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First from World 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:44.159 Scout Jamboree with Bill Stearns in E4RD and 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:48.500 then the Youth DX Adventure in Carousel. with 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:53.599 Bryant KVG 5 HVO and we're recorded live on Thursday 00:01:53.599 --> 00:02:00.400 July 18th 2019. I'm your host Neil Rapp WB9VPG 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.780 coming to you now home again in Bloomington Indiana 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:08.280 home from a great trip out to ARRL Teachers Institute. 00:02:08.889 --> 00:02:13.050 And if you missed all of that last week, Matt 00:02:13.050 --> 00:02:16.830 Severin, N8MS, Allie Flynn, KM3ALF, Chris Bickel, 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:22.030 K1BIC, and a bunch of the other students from 00:02:22.030 --> 00:02:25.449 the ARL Teachers Institute were on the show. 00:02:25.569 --> 00:02:30.270 And you can catch that. over at HamTalkLive .com 00:02:30.270 --> 00:02:33.770 or on your favorite podcast app or YouTube and 00:02:33.770 --> 00:02:37.870 of course the rebroadcast is on WTWW each week, 00:02:38.449 --> 00:02:43.530 5085 Saturday mornings at about 6 .30 p .m. Eastern 00:02:43.530 --> 00:02:47.189 Time. So tonight we're going to talk to Bill 00:02:47.189 --> 00:02:49.889 and we're going to talk to Bryant and see how 00:02:49.889 --> 00:02:54.550 things are going in their remote setups. One 00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:57.650 in West Virginia, one in Carousel, but they're 00:02:57.650 --> 00:02:59.810 doing the same thing. They're setting up a station 00:02:59.810 --> 00:03:01.930 and getting on the air and we'll take your calls 00:03:01.930 --> 00:03:05.789 live in just a few minutes. So get those questions 00:03:05.789 --> 00:03:08.889 ready to go. If you're listening to us live on 00:03:08.889 --> 00:03:12.610 Thursday night, you can give us a call after. 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:16.080 We talk a little bit to each one by telephone, 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:18.860 and I'll give you the phone number for that so 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:20.919 you have it ready to go. We're not ready for 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:24.199 your call just yet, but we will be soon. 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Thanks 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:50.279 to Tower Electronics for sponsoring the show 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.839 once again tonight They help bring you ham talk 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.980 live each and every week their upcoming ham fest 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:58.959 schedule August 4th, Berryville, Virginia August 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.620 10th at Huntington, West Virginia and August 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:06.939 17th and 18th I'll be seeing them at Huntsville, 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:13.180 Alabama or you can visit anytime at pl -259 .com 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:16.420 Bill Stearns, any four R D was here a couple 00:06:16.420 --> 00:06:19.259 of weeks ago with Jim Wilson, K five N D to talk 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:22.699 about the world scout Jamboree. And you also 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:25.579 hear Bill on the Linux and the ham shack podcast, 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:28.899 as well as reporting on radio scouting on amateur 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:31.779 radio newsline. Well, Bill has made the journey 00:06:31.779 --> 00:06:35.240 from his home in Billings, Montana to summit 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.920 Bechtel reserve in West Virginia. And it's been 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:41.620 working hard to set up NA one W J. to get the 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:44.379 scouts on the air for their upcoming world scout 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:48.779 Jamboree for the first time being hosted by a 00:06:48.779 --> 00:06:52.720 joint North American team. So Bill, how are things 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:56.240 in West Virginia tonight? Ooh, it's hot. Very 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:00.540 hot. Yes. No, no, it's going great. It's going 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:02.620 great. We're just, uh, we're just finishing day 00:07:02.620 --> 00:07:05.160 three here on the ground for at least the advanced 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:09.040 team. We've made a lot of progress on the station 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:14.819 we have been Obviously some of you probably watch 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:16.980 some of our live streams we've been doing on 00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:19.420 Facebook live just trying to show the progress 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:22.360 inside the The the actual tent itself. We have 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:25.259 a 40 by 40 tent where we're setting all the stations 00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:28.439 up and Today was pretty much the big progress 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.180 day in there. We got the partitions in we got 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:34.060 the layout down We got the station all hooked 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:38.300 up It's been really great. The past couple of 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:40.889 days here we've been working on getting the antennas 00:07:40.889 --> 00:07:44.370 all put together. We had the three new antennas 00:07:44.370 --> 00:07:48.089 that were graciously donated by JK Antennas. 00:07:48.189 --> 00:07:53.069 We have a nice C3S for 15, 10, and 20. We got 00:07:53.069 --> 00:07:55.730 a nice rotatable 40 meter dipole that we're putting 00:07:55.730 --> 00:07:58.790 up on one of the other towers. And we have a 00:07:58.790 --> 00:08:02.110 new antenna that they made special for us, a 00:08:02.110 --> 00:08:05.550 2017 combo Yagi that we're putting up on the 00:08:05.550 --> 00:08:09.029 third tower. So we finally got all those assembled. 00:08:09.870 --> 00:08:14.050 We had Hector down XE2K. And he did an excellent 00:08:14.050 --> 00:08:18.110 job in assembling those antennas. And we did 00:08:18.110 --> 00:08:22.629 the final inspection this afternoon before he 00:08:22.629 --> 00:08:25.290 has to head off to take a flight out in the morning. 