WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.939 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.939 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:31.629 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.629 --> 00:00:37.409 we go, welcome to Hamtok Live Call in, let's 00:00:37.409 --> 00:00:58.259 talk, Neil's your guy Hamtok Live Hey, good evening 00:00:58.259 --> 00:01:01.399 everyone. It's time for ham talk live episode 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:06.299 number 172 the ARRL teacher Institute's recorded 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:11.599 live on Slurpee day Thursday, July 11th 2019. 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:15.760 I'm your host Neil rap WB 9 VPG Thanks for tuning 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.579 in to this episode of ham talk live tonight. 00:01:18.620 --> 00:01:21.159 We're back after being off for the 4th of July 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:25.170 and We'll be joined by Matt Severin in 8MS, Allie 00:01:25.170 --> 00:01:30.150 Flynn, KM3ALF, and Chris Bickel, K1BIC, and we'll 00:01:30.150 --> 00:01:34.349 take your calls live in just a few minutes. Last 00:01:34.349 --> 00:01:36.269 week, I hope you enjoyed Independence Day here 00:01:36.269 --> 00:01:38.870 in the U .S., and the week before that, Jim Wilson, 00:01:39.049 --> 00:01:43.200 K5ND, Bill Stearns, and E4RD. and Mike Crownover, 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:45.540 85A. 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Thanks to ICOM America 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:47.540 for sponsoring the show again tonight and they 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:49.680 have all kinds of great stuff so check them out 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.600 at icomamerica .com slash amateur. Tonight our 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:59.180 guests live from Newington, Connecticut. Matt 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:02.699 Severin in 8MS is the instructor of this week's 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:06.160 ARRL Teachers Institute 2 which he teaches annually. 00:05:06.670 --> 00:05:08.990 He's an elementary school principal in southwest 00:05:08.990 --> 00:05:13.089 Michigan. He became a ham in 1999 after his teacher 00:05:13.089 --> 00:05:17.990 mentor in Elmer, Jim KU4C, encouraged him to 00:05:17.990 --> 00:05:20.589 get his ticket so he could use ham radio in his 00:05:20.589 --> 00:05:23.230 classroom. Matt says that Ham Radio has given 00:05:23.230 --> 00:05:25.230 him many opportunities to share a hobby that 00:05:25.230 --> 00:05:28.230 he loves with many school -aged children, and 00:05:28.230 --> 00:05:30.329 his school has participated in the School Club 00:05:30.329 --> 00:05:32.889 Roundup, talked to hams across the nation, and 00:05:32.889 --> 00:05:35.629 even spoken to astronauts aboard the International 00:05:35.629 --> 00:05:38.550 Space Station. And you can usually find Matt 00:05:38.550 --> 00:05:41.949 on the air operating satellites. Allie Flynn, 00:05:42.110 --> 00:05:45.550 KM3ALF, is the lifelong learning administrator 00:05:45.550 --> 00:05:49.110 at ARRL. Allie performs the day -to -day operations 00:05:49.110 --> 00:05:51.829 of the educational initiatives at the league 00:05:51.829 --> 00:05:56.730 and she became licensed in April of 2018. And 00:05:56.730 --> 00:05:59.730 Chris Bickel, K1BIC, is the lifelong learning 00:05:59.730 --> 00:06:03.589 manager. Chris manages the educational initiatives 00:06:03.589 --> 00:06:07.209 at ARRL. His background is in higher education 00:06:07.209 --> 00:06:09.509 where he spent over 15 years as a director of 00:06:09.509 --> 00:06:11.949 online learning and an educational technology 00:06:11.949 --> 00:06:14.949 administrator. His undergraduate degree is in 00:06:14.949 --> 00:06:17.129 psychology and his master's degree is in teaching. 00:06:17.290 --> 00:06:20.610 He's a trained Skywarn spotter and is a member 00:06:20.610 --> 00:06:26.060 of the ARRL's board. Their new heiress committee 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:29.319 for the International Space Station Chris has 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:35.500 been licensed since June of 2018 and we have 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:39.480 Matt and Ali live here in the hotel in Newington 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.019 and we have Chris via Skype just a few miles 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:46.079 down the road so Good evening and welcome to 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:48.639 the show. All right. Thanks for having us here. 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:53.949 Thank you Thanks to talk about We're going to 00:06:53.949 --> 00:06:57.769 talk about Teachers Institute and some of the 00:06:57.769 --> 00:07:01.310 things that ARRL is doing to help spread the 00:07:01.310 --> 00:07:06.470 word about ham radio in the classroom. So Ali, 00:07:07.009 --> 00:07:10.490 for those who aren't familiar with the ARRL Teachers 00:07:10.490 --> 00:07:13.689 Institute, tell us a little bit about what the 00:07:13.689 --> 00:07:18.339 goal is for. Teachers Institute from the league's 00:07:18.339 --> 00:07:21.779 standpoint and what it is today and and a little 00:07:21.779 --> 00:07:24.120 bit of a look back at how it all got started 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:28.699 Okay, so Teachers Institute was started approximately 00:07:28.699 --> 00:07:32.980 15 years ago by Mark Spencer who was in the educational 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:37.620 services division of the league the Program is 00:07:37.620 --> 00:07:40.879 an expenses paid professional development program 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:43.779 That is helping us to bridge the gap between 00:07:43.779 --> 00:07:47.920 students and ham radio via the teachers and the 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.399 instructors. There is three sessions. There are 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.939 two level one sessions. There's a one level two 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:58.920 session which is happening this week. You will 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:03.060 have to have completed the first level in order 00:08:03.060 --> 00:08:06.319 to subsequently go on to the second level. The 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.240 second level requires that you be a member and 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:11.540 a licensed ham. The first level does not require 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:15.250 either of those. So yeah, we've just been trying 00:08:15.250 --> 00:08:17.990 to utilize it to instruct the teachers so they 00:08:17.990 --> 00:08:20.750 can bring those instructions back to their classroom 00:08:20.750 --> 00:08:23.649 and hopefully impart their enthusiasm upon their 00:08:23.649 --> 00:08:27.889 students. Very good. Well, Matt, why don't you 00:08:27.889 --> 00:08:30.029 give us a little bit of the history, because 00:08:30.029 --> 00:08:33.210 you and I kind of go way back with this. I guess 00:08:33.210 --> 00:08:37.409 that means we're old, but we kind of go back 00:08:37.409 --> 00:08:42.529 to the days of when Mark Spencer, WA 8 SME, designing 00:08:42.529 --> 00:08:45.129 all this and doing all this. So tell us a little 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:48.429 bit about the history behind how this all got 00:08:48.429 --> 00:08:53.129 started. Okay, so if I think back to when I went 00:08:53.129 --> 00:08:56.710 through TI myself as a student in 2008 and then 00:08:56.710 --> 00:08:59.990 TI2 in 2009, I spent a lot of time talking to 00:08:59.990 --> 00:09:03.370 Mark about what this program is about and he 00:09:03.370 --> 00:09:06.710 really had this belief that we spend a lot of 00:09:06.710 --> 00:09:09.500 money with products and giving things to teachers 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:11.559 in the classrooms, but the key piece that was 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:13.860 missing was the professional development. And 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:16.440 that's really what started the Teachers Institute. 