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You're 00:04:46.959 --> 00:05:03.509 listening to Ham Talk Live with Neil Rapp. Thanks 00:05:03.509 --> 00:05:06.209 to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics for sponsoring 00:05:06.209 --> 00:05:09.470 the show tonight to help bring HamTalk Live your 00:05:09.470 --> 00:05:12.810 way. They'll be at Berryville, Virginia this 00:05:12.810 --> 00:05:15.529 weekend on August 4th. August 10th, they'll be 00:05:15.529 --> 00:05:18.410 in Huntington, West Virginia. And what we're 00:05:18.410 --> 00:05:21.430 talking about tonight, August 17th and 18th, 00:05:21.430 --> 00:05:24.509 they'll be in Huntsville, Alabama. or you can 00:05:24.509 --> 00:05:29.970 visit PL -259 .com anytime to find what you need 00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:34.430 from Tower Electronics. My guest tonight is Mark 00:05:34.430 --> 00:05:37.949 Brown in four BCDs, the chairman of the Huntsville 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:40.310 Hamfest. Mark works at one of the many high -tech 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:44.019 government contracting firms. in Huntsville, 00:05:44.019 --> 00:05:46.620 Alabama. He's been the president of the North 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:49.220 Alabama DX Club, the Huntsville Amateur Radio 00:05:49.220 --> 00:05:52.279 Club, and a member of both the Tennessee and 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.379 Alabama contest groups. Mark started out as a 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:57.720 novice class ham in high school and got back 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.819 into the service at age 50 in full force. Mark 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:04.699 has been working hard all year on preparing for 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:08.480 his second year as the chairman of the Huntsville 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.379 Ham Fest. And that's What we'll be talking about 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:16.139 tonight. So Mark, welcome back. Thank you, Neil. 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:21.300 It's great to be here. All right. Well, we got 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:23.819 off to a rough start here. Technically Murphy 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:26.639 decided to show up, but hopefully we can, we 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:30.139 can keep him away for the next 40 minutes or 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:35.350 so. So You've been through a year now and and 00:06:35.350 --> 00:06:37.509 you've got this new ham fest coming up. We'll 00:06:37.509 --> 00:06:41.829 talk a little bit about You know some of the 00:06:41.829 --> 00:06:43.529 things that you learned from your first year 00:06:43.529 --> 00:06:45.870 But first of all, let's just tell everybody about 00:06:45.870 --> 00:06:49.389 the Huntsville ham fest. What can guests expect 00:06:49.389 --> 00:06:52.449 to see? When they walk into the Vaughn Braun 00:06:52.449 --> 00:06:57.879 Center Well Neil the the von Braun Center is 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.240 is of course a downtown Civic Center with with 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:03.720 underground parking and a parking garage across 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:07.319 the street It's it's it's a great venue. We we 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.839 absolutely love the the venue here and our and 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.240 our visitors do too We're going to have plenty 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.339 of great vendors here the major radio manufacturers 00:07:15.339 --> 00:07:20.240 including Ella craft flex icon Yesu Kenwood. 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:24.370 They'll all be here step IR is is coming to visit 00:07:24.370 --> 00:07:26.790 Huntsville this year. I don't know if it's their 00:07:26.790 --> 00:07:29.910 first visit, but they haven't been here in the 00:07:29.910 --> 00:07:32.069 past couple, but we're looking forward to having 00:07:32.069 --> 00:07:36.009 them back. A lot of great vendors, a lot of radio 00:07:36.009 --> 00:07:39.149 -focused vendors. We've got a great, vibrant 00:07:39.149 --> 00:07:42.959 flea market. 384 plus tables. We're actually 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:45.660 squeezing a few more in because the waiting list 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:49.500 this year is bigger than it has been in the past. 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:53.040 So we're trying to fit a few more in. And a lot 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.160 of radio related stuff. We hear there's a good 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.779 focus on the equipment and parts that folks are 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:02.259 able to find here that they don't see in other 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:04.519 hamfests. So we're proud of that. It's a nice 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.699 mix of commercial vendors and good flea market 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:13.259 quality. That's all indoors and it's all under 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:16.199 80 ,000 square feet of air conditioned floor 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:19.860 space. It's just clean and comfortable and we 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:23.300 hope you can visit. We got that great youth lounge. 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.779 I think it's their 17th or 18th year. We expanded 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:30.920 it by about 50 % last year in space. It's very 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:35.299 popular. Solder schools, Fox hunts, Arduino classes, 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:39.440 robots. We have a go -to station where we can 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.600 talk a young him into actually getting on the 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.039 air and making a phone or digital contact. And 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:46.980 so, uh, of course we got the outstanding youth, 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:49.740 uh, uh, forums, uh, great form lineup. I'll get 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:52.399 into that some more in a bit, but, uh, yeah, 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.539 it's, it's, uh, that's what folks can expect 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:56.519 at the Huntsville Hampest this year. More great 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:02.220 stuff. It's always a pleasure to come down there 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:05.730 and I always say it's the. It's the most comfortable, 00:09:05.950 --> 00:09:08.730 easiest ham fest to go to because everything 00:09:08.730 --> 00:09:13.610 is in one great big room. And, uh, you know, 00:09:13.669 --> 00:09:15.870 and when you say one great big room, it is one 00:09:15.870 --> 00:09:19.789 great big room. It's a lot of square footage. 