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Visit www .icomamerica .com slash 00:01:00.299 --> 00:01:04.140 amateur for more information about ICOM radios. 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:40.459 Good evening everyone Sam talk live episode number 00:01:40.459 --> 00:01:47.879 161 the AMSAT Academy part of the 2019 Hamvention 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:53.439 preview recorded live on Thursday, April 18 2019 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.099 and a happy World Amateur Radio Day to you. What 00:01:57.099 --> 00:02:02.739 a great day it's World Ham Radio Day and start 00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:07.180 of Hamvention preview right here on ham talk 00:02:07.180 --> 00:02:11.620 live can't wait Greatest time of the year to 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:15.479 be a ham Well, I'm your host Neil rap wb9 vpg. 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:18.319 Thanks for tuning in to this episode of ham talk 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.680 live tonight We're kicking off our annual hamvention 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.639 preview shows and we'll be joined by Paul Stetzer 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:29.919 in 8HM. And we'll take your calls live in just 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.479 a few minutes. Last week here on the show, Melinda 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.199 Zimper, Lee Height, Kate CLI, and Jocelyn Breaux, 00:02:36.340 --> 00:02:39.900 KD8 VRX. 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That's 5085 AM Saturday evenings 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:04.990 at a about 6 30 p .m eastern time and our ham 00:03:04.990 --> 00:03:07.409 vincen preview indeed does begin tonight with 00:03:07.409 --> 00:03:11.050 paul talking about the amsat academy next week 00:03:11.050 --> 00:03:14.669 michael coulter whci will fill us in on all of 00:03:14.669 --> 00:03:18.550 the ham vincen award winners including one that 00:03:18.550 --> 00:03:22.969 will join us dr nathaniel forsell w2naf who's 00:03:22.969 --> 00:03:26.150 been on the show before a couple of times he's 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:29.099 this year's Ham of the Year. And then on May 00:03:29.099 --> 00:03:33.280 2nd we'll preview the WWV Forum, which will talk 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.659 about the 100th anniversary of WWV this year. 00:03:38.250 --> 00:03:41.629 And on May 9th, Michael at WHCI will be back 00:03:41.629 --> 00:03:44.889 again to give us the latest news and changes 00:03:44.889 --> 00:03:48.110 to this year's Hamvention. And on Hamvention 00:03:48.110 --> 00:03:51.969 Eve, May 16th, don't forget, HamTalk Live will 00:03:51.969 --> 00:03:54.889 be coming to you live from Dayton as we will 00:03:54.889 --> 00:03:58.270 bring you up to the minute weather, traffic and 00:03:58.270 --> 00:04:01.189 parking reports and all the information you need. 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:05.520 to make your Hamvention trip a success and go 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.340 as smoothly as possible. So get your questions 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:12.020 ready to go about the AMSAT activities and if 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:14.439 you're listening to us live on Thursday night 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.339 you'll be able to call in and ask those questions 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:21.300 after we do a little interview with Paul here 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:28.259 and that phone number will be 812 -650 -9556. 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.439 We'll repeat the number here in a minute so you 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.939 can write that down and have that ready to go. 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:38.980 It's 812 -650 -9556 and you'll be able to call 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:41.620 during the call -in segment of the show. We'll 00:04:41.620 --> 00:04:43.959 let you know when it's time that we can open 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.920 up the phone lines. You can go ahead and tweet 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.300 us right now though. 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All 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.860 the information you need for your trip to Dayton. 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:47.040 It's Ham, Bench & Preview here on HamTalk Live. 00:07:03.730 --> 00:07:06.230 Thanks to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics 00:07:06.230 --> 00:07:09.250 for sponsoring the show tonight to help bring 00:07:09.250 --> 00:07:13.170 you ham talk live as they do each and every week. 00:07:13.629 --> 00:07:15.970 Coming up this weekend, they're in Gainesville, 00:07:15.970 --> 00:07:20.529 Florida, April 20th, and then April 27th, Calhoun, 00:07:20.569 --> 00:07:24.269 Georgia. And then in May on May 4th, they'll 00:07:24.269 --> 00:07:26.949 be in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, May 5th, Sandwich, 00:07:26.970 --> 00:07:30.410 Illinois. And of course May 17th through 19th 00:07:30.410 --> 00:07:34.230 they'll be at Hamvention or you can visit them 00:07:34.230 --> 00:07:40.500 online anytime at PL -259 .com Paul Stetzer in 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:43.639 8HM is the executive vice president and member 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.819 of the board of directors of the Radio Amateur 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:50.220 Satellite Corporation or AMSAT North America. 