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It's the Hamvention 00:01:41.659 --> 00:01:44.959 Award winners on our Hamvention preview recorded 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:49.400 live on Thursday, April 25th, 2019. I'm your 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.219 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in 00:01:53.219 --> 00:01:56.879 to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:01.620 joined by Michael Kalter, W8CI. and Dr. Nathaniel 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:05.040 Fercell, W -2 -N -A -F, and we'll take your calls 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.400 live in just a few minutes. Last week, Paul Stetzer 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.460 in 8HM was here to talk about the AMSAT Academy. 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:15.020 And if you missed the show, you can listen anytime 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:18.780 at HamTalkLive .com or on your favorite podcast 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:22.719 app or YouTube, or you can catch the rebroadcast 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:28.080 on WTWW. That's 5085 AM Saturday evenings at 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:32.199 about 630 PM Eastern time. The Hamvention preview 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.500 continues tonight with Michael Coulter, WHCI, 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:39.039 who will fill us in on all the Hamvention award 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:42.840 winners, including Dr. Nathaniel Frisell, W2NAF, 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:45.819 who is this year's amateur of the year. And next 00:02:45.819 --> 00:02:49.740 week we'll preview the WWV forum that we'll talk 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:53.879 about the 100th anniversary this year for WWV. 00:02:54.060 --> 00:02:57.400 And then on May 9th, Michael will be back again 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.879 to give us all the latest news and changes. any 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.460 breaking news that might happen for this year's 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:07.039 Hamvention. 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Be sure to check 00:07:23.930 --> 00:07:28.959 out ICOM at Hamvention this year and We'll be 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.720 talking more about Hamvention here in the next 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.000 several weeks and tonight Michael Coulter, W8CI, 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:38.579 the official spokesperson and one of the chairs 00:07:38.579 --> 00:07:42.019 of the awards committee for the Dayton Hamvention 00:07:42.019 --> 00:07:45.839 is here and he's here tonight on behalf of DERA 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:49.420 to recognize this year's award winners and so 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:52.639 we'll talk about some of the awards here, but 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:57.420 we have one with us live, so we'll spend most 00:07:57.420 --> 00:08:02.680 of our time talking with Dr. Frisell here. But 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.899 Michael, welcome to the show, welcome back, and 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:08.560 let's talk about some of these award winners. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:13.720 All right, Neil. First off, thank you very much 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.879 for your support of Image Radio and of Hamvention. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:23.319 And I want to thank all of our 700 and plus volunteers 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:26.500 that put on Hamvention. And I am very fortunate 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:32.019 to be here to speak on behalf of our awards team. 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:37.179 And I guess that most people know we have four 00:08:37.179 --> 00:08:41.840 big awards. And our technical achievement award 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:47.659 this year goes to Pietro Bagagli, I2RTF. And 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:51.080 many of you know he is the inventor and designer 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.580 and builder of the Bagali keys. But he's also 00:08:54.580 --> 00:09:00.899 an author and he is very avid supporter of amateur 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:04.139 radio actually throughout the world. And he does 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:10.639 what he can for amateur radio. But his keys are 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.679 just works of art. We consider them to be very 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.860 elegant works of art for amateur radio. So for 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:21.460 that, we have given him the Technical Achievement 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:25.679 Award for this year. Our Special Achievement 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:33.559 Award goes to Chris Janssen, DL -1 MGB, and he 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.679 was the president for four years of the WRTC 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:44.059 2018 in Germany. And that is a huge, huge undertaking. 