00:09:20.429 --> 00:09:24.870 Uh, you've got all the vendors and everything. 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.259 Yeah, that one great big room. Of course, we're 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:30.659 talking about the commercial and the flea market. 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:34.720 But off to the sides, and not part of that square 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.639 footage calculation, we have the forum rooms. 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.580 Some of those are in the Von Braun Center, and 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:43.240 then some are connected via the crosswalk that 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.039 goes over to the embassy suites. We get a few 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:48.320 more rooms over there. And again, those are all 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.200 air conditioned, quiet rooms. you know, good, 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:54.980 good form presentations. And we're actually, 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:57.480 we have the exam area that's out in the hallway. 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:00.059 Uh, we, we are pressing that that's going to 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:03.019 do double duty this year. Uh, after the exams 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:05.899 are concluded, we will have additional forum, 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:09.639 uh, uh, topics, uh, covered in, uh, in that room, 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.220 what we're calling room six, uh, the, uh, the 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:16.279 exam area. Oh, very good. Well, uh, yeah, you, 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:19.629 you do use some of the. the hotel space and of 00:10:19.629 --> 00:10:22.250 course the sky bridge there makes it easy to 00:10:22.250 --> 00:10:25.370 walk back and forth from the hotel if you're 00:10:25.370 --> 00:10:27.629 lucky enough to have landed one of the rooms 00:10:27.629 --> 00:10:31.429 at the embassy suites and you can you can walk 00:10:31.429 --> 00:10:34.370 back and forth and take your stuff that you buy 00:10:34.370 --> 00:10:39.149 and lock it up and it's just a great great facility 00:10:39.149 --> 00:10:43.779 and so I I applaud you keeping it there and keep 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:48.279 going with it because it really is a fine facility. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.240 Everything is all right together and it makes 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.080 life so much easier. And then, you know, if you 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.480 take off to one of the forums, it's very easy 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.740 access to get there, to all of those forum rooms. 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:07.440 So great job on that. Yeah. This is, this is 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.220 the second year now, uh, that you've been in 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:12.759 charge of this. So, so what are some of the things 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.399 that you learned from doing this the first time? 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.440 Well, it's, uh, first of all, it's truly a team 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.379 effort. Uh, I, I, I was asked to, uh, uh, to 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:26.879 be the chairman, but there are guys, uh, that 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.179 I work with on the committee that had been doing 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:33.879 this for man decades and, uh, Without their experience, 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:37.799 their insight, their knowledge, we couldn't do 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.960 it. No one person could do this alone. One of 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.220 the things I learned in the first year that if 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:49.120 a question comes up, if a person doesn't have 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.720 the answer, it comes to me. Some of it I'm making 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:58.179 it up as I go, but it's always a learning experience, 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:00.679 and you never know what the next day brings. 00:12:01.509 --> 00:12:05.090 I have a regular daytime job, but every once 00:12:05.090 --> 00:12:08.309 in a while I'll get an email saying, okay, can 00:12:08.309 --> 00:12:10.429 you give me the details about the embassy shuttle? 00:12:10.809 --> 00:12:14.649 I'm flying in on such and such. And confirming 00:12:14.649 --> 00:12:17.210 the details and getting back to questions like 00:12:17.210 --> 00:12:20.149 that, it takes time, but that's what it takes 00:12:20.149 --> 00:12:23.370 to answer those kind of questions. But like I 00:12:23.370 --> 00:12:25.809 said, it's a team effort. It's a lot of volunteers 00:12:25.809 --> 00:12:30.350 rowing the same way. Yeah, you got to have those 00:12:30.350 --> 00:12:32.750 those volunteers that know those all those different 00:12:32.750 --> 00:12:38.090 areas and knows what time the shuttle is Well, 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:41.570 you've got a lot of pretty high -profile forums 00:12:41.570 --> 00:12:43.610 this year and you've already mentioned you've 00:12:43.610 --> 00:12:49.529 had to expand the forum areas Tell us about some 00:12:49.529 --> 00:12:51.529 of these forums that are going to be happening 00:12:52.490 --> 00:12:56.230 Well, okay, just going down the schedule, I'm 00:12:56.230 --> 00:12:59.830 pleased to mention that Carol Perry, after having 00:12:59.830 --> 00:13:03.769 a wonderful first -year visit, is coming back. 00:13:04.009 --> 00:13:07.809 Carol will be doing an instructor's forum in 00:13:07.809 --> 00:13:11.990 one of the rooms. And following that then, the 00:13:11.990 --> 00:13:15.250 league, the ARRL, has a two -hour block, and 00:13:15.250 --> 00:13:17.429 we're pleased to announce that Rick Roderick, 00:13:17.710 --> 00:13:21.210 the ARRL president, and howard michael uh... 