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:53.879 He's also a member of AMSAT UK and the Potomac 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:57.620 Valley Radio Club. Paul first became licensed 00:07:57.620 --> 00:08:01.779 at the age of 14 and upgraded to extra within 00:08:01.779 --> 00:08:04.939 a few months and Paul has a long list of awards 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:08.620 he has earned on the air and is formerly a member 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:12.019 of I gotta throw in the college affiliation here 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:16.560 since I'm one of these school ham radio educator 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.500 types of the Michigan State University amateur 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:24.899 radio club program up there. So good to see Paul 00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:27.920 sticking around through college and still here 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:32.120 in ham radio. So Paul, welcome to ham talk live. 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:37.230 Thank you, Neil. Great to be here tonight. Before 00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:40.450 we get started talking about the AMSAT Academy 00:08:40.450 --> 00:08:45.509 and all the activities We want to take just a 00:08:45.509 --> 00:08:51.610 moment to To reflect on dr. Owen Gary at w5 LFL 00:08:51.610 --> 00:08:57.409 Owen became a silent key this week and His son 00:08:57.409 --> 00:09:02.190 Richard w5 kwq was on the show here back in episode 00:09:02.190 --> 00:09:08.659 49 and Not only was Owen the first to take ham 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:12.740 radio to space, but his son also took ham radio 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:19.460 to space with the Soyuz rocket and went as a 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:24.159 tourist, where Owen went as a researcher. So, 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:27.919 Paul, let's talk about Dr. Garriott here for 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:35.799 just a moment and what... he met to AMSAT. Yeah, 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:38.480 Owen was certainly a pioneer of amateur radio 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:43.200 in space. His flight aboard Columbia in 1983 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:50.279 really set the stage for all of our future activities 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:55.039 in human spaceflight, future shuttle missions, 00:09:56.179 --> 00:09:59.179 Mir space station, and now of course aboard the 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:01.720 International Space Station. And hopefully in 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.039 the future there is an AMSAT and ARIS international 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.440 team pursuing some plans that Owen had hoped 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:12.820 to fulfill even back in the later stages of the 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:16.159 Apollo program to fly ham radio to the moon, 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:20.480 including on, and now we're working towards flying 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.139 amateur radio on the lunar gateway. So really 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:28.059 his presence as an astronaut and an amateur radio 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:32.679 operator really got the foot in the door for 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:36.179 amateur radio operations from space so it's certainly 00:10:36.179 --> 00:10:40.759 a sad week. Yeah it sure is and you know there's 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:45.679 a lot of people who were around to hear him from 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:50.269 space and Remember, you know the cover of QST 00:10:50.269 --> 00:10:52.830 with the little hatch that he had the antenna 00:10:52.830 --> 00:10:56.230 in and everything So I want to play just a little 00:10:56.230 --> 00:11:00.990 clip here of a recording from when I was 12 years 00:11:00.990 --> 00:11:06.009 old Was at home listening hoping that I would 00:11:06.009 --> 00:11:08.570 would hear and this was the first Transmission 00:11:08.570 --> 00:11:11.970 that that I ever heard from space satellite or 00:11:11.970 --> 00:11:15.629 space station or shuttle or otherwise so this 00:11:15.629 --> 00:11:21.440 is a recording from Dr. Owen Gehry at W5LFL in 00:11:21.440 --> 00:12:06.250 space. So that was W5LFL from the Space Shuttle 00:12:06.250 --> 00:12:09.830 and in just a moment to remember Dr. Owen Gary 00:12:09.830 --> 00:12:21.299 at W5LFL. okay well on a happier note we have 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:23.679 an AMSAT Academy coming up we have Hamvention 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.100 coming up and so we want to talk a little bit 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:30.019 about this now this is the the first time that 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:34.220 this has been done at Hamvention and this is 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:38.559 kind of been a progression so Paul tell us all 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:45.059 about the AMSAT Academy Yeah, so the AMSAT Academy, 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.519 it's going to be a day -long comprehensive instructional 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.879 session held the day before Hamvention. That's 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.639 Thursday, May 16th. This will be the first time 00:12:55.639 --> 00:13:01.379 we're doing it at Hamvention. The first sort 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:03.899 of session, it wasn't called AMSAT Academy, but 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:07.549 the first day -long instructional session was 00:13:07.549 --> 00:13:11.710 back in 2014 at the AWRL Centennial Convention 00:13:11.710 --> 00:13:18.169 in Hartford. And then last fall at the Duke City 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:22.509 Hamfest, we also conducted a day -long AMSAT 00:13:22.509 --> 00:13:26.730 Academy