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latest news from Hamvention 2019. It's Hamvention
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live on Thursday, May 9th, 2019. I'm your host,
Neil Rapp. WB9VPG, thanks for tuning into this
episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined
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awards committee of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike
resides in Zeno, Ohio and is a past president
of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and the
Hamvention general chairman in 2011 and 12. He's
currently the treasurer and a board member of
DARA. So Michael, welcome back. Ah, Neil, it's
great to be back and I'm getting pretty excited.
You know, all the years that I've been working
with Hamvention and actually we eat, sleep, drink
and breathe it. I mean, 750 volunteers and they're
all so dedicated. We are just excited that golly,
in another week, another week, we'll be at Hamvention
Eve. So, Hamvention Eve. So, very excited and
you're going to be there and you've got a special
show coming up next. uh... thursday night as
well to give lots of details about invention
so i'm excited about that well it uh... it went
over so well last year we we actually did a listener
poll uh... to see uh... if they wanted that again
this year or uh... back to our interview uh...
format and talking to people as they uh... as
they roll in and and the response from the listeners
was no we want all that information again so
well that's what we're going to do so uh... well
uh... we've got uh... Eric Elwell KD4BNT lined
up for the weather and we're going to talk to
some people about traffic and parking and we'll
get all that squared away activities and we've
got a little special interview time at the end
actually we're going to talk to some people who
are rolling in for Hamvention but it's going
to be a little different so you'll have to tune
in and find out about that next Thursday night.
But I'm excited and ready to get over there.
Been working on plans for two or three months
now, trying to get everything put together. And
this weekend, I'm going to test out the sound
system and everything and be ready to go. So
one of the things that I'm going to skip ahead,
actually, Because it is one of the things that
have been pretty excited about the last couple
of days is this new app and and i'm getting all
kinds of. responses from other people who are
on the app and it's like you trade contact information
and you find each other and I went in there and
my schedule for Hamvention is not quite as bad
as yours but it's pretty bad. I got to remember
where I'm going when because I've got you know
15 million places that I'm supposed to be and
You just go in there and you just punch the buttons
and it tells you what room everything's going
to be in and where everybody is and the times
and everything. So tell us about this app. Well,
you pretty much got it. You pretty much nailed
it. And we're all excited about this app. And
so please sign up for it. I think there should
be... Links there should be on our website, www
.hamvention .org. But I also, Neil, want to urge
people to spend time on our website, get to know
it a little bit, and look at the amazing forums
that we're going to have this year. I mean, there
are so many great forums that are going on simultaneously.
And I really hope people take the time. You know,
when Hamvention first started back in the early
50s at the Biltmore Hotel, I wasn't there then,
but one of the things that really kicked off
getting Hamvention going were the forums and
they were so popular and I think also too we
were in a pretty good location in the Midwest
here for so many people to come. But please,
I really don't want to go down and tell everybody
all the folks that are coming. I will mention
that Tana Fiskav is coming. And one thing that
looks very interesting, she'll be in the Instructors
Forum with Carol Perry. But she's going to talk
about the use of space weather information in
the classroom. But still, I think she has a couple
other spots too. Very, very, very important.
uh, scientist and has recently got her, um, license.
So we're very excited about her coming as well.
It's just so many people. I'm afraid I'd leave
somebody out if I start talking about it. Yeah.
And, and that one's on my list, the instructors
form and Dr. Scove and, uh, uh, all that, that's
one of them that's on my list to do. So that's
a, that's a great, another, another really good
one. is our National Weather Service Forum and
our weather service out of Brandon Pellequin
and he's the warning coordination meteorologist
at our National Weather Service in Wilmington.