00:08:27.069 --> 00:08:29.550 Yeah, just a lot of activity going on, testing 00:08:29.550 --> 00:08:32.549 the rotors out, checking cables, extending cables. 00:08:32.730 --> 00:08:34.169 This is the first time we're actually lighting 00:08:34.169 --> 00:08:38.649 up all three towers for rotators. So this will 00:08:38.649 --> 00:08:40.470 be interesting. We don't have a single vertical 00:08:40.470 --> 00:08:43.710 out there this time. We decided the way they 00:08:43.710 --> 00:08:45.549 laid out the tents that there's too much foot 00:08:45.549 --> 00:08:48.269 traffic behind our tent. So we didn't want to 00:08:48.269 --> 00:08:50.210 have a huge radial field out there for people 00:08:50.210 --> 00:08:54.049 to trip on. So we had to basically put everything 00:08:54.049 --> 00:08:57.960 up in the air. So this is a little bit different 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:01.019 than previous experiences because we were able 00:09:01.019 --> 00:09:04.620 to control the tents that actually face all the 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:07.600 antenna equipment. So we never have any egress 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.600 on that side. So this has been a little bit of 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.340 a challenge for the team. But the team has got 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:17.379 a lot of excellent amateurs that are really stepping 00:09:17.379 --> 00:09:20.179 up and making all this happen for this activity. 00:09:21.389 --> 00:09:26.350 Well, I've been following your trek out to West 00:09:26.350 --> 00:09:30.909 Virginia and on the way, you thought maybe Hamvention 00:09:30.909 --> 00:09:35.299 was going on a little early? Yeah, I didn't really 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:37.740 pay attention to my route until I got into Indianapolis 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:41.419 and I'm like this seems awfully familiar And 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:43.360 then yeah sure enough. It took me straight down 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:47.179 35 to cut the corner Down through to Charleston, 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:51.059 West Virginia and drove right by Xenia like I've 00:09:51.059 --> 00:09:54.399 seen this road before Must have made a wrong 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.639 turn or something. But but yeah, it's actually 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:58.779 a nice drive I don't think I've ever taken 35 00:09:58.779 --> 00:10:01.320 all the way through there. So that was actually 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:04.210 quite pleasant little a little stroll into the 00:10:04.210 --> 00:10:06.629 hills finally. Now, was there anybody left in 00:10:06.629 --> 00:10:09.690 the flea market still trying to get out or? Yeah, 00:10:09.690 --> 00:10:11.009 you know, there must've been some last minute 00:10:11.009 --> 00:10:16.289 deals over there. I don't know if you saw it, 00:10:16.289 --> 00:10:19.610 but the numbers came out and they say that the 00:10:19.610 --> 00:10:22.649 attendance this time was the number two ever. 00:10:22.830 --> 00:10:25.129 Record breaking. Yeah. That's interesting. I 00:10:25.129 --> 00:10:28.389 mean, from a vendor perspective, being in a building 00:10:28.389 --> 00:10:33.750 five, it seems a little high. But you know, I 00:10:33.750 --> 00:10:35.409 don't think they have the tickets and they can 00:10:35.409 --> 00:10:37.950 count them So so that seems that seems great 00:10:37.950 --> 00:10:39.549 and I heard a lot of really good feedback from 00:10:39.549 --> 00:10:42.169 the vendors there too that they you know Record 00:10:42.169 --> 00:10:44.450 sales and everything else. So obviously there 00:10:44.450 --> 00:10:46.909 was something going on that maybe just didn't 00:10:46.909 --> 00:10:50.350 you know trickle over our way Directly, but yeah, 00:10:50.409 --> 00:10:52.250 that was that was that was pretty good news for 00:10:52.250 --> 00:10:55.789 them Yeah, I thought it was up just from from 00:10:55.789 --> 00:10:58.750 walking around and looking at it and darting 00:10:58.750 --> 00:11:04.019 from forum to forum and venue to venue, it looked 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:07.320 like it was up. So I can't say that I was too 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.340 surprised with the numbers, but yeah, it was 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:14.659 good to hear. Well, back to the World Scout Jamboree 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:17.580 here. It sounds like... You know, you've been 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:20.919 able to overcome a few obstacles, had to get 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:25.539 some last second parts and some last second things, 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:29.679 but you said that you'd planned on being on the 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:33.000 air by Friday. So that's in the morning. So are 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:35.899 you ready to go? Yeah, it looks like we are we 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:38.299 had to order some last -minute parts like I was 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:40.919 talking to you off the air from DX engineering 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:45.019 get a get a few Masts new mass for the for the 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:48.379 towers. So while our towers are Telephone poles, 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.340 but yeah, so new new mass for the new antennas 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:54.399 and we got those today this afternoon a little 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.480 too late to actually put them up but we got the 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.639 bucket truck sitting over at our station right 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.960 now and They were they're ready to put it up 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.820 first thing in the morning. So Hopefully we'll 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:07.620 be actually testing and everything else starting 00:12:08.090 --> 00:12:10.830 pretty early in the morning, and hopefully everything 00:12:10.830 --> 00:12:14.090 works. We have already started making contacts 00:12:14.090 --> 00:12:17.330 on satellite. I know for sure we had at least 00:12:17.330 --> 00:12:20.809 two contacts. I didn't talk to Mike before I 00:12:20.809 --> 00:12:22.409 left the tent, so I don't know if he was squeezing 00:12:22.409 --> 00:12:33.629 out a few more before he left. Skype's doing 00:12:33.629 --> 00:12:36.129 weird things tonight. So I want to make sure. 00:12:36.450 --> 00:12:37.750 Yeah. Yeah. It got really quiet all of a sudden. 