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:20.200 So over the years, it started out with some basic 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.320 electronics, understanding radio, and also components 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.340 of robotics. And as we think about what we're 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:30.799 trying to do with our teachers, we want to inspire 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.580 learning with the teachers. It's not that we're 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:37.440 giving teachers a lesson plan or a script to 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:39.340 take back with them, but we want you guys to 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:41.600 have something that you're excited about and 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.980 you have tools that you can make fit into your 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:46.100 classroom or to your school district and within 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:48.840 your funding. So that's really kind of the foundation 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.360 of how it all started. The TI -1 has been pretty 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.720 constant over the years. The TI -2, we've been 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.580 playing with it. It's been evolving over the 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:00.240 years. We've had a basic electronics, Teachers 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:06.799 Institute 2. We've had a space TI -2. The most 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:08.899 recent one that we're running is called remote 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:11.139 sensing. And it's kind of a combination of what 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:14.299 was once a balloon concept where we were talking 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:17.080 about high altitude balloons. It evolved into 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:20.059 a buoy concept of collecting data using buoys. 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:24.220 And now we're talking about remote sensing, which 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:27.919 can be applied in any, any environment. And we 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.940 tied the satellite piece back into it. So we're 00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:33.340 really trying to keep up with the times we evolve 00:10:33.340 --> 00:10:36.799 with what's happening. Currently with education, 00:10:37.059 --> 00:10:39.779 we're trying to stay abreast of all of the different 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:41.419 standards that teachers have to make sure that 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:43.580 they're addressing, but also maintaining that 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:48.440 amateur radio component as we go. Well, I tell 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:54.460 you, I've said many, many times that TI1, the 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:58.720 first one that I took 10, 11 years ago, was the 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.220 best professional development. opportunity I've 00:11:01.220 --> 00:11:04.919 ever experienced and for the teachers out there 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:10.059 you know how professional development goes most 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:18.080 times. It's usually not good and so TI1 was an 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:22.460 incredible opportunity for me to to learn a lot 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:24.740 even though I've been a ham for 30 some years 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:29.210 I learned a lot of the the technical stuff, the 00:11:29.210 --> 00:11:32.950 background and why this all works and then more 00:11:32.950 --> 00:11:35.570 ideas of how to implement it into my classroom 00:11:35.570 --> 00:11:37.129 because I've been doing hammering in the classroom 00:11:37.129 --> 00:11:42.240 for 26 years but It was the ability to get some 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.879 new ideas and some new projects to come in. So 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:49.340 this week I decided I was coming back and doing 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:51.899 TI2. I don't know why I waited 10 years to do 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:56.159 it, but I say again, it's the best professional 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.559 development opportunity out there. And this week 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.159 has proved to be no exception to that. So tell 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:06.379 the listeners a little bit about what we've been 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:09.519 doing. And by the way, I think all of the members 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:12.200 of the class here are with us here tonight in 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:16.600 the lobby. So we're just about all of us. So 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:21.759 they're all here watching and watching Ali turn 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.500 50 shades of red, I think. But they're all here. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.100 And so tell us a little bit about what we've 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:33.100 been doing, including me. And I'll tell an embarrassing 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:36.179 story here in a minute. But tell us what's been 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:39.690 going on this week. All right. So I want to go 00:12:39.690 --> 00:12:42.730 back to the first thing you said that you ‑‑ 00:12:42.730 --> 00:12:44.710 and you and I didn't have this conversation beforehand. 00:12:45.190 --> 00:12:46.850 You said it was the best professional development 00:12:46.850 --> 00:12:49.870 that you had attended ever in your career. And 00:12:49.870 --> 00:12:52.789 I echo that exact statement. The year that I 00:12:52.789 --> 00:12:55.710 took TI1, I went back and I said this is the 00:12:55.710 --> 00:12:59.850 best PD that I've ever had in 15 years of teaching 00:12:59.850 --> 00:13:04.549 at that time. And that's really why I'm in this 00:13:04.549 --> 00:13:07.409 position now. I was so inspired by it. I went 00:13:07.409 --> 00:13:11.429 to TI2 and over time became part of the program 00:13:11.429 --> 00:13:15.789 to teach this during the summer. What we've been 00:13:15.789 --> 00:13:18.990 doing this week really had four main areas that 00:13:18.990 --> 00:13:20.850 we wanted to explore this week. We were looking 00:13:20.850 --> 00:13:24.309 at ADC, analog to digital converters. We were 00:13:24.309 --> 00:13:27.389 looking at the buoy system or the remote sensing 00:13:27.389 --> 00:13:30.539 system. We spent a lot of time looking at satellites 00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:33.200 over the last two days. And tomorrow we're going 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:36.039 to talk about a project called Maria, which is 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.100 basically a Mars rover. So we're going to use 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:40.360 