So I'm putting a plug in because I am one of
the main net control operators from the weather
station there and we cover, if you draw a line
through the middle of Ohio, we cover the southern
part of Ohio, northern Kentucky, and eastern
Indiana. But Brandon has a really, I mean, a
great forum, and the presentation is really amazing,
and I really urge people to take a look at his
forum, you know, and there's so many others,
I mean, for the contesters, and Tim Duffy has
a whole group coming in, and... There's so many
things. And I also want to mention, this is the
80th year celebration for the YLRL, the Young
Ladies Radio League. And if you've never been
to one of their forums, very, very interesting,
and find out a little bit about the YLRL. When
I was recently in Visalia, and I went to one
of the forums they had there, and I was really,
I was... I mean, the meat that the time went
so quickly. So very exciting thing. So that's
forums, but you know, you always like to talk
about food. So now we got, we got, we got to
qualify this. Okay. Cause cause the running gag
here on the show comes back from when we were
hair arena. And so when you want to give directions,
You'd say, well, you go down this hallway and
you go to the Cheesecake on a Stick. And you
turn left at the Cheesecake on a Stick. And it
was always the place to go. And so I was always
giving you a hard time about we lost Cheesecake
on a Stick. It's not there anymore. And then
last year, you came through. There was not one,
not two, but three different places that had
Cheesecake on a Stick. And Jill Combs was ecstatic.
Yeah, and there's even going to be, one of the
things that, you know, Harrow, you know, it's
a legacy. It was a great run while it was there.
But let's face it, I never liked the food there.
I was brought my own. I think a lot of people
did. But the great thing, you don't even need
to bring any food to this event because we have
these different food trucks and that part of
Ohio is is pretty rural and so you've got the
pork producers, you've got the beef guys that
come in, you've got homemade ice cream. My favorite
is the chicken and noodles. They've got people
cooking these pork chops and you walk through
that center area in the courtyard and it is hard
to get through there without buying something
because it smells so good. And the exciting thing
is ICOM this year is providing umbrellas at picnic
tables so people can get out of the sun. And
I'm saying out of the sun because, and I know
you don't like me to say this, but if you get
on the website, we have, and really study, that's
a great website. And our folks that put that
on put a lot of time to get this information
in there. But if you look at the weather coming
up, it actually looks spectacular. So far, you
know, we're getting a 10 -day outlook, and you
know, it's springtime, everything can change.
But boy, that weather looks just great, you know?
Don't jinx it, Michael. I would never jinx it,
you know? Anyway, so, but take a look at that,
but I really appreciate ICOM jumping in there.
So many different vendors and people are... trying
to add just a little bit more to the elegance
of hand -vention and We've got new fans in the
building big huge actually made by a company
called big ass fans in Lexington, Kentucky They
don't go real fast this thing I blow everything
away, but what it does it augments the the already
augments the Exhaust systems that we have in
there and so it will be really really nice it
should change the temperature even more. And
the temperature is expected to be right around
the highs, right around 70. So that's just perfect.
I mean, I feel really good when I'm buying amateur
radio equipment and it's like 70 or 72 degrees.
It's just like the perfect temperature to buy
things at. You know what I mean? Oh, I know what
you mean. And I was in Lexington last Saturday
actually. And I would always go down the street
where big -ass fans used to be located. And on
the side of the building, they had a billboard
-sized picture promoting their fans, and they
had a donkey. On the the picture and you know
big -ass fans and everything and and I was so
disappointed They painted over it the new people
in the that are using the building painted over
it And so the the big -ass fans billboard is
gone But their fans are great Hey, yeah, let
me talk about a couple let's get back I'm gonna
bring it on let's reel it back into hand -benching
there. Okay, you know what take take time to
look at our special event station that we're
going to have and you can find out all about
it right on our website and you know feel free
to contact any of the Chairman or John Mathis
or Charlie Lamb or Jim Tiederman and their contact
information. Well they're all good on QRZ so
you know that's that's another thing I think
a lot of people overlook but it is really A great
thing to look at. And then we have so many other
things that are happening outside activities.
So many activities that revolve in the whole
region. I say the region, Dayton, Green County.
