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You're 00:04:30.009 --> 00:04:49.019 listening to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Thanks 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:51.180 to Tower Electronics for bringing the show to 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:53.620 you tonight. You can see Scott and Jill at a 00:04:53.620 --> 00:04:57.120 ham fest near you. They'll be at Oak Creek, Wisconsin 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:01.860 July 6th. Berryville, Virginia August 4th. Huntington, 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.980 West Virginia on August 10th and in Huntsville 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:09.319 August 17th and 18th. But you can visit them 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:15.420 anytime at PL -259 .com. Well our guests this 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:19.990 evening we have a trio of of scouts here tonight. 00:05:20.910 --> 00:05:24.050 And the first one is Bill Stearns. He is a self 00:05:24.050 --> 00:05:27.050 -proclaimed nerd enough that he made his call 00:05:27.050 --> 00:05:31.709 sign NE4RD. He was originally licensed in 1994 00:05:31.709 --> 00:05:35.149 at the Melbourne Hamfest in Florida as KE4RGH. 00:05:35.410 --> 00:05:37.810 He was an active member of the Civil Air Patrol 00:05:37.810 --> 00:05:40.209 and a past president of the Amateur Radio Association 00:05:40.209 --> 00:05:43.829 of Southwest Florida. While in Florida, he was 00:05:43.829 --> 00:05:46.550 very active in contesting satellites and VHF. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.339 Currently, Bill resides in Billings, Montana 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:51.459 with his wife and three children. He's a life 00:05:51.459 --> 00:05:56.079 member of ARRL and the K2BSA amateur radio association. 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:58.560 He's active in statewide contesting with the 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.339 Big Sky Contestants Club and SkyWarn with Yellowstone 00:06:02.339 --> 00:06:05.750 County Ares. He's a software and systems engineer, 00:06:05.910 --> 00:06:09.490 podcaster, and a generally nerdy guy. You can 00:06:09.490 --> 00:06:13.350 find him on the Linux in the Hamshack podcast, 00:06:13.610 --> 00:06:18.189 where he's been a cohost since May of 2016, reporting 00:06:18.189 --> 00:06:24.290 on all kinds of things, nerdy, and also on amateur 00:06:24.290 --> 00:06:27.449 radio newsline, where he reports on radio scouting. 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.180 Mike Crownover AD5A has been a licensed ham since 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:35.639 1989 at the same time as his then 12 year old 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:41.180 son Michael KB5ILT. They both have extra class 00:06:41.180 --> 00:06:43.939 licenses now and Mike's youngest son Jake was 00:06:43.939 --> 00:06:48.459 also licensed when he was 12 and he's AB5EB and 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:52.240 then he has two grandsons Reid and Boogie KF5GYE 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:56.899 and KF5GYD who hold their general class tickets. 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.779 and Mike spends almost all of his time on CW. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:03.279 He has an impressive contest station in Texas 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.980 and the member of many organizations including 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:10.420 CW Ops and the founder and president of the Island 00:07:10.420 --> 00:07:14.009 Radio Expedition Foundation. And finally, no 00:07:14.009 --> 00:07:17.069 stranger to the show is Jim Wilson, K5ND. He's 00:07:17.069 --> 00:07:19.629 retired from the Boy Scouts of America headquarters, 00:07:19.730 --> 00:07:23.250 where he spent 21 years in publishing and communications. 00:07:23.550 --> 00:07:26.550 He is now a freelance writer and continues to 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:28.589 volunteer as the chairman of the National Radio 00:07:28.589 --> 00:07:31.170 Scouting Committee, National Jamboree on the 00:07:31.170 --> 00:07:34.069 Air organizer, and a member of the World Jamboree 00:07:34.069 --> 00:07:36.250 on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet team. 00:07:36.750 --> 00:07:40.290 He's president of the K2BSA amateur radio association, 00:07:40.750 --> 00:07:45.870 which you can check out at k2bsa .net and over 00:07:45.870 --> 00:07:50.389 172 ,000 scouts have earned the radio merit badge 00:07:50.389 --> 00:07:55.050 and therefore exposed formally to amateur radio. 00:07:55.129 --> 00:07:58.170 So we finally got all three people together on 00:07:58.170 --> 00:08:01.850 Skype here tonight. So Bill, Mike, and Jim, welcome 00:08:01.850 --> 00:08:05.560 to the show. Well, Neil, thank you very much 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.740 for inviting us. It's a delight to be here and 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:12.180 talk about one of our passions amateur radio 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:15.980 and scouting and and before we get in too far 00:08:15.980 --> 00:08:19.860 if you if you for following the social media 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:24.160 and the QRZ and e -ham boats and everything We 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.939 have two topics tonight. We have we have the 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:31.529 world scout jamboree and At the end, we'll talk 00:08:31.529 --> 00:08:33.990 about Walmart parking lots on the air. And if 00:08:33.990 --> 00:08:35.870 you're trying to figure out what the Scouts have 00:08:35.870 --> 00:08:41.049 to do with Walmart parking lots on the air, not 00:08:41.049 --> 00:08:45.629 much. We have two separate topics tonight that 00:08:45.629 --> 00:08:48.990 we need to squeeze in. So, so no, there's not 00:08:48.990 --> 00:08:51.389 a connection there. So wanted to get that in, 00:08:51.490 --> 00:08:54.330 but Jim, let's talk about the World Scout Jamboree. 00:08:54.429 --> 00:08:57.350 This is your next big event coming up. And that 00:08:57.350 --> 00:09:00.399 was our focus of tonight's. conversation. So 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:04.120 let's talk about the Jamboree itself being hosted 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:08.779 right here in the U .S. Well, exactly. It's the 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:15.360 24th World Scout Jamboree and it's an event that's 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.480 essentially owned by the World Organization of 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.320 the Scout Movement and every four years there's 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.620 a different host country. So that's pretty exciting 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:29.360 as it goes around the world. The last one was 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:33.419 in Japan. The time before that I believe it was 00:09:33.419 --> 00:09:38.720 in Sweden. I think it was England before that. 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:44.759 And now it's being hosted by actually a North 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:47.360 American team. This is the first time a team 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.120 of nations have come together to host it. The 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.000 Boy Scouts of America, Scouts Canada, and Scouts 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.789 de Mexico. So it's those three organizations 00:09:58.789 --> 00:10:01.309 that are hosting it. They're hosting it at the 00:10:01.309 --> 00:10:04.330 Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve in West Virginia. 00:10:04.830 --> 00:10:07.230 Now the good news there is that's the same place 00:10:07.230 --> 00:10:10.549 we host the national Scout Jamboree. So we've 00:10:10.549 --> 00:10:13.090 got all the infrastructure there and we're in 00:10:13.090 --> 00:10:16.990 exactly the same location that the K -2 BSA station 00:10:16.990 --> 00:10:23.059 was in. for 2013 and 2017 national Jamborees. 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:26.419 And back to the World Jamboree, we expect about 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:32.620 50 ,000 scouts from 160 countries. So it's going 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:37.759 to be absolutely extraordinary. all kinds of 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.539 program activities on the site for the scouts. 