00:09:44.409 --> 00:09:49.409 And Chris is a very modest man and he was the 00:09:49.409 --> 00:09:54.330 leader of a very successful team that put this 00:09:54.330 --> 00:09:57.629 whole event on. I know I got to go to Germany 00:09:57.629 --> 00:10:01.470 to Friedrich Schaffen and watch him push that. 00:10:01.570 --> 00:10:07.350 Friedrich Schaffen, he's pushed it in Tokyo, 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:11.169 he's pushed it in other parts of the world and 00:10:11.169 --> 00:10:14.460 in the United States. just a tireless worker, 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:19.379 a great attitude, and really very, very deserving 00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:24.000 of the award. The WRTC, I think, makes a big 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.759 difference in the skills and in the amateur radio 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:31.379 world. And, you know, it's likened to the Olympics 00:10:31.379 --> 00:10:35.120 held once every four years. And we want to recognize 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:40.299 that special achievement that Chris Jansen made 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:45.169 for amateur radio. The club of the year, the 00:10:45.169 --> 00:10:50.629 Nashua Area Radio Society of southern New Hampshire, 00:10:51.169 --> 00:10:54.110 they work a lot on mentoring, youth outreach 00:10:54.110 --> 00:10:57.889 and have brought many, many new amateurs into 00:10:57.889 --> 00:11:00.950 the hobby and not only help them get into the 00:11:00.950 --> 00:11:03.769 hobby, they make sure they get on the air, which 00:11:03.769 --> 00:11:07.049 in my mind and a lot of our minds is that's a 00:11:07.049 --> 00:11:09.129 big thing. You go out and you get a license and 00:11:09.129 --> 00:11:11.899 then you think, okay, I know I got to get on 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:15.139 the air, so they make sure that happens. They 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:19.399 have more than 200 club members that are regular 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:21.840 contributors to the activities that they have. 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:25.620 They work a lot with youth and emergency communications. 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:28.759 We found them to be an extremely well -rounded 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:32.960 club, and we were happy to give them the Club 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:37.320 of the Year award. And Neil, if I could take 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.789 a moment to mention that Our committee really 00:11:41.789 --> 00:11:44.409 wrestles with these awards every year, and we 00:11:44.409 --> 00:11:48.230 pretty much have a matrix and a way that we go 00:11:48.230 --> 00:11:55.710 about finding and determining the winners. the 00:11:55.710 --> 00:11:58.629 organizations or the people who have really made 00:11:58.629 --> 00:12:02.429 a difference to a large segment of the amateur 00:12:02.429 --> 00:12:05.330 radio community. You know, it's not necessarily 00:12:05.330 --> 00:12:08.330 the person with the biggest antenna or whatever. 00:12:08.769 --> 00:12:12.389 It is the person or the group who makes a difference 00:12:12.389 --> 00:12:16.190 to the wider audience, the wider membership of 00:12:16.190 --> 00:12:19.110 our amateur radio community. And that's very 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:23.450 difficult to choose. We have also, I guess in 00:12:23.450 --> 00:12:25.549 recent years, I don't know if it's been 10 years 00:12:25.549 --> 00:12:30.409 now or not yet, but the club of the year has 00:12:30.409 --> 00:12:35.470 become a very competitive classification of award 00:12:35.470 --> 00:12:39.529 to win. And there are so many great clubs out 00:12:39.529 --> 00:12:43.330 there, but we also feel that a club makes a great 00:12:43.330 --> 00:12:47.190 contribution to the amateur radio community as 00:12:47.190 --> 00:12:51.720 well. So with that, Neil I'm going to send it 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.080 back to you here and why don't you go ahead and 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:59.139 introduce our amateur of the year. All right 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:01.879 well thanks for all the information and yeah 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.779 we would sure want to recognize all of the award 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:10.460 winners but joining us tonight live via Skype 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:17.379 we have Dr. Nathaniel Frisell W2NAF and he has 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:22.220 all kinds of scientific interests and so that's 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:25.919 always nice being the the scientist that I am 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:30.559 too. So love to hear about his work with ham 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.100 radio and science and connecting all of that 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:37.039 with uh, Ham -Sci and the solar eclipse, uh, 00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:41.220 QSO party and everything, um, and, uh, the NGIT 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:45.179 amateur radio club and, and some, some new ventures 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:48.860 even. So, um, Nathaniel, welcome back to the 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:51.740 show. Thank you very much, Neil. I appreciate 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:55.940 it. It's very nice to be here this evening and, 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:59.279 um, I'm very grateful to be selected as amateur 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:02.950 of the year. So thank you. Well, you've certainly 00:14:02.950 --> 00:14:09.669 done a lot to advance the science of ham radio 00:14:09.669 --> 00:14:14.409 and also I know from from some of the NCJ articles 00:14:14.409 --> 00:14:19.299 we've done You've also made connections with 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:23.840 a lot of students at NGIT and some of your research 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.840 students. And so it's not only the science, but 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:31.899 also some of those ham radio relationships that 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:35.500 you've made. And so Michael, why don't you talk 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:39.720 a little bit about your committee and selecting 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:48.169 him and go through all the vital information 00:14:48.169 --> 00:14:54.190 here about the award? Well the amateur of the 00:14:54.190 --> 00:14:58.309 year is you know it's it's pretty much given 00:14:58.309 --> 00:15:00.549 to a ham that's made a long -term commitment 00:15:00.549 --> 00:15:06.370 to the advancement of amateur radio and the individual 00:15:06.370 --> 00:15:10.870 usually has a history of ham radio contributions 00:15:10.870 --> 00:15:14.980 and has had a dedication to service professionalism 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:18.679 and the advancement of its avocation of amateur 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:24.860 radio and Nathaniel just really stood out with 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:27.279 all the different things that he accomplished 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:30.919 and if I could just mention a few things about 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:34.139 him and because I want this to be I want him 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.980 to talk as well but he's been licensed since 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:41.220 1998 and he was the founder principal founder 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:45.950 and leader of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, 00:15:46.149 --> 00:15:50.049 AMSI. And it's a collective designed to join 00:15:50.049 --> 00:15:53.409 professional scientific researchers and the amateur 00:15:53.409 --> 00:15:55.929 radio community together to help each other. 