So please take time to look at that. You can
go to the Hamvention site and you'll be able
to find out on other activities. You go to attendees
and you'll see. There's non -radio amateur radio
related activities if you have somebody that
you want to bring to Dayton, Dayton region and
other things to do. But and then all the other
evening activities it's all listed in here on
the on the web page. So we have a special event
for international attendees and You can find
out about that for those of you who are listening
in from India or somewhere like that. We do have
a lot of folks from India that come, but there's
a special event there and they tell you how to
contact Dr. Rick Allin at WSAG and he will help
give you the information of where this event
is going to be held. So that's for our international
guests. We really appreciate so many people coming
from all over the world. You know, I could talk
on and on, but I better give it back to you.
You might have a commercial or something. We've
got one coming up here, but there's just so many
things. And like you said, the website is just
full of information. I've been visiting there
often as I get things ready for next week and
checking things out. And, and I was just so excited
when I saw almost all of that information on
the app too, because that means I can carry it
around with me. And it's all there. So you've
got maps, you've got the exhibitor list, you've
got the flea market list, you've got the forum
times, all these things. And it's all there on
the website. So it really is worth your time
to go and check it out and make a plan because
there's so much to see at Hamvention that you
really need a plan. And I think this app is going
to help a lot and have heard a lot of good comments
the last couple of days about it. So any other
new things this year? I know we're kind of starting
to settle into the new place, you know, and things
are starting to not have to be created from scratch
all over again, but anything else that's new
this year? Well, I would really advise people
to look on the website. and look at where the
parking and directions are, and we have some
remote parking, the maps are on there, and take
a look at the remote parking lots, because I
tell you, almost everybody that takes these parks
in a remote spot, it's a lot easier to get in,
you're going to be shuttled a whole lot closer
to the event than you were in the past. that
is that is a big change and the tents this year
yeah we still have tents but we really upgrade
we spend a significant amount of money to upgrade
these tents that that they have better lighting
in them there's actually you know clear clear
on the sides like windows on the sides if you
will and we're really excited about those and
we've placed them in places that we think that
will be well it won't flood inside It's not going
to rain anyway. That's right. Yeah, thank you.
We're good friends with the National Weather
Service, but please take the time to look at,
under travel and accommodation, there is a tab
there that says parking and directions. Please
take time to look at that. And you'll see the
talking numbers, and there's a bulletin station
that we're gonna have on there, and those frequencies
are listed. So, boy, I am really excited about
this, that our team, you know, I'm fortunate,
I'm a spokesperson. I'm not the guy that runs
the whole thing, it's really a team effort. And
I do wanna say that this could not even be possible.
if we didn't have 750 men and women totally dedicated
to being a pillar of amateur radio and understanding
the importance of invention and what it does.
And I do want to say hello to my friends in Huntsville
and in Orlando. Those are great events and I
think you know this but we're all very good friends
and we share best practices because If one of
them fails, we could all fail. We're all dependent.
It's a small community. People often ask me,
which is the best one? I like them all. I'm friends
with the folks that run Free Reach often and
the Tokyo event at the big site. We all talk
about how things are and maybe some of the best
practices and what we can do. You know, I always
liked to kind of mention that because, um, there's
absolutely no competition. We want to help each
other because it helps amateur radio. Absolutely.
And speaking of parking, there was one thing
that I noticed on the website that I did want
to. uh bring up and again go to the ham vision
website and check out the remote parking options
and and get there and they're going to drop you
off uh right there so you're you're good to go
but i saw that uh young's jersey dairy which
has been a popular spot uh because not only can
you Park, you get good ice cream. But I saw that
it says that only if talk in directs people that
way for that location. So can you kind of clarify
what's going on with that one? It actually wasn't
used very much. And so we have to pay for buses
and things like that to go back there. And so
I would, you know, checking with talk in, if
it's going to be open or not, then that's out
of my I mean, we can talk about it, but if we
need to open it, we'll be happy to. But it is
a great spot, and even if you park there, even
if you go by Young's Jersey Dairy, it is great.