amateur radio to drive a little robot around 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:44.080 through the APRS network. It'll send commands 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:50.679 to our robot, which will then drive around. Earlier 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.019 I said it's we're not giving you a script. We're 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:54.759 not telling you what to teach. We're not giving 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:56.519 you a curriculum, but we're trying to inspire 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:58.759 those ideas. And I think that's what I heard 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.740 you saying, Neil, that that's kind of what happened 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:03.860 here. As a group, we've been sharing ideas. In 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:06.320 fact, as the instructor, I'm learning along right 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:08.480 alongside of you guys. There were some things 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.019 that we did this week that I lit up and I said, 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:13.159 oh my gosh, I finally understand why that works. 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.659 Or processing some of the data in Excel. We found 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:18.840 a solution to a problem that I've been having. 00:14:20.599 --> 00:14:23.580 It must be working because this group seems pretty 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:25.820 excited. In fact, I know there was a group out 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:28.139 this morning at 5 a .m. trying to work satellite 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:31.279 SO50. It's not too often that you have your students 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.500 waking up early to do the stuff that you're doing. 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.860 And usually most evenings I'm staying late because 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:38.700 one or two people have one or two more things 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:42.779 that we want to accomplish during the week. And 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:46.179 then you have students who try to put together 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:49.980 an aero antenna. that has an arrow antenna at 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:53.860 home and is screwing the elements together without 00:14:53.860 --> 00:15:01.360 the boom in the middle. And so I'm ‑‑ or, I mean, 00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:08.659 this person was, you know, experienced at operating 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:10.600 satellites and putting these things together 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:13.179 and then you get the student ‑‑ so that kind 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:15.399 of reminds me of the ‑‑ Some of the things that 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.960 my students do, that sometimes they do things 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:24.240 that they know better, but they're not thinking. 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:27.779 Like the time that they tried to use a thermometer 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:30.179 to measure something and left the thermometer 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:36.360 in the case. That happened this year. So, you 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.779 know, there are those times, and so it's truly 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:44.320 a learning experience all the way around. You 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.820 know, and not naming any names, Neil, when students 00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:50.299 do things like that of putting their antennas 00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:54.379 together incorrectly, it reminds us as instructors 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:57.600 exactly like what you were saying that sometimes 00:15:58.359 --> 00:16:01.120 You know, but you just make a mistake and that's 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.960 okay. That's part of the learning process We 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.940 we want you to struggle through it as as instructors 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:10.120 for Teachers Institute But also as educators 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.600 we do that with our own kids. We want them to 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.019 fail forward We want them to pick themselves 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:17.460 up and try again and sort it out and figure out 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:19.840 why it works or why it doesn't Because when they're 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.019 doing that thinking they're doing the learning 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:23.820 if you're just standing up there telling them 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:25.820 what to do You're doing all the learning because 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:30.309 you're doing all the thinking And for those of 00:16:30.309 --> 00:16:32.350 you who aren't in the teaching world one of the 00:16:32.350 --> 00:16:36.429 acronyms that goes around a lot as fail is first 00:16:36.429 --> 00:16:40.409 attempt in learning and so that that was that 00:16:40.409 --> 00:16:43.710 was My big failure this week so far. I've got 00:16:43.710 --> 00:16:46.169 one more day to go We'll see if we can top that 00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:50.669 but but that yeah, that was that was pretty embarrassing 00:16:50.669 --> 00:16:54.299 But I'll but I'll own up to it. So Well, let's 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:57.500 go to Chris here for a minute. The Teachers Institute 00:16:57.500 --> 00:17:01.179 is just one of the educational initiatives at 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:04.519 ARRL. Chris, tell us about some of those other 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.920 things that you've been working on. Well, the 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.559 next big thing that's coming along is our lifelong 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.160 learning program. The department has been called 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.039 Education for years and will still keep doing 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.680 all the things that we've done, such as the Teachers 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:24.000 Institute. The light, the change to lifelong 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:36.099 learning is to expand the. Oh, I think we lost 00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.859 you. Initially, we're going to look to help those 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:42.220 who are licensed and who those who are licensed 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:44.660 and may not know exactly what to do and may not 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:48.240 have a Elmer nearby as many did in the past. 