that's just a week
or two away hopefully so uh thanks to marty and
n1c for making all that happen last night so
i'll be back with tony and andy right after this
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Andy Malusi, KK4LWR, the past president of the
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of the Disney Emergency Amateur Radio Service.
He's currently a systems engineer for Walt Disney
Parks and Resorts in Florida and Andy is a key
leader in the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative,
a group that has been formed to share ideas and
promote and rejuvenate amateur radio clubs in
colleges and universities in North America. And
Andy came into Ham Radio thanks to his brother
Tony KD8RTT. Tony just went back to school and
finished his master's in electrical engineering
from Ohio University where he was the amateur
radio club president and during undergrad he
was just down the road from me he was president
of the Rose Tech amateur radio club W9NAA in
Terre Haute Indiana and Tony's a pilot and also
a key leader in the collegiate amateur radio
initiative and you can find him on the satellites
We're operating CW or portable on HF. So Andy
and Tony, welcome to the show. Thanks Neil. Yeah,
thanks for having us. Well, you've got the first
collegiate QSO party under your belts and it's
time for the second one. So we want to make sure
everybody knows about it and encourage everyone
and not just colleges, but Everybody can get
on the collegiate Q. So party this weekend. So
tell us about the Q. So party and how things
went last year. So last year we had the first
Q. So party first collegiate Q. So party and
it went reasonably well, uh, much bigger than
we expected. Um, actually some bumps along the
way, but, uh, A lot of fun. So a lot of work
went into that. There was a good group of folks
that helped create the rules and go through that.
And we had 25, I believe, log submissions here.
I'm looking actually at the Excel sheet right
now. Yeah, so we had 25 log submissions. We had
some people even just submit a blank log just
so that they could get in the results, which
I thought was kind of cool that they wanted to
participate in the first one. And we had a whole
bunch of different categories. We had, I believe,
eight categories, although I believe two categories
did not receive any submittals. But the folks
down at FAU, they won. In the collegiate high
power category and then w0 yq I want to say that
was University of Colorado if I'm not mistaken
Tony could probably correct me on that one They
won in the low power category collegiate low
power and then we had kilo one triple e one in
the employee high power and we had w4 atl He
won in the alumni high power and he coordinated
his contacts with Georgia Tech. So he did really
well on that. And then W2RS won the Alumni Low
Power. And then K4VBM won the Individual Low
Power Award. So quite a few awards there. There
was, like I said, another bunch of people I didn't
mention who submitted logs and stuff. But really
quite cool to see such a successful event. All
right. Well, you said, you know, you did learn
a few things and so you made a few changes for
this year. So What are the changes that are taking
place? Yeah, so our main we kind of just survey
after the fact since this is our first run See
what how it went a lot of the feedback we got
was let's make this a little simpler a little
easier in terms of exchange and in terms of multipliers
and that sort of thing, so kind of simplified
things. We took away the mascot aspect of the
exchange and really simplified multipliers down
to alumni and college clubs. So, you know, it's
much simpler this year, should be easier for
people to make contacts and log them, but also
still allow people to kind of work out, you know,
continue to go outside of just the quick exchange
for a QSO and kind of talk about their school
and tell people what they're doing in their university
club. Okay. So tell us how we, we can operate
in the QSO party. What is the exchange now and,
and tell us about, you know, how individuals
can do that. And then also how, uh, the colleges
can participate. So probably the easiest way
to participate is to get on the air. Um, Like
any contest, get on the air. Yeah, it really
does. And that's really about it. We allow self
spotting. You can have multiple receivers, that
sort of thing. But if you're an individual, you
can just get on the air and you can chase college
stations. If you're if you follow the Facebook
page for the collegiate amateur radio group initiative
on. Like I said, the Facebook page here, there's
been a post going with a law school saying that
they're going to be on the air, where they're
going to be. If you are a college club, you can
just get on the air and you can join the Facebook
group and totally let people know. You can get
on the air, spot yourself, all that sort of stuff
so people find you. And the easiest way probably
to find more information is collegiateqsoparty
.com will take you to the page with all the rules
and breakdown. Um, as far as the exchange goes,
so try to keep it relatively simple. So call
sign, um, a school identifier that's consistently
used. So it could be a school name or abbreviation,
but whatever the school club uses, um, signal
report RST and your operating class, um, of which
there are five this year compared to the eight
in previous years. Okay. So you can check all
that out at collegiatecusoparty .com and, uh,
get on the air and talk to some of those and
again you know the idea is for college stations
to be on and work but there's some emphasis too
on alumni because that brings in more contacts.