00:12:37.990 --> 00:12:42.450 So yeah. Well, yeah, that's cool. And I'll have 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:44.750 to, uh, I'll have to look for you on satellite 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:48.029 too. And yeah, I was, I was, uh, I was telling, 00:12:48.029 --> 00:12:51.649 uh, bill before the show, I slipped by DX engineering 00:12:51.649 --> 00:12:53.490 on the way home. I guess I could have, could 00:12:53.490 --> 00:12:55.889 have run by and grab those, but then it would 00:12:55.889 --> 00:12:59.019 have had to backtrack to get them to you. A little 00:12:59.019 --> 00:13:00.940 bit of a drive, but hey, they got them in overnight, 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:05.100 so that was pretty. We did send an email along 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:06.940 to them and say, hey, can you make sure this 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:11.120 stuff actually gets here tomorrow? And they're 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.279 wonderful, wonderful people at DX Engineering, 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:16.320 and they really made sure it did happen, so we 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:17.840 got everything that we were supposed to get. 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:22.009 Yeah, I couldn't resist when you know, you're 00:13:22.009 --> 00:13:24.750 a few hundred feet away driving by it You got 00:13:24.750 --> 00:13:26.850 it. You got to stop in and grab something so 00:13:26.850 --> 00:13:30.610 I did Well, if you have a question for Bill about 00:13:30.610 --> 00:13:33.409 the Scout set up, we've got him for a few more 00:13:33.409 --> 00:13:38.970 minutes here. Give us a call at 812 -638 -4261. 00:13:39.730 --> 00:13:41.610 We're only going to take questions for a few 00:13:41.610 --> 00:13:43.870 minutes because we're going to get to Bryant 00:13:43.870 --> 00:13:47.409 here in just a little bit. But if you want to 00:13:47.409 --> 00:13:49.750 talk to Bill about what's going on at World Scout 00:13:49.750 --> 00:13:52.389 Jamboree, give us a call right now, 812 -NET 00:13:52.389 --> 00:13:59.620 -HAM -1. 812 -638 -4261. So yeah, the heat has 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:04.580 been pretty bad in the entire Midwest. So how 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:07.559 are you dealing with that? Yeah, you know, just 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.059 staying hydrated and that's what you got to do. 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:14.179 I did want to also mention that we did finalize 00:14:14.179 --> 00:14:18.360 some dates and times for that Eris contact. We 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:21.480 did finally lock that in and that is going to 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:25.659 happen on the 27th. So we're going to be on Saturday 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:29.200 the 27th July 27th, and it looks like it's going 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:32.980 to be around 2 30 Eastern So we're going to try 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:36.080 to get that live streamed It really depends on 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:38.659 the venue. We're at and how the bandwidth appears 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:41.889 at the time If not, we're definitely gonna have 00:14:41.889 --> 00:14:44.710 a decent video because we're gonna shoot it from 00:14:44.710 --> 00:14:49.250 about six different angles So we have a good 00:14:49.250 --> 00:14:51.169 copy and of course, you know all the other media 00:14:51.169 --> 00:14:53.629 partners here at the Jamboree are gonna be gonna 00:14:53.629 --> 00:14:56.289 be there and obviously Broadcasting it and everything 00:14:56.289 --> 00:14:58.370 else and I wouldn't doubt if the local news channel 00:14:58.370 --> 00:15:01.730 here also Also did it it looks like to be about 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:05.190 a 10 -minute pass based upon the AOS and LOS 00:15:05.190 --> 00:15:09.830 So should be pretty good for the Scouts So yeah, 00:15:09.850 --> 00:15:12.409 so that'll be the big one on the 27th and it 00:15:12.409 --> 00:15:15.350 looks like our very first Balloon is set to launch. 00:15:15.350 --> 00:15:19.809 Is it on the 20th? 20th the 20th. I think it's 00:15:19.809 --> 00:15:23.889 on Monday. Was it Monday morning? Yes Yeah, we 00:15:23.889 --> 00:15:25.450 just got that schedule because we're actually 00:15:25.450 --> 00:15:30.210 gonna do four of those balloons And I was thinking 00:15:30.210 --> 00:15:33.190 it was gonna be an early balloon on Monday, but 00:15:33.190 --> 00:15:37.360 I could be wrong We got four launches. They'll 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.240 all be at 10 o 'clock in the morning. Well, we'll 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:45.360 be watching for those. Oh, say hello to Jim. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.840 And, and, uh, what's the, uh, what's the SS ID 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.759 look for on the balloons? Oh, they'll all be 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:55.019 tagged with a NA one WJ. Uh, I don't know exactly. 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.399 Uh, five, six, seven, and eight are the numbers 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.299 on those. Okay. Good. Five, six, seven, and eight. 00:16:02.569 --> 00:16:09.269 All right, very good and let's see I've got Got 00:16:09.269 --> 00:16:12.529 an oh, okay. I'm getting a call on this on the 00:16:12.529 --> 00:16:17.629 cell phone from Bryant apparently So, I don't 00:16:17.629 --> 00:16:22.149 know if Skype's not Cooperating here or what 00:16:22.149 --> 00:16:24.809 but we'll we'll take care of that here in a minute 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.580 If you have a question, give us a call 812 -638 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:36.519 -4261. So let's take a minute here to remind 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.580 listeners how they can participate, how they 00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:42.320 can get a hold of you now that you're going to 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.620 be on the air starting tomorrow full blast anyway. 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:50.879 Remind people how they can do that. Oh sure yeah 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:54.399 so we're gonna be on the air as NA1WJ will be 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:57.440 doing testing which basically means we'll be 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:03.120 on the air starting tomorrow and until the scouts 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.180 actually show up we'll basically be pretty much 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:10.200 open -ended testing so you can pretty much call 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.950 in and Test propagation everything else, but 00:17:12.950 --> 00:17:16.650 the Scouts show up on the 22nd and we'll be getting 00:17:16.650 --> 00:17:19.289 Scouts on the air basically from the 22nd all 00:17:19.289 --> 00:17:21.910 the way through the 1st when they they depart. 