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:51.859 So we're still in the. development phase of that 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:54.099 but that should be coming along later this year 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:58.619 or early next year and will be a really big initiative 00:17:58.619 --> 00:18:03.079 for ARRL in addition to the you know the education 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.440 technology program which is already in existence 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:09.200 and funds teachers institute offers grants to 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:12.559 teachers to start a station or to grow the station 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.920 they already have so lots of good stuff going 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:18.910 on. And Chris, I get a lot of questions from 00:18:18.910 --> 00:18:22.690 teachers that are trying to start up a school 00:18:22.690 --> 00:18:26.670 station or a school club or work things into 00:18:26.670 --> 00:18:30.470 the curriculum and they just really have no idea 00:18:30.470 --> 00:18:35.009 that these grants are out there for putting the 00:18:35.009 --> 00:18:37.710 station together and I guess I was one of the 00:18:37.710 --> 00:18:40.210 first ones to get a hold of that, but let's talk 00:18:40.210 --> 00:18:44.170 a little bit about that grant program for schools. 00:18:46.030 --> 00:18:51.170 Sure, there's two grants. One is a station grant. 00:18:51.309 --> 00:18:54.990 So if you have nothing in place, then we can 00:18:54.990 --> 00:18:59.589 give you a grant of up to $1 ,500 to acquire 00:18:59.589 --> 00:19:01.750 a station. Of course, you'd need permission from 00:19:01.750 --> 00:19:04.089 the school, but we can help you get started with 00:19:04.089 --> 00:19:07.849 that. If you already have a station or have some 00:19:07.849 --> 00:19:10.930 pieces in place, we have a progress grant that 00:19:10.930 --> 00:19:13.710 you could use to enhance what you already have. 00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:19.039 It's money to help you get started with some 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.180 instruction to go along with it. But really, 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:24.180 the hero is the teachers who are actually putting 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:27.880 these into place with the kids, with the schools. 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:33.700 It's a real exciting thing to see them take this 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:36.380 radio thing that's been around for years and 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:40.279 apply it to all kinds of modern STEM activities, 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:45.400 robotics and satellites and all that. It really 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.880 can have a big reach and it all depends on the 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.920 teachers and we're just there to help them get 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.099 started. Okay, and Allie, why don't you tell 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:56.380 us a little bit about how all this gets funded? 00:19:56.779 --> 00:20:01.640 How do you pay for all this stuff? The ETP Fund, 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:04.359 the Education and Technology Fund, Program Fund 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:09.720 is funded by our generous donors. We have quite 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:13.799 a few out there who are supportive and very enthusiastic 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:18.710 about providing support to our teachers, not 00:20:18.710 --> 00:20:21.730 only through the grants, but those funds actually 00:20:21.730 --> 00:20:26.410 also support the Teachers Institute. So, we get 00:20:26.410 --> 00:20:29.430 feedback from the folks who utilize the grants 00:20:29.430 --> 00:20:32.230 to purchase their merchandise for their schools. 00:20:32.309 --> 00:20:36.950 We get feedback from our teachers every year, 00:20:37.150 --> 00:20:40.750 and it's always positive. So, our donors like 00:20:40.750 --> 00:20:45.220 to hear that. The donors are very important for 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:49.559 making all this happen because it's not an easy 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:54.740 undertaking to bring teachers in for a week and 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:58.200 put them up at a hotel and try to take care of 00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:02.680 all of their needs and facilitate all of that 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.519 and you've done an excellent job of that this 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:07.579 week. So thank you very much for all of that 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:10.769 and to Chris as well. Well, we're going to take 00:21:10.769 --> 00:21:12.890 a break and then we're going to come back. We're 00:21:12.890 --> 00:21:15.869 going to take your questions and we're also going 00:21:15.869 --> 00:21:18.930 to talk to some of the other students from the 00:21:18.930 --> 00:21:21.569 Teachers Institute here in Newington, Connecticut, 00:21:22.130 --> 00:21:26.049 live right here on HamTalk Live. I'll be back 00:21:26.049 --> 00:21:28.950 with Matt, Allie, and Chris after this word from 00:21:28.950 --> 00:21:32.390 Tower Electronics. Hey, honey, have you seen 00:21:32.390 --> 00:21:37.259 the PL 259s anywhere? No, I haven't. Come on 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:42.630 kids, let's go! There's just one place to go 00:21:42.630 --> 00:21:45.690 for all of your connector needs. Tower electronics. 00:21:47.750 --> 00:21:50.869 A giant warehouse of connectors and adapters 00:21:50.869 --> 00:21:53.609 for every occasion. 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Do have a tweet that's 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:43.980 come in from Brett, WY7BG, reminding us to mention 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:48.200 the petition for the 8 -meter band. There is 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.920 an 8 -meter band that's being proposed and the 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:58.240 half -wave dipole is ideal for attics and HOA. 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:03.099 controlled areas so if you get a chance it's 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:09.000 RM 11843 and you can find the petition on the 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.720 FCC website and the electronic comment filing 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:16.160 system so Brett wanted to remind everybody about 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:22.660 that. So 812 -638 -4261 is the phone number if 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:27.519 you have a question and We're going to talk with 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:30.160 some of the participants here from this week, 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.960 but Chris, let me throw this to you too. What 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:39.940 are your future plans for the TI1 and TI2? Where 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:45.200 do you see this heading in a few years? Well, 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:49.180 like they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:52.799 We have a lot good that's going on and our main 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:56.799 focus is to just continue to promote it. expand 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:03.339 it, keep the content up to date and keep the 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.960 teachers excited when they're here. I don't know 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:10.799 that there's format changes that need to be made 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:14.240 because it seems to be working well but certainly 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:18.019 we do have a room for a few more people and we'll 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.579 keep looking for ways to get the word out such 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.960 as being here so thanks for having us on tonight. 