00:15:57.409 --> 00:16:01.190 And he first learned about ham radio while in 00:16:01.190 --> 00:16:06.629 middle school from his Elmer. And he was at a 00:16:06.629 --> 00:16:10.700 Jamboree on the air event. and he decided when 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:13.340 he was listening in this little small cabin in 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:16.940 the woods I think probably like all of us he 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:21.860 went whoa this is pretty interesting I like this 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:23.840 you mean these people are from other parts of 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:26.659 the world and they can talk to me and I'm just 00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:31.190 a scout and then then from there, I believe, 00:16:31.509 --> 00:16:33.970 if I get it wrong, you can correct me later, 00:16:34.110 --> 00:16:37.649 Nathaniel, but I think that, you know, it triggered 00:16:37.649 --> 00:16:40.769 his mind into a very, much more of a scientific 00:16:40.769 --> 00:16:44.029 career and looking at amateur radio not only 00:16:44.029 --> 00:16:46.470 as the importance of communication, which he 00:16:46.470 --> 00:16:50.629 is, you know, very adept at, as well as the social 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:53.750 side of it, bringing people together, bringing 00:16:53.750 --> 00:16:56.309 like -minded people together, especially in his 00:16:56.309 --> 00:17:01.389 age group and And we just felt that with his 00:17:01.389 --> 00:17:06.549 contribution, even at a young age, you know, 00:17:06.549 --> 00:17:08.769 to win this award, he may be the youngest that's 00:17:08.769 --> 00:17:11.569 ever won the amateur of the year award. But nevertheless, 00:17:11.849 --> 00:17:15.289 his contribution, especially with youth and amateur 00:17:15.289 --> 00:17:18.289 radio and other scientists and amateur radio 00:17:18.289 --> 00:17:22.829 is just been over the top. So I want to let him 00:17:22.829 --> 00:17:26.210 finish. But I'll mention one more thing. He does 00:17:26.210 --> 00:17:30.000 have a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Music 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.359 Education and I thought that was a very interesting 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.940 combination and we'll have to talk about music 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:39.519 someday on Nathaniel because that's a great combination. 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:45.740 But he went on to Virginia, he joined the Virginia 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:50.259 Tech Amateur Radio Club and then from there he 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:55.490 got his PhD from Virginia Tech. So anyway, It 00:17:55.490 --> 00:17:58.390 was, uh, that was, and I wouldn't say an easy 00:17:58.390 --> 00:18:01.410 pick, but it was, he just rose to the top with 00:18:01.410 --> 00:18:03.670 all the great things that he's doing. And I've 00:18:03.670 --> 00:18:05.809 left a lot of things out and some of the research 00:18:05.809 --> 00:18:08.390 that he's doing, but I'd like for him, I like 00:18:08.390 --> 00:18:10.829 for Nathaniel to talk a little bit about it is 00:18:10.829 --> 00:18:13.289 I've given a brief introduction. So Neil, let 00:18:13.289 --> 00:18:17.529 me give it back to you. All right. Well, uh, 00:18:17.529 --> 00:18:19.970 you know, there's just so much going on there. 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:24.400 There's a lot of physics in music, too. So we 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:27.059 may have to talk about that if we ever get some 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:34.640 time here. But Nathaniel, you've got a lot of 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:36.660 things going on. And you're going to have a lot 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:40.859 of things going on there at Hamvention. So tell 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:44.019 us some of the things that you've got going on 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:48.259 that people can participate in. Well, let's see. 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.289 So the Hamsay Group. Thank you, Michael, for 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:53.990 that nice introduction. I think that was all 00:18:53.990 --> 00:18:57.289 correct. The HamSci group really does try to 00:18:57.289 --> 00:19:00.069 bring together both the professional research 00:19:00.069 --> 00:19:03.690 community and the amateur radio community because 00:19:03.690 --> 00:19:06.769 both groups have so much to give to each other. 00:19:08.470 --> 00:19:12.890 So at the Hamvention, we're going to have a HamSci 00:19:12.890 --> 00:19:15.569 booth where you can come and talk to the different 00:19:15.569 --> 00:19:20.980 people who are participating in the HamSci. collective. 