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The WWV 100th 00:01:44.030 --> 00:01:47.489 anniversary special event station recorded live 00:01:47.489 --> 00:01:52.549 on Thursday, September 12th, 2019. I'm your host, 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:57.090 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this 00:01:57.090 --> 00:02:00.390 episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined 00:02:00.390 --> 00:02:05.230 by Dave Swartz, W0DAS, and Matt Deutsch in Zero 00:02:05.230 --> 00:02:09.180 RGT. and we'll take your calls live in just a 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:11.889 few minutes. Last week here on the show Howard 00:02:11.889 --> 00:02:16.909 Bernstein WB2UZE and Rich Collins K2UPS were 00:02:16.909 --> 00:02:20.050 here to talk about the Long Island CW club and 00:02:20.050 --> 00:02:23.870 their online CW classes. 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Dave graduated from Colorado 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:38.860 State University as a geologist in 1982 and became 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:41.079 a high school science teacher at Rocky Mountain 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.180 High School. And Dave is helping organize the 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:47.899 WWV Centennial Celebration. And Matt Deutsch 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:51.699 in Zero RGT has been the chief engineer at WWV. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:56.220 and WWVB for the National Institute of Standards 00:05:56.220 --> 00:06:00.899 and Technology in Fort Collins since 1989. From 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:04.399 1979 to 1991, he was an electronics technician 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:07.180 for the Coast Guard and Matt received his amateur 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:10.939 radio license in 1992. So guys, welcome back 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:16.819 to the show. Thank you. Yeah, we were able to 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:21.889 talk back in Hamvention season during our date 00:06:21.889 --> 00:06:24.250 and preview here on the show. We had you guys 00:06:24.250 --> 00:06:27.910 on to talk about the forum that took place at 00:06:27.910 --> 00:06:32.149 Hamvention about the 100th anniversary of WWV. 00:06:32.629 --> 00:06:35.970 And now we know a lot more about the special 00:06:35.970 --> 00:06:38.029 event and some of the festivities that are going 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:41.269 to take place. So that's coming up real soon. 00:06:41.769 --> 00:06:46.170 So Dave let's hear about the final plans and 00:06:46.170 --> 00:06:51.370 details for the on -air part of that 100th anniversary 00:06:51.370 --> 00:06:55.769 celebration. Well we're very busy getting ready 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:57.870 just trying to make sure all the pieces parts 00:06:57.870 --> 00:07:01.250 are in place and we met this afternoon we do 00:07:01.250 --> 00:07:04.050 a video conference every week and so I really 00:07:04.050 --> 00:07:06.209 feel like things are coming together. You wonder 00:07:06.209 --> 00:07:09.170 at points, but it really is. We're going to be 00:07:09.170 --> 00:07:12.670 on the air starting on Friday night. That would 00:07:12.670 --> 00:07:15.509 be September 27th. But we're going to start at 00:07:15.509 --> 00:07:19.910 zero hours on September 28th, UTC. So here in 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:22.430 the West, we start at 6 o 'clock. On the East 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:24.029 Coast, it'll be 8 o 'clock in the evening on 00:07:24.029 --> 00:07:27.009 that Friday. And of course, 5 o 'clock on the 00:07:27.009 --> 00:07:29.850 West Coast. But we'll get started. We're going 00:07:29.850 --> 00:07:31.970 to be operating a variety of different modes. 00:07:31.970 --> 00:07:35.170 We'll be doing digital. CW, single sideband. 00:07:35.730 --> 00:07:37.490 The digital, I think we've settled in on, we're 00:07:37.490 --> 00:07:40.870 going to be focused in on FTA. I know there's 00:07:40.870 --> 00:07:44.470 some demand for other digital formats, but we're 00:07:44.470 --> 00:07:47.329 going to try to use the KISS philosophy, keep 00:07:47.329 --> 00:07:51.129 it simple, and hopefully that works out well. 00:07:52.009 --> 00:07:54.610 So anyhow, we're getting ready for all that. 00:07:54.709 --> 00:07:57.810 That's going to run for five full days, and we'll 00:07:57.810 --> 00:07:59.730 have our schedule up on our website. We have 00:07:59.730 --> 00:08:06.050 a website. www .v100 .com and we'll post our 00:08:06.050 --> 00:08:07.709 operating schedule or the operating schedules 00:08:07.709 --> 00:08:11.189 up there already and You have to look out. It's 00:08:11.189 --> 00:08:13.310 just a Google spreadsheet. That's got a color 00:08:13.310 --> 00:08:16.290 code and tells What mode will be operating in 00:08:16.290 --> 00:08:19.230 a what bands and we'll try to stick to that schedule 00:08:19.230 --> 00:08:21.790 We'll have a fifth station that's going to be 00:08:21.790 --> 00:08:24.750 also set up to be sort of a very flexible station 00:08:24.750 --> 00:08:26.990 if we have an opportunity a special guest that 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:29.459 comes in and would like to operate a little while 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:31.480 then they'd have that opportunity to do that. 