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:24.669 the a double l c e o uh... will be here in addition 00:13:24.669 --> 00:13:28.190 to the southeastern director uh... greg sorat 00:13:28.190 --> 00:13:32.450 j vann martin the alabama section manager frank 00:13:32.450 --> 00:13:36.070 butler is retired division uh... director he 00:13:36.070 --> 00:13:39.830 uh... he's a regular at uh... at datin and uh... 00:13:39.830 --> 00:13:42.210 and huntsville he's uh... he's a wonderful guy 00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:45.169 he's uh... he's part of the crew bob ender bitson 00:13:45.169 --> 00:13:47.950 will be here i think he's doing a forum on on 00:13:47.950 --> 00:13:52.789 sunday on uh... on what is it basically introducing 00:13:52.789 --> 00:13:56.629 or recruiting new hands. He's got a Facebook 00:13:56.629 --> 00:14:01.149 video that are recorded up in Oshkosh and I encourage 00:14:01.149 --> 00:14:04.110 everybody to search out that video. Bob has done 00:14:04.110 --> 00:14:08.049 a great job in encouraging all of us to be ambassadors 00:14:08.049 --> 00:14:12.269 for the hobby, to promote the hobby in basically 00:14:12.269 --> 00:14:17.409 an elevator speech. Don't basically turn somebody 00:14:17.409 --> 00:14:20.789 off by by launching into a long -winded technical 00:14:20.789 --> 00:14:23.230 explanation, but give them enough to get them 00:14:23.230 --> 00:14:27.409 intrigued and want to learn more. So Bob's got 00:14:27.409 --> 00:14:29.990 a great video there, and he'll be doing a forum, 00:14:30.029 --> 00:14:32.830 like I said, on Monday. We've got the Repeater 00:14:32.830 --> 00:14:38.909 Council, the Ares Forum from Alabama. Oh, in 00:14:38.909 --> 00:14:42.559 one of the other rooms, I mentioned We have a 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:44.940 very good relationship with Orlando and Dayton. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.539 Both of those organizations will be here and 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:54.480 they will be presenting a combined forum talking 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:59.519 about their respective Orlando hamcation and 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.980 Dayton hamvention. These guys are wonderful. 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.019 I spend time with them at their respective... 00:15:06.699 --> 00:15:10.500 events, and we have truly a close working relationship. 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:15.200 We're not in competition. These events, we have 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:17.419 to work together. We have to make them good for 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:20.100 the vendors and the visitors alike. And I'm looking 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:23.220 forward to sharing a bottle of whiskey with Jack 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:27.220 Gerbs from Dayton. We will kick back some night 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:31.320 and just share good information. And so they're 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:36.419 doing a forum in one of the rooms. We have John 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:40.740 Stensby. He's a retired professor from University 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:45.179 of Alabama Huntsville, using equations and measurements 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:48.639 to determine coax loss from the shack end. And 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:52.519 these are more accurate than metered instrument 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.659 measurements. So I've seen this program at a 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:58.139 DX club meeting, and it's truly, truly amazing. 00:15:58.889 --> 00:16:02.169 The Joint Service Mars Group, Army and Air Force 00:16:02.169 --> 00:16:04.190 Mars, will be doing a two -hour presentation. 00:16:05.490 --> 00:16:09.149 My former boss, Bob Depeer, KHKI, is going to 00:16:09.149 --> 00:16:11.529 be doing a talk about extending the match of 00:16:11.529 --> 00:16:14.570 your low band antennas. Low band antennas are 00:16:14.570 --> 00:16:17.850 notoriously narrow band, and so if I have time, 00:16:17.909 --> 00:16:21.250 I'd like to see Bob's presentation. Bob Heil 00:16:21.250 --> 00:16:24.549 will be here doing a program on understanding 00:16:24.549 --> 00:16:29.950 speech articulation. He's got a Receive parametric 00:16:29.950 --> 00:16:33.750 EQ, I think that's part of the talk, but Bob's 00:16:33.750 --> 00:16:36.049 always interesting and we're looking forward 00:16:36.049 --> 00:16:39.850 to hosting Bob there. The contest forums, they've 00:16:39.850 --> 00:16:42.429 got a three -hour group, Bryant Rascal, last 00:16:42.429 --> 00:16:46.350 year's Young Ham winner. He did a talk in Dallas, 00:16:46.389 --> 00:16:49.230 he's doing it again here, talking about New Blood 00:16:49.230 --> 00:16:53.429 drafting the next generation of contesters. It's 00:16:53.429 --> 00:16:56.710 a very good program that Brian does. He's a great 00:16:56.710 --> 00:17:00.330 young man and we're glad to have him again. And 00:17:00.330 --> 00:17:03.570 Remote Station Contesting, Fred Dennon, Whiskey 00:17:03.570 --> 00:17:06.869 Whiskey 4 Lima Limas coming over from Georgia. 00:17:07.289 --> 00:17:11.049 He's got this Be Loud remote ham station that's 00:17:11.049 --> 00:17:14.390 up in the New England area that he can remote 00:17:14.390 --> 00:17:18.549 in or other folks can remote in to work contests. 