I mean, they milk the cows there, and they make
awesome ice cream, can get a snack. But all the
other places, we have Quite a few places here,
take a look at it, what might be close to you,
and make a choice there. But I would really take
a look at this website. And to our friends that
might be driving a semi -truck in, there's some
information there, where to park your semi -truck
for overnight parking. And there's a section
in there for what we call the frequently asked
questions, FAQ page. Please take a look at that
because it has all kinds of questions and answers
to the questions that you may have in coming
to the event. So I can't stress enough how much
the guys and gals have really put the time in
to try to get good information. And nobody gets
paid to do this. And they're loaning talents
and giving us their talent to get all of this
in place. and get it coordinated before the event.
Alright, well we are going to take a break but
when we come back we're going to start sorting
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are rolling in already on Twitter. We're at HamTalk
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last update I got a couple of days ago. Also,
again, Carol Perry's Instructors Forum on Friday,
1030 to 1130 in Forum Room 4. Her guests are
Tim Cunningham, the satellite man, and Dr. Tamitha
Skov, as we mentioned, the space weatherwoman.
And then on Saturday, the Youth Forum is 915
to noon in Forum Room 2. And the theme for this
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be eight young speakers. all with different cultures,
countries, and abilities and an hour of prizes,
including an HF rig courtesy of ICOM. So don't
miss the youth forum Saturday morning at nine
15. Well, it's time for your calls now. So if
you have a question for Michael, give us a call
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And if you're listening to us on WTWW or on the
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live because it's a Thursday night, about nine
30 Eastern time at the moment. And we've got
a bunch of comments rolling through, but we have
a familiar voice on the line with us this evening.
Michael, it's Mark Brown in for BCD from Huntsville.
Good evening, Mark. Good evening, Neil. And good
evening, Michael. Good evening. Michael, you
were talking tonight, you know, there are so
many things you can say about Dayton and I appreciate
your mentioning Huntsville in the same breath
with Orlando and Dayton. We like to put on a
good show down here and you're right, we all
learn from each other and it's a great relationship
we have. You mentioned Dr. Tamara Skov is going
to be at the Instructor's Forum. And Neil, you
mentioned just before we started talking here
that Carol Perry is being at the instructor forum.
I just got an email from her today mentioning
that another teacher, a local, kind of local
from Birmingham, Alabama, she's from Pinson Valley
High School. She'll be another assistant instructor
there at the instructor's forum. uh... she was
instrumental along with tim conningham in setting
up an arrest contact uh... not too long ago at
their school and uh... i've never met her but
looks like uh... will both be in datin and our
park as will likely cross so you know like michael
said uh... it's not just the people and equipment
it's not just the equipment and uh... and the
vendors that were going there to see its people
uh... it's is truly the epicenter of ham radio
or do you like Well, thank you, Mark. Your team
down there in Huntsville and Michael and John's
team down there in Orlando and the DARC and team
over and anybody that puts on one of these events.
I don't want to just single out just because
they're big. You know, an amateur radio event
is a ham fest or a gathering or whatever you
do. it builds amateur radio, it builds the whole
community and there's so many amazing great things.
I was at Visalia a few weeks ago out in California.
I'd never been to that event but I really had
a good time and I met some really amazing hams
from the other side of the country over there
and I was surprised how many I knew. but a great
event there as well. So we're all working together
in these events and whatever we do in amateur
radio. It's much like you look at the ARRL. You
can knock them, you can knock Hamvention, you
can knock all these places, but there's a lot
of people working really hard in all these organizations,
Mark and Neil, that are really trying to keep
amateur radio exciting, vibrant, and moving it
forward. I know AMSAT has a big celebration this
year as well. I was talking to Joe, the president
of AMSAT. Please stop by his booth. He's got
some amazing stuff that he's going to be putting
on there at AMSAT. And I mentioned the YLRL 80th
anniversary of that. It's just going to be, I
believe, a really exciting year. And with all
the things that the youth are doing, and of course
we've already talked about our amateur of the
year, Nathaniel Fussell, and the amazing things
that young man's doing and bringing to the amateur
radio, especially involving young people, and
people who are really in the hobby that are trying
to push the envelope. He's like a young Joe Taylor,
and by the way, Joe will be there, and he's gonna
be... you know, supporting Nathaniel and when
he receives his award. So we were excited about
that. All right, Neil, back to you. What do we
got? Any more questions or phone calls? And Mark,
thanks for calling in. Yeah. Hey, thank you,
Michael. Hey, one more question. Can you give
us a hint of any manufacturers that are not the
product, but any manufacturers that might be
dropping a new product announcement next week?