00:26:24.009 --> 00:26:28.089 Yeah, I was glad to be a help at least to get 00:26:28.089 --> 00:26:31.250 the word out on this and so hopefully people 00:26:31.250 --> 00:26:35.369 can apply for these grants and teachers can apply 00:26:35.369 --> 00:26:41.130 to come to TI1 and TI2 and get some ideas if 00:26:41.130 --> 00:26:44.430 you're struggling with getting ideas for you 00:26:44.430 --> 00:26:46.430 know what to do with your kids in the classroom 00:26:46.430 --> 00:26:50.609 to Learn all these things. It's a great place 00:26:50.609 --> 00:26:53.789 to pick up ideas and you know, it's not just 00:26:53.789 --> 00:26:58.670 It's not just physics. It's not just Even math, 00:26:58.849 --> 00:27:00.869 you know, it's geography. It's foreign language 00:27:00.869 --> 00:27:04.809 and and we've even got an HVAC guy here this 00:27:04.809 --> 00:27:09.329 week and So actually Matt, why don't you you 00:27:09.329 --> 00:27:12.130 take it and talk to some of our participants 00:27:12.130 --> 00:27:16.089 here from the week? All right, well, you know 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.119 I was thinking earlier you asked me a question 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:20.059 about what we did this week and I really just 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:24.359 covered kind of the broad topics. I suspect people 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.900 would want to know a little more detail about 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:29.579 what we're doing. It's really based on the remote 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:33.079 sensing idea where we first learn about how the 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.440 sensors work. So we have thermistors to measure 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.640 temperature. We're looking at air pressure. We're 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:43.140 collecting that data. And then we're using APRS 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:47.220 to send it back to the classroom. So that has 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:49.099 that amateur radio link where it gets it back 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:52.099 into the classroom. The satellite part really 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:55.259 has just been about learning how to get on the 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:58.079 air and work the birds. And I think I probably 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:01.299 need to give a shout out to AMSAT, the AMSAT 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:04.380 community. They have been really supportive as 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:07.819 our new hams or satellite hams have been getting 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:10.099 on the air. I think everyone in our group, this 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:12.200 was the first time that they had made a satellite 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:16.359 QSO, except for you. And everybody so far has 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:18.440 been able to make a contact, which has been pretty 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:24.380 awesome. Except for Neil, right? And we still 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:26.119 have tomorrow. We'll be on a few birds tomorrow 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:31.500 morning. And even having AO92 in the camera mode 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:33.279 so that we could try to capture some of the high 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:37.059 speed telemetry was really appreciated and just 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:39.119 a great opportunity for us to learn and to dig 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.759 into the data and play around with it. So, like 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.220 I said, tomorrow, the last part in Teachers Institute 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.880 1, the teachers learn about some basic robotics. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:53.319 We work with a robot from Parallax and tomorrow 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:56.240 we'll try to integrate that robot into the next 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:59.420 level of control where we'll use amateur radio 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:02.299 to move that bot around in kind of a Mars rover 00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:05.619 scenario. So I guess we'll start out with asking 00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:08.460 some of our students, I'm really curious to know 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:10.880 what's been the best part of this? What are you 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:19.400 going home most excited about? Who's up? While 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:22.900 we're waiting for somebody to come up here I 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:25.440 want to talk a little bit about this HVAC stuff 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:32.160 because because he's he's got kids building Tripods 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:35.160 and custom building stuff for these satellite 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:38.940 contacts So, you know, and I think you even mentioned 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:41.779 it in the class, you know You saw the application 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:45.180 and you're going wait a minute an HVAC guy, you 00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:48.660 know, he's teaching vocational one how does that 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:51.500 fit into ham radio and and we found it works 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:56.259 very well so so okay dan's finally uh come up 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:58.420 here so we're going to get dan fuller on here 00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:02.619 uh so dan what what uh has been the highlight 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:07.940 of the week so far okay so i'm ac1 en um the 00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:10.640 highlight of the week for me has been uh being 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.690 a ham for just over a year. I've been working 00:30:13.690 --> 00:30:16.630 with a great club up in Nashua and they've done 00:30:16.630 --> 00:30:18.690 some how to do balloon stuff with us and we did 00:30:18.690 --> 00:30:21.849 an arrows contact. We said I had to balloon up 00:30:21.849 --> 00:30:23.569 twice now. I didn't really know how those sensors 00:30:23.569 --> 00:30:27.789 were working. I've really gone through the gamut 00:30:27.789 --> 00:30:30.930 of things I can do with ham radio. I contested. 