00:17:18.990 --> 00:17:21.890 NCJ, this is a late edition, National Contest 00:17:21.890 --> 00:17:26.089 Journal deputy editor will be here to talk about 00:17:26.089 --> 00:17:32.049 the future of contesting. Carl, KL9A. We'll be 00:17:32.049 --> 00:17:36.309 doing a talk on cycle 24 and 25 and propagation 00:17:36.309 --> 00:17:40.250 during this solar minimum. I think Carl did this 00:17:40.250 --> 00:17:43.769 program up in Dayton, but I missed it. We've 00:17:43.769 --> 00:17:47.869 got an AMSAT program formed by the AMSAT board 00:17:47.869 --> 00:17:55.930 of directors, John, K4, SQC, Personal Space Weather 00:17:55.930 --> 00:18:03.200 Station, Bob, AB4EJ. He was in Dayton also. Our 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:08.319 own Dr. Monty Bateman. Dr. Bateman does, he wears 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.660 several hats at the Huntsville Hamfest. He's 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:12.559 been doing the Youth Lounge now for I mentioned 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.519 17 or 18 years. Well, he takes a break from the 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.799 Youth Lounge and talks about what he does at 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.079 work. He is a NASA solar physicist who studies 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.279 lightning. He's got two different programs, Lightning 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.920 Research at Marshall Space Flight Center and 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:30.900 the second one, Lightning Protection for the 00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:33.740 radio amateur. Both of those will be absolutely 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:38.380 wonderful programs. The different radio manufacturers 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:40.920 are basically talking about their, in different 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:44.180 forums, will be talking about their radio architectures. 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:47.680 The Software Defined Radio Introduction, Steve 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:51.920 from SDR Play. SDR technology that changes how 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:55.700 we operate by Steve Hicks at Flex Radio. Yesu 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:59.079 Fusion is going to be talked about by John N9 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:03.720 UPC from Yesu. Joe Fairclaw will be talking about 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:07.779 education through communication. Let's see, the 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:10.299 next generation of direct sampling transceivers 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:16.079 by Ed Schwartz of Ellicraft. Pico balloons, that's 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:19.140 turned into a really popular topic, and our Huntsville 00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:23.480 -owned Bill Brown, WB8ELK, Bill has launched 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.519 a number of these small Mylar balloons carrying 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.579 a circuit board that's really small and really 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:33.839 light, and these things will circumnavigate the 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.900 globe, sometimes many times. And following his 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:41.359 forum, he'll be launching balloons outside, weather 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:45.630 permitting. So, we're looking forward to bringing 00:19:45.630 --> 00:19:48.890 up ham radio pico balloons around the world. 00:19:50.109 --> 00:19:54.710 Let's see, we got Ben Lowe, another DX club member, 00:19:54.990 --> 00:19:59.170 K4QF talking about a Rambo rover station. Ben 00:19:59.170 --> 00:20:02.750 does a lot of VHF and ultra -high frequency work. 00:20:04.789 --> 00:20:08.390 He's involved in contesting in that range, so 00:20:08.390 --> 00:20:11.750 certainly some interesting stuff. Rob Suggs, 00:20:11.809 --> 00:20:15.490 Dr. Rob Suggs, the president of Marshall Space 00:20:15.490 --> 00:20:19.329 Flight Center, Marshall Radio Club, How We Talked 00:20:19.329 --> 00:20:22.269 from the Moon. Rob always does interesting programs. 00:20:22.349 --> 00:20:24.170 I've not seen that one yet, but it should be 00:20:24.170 --> 00:20:28.069 interesting. Ray Novak, ICOM sales manager, will 00:20:28.069 --> 00:20:31.769 be hosting a two -hour D -Star forum. So we got 00:20:31.769 --> 00:20:34.210 a lot of things covered, but we've got more. 00:20:35.170 --> 00:20:39.019 Joe Eisenberg, kit building techniques. Let's 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:41.440 see, what else? Like I mentioned, Bob Inderbitzen 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:46.059 is doing a program, Summits on the Air. We have 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:48.640 a couple of programs, a couple of different presenters 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:52.579 on talking about Summits on the Air and advances 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:56.420 in severe weather detection, Tornado Alert, a 00:20:56.420 --> 00:21:00.299 very popular product in... in areas where we're 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:03.440 prone to tornadoes, these standalone weather 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.279 radios do more than just beep when there's a 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:09.420 National Weather Service warning. I've heard 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:11.420 they do a lot more, but I don't have many more 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:14.039 details. But that's a sampling of the forums 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:17.099 we've got, Neil. Just a tremendous great lineup. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:21.180 And it's partly because we have such a great 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:24.119 pool of talent here in the rocket city to draw 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:28.380 on. to be able to have and host these kinds of 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:30.480 forums. We're, we're very proud of those and 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.400 we hope folks visit and, uh, and, uh, and take 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.940 advantage of these forums. Yeah, that's an all 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:40.299 star lineup there. You've, you've got some, uh, 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:42.960 amazing titles and amazing people delivering 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:46.859 those. And many of those people, um, have even 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:51.099 been on this show. So, um, I know, um, uh, Steve 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:55.240 is going to be on, uh, just that Thursday before 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.740 Huntsville while he's down there he's going to 00:21:57.740 --> 00:22:00.779 be on this show talking about building a modest 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:05.440 from Be Loud. Um, and he'll be talking about 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:08.559 building a, a more modest contest station. He's 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.660 been on before talking about, you know, the, 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:12.980 the big one that they've got up in Maine, but 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:15.400 he's going to be here talking a little bit about, 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.920 uh, building a more modest contest station. So 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.319 you've got a great lineup there and, and lots 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.880 of opportunities to learn from some of the best 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:29.660 experts. And you really do have quite the talent 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:33.000 pool down there. Dr. Bateman, Dr. Suggs, uh, 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:37.279 You know, those guys just, just, you know, bring 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.559 this each and every year and, uh, you really 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:45.759 do have a great talent pool down there. Yep. 