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:33.960 We're going to contact schools. We got some museums 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.539 lined up as well. So we're hoping to keep that 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:40.279 sort of flexible station. Also, we're going to 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.539 have a six meter operation from that same sort 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:46.080 of extra station. So we're going to venture into 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:49.220 the six meter round and do some meteor scatter 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:53.320 digital. So got some great guys working on that 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:57.659 here. Very tuned into that whole world So they're 00:08:57.659 --> 00:08:59.600 gonna be offering that up for a lot of people 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:03.759 to to be able to get to the station By digital 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:05.740 via meteor scatter. I think that's pretty neat. 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.600 So there's a lot going on Neil It's a little 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:11.940 hard to wrap up into one one explanation, but 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:15.659 it'll be a lot of fun the can I think what Matt 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:20.740 said was that on email that After this is over 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:23.299 that you could do just about anything, maybe 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:27.580 even run a three ring circus. Well, not exactly. 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.720 And, and this is certainly not my effort. This 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.019 is a, this is a team effort. I just happen to 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:35.320 be the guy that has a little bit more flexibility 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.940 in his day. So I get called on to do the oddball 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:41.759 things, but, uh, it's really a group effort. 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.440 Uh, the Northern Colorado radio club. We're getting 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.440 help from Rocky Mountain Ham, which is a big 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.080 organization throughout Colorado. They're going 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.820 to provide us with a comm trailer and several 00:09:52.820 --> 00:09:55.740 towers for our beams. So we're excited to have 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:58.460 them involved. We have a small startup club, 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.559 Fort Collins CW Group, that's going to support 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.179 the operations of the event as well. So it's 00:10:05.179 --> 00:10:07.779 really all of these different organizations across 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:10.080 Colorado coming together to make this a really 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:14.149 fun event. Well, it sounds like a great event 00:10:14.149 --> 00:10:17.529 and really looking forward to all of it and Matt 00:10:17.529 --> 00:10:22.929 you've got some some celebration going on down 00:10:22.929 --> 00:10:27.889 In Albuquerque is that is that right? That is 00:10:27.889 --> 00:10:31.649 correct. First of all, I do want to say that 00:10:31.649 --> 00:10:35.789 You know Dave and his crew have poured themselves 00:10:35.789 --> 00:10:38.929 into this upcoming special event station and 00:10:38.929 --> 00:10:41.429 I'm just astounded where all the guys at the 00:10:41.429 --> 00:10:44.450 radio station are in awe about how organized 00:10:44.450 --> 00:10:47.750 and hard -working these guys are and so there's 00:10:47.750 --> 00:10:49.929 a shout out to them but I am going I've been 00:10:49.929 --> 00:10:55.730 invited to the Duke City Hamvention in Albuquerque 00:10:55.730 --> 00:11:00.090 and I will be speaking Sunday morning the 22nd 00:11:00.090 --> 00:11:03.110 of September I believe it is about the history 00:11:03.110 --> 00:11:06.509 of the 100 year history of WWD. So if anyone's 00:11:06.509 --> 00:11:09.090 in the area and can make it, I'm sure they'd 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:14.710 love to have you. That'll be doing my part. All 00:11:14.710 --> 00:11:17.269 right. Sounds good. So Albuquerque on September 00:11:17.269 --> 00:11:21.090 22nd. And if you get a chance to get out there 00:11:21.090 --> 00:11:24.929 and see Matt and hear about the 100th anniversary, 00:11:25.049 --> 00:11:28.659 that'd be a great opportunity. Well, Dave. I 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:31.659 noticed that you guys did a test run because 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:34.240 you know, you're, you're out there operating 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:39.019 where there's all kinds of RF. And so you decided 00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:41.779 to do a test run. I'd say that was a great idea. 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:45.100 So what did that entail and how did that test 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:49.720 run go? Well, we went out a couple of weekends 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:53.879 ago on a Saturday and we had a lot of help from, 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.200 like I said, the whole crew and other people 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.179 joined us as well. We had David Casden from Case 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:03.539 Western Reserve University in Cleveland actually 00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:06.039 flew out to help us and to get oriented with 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.779 what's going on. He's going to be doing a wonderful 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:12.919 festival of frequency measurement event along 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:15.259 with the WWV event. We'll have more on the website 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:19.360 about that later. But we had a great group of 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.500 people. We got one of our beams put together. 