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:26.039 And so this includes people like myself, the 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.839 Dr. Philip Erickson, W1PJE from the MIT Haystack 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:34.740 Observatory. He's going to be there. Dr. Gareth 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:39.720 Perry, who has worked, he wrote a science paper 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:43.220 using data from field day where a satellite passed 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:45.640 overhead. He'll be there as well. So there's 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:47.599 going to be quite an interesting group of people 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:52.440 there. We will be located in the Ham Radio 2 00:19:52.440 --> 00:20:00.740 .0 area, which is a booth 4304. And we're going 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:05.200 to have booth talks there. So there will be people 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:08.039 who will actually be giving short presentations, 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:14.160 some demonstrations, people who've been working 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:19.960 on different... measurement devices or instrument 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:24.259 devices. They'll be giving live demos in the 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.000 HamSci booth. Then we also have the HamSci Forum, 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.940 which is going to be on Saturday morning starting 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:36.170 at 9 .15 AM. Main themes that we are looking 00:20:36.170 --> 00:20:39.130 at this year is ionospheric variability. So you'll 00:20:39.130 --> 00:20:43.069 hear a number of talks One from Steve Sirwin 00:20:43.069 --> 00:20:45.910 about ionospheric disturbances at dawn dusk and 00:20:45.910 --> 00:20:49.390 during the 2017 Eclipse and he's a good example 00:20:49.390 --> 00:20:51.549 of someone who came from the ham radio community 00:20:51.549 --> 00:20:54.930 Did a great experiment wrote it up into a QEX 00:20:54.930 --> 00:20:57.450 and he'll be presenting that Phil Erickson will 00:20:57.450 --> 00:21:01.480 be talking about that listening to the differences 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.680 in the amount of time between the time ticks 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:09.420 from WWV and using that to observe how the atmosphere 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:13.410 is changing. We'll have a... a younger person 00:21:13.410 --> 00:21:16.150 and his grandfather, so Ethan Grayson, his grandfather 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:18.490 George Lamaster will talk about sudden atmospheric 00:21:18.490 --> 00:21:22.490 disturbances. And finally, Scotty Cowling for 00:21:22.490 --> 00:21:25.049 Tapper will talk about one of the current Hampside 00:21:25.049 --> 00:21:28.150 projects, the Personal Space Weather Station, 00:21:28.410 --> 00:21:30.650 and how we're trying to develop a software -defined 00:21:30.650 --> 00:21:35.509 radio that is specifically usable for scientific 00:21:35.509 --> 00:21:39.509 purposes. So I think that's pretty much it. It's 00:21:39.509 --> 00:21:42.630 the Booth Talks. the booth itself, the demonstrations 00:21:42.630 --> 00:21:47.690 and the forum. And that's plenty to plan for. 00:21:48.369 --> 00:21:52.130 It sure is. And we're in the planning stages 00:21:52.130 --> 00:21:56.150 right now. So I mean, if you go to hamsai .org, 00:21:56.210 --> 00:21:58.990 there's a little page about the hamsai team where 00:21:58.990 --> 00:22:02.769 we're filling out all of the presentations and 00:22:02.769 --> 00:22:05.390 the demonstrations. So we're getting our team 00:22:05.390 --> 00:22:10.289 together. Very good and I think I'm actually 00:22:10.289 --> 00:22:12.829 supposed to be over there for a little bit as 00:22:12.829 --> 00:22:17.250 well. So we'll Be talking about the youth contesting 00:22:17.250 --> 00:22:20.329 program a little bit. So that's great forward 00:22:20.329 --> 00:22:24.630 to that and Looking forward to hamvention. Well, 00:22:24.630 --> 00:22:28.170 we're gonna take a break here and we'll come 00:22:28.170 --> 00:22:31.970 back and We'll talk some more with Michael and 00:22:31.970 --> 00:22:34.170 Nathaniel and we'll take a look at the tweets 00:22:34.170 --> 00:22:39.349 and the comments on Spreaker here and any questions 00:22:39.349 --> 00:22:42.710 that you have send those our way and we'll try 00:22:42.710 --> 00:22:45.609 to get those answered tonight. 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Get to those comments here in just 00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:04.619 a second and if you're listening to us on the 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:10.940 podcast edition or on WTWW You you won't be able 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.920 to chime in because it's a live show on Thursday 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:18.500 night. So You're listening to a replay right 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:23.359 now. So Let's get to some of the comments here 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:29.880 first Scott Dunn, KM4 PMP, is a first -time listener, 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:34.759 so thank you, Scott, for tuning in. And Dan Romanchuk, 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:40.200 KB6NU, is here listening tonight. says that he's 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:43.400 excited about Dayton coming up again, and he'll 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.900 be teaching a one -day tech class there, and 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.980 there's some space available in that. So if you 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.859 know somebody that wants to do the one -day crash 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:56.400 course, Dan is the expert on that, so he'll be 00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.519 doing that at Hamvention as well. And Michael 00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:02.819 Colley, W4MCA from Orlando, Hamcation says congratulations 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:07.500 to... all of the winners tonight and uh... over 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:10.720 here on uh... twitter we have uh... the orlando 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:13.880 amateur radio club say uh... they say congrats 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:17.559 to all of uh... the award winners and uh... they 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:20.000 were the two thousand fifteen club of the year 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:23.980 award winner so congratulations uh... from them 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:28.859 as well so uh... our guest tonight uh... is dr 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:35.640 nathaniel frisell w two n a f along with the 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:38.740 spokesperson of Hamvention and the co -chair 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:41.859 of the awards committee, Michael Coulter, W8CI. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:46.359 So Nathaniel, we were talking a little bit, or 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.140 you and Michael actually were talking during 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:54.420 the break a little bit about, you know, sometimes 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:59.359 a scientist, we kind of, you know, think everybody 00:29:00.289 --> 00:29:05.250 Is scientific and maybe kind of scared off of 00:29:05.250 --> 00:29:08.670 some of those? Conversations, but really this 00:29:08.670 --> 00:29:12.130 this hams I thing is really geared toward Being 00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:15.910 accessible to the the common citizen. So talk 00:29:15.910 --> 00:29:21.059 a little bit about that right so At HamSci, we 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:23.559 really want to bring together both ham radio 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:26.720 operators and the professional research community. 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:30.000 When we talk together, we really do try to make 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.779 it so that you can understand what's going on 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:36.519 and the things that you've learned about propagation 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:39.420 from studying for your ham radio license. Those 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.900 are the same sorts of things that are going to 00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:44.500 help you to understand this. When you come to 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:47.160 the HamSci forum or you come to the HamSci booth 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:52.130 talks, going to be presented in a way that should 00:29:52.130 --> 00:29:56.549 be accessible to most ham radio operators. And 00:29:56.549 --> 00:29:58.230 if there's something you don't understand, one 00:29:58.230 --> 00:30:00.130 of the nice things is that you can come up and 00:30:00.130 --> 00:30:02.069 you can ask a question, and that's absolutely 00:30:02.069 --> 00:30:04.970 fine. And we'll do our best to answer it. But 00:30:04.970 --> 00:30:08.549 we've had people from all ages and backgrounds 00:30:08.549 --> 00:30:11.430 participating. We've had, even at the HamSci 00:30:11.430 --> 00:30:15.059 workshop, this just a few weeks ago, we even 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:17.460 had some high school students participate. So 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:23.440 we really try to be very accessible. Well, that's 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.539 great. You've got some ways that you can get 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:31.619 some science in here, but it's not, as I like 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:35.119 to call it, rocket surgery. That's that's the 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.960 combination of rocket science and brain surgery. 00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:44.160 So right We've got that covered so You know come 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:47.400 by check it out It's it's a great opportunity 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:50.519 to get some of that at Hamvention and then you 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:53.420 know, you've been putting on a couple of these 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:59.380 forums nationwide on things. You just had the 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:03.500 Case Western Reserve edition of the HamSci conference. 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.819 That's right. That was just this past March 22nd 00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:12.299 and March 23rd. And we had it at Case Western 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:17.079 Reserve University and their club, W8EDU, hosted 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:21.359 the workshop. And I led the organization of all 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:24.900 of the talks. And we had a wide variety of people. 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:27.480 talking on everything from traveling ionospheric 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:33.400 disturbances to sporadic e -research to using, 00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:37.640 even just using ham radio on either balloons 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:42.460 or, you know, new DMR repeaters to help track, 00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.960 you know, scientific experiments and provide 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.900 the backend communications for that. So it was 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:53.140 quite an interesting conference. Yeah, I'm always 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:57.220 intrigued by all the the topics and love to get 00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:00.660 to one of those. We're hoping within the next 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:04.420 few weeks, I'm hoping by Hamvention to have the 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:07.599 videos of those talks from the HamSci Workshop 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:11.359 up on the website. So we're hoping to get those 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:14.440 out there. And hopefully by the time Hamvention 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:17.980 rolls around, we'll have that wrapped up. Well, 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:22.039 that sounds great. Well, Michael, You have anything 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:24.819 else you want to throw in here about the awards? 