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:50.400 Well, we're going to take a break. When we come 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:53.380 back, we're going to talk more about Huntsville. 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:55.259 We're going to take your calls. We're going to 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:57.779 talk a little bit about some of the awards that 00:22:57.779 --> 00:23:00.440 are going to take place. And we'll do that after 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.640 this word from ICOM America right here on HamTalk 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:08.960 Live. Heard it? Worked it, logged it. 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So Let's 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:33.980 pick up where we left off here mark. And while 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:37.160 we're waiting on some calls Let's talk a little 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:39.720 bit about a couple of awards that are going to 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:44.839 be taking place during the ham fest Yeah, Neil, 00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:49.099 we have two Young Ham of the Year awards. Alabama 00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:53.220 Section Young Ham of the Year should be announced 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:56.680 shortly. And that award will take place around 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:00.839 1230 on the main stage. And then following that 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:05.380 around two o 'clock, the nationwide Bill Pasternak 00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:09.970 Memorial Young Ham of the Year. award. Don Wilbanks 00:27:09.970 --> 00:27:13.089 from Amateur Radio Newsline will be here and 00:27:13.089 --> 00:27:16.289 I think CQ Magazine will also join him on the 00:27:16.289 --> 00:27:20.410 stage in the presentation of that award. Yes, 00:27:20.430 --> 00:27:23.630 they certainly will as well as the many sponsors 00:27:23.630 --> 00:27:29.769 for that. So we can look forward to all of that. 00:27:30.150 --> 00:27:35.190 Yep. So they will all be up there to make those 00:27:35.190 --> 00:27:38.730 presentations. Make sure you check out those 00:27:38.730 --> 00:27:44.170 presentations on the main stage. Well that's 00:27:44.170 --> 00:27:47.650 coming up and then for people who can't make 00:27:47.650 --> 00:27:50.970 it or just want to tune in you've got a couple 00:27:50.970 --> 00:27:57.130 of folks doing some live coverage of Huntsville 00:27:57.130 --> 00:28:03.670 Yes Tom Medlin w5kub is a regular. He loves coming 00:28:03.670 --> 00:28:06.589 to Huntsville Hamfest. He will be live streaming 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:10.500 both Saturday and Sunday from the floor of the 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:17.460 Hamfest. He has awards and prizes for folks listening 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:20.039 or in the chat room or watching the program. 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:25.799 So Tom is a wonderful proponent and promoter 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:30.059 of the Huntsville Hamfest. We also have Ted Randall 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:34.380 that does... his shortwave broadcast in the evening 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:37.839 from the lobby of the embassy suites and that's 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:42.900 uh that's kind of an eclectic uh almost uh an 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:46.759 evening like the johnny carson uh couch uh whoever 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:50.059 is around will come uh come over from the bar 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:53.420 and sit down and basically rag chew on the air 00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:57.799 about ham radio bob hile It has been over there, 00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:00.680 uh, several other, uh, uh, equipment distributors 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.779 and, and, and manufacturers that happened to 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:05.960 be staying at the embassy, uh, folks, uh, uh, 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:09.579 visiting, uh, just anyone and everyone, uh, can, 00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:12.819 uh, can stop by and either listen or join, uh, 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:16.920 join Ted on the, uh, on the radio. Well, we do 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:19.579 have a tweet that's come in and yeah, that's 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:23.680 always, uh, some great coverage. of the events 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.640 taking place. Uh, but we do have a tweet that's 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.400 come in from Carl KD9HQT and he says, well, Hamvention 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:33.119 is, is known for the cheesecake on a stick, at 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.539 least on this program it is. And, and Gen Con 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:39.400 now has the waffle burger. So he wants to know 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:45.720 what's the staple food at Huntsville. Oh He would 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:50.200 he would ask about our weak point We are beholden 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:53.980 we are beholden to the von Braun Center