00:30:31.069 --> 00:30:34.750 I'm teaching kids to get licensed. And I myself 00:30:34.750 --> 00:30:36.769 have mic fright. Right now you wouldn't know 00:30:36.769 --> 00:30:41.990 it the way I'm talking. So making my first satellite 00:30:41.990 --> 00:30:44.910 contact was really exciting for me. I did get 00:30:44.910 --> 00:30:47.569 up at five this morning with one of my classmates 00:30:47.569 --> 00:30:51.609 here. We failed the first time, so at 7 o 'clock 00:30:51.609 --> 00:30:53.730 we were right back out there trying it again 00:30:53.730 --> 00:30:55.809 and I was able to make a contact. That was the 00:30:55.809 --> 00:30:58.029 most exciting thing for me, is to get the courage 00:30:58.029 --> 00:31:01.630 to finally make that contact and know that I 00:31:01.630 --> 00:31:03.809 had the support and the learning environment 00:31:03.809 --> 00:31:08.130 that we have here. Now, technically it wasn't 00:31:08.130 --> 00:31:10.769 your first satellite contact though, because 00:31:10.769 --> 00:31:13.329 you had an Eris contact, so tell us a little 00:31:13.329 --> 00:31:17.630 bit about the Eris contact. I guess I didn't 00:31:17.630 --> 00:31:19.930 take that as a satellite contact on my own, my 00:31:19.930 --> 00:31:22.390 own antenna. That was a lot of support that I 00:31:22.390 --> 00:31:25.549 had. So last December, I was fortunate enough 00:31:25.549 --> 00:31:27.789 to get an heiress contact from my school, Hudson 00:31:27.789 --> 00:31:29.430 Memorial School up in Hudson, New Hampshire. 00:31:31.029 --> 00:31:33.990 Great job, those heiress people, all the people 00:31:33.990 --> 00:31:36.509 that worked to put this together, the ARRL, the 00:31:36.509 --> 00:31:40.470 AMSAT people, the Nashville Area Radio Society. 00:31:41.430 --> 00:31:45.059 It was phenomenal, the kids. really love this 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.740 event if this is something teachers can you know 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:50.539 apply for and get for their school through the 00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:55.099 heiress committee it does you know change their 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:58.380 sights on any of the stem curriculums I had my 00:31:58.380 --> 00:32:00.000 favorite part of that was one of the students 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:03.559 after came up to me instead you know I really 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.660 didn't care for much for math but I really get 00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:07.700 it now and I really want to do well because I 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:10.359 really want to go into this this field can you 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:12.440 tell me more about ham radio and how I can get 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:16.910 involved So besides that, since then now I'm 00:32:16.910 --> 00:32:19.089 part of that ARIS committee as well on the education 00:32:19.089 --> 00:32:21.990 side. So I really love what ARIS did for my school. 00:32:23.789 --> 00:32:26.450 It's been good to work with you on the committee 00:32:26.450 --> 00:32:30.410 and see what those things are, you know, coming 00:32:30.410 --> 00:32:35.130 up for ARIS. So it's been great to see you here 00:32:35.130 --> 00:32:37.430 instead of just hear you on the teleconference. 00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:42.960 That's been a lot of fun. 812 -638 -4261 is the 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:45.079 telephone number. If you'd like to call in and 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:48.140 ask a question about Teachers Institute or any 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:52.140 of the ARRL education initiatives, give us a 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:58.940 call. 812 -net -ham -1. 812 -638 -4261. Or you 00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:04.670 can tweet us. if I can talk, at amtalklive on 00:33:04.670 --> 00:33:08.269 Twitter and we'll check the questions here for 00:33:08.269 --> 00:33:11.289 a few more minutes and we'll see if we can get 00:33:11.289 --> 00:33:13.470 somebody else that has a highlight from the week 00:33:13.470 --> 00:33:18.309 that you want to share and while Jeff is coming 00:33:18.309 --> 00:33:22.410 over here, Drew, if you're listening, shout out 00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:24.490 to you for turning on the camera yesterday and 00:33:24.490 --> 00:33:28.390 today because we needed that. So Jeff, what about 00:33:28.390 --> 00:33:32.200 you? What was your highlight? Well, one of the 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:35.200 things, first of all, my name is Jeff Weigel 00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:37.839 and I teach down in Hampton, Virginia, middle 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.400 school science down there. So it was quite a 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.240 treat to be able to come up here to the ARL headquarters 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.779 here and not only see where everything is put 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.859 together, but to be able to operate the radios 00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:53.109 here at the main station here. Now that being 00:33:53.109 --> 00:33:56.230 said, we know that kids like things that they 00:33:56.230 --> 00:33:58.150 can get their hands on. And that's what this 00:33:58.150 --> 00:34:01.150 class has been all about. How can we introduce 00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:04.789 amateur radio with some objects and things that 00:34:04.789 --> 00:34:07.470 they can actually see and do in class? So I'm 00:34:07.470 --> 00:34:10.309 looking forward to combining two of my best loves, 00:34:10.429 --> 00:34:12.809 that would be radio, with teaching, combining 00:34:12.809 --> 00:34:15.329 those together. And what a mission that is, to 00:34:15.329 --> 00:34:17.849 be able to take that back to the kids and ignite 00:34:17.849 --> 00:34:20.429 the interest in what's out there. And let's face 00:34:20.429 --> 00:34:22.880 it, they already like They already like space 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.260 and aliens and things like that. So we're already, 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:28.099 if we're sending a signal up to a satellite and 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.760 bouncing it down to another part of the world, 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.980 what we're getting out there, what we're really 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:35.260 getting out there. So just looking forward to 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:37.679 taking back the tools that we have to the kids 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:40.900 so that they can help make those first contacts 00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:46.739 back at the school. Excellent. Thank you, Jeff. 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:50.619 812 -638 -4261 if you have a question. We're 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:52.360 going to wrap things up here pretty quickly, 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:56.059 but if you have a question, give us a call, 812 00:34:56.059 --> 00:35:04.500 -638 -4261, or tweet us at HamTalk Live. All 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:07.860 right. We've got more stories of what's going 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:13.480 on this week. Hey, thanks a lot, Neil. Am I good? 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:18.320 I'm Tom Layborn from Cedar Hill, Missouri, and 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:20.989 I teach at Woodridge Middle School. in High Ridge, 00:35:21.590 --> 00:35:23.389 Missouri, Jefferson County, which is just south 00:35:23.389 --> 00:35:26.650 of St. Louis. The most valuable thing I probably 00:35:26.650 --> 00:35:29.429 am taking out of TI2 is the same thing I took 00:35:29.429 --> 00:35:32.010 out of TI1, interaction with other teachers. 