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:45.919 The dates, July 22nd to August 1st, and we'll 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:49.480 be doing setup and testing starting around the 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:53.779 17th of July to get the antennas up and all that 00:10:53.779 --> 00:10:57.789 sort of stuff. And quickly, in the amateur radio 00:10:57.789 --> 00:11:01.629 operation itself, rather than use K2BSA, which 00:11:01.629 --> 00:11:04.529 is distinctly American, but of course we have 00:11:04.529 --> 00:11:07.190 to use an American call sign here in the US, 00:11:07.750 --> 00:11:13.570 we chose NA1WJ, and that stands for North America 00:11:13.570 --> 00:11:19.330 First World Jamboree. So now, I'll mention for 00:11:19.330 --> 00:11:21.860 those out there that are... pointing out that 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:24.460 the Jamboree has been held in North America a 00:11:24.460 --> 00:11:28.519 few times. This is the first one hosted by a 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.580 North American team. But our purpose, introducing 00:11:32.580 --> 00:11:35.740 science, technology, fun and magic of amateur 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:39.379 radio to scouts and to serve as the amateur radio 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:42.679 voice of the Jamboree. And a big part of that 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.960 is our demonstration station, and Mike is our 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:49.940 technical leader. So I'll let Mike tell us all 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:54.419 about our demonstration station. Yeah, thanks, 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:57.700 Bill. Well, for those who have never seen or 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:00.799 been to a National Scout Jamboree, this demonstration 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:03.799 station, the best way I could describe it is 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.399 a field day on steroids. We're going to have 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:11.299 10 operating positions. We'll operate sideband 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:16.480 CW FT8. We'll have a satellite station And some 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.960 really expert guys operating that so there'll 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:23.840 be there'll be contacts available For most every 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.139 mode now our purpose here a primary purpose is 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:30.639 to expose ham radio to scouts and so during the 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:34.159 daylight hours We'll be getting as many scouts 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:36.320 through our tent and in front of the stations 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:41.240 as we can to actually make contacts, to understand 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:43.100 what ham radio is about, and to be generally 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:45.980 exposed to it. The thing you can do to help us 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:50.379 here is to listen for us on the air and make 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:53.039 yourself available, especially during the day 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.879 for sideband contacts, to talk with some of these 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:59.639 scouts. As Bill said, 50 ,000 from 160 different 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.080 countries is going to be quite an interesting 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:06.679 project. Now we'll have also an international 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:11.039 staff. We, because it's an international world 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.720 jamboree, staffing requirements limit, you know, 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.059 members from North America, rightly so. And so 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:20.820 we will have an international staff and so you 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:23.720 may be able to chat with them on the air as well. 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:28.320 Now, the station is 10 operating positions. We 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:35.519 will have towers and beams and wires and every 00:13:35.950 --> 00:13:38.570 type of antenna imaginable. We want to thank 00:13:38.570 --> 00:13:41.470 ICOM for providing the radios. They'll be giving 00:13:41.470 --> 00:13:45.730 us some 7300s to use. We'll also have some ICOM 00:13:45.730 --> 00:13:52.269 9700s for VHF UHF use. They've sponsored our 00:13:52.269 --> 00:13:55.330 repeaters on site. And so a big thank you to 00:13:55.330 --> 00:13:58.590 ICOM for all they've done for us. Providing a 00:13:58.590 --> 00:14:01.070 lot of the ancillary equipment, the coax, the 00:14:01.070 --> 00:14:04.289 connectors, the switching, the headphones, all 00:14:04.289 --> 00:14:07.320 of that kind of stuff. DX engineering and MFJ 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.860 have stepped up not only this year. They've also 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:12.919 in the past that national jamborees Sponsored 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:17.179 as well as has icon This year. We have a couple 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:19.399 of new sponsors when I say this year This is 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.899 a world jamboree, but this is kind of an ongoing 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:26.679 project for K to BSA The JK antennas has stepped 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:30.820 up to donate three three nice antennas to us 00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:33.519 Actually, they gave them to us an Illuma tower 00:14:34.089 --> 00:14:36.830 has loaned us one of their very nice portable 00:14:36.830 --> 00:14:40.389 towers that we'll be able to mount the antennas 00:14:40.389 --> 00:14:44.289 on. The setup will, as Jim hinted at, will be 00:14:44.289 --> 00:14:49.169 around the 16th, 17th, 18th. We will try to set 00:14:49.169 --> 00:14:53.090 up all the infrastructure, the antennas, the 00:14:53.090 --> 00:14:56.409 towers, the cabling, the switching system, the 00:14:56.409 --> 00:15:01.350 computers. You'll hear from Bill Stern shortly. 00:15:01.950 --> 00:15:04.129 He's promised me he will network all these computers 00:15:04.129 --> 00:15:08.889 and they'll operate flawlessly. So looking forward 00:15:08.889 --> 00:15:12.909 to how smooth that will be. But we will be very, 00:15:12.909 --> 00:15:15.850 very busy for those first few days to be ready 00:15:15.850 --> 00:15:18.629 for the opening of the Jamboree, which is July 00:15:18.629 --> 00:15:22.330 22nd. So it is basically a two -week field day 00:15:22.330 --> 00:15:28.519 with Many many modes and many many visitors coming 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.580 through the tent and we hope to make a major 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:35.700 impact on ham radio on these on these young Scouters 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:39.320 so Hopefully you can if any of your Scouters 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:42.000 that are coming if you are coming to the jamboree, 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:46.720 please stop by and and say hi to us We have any 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:55.759 giveaways We do for Scouts We were Like a scout 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:02.759 and maybe you'll get a giveaway Okay, and then 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.779 just one last word about our schedule so and 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:11.080 I'm not I'm not on Eastern time in my mind So 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.980 not sure what time this is Zulu, but around we 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:18.759 will probably be primarily voice modes or digital 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:23.830 modes until around 5 p .m. Eastern time At that 00:16:23.830 --> 00:16:28.190 time is when the scouts will go to do other things. 00:16:28.230 --> 00:16:30.789 We'll continue to operate the station and we 00:16:30.789 --> 00:16:33.529 may venture into some CW and other modes for 00:16:33.529 --> 00:16:36.450 people who want to make a contact with the Jamboree. 00:16:36.690 --> 00:16:40.210 So those operations will go well into the night 00:16:40.210 --> 00:16:43.429 as long as we have people calling us. So probably 00:16:43.429 --> 00:16:46.190 18 hours a day or so will be our operating schedule 00:16:46.190 --> 00:16:48.629 assuming we can keep it manned the entire time 00:16:48.629 --> 00:16:50.750 and that people are calling us. And that's where 00:16:50.750 --> 00:16:53.399 you can help us out. But don't neglect to call 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:56.179 during the day when we have these young scouts 00:16:56.179 --> 00:17:00.919 on the air and give them a great exposure to 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.400 ham radio. Yeah. And Jim, that's what we want 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.880 to talk about next is what can people out here 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:13.240 listening in cyberspace tonight, what can they 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:17.859 do to help support the event and be there to 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:22.710 help you have some people to talk to? Yeah, that's 00:17:22.710 --> 00:17:27.509 the Sun is not our friend right now as you've 00:17:27.509 --> 00:17:30.170 as we've all been discovering over the last couple 00:17:30.170 --> 00:17:34.670 years actually and and in 2017 at our National 00:17:34.670 --> 00:17:38.670 Jamboree was pretty challenging But so we need 00:17:38.670 --> 00:17:44.289 guys on the air from West Virginia close by in 00:17:44.289 --> 00:17:48.450 North America. There's a number of locations 00:17:48.450 --> 00:17:52.509 that are set up to I know Gilwell Park, which 00:17:52.509 --> 00:17:56.750 is the place where Scouting was founded in England. 