00:17:22.769 --> 00:17:25.309 So we're going to be operating the station pretty 00:17:25.309 --> 00:17:28.549 much from 8 to 5 PM with Scouts and then after 00:17:28.549 --> 00:17:30.710 that will probably run the station for another. 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:35.079 You know five to six hours depending upon activity 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:38.220 You know, we'll have some guys dabble in some 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:40.460 CW for the guys that want to work the station 00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:44.970 on CW But they can find us there Obviously we're 00:17:44.970 --> 00:17:46.970 going to have everything, you know, out on social 00:17:46.970 --> 00:17:49.130 media. We've been doing a lot of Facebook live. 00:17:49.829 --> 00:17:53.390 You can check the K2BSA's Facebook page. You 00:17:53.390 --> 00:17:57.609 can check out our Twitter at NA1WJ underscore 00:17:57.609 --> 00:18:01.990 scouting or at K2BSA underscore scouting. And 00:18:01.990 --> 00:18:03.329 yeah, I mean, that's where we're going to keep 00:18:03.329 --> 00:18:05.089 up most of the information. We're going to also 00:18:05.089 --> 00:18:10.349 update the website at K2BSA .net with all the... 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.960 the live information on the link there for the 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:16.759 Jamboree Dash Live. And yeah, that's pretty much 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.400 everything I have. We did have the, Jim just 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:21.299 brought me over the schedule for the balloon 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:23.779 launches. Looks like we have one scheduled for 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:28.460 July 20th, 21st, 23rd, and 25th. And actually 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:30.359 I think that's the 30th. Oh, okay, that one's 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.599 the 30th. Okay, so maybe he messed it up. So 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:37.539 21st, 23rd, 25th, and 30th, all at 10 a .m. Eastern. 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.599 And we'll most likely also live stream those 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:44.279 as well. All right, very good. Well, thanks, 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.680 Bill and Jim for calling in and updating us on 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:50.500 how things are going over at World Scout Jamboree. 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:54.000 And we'll be listening for you on the air. Great, 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:58.920 great. All right, let's see here. I think we've 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.019 got it. I think we've got it worked out here. 00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:05.480 So we're going to take a break and when we come 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:08.799 back, we'll get Bryant on the phone here and 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.619 the gang down in Carousel. But Bill, thanks a 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:20.079 lot and have a great time. All right. Well, we 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:26.200 will hear from ICOM here and then we'll get back 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.819 and figure out what's going on with Skype. Something's... 00:19:30.009 --> 00:19:32.789 Going crazy here, so we'll get this all figured 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:35.769 out during the break and come back with Bryant 00:19:35.769 --> 00:19:39.150 live from Carousel, the youth DX adventure right 00:19:39.150 --> 00:19:42.690 after this word from ICOM right here on HamTalk 00:19:42.690 --> 00:19:46.930 Live. Heard it! Worked it, logged it. It's time 00:19:46.930 --> 00:19:49.089 to get the transceiver that is best suited for 00:19:49.089 --> 00:19:52.410 your lifestyle. ICOM offers a variety of high 00:19:52.410 --> 00:19:55.230 performance and innovative products. Make the 00:19:55.230 --> 00:19:58.750 most of contest season with one of these ICOMs 00:19:58.750 --> 00:20:03.609 today. 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Two antennas 00:20:59.049 --> 00:21:01.630 met on a roof, fell in love and got married. 00:21:02.089 --> 00:21:05.029 The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was 00:21:05.029 --> 00:21:08.130 excellent. You're listening to HamTalk Live with 00:21:08.130 --> 00:21:27.670 Neil Rapp. Thanks to ICOM America for help bringing 00:21:27.670 --> 00:21:30.130 ham talk live to you each and every week and 00:21:30.130 --> 00:21:35.509 they're the power behind the NA1SJ station Be 00:21:35.509 --> 00:21:39.210 sure to check them out at icomamerica .com Slash 00:21:39.210 --> 00:21:44.829 amateur and also the power of the station Down 00:21:44.829 --> 00:21:47.789 in carousel. We've got Bryant on the phone here 00:21:47.789 --> 00:21:52.240 kg5 hvo. We got Skype to cooperate with us finally. 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:58.559 So we have him on the phone along with Jack KM4Z 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:03.799 and Audrey KM4BUN and they just finished up the 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.380 Youth DX adventure. They're still in Carousel, 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:10.019 but finished up their operating today. So we 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:13.819 go from West Virginia to Carousel. So Bryant, 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.299 how are things down there in Carousel? Well, 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:19.839 good evening Neil. It's great to be with you 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:24.200 on HamTalk Live tonight. What I can say is the 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:27.420 island is gorgeous. The beaches are absolutely 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:31.980 beautiful. The antennas at PJ2T are magnificent. 