Here is the thing. We have what's called the
new product showcase. And I'm not gonna give
out anything ahead of time other than we've got
a new product showcase. And so please look at
that. So I can't, I don't wanna, yeah, out of
respect of the people that come, I don't wanna,
good question and nice try. All right, Mark.
Thanks for calling in. We appreciate it. And
actually, uh, Carl KD9 HQT just asked the same
question, any new rigs to be displayed, uh, at
Hamvention. So stay tuned. All right. Thanks
Mark. 73. Hey, 73 Mark. See you in a week, man.
See you in a week. All right. Well, we, we, the
phone lines are lighting up here, so we're going
to take. Another call here, if this will go through.
Okay, I believe we have our next caller on the
line. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Yes, good evening
to you, Neil, and to Michael there. This is Bill
WZ1L in Amesbury, Massachusetts. I will be seeing
both of you next week. But I did have a couple
of questions for Michael. if he could maybe shed
some light. First of all, the traffic thing that
they posted there, Hamvention19, you text to
888 -777. I've already received three specific
tweets on that, and I think that's a good thing.
It definitely helps when the traffic gets backed
up. The second thing that I was... curious about
is the roadways in the flea market. I think I
heard from Jack Krebs on another program a couple
of weeks ago that the there was more groundings
putting down trying to make a better base for
walking. So that was something that I, you know,
just curious about. And the third thing is Bellefontaine
Road. to the direct clubhouse repaired, because
I am driving from the flea market on Thursday
to the clubhouse to get my credentials, because
I'm an examiner on Friday. So if Michael could
give me some information, I'd appreciate it.
Go ahead, Michael. Hey, thanks. Thanks for calling.
And I think it's Bill there, right? Did I get
the name right, Bill? So, yeah. Okay, anyway,
thank you for calling in but I'll tell you that
it's funny you should mention the grindings is
because you know, I am I actually personally
do a lot of work with that and The grindings
are down and they're getting spread around in
my job this Saturday I'll be riding a tractor
and rolling them out and also working with one
of the guys and you know spreading them even
more So yeah, that that improvements gun is happening
I'm actually personally a part of that. I work
with the fare board. Since I live around there,
I live in a rural area of Greene County. They
trust me with their tractors because I've got
a few. You made a very positive comment about
the traffic updates. That's a really great one.
Just go to the website. I think it's one of the
very first things you'll see on the website.
is to sign up to get those messages from the
sheriff, Gene Fischer, and Gene is becoming quite
the hand. He's one of us now, so he really wants
the roadways and traffic to be just perfect.
So we've got some new plans on keeping the flow
going, and he's right on top of it the whole
time. And I think the other thing you asked me
was about Belfountain Road. I would suggest,
because there is some construction going on in
that region, to please get on, talk in, and get
the latest update where they're at with that.
Does that kind of answer your questions, Bill?
I wish I could be more specific. about bell fountain
road, but we're all like, why are they doing
this now? But, you know, it's Murphy's law, at
least to doing it there and not in front of,
uh, invention. Right bill. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
I'm still here. Does that, uh, take care of your
questions, bill? Well, I just wanted to give
a shout out for my friend, uh, Tom Midland, uh,
W five K U B. For those people that are not coming
to Hamvention and would like to see what is going
on out there, they can go to w5kub .com starting,
I believe it's about 8 o 'clock central on Thursday,
Wednesday and they're driving up to Xenia and
they're going to be on all weekend. More information
is available at w5kub .com. I just wanted to
throw that out for my buddy. Okay. All right.