Yeah so one of the things that we wanted to do
with this contest was we wanted to make it a
little different than other ones. We wanted this
to be a way to start conversations between students
and alumni of their school. Amateur radio is
a really unique and special hobby. So if we can
find a way to nurture and grow the programs,
we wanted to leverage that. So in this particular
contest, there's actually a three times multiplier
when you as an alumni work the college you went
to, or when you're a college station working
alumni from your school. or even when you're
an alumni working another alumni from your school.
So we're really trying to push that networking
aspect to this event. And maybe that turns into
either a long -term relationship with the club,
maybe you find out some other special events
they do and you get on the air with them. We're
hoping that this is a springboard to help grow
and foster amateur radio in the collegiate space.
On the alumni end, just as a note, you know,
it doesn't necessarily mean you had to be a ham
when you went to the school or you didn't have
to be a member of the club. Um, just if you went
to that school in any capacity, you can count
yourself as an alumni there. So, you know, try
to keep that open and just, you know, encourage,
like Andy said, encourage those connections and
conversations. All right. Very good. Well, that's
a little bit about the collegiate Q so party
and, um, That's again taking place this weekend,
actually less than 24 hours away. So, uh, be
sure to check that out and, uh, we're going to
come back here in just a couple of minutes and
we're going to take your calls and your questions.
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and so we're not here. So hopefully you're enjoying
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about the collegiate QSO party as well as, uh,
other collegiate things. And speaking of other
collegiate things, um, The collegiate Q so party
is is another Cog in the system here it the idea
is to you know build up to something every month
or so That's tied in with with schools and universities.
And so this is just one more of those activities.
So talk a little bit about some of the other
activities and how that, uh, that progression
is coming along. So one of the things, uh, that
Tony and I both found when we were running our
clubs was, uh, having consistent activities and
something to always look forward to or work towards,
um, tended to make more sustainable clubs. So
contesting is a great way to get people on the
arts. Great time up in the shack too. Um, so
we, We're trying to piggyback on the calendar
year and make sure there's a number of opportunities
for collegiate clubs. So the idea with the QSO
party here was in September, when you're heading
back to school, it's a great time to get people
on the air or show people amateur radio for the
first time. The bonus points that we offer is
actually operating a portable station, you know,
in your quad or somewhere, you know, a public
out on campus. Um, it's on a Saturday, so you
could do it as a tailgate for your football games.
Um, you know, a lot of different opportunities
by the way, Kentucky lost just saying that Neil,
um, you had to get that in there. Oh, after last
time I had to make sure. Go Gators. Um, but,
uh, you know, uh, yeah. But, you know, that's
a good September event, good thing, you know,
after your activities fair, something to look
forward to. And then in October, it's been a
marquee event now, you know, especially in the
school space for, geez, decades, potentially,
is the... School club roundup, you know, and
that's not just college clubs, but it's a very
very popular event Lots of schools lots of individuals
get involved with that event and it's a full
week long So that requires a bit more planning
and you know some comfort on the air So we're
hoping that QSO party gets, you know college
students a bit of an opportunity to get on the
air Regular school students can totally work
colleges in the QSO party Maybe find out a little
bit if they're thinking about going to a school
learn about their club or something. But that
will set them up for the school club roundup
in the fall here. let them be engaged, and that
sort of gives them something, you know, contest
-wise to look forward to a couple of times in
the semester. In addition to many of the other
contests, they're just sort of open season. And
then when you come back in the fall, sorry, in
the spring semester, we have the North American
QSO party, and they have the collegiate championship
right there in January, so that's late January,
which is also when the ARRL Foundation scholarships
are due for college students, so if there's any
college students listening. be sure to apply
for those. You know, they're usually do at the
end of January. And that's a great opportunity,
like I said, as well to, you know, start off
the semester right and have a good you know,
event. And then following up in February, we
have the School Club Roundup again, which Lou
and company have done a great job with, like
I said. And, you know, that's another activity
that's actually how Neil and I first met was
on the forums for School Club Roundup. And there's
a lot of fun to be had there. And that gets you
into late February. So that brings you more or
less to spring break time. So schools can then,
you know, after spring break, you can either
do some antenna building, some fox hunting, or
join in some of the other contests. And part
of what we've tried to do with the Collegiate
Amateur Radio Initiative and the Facebook Room
in particular is kind of have a central resource
that people can discuss these events and also
discuss other events they'd like to do. We're
trying to make this very much a community -driven
thing. great events on the calendar already.