00:17:57.069 --> 00:17:58.950 They're going to be on the air. I think it's 00:17:58.950 --> 00:18:02.519 GB 100. Something or other they have a 100th 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.640 anniversary happening there. They're gonna be 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.579 on the air We're hoping to work them a number 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:10.400 of others. There's a Jamborette in the Netherlands, 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:15.940 but we need guys here in the US Philmont There's 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:22.259 an operation there K5 PSR or K5 K the Philmont 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:24.660 Scout Ranch will be on the air all during the 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:28.180 Jamboree trying to work us But we we want people 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:30.940 on the air now Bill Stearns is going to tell 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:34.859 us a little bit about our social media and website 00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:38.099 and how we can keep, how we plan to keep people 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:41.180 informed about what frequencies we're on and 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:44.640 that sort of stuff. So Bill, over to you. Yeah, 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:47.839 absolutely. Yeah, we'll be obviously keeping 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:50.859 all the pretty static and dynamic information 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:54.339 up on our website as current as possible. We'll 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:56.980 have, of course, all of our little social media 00:18:56.980 --> 00:19:00.240 accounts plugged into mine and Jim's phone, at 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:04.180 least, so we can send out pictures and everything 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:06.500 else as the event goes on and as we see stuff. 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:09.640 We'll also be doing some Facebook Live events 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.259 for the balloon launches that we'll be doing. 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:14.339 We'll be doing, I believe, three balloon launches. 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.980 Is that correct, Jim? Right. Three of the Pico 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:21.009 balloon launches with APRS tracking. Yeah, so 00:19:21.009 --> 00:19:23.250 we'll have that again. We'll do one early, probably 00:19:23.250 --> 00:19:25.829 during setup to just try it out and also get 00:19:25.829 --> 00:19:27.789 one in the air so we can start tracking it and 00:19:27.789 --> 00:19:31.609 show scouts tracking it. And that will, of course, 00:19:31.789 --> 00:19:33.589 you'll be able to track that on any of those 00:19:33.589 --> 00:19:36.450 APRS tracking sites like APRSFI or whatever. 00:19:37.470 --> 00:19:39.589 Are those going to be tagged with the NA1WJ call 00:19:39.589 --> 00:19:42.799 sign or are those coming as K2BSA? They're all 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:46.539 NA1WJ call signs. Awesome. So yeah, all you have 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:49.359 to do is search for those. We'll probably short 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.460 link everything into the website and social media 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:56.779 accounts. So we have, of course, on Twitter, 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.019 we have at ktbsa underscore scouting. And we 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:05.079 also have at NA1WJ underscore scouting. In Twitter, 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:09.660 we have an Instagram account at NA1WJ. We also 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:12.660 have our Facebook page, which is the K2BSA Facebook 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:15.019 page. So that's where you'll find all of our 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:18.839 live events and anything getting updated. I might 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.140 work on some more trickery as we get all the 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:23.099 station connected and stuff like that to maybe 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:26.099 even have live updates of the log posting out. 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:29.559 We did run into some issues with that last year 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:32.180 going directly to, I believe, club log. We were 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:33.940 dropping some contacts, but we fixed all that 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:36.400 up afterwards. But we're gonna try to have all 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.400 that information out what frequencies we're currently 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:41.039 operating on What position we're operating on 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.759 which which way we're pointing the beam if we 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.700 get the beam going a certain direction So everybody 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:49.400 will be aware what's going on there? And all 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.099 those computers are going to be networked flawlessly 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:58.460 absolutely I'll also mention that on our website. 00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:04.180 It's What is that? It's k2bsa .net slash jamboree 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:07.720 dash live. It shows our frequencies that we plan 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:10.640 to be on and we'll be updating that. But there's 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:14.920 a link there as well to questions that the ham 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:18.099 radio operators can ask the scouts. Sometimes 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:20.539 that can be a little bit challenging to get a 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:23.440 conversation going. And so we've published a 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.539 list of questions to try to help with that, to 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:29.859 prime the pump, if you will, to get. them engaged. 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:33.539 And let me also mention a couple of other things 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:38.660 here. We have during the Jamboree, one of our 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:41.759 programs is amateur radio direction finding or 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.579 fox hunting. We'll have both 80 meters and two 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:48.359 meters. They're going to be part of the geocaching 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:51.819 and orienteering program activities, but our 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:55.869 ham radio staff is handling that. for those guys. 00:21:56.170 --> 00:21:58.809 We have also, Bill mentioned the Pico balloon 00:21:58.809 --> 00:22:04.559 launches. And we'll have satellite contacts all 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:10.460 through the jamboree. It's Echo Mic 97 is the 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:14.759 grid. And then we have an International Space 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:19.240 Station contact planned as well. And we're working 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:22.019 on finalizing the date and the time for that. 00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:25.240 But we're reasonably sure that the astronaut 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:30.680 we'll be talking to Drew Morgan, he is an assistant 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:34.920 scoutmaster in the Houston area. So we're very 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.500 excited about that. And that will be, of course, 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.339 Facebook Live video and all. And then just to 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:46.000 wrap it up, Mike touched on the staff members 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:50.420 that we have there. We have a total of, I think 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:55.019 it's 30. 33 staff members and we had a maximum 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:59.660 of 12 from the US. But the others are from Australia, 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:04.559 Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, Germany, Japan, 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:08.339 Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:11.880 Norway, United Kingdom, Taiwan and Zimbabwe. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:16.279 So and they're all. fully licensed ham radio 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.660 operators. Many of them have operated at previous 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:23.180 world jamborees. So it's going to be a blast. 