session. So looking forward to it this 00:13:26.730 --> 00:13:30.250 year at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association 00:13:30.250 --> 00:13:34.450 clubhouse in Dayton. And the session's going 00:13:34.450 --> 00:13:37.309 to cover the history of AMSAT and amateur radio 00:13:37.309 --> 00:13:40.230 satellites, current satellites that are in orbit, 00:13:40.750 --> 00:13:43.169 what equipment you need, and how to work the 00:13:43.169 --> 00:13:46.409 current satellites to include FM satellites, 00:13:46.769 --> 00:13:50.149 the linear transponder satellites, as well as 00:13:50.149 --> 00:13:54.330 digital birds as well. The sessions are going 00:13:54.330 --> 00:13:58.570 to be led by AMSAT's president, Joe Speyer, K6WAO, 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:01.509 and our Vice President of User Services. Robert 00:14:01.509 --> 00:14:04.769 Bankston, a KE -4AL, and I think we'll have a 00:14:04.769 --> 00:14:08.049 few others participating as well. So we're really 00:14:08.049 --> 00:14:11.210 looking forward to it. Yeah, it sounds like a 00:14:11.210 --> 00:14:16.370 great opportunity to learn from the best of, 00:14:16.370 --> 00:14:19.009 you know, how to get on these satellites and 00:14:19.009 --> 00:14:24.539 how to How that all works and you know you had 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:27.720 a whole day to do that is a great opportunity 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.100 too because a lot of times you get a little bit 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:33.039 here and a little bit there and by being able 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:37.539 to Take out an entire day. That's that's a pretty 00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:43.299 cool opportunity and How do people sign up and 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:47.559 register for that? Yeah, so anybody can register 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:54.139 on the AMSAT store at www .amsat .org. The registration 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:58.220 fee for the session is $85. It includes a digital 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.500 copy of our newly revised 2019 Getting Started 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:06.000 with Amateur Satellites book, a one -year AMSAT 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.039 basic membership, which is a $44 value right 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:14.019 there, as well as a pizza lunch. All included 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:16.960 for the day. It's going to begin at 9 a .m. Again 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:20.340 on Thursday May 16th and last until about 5 p 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:24.100 .m Now if anybody who wants to attend is an AMSAT 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:27.440 member? registering for the for the session will 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.639 just add a another 12 months to their to their 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.519 membership All right, very good. So chance to 00:15:36.190 --> 00:15:39.870 to find out more about AMSAT and satellites at 00:15:39.870 --> 00:15:43.029 the AMSAT Academy. The day before, it's Hamvention 00:15:43.029 --> 00:15:46.309 Eve. And then make sure you tune in to HamTalk 00:15:46.309 --> 00:15:49.269 Live that evening and we'll catch you up on all 00:15:49.269 --> 00:15:52.029 the things you missed while you were studying 00:15:52.029 --> 00:15:55.230 about satellites and how the weather's going 00:15:55.230 --> 00:15:58.669 and all that good stuff. So be sure to check 00:15:58.669 --> 00:16:05.009 that out. Well, you've got a lot going on. In 00:16:05.009 --> 00:16:08.429 addition to the AMSAT Academy, you've got stuff 00:16:08.429 --> 00:16:12.529 going on all weekend. And I know there's a dinner 00:16:12.529 --> 00:16:18.190 and there's a banquet that coincides with the 00:16:18.190 --> 00:16:20.850 Tucson Amateur Packet Radio or Tapper, folks. 00:16:21.690 --> 00:16:25.990 So tell us about all of the events going on in 00:16:25.990 --> 00:16:28.990 addition to the Academy at this year's Hamvention. 00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:32.779 Well, Hamvention Weekend, as you said, it's always 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:35.399 a packed time with lots of exciting activities. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:40.980 Right after the AMSAT Academy, we do hold an 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:44.159 informal dinner at Ticket's Pub and Eatery in 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:49.080 Fairborn, starting about 6 or 6 .30 p .m. there 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:54.100 at the pub. There's no program or speaker, but 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:57.019 it is an excellent opportunity to meet up with 00:16:56.990 --> 00:17:01.529 other AMSAT members and enjoy good Greek and 00:17:01.529 --> 00:17:04.789 American food and a good beer list with some 00:17:04.789 --> 00:17:10.849 local microbrews from the Dayton area. So there's 00:17:10.849 --> 00:17:13.569 no need for anybody to sign up. If you can make 00:17:13.569 --> 00:17:17.349 it, just stop on by and have a great time. So 00:17:17.349 --> 00:17:21.910 that's our Thursday night activity. Friday night 00:17:21.910 --> 00:17:26.660 after... after the first day of Hamvention concludes 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:30.400 is our annual banquet. Now with our annual banquet 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.680 we hold it in conjunction with, as you said, 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:37.279 the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Association, 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:42.279 TAPR. And each year we alternate with them on 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:46.220 who chooses the speaker. So this year it's the 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:49.900 