People can come up with other things in between.
If there's interest, we can do more of these
collegiate QSO party type events. I'm going to
kind of fill it in. So we're trying to have a
little bit of a structure. Us and other groups
have also. And then also find a way for people
to take the next step themselves with their club
to fill out their school year and keep people
active and drive new interest to the hobby. And
there's also the ready version of the North American
collegiate championships now, too So so we've
got the sideband version and the ready version.
So that's another one that's that's in there
and Over on Yoda region to org yota region to
org we try to Keep up with all of these things.
So that's that's one place too that you can go
to to catch up with all of the activities Revolving
around young people. So make sure you you check
that out and I calm America's been Gracious enough
to sponsor the website for that. So be sure you
check that out at yota region to org But there's
a lot of things going on Yeah, and actually shout
to icon as well last year without even any asking
or prompting icon reached out to us and hooked
us up with some swag for the winning schools
so that's really cool because a lot of schools,
you know amateur radio clubs don't have a lot
of giveaways they might They might do a t -shirt
or they might do a polo shirt, you know, but
they don't really have a lot of stuff for like
new members or to give away activities fair.
So icon stepped up for that last year and that
was really cool. So we want to thank them for
that. So there's all kinds of these things going
on. You just gotta, you know, you gotta be aware
of them and get on the air and school club roundup
is about a month away. It's the third week of
October and, and looking forward to that in the
second week of February and I can, I can. Definitely
agree with with what Andy's saying here With
you know having activities that you look forward
to and prepare for it really gives you You know
some motivation and some reason for doing what
you're doing and at the high school level that
that's key That you know we learn how to fill
out QSL cards and how to do UTC and how to you
know know what to say and what to do and all
this kind of stuff because we're preparing for
school club roundup twice a year and the more
of these activities like the North American collegiate
championships and the collegiate QSO party and
all of these things, give you some things to
build upon and you're to be commended for adding
to that list with this one and some of the other
ones and I'm sure there'll be more in the future.
Yeah, I mean we would love to see this grow especially
if folks are interested in it, you know, and
if they want to help out. It's a cool way to
recognize and celebrate, you know, sort of the
new hams in the group. Yeah, and also, you know,
like I mentioned earlier, it's kind of community
effort in that, you know, we've had multiple
people reach out and help us with this event,
you know, forming the rules and that sort of
thing, which has been really great to involve
the whole community in it. So it's been a really
neat experience. And, you know, if you want to
go out to your alma mater and you want to, you
know, get involved with the club, this is a great
opportunity to do that. You know, it's a single
weekend. So if, you know, after the football
game and, you know, Maybe everyone's not Gators
beating Kentucky, but you know maybe after that
football game You know you can get out there
and go visit your college station. Maybe get
on the air and help them out We put bonuses in
there for all sorts of things as well So there's
bonuses for social media so you can totally like
and share I'm on Twitter on Facebook on YouTube
any of the stuff that your college club You know
puts out there, so you know follow your alma
mater. Maybe they might share it if you're If
your collegiate club has social media, that's
a great way to stay in contact with them, sort
of keep up with what they're doing. And that
helps them out for this contest. They need to
be sharing and sort of promoting. So that's a
cool part of it. Also, we're trying to get administrators
involved. Start getting some of the school leadership
and show them the value that amateur radio brings
to their institutions. So there's a lot of different
ways that folks can get involved with this. Well
if you have a question or a comment give us a
call at 812 -638 -4261 812 -NATAM1 or you can
type to us on Spreaker or over on Twitter it's
at TAM talk live and We'll be checking that again
a couple of times here. In fact, let me check
that again right now uh... and if you have a
question please uh... feel free to give us a
call or a tweet and we'll uh... try to address
that well what are the the future plans now that
you've got the first one uh... under the belt
and now the second one's going to take place
in just less than twenty four hours water the
plans for the future to work where you see this
heading Well, I think it's kind of community
driven in that sense. What people would like
to see is what we're kind of going by. We had
a vision that maybe this could be a twice a year
type thing based on interest. We think that this
kind of early in the semester type timeline,
at least in the fall, seems to be a good fit.