Thanks a lot. Oh, you're very welcome. Go ahead,
Michael. You had something. Yeah. Yeah. I just
want to say that, you know, Tom Lynn, Tom Meadowland
is a friend of ours as well. And, um, a good
friend of Hamvention and, and heck I was, you
know, talking with him when he was still out
in the flea market, but, um, yeah, it's fun that
I've called him on the phone a couple of times
when he's making that trip up and, and, uh, You
know, he talks about how fast they go and all
the different, uh, exciting things, but you know,
I really enjoy Tom as well. There's a, there's
another guy much like Neil that that's trying
really hard to, to, um, push amateur radio and
get the communication out. Okay. Back to you,
uh, Neil. All right, Bill. Well, thanks for calling
in. We're gonna, we're gonna take a few more
here. Okay, we had another call here. Yeah. Okay.
We've got another call from down south up here.
So good evening. You're on Amtok Live. We're
gonna take a few more here. Oh, you turn your
speakers down, Michael. Okay, we have another.
There we go. How about now? Hey, there we go.
Michael Colley. Good evening. Even just called.
Tell Michael that so far on the PR side of everything,
it looks like they're doing a good job. A lot
of talk about Hamvention and all the improvements
in all this year. So, like Mark, looking forward
to coming up there and seeing everybody. You
know, let me mention something. What I wanted
to say is that We are, like I said, pretty good
buddies and I keep a fifth wheeler out there
at the Hamvention site. A lot of us will sit
around and his team from Orlando and Mark and
some of his team from Huntsville and we talk
a lot about, hey, how do you do this? How do
you do that? And really enjoy these guys and
if you haven't been to Hamcation or Huntsville
and you're listening to this, Try to get there
because they're amazing and like I said, we're
not in Competition and I know I'm supposed to
be supporting hamvention and I do and so do they
and they'll be there and Michael looking forward
to seeing you guys and thank you so much for
calling in and we're gonna have really unbelievably
gorgeous weather Yeah, that's what it looks like
so far so and like you said, yeah, there's lots
of talks in front of his a Little camper there
he inventions and actually people don't know
this but that's actually where the Carol Perry
Educator award come into play. We first started
talking about it there Yeah, that's true I very
I might remember that conversation we don't need
to get into it really deep but That's how we
help each other. Yep. Exactly. So, all right.
I'll hop out of here and let somebody else call
in to ask you some questions, but, uh, uh, looking
for a good event, like always. Um, so we'll see
you in about a week. All right, Michael. We'll
see you in a week. Safe travels, Michael. All
right. All right. Bye bye. Okay, I think we've
got the phone calls cleared out, but let's run
over here to Twitter and Brett, wy7bg, says he
wants to know how to find Hamvention parking.
Will there be a talk -in and if so, what's the
frequency and CTCSS info? So I pulled that up
here. It's in front of me if you need it, but
I'll let you go for that. Well, I think it's
it's pretty straightforward Get on our website
and it's www .ambention .org and if you click
on Any one of the the top with the travel and
accommodations and you want to know parking and
Directions just click on it and it'll give him
all the information and also the talk in frequencies
are also on that page and they're also there's
the two frequencies I'll go ahead and shout them
out it's 146 .94 and it has a 123 PL on it and
our alternative is 146 .985 with also 123PL.
And then we have a traffic bulletin station on
145 .525. So, you know, it's really a good idea
to listen to that. There are also some other
frequencies listed there. I won't go to all of
them, but there's plenty of maps there. And at
that page, go to the bottom there. There's a
big section on frequently asked questions. And
there might be some really the information you're
looking for might be right there. And if you
need a hotel or motel or a bed and breakfast
or whatever you need, you can also find that
information there as well. So that would be under
the travel and accommodation section. And there's
plenty of information there. There's camping
information. There's some campus housing that
we have information about taxi service. air travel
and so we've really tried hard to complete this
but if there are if there's any other information
that you want on places to stay you can call
that Green County Convention and Visitors Bureau
that's Green County Convention and Visitors Bureau
and they are more than willing to help they're
a great partner to us at Hamvention I hope that
helps Clear up some of that. I think that takes
care of it. And I'm over on attendees and talk
-in and you've got a whole list of area repeaters
here too. In addition to the talk -in frequencies.