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:23.980 We were using Step -by -R beams that were loaned 00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:28.570 to us from Step -by -R. And they're just a great, 00:12:28.809 --> 00:12:31.210 incredible tool once you get to working with 00:12:31.210 --> 00:12:33.710 it. So we got that assembled, set up, got used 00:12:33.710 --> 00:12:36.090 to working with the beam. The big question was 00:12:36.090 --> 00:12:39.389 the RF environment for sure. And of course, we're 00:12:39.389 --> 00:12:41.529 going to be using bandpass filters just to isolate 00:12:41.529 --> 00:12:43.870 ourselves from each other. But we do have to 00:12:43.870 --> 00:12:45.950 do some notch filtering. So we've got some stub 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:49.529 filters that are going on. The receive end of 00:12:49.529 --> 00:12:54.299 things coming into a radio. We took on a challenge 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:57.120 and we're trying to operate 30 meters And so 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:00.500 we're only 100 kilohertz away from a 10 kilo 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:03.879 10 kilowatt broadcast and it's a hundred yards 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.440 from us so that definitely the background noise 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.240 is up and When we do the filtering we have a 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:12.559 tendency to drop everything so we're looking 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:15.240 at some crystal filtering options as well But 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.019 we're gonna give 30 meters ago. That would be 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:19.799 our real challenge to see Especially with everybody 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:23.100 being 200 watts or less. So it'll be a lot of 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:26.960 fun. We'll give it a try. Yeah. Anytime you're 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.120 in a high RF situation like that, and then you've 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.909 got multiple. transmitters on multiple frequencies 00:13:34.909 --> 00:13:38.470 at the same time, that's got to be a challenge. 00:13:38.549 --> 00:13:43.230 So I'm glad that the test run went well. Well, 00:13:43.450 --> 00:13:45.110 last time you were on the show, we were talking 00:13:45.110 --> 00:13:50.730 about a song about WWV. And after the show, I 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:53.639 I had to go find it. I had to go listen to it. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:58.120 And I found it. It's by Science Park. And it's 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:02.159 a one -man band. His name is Mike Weiskopf. And 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.240 he was kind enough to give us permission to play 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.860 part of the song tonight. So if you like it and 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:11.879 you want the rest of it, you can go over to Science 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:16.860 Park at sciencepark .la. And you can download 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:20.220 those tracks from there. We're going to take 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:23.320 a moment here and listen to this, this song. 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:25.740 Now, now, Dave, you've heard this song too. What, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:27.639 what are your thoughts here on the song before 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:31.559 we play it? Well, this is a really interesting 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.379 album. I mean, it came out in 1990. Is that right? 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.620 19 or 1998, something like that. So about 20 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:42.870 year old album and, uh, Mike is in Southern California, 00:14:43.009 --> 00:14:45.590 so it has that Southern California 1990s feel 00:14:45.590 --> 00:14:47.450 to the music a little bit, which I think is kind 00:14:47.450 --> 00:14:51.210 of fun. So it's a neat to, it's interesting. 00:14:51.570 --> 00:14:53.230 When I played it for the guys at the station, 00:14:53.490 --> 00:14:56.590 they were astounded. Let's just put it that way. 00:14:58.009 --> 00:15:01.009 But I think it's fun. And to be honest with you, 00:15:01.129 --> 00:15:03.669 I think Mike Weiskopf, he just put out a new 00:15:03.669 --> 00:15:06.330 album. So people do go check out Science Park 00:15:06.330 --> 00:15:11.009 LA. It's a really good album and a very different 00:15:11.009 --> 00:15:16.389 and much more mature musician and a lot of fun 00:15:16.389 --> 00:15:18.950 to listen to that one too. So he has some, he 00:15:18.950 --> 00:15:21.850 has some very good music. I like the song you're 00:15:21.850 --> 00:15:25.169 about to play. So I'm ready. All right. Well, 00:15:25.210 --> 00:15:28.110 let's give a listen. This is science park and 00:15:28.110 --> 00:16:37.100 WWV right here on ham talk live. All right. So 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.860 there you go. So if you want to hear the rest 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:42.799 of that, uh, science park .la and, uh, Mike, 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.580 thanks for letting us use that. And, and, uh, 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:49.360 Dave, Mike's got a lot of WWV recordings too. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:53.779 Yeah. He's got a, an amazing collection of, uh, 00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:58.039 WWV throughout history and really starting about 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.100 the 1940s. Didn't go back further than that, 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:02.679 but it's really interesting to hear some of the 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.980 announcements. It's got leap seconds in there. 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:08.000 If you're a time fanatic, you're going to love 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.980 to listen to that extra leap second thrown in 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:15.180 there a few times. And it's a very good recording. 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:18.119 He also has gone around the world recording shortwave 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.759 broadcasts from all over the planet. And I've 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.259 never seen a collection anything like it. So 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:25.319 if people have a chance to go check that out, 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:27.880 there are links to the sound recordings, I think, 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.920 from Science Park. But we'll have to go. I haven't 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:34.289 been to that site, so. Not exactly sure. Keep 00:17:34.289 --> 00:17:37.829 an eye on Mike Weisskopf though, for some really 00:17:37.829 --> 00:17:39.289 interesting recordings. I think they're great. 00:17:40.509 --> 00:17:42.150 Yeah. I know you were telling me about some of 00:17:42.150 --> 00:17:44.509 that earlier and I haven't had a chance today 00:17:44.509 --> 00:17:47.549 to go listen, but I want to go listen to some 00:17:47.549 --> 00:17:50.109 of those leap seconds and, and some of that stuff. 00:17:50.509 --> 00:17:52.869 So, uh, we'll check that out, but Mike, thanks 00:17:52.869 --> 00:17:55.710 for letting us, uh, use that tonight and, uh, 00:17:56.059 --> 00:18:00.059 It was a lot of fun. So again, sciencepark .la 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:03.880 is where you will find that song if you're interested 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.059 in hearing the rest of that and downloading that. 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:11.000 I did that after we talked back in May. And so 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.400 it's on my phone now all the time. Well, let's 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:19.450 talk about the QSL card. for the, uh, special 00:18:19.450 --> 00:18:23.029 event and certificates and whatever else you've 00:18:23.029 --> 00:18:27.450 got planned. And the call sign is w w zero w 00:18:27.450 --> 00:18:31.509 w V. So tell us how people can, uh, contact the 00:18:31.509 --> 00:18:34.130 special event station and get that confirmation. 00:18:35.309 --> 00:18:37.529 Well, just have a QSO. We were going to have 00:18:37.529 --> 00:18:40.869 everything uploaded to OQRS and club log, uh, 00:18:40.990 --> 00:18:42.609 logbook of the world as fast as we can get it 00:18:42.609 --> 00:18:46.140 up there as well. but OQRS has a very neat new 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:49.099 service that is a mapping service and so you 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:52.380 can actually watch the contacts coming in from 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:55.819 around the world. I've seen it on other DX traditions 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:58.700 in different forms and it's really kind of neat. 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.339 So we're glad that they just announced that they 00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:03.539 have that tool and we're going to try to take 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:07.759 advantage of that. The QSL cards will be through 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:12.380 OQRS and PayPal. We'll probably get the cards 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:15.200 out Several weeks after the event because we 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.940 want to include photographs of the event and 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:19.980 at the site and everything So the cards are designed 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:23.740 but have yet to be populated with some good images 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:27.420 from the event and Matt you've got something 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:32.339 going on too, right? I do I am looking at providing 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:37.930 a QSL card for just one day on October 1st of 00:19:37.930 --> 00:19:40.490 this year marking the 100th anniversary. And 00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:44.190 certainly anyone who hears us on October 1st, 00:19:44.210 --> 00:19:48.430 they're more than welcome to write to us or you 00:19:48.430 --> 00:19:54.430 can reach us by email, www .nis .gov and send 00:19:54.430 --> 00:19:57.450 in a reception report and we'll send you a 100th 00:19:57.450 --> 00:20:02.789 anniversary QSL card. And we interestingly just 00:20:02.789 --> 00:20:06.720 ran out of... our old -style QSL cards which 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:09.279 have been around for longer than I've been at 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:11.200 the station. They're more than 30 years old. 