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:30.680 Yeah. Thank you for asking a couple of things 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.920 to mention. I want to say hello to, uh, my friends 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.460 in Orlando who were the club of the year award 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:40.019 winner a few years back. What a great club, what 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:43.380 a great event they have down in Orlando. I also 00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:47.799 want to mention I was in Visalia recently. What 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:50.880 a wonderful event that is out in California. 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.220 I learned a lot, met a lot of great people, and 00:32:55.220 --> 00:33:01.730 I want to congratulate again on Nathaniel. A 00:33:01.730 --> 00:33:04.910 few years ago, I had the opportunity to give 00:33:04.910 --> 00:33:08.049 the amateur of the year award to Dr. Joe Taylor 00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:13.009 and get to meet him. It was kind of funny trying 00:33:13.009 --> 00:33:16.829 to contact him and say, Dr. Taylor, you won this 00:33:16.829 --> 00:33:21.430 award. Do you know who I am? It was interesting 00:33:21.430 --> 00:33:27.849 how getting a hold of him was. The reason I bring 00:33:27.849 --> 00:33:31.710 his name up is because Nathaniel reminds me so 00:33:31.710 --> 00:33:34.269 much of a young Joe Taylor, and I think I've 00:33:34.269 --> 00:33:40.250 mentioned that before, but Nathaniel's really 00:33:40.250 --> 00:33:42.890 making a difference, a difference for youth, 00:33:43.009 --> 00:33:46.509 a difference for amateur radio. So I'm really 00:33:46.509 --> 00:33:52.329 excited that he is the amateur of the year, and 00:33:52.329 --> 00:33:57.769 to us, it's a great honor, and I think to most 00:33:57.769 --> 00:34:00.980 of amateur radio, it is a great honor. And we 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.880 are all pleased that he's won that award and 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:06.460 that, you know, he's not resting. Matter of fact, 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:11.539 he's ramping it up. And I know that he's, he 00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:14.500 might mention he's on a new tenure track coming 00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:19.679 up. So Nathaniel, congratulations. And I just 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.800 couldn't, we couldn't think of a more deserving 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.349 amateur for this year's winner. So. And also, 00:34:27.530 --> 00:34:30.030 Neal, thank you so much for having the program, 00:34:30.550 --> 00:34:34.269 for allowing us to have more communication together, 00:34:34.650 --> 00:34:37.409 where we could present Nathaniel and the award 00:34:37.409 --> 00:34:39.949 winners. Sure, I'm looking forward to hand Benchen, 00:34:40.190 --> 00:34:43.610 and I know a lot of people are, and I'll say 00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:47.170 hello to anybody who might be listening to on 00:34:47.170 --> 00:34:51.769 WTWW. And if they have questions, they can... 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:55.619 Context me. I'm good on QRZ. Anyway back to you 00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:59.920 Neil. Thank you All right. Well if you have a 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:04.440 question or comment Give us a tweet here. It's 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:08.340 at ham talk live on Twitter. We'll be finishing 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:12.280 things up here before too long, but If you want 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.860 to get a question in here or comment at HamTalk 00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:18.000 Live on Twitter, or if you're listening on Spreaker, 00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:21.320 you can type into the comments here. And Scott 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:24.940 says congratulations to Nathaniel as well. So 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:28.500 we appreciate the chatter here tonight. We apologize 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:32.059 for the phone lines being down, but it looks 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:36.659 like we're getting some... Alternative methods 00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:40.079 and that's what ham radio is about is finding 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:44.579 a way to get the communications through. So we 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:47.619 had a little unexpected practice at that tonight. 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:51.159 So Nathaniel, you've talked about, you know, 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:53.059 all the things that you've got going with the 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:56.000 ham side booth and the forum and all that kind 00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:00.119 of thing. You know, we all are looking at our 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:03.760 schedules for Hamvention going, OK, how am I 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:06.639 going to get all this stuff done? But there's 00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:10.179 always, you know, you always have to carve out 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:14.539 a little time to just kind of enjoy it. So I'm 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:18.239 just curious, what are your must do things when 00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:22.840 you go to Hamvention? I think for me, just kind 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:26.739 of walking around and taking it all in, that's 00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:32.079 And just seeing people that I know because, you 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:35.079 know, I've gone to the Hamvention now for, you 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:37.059 know, a number of years, I guess four or five 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:42.099 years in a row. And I know lots of people, like, 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:46.119 for instance, the K2BSA group working over at 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:48.840 the National Scout Jamboree. They always have 00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:51.059 a booth up and I've been a part of that group 00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:53.420 for a number of years. So it'll be good to see 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.079 some of them. So yeah, just, just seeing, uh, 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:58.380 seeing friends and taking it all in, I think. 