So there's all kinds of information there. So
make sure you check that out. And actually I
was typing all of this up on the script for next
week. So if you listen to the Hamvention Eve
episode, we will run all of that down once again.
So make sure you tune in. in I'll get get the
plug in here for for next week so make sure you
tune in we'll have all that information once
again but hamvention .org has all of that available.
Okay, we're gonna run over here to Spreaker.
We've had some people on the chat here tonight.
Good evening to Chris, AA4CB, checking in from
West Central Florida, and Michael Coulter was
on there, and John from Hamcation as well, and
Tim Hayes, KG9NA. And he says that we're making
him hungry, talking about... all the pork chops
and cheesecake on a stick. Jill, of course, had
to scream cheesecake on a stick. We'll have to
check out the cheesecake on a stick. I'm not
sure that's on my Weight Watchers program, but
we'll figure that out. A couple of comments from
Jill and from... Chris that the app is really
great and That's that's been something we've
talked about tonight, and I'm enjoying that and
Got that all set up to keep my schedule figured
out for him Vincent, so Let's see. What else
do we have here? I think we're about caught up,
which is good because we're already a little
bit over time and Jill says quit saying the R
word Michael. You can't say that word. Yeah.
Okay. I won't say it. I'm going to say that word.
Sunshine. Sunshine. There you go. Now, do you
have any of those bottles of flea market mud
still available that you were selling? Is that
still around? We actually sold out of that. People
were so excited about it. Mean people were really
excited about the commemorative mud 2017 and
and and I sold out of it and people are doing
very creative things with that mud and Hey speaking
of commemorative We've got the the the the adult
beverage section you want to comment about about
the About that are we doing the commemorative?
Glasses again. Yes, they Yeah, they should have
the commemorative glasses. So be sure to stop
by that actually is is a function of of the fair
and expo board Because they have the liquor license
and that's that helps them as well But they get
beautiful mugs. I mean they have absolutely gorgeous
mugs. So Yeah, please check that out and in the
beer garden So yeah, that's going to happen.
So great food, great beer and great camaraderie.
You know, it's so much fun. You know, I do want
to say this, that people, there's a couple of
different kinds of people that come to hand mention.
There's people there that, you know, they want
to find everything wrong. You know, oh, you got
this wrong, that's wrong. Oh my gosh. Then you
got people that come and they make a story out
of the, out of what happens. You know i'm several
years ago i was at a hand bench and it was going
so smooth and nobody really had much to complain
about and i said man. You know something's gotta
happen because you gotta have a story with invention
you know you gotta have some kind of story and
so i wish i had never opened my mouth up because
that's when the sewer line erupted. Four or five
hundred feet in the sky that was a not good.
But you know, that's all part of the history
of Hamvention. People were there, they remember
that. And that's been 2011 or 2012, I forget
which year. But that's actually quite a while
back, seven, eight years ago. So you come to
Hamvention and you're gonna have a story. You're
gonna meet new people. And I bet if you've come
two or three times, you're gonna see people you've
seen there before. and you're going to discover
new things about Hamvention. And I don't think
anybody there or very few people actually cover
everything at the Hamvention. I believe it's
impossible to get through. I think it is. Everything,
the flea market, everything inside the buildings,
you know, attend so many of the forums. I mean,
it is just a wonderfully fun -packed weekend.
And there's so many, like I mentioned, there's
so many other outside activities that occur.
Um, you know, dinners and offsite meetings. And,
and so please take the time to plan it, get deeply
involved with it. You know, that's one way. If
you immerse yourself in the hand mentioned in
the events, I think you enjoy it much more. So
take the time on that website and figure it out.
Cause my gosh, hand mentioned is so much fun.