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:14.140 We finally ran out and actually I'm kind of glad 00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:17.839 because they were kind of not colorful. Yeah, 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.900 they were. So I'm looking forward to over the 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:25.140 years here coming up to rotate through some different 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:28.059 photographs we have and maybe make them more 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:31.880 colorful and more exciting after the The event 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:36.779 comes and goes October 1st. All right. So you've 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:40.839 got a chance to get a card on October 1st, just 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.200 by listening to WWV and sending in a signal report. 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:49.019 And then if you work WWW zero WWV, you can get 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:53.640 on OQRS and request a card that way and take 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.130 care of that. So. 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Because it's 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:41.059 Thursday right now, so we're not here, so you're 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:43.460 not going to be able to reach us But we were 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:47.640 glad that you're listening anyway, so While we're 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:51.299 waiting on some of those questions to roll in 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:55.259 Let's talk a little bit about the museums and 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:58.980 schools Dave that you've got some some schedules 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:02.960 planned and trying to involve some of those schools 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.140 because, you know, you're the school teacher 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:08.539 at heart like I am. So tell us about some of 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:13.180 those plans. Well, we've put out the word to 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.720 the school club roundup group and we've gotten 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.079 at least a half dozen schools very interested 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:21.839 in contacting us. And also we've had a couple 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:26.000 of universities that I think are really actually 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.109 very tied into the history of radio. that are 00:25:29.109 --> 00:25:31.869 interested in the University of Pittsburgh, uh, 00:25:31.910 --> 00:25:33.730 has an amateur club that we're going to have 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:37.009 a scheduled contact with. And then also, uh, 00:25:37.029 --> 00:25:41.029 in your home state, Purdue is going to, uh, have 00:25:41.029 --> 00:25:44.309 a, uh, contact with us. And they were nice enough 00:25:44.309 --> 00:25:49.029 to, to fill us in that, uh, Purdue, uh, the club 00:25:49.029 --> 00:25:52.430 is actually older than WWV, which I think - Oh, 00:25:52.450 --> 00:25:56.930 wow. W9YB is older than WWV. I did not know that. 00:25:57.470 --> 00:26:00.450 And it was started by Dr. Fessenden, I think. 00:26:01.069 --> 00:26:04.250 I think I might have said his name wrong, but 00:26:04.250 --> 00:26:09.809 the inventor of AM radio was also key in starting 00:26:09.809 --> 00:26:12.470 the Purdue Electrical Engineering Department. 00:26:13.269 --> 00:26:15.829 And so they have, their station has been around 00:26:15.829 --> 00:26:18.829 a long time. So it'd be really fun to have contacts 00:26:18.829 --> 00:26:22.230 with them. We have a local museum in town. The 00:26:22.230 --> 00:26:24.750 public part of the celebration has been really 00:26:24.750 --> 00:26:28.569 scaled back to rather a small group of people 00:26:28.569 --> 00:26:30.869 that are going to actually celebrate the event 00:26:30.869 --> 00:26:33.789 on October 1st. But we're going to have our local 00:26:33.789 --> 00:26:36.210 museum, the Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins. 00:26:36.410 --> 00:26:38.549 It's going to have some hams down there. We're 00:26:38.549 --> 00:26:41.450 going to have scheduled QSOs back and forth and 00:26:41.450 --> 00:26:45.329 questions up to the operators at the special 00:26:45.329 --> 00:26:47.609 events station. But it will be a chance for the 00:26:47.609 --> 00:26:49.309 public to come in and get a little exposure to 00:26:49.309 --> 00:26:52.170 ham radio. They're gonna have some historical 00:26:52.170 --> 00:26:54.650 documents from when the station was first brought 00:26:54.650 --> 00:26:56.369 to four columns from the museum Which is kind 00:26:56.369 --> 00:26:58.829 of fun, too So it's really gonna tie the community 00:26:58.829 --> 00:27:00.990 into that as well And if there are other museums 00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:03.269 out there as well, I'd like you would love to 00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:06.170 reach out and have some schedule contacts I think 00:27:06.170 --> 00:27:10.009 of the paddock museum in Minnesota would be a 00:27:10.009 --> 00:27:13.630 good one to go to And we're gonna we're gonna 00:27:13.630 --> 00:27:20.660 get canine SOU in there, too We have to figure 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.779 that out. We'll get that. Yeah. We got to figure 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:25.900 that out. Your step IR working better, right? 