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:28.180 Sounds like a really fun time. I look forward 00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:31.019 to hearing all you guys on the air. And I think 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:33.720 I need Echo Mic 97, so we may have to work on 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:38.619 that. Perfect. Perfect. And you know, I also 00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:43.779 mentioned I have a secret activity that we might 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:46.900 be able to undertake, depending how our setup 00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:51.140 goes. But the Jamboree starts on the 22nd. The 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:55.819 20th and the 21st are the CQ Worldwide VHF Contest. 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:00.380 So we may be able to get on for that. So we'll 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:06.019 wait and see how we do. All right. Well, that 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:09.000 should give everybody a fairly good idea. And 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:12.880 also I'll put in a shameless plug here for Newsline 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:16.900 because I just finished recording Newsline. That 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:22.069 call sign is GB100GP. Because we have a story 00:24:22.069 --> 00:24:24.930 about that on newsline this week about the 100th 00:24:24.930 --> 00:24:30.569 anniversary of the Camp over in England. That's 00:24:30.569 --> 00:24:32.390 where's the name of it. It's right here in front 00:24:32.390 --> 00:24:35.329 of me Gilwell. It's yeah Gilwell Park. Yeah. 00:24:35.329 --> 00:24:38.529 Mm -hmm. Very good. Thank you So so shameless 00:24:38.529 --> 00:24:41.029 plug there. So, all right. Well, we're gonna 00:24:41.029 --> 00:24:43.730 take a break We're going to come back and we're 00:24:43.730 --> 00:24:45.589 gonna start answering some of the tweets that 00:24:45.589 --> 00:24:49.099 have been coming in and take your calls at 812 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:55.359 -650 -9556. And we'll come back and talk more 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:58.819 with Bill, Mike, and Jim after this word from 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:02.000 the people who are providing all this equipment 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:06.420 for the scouts for this World Scout Jamboree 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:09.920 ICOM America right here on HamTalk Live. Contest 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:15.180 from home or remotely. 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It's 812 00:27:39.390 --> 00:27:45.309 -650 -9556 or you can tweet us at HamTalk Live 00:27:45.309 --> 00:27:48.349 and if you're listening to us on WTWW or the 00:27:48.349 --> 00:27:51.380 podcast edition, You won't be able to reach us 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:55.059 live since it's Thursday right now. I know we've 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:57.480 got a question about D -Star, so we're going 00:27:57.480 --> 00:28:00.380 to get to that, but we have a couple of calls 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:04.279 on the line here. So I'm going to go ahead and 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.980 take the call here and see what that is, and 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:14.059 then we'll get back to that. So, all right. So 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:20.900 good evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hello? 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:28.740 Or maybe not. Let's try this one. Hello, welcome 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:36.759 to HamTalk Live! The same number is ringing three 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:41.319 times. Let's try this one. Hello, welcome to 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:49.099 HamTalk Live! Okay, none of those. So we won't... 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:53.319 Try that again here in a minute. Okay, so it's 00:28:53.319 --> 00:29:01.740 live radio at its best. So yeah, KG5GJT has tweeted 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:04.779 in, it's not Skyped in, tweeted in, and wants 00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:07.180 to know, what about D -Star? You got to have 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:10.140 D -Star. So we were actually talking about that 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:13.700 over the break. So fill us in on some of those 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:15.579 other digital voice modes that are going to be 00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:18.359 going on. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we have the 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:23.640 D -STAR, the WVA BSA Module B, Reflector 033 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:27.720 alpha will be basically where we're at. So we'll 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:31.000 be active on D -STAR. I believe ICON is sending 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.859 us a pair of the 5100s for operating D -STAR. 00:29:35.150 --> 00:29:38.069 from the location. We'll also be on EchoLink 00:29:38.069 --> 00:29:41.089 and that conference node we'll be reusing is 00:29:41.089 --> 00:29:47.009 star -jambo -star or node number 832996. Hopefully 00:29:47.009 --> 00:29:49.410 that should be running quite well. I just upgraded 00:29:49.410 --> 00:29:53.029 that droplet on DigitalOcean and it seems to 00:29:53.029 --> 00:29:55.230 be running pretty stable. So we'll probably connect 00:29:55.230 --> 00:29:59.230 that in and also we'll be running a nightly net 00:29:59.230 --> 00:30:02.640 from the the actual location there where we'll 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.900 probably be bridging both the 440 and two meter 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:08.460 repeaters there. And depending upon the traffic, 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:12.000 we might actually bridge in Jambo as well during 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:15.160 that net so people can contact us on the net 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:17.759 and kind of hear what's going on from all the 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:20.299 all the amateurs that will be on the event. We 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:22.200 get a lot of check ins from the other camps and 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.660 other teams working in the other area. So it's 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:27.680 always a was a fun net to kind of just say hi 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.440 and and everybody's like wanting to come over 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.680 and visit the station when they get a day off, 00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:34.819 which, you know, we don't really get days off. 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:39.980 Yeah, you don't get much downtime. I'm sure. 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.460 All right. Let's try the call again. Maybe that 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.960 maybe it worked here. Let's try it. Welcome to 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:56.700 HamTalk Live. Hello. Nothing heard. OK, well, 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:05.619 I will. Hang this one up if it'll let me Try 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:07.799 it again, I don't know what's going on with this 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:13.579 technology You can come over here and fix all 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.700 this okay now We've got the calls cleared so 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:18.819 we can so we can try it again eight one two six 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:23.150 five zero nine five five six Is the phone number 00:31:23.150 --> 00:31:26.910 to call and so we talked about all the the digital 00:31:26.910 --> 00:31:31.190 voice stuff Let me go back over here to Twitter 00:31:31.190 --> 00:31:35.390 because we did have the the D star question and 00:31:35.390 --> 00:31:38.849 I believe we had oh we had one earlier tonight, 00:31:39.069 --> 00:31:43.049 which Jim I think you already addressed on Twitter, 00:31:43.069 --> 00:31:47.569 but the question was from Casey nine Z or Casey 00:31:47.569 --> 00:31:51.119 seven ZIE rather uh... in las vegas and want 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:53.799 to know how he can get involved in his local 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:57.279 areas so uh... for those who didn't see your 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.960 response uh... fill them in on that you know 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:05.420 i'll provide the response that i gave and then 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:08.559 i want to turn it over to to bill and and mike 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:13.380 as well uh... really the uh... the best way to 00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:17.789 get engaged with scouting is to Ideally, through 00:32:17.789 --> 00:32:20.529 somebody that you know that's a Scoutmaster or 00:32:20.529 --> 00:32:23.809 a Cubmaster, something like that. Actually, I 00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:27.130 