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:03.599 And then Michael, you just, you just live there. 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:09.239 So actually, actually, that's true. I do live 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:12.840 there. I have a, I have a fifth wheeler and, 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:16.909 uh, I pull it in there and my friend, uh, Jack 00:37:16.909 --> 00:37:21.469 Gurds stays in one section of the camper or the 00:37:21.469 --> 00:37:25.050 fifth wheel and I stay in the other and we actually 00:37:25.050 --> 00:37:28.829 are there all the time except for there's a few 00:37:28.829 --> 00:37:32.769 outside events and and one I failed to mention 00:37:32.769 --> 00:37:35.989 that I will reiterate is that Contest University 00:37:35.989 --> 00:37:42.139 and I know Neil mentioned it earlier and Tim 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:46.179 Duffy, K3LR, puts on a spectacular program there, 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.519 and it is, you need to get your reservation in, 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:53.400 even if you aren't a contestor. It is so interesting 00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:56.400 to go to it. You find out so much stuff, and 00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:02.920 it helps you refine your amateur radio abilities, 00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:06.099 and that's what I think. And the books are tremendous, 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:10.019 but the teachers there are just, astonishing 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:12.880 to me and even though what do I do there the 00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:15.139 people that you the people you meet in contest 00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:18.639 university are really interesting too like the 00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:22.579 audience members you are you're right on that 00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:27.760 Nathaniel I and just just briefly to mention 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:29.980 about you know what I do during hand -vention 00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:33.880 I hardly ever get a chance to shop I mean most 00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:36.300 of our volunteers don't get a chance to walk 00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:39.780 around and shop they are so dedicated they realize 00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:43.460 that it's an important pillar of amateur radio 00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:46.699 in what they're trying to do, and they really 00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:48.880 try to put their best foot forward. And I'll 00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.940 put a plug in for those volunteers. If you're 00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:54.019 there and you see a volunteer, thank them, because 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:56.719 nobody gets paid for this. And we're trying our 00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:59.880 day gone hardest to put on a great event. But, 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:04.840 Neil, your work there and the night before. the 00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:06.920 Thursday night program and I think you're gonna 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:09.500 have the sheriff on who is a ham now who took 00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:12.800 care of all of our traffic program. Exciting. 00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:17.300 But this shows more about Nathaniel and I hope 00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:21.360 that everybody takes an opportunity to visit, 00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:25.099 to go to his forum or to go to his booth and 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:28.539 go to the section that his events are going to 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:32.909 take place. Go ahead, Neil. All right. Now, Nathaniel, 00:39:32.909 --> 00:39:34.949 I don't want to put you on the spot here, but 00:39:34.949 --> 00:39:38.170 was, was there something you were going to announce 00:39:38.170 --> 00:39:44.369 tonight or is that not? Oh, I mean, I can mention 00:39:44.369 --> 00:39:50.670 it. Nathaniel needs congratulations yet again. 00:39:50.869 --> 00:39:55.070 So we'll, we'll let him do that. Right. So, um, 00:39:55.070 --> 00:39:56.909 one of the things, so for the past two years, 00:39:56.909 --> 00:39:58.610 I've been working at the New Jersey Institute 00:39:58.610 --> 00:40:01.599 of Technology and I'm extremely grateful to them 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:05.340 because they've really enabled HamSci to get 00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:09.519 started here because they've provided me with 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:12.460 a lot of the funding and the support that has 00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:15.320 allowed me to travel to Hamvention and put on 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:19.179 these HamSci workshops. But I was in a soft money 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:24.219 position there. And so this year I have won a 00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:27.099 tenure track position. as a professor of physics 00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.739 and electrical engineering at the University 00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:31.079 of Scranton. So I'll be starting there in the 00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:34.119 fall and I will be working hard to try and keep 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:39.260 Hamside going from that new position. Well, congratulations. 