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:28.839 Yeah. I worked on it, worked on it today and 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:32.640 I think maybe I've got a lead on the problem. 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:36.000 So we'll see how that goes. I think, I think 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:40.259 I got it figured out. 40 was great. 20 and 20 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:44.539 was not doing well, but well got a lead. So we're 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:47.359 going to try it. Yeah, we'll see if we will do 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:50.119 40 or 20. We'll try both. We'll figure it out 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:53.420 Yeah, or maybe we'll get our dipole up by then 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:56.259 We don't know we'll we're gonna give it a shot 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.759 anyway Well, we've got a couple of questions 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:02.700 that have come in on Twitter. So let's take a 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:08.269 look at those and I This one I'm assuming is 00:28:08.269 --> 00:28:12.309 about WWV itself, so this may be one for Matt. 00:28:15.049 --> 00:28:18.210 KC7ZIE would like to know what is the power that 00:28:18.210 --> 00:28:23.869 is broadcasted and do you do tours? The power 00:28:23.869 --> 00:28:28.410 that is broadcasted, the three frequencies that 00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:32.839 we consider our primary Frequencies 5 megahertz 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:35.839 10 megahertz and 15 megahertz. They're all 10 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:41.440 kilowatts and then we have 2 .5 megahertz 20 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:45.000 and 25 megahertz and they're all two and a half 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:49.380 kilowatts and The question of tours does come 00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:55.359 up a lot Unfortunately since 18 years ago yesterday 00:28:56.490 --> 00:29:01.430 We've been told to scale back or eliminate the 00:29:01.430 --> 00:29:05.150 tours, though on rare occasions we have gotten 00:29:05.150 --> 00:29:08.750 permission to let in like a large radio club, 00:29:09.269 --> 00:29:13.609 something where we can vet a large group of people, 00:29:13.609 --> 00:29:15.890 and it's more efficient for the staff to get 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:21.069 in a large group. So if a radio club wants to 00:29:21.069 --> 00:29:23.690 take a tour, we've been able to accommodate them, 00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:29.049 but it's been pretty rare. All right, very good. 00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:33.869 Um, and I guess this one would be for either 00:29:33.869 --> 00:29:38.829 one of you. Uh, Carl KD9HQT is what wants to 00:29:38.829 --> 00:29:42.490 know, how is the QRM around Fort Collins? And 00:29:42.490 --> 00:29:45.150 do you think that the band conditions will be 00:29:45.150 --> 00:29:48.890 good without conditions interfering since the 00:29:48.890 --> 00:29:54.819 station is out in the country? you definitely 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:59.240 a lot less static and so you get out of the city 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:01.519 you get away from all the fluorescent lights 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:05.440 so where we can hear on the band where we don't 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.440 have our harmonic landing on top of us it's actually 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:12.880 really a good environment and so I was surprised 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:17.119 s1 s2 type of thing with any static so down down 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:21.779 low in town it could be s5 6 Just depends on 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:24.279 the time of day that type of thing. So especially 00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:26.640 around the hospital a lot of noise, you know 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:28.799 I've noticed that I drive for whatever reason 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:32.579 driving by that and I do a HF net when I'm driving 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:35.599 home in the middle of the day and I You're right. 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:40.279 So cities are cities are bad. I Would love to 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:44.099 live out in the country, but that's also a little 00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:48.779 tough to do as well. So but WWE is a very nice 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:52.220 location as far as you know the the qrm and the 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:55.660 qrm it definitely is uh a little quieter there 00:30:55.660 --> 00:31:01.059 it's very nice as long as you're not on a harmonic 00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:05.480 or sitting there you know 100 kilohertz off but 00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:10.519 we're gonna make 30 meters work all right sounds 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:16.109 good and uh Welcome to Carl's dad's listening 00:31:16.109 --> 00:31:18.789 so to Carl's up visiting his dad so welcome. 