have a case in point here that I was setting 00:32:27.130 --> 00:32:31.089 up my Rover mobile in the street in a gala. One 00:32:31.089 --> 00:32:33.710 of my neighbors came by and said, went through 00:32:33.710 --> 00:32:36.869 the usual explanations, and she said, you know, 00:32:37.150 --> 00:32:40.029 my Cub Scout, Dan, might be really interested 00:32:40.029 --> 00:32:43.630 in this. And I go, you betcha. Let me do a meeting 00:32:43.630 --> 00:32:48.279 for you. really the best way. If you're gonna 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:51.440 contact a local council, they're at too high 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.559 a level to take advantage of it. Also, check 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:57.900 in with your club or your nearby clubs. They're 00:32:57.900 --> 00:33:00.480 probably running a jam, or they may be running 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.019 a jamboree on the air event that you can get 00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:06.519 engaged with. Those are two ways, but I know 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:09.380 Bill and Mike may be a bit closer to it, and 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:12.740 you guys have got some other ideas. Please chime 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:16.640 in here. Come back to the event, the World Scout 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.859 Jamboree, we have a mailing list that we've set 00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:25.380 up over on groups .io slash G slash NA1WJ for 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:28.640 people that are interested in finding out how 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:32.059 they can get on the air with us. maybe talked 00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:35.339 with us directly outside of, you know, the social 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:37.799 media platforms if you don't do that. The Groups 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.940 .io is a great, great location for that. We've 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:43.220 been talking to a lot of people that have joined 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.059 that list. I think we're over a hundred members 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:47.920 on the list right now that are, you know, telling 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:50.160 us where they're at, where they're located, what 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:53.039 station they have, and when their availability 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:58.559 is. So we can get together and get that information 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:03.549 out in yet another way. of providing communication 00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:07.809 and feedback on that. How about you, Mike? Well, 00:34:07.910 --> 00:34:11.289 yeah, I would just say to get involved in ham 00:34:11.289 --> 00:34:14.750 radio and scouting, as Bill said, there's any 00:34:14.750 --> 00:34:18.590 number of ways, or as Jim said. But one thing 00:34:18.590 --> 00:34:21.070 I would say is if you call a couple of questions 00:34:21.070 --> 00:34:22.969 to ask, and it depends on what their interests 00:34:22.969 --> 00:34:26.469 would be, but who chairs the jamboree on the 00:34:26.469 --> 00:34:29.610 air and the local council? and maybe the council 00:34:29.610 --> 00:34:31.530 office can refer you to that individual, you 00:34:31.530 --> 00:34:34.329 can then ask them, they'll be a ham, how you 00:34:34.329 --> 00:34:38.130 can get involved. To also ask about becoming 00:34:38.130 --> 00:34:41.329 a radio merit badge counselor, and they would 00:34:41.329 --> 00:34:43.190 get you in touch with the people, the things 00:34:43.190 --> 00:34:46.429 you need to do to qualify to get certified as 00:34:46.429 --> 00:34:48.250 a merit badge counselor, and then kind of get 00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:51.590 into that loop. And each council is a little 00:34:51.590 --> 00:34:53.869 different in how they handle this stuff, so it's 00:34:53.869 --> 00:34:57.610 hard to give you one prescribed method, but just 00:34:57.610 --> 00:35:02.090 Just start talking to any scouts that you may 00:35:02.090 --> 00:35:06.289 know. There are some advantages. I was assistant 00:35:06.289 --> 00:35:08.690 scoutmaster. Both of my boys were licensed when 00:35:08.690 --> 00:35:11.190 they were 12. When we went on campouts, I gave 00:35:11.190 --> 00:35:13.510 them two meter hand -helds. That allowed me to 00:35:13.510 --> 00:35:16.070 sit around the camp, drink coffee, and get periodic 00:35:16.070 --> 00:35:20.869 reports. I didn't have to go check on them. Perfect. 00:35:22.210 --> 00:35:24.650 Perfect. One more thing I could think about. 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:27.719 Yeah, well probably a couple things obviously 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:30.320 you can come visit us at the ktbsa .net website 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:33.760 we have lifetime memberships available there 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.920 where we Can send you out information you can 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:40.300 get involved we can talk all about the how you 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:42.800 want to get involved in radio scouting We have 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:46.380 the USA radio scouting net is every second Thursday 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:50.190 of every month at 9 p .m. Central on Echolink 00:35:50.190 --> 00:35:52.489 and that's hosted over on a conference node of 00:35:52.489 --> 00:35:58.550 star Jota -365 star or conference node 480809. 00:35:59.409 --> 00:36:01.349 So you can check that out. Also you can subscribe 00:36:01.349 --> 00:36:04.489 to our Jamboree on the Air email newsletter on 00:36:04.489 --> 00:36:07.909 the K2BSA site as well and there's tons of information 00:36:07.909 --> 00:36:11.210 that goes out in that quite often. What do you 00:36:11.210 --> 00:36:13.210 say Jim? Like every couple months there's at 00:36:13.210 --> 00:36:15.269 least some stuff going out? Yeah, about every 00:36:15.269 --> 00:36:19.269 two, three months more as we get closer to the 00:36:19.269 --> 00:36:22.329 event. Yeah, so it's not high volume newsletters. 00:36:22.329 --> 00:36:23.809 You don't have to worry about being spammed and 00:36:23.809 --> 00:36:27.530 stuff like that. But it does give you that constant 00:36:27.530 --> 00:36:30.769 reminder of what's going on with radio scouting 00:36:30.769 --> 00:36:35.610 directly from the K2BSA. And this lifetime membership 00:36:35.610 --> 00:36:42.750 will set you back an entire 12 bucks. All right, 00:36:42.829 --> 00:36:45.750 well. The same person called back again. We're 00:36:45.750 --> 00:36:49.309 going to try it again. So let's see if it works. 00:36:49.809 --> 00:36:51.429 I'm starting to think there's something wrong 00:36:51.429 --> 00:36:53.949 with the phone system, but we'll try it. Welcome 00:36:53.949 --> 00:37:02.170 to HamTalk Live. Just broken again. Of course. 00:37:02.329 --> 00:37:07.670 It worked fine 30 minutes before the show. When 00:37:07.670 --> 00:37:11.170 I called it, it worked fine. But now, of course 00:37:11.170 --> 00:37:14.599 not. Okay, I guess we're giving up on the phone 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.320 lines tonight. We'll just do this work on the 00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:22.059 tweets in the chat here One two six five zero 00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:24.059 nine five five six is the number you're supposed 00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:27.900 to call but I Don't know that that's working 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:31.760 tonight. We'll have to see oh, oh it was kg5 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:36.199 gjt So we got his question in so good got a got 00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:39.099 a tweet from him. So Okay, so we know who that 00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:43.889 was Okay, well Anything else that we need to 00:37:43.889 --> 00:37:46.349 talk about here with World Scout Jamboree? We 00:37:46.349 --> 00:37:49.150 might talk about Jamboree on the air a little 00:37:49.150 --> 00:37:51.949 bit, but anything else we need to make sure we 00:37:51.949 --> 00:37:56.320 hit with the World Scout Jamboree guys? I think 00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:59.559 we beat it up pretty good. I'm pleased we were 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:03.159 able to get all that information out and delighted 00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:07.059 that you're hosting us tonight. But yeah, we 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.960 can talk a little bit about Jambri on the air 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:13.460 as well. Did you want to mention about the QSL 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.820 cards and the availability and how that's actually 00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:20.769 going to work this time? Yes. Bill kind of touched 00:38:20.769 --> 00:38:25.369 on it before. We're going to use the full technology 00:38:25.369 --> 00:38:30.769 sweep on the logs. We're using N1MM and ideally 00:38:30.769 --> 00:38:36.519 we'll be synchronizing, uploading the logs. Ideally, 