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:36.319 I can say that we felt loud on every band. And 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:38.640 it's been a great week here on the island of 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:41.220 Curacao. And again, it's great to be with you 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:44.500 here on HamTalk Live. Well, I'll tell you what 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:47.079 if this keeps up we're just gonna make you a 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:53.839 co -host We have you out here all the time for 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.779 all these things and I know You were able to 00:22:56.779 --> 00:23:01.279 again take advantage of this great trip the Dave 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:04.990 Coulter youth DX adventure down to The carousel 00:23:04.990 --> 00:23:07.630 so you're you're the experience down there. So 00:23:07.630 --> 00:23:10.990 you've been you've been helping out Jack and 00:23:10.990 --> 00:23:14.910 Audrey I know I've seen some pictures and I know 00:23:14.910 --> 00:23:17.569 you guys have done well and I was able to work 00:23:17.569 --> 00:23:21.250 you Yesterday and today and I and I tell you 00:23:21.250 --> 00:23:25.390 this Bryant, you know That that took some courage 00:23:25.390 --> 00:23:28.930 today. I saw that he was on 10 meter CW and I'm 00:23:28.930 --> 00:23:33.180 like Okay, you know, I started out as a CW op 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:37.140 because I had no choice, but I don't keep my 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:43.180 CW skills up. I can do CW, you know, nine, 10 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:47.559 words a minute, and I turn on 10 meters and I 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:50.019 hear Bryant just, you know, I don't know what 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:53.559 it was. It sounded like 30, but I don't know, 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.789 maybe it wasn't. But he was just rattling off 00:23:56.789 --> 00:23:59.710 and I didn't have any help at all. I didn't have 00:23:59.710 --> 00:24:02.109 any paper. I didn't have anything. I was just 00:24:02.109 --> 00:24:09.109 going straight from the ears and gotcha on the 00:24:09.109 --> 00:24:13.289 CW. So, so we haven't worked on CW before, but 00:24:13.289 --> 00:24:17.009 now we have. Yes, we have. You were very loud 00:24:17.009 --> 00:24:19.470 on 10 meters today. It was a very good, uh, sporadic 00:24:19.470 --> 00:24:24.009 E opening. Yeah, yeah, I was amazed how clear 00:24:24.009 --> 00:24:27.809 You were coming in on 10. So that was great. 00:24:27.809 --> 00:24:33.029 And then I got I believe was Jack on on phone 00:24:33.029 --> 00:24:39.869 on 15 today and then I Had you on 20 yesterday, 00:24:39.890 --> 00:24:43.710 I believe and maybe Audrey on 17 yesterday. So 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:48.160 You guys were doing very well up here. I didn't 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:51.960 have much problem at all on all of those bands 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:56.059 getting you. So I know you guys were trying to 00:24:56.059 --> 00:25:02.119 make a push to get a new record. You had three 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:04.740 hours to go, and that's when I hopped on the 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:10.339 rig and started adding some kusos to your list 00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:15.500 there. Tell the world here, did you make it? 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:21.140 Yes, we did. This is Audrey, KM4BUN. And while 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:23.799 it's not necessarily a competition, it's just 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.839 when you get into amateur radio, especially as 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:28.359 youth, it gets to be a little competitive. And 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:31.720 so yes, technically we did achieve more QSOS 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.980 than the previous teams. But once again, it's 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.700 not technically a competition, but it was a ton 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:38.720 of fun. And we're so happy and we're so proud. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.559 Well, I know some of those former team members 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:46.359 were helping you beat that record. So like you 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:50.839 said, it gets a little competitive, but we're 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:55.339 all on the same team. And so it was great to 00:25:55.339 --> 00:26:00.279 hear about that. So Audrey, I hear you have some 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:03.299 good stories about some contacts that you made. 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:08.440 So we want to hear those. Absolutely. Well today 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:10.319 I was just working you know the 40 meter pile 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:12.799 up and everything was going great and every so 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.700 often I get someone who asks me what we're doing 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:18.079 and why we're down here and I tell them about 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:20.700 the X adventure and everything and I guess the 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.700 word youth just I don't think I don't think you 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.519 heard it or you know I don't think you heard 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.920 it but he was like, oh, okay, very cool So you're 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.619 down the on the cura salad and the amateur radio 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:32.900 stuff. So you're tired down there, right and 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:38.680 I was like, well, not really. I'm, you know, 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:41.319 I'm not at the, I'm at the ripe age of 15, I 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.720 guess, but yeah, that was pretty interesting. 00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:49.680 But, um, yeah, it was a lot of fun though. I'm 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:52.960 sure, uh, Brian and Jack can tell you other interesting 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.180 stories too. Yeah. Now if you're retired at 15 00:26:56.180 --> 00:27:00.079 and carousel, you're doing something right. Absolutely. 