00:31:18.829 --> 00:31:22.769 Thanks for listening in tonight to us and If 00:31:22.769 --> 00:31:25.809 you have a question You can tweet us it's at 00:31:25.809 --> 00:31:28.950 ham talk live or better yet. Give us a call It's 00:31:28.950 --> 00:31:32.950 eight one two six three eight four two six one 00:31:32.950 --> 00:31:35.710 eight one two net ham one and we'll try to get 00:31:35.710 --> 00:31:38.250 your Questions answered. We're talking about 00:31:38.250 --> 00:31:43.369 wwv tonight and the 100th anniversary with Dave 00:31:43.369 --> 00:31:48.549 Swartz W0das and Matt Deutsch in zero rgt the 00:31:48.549 --> 00:31:54.500 chief engineer at wwv Dave I know that There 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:58.400 were some plans for open house and then There 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:00.839 were some changes. Can you can you tell us a 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:02.700 little bit about what's going on with the open 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:07.799 house? Well that the open house is now a closed 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.740 house, I suppose is the best way to put it and 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:13.180 You know that was something the one thing that 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:16.440 we've done very well with nest and with the the 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.960 special event station is that we've kept ourselves 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:22.220 separate from one another and so what NIST decides 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:26.329 is really not going to impact us, other than 00:32:26.329 --> 00:32:28.829 the fact that they're, you know, they're not 00:32:28.829 --> 00:32:30.950 going to have the doors open for anybody just 00:32:30.950 --> 00:32:34.690 to come up and see the station. The operators 00:32:34.690 --> 00:32:38.470 are going to be at WW0, WWV for the special event 00:32:38.470 --> 00:32:40.970 station. We are going to get a chance to make 00:32:40.970 --> 00:32:44.329 sure that those operators get to visit the actual 00:32:44.329 --> 00:32:47.650 WWV station. And so we'll be able to, like Matt 00:32:47.650 --> 00:32:49.930 said, we'll have a bigger group and that will 00:32:49.930 --> 00:32:53.069 be busy. We'll keep those guys busy, but we'll 00:32:53.069 --> 00:32:56.869 do a tour for the operators. The government is 00:32:56.869 --> 00:32:59.549 concerned. We have to give them a list of who's 00:32:59.549 --> 00:33:02.769 going in and things like that. It's not your 00:33:02.769 --> 00:33:05.730 normal government facility. They don't necessarily 00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:11.549 have all of the same precautions up. They do 00:33:11.549 --> 00:33:15.170 want to be careful as far as having people come 00:33:15.170 --> 00:33:18.549 in and walking just through the property. It 00:33:18.549 --> 00:33:22.819 just wouldn't work very well. area. So it would 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:28.720 be tough to manage it. Neil, if I could add on 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:34.920 to ZIE's question about the tours. If you go 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.339 on on YouTube, there is one video group that 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:42.200 we did take through several years ago and somebody 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.869 videotaped a large portion of it. Our videotape 00:33:45.869 --> 00:33:50.990 shows you how old I am. It's recorded on their 00:33:50.990 --> 00:33:55.529 phone, a large portion of video and obviously 00:33:55.529 --> 00:33:59.349 not the same as a live tour, but it does cover 00:33:59.349 --> 00:34:03.630 a lot of the bases and I would recommend You 00:34:03.630 --> 00:34:06.670 know searching for that on YouTube and until 00:34:06.670 --> 00:34:09.489 you know, we hopefully our public affairs people 00:34:09.489 --> 00:34:11.929 said they would like to do a Professional tour 00:34:11.929 --> 00:34:14.789 through there with good video equipment and post 00:34:14.789 --> 00:34:19.989 that in the future. Oh That would be nice hopefully 00:34:19.989 --> 00:34:24.909 they will Follow through and and do that. So 00:34:24.909 --> 00:34:27.429 that'll be cool. We'll have to keep our eyes 00:34:27.429 --> 00:34:30.130 open for that Well, if you have a question, give 00:34:30.130 --> 00:34:35.909 us a call at 812 -638 -4261 or tweet us at HamTalkLive. 00:34:36.190 --> 00:34:38.570 And we're going to finish things up here pretty 00:34:38.570 --> 00:34:42.130 soon. So if you have a question, now is the time. 00:34:42.570 --> 00:34:49.349 812 -638 -4261 or tweet us. Guys, anything that 00:34:49.349 --> 00:34:52.610 we've left out here that we need to bring up? 00:34:54.489 --> 00:34:58.699 I can't think of anything else. We really appreciate 00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:00.460 being able to come on and talk about this with 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:03.380 you, Neil, and everybody else on HamTalk Live. 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:06.440 And we're excited about the event. I hope people 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:09.179 tune us in. We'll do our best to have as many 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:15.000 QSOs with everybody that we can. And I'm very 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.119 excited. I'll put it that way. We're looking 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:20.960 forward to it. It's going to be fun. All right. 