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:41.340 every day, if not in real time, but ideally every 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:45.679 day to club log, syncing that with log book of 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:53.079 the world. that will be posted on our website, 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.679 so you can do a search on the website for your 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.440 call sign, see if you've made it into the log, 00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:01.539 and then of course Logbook of the World will 00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:04.659 give you a confirmation. But we have a QSL manager, 00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:10.579 Donald Sonnefeld, KD2FIL, and he will handle 00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:16.260 direct requests for QSLs, and then Clubblog itself, 00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:19.800 we've activated their online QSL request service, 00:39:20.470 --> 00:39:23.389 primarily for people overseas because I think 00:39:23.389 --> 00:39:26.469 we're we're charging two bucks and the two bucks 00:39:26.469 --> 00:39:29.710 is for the postage to get it overseas so it's 00:39:29.710 --> 00:39:32.489 it's not the best way to get a QSL card in the 00:39:32.489 --> 00:39:38.170 US but you can you can use it a few people did 00:39:38.170 --> 00:39:43.039 in 2017 but so I yeah that and QSL pretty nifty 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:46.019 too. You can see a picture of one on Neil's post 00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:51.699 and in our Facebook page and the website as well. 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:55.599 Yeah, it's a very well done QSL card, so that'll 00:39:55.599 --> 00:40:02.380 be a good one. Well, KG5GJT here also asks, will 00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:08.480 there be a Radio Merit Badge class during the 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:12.630 World Scout Jamboree? No, there won't. This is 00:40:12.630 --> 00:40:15.989 the World Jamboree. There are 160 different scout 00:40:15.989 --> 00:40:19.349 organizations there. Not all of them have a radio 00:40:19.349 --> 00:40:21.769 merit badge. In fact, some of them don't have 00:40:21.769 --> 00:40:26.369 a merit badge program. So it's not an activity 00:40:26.369 --> 00:40:29.889 that fits in a World Scout Jamboree, which is 00:40:29.889 --> 00:40:32.349 unfortunate. We did it. We always do it for the 00:40:32.349 --> 00:40:36.610 National Jamboree, but not for a World Jamboree. 00:40:38.160 --> 00:40:40.699 Okay, now we want we got a couple other things 00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:44.099 to talk about but real quickly Do you have a 00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:49.260 little bit of a preview on Jota? Let's see Jambri 00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:53.019 on the air third weekend in October and I'm not 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:56.300 looking at the dates right now 18th 19th and 00:40:56.300 --> 00:41:00.420 20th. Okay good. Yeah, so that's Friday Saturday 00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:07.670 and Sunday and local time. It's not a contest 00:41:07.670 --> 00:41:11.630 so it doesn't start at 00 hours UTC or anything 00:41:11.630 --> 00:41:15.369 like that. It's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:21.210 And lots of, well, it's the largest scouting 00:41:21.210 --> 00:41:23.550 event in the world. Now we just mentioned 50 00:41:23.550 --> 00:41:27.250 ,000 scouts at the World Scout Jamboree. That's 00:41:27.250 --> 00:41:30.769 the next largest scouting event. Jambri on the 00:41:30.769 --> 00:41:35.389 air is typically a million. I think last year 00:41:35.389 --> 00:41:40.690 we got 1 .8 million. Our target for 2021 is 3 00:41:40.690 --> 00:41:44.309 million. So it's a big event, it's fun to get 00:41:44.309 --> 00:41:47.170 on the air and connect scouts to one another 00:41:47.170 --> 00:41:51.869 and introduce the technology. And that's a great 00:41:51.869 --> 00:41:54.190 way to get engaged with scouting as well. It's 00:41:54.190 --> 00:41:57.170 typically setting up a station, or it's ideally 00:41:57.170 --> 00:42:00.800 almost, setting up a station at a camperee. where 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.619 the scouts are already there. They've got lots 00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:06.900 of activities. They'll stop by the station. Some 00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:10.199 won't let go, and they'll catch on fire about 00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:13.079 ham radio. Others will go, yeah, okay, whatever, 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:16.579 but you planted a seed. So that's Jambri on the 00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:20.699 air, third weekend in October. Okay, so let's 00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:23.539 come up. Oh, yeah, go ahead, Mark. Yeah, I just 00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:27.750 had a comment about that. And Jim's right, most 00:42:27.750 --> 00:42:30.949 of these are at Camp Rees, but it's also not 00:42:30.949 --> 00:42:33.650 a bad project for a ham club. If they can get 00:42:33.650 --> 00:42:35.869 in contact with the local scouting organization 00:42:35.869 --> 00:42:39.150 to make a station available. We've done this 00:42:39.150 --> 00:42:42.210 in the past and there are some requirements, 00:42:42.210 --> 00:42:46.989 even in we blows that require participation in 00:42:46.989 --> 00:42:53.039 an event like JOTA. Make your state, we always 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:55.000 talk in ham radio. How do we get youth involved? 00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:58.400 How do we engage youth in ham radio? This is 00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:01.719 the perfect project for a club working in conjunction 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:04.619 with scouting to make the station available, 00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:09.260 sponsor the event, have it staffed, you know, 00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:12.000 partner with your local council or your local 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:17.000 troop or local cup pack. and put something on 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.960 the air. It doesn't have to be all weekend. You 00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:21.239 can do it on Saturday. You can do it on Sunday. 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:25.460 Both or one or part of a day. But it is an excellent 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:28.800 way to get involved and to get youth exposed 00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:31.219 to ham radio. We're always asking about that. 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:35.719 This is a ready -made project. And very good 00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:38.699 point, Mike. You remind me that we have a local 00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:42.070 church here. Yeah, local church, it has a couple 00:43:42.070 --> 00:43:46.570 of units, a troop and a pack, and there's a ham 00:43:46.570 --> 00:43:49.409 club that sets up in the parking lot, and they 00:43:49.409 --> 00:43:51.730 get a lot of scouts in the morning on Saturday, 00:43:52.090 --> 00:43:55.789 they get a lot of scouts in the afternoon, and 00:43:55.789 --> 00:43:58.630 it's a good turnout for them. You have to be 00:43:58.630 --> 00:44:01.750 patient when setting up that, because people 00:44:01.750 --> 00:44:04.989 are so busy these days, but it's a great way 00:44:04.989 --> 00:44:09.230 to do it. in the Longhorn Council, I'm the guy 00:44:09.230 --> 00:44:13.610 that's trying to organize the station for the 00:44:13.610 --> 00:44:16.309 council office. And I'm reaching out to local 00:44:16.309 --> 00:44:19.730 clubs and saying, hey, here it is. Got an opportunity 00:44:19.730 --> 00:44:24.530 to set up a station and get the scouts out. So, 00:44:24.530 --> 00:44:29.750 yep, good, good. And a lot of the districts and 00:44:29.750 --> 00:44:31.989 councils, that's the last weekend of popcorn 00:44:31.989 --> 00:44:33.929 sales. At least generally it's been the last 00:44:33.929 --> 00:44:36.750 weekend of popcorn sales. A lot of times they 00:44:36.750 --> 00:44:39.690 have sort of district little meetup stations 00:44:39.690 --> 00:44:42.630 where they have like a fill up the sheet thing 00:44:42.630 --> 00:44:45.250 going on and normally ice cream or something 00:44:45.250 --> 00:44:47.849 like that for the scouts that fill their sheets 00:44:47.849 --> 00:44:50.050 up and can come in and take a break selling that 00:44:50.050 --> 00:44:52.849 last weekend of popcorn. So getting in contact 00:44:52.849 --> 00:44:54.860 with your districts and stuff like that. that 00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:56.559 are having those kind of events it's a great 00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:58.579 time to kind of show up at the park throw up 00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:01.880 a little portable station and uh you know why 00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.559 people are there having some ice cream they can 00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:06.340 take a look at what you're doing in amateur radio 00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:11.599 