00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:35.590 Being able to apply this stuff, I'm a pretty 00:35:35.590 --> 00:35:38.889 new teacher and being able to hear what all my 00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:42.829 peers are doing, that's making a huge difference 00:35:42.829 --> 00:35:44.590 in how I'm actually going to apply that in my 00:35:44.590 --> 00:35:46.690 own school. I'm really excited about the remote 00:35:46.690 --> 00:35:48.449 sensing because I want to strap those things 00:35:48.449 --> 00:35:52.780 on rockets. instead of buoys. Sorry, man. But 00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:57.659 either way, it's making a very meaningful impact 00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:00.639 of using all of this stuff to help the kids in 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.639 my county. And that's what I'm most grateful 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:19.900 for. do all kinds of stuff. And he's been talking 00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:22.199 about these rockets all week. He's like, no, 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.019 I want a rocket. So we're going to see, we're 00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:29.280 going to keep an eye on you and see if that rocket 00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:32.900 comes out. So okay, we've got one more. So we're 00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:34.880 going to do one more here. But if you have a 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:39.679 question, give us a call 812 -638 -4261 or tweet 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:44.559 us. So Cora. Hey, I'm Cora Suggs from Columbus, 00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:47.639 Georgia. I'm excited to be here I've learned 00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:51.599 a great deal and gotten a lot of support from 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:55.420 this group of teachers and I'm excited to use 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:59.420 the remote sensing so that the students can use 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:02.400 ham radio and robots to gather data from their 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:05.679 environment and From satellites and to graph 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:09.039 it and for them to graph and use data this applies 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:12.469 to them in an exciting new way to collect it. 00:37:12.969 --> 00:37:14.969 So thank you for the opportunity to be here. 00:37:17.090 --> 00:37:20.869 Well, there you have it from several of the participants 00:37:20.869 --> 00:37:25.730 here from TI2. And when you donate to that cause, 00:37:26.349 --> 00:37:30.250 you know, this is what is happening. And it doesn't 00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:35.969 happen unless those donations pay for all of 00:37:35.969 --> 00:37:40.940 this stuff. And so a lot of times we You know, 00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:45.440 get that mailer that says the education and technology 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:49.880 program needs your help. We don't always see 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:54.400 exactly where that money goes. Well, this is 00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:58.420 where it's going. And so I'm glad that we could 00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:02.800 take this time to give you a chance to hear from 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.400 some of the people who are the benefactors of 00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:09.320 of those donations. So we've got one more. Our 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:15.599 HVAC specialist is up here. So here you go. Hello, 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:20.719 Neil. This is Mario Szalinski, KB1MDS. I'm from 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:24.099 Winchester, New Hampshire. I teach at Pathfinder 00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:26.300 Regional Vocational Technical High School in 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:29.860 Palmer, Mass. And the Teacher Institute 1 and 00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:33.440 2 have been a really great help. I went to start 00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:36.630 an amateur radio club at the school. And I didn't 00:38:36.630 --> 00:38:40.289 know how to start a club. And I applied for TUI 00:38:40.289 --> 00:38:43.429 Teacher Institute 1. And I got a lot of great 00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:45.530 tools. And not only did I get a lot of great 00:38:45.530 --> 00:38:48.789 tools to start a new club, but when I'm teaching 00:38:48.789 --> 00:38:52.530 basic electricity in HVAC, or if I'm teaching 00:38:52.530 --> 00:38:55.889 how wireless thermostats work in HVAC, or how 00:38:55.889 --> 00:38:59.409 PLC controllers work in HVAC, TI1 and TI2 gave 00:38:59.409 --> 00:39:01.889 me some really good background information that 00:39:01.889 --> 00:39:05.219 I can share with the kids. And as a result of 00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:07.599 that, one of the things that inspired me from 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.760 TI1 was to do an ARIES contact where I was able 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:13.239 to do a school -wide initiative where I can get 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.900 all the kids of the different trades to contribute 00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:19.360 in building the radio station as well as having 00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:22.239 the academic side of the house talk about the 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.900 space race and the sciences applied in space. 00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:27.139 It was a really great experience for the kids. 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.280 They learned a lot. Maybe some of these kids 00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:32.079 might not become amateur radios. operators, but 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:34.820 at least they got a chance to be part of an Aries 00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:37.699 contact, learn what amateur radio is about, and 00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:40.460 in some cases some of the students found out 00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:43.539 that in the past and their grandparents are amateur 00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:45.280 radio operators that they didn't even know about, 00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:47.820 so it kind of sparked a lot of new family conversations. 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:50.800 So I'm very grateful for TI -1. I'm very grateful 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.840 for TI -2. This is a really great blessing for 00:39:54.840 --> 00:40:00.349 me at the school. And the recurring theme over 00:40:00.349 --> 00:40:04.230 the years that I learned from Carol Perry, WB2MGP, 00:40:04.230 --> 00:40:08.690 and others is, you know, you teach radio, you 00:40:08.690 --> 00:40:11.789 teach the license later, you get them hooked, 00:40:12.070 --> 00:40:15.429 you get them involved, and that's really what 00:40:15.429 --> 00:40:18.090 this is about, is teaching teachers how to get 00:40:18.090 --> 00:40:20.989 the kids involved in it, and yeah, maybe not 00:40:20.989 --> 00:40:24.650 every single student is going to be a ham radio 00:40:24.650 --> 00:40:28.170 operator, like you just said, but... They're 00:40:28.170 --> 00:40:30.849 gonna know about it and and they may be people 00:40:30.849 --> 00:40:35.789 who are sitting on HOA boards That you know, 00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:38.550 you want to put up an antenna and and you got 00:40:38.550 --> 00:40:41.429 to get approval And so the more people know the 00:40:41.429 --> 00:40:44.969 the benefits of this the better off we are So 00:40:44.969 --> 00:40:48.630 I totally totally agree. Well, we're just about 00:40:48.630 --> 00:40:50.630 out of time here, but Matt I'm gonna put you 00:40:50.630 --> 00:40:52.869 on the spot because we're not in we're not in 00:40:52.869 --> 00:40:56.599 class. So I get to do this So, after hearing 00:40:56.599 --> 00:41:02.739 all of this, all of these praises and success 00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:05.619 stories, what are your thoughts here on finishing 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:10.500 up tomorrow? Well, I'm really excited. Like every 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.920 day, I get up in the morning and I can't wait 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:14.260 to get over to headquarters with this group. 