People like that. So we're going to continue
that. Hopefully every year from now on, maybe
add to it if interest warrants that. But this
is really a starting point, we think, for this
event and maybe others like it. Maybe in the
future, we do another shorter type sprint event
that's even shorter or that sort of thing. So
we're just trying to build off of it. As there's
interest, we'll continue on with it and see where
people want to take it. Okay, so remind everybody
of the dates and times here and where they can
find the rules and the exchange and all that
kind of thing for this weekend. So all the rules
you can get to at collegiate QSO party. That
will redirect you to actually the University
of Florida, my alma mater's site there, gatoradio
.org slash collegiate. That also works. There's
been a bit of a team effort going on here. FAU
has built and is hosting an N1MM template. So
you can go there and get the template for that.
So that will make your logging life a little
easier. And that can either be linked to directly.
from the gatoradio .org slash collegiacusoparty
.com page, or you can actually get to it by going
to s .fau .edu slash CQP. They have a zip file
of everything you need there. So that's really
cool that FAU is helping out on that. Shout out
to them. And then when you actually want to compete,
it starts this Saturday at 0 UTC. So that's actually
Friday night for those of us on the East Coast
and West Coast. And yeah, that runs all the way
until Sunday at 2359. So basically all day Saturday
and all day Sunday. You have the event going.
So. It's going to be a lot of fun. Um, it was
last year. Uh, so I think, uh, it'll be a great
time on the air. Um, and the best part is, is
if you have folks that, you know, aren't aware
of the contest or what you're doing, it's a great
time to also explain to them that you're a college
station and what that means. And by the way,
I just have to put this in here. You know, our
quarterback went out last week, like for the,
for the season. So did ours. That was our that
was our backup quarterback So so was ours those
19 points in the fourth quarter and we were we
were winning most of the game Yeah, but our backup
quarterback got 19 points in the fourth quarter
So the Gator Wildcat controversy continues here
on ham talk live and It was about this time last
year. It was a little later, but you know similar.
It was just before the Gators played them. Yep.
Yeah. It was. Look at that. Well, there's a rivalry
and the National Collegiate Championships, we'll
talk about them for a minute. There's some rivalries
going on in it and this live scoreboard thing.
Yeah, live scoring was something we wanted to
actually bring to this event, but unfortunately
Work's been a bit busy for me. So We opened up
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge this summer, which was
a bunch of fun. So You know that that sort of
consumed a lot of my time that I was hoping to
make the The actual live scoring but that's still
on the goals for this Q. So party but that adds
a certainly a competitive dynamic to the event
And it's really fun to watch on the collegiate
championship and definitely something we want
to bring to the Q. So party Yeah, I like just
watching it just sitting here and watching the
scores go ahead No, yeah, no, that's that's yeah,
we talked about and also live streaming that
kind of reminded me of we've encouraged that
before and you know clubs of live stream from
their shack during that, you know the Collegiate
championship and I think the Q so party so that's
kind of a neat angle to it people can log in
check it out and Yeah, nice competitive atmosphere
And this is a, this is a good recruiting tool.