Well, absolutely is. And there's a couple of
things I want to talk about real quick, but first,
um, Uh, Jill, uh, reminds us that the Dayton
Hamvention Fanatics Facebook group is a great
place too. It's a fan -based group. It's not
the official group, but, uh, we have a pretty
good time in there and post a lot of things and,
and the, and the, uh, Joe Eisenberg, uh, KZeroNEB
countdown to Dayton with the videos from Previous
years and all kinds of stuff. So make sure you
check out the Facebook group there Chris says
a for CB says he's never been but he's not gonna
buy anything. It's a vacation He's gonna see
a lot of friends exchange information and ideas.
So it's not work, but all fun. So we'll see you
there Chris and Enjoy your time at hamvention
real quickly Michael cuz we're already ten minutes
over but One dimension the Sunday opening up
the gates Give us just a one or two minute rundown
of the idea on that and and how that's all gonna
work Well We talked about it a small team of
us talked about you know, why don't we just open
it up for Sunday because You know Sunday's really
not that long of a day and it gives people, maybe
within an hour and a half of datin', an opportunity
to come and check it out and see what it's about.
So we're gonna give it a shot. Of course, their
names don't go in the ticket barrel for a prize
or anything like that, but it does give people
a shot to come and be a part of the event and
look at it. because how many people do you ever
talk to that say yeah I know about that or I've
been kind of interested in amateur radio but
one of these days maybe so this is their opportunity
and there might be people listening right now
and I hope that there is that don't have their
license yet they're thinking about doing it or
studying it and they're thinking this might be
too overwhelming for me but come on a Sunday
and if you don't That way, it doesn't cost you
anything. But if you get around where that food
is, yeah, it'll cost you a little bit. It's hard
to walk through there without eating something.
But anyway, that's sort of how it came about.
We're gonna give it a try and I think it's gonna
work. I think it's a, I've had nothing, we've
heard nothing but very positive comments. And
before we end this, I really wanna just reiterate
again, it is 750 volunteers that are working
on this. and it's almost an around the clock
activity. I know there's a group of us that are
always on the phone, always having meetings,
always trying to figure things out and have since
last invention. And so my hats off to all those
people, all the volunteers, all the way from
Jack and Jack Erbs, WB at SCT, who is the general
chairman this year. Rick WSAG is assistant and
so many other people that the chairman's assistant
chairman's but this stuff volunteers it's been
so much time of their own time making this happen
you know it's it's it's incredible to me to have
that kind of enthusiasm and understanding of
of what Hamvention's about anyway Eric I mean
Neil, I've really appreciated being on your program
and you do so much for Amateur Radio and for
Hamvention. So we're looking forward to seeing
you there and I hope the Hamvention Eve, I like
that Hamvention Eve program goes. Yeah, I think
that may be catching on. So yeah, and we've got
some things to hand out and Hammy's going to
be back. weren't sure but Hammy is going to be
back this year so you'll see Hammy the HamTalk
Live mascot running around too. So Neil I just
want to mention if people are listening they
have any other questions I'm actually good on
QRZ my email and I'll try to get back to whoever
asked me or get any information or forward it
to somebody who might be able to even more directly
help them than I can. My call is Whiskey 8 Charlie
India. That's Whiskey 8 Charming India, W -8
-C -I. So, back to you. Okay. Well, thank you
so much for coming on again. I know you've got
a lot going on, but we wanted to get the last
update here before Hamvention Eve. So, thank
you so much, and I'll be seeing you soon, and
we're going to talk to some other people next
week. to get all that information out once again.
So thanks so much. All right, 73 everybody. See
you in Dayton, or I was actually zing you. Or
both, if you're staying in Dayton like we are.
So yeah, there you go. All right. Well, that
is a wrap for this week's edition of HamTalk
Live. Thanks to Michael Coulter, W8CI and everybody
out there in cyberspace for listening and calling
in and typing in and invite you back next Thursday
night at 9 p .m. Eastern time when we will be
live from Dayton with weather, traffic, parking
and more to preview. Hamvention 2019. And for
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saying seven three, seven five, and may the good
DX be yours. Bye bye.