to use 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:59.299 their concession service and I gotta say it's 00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:01.539 a it will look it will get you through the day 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:05.279 But it's nothing like the incredible offerings 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:09.079 of the food trucks that they have at Xenia The 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:11.980 Green County Fairgrounds for the Dayton Hamvention 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:16.039 and also the Orlando hamcation very good food 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:20.839 food Options down there. So I've got to say I 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.579 wish we could do more but we're hamstrung by 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:28.339 by the rules of the von Braun Center Well, you 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:31.180 know that happens but but I will I will say the 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:34.420 grilled chicken sandwiches is not bad at all 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:38.440 I will say that Yeah, and well also to I've got 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.079 to say the embassy suites if you're if you're 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:43.279 looking for for for better fare and have the 00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:47.039 time the embassy suites a restaurant that will 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:52.059 be hosting the the contest groups informal luncheon 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:55.920 Has excellent fare. It's it's it's a good solid. 00:30:55.940 --> 00:31:01.299 It's a solid three -star restaurant Very good. 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:06.220 Well, we've got some options there. So that's 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:10.940 the answer, Carl. That's what we have here. I 00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:14.500 noticed Don Wilbanks was trying to call in and 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:17.220 Skype's doing its usual things. We're trying 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:22.220 to get him on here and talk a little bit about 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:24.700 Young Ham of the Year, I'm sure. So that's what 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:28.259 he wanted to talk about. We're trying to get 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:31.940 a hold of him here. if the technology will cooperate 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:37.960 with us. Otherwise, give us a call 812 -638 -4261. 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:41.839 And we'll try to get your questions on here. 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.420 And again, Twitter seems to be a little more 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:52.079 reliable. So give us a call on Twitter, or a 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:55.079 tweet on Twitter if you'd like. And it looks 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:59.539 like we've got Don online. So Don? Well, good 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.500 evening gentlemen, yeah, I've been listening. 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:03.680 It's a it's a good show mark I'm looking forward 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:06.720 to seeing you again here in Just a couple of 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:09.779 weeks man. Hey likewise Don get you out of that 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:14.420 humidity of Louisiana Yeah, exactly. It's it 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:17.240 hasn't been too bad here of late But it was I've 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.680 been on the muggy side today and just want to 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:23.660 thank you for a all that that You've done with 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:26.369 your leadership uh... beginning last year and 00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:29.349 then taking over and filling some uh... awfully 00:32:29.349 --> 00:32:31.930 big shoes uh... that mister charlie left there 00:32:31.930 --> 00:32:34.250 but you know what amitrader news lines proud 00:32:34.250 --> 00:32:35.970 to be associated with the huntsville ham fest 00:32:35.970 --> 00:32:38.410 we've been uh... we've had a home there since 00:32:38.410 --> 00:32:41.230 nineteen ninety three and just uh... just thrilled 00:32:41.230 --> 00:32:44.230 as we can possibly be and uh... we're really 00:32:44.230 --> 00:32:46.990 looking forward to uh... introducing the world 00:32:46.990 --> 00:32:51.660 to drew forever casey nine is that j x the two 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:54.359 thousand nineteen young him of the year recipient 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:58.779 and his package. Nomination package was thirty 00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:04.160 five pages long so we may go well i was gonna 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:06.000 say we may go over the a lot of time that we're 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:08.680 given and we certainly would if we were if we 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.440 had to mention everything that he has done but 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.400 that will pair that down to the highlights as 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.859 we can. But he's just an amazing young man and 00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:20.180 I'm looking forward to meeting him and presenting 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:24.480 him with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF Memorial Amateur 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.700 Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award there, 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.859 as we always do right there at two o 'clock in 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:32.079 the afternoon on the floor of the Hamfest. Yeah, 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.180 we're looking forward to meeting him too. These 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:36.200 kids are just amazing and they're the future 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:39.019 of the hobby. Absolutely, and it's interesting, 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.900 I've been