It's the beginning of the school year. It's a
great time to get the word out that, Hey, we
have a ham radio club here at the college. Uh,
we've, we've, you know, live streamed it so you
can see it. If you can't be here, uh, you know,
it's a great recruiting tool so that people know
that you're out there and that people may want
to get involved. Not to mention those people
that get on the air for the first time, they
might be a little intimidated. But if they can
see people do it, you know, and prepare in their
dorm room before they come over or they have
video of their first contact, that's a really
cool memento that not a lot of hams get. So,
you know, there's definitely that aspect to,
you know, the live streaming and the social media
side to this as well. All right. Well, that's
this weekend, Saturday, September 21st, zero
hundred UTC. That's that's Friday night. Here
in the US and then Sunday September 22nd at 2359
is the end and make sure you check out collegiate
Q so party .com for more information. Well, let's
let's go around the horn here for final comments
Tony Let's say thanks to everybody who's supported
these efforts last year and this year. It's it's
a neat experience I know, you know, I always
talk about how impactful the amateur radio club
was for me in college. So it was a really neat
experience. I had a lot of fun. I got to do a
lot of cool things. So encourage people out there
to participate. See if your school has an active
club. And if they do, try to get involved with
them beyond this. The college clubs can always
use help, be that financial or just you showing
up to their shack and helping with a new antenna
project or something like that. So again, we
really want to encourage people to to look at
Collegiate Amateur Radio and get involved. All
right. Andy? I mean, I think Tony summed it up
pretty well. You know, it's really a unique opportunity
to get involved and really shape some of the
next generation of hams. going through college
and seeing the overlap between amateur radio
and so many other hobbies, you might be like,
oh, well, contesting isn't my thing. But if you
get active and you show up or you talk to them
for this event, maybe contesting isn't your thing,
you might find out that that club. you know,
also has a big interest in satellites or has
a big interest in, you know, software defined
radios and is playing with things in different
regards. So it can be a gateway to other opportunities.
So I really consider folks that, you know, maybe
aren't big contesters even to just try getting
on the air. If you see that your school is going
to be on the air or if you know someone from
your school. bug them to get on the air. Of course,
if your school doesn't have an active club, you
can go activate your school. That's in the rules
as well. If you're a student who's at a school
that doesn't have a club, you can totally participate
as well. Like I said, this is really about building
that network and that outreach. So I really,
really recommend that folks get out there and
do that. I also say if you have any comments,
suggestions, stuff like that, we're gonna do
another round of... feedback survey after this
one. I think that that's a good way to get everyone
sort of pulse on things. So if you submit a log,
we'll definitely make sure we get another survey.
But you can also get in touch with Tony and I
through social media. You can tweet at us. Our
Twitter handles are call -signed. So KK4LWR for
me and KD8RTT for Tony. So if you have ideas
that way, you can get in touch with us. And we're
really trying to make this the best event we
can. The ARL is graciously providing plaques
for this event. So we have some really, really
cool plaques that will be going out. I just started
to see some of the artwork concepts come through.
So we're really looking forward to that as well
in terms of continuing to support this movement.
Like I said, I'm excited going into year two.
We learned a lot from last year. Mainly I learned
I should use Google Forms for submitting documents
now instead of me doing it through email. And
there is a Google Form already up on that website.
So if you go to collegiacusepari .com, it has
all the submittal. You can look through the Google
Form and fill that out and all that. So we've
tried to make this as smooth and painless as
a process as possible. And we're looking forward
to more logs this year. Um, and seeing what this
is going to shape up. So I'm excited. All right.
Very good. Well, thanks guys for coming on the
show and talking about this and, uh, wish you,
uh, much success this weekend with the, uh, QSO
party and, and then there's the special event
on too. So, you know, all, all the more reason
to get on this weekend. So, um, congratulations
on getting through year one and best of luck
this weekend on year two. Thank you. And yeah,
and you know, we're gonna be hosting forums again
at both Dayton and Dayton Hamvention and Orlando
Hamcasian. So, you know, if you're an alumni,
if you're just a big supporter, if you're a college
student and you want to come out, you know, to
those events and share your thoughts, you know,
with us in person as well, Tony and I will be
there to make sure that is available too. And
go Wildcats. And gators go gators 19 points fourth
quarter. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, I know
All right. Well, that's going to finish things
up for tonight. So thanks guys for coming on
the show. That is a wrap for this week's edition
of ham talk live. Thanks to my guests, Andy Ballouzi,
KK4LWR and Tony Ballouzi, KD8RTT and everybody
out in cyberspace for listening in. And I invite
you back next Thursday night at 9 PM Eastern
time. Now we had originally scheduled Joe Karsha
in J1Q and Michelle Patno W3 MVP from the So
Now What podcast for tonight and we had to make
a last second change so they will be here next
week to talk about the So Now What podcast so
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