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.940 Well there you have it. Before we go Dave, let's 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:28.699 remind everybody how they can find you on the 00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:34.619 air and find the website and all the information 00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:38.179 that they need to know here for the big special 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:41.559 event in a couple of weeks. Well the best way 00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:44.380 to learn about the event is to go visit our website 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:51.130 www .v100 .com And we will update that and have 00:35:51.130 --> 00:35:54.070 current operating frequencies and things like 00:35:54.070 --> 00:35:57.210 that during the event posted. There is an operator 00:35:57.210 --> 00:36:00.130 schedule posted on that website, so you could 00:36:00.130 --> 00:36:02.289 go look and see what modes were operating when. 00:36:03.050 --> 00:36:07.269 And again, we'll start on Friday evening, local 00:36:07.269 --> 00:36:11.889 US time. That'll be zero hours on the 28th of 00:36:11.889 --> 00:36:15.289 September, and we'll go for five days until the 00:36:15.289 --> 00:36:19.460 end of October 2nd. And we'll be on all the HF 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:24.300 bands. We will not be doing 12 meters and Nothing's 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:27.280 good on 17 the warp bands. We are going to do 00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:31.199 30 and We will be trying to do 160 and 80 as 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:34.900 well. So we'll see how that goes Okay, so be 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:39.940 sure to check out www V 100 comm and get all 00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:43.300 that information. Well guys Have a great time. 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:47.440 I'm envious. I wish I could be out there and 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:51.460 check all that out. But it should be a really 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:59.239 great time. You had to get that in there, didn't 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:02.559 you? I had to do it. It's the chemistry teacher 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:08.409 in me. I tell my kids, we actually you know as 00:37:08.409 --> 00:37:10.610 science teachers we actually have to take classes 00:37:10.610 --> 00:37:14.289 on how to tell bad science jokes. Oh absolutely 00:37:14.289 --> 00:37:16.409 it's part of your training that you get that 00:37:16.409 --> 00:37:18.769 you definitely get that from your uh cooperating 00:37:18.769 --> 00:37:21.030 teacher when you're student teaching too. Oh 00:37:21.030 --> 00:37:24.789 yeah absolutely so we had to get it in there. 00:37:25.510 --> 00:37:30.389 We'll be listening for you WB9BBG and uh what 00:37:30.389 --> 00:37:34.730 modes do you like to operate Neil? I I'll operate 00:37:34.730 --> 00:37:39.099 just about anything now My CW is pretty rusty, 00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:46.780 so I kind of avoid CW, but sideband, PSK, FT8, 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:54.860 FM, sideband, whatever works. Well, we'll definitely 00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:58.820 look for us FT8 and sideband. And CW if you warm 00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:01.559 up a little bit. Yeah, I have to warm up a little 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:03.880 bit. And satellite. I can't forget satellite. 00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:06.320 There you go. I added that in the last few years. 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:11.579 Absolutely. Alrighty. Okay. Well, that's, that's 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:14.079 going to be it for tonight. So guys, thanks so 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:16.760 much for coming on the show and have a great 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.059 time and enjoy it. And congratulations on making 00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:26.320 it to 100. And we hope to hear WWV on for many, 00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:29.679 many years to come. Me too. Thank you, Neil. 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:34.289 Thanks Neil. All right. Well, that is a wrap 00:38:34.289 --> 00:38:37.329 for this week's edition of ham talk live. Thanks 00:38:37.329 --> 00:38:41.579 to my guests Dave Swartz W0DAS and Matt Deutsch 00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:46.619 N0RGT and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:50.099 listening and typing in tonight and I invite 00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:53.039 you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:57.460 Time when Joe Karsha NJ1Q and Michelle Patnode 00:38:57.460 --> 00:39:02.739 W3MVP will be here to talk about ARRL's podcast 00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:06.280 So Now What? And for a list of all of our upcoming 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:10.059 guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. And if you like 00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:13.059 the show, please leave us a review. That helps 00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:16.059 us out a lot and helps others find us faster. 00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:19.699 So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:51.559 7375, and may the good DX be yours. WWV all the 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:53.239 time all the time