00:27:02.910 --> 00:27:05.890 But I know Bryant's mom Lauren has already been 00:27:05.890 --> 00:27:10.069 posting pictures poolside down there and enjoying 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:13.690 a ham radio because it took her to Carousel next 00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:17.509 to the pool. So yeah, if you're retired at 15 00:27:17.509 --> 00:27:20.390 and living in Carousel, you must be doing something 00:27:20.390 --> 00:27:24.089 right. Well, Jack, let's get your call sign here 00:27:24.089 --> 00:27:28.670 too. I don't have it in my brain. KM4Z. Jack, 00:27:28.910 --> 00:27:32.250 you have any stories from your trip down there? 00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:39.000 Uh yeah, my call sign is actually Kilo Mike 4 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.980 Zulu India Alpha. Oh, I cut it off. Sorry about 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:51.259 that. Yeah, my call sign is KM4ZIA. Well, another 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:54.660 busted call. Okay, I've got it here. KM4ZIA. 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:59.559 So, any good stories? Any funny contacts you 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:05.470 made? Well, um... At the beach, we actually saw 00:28:05.470 --> 00:28:08.869 a bunch of pigs, actually. We even saw a pig 00:28:08.869 --> 00:28:14.210 actually eating out of someone's bag. Wow. Now 00:28:14.210 --> 00:28:16.730 it wasn't hammy the pig that they am talk live 00:28:16.730 --> 00:28:27.609 mascot. Was it? I didn't see any pictures of 00:28:27.609 --> 00:28:29.950 hammy this trip. Now the last trip we hit, we 00:28:29.950 --> 00:28:33.779 had some pictures of hammy down there, but You 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:39.240 had some big Wow Unfortunately, we forgot to 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:44.339 book him a plane ticket. Oh Yeah, well that's 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:48.480 that's the way it goes Well Bryant any any stories 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:52.920 from you on some funny things or unusual things 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:58.519 that happened to this trip Well as far as unusual 00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:03.109 things I could say, yes, the pigs at the beach 00:29:03.109 --> 00:29:06.890 are fairly uncommon. I've never seen that before, 00:29:07.670 --> 00:29:10.130 especially just free roaming the beach and nobody 00:29:10.130 --> 00:29:14.430 really seemed to care. We also saw a lot of wild 00:29:14.430 --> 00:29:18.769 iguanas and lots of other wildlife near the station. 00:29:20.009 --> 00:29:22.730 And there were a few wild goats that would just 00:29:22.730 --> 00:29:25.069 hang out in the middle of the road. I've never 00:29:25.069 --> 00:29:28.819 seen that before. So yeah, it was a lot of fun 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:31.259 just working the world and getting to operate 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:35.319 with Audrey and Jack was a real treat Well, if 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:38.500 you have a question for these three give us a 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:42.400 call eight one two six three eight four two six 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:45.380 one It's eight one two net ham one now It's time 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:48.980 to call if you would like to ask them about their 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:53.160 journey down to carousel to PJ 2t They were on 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:58.019 the air with PJ2Y over the last few days and 00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:01.839 they've wrapped everything up. And coming home 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.440 soon, we'll talk about that in a minute. So if 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.400 you want to ask a question, now's the time to 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:11.539 call 812 -638 -4261 or you can tweet us over 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:16.359 at HamTalk Live and we'll take your questions 00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:20.839 here for a few minutes. So Bryant, this is your 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:24.839 second trip down there. So how do you compare 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:31.460 this trip to last time? So I went on the youth 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:34.880 DX adventure for the first time in 2017, you 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:39.099 know, it was with a two other Young hams and 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.759 we went to a station in Costa Rica and operated 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:45.400 for a week I'll just go through like some some 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:47.839 comparisons and differences and similarities 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:52.500 between the two experiences in 2017 we had two 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:57.720 radios some smaller antennas compared to PJ 2t 00:30:57.849 --> 00:31:00.269 just, you know, your verticals and Tri -Band 00:31:00.269 --> 00:31:04.849 Yagi. One thing that really hurt us in Costa 00:31:04.849 --> 00:31:08.109 Rica was a thunderstorm that decided to camp 00:31:08.109 --> 00:31:12.289 out over us for 24 hours. That did not help propagation 00:31:12.289 --> 00:31:16.349 and we had to keep radios disconnected. While 00:31:16.349 --> 00:31:21.710 here in 2019 on the UTX adventure to Curacao, 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:25.700 Some things were different. We had four radios 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:31.920 available. The PJ2T station is a highly engineered 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:35.500 station designed for high -performance contesting 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:38.220 from the Caribbean. So there are four radios 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.819 that can operate on four different bands at the 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:44.640 same time. There are plenty of large arrays of 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:49.319 antennas, yagis on 40 to 10 meters, beverages. 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.980 we have an 80 meter dipole on the ridge top which 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:55.619 really plays well and one of the best things 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:59.460 that really helps our signal is salt water. Salt 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:03.559 water really gave us some good takeoff energy. 