noting since I got involved with Young 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:46.009 Ham of the Year back in 95, Back then it seems 00:33:46.009 --> 00:33:50.869 like the way to be presented the award, the way 00:33:50.869 --> 00:33:53.950 to win the award, I hate to say win, but the 00:33:53.950 --> 00:33:56.789 way to be honored with this award was through 00:33:56.789 --> 00:33:59.529 public service. And it seems like that has morphed 00:33:59.529 --> 00:34:02.720 into... more technical and operating here lately 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.259 uh... which uh... again is not a bad thing but 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.980 i'm kind of looking forward to uh... maybe getting 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:11.059 back into the public service aspect and seeing 00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:13.599 uh... uh... young people get more into that of 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.900 course there's nothing wrong with that raising 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:19.139 very technically savvy kids but it's just uh... 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:21.539 it's a blessing in my life to be involved with 00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:23.519 the young ham of the year and with news line 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:26.840 into you know i have known bill pasternak uh... 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:30.059 Just such a great guy. And in fact, I can announce 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:33.699 here live for the first time that we now have 00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:36.860 the Amateur Radio Newsline Amateur Radio Club 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:41.440 and we are in the process of getting Mr. Pasternak's 00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.619 call for our club call. So hopefully very soon 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:49.400 we'll have WA6ITF back on the air under the under 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.280 the tutelage or the sponsorship of the Amateur 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.849 Radio Newsline. Amateur Radio Club, and hopefully 00:34:54.849 --> 00:34:56.650 we can start doing some operating with that so 00:34:56.650 --> 00:34:59.449 we're excited about that We're very excited about 00:34:59.449 --> 00:35:01.150 that well, so I'm gonna let you guys take some 00:35:01.150 --> 00:35:02.869 more calls Neil Thanks for getting me on but 00:35:02.869 --> 00:35:05.010 I love to ring the bell for Huntsville because 00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:07.829 it is literally my favorite ham fest I've only 00:35:07.829 --> 00:35:10.889 missed one year since 1995 and that was oddly 00:35:10.889 --> 00:35:12.809 enough the year that we did not present an award 00:35:12.809 --> 00:35:16.750 So I'm always looking forward to the short six 00:35:16.750 --> 00:35:19.699 or seven hour drive up there And I'm looking 00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.840 forward to seeing you, Mark, and everybody else 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:24.019 here at Huntsville. So we love you guys, and 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.900 we certainly appreciate it. We love being part 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:29.260 of the Hamfest family up there. We'll kick back 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:32.079 over a beer at two weeks from tomorrow night. 00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:36.900 In fact, I'll keep a spot warm for you on the 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:42.340 WTWWC couch. Awesome. Great. All right, gentlemen. 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:44.579 Thanks a lot for getting me on. And we'll see 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:47.300 everybody at Huntsville. All right, Don. Thanks 00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:51.969 a lot. Thanks. It's Don Wilbanks AE5DW from Amateur 00:35:51.969 --> 00:35:56.050 Radio Newsline and as we like to call him, it's 00:35:56.050 --> 00:35:59.570 Ham Radio's Don Wilbanks. Whenever you're on 00:35:59.570 --> 00:36:03.889 so many shows, you get to be owned by Ham Radio, 00:36:03.909 --> 00:36:09.030 I guess. 812 -638 -4261 is the telephone number 00:36:09.030 --> 00:36:11.389 if you'd like to call in we have a few minutes 00:36:11.389 --> 00:36:15.570 left or again, you can Tweet us it's at ham talk 00:36:15.570 --> 00:36:20.150 live on Twitter and we do have a couple of tweets 00:36:20.150 --> 00:36:25.369 coming in here one from the Orlando hamcation 00:36:25.369 --> 00:36:30.929 crew Michael Colley wishing Huntsville Amvest 00:36:30.929 --> 00:36:33.590 a successful show this year and says see you 00:36:33.590 --> 00:36:38.539 soon Michael and John not and several others 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:41.019 from the Orlando hamcation are coming up looking 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:45.320 forward to seeing those guys again Yeah, certainly 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:48.199 are and there's always great time so if you can 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:52.559 make Huntsville that's Definitely one to keep 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:57.599 on the list. So if you can make it Get on down 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:00.480 to Huntsville and you can you can drive by and 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:04.329 see all the Rockets and and and you know It's 00:37:04.329 --> 00:37:07.010 a big year for space. There's a lot of space 00:37:07.010 --> 00:37:09.429 going on. Of course, there's a lot of space out 00:37:09.429 --> 00:37:15.349 there in space, too. Yeah, we're hosting the 00:37:15.349 --> 00:37:19.050 U .S. Space and Rocket Center with a booth. They're 00:37:19.050 --> 00:37:21.429 bringing nine representatives from the Space 00:37:21.429 --> 00:37:24.650 and Rocket Center. This is their banner year, 00:37:24.750 --> 00:37:28.010 the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. 