00:41:17.009 --> 00:41:19.369 It's fun to see all of you guys talking to each 00:41:19.369 --> 00:41:21.389 other and working with each other and building 00:41:21.389 --> 00:41:24.010 those connections because this cohort I know 00:41:24.010 --> 00:41:26.349 you'll keep in touch and be able to support each 00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:28.769 other. So not only will they get the benefit 00:41:28.769 --> 00:41:32.349 of the information, the content, the resources 00:41:32.349 --> 00:41:35.440 that we have. But now we have an entire network 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.559 of teachers that we can connect with and reach 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.880 out to each other. And I think that's a huge 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:44.460 part in our business of education. You have to 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:46.880 have that network of educators that get it and 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:49.239 understand what you're doing. And we have that 00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:52.119 common thread of amateur radio. So we have that 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:54.599 other side that we can connect on and really 00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:56.599 build with. So I'm really looking forward to 00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:59.460 tomorrow. It's going to be a little sad, though, 00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:01.219 when we finally wrap everything up and send you 00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:07.050 guys on your way home. And personally, I'd like 00:42:07.050 --> 00:42:10.409 to thank all of the teachers, all the educators 00:42:10.409 --> 00:42:13.469 who invest their time. I mean, this is their 00:42:13.469 --> 00:42:16.289 summertime, you know, so they don't have a lot 00:42:16.289 --> 00:42:18.510 of free time and they only have so many weeks 00:42:18.510 --> 00:42:20.309 during the summer to enjoy themselves and they've 00:42:20.309 --> 00:42:22.889 invested their time into this program. And I'd 00:42:22.889 --> 00:42:26.050 also like to thank the donors, because without 00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:27.929 them, these teachers couldn't get what they get 00:42:27.929 --> 00:42:30.050 out of this program. So I'd like to thank them 00:42:30.050 --> 00:42:37.110 both. Chris, anything here to finish up? It's 00:42:37.110 --> 00:42:41.630 exciting to see the interest, the reach that 00:42:41.630 --> 00:42:45.889 this is going to have. We're talking HVAC, we're 00:42:45.889 --> 00:42:50.530 talking robotics, we're talking space. So that's 00:42:50.530 --> 00:42:53.530 the real fun part is it's not just the radio, 00:42:53.710 --> 00:42:56.550 it's all the things that radio is a gateway to. 00:42:56.829 --> 00:42:59.789 that makes this exciting and shows that what 00:42:59.789 --> 00:43:02.309 we're doing in lifelong learning is really going 00:43:02.309 --> 00:43:05.150 to pay off over time. So once again, thanks for 00:43:05.150 --> 00:43:09.090 having us. All right, Chris, thank you for all 00:43:09.090 --> 00:43:13.469 of your work on this as well. And again, it's 00:43:13.469 --> 00:43:16.960 one of the best. opportunities I've had and definitely 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:19.159 the best professional development I've ever had 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:23.679 and it's been a blast to be back and work with 00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:27.320 Matt and Matt, I actually have known Matt for 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:30.239 a while because we did the school club roundup 00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:33.139 thing and one of the things that Matt did that 00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:39.800 stuck is having a list of questions that the 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:43.670 kids can answer. uh... so when you talk to kids 00:43:43.670 --> 00:43:46.170 on the radio you know you have something to talk 00:43:46.170 --> 00:43:48.170 about that they're going to be prepared to do 00:43:48.170 --> 00:43:51.050 that and and i think that uh... that was a great 00:43:51.050 --> 00:43:52.929 thing and that's something that's that stuck 00:43:52.929 --> 00:43:55.989 with me uh... we he sent it out on the email 00:43:55.989 --> 00:44:00.010 one time and and still use it to this day uh... 00:44:00.010 --> 00:44:03.869 of things you know to to help with the mike fright 00:44:03.869 --> 00:44:07.710 so so thank you to uh... to matt for for a great 00:44:07.710 --> 00:44:10.289 week and and for alley and chris and their support 00:44:10.289 --> 00:44:13.199 and And thank you to everybody out there listening 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:17.219 and chiming in tonight and listening a little 00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:21.360 bit about this teacher's institute. And if you 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:24.280 are a teacher or you know of a teacher who wants 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:28.500 to get more information about the program, Allie, 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:34.840 where do they go? You can either email EAD at 00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:39.380 ARRL .org. You can check out our website, www. 00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:49.980 where you can simply call headquarters. 860 -594 00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:53.960 -0200. All right, there you go. So if you need 00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:57.159 more information, look that up, give them a call, 00:44:57.519 --> 00:45:00.739 and you can find out more about the programs. 00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:05.199 So that is a wrap for this week's edition of 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.300 HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests. Matt Severin, 00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:13.980 N8MS, Alley Flynn. KM3ALF and Chris Bickle K1BIC 00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:16.820 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:20.599 in and typing in and invite you all back next 00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:23.380 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time for another 00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:26.840 episode of HamTalk Live and for a list of all 00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:29.800 of our upcoming guests just go to HamTalkLive 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:32.119 .com and if you like the show please leave us 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:34.980 a review on iTunes that helps others find us 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:38.639 faster. So for now this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG live 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:43.420 in Newington Connecticut. Sing 7375 and may the 00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:45.280 good DX be yours.