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:08.900 Now some similarities between I think all UCDX 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:14.559 adventure groups are the teams are high caliber 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:20.019 energetic HF operators. It was Again, really, 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:24.759 really awesome to work with Jack KM4ZIA and Audrey 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:30.259 KM4BUN. And I just want to thank the YDXA leadership, 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:36.759 Jim AB8YK and Don N6JRL for all the hard work 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:39.559 that they do to prepare events like this for 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.839 us youth. And I also want to thank our host, 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:50.240 Uli, DL8OBQ, Jack, and for RV. and Jeff W0CG 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.519 for allowing us to use the world -class PJ2T 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:56.640 station and personally I would like to thank 00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:01.339 Bob Heil of Heil Sound and Ray Novak of ICOM 00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:05.440 America and the many sponsors and donors that 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.599 continue to make trips like these possible for 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:13.720 us U -Pans. All right very good now I have to 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:17.369 ask you this because I always Give Chris a hard 00:33:17.369 --> 00:33:22.109 time about this KD8YVJ. So last time you had 00:33:22.109 --> 00:33:26.490 Chris's grilled cheese sandwiches. So how did 00:33:26.490 --> 00:33:32.690 the grilled cheese compare? Well, we had some 00:33:32.690 --> 00:33:36.490 very interesting cuisine down here in Curaçao. 00:33:37.029 --> 00:33:44.720 It was really good. What did we have? Jack, what 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.480 was your favorite thing that you ate while on 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:49.539 the trip here in Curacao? Well, probably the 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:53.220 best thing I had was the pasta carbonara that 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:58.000 Brian's mom made. And it was probably the most 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:05.500 delicious pasta I ever had. Wow. Okay. Audrey? 00:34:07.369 --> 00:34:09.130 I would have to agree with that. It was really 00:34:09.130 --> 00:34:11.449 good, especially in the midst of all the pile 00:34:11.449 --> 00:34:14.230 ups and stuff. It was great to eat in between 00:34:14.230 --> 00:34:23.230 240 QSOs an hour. Well, one of those was in zero 00:34:23.230 --> 00:34:27.289 SSC because he just tweeted here and said he 00:34:27.289 --> 00:34:30.170 totally forgot why DXA was happening. And by 00:34:30.170 --> 00:34:33.369 happenstance, he just stumbled onto Bryant during 00:34:33.369 --> 00:34:39.880 lunch and Got in the shack to to drill some CW, 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.539 but But Brian he said he was going at 30. So 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:47.139 I was guessing about right And he said I think 00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:49.219 he tried to say hi, but it went over my head. 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:54.199 So I Was able to figure out the call sign and 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.360 the and the five in in and and so so that's that's 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:59.820 what got it for me so maybe sterling was in the 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:04.920 same boat there, but Sterling said he was glad 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:11.159 to get the QSOs down there. Yes, I think we worked, 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:14.000 Sterling, on three different bands and a SSB 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.159 and CW. But Neil, I also want to mention another 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:20.159 sponsor that I forgot to mention, and that's 00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:23.460 Tim Duffy, K3LR of DX Engineering. Tim does a 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:27.639 lot of great work with Youth Hams and was really 00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:32.820 a generous sponsor for this year's YDX18. Yeah, 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:36.019 very good. Yeah, Tim does a lot of good stuff 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:41.860 and we appreciate all the sponsors of these youth 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:45.119 events like this one. And this is a really great 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:49.099 one. And Sterling says, yep, same boat. I know 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:55.260 5NN and TU. So yeah. That's about what I stuck 00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:57.900 with since I didn't even have paper. I was just 00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.079 like, okay, if I can get a call sign and get 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:04.079 the report, we're good. So we got it. I don't 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:08.179 think I was sending quite at 30, but we got it 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:12.000 done anyway. So that's great. That was great. 00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.920 Well, you guys have finished up your operating. 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:20.179 What were your final numbers and then when are 00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:26.079 you? packing up and heading out. Well, by the 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.940 end of everything, we ended up with the total 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:36.360 of 6 ,593 quesos. We're really, really happy 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:39.699 about that. And, uh, concerning when we're leaving, 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:43.940 we are leaving actually tomorrow morning at a 00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:47.420 dark 30. That's what I was getting ready to say. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:51.710 Oh, dark 30. Yeah. Well, I hope you've had a 00:36:51.710 --> 00:36:54.889 chance to enjoy some time and enjoy some time 00:36:54.889 --> 00:36:58.829 on the air as well down there. And thanks so 00:36:58.829 --> 00:37:01.449 much for calling in and letting us know how things 00:37:01.449 --> 00:37:06.630 are going. And do we have any news from Jim and 00:37:06.630 --> 00:37:12.250 the gang about maybe next year's plans? Oh, yeah. 00:37:12.329 --> 00:37:15.900 So as Jim may be like, Neil, thanks for. contacting 00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:18.000 them tonight and let them get on the air. Yes, 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:20.599 we do have plans already in the mix for next 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:24.960 year. We are looking at going back to Saba Island 00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:30.380 and Jeff Jolie has penciled us in and we're really 00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:33.219 moving forward and kind of got half the team 00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:36.780 already filled with a lot of people and that's 00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:40.579 what our plan is and hopefully we'll be P6JY 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:46.030 next year. The Dutch Bureau is always really 00:37:46.030 --> 00:37:49.130 good at accommodating us because they understand 00:37:49.130 --> 00:37:51.610 that it's the youth and then they really want 00:37:51.610 --> 00:37:57.530 to see our trips happen and be able to get recognition 00:37:57.530 --> 00:38:01.690 in their country. Well, that sounds great, Jim. 00:38:01.809 --> 00:38:05.010 Thanks so much for all you do to put all this 00:38:05.010 --> 00:38:08.469 stuff on and if people are interested in that 00:38:08.469 --> 00:38:12.400 trip or Uh, want to donate to help make that 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.039 trip happen. Tell them how they can do that. 00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:18.280 Okay. We have our website is the best way to 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:21.440 do it. The information's on there and it's qsl 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:27.719 .net stroke in six JRL. Uh, Don lets us use his 00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:31.639 call on QSL not net to be able to publicize that. 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.820 And, uh, that's what we do. And, uh, they can 00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:40.400 send us money. We'll take it. And, you know, 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.760 traditionally you've done the, the raffle at 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:45.539 Dayton. I assume that's probably in the works 00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:50.119 again. Yes. Uh, Dayton Hamvention is very, uh, 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:53.639 generous to us and, uh, donates us booth space 00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:56.500 to, uh, help support at that. And that they're 00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:59.960 a club of great supporters of us. And they, uh, 00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:03.039 allow us to, uh, have a raffle. And there again, 00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:07.260 that's Ray and everybody else helps, uh, by donating 00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:11.679 us something very worthy to raffle off and that's 00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:16.079 how we raise our funds that and the many generous 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:20.719 contributions and as always anybody that contributes 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:24.820 we definitely put them on the qsl card and we'll 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:29.199 be having our beautiful double -sided double 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:34.780 -sized usl card for this adventure in about six 00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:39.380 to eight weeks or so All right. Very good. Well, 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.300 yeah, I've wanted to ask about, uh, about the 00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:45.780 QSLs and, um, I've got everything, uh, uploaded, 00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:49.780 uh, as well, uh, yesterday and today. So we'll 00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:52.840 be looking forward to seeing those and, uh, anything 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:56.559 else from the team here before we go. Well, I'll 00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:59.280 just let everybody know also that all the, uh, 00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:02.800 QSOs have been uploaded to Logbook of the world, 00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:07.010 QRZ and Club Log. So you can check to see if 00:40:07.010 --> 00:40:09.289 you're in there or not and if there's problems 00:40:09.289 --> 00:40:12.530 there you just send me a note and we'll work 00:40:12.530 --> 00:40:17.150 on those. Okay, very good. Anything else from 00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:21.309 any of the group? I just want to say again thank 00:40:21.309 --> 00:40:23.050 you to all the sponsors and donors and thank 00:40:23.050 --> 00:40:26.030 you to all the great operators out there that 00:40:26.030 --> 00:40:29.190 were able to work their way into our logs and 00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:31.489 thanks to all those who spotted us and worked 00:40:31.489 --> 00:40:40.889 us. All right 73 from Curacao All right guys 00:40:40.889 --> 00:40:44.909 have fun have a safe trip back and Thanks to 00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:48.010 all of you for chiming in and Lauren Thanks for 00:40:48.010 --> 00:40:50.550 setting up the call and getting everything going 00:40:50.550 --> 00:40:53.469 tonight, and and I hope you enjoyed the pool 00:40:53.469 --> 00:41:01.960 I'm sure she did All right. Well, thanks again. 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:05.980 And that's going to be a wrap for another episode 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:09.059 of ham talk live. Thanks to Bill Stern's any 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:13.659 four RD out in a hot West Virginia and Bryant 00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:17.179 and Jack and Audrey and Jim and the whole gang 00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.940 down in carousel for being on the show tonight 00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:23.300 and everybody out there listening in cyberspace 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:26.889 and typing in and We invite you all back next 00:41:26.889 --> 00:41:29.489 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern time when Ruth 00:41:29.489 --> 00:41:33.949 Willett, KM4 LAO will be here to talk about being 00:41:33.949 --> 00:41:37.090 the most recent Hiram Percy Maxim award winner 00:41:37.090 --> 00:41:40.269 and her satellite operations and more. And for 00:41:40.269 --> 00:41:42.909 a list of all of our upcoming guests, just visit 00:41:42.909 --> 00:41:45.510 hamptalklive .com. And if you like the show, 00:41:45.610 --> 00:41:48.329 please leave us a review on iTunes. 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