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:43.519 A tenure -track position is always a good thing 00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:46.840 because you don't have to to wonder when that, 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:51.980 you know, grant money is going to dry up. Congratulations 00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:56.159 on that. And that's a great move. And we look 00:40:56.159 --> 00:41:01.840 forward to hearing more from Scranton. And NGIT 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:04.000 isn't going away. You're still collaborating. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.039 That's right. They're not going away. Yeah. In 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:11.280 fact, I think I'm leaving NGIT in pretty good 00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:14.320 shape in terms of Ham Radio. The Ham Radio Club 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:19.199 is still going strong there, K2MFF. and there's 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.559 a couple new professors over in the Center for 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.260 Solar Trusture Research, some of whom will be 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:26.800 coming to Hamvention as well. And so they're 00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:29.239 going to work with me as collaborators on this 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:32.000 in the future. So I think it's strong for both 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:35.480 that university and for the others that are involved. 00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:42.320 Well, again, congratulations on the new job and 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:45.380 congratulations on the award. It's well -deserved 00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:48.840 and we appreciate you taking the time to come 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.800 on and talk to us again here and I look forward 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:55.519 to seeing you again in a few weeks. Thank you 00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:59.159 so much. I really appreciate it. And Michael, 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:02.860 we'll have you back in two weeks to give us all 00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:06.460 the latest news and everything. So we'll look 00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:08.800 forward to having you back in a couple of weeks 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:12.719 and fill us in on all the latest from Hamvention 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:15.099 right before we get ready to go. And then like 00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:17.840 you mentioned the night before, we'll... We'll 00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:20.219 have weather and traffic and parking and all 00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:23.300 that good stuff and hopefully the sheriff can 00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:26.599 join us again and tell us a little bit about 00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:28.659 some of the traffic patterns and those kinds 00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:35.840 of things and his experiences as a ham now. Yeah, 00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:39.559 he was with us in Orlando. We went to Orlando 00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:43.159 this year and it worked a booth and He was there 00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:46.519 and I also want to say hello to my friends in 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.900 Huntsville, Mark Brown and his team down there 00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:53.139 at Huntsville that do such a wonderful job down 00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:56.119 there too. Neil, thanks for having us on your 00:42:56.119 --> 00:43:01.280 program and we couldn't be more delighted to 00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:06.000 have Nathaniel win this award. It's a thrill 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.960 for us and I think it's a great thing for Amateur 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.989 Radio. And Nathaniel, uh, we'll be seeing you 00:43:11.989 --> 00:43:14.889 in a few weeks and, and I'll be talking to you 00:43:14.889 --> 00:43:19.230 in a couple of weeks, Neil. This is WHCI. All 00:43:19.230 --> 00:43:21.849 right, Michael, thank you so much. But, uh, that 00:43:21.849 --> 00:43:25.590 is going to be a wrap for tonight. Oh, hang on. 00:43:25.750 --> 00:43:29.010 We got, no, it's not. Oh, Michael says it was 00:43:29.010 --> 00:43:32.690 great seeing, uh, him in Orlando in February 00:43:32.690 --> 00:43:35.829 as well. So we'll let Michael get the last word 00:43:35.829 --> 00:43:39.449 in tonight. But, uh, thanks for listening and 00:43:39.449 --> 00:43:42.389 that's going to be a wrap for this week's ham 00:43:42.389 --> 00:43:45.329 talk live. Thanks to Michael Coulter, WHCI and 00:43:45.329 --> 00:43:48.670 Dr. Nathaniel Frisell, W2NAF and everybody out 00:43:48.670 --> 00:43:50.929 there in cyberspace for listening and typing 00:43:50.929 --> 00:43:54.510 in tonight. And, uh, and I invite you back next 00:43:54.510 --> 00:43:58.429 Thursday night at 9 PM Eastern time when Matt 00:43:58.429 --> 00:44:04.000 Deutsch, N0RGT and Dave Swartz, W0DAS We'll be 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.360 here to talk a little bit about the WWV forum 00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.480 that will be taking place at Hamvention this 00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:16.519 year celebrating the 100th anniversary. of WWV 00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:18.780 and for a list of all of our upcoming guests 00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:22.000 just go over to HamTalkLive .com and if you like 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:25.300 HamTalk Live please leave us a review that helps 00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:28.699 others find us faster. So for now this is Neil 00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:33.380 Rapp WB9VPG saying seven three seven five and 00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:47.940 may the good DX be yours. Thanks for watching!