sounds like some fun stuff and and jim i know 00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:14.280 that one of the things you do is you like to 00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:19.159 go out roving and and set up Portable and do 00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:21.980 some satellite operation and and that brings 00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:24.880 us to our other topic tonight Which we don't 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:27.780 have a whole lot of time for but we need to get 00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:30.880 this in because it's just a lot of fun It's Walmart 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:33.780 parking lots on the air and it's coming up July 00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:37.480 6th and 7th So give us your thoughts on Wimploda 00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:41.019 and and I understand that that you've done dollar 00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:45.119 general parking lot on the air Well, that's true. 00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:50.480 And you noted that I like to do some rover operations 00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:56.150 chiefly around these days in the VHF. In fact, 00:45:56.190 --> 00:45:59.329 for the June contest, I was out in the panhandle 00:45:59.329 --> 00:46:03.269 of Texas, where the land is flat and there's 00:46:03.269 --> 00:46:07.929 clear horizons anywhere you look. Perfect location 00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:11.869 for VHF roving and for satellites. But yes, I've 00:46:11.869 --> 00:46:14.829 done some satellite roving as well, so a lot 00:46:14.829 --> 00:46:18.250 of satellite operations. And my little thing 00:46:18.250 --> 00:46:22.369 was in the town of Lone Oak, Texas, there's a 00:46:22.369 --> 00:46:26.630 grid line. I think it's EchoMic 22 and EchoMic 00:46:26.630 --> 00:46:30.869 23. And that line happens to go through a very 00:46:30.869 --> 00:46:33.429 small parking lot of a Dollar General store. 00:46:33.570 --> 00:46:37.289 So I found the right parking space, went in and 00:46:37.289 --> 00:46:41.389 told the proprietor there that I was not completely 00:46:41.389 --> 00:46:45.860 wacky. but I was going to be operating ham radio. 00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:48.019 They didn't seem to have too much trouble with 00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:51.900 it. So I have activated a parking lot, but not 00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:55.219 a Walmart parking lot yet. So I've got that opportunity 00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:59.380 to come up. But I want to point out something. 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:04.059 The first, as those who are active in satellites 00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:09.489 know, Twitter is a... cauldron, if you will, 00:47:09.590 --> 00:47:12.429 of activity there. That's where you learn what's 00:47:12.429 --> 00:47:14.710 happening and all the chatter that goes on. And 00:47:14.710 --> 00:47:21.090 I observed in all those connections this tiny 00:47:21.090 --> 00:47:24.989 idea of, hey, somebody, maybe they even took 00:47:24.989 --> 00:47:27.329 a photo of somebody activating a parking lot 00:47:27.329 --> 00:47:29.269 and they said, why don't we do this? And they 00:47:29.269 --> 00:47:31.989 picked a date and they picked the rules and they... 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:38.760 developed a wiki and it grew enormously. It was 00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:42.119 a crowd source kind of a thing that happened 00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:51.019 and incredible participation. Lots of fun activities, 00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:55.119 awards, and all of that sort of stuff. I recommend 00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:58.139 it if you enjoy satellite operating. This is 00:47:58.139 --> 00:48:03.920 the event to connect with. Now it really did 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:06.679 just start from an idea, you know, and people 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:09.940 did what you did is hey There's a grid line that 00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:12.400 runs right through this Walmart parking lot and 00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:15.579 and so no we're not out to you know to promote 00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:20.119 Walmart, but They're big open spaces, which are 00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:22.579 great for satellite and and a lot of these grid 00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:26.539 lines We're gonna run through those parking lots 00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:29.059 and so that's kind of where it all got started 00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:31.599 and everybody just started making up their own 00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:35.619 rules and they stuck and so some of the rules 00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:41.309 are kind of unusual. You know, one that comes 00:48:41.309 --> 00:48:44.610 to mind, I think it's called the MacGyver. Yes, 00:48:44.750 --> 00:48:47.329 the MacGyver Works at Walmart award, where you 00:48:47.329 --> 00:48:50.130 go into the Walmart and you buy what you need 00:48:50.130 --> 00:48:52.769 to build your antenna and you come out in the 00:48:52.769 --> 00:48:54.989 parking lot and put it together and get on the 00:48:54.989 --> 00:49:00.130 air with it. Absolutely incredible stuff. So 00:49:00.130 --> 00:49:03.110 the second annual weekend of Wemploda is coming 00:49:03.110 --> 00:49:06.869 up soon, July 6th at zero hundred Zulu. that's 00:49:06.869 --> 00:49:10.590 friday night at eight eastern for uh... for the 00:49:10.590 --> 00:49:14.269 non zulu time people and twenty three fifty nine 00:49:14.269 --> 00:49:18.230 zulu on sunday july seventh the exchange is at 00:49:18.230 --> 00:49:22.929 least your call sign and hopefully either or 00:49:22.929 --> 00:49:26.070 maybe both the walmart store number which you 00:49:26.070 --> 00:49:29.170 can look up on on the walmart side or on the 00:49:29.170 --> 00:49:33.630 app or the four digit uh... grid square uh... 00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:37.239 maybe both just kind of depends because on satellite 00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:41.239 time is precious so do what you can there but 00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:45.619 if you're operating for more than one store they 00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:48.659 really encourage give the store number so that 00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:51.500 way people know that you're at a different place 00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:55.699 so you can work it again for new credit and jim 00:49:55.699 --> 00:50:02.769 mentioned twitter the hashtag is wmplota Walmart 00:50:02.769 --> 00:50:06.550 parking lots on the air. So make sure to check 00:50:06.550 --> 00:50:10.349 that out. But, you know, you don't have to be 00:50:10.349 --> 00:50:12.670 at a Walmart parking lot to be an associate. 00:50:12.670 --> 00:50:14.869 You have to be at a Walmart parking lot. So you 00:50:14.869 --> 00:50:17.489 can work Walmart parking lots on the air. But 00:50:17.489 --> 00:50:19.849 if you want to be an associate, you got to go 00:50:19.849 --> 00:50:23.230 to a Walmart parking lot. Now, Brett, let me 00:50:23.230 --> 00:50:28.070 get his call sign. W Y seven B G. Yes. Says, 00:50:28.190 --> 00:50:30.570 how about Trader Joe's parking lot on the air? 00:50:30.789 --> 00:50:34.050 Well, Maybe we can come up with that one, too. 00:50:35.389 --> 00:50:40.889 It's got to be a Walmart or a Sam's Club or the 00:50:40.889 --> 00:50:42.610 neighborhood market or whatever. It's got to 00:50:42.610 --> 00:50:46.570 be the same group in the U .S. Now, if you're 00:50:46.570 --> 00:50:50.150 in a location that doesn't have one, for DX, 00:50:50.530 --> 00:50:54.750 in fact, it mentions that anything equivalent 00:50:54.750 --> 00:50:57.690 would work. Any big store with a big parking 00:50:57.690 --> 00:51:01.550 lot would work. uh... but where there's walmart's 00:51:01.550 --> 00:51:04.309 it it it's gotta stick to walmart and samson 00:51:04.309 --> 00:51:07.369 and this and the sam's market and and that kind 00:51:07.369 --> 00:51:12.730 of thing uh... so uh... let's see what else do 00:51:12.730 --> 00:51:14.570 we need to talk about we talked about a lot of 00:51:14.570 --> 00:51:17.690 that stuff already uh... but If you want to check 00:51:17.690 --> 00:51:21.030 out all these bonuses and multipliers and stuff, 00:51:21.449 --> 00:51:25.170 go over to wmplota .org. That's W -M -P -L -O 00:51:25.170 --> 00:51:29.949 -T -A, WalmartParkingLotsOnTheAir .org for the 00:51:29.949 --> 00:51:33.030 complete list. But this will just give you a 00:51:33.030 --> 00:51:36.579 little bit of an idea of the fun. things that 00:51:36.579 --> 00:51:39.460 people have created just and some of these are 00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:41.480 created just so they'll get points and nobody 00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:45.900 else uh that was kind of the fun thing of it 00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:48.099 that you know they made them so specific there's 00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:51.000 no way anybody else will