00:37:28.469 --> 00:37:31.909 Just a few short weeks ago, uh... weekend we 00:37:31.909 --> 00:37:34.750 celebrated the the of course the uh... the landing 00:37:34.750 --> 00:37:37.230 and man's first uh... first steps on the moon 00:37:37.230 --> 00:37:40.429 uh... the huntsville radio club activated uh... 00:37:40.429 --> 00:37:42.530 uh... four stations out of the space and rocket 00:37:42.530 --> 00:37:46.610 center made about four thousand contacts as did 00:37:46.610 --> 00:37:49.050 uh... other uh... space centers around the country 00:37:49.050 --> 00:37:52.469 houston johnson uh... martial club uh... over 00:37:52.469 --> 00:37:55.010 over the hill marshals plate space flight center 00:37:55.010 --> 00:37:57.869 i was just a great uh... weekend of on the air 00:37:57.869 --> 00:38:00.639 events But, uh, we're looking forward and glad 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:03.400 to host and help the U S space and rocket center 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:07.880 promote their, uh, their venue. Well, that's 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:10.519 cool that you're, uh, going to have a booth there 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:13.019 too, but, uh, it's always kind of nice to drive 00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:18.139 by there and, uh, spend a few trips, uh, over 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:21.820 there with field trips from school. It's a great 00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:24.300 time. So if you can work that into your schedule 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:28.420 while you're coming to the ham fest, uh, it's 00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:32.280 a great experience to the, uh, the SR 71 Blackbird. 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:35.039 It's, uh, it's, it's hard to miss that, of course, 00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:37.480 but you might, because you're looking up at the 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:42.079 360 some foot tall, uh, uh, full size model of 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.909 the Saturn five. To be underneath that thing 00:38:45.909 --> 00:38:48.489 is just awe -inspiring. And there's another one 00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:51.769 inside the building that's suspended from a ceiling, 00:38:52.369 --> 00:38:55.190 one of the three that did not go to space. Just 00:38:55.190 --> 00:38:58.590 tremendous things. I want to bounce back to Orlando 00:38:58.590 --> 00:39:03.769 and just mention, give a shout out that... Peter 00:39:03.769 --> 00:39:07.949 Meyer and his wife Liddy. They are retired chair 00:39:07.949 --> 00:39:10.630 persons for, he's the retired chairman. She was 00:39:10.630 --> 00:39:13.769 the hospitality lady from Orlando hamcation for 00:39:13.769 --> 00:39:17.269 over a dozen years. They're back in America from 00:39:17.269 --> 00:39:20.010 their home in the Netherlands and they will be 00:39:20.010 --> 00:39:21.849 coming up to Huntsville on their first visit. 00:39:21.889 --> 00:39:25.030 So we're excited and I'm looking forward to seeing 00:39:25.030 --> 00:39:28.909 Peter and Liddy and the rest of the Orlando and 00:39:28.909 --> 00:39:33.469 Dayton crews, of course. Yeah, sounds like a 00:39:33.469 --> 00:39:36.590 an all -star lineup and a great time So make 00:39:36.590 --> 00:39:39.530 sure you check out the Huntsville ham fest and 00:39:39.530 --> 00:39:43.269 and the web address is and I noticed the website's 00:39:43.269 --> 00:39:47.070 been redone too But the web address is the easiest 00:39:47.070 --> 00:39:59.530 one to remember Ham fest org So it's just ham 00:39:59.530 --> 00:40:06.210 fest dot org. That's it. And saw some some nice 00:40:06.210 --> 00:40:09.710 improvements to the website as I was getting 00:40:09.710 --> 00:40:12.130 graphics and things to for the show tonight. 00:40:12.449 --> 00:40:17.690 So good job on getting that squared away too. 00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:22.650 And just just a great time. So Mark, we're going 00:40:22.650 --> 00:40:26.210 to finish things up here. But any last things 00:40:26.210 --> 00:40:29.860 that we need to talk about that we missed? Just 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:33.000 get in your car in two weeks. Come on over. We're 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:35.000 going to host the world's friendliest Amfest 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:40.199 and we guarantee you a great time. Yeah, I would 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:44.360 totally agree with that. So I look forward to 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:48.400 seeing a whole bunch of those people you mentioned. 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:52.239 Down there in a couple of weeks. So thanks so 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:55.079 much for coming on the show again mark And I'm 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:57.679 sure we'll have you back here soon I know we 00:40:57.679 --> 00:41:00.699 usually kind of try to get you and and Michael 00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:03.699 Colley and Michael Coulter all on the same time 00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:06.920 to talk about some of the things that you guys 00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:10.219 do and so well, I'm sure we'll do that again 00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:14.039 and We always look forward to Huntsville. So 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:16.440 Thank you so much for coming on and telling us 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:19.289 about it It's been my pleasure Neil and thank 00:41:19.289 --> 00:41:21.369 you. Thank you for the invitation to be on the 00:41:21.369 --> 00:41:25.090 show to promote the Huntsville ham fest and We'll 00:41:25.090 --> 00:41:28.250 see you in two short weeks All right, we will 00:41:28.250 --> 00:41:32.030 see you then and that is a wrap for this week's 00:41:32.030 --> 00:41:35.050 edition of ham talk live And I'd like to thank 00:41:35.050 --> 00:41:37.489 my guest mark Brown in for BCD and everybody 00:41:37.489 --> 00:41:40.190 out there in cyberspace For listening and calling 00:41:40.190 --> 00:41:43.469 in and typing in and invite you neck back next 00:41:43.469 --> 00:41:46.570 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. For a 00:41:46.570 --> 00:41:49.510 list of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive 00:41:49.510 --> 00:41:52.210 .com. And if you like the show, please leave 00:41:52.210 --> 00:41:54.369 us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. 00:41:54.570 --> 00:41:57.610 That helps others find us faster. So for now, 00:41:57.690 --> 00:42:01.570 this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven three, 00:42:01.789 --> 00:42:14.349 seven five, and may the good DX be yours. Well 00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:18.710 you came right back to my CQ call Your readability 00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:23.349 five and strength nine You never once mentioned 00:42:23.349 --> 00:42:27.889 your weather at all And I didn't mention mine