get them but but the 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:54.329 person who wrote the rule will So there's a couple 00:51:54.329 --> 00:51:59.250 of apocalyptic multipliers. The zombie multiplier 00:51:59.250 --> 00:52:03.889 is if you go through AO7, which is the satellite 00:52:03.889 --> 00:52:06.670 that came back to life after the battery shorted 00:52:06.670 --> 00:52:11.150 out. So there's that one. And then if you go 00:52:11.150 --> 00:52:15.329 through a packet sat, there's the robot overlords 00:52:15.329 --> 00:52:20.610 multiplier. But zombie chasers need to always 00:52:20.610 --> 00:52:30.340 roll back the power Because if it's a07 you'll 00:52:30.340 --> 00:52:32.880 you'll knock it off the air so if you overload 00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:36.619 the receiver So make sure you roll back the power 00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:38.820 and if the zombies hear you They'll eat you and 00:52:38.820 --> 00:52:40.780 they'll kill you for the fun of everyone says 00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:42.820 that's what it says here in the rules anyway 00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:46.500 So there's an early bird the first contact that's 00:52:46.500 --> 00:52:50.219 made between two operators in the activation 00:52:50.219 --> 00:52:54.340 window. Jim talked about the MacGyver Award if 00:52:54.340 --> 00:52:56.760 you make your antenna out of stuff that you got. 00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:59.239 The Sam Walton Award goes to the most stores 00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:03.539 activated. You get bonuses for being near a grid 00:53:03.539 --> 00:53:11.539 line, on a grid line. Within three kilometers 00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:17.360 of gridline back to school is if you have a student 00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:21.099 kindergarten through college that participates 00:53:21.099 --> 00:53:25.780 Social media post is called the big talker There's 00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:28.760 the spelling bee if you can get call sign suffixes 00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:32.460 that spell out Walmart If you get a W and A and 00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:37.179 L M A R T then you get 25 bonus points and this 00:53:37.179 --> 00:53:42.000 is always around the birthday of Walmart. So 00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:46.440 if you have a birthday cake or other baked confection 00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:49.800 in celebration of the birthday of Walmart and 00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:53.139 post that on social media, you get a bonus. You 00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:55.579 get a bonus for picking up trash in the parking 00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:59.380 lot. You get a bonus for replacing a dislocated 00:53:59.380 --> 00:54:03.300 shopping cart to try to clean up. And then here's 00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:05.619 the ones that I love. The ones that are kind 00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:09.519 of made that are really specific like The people 00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:12.539 of Walmart you get a selfie from the parking 00:54:12.539 --> 00:54:17.559 lot All Roy you have to It's the activator with 00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:22.179 the most Twitter posts of their dog From an activated 00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:27.039 parking lot and then there's all Roy with Roy 00:54:27.039 --> 00:54:30.780 So you get a picture of your dog at the parking 00:54:30.780 --> 00:54:35.840 lot, but the operator's name has to be Roy So 00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:40.329 it's all Roy with Roy Special Kitty is the same 00:54:40.329 --> 00:54:45.070 as Olroy but with your cat. Buy one, get one 00:54:45.070 --> 00:54:47.989 free Tabor Squared. So if you talk to Chris Tabor, 00:54:48.090 --> 00:54:52.170 K7TAB, and Doug Tabor in 9UA on the same pass, 00:54:53.269 --> 00:54:58.190 you get that. And let me end with this one. This 00:54:58.190 --> 00:55:02.590 is the important one. The great value bonus is 00:55:02.590 --> 00:55:05.809 a QSO while eating chicken obtained from the 00:55:05.809 --> 00:55:11.179 deli. Because that Saturday is National Fried 00:55:11.179 --> 00:55:18.000 Chicken Day. It's not a coincidence. It's National 00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:21.619 Fried Chicken Day. So if you get the chicken 00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:24.800 bonus, it's even National Fried Chicken Day. 00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:28.219 So that's even better. So guys, thoughts here 00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:34.570 on Wimploda before we wrap this up? I could rip 00:55:34.570 --> 00:55:36.949 myself out. My first name is Roy. If someone 00:55:36.949 --> 00:55:49.130 needs points. Bill. Sounds good to me. I'm going 00:55:49.130 --> 00:55:53.159 to say surely you have a comment. No, no, that's 00:55:53.159 --> 00:55:55.260 that's a great that's such a great event I like 00:55:55.260 --> 00:55:58.079 all these on the air events from the various 00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:01.340 various things We have the one that appears pretty 00:56:01.340 --> 00:56:03.480 interesting is the the mines on the air one I 00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:04.760 always want to try to do that because we have 00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:08.460 so many old mines Yeah, yeah, there's mines on 00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:12.679 the air. There's Craters on the air. They were 00:56:12.679 --> 00:56:15.400 gonna start that one up and all kinds of stuff. 00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:21.949 So so this one's coming up July Where'd it go? 00:56:22.309 --> 00:56:27.250 July 6th and 7th. And it is on satellite, so 00:56:27.250 --> 00:56:30.909 that's why it's in the parking lot, so you get 00:56:30.909 --> 00:56:35.449 a clear horizon, hopefully. That's Walmart parking 00:56:35.449 --> 00:56:40.489 lots on the air, the second annual one. It's 00:56:40.489 --> 00:56:42.409 actually the third one, but the second annual, 00:56:42.610 --> 00:56:45.550 because we did an extra one there last year. 00:56:46.539 --> 00:56:49.139 Alright guys. Well, thanks so much for coming 00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:52.079 on the show and and talking about the World Scout 00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:56.699 Jamboree and and also a little bit about Wimploda 00:56:56.699 --> 00:57:00.760 tonight and Best of luck to some good weather 00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:03.300 and good propagation and all of your hardware 00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:08.760 networking actually working That last one, that's 00:57:08.760 --> 00:57:14.699 going to be tough. Neil, thank you very much 00:57:14.699 --> 00:57:19.519 for hosting us, for helping get the word out 00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:24.079 about it. We look forward to working you during 00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:28.360 the Jamboree, giving you Echo Mic 97 on a satellite. 00:57:30.760 --> 00:57:36.340 Just thanks very much. You're very welcome. Anything 00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:41.099 else guys? No, I echo my thanks as well. It's 00:57:41.099 --> 00:57:43.659 appreciated. Let us get the word out Yeah, thanks 00:57:43.659 --> 00:57:46.280 a lot and make sure you visit us at ktubsa .net 00:57:46.280 --> 00:57:49.309 for more information Yep, that's the place to 00:57:49.309 --> 00:57:52.389 go. And yeah, I do look forward to to working 00:57:52.389 --> 00:57:54.750 you guys while you're out there at the Jamboree. 00:57:54.829 --> 00:57:57.909 Well, that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:57:57.909 --> 00:58:00.289 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, Bill Stearns 00:58:00.289 --> 00:58:03.670 in E4RD, Mike Crownover, AD5A, and Jim Wilson, 00:58:03.789 --> 00:58:06.769 K5ND, and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:58:06.769 --> 00:58:10.820 listening and typing in and also... hear you 00:58:10.820 --> 00:58:14.539 back two weeks from tonight. I'm gonna take next 00:58:14.539 --> 00:58:16.960 week off. It's actually the 4th of July, so there 00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:19.920 won't be a program next week. But two weeks from 00:58:19.920 --> 00:58:23.539 tonight, I will actually be at the Teachers Institute 00:58:23.539 --> 00:58:26.500 at ARRL headquarters out in Newington. And so 00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:29.679 we're gonna come live from Newington next. time. 00:58:30.380 --> 00:58:33.500 In two weeks, Matt Severin, N8MS, and others 00:58:33.500 --> 00:58:37.059 will be on the show to talk about the ARL Teachers 00:58:37.059 --> 00:58:39.820 Institute, and we'll be out in Connecticut, probably 00:58:39.820 --> 00:58:43.380 the hotel or something, but we'll be out there. 00:58:45.630 --> 00:58:48.449 Enjoy the 4th of July. Enjoy your Independence 00:58:48.449 --> 00:58:52.710 Day safely and then I'll talk to you from Newington 00:58:52.710 --> 00:58:55.909 here in a couple of weeks and hopefully some 00:58:55.909 --> 00:58:59.130 of you on Walmart parking lots on the air on 00:58:59.130 --> 00:59:01.710 the drive out there. 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