TAPR -AMSAT banquet, next year it'll be the AMSAT 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:55.000 -TAPR banquet. This year, again, it was Tapper's 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.799 turn to pick the speaker, and the speaker is 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:01.640 going to be Dr. PJ Erickson, W1PJE from the MIT 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.000 Haystack Observatory, and he's going to give 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:07.319 a presentation entitled, New Frontiers and Human 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:10.079 Understanding of Geospace, Radio Explorations 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:12.940 of Near Earth Space from Top to Bottom through 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:16.579 Joint Amateur and Scientist Partnerships. I think 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:20.759 it's going to be an excellent event with an excellent 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.960 speaker. It's always good food, good conversation, 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:28.440 as well as a cash bar. Okay, well that sounds 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:35.079 like that dinner is out of this world. Yes, absolutely. 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:43.329 Tickets are $40. can be purchased again on the 00:18:43.329 --> 00:18:47.410 AMSAT online store, which is www .amsat .org. 00:18:47.950 --> 00:18:51.569 The deadline is Tuesday, May 14th, so we don't 00:18:51.569 --> 00:18:56.630 sell any tickets at Hamvention. Just everybody 00:18:56.630 --> 00:19:00.950 must register by May 14th so we know the correct 00:19:00.950 --> 00:19:05.089 amount of food to order and everything. Very 00:19:05.089 --> 00:19:07.910 good. Well, yeah, I'm sorry I had to throw the 00:19:07.910 --> 00:19:12.200 pun in there about out of this world. topic. 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:17.460 But anyway, it will be a great event. So make 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:19.640 sure you check that out. And then you've got 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:22.480 some forums going on and demos and all kinds 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:27.039 of stuff. So keep going. Yeah. So as always, 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:30.640 there are forums sponsored by AMSAT. This year, 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.099 we're going to do things a little different. 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:37.019 Normally, the AMSAT forum includes the ARIS update 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.900 as well, the amateur radio on the International 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:41.599 Space Station update. New this year, there's 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.859 going to be a separate forum for ARIS where the 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:47.019 ARIS team will present an overview and status 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:49.140 of the program. And then they're going to conduct 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:53.119 a panel and Q &A session with some ARIS experts 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:57.940 in operations, education, hardware, experimentation 00:19:57.940 --> 00:20:01.119 and exploration. And they also hope to have some 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:04.200 surprise guests attending. That forum is going 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:09.170 to be on Friday afternoon at 1 .15 p .m. And 00:20:09.170 --> 00:20:12.529 then on Saturday, we'll have our main AMSAT forum 00:20:12.529 --> 00:20:18.470 at 1210 p .m. Our president, Joe Speyer, K6WAO, 00:20:18.589 --> 00:20:21.349 is going to highlight some recent activities, 00:20:22.309 --> 00:20:24.910 challenges, accomplishments, ongoing projects, 00:20:25.349 --> 00:20:27.369 and any late breaking news that we're able to 00:20:27.369 --> 00:20:30.789 share. We also have reports from our Vice President 00:20:30.789 --> 00:20:34.369 of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, who's going 00:20:34.369 --> 00:20:39.549 to talk about the FOX -1 project and wrapping 00:20:39.549 --> 00:20:44.069 that up with the hopefully summer 2019 launch 00:20:44.069 --> 00:20:48.750 of FOX -1E or RATFX -SAT -2. And then he'll talk 00:20:48.750 --> 00:20:52.750 about our GALF or Greater Orbit Larger Footprint 00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:55.680 satellite project as well. and give an update 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:59.579 on the current status of that program. Our Vice 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:02.140 President of Educational Relations, Ellen Johnston, 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:07.740 KU2Y, will introduce the AMSAT CubeSat simulator, 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:12.160 which is a really, really interesting project 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:17.180 that is basically an educational model of a CubeSat 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:21.220 that's fully functional with solar panels, telemetry 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:27.039 transmitter, and can really help students understand 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:31.680 how these CubeSats operate in space. And then 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:34.140 finally, our Vice President of User Services, 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:37.940 Robert Bankston, KE4AL, will discuss our 50th 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:40.680 anniversary operating events and update us on 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:44.940 the new AMSAT Ambassadors field operations program. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:50.359 And knowing Robert, between sessions, he will 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:55.799 be out activating grids. Yeah, yeah either he 00:21:55.799 --> 00:22:00.759 may be yes, I Already saw his tweet. He's already 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:03.019 got he's already got the little grid squares 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:07.700 filled in with the dates and everything so he's 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:11.700 Ready to activate a couple of new grids. So I'm 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:15.400 sure he will enjoy that as well. So all kinds 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:17.940 of stuff going on during hand -vention weekend 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:22.410 I know I was just telling Paul before the show 00:22:22.410 --> 00:22:25.250 I'm looking at all the things that I have to 00:22:25.250 --> 00:22:27.329 get done and I'm like, I think I'm gonna have 00:22:27.329 --> 00:22:31.950 to like make a Special calendar just for ham 00:22:31.950 --> 00:22:35.609 vision weekend for where I have to be win. So 00:22:35.609 --> 00:22:40.980 you Here's more stuff to go to during Amvij and 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:45.460 if there wasn't enough, now here's more. So great 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:48.720 opportunities to learn about things in the forums 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.200 and the dinners and the Amesat Academy, just 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:54.119 all kinds of great stuff. So we're gonna come 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:56.000 back here in a minute. We're gonna take your 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.079 calls. 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You'll just 00:26:17.130 --> 00:26:20.009 have to call in later or ask your questions later. 00:26:20.309 --> 00:26:23.009 But if you're listening live right now, it's 00:26:23.009 --> 00:26:28.910 time to call 812 -650 -9556. And we've got a 00:26:28.910 --> 00:26:32.049 few messages here. Most people cheering us on 00:26:32.049 --> 00:26:36.089 here. Ruth, KM4LAO says that she's doing her 00:26:36.089 --> 00:26:38.930 material science and nanotechnology homework 00:26:38.930 --> 00:26:45.099 while listening to Paul talk about The AMSAT 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:47.720 booth and AMSAT Academy and she's gonna be helping 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.980 out at the booth a little bit. So Let's talk 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:55.380 about the AMSAT booth Yeah, well and certainly 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:58.359 we certainly look forward to having her and then 00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:00.079 the rest of the volunteers there to help out 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:04.359 It's it's always great to to get everybody together 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:09.080 helping out and we have a beginners corner that 00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:12.500 where people can come by and ask just basic questions 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:15.619 about satellite communications, how to get started 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:18.059 and things like that. And that's always one of 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:22.319 our great resources. But again, our booth this 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.299 year is going to be very exciting. First of all, 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:29.319 we're going to have some 50th anniversary AMSAT 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:33.759 gear, t -shirts, polos and hats. with our special 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.339 50th anniversary logo and design on them. So 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.920 those will be great. Great collector's items 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:43.779 and great items to wear around. So be sure to 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:47.380 stop by and pick those up. And as we introduce 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:51.500 at Dayton every year, our new updated for 2019 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:53.740 Getting Started with Amateur Satellites book. 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:57.039 It's a great resource for... the new or even 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:00.819 the experienced amateur satellite operator to 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:03.660 read through and either learn about something 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:07.140 new or refresh some of your knowledge. So that's 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:10.019 always a big seller and that will be for sale 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:15.220 at the MSAT booth as well. We always have a setup 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:18.539 for tracking software demonstration, exhibit 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:22.519 on ERAS and our engineering team. But special 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:27.579 for this year is going to be what we're calling 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:34.140 Oscar Park. It's a display of satellite models 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:36.980 from throughout AMSAT and even from prior to 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:39.640 AMSAT's existence. So throughout our history, 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:44.279 we're going to have models of Oscar VII, the 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:48.390 Phase III satellites, the FOX satellite. demo 00:28:48.390 --> 00:28:51.190 model will be there, as well as actually working 00:28:51.190 --> 00:28:53.950 demo models of both the Arisat -1 satellite that 00:28:53.950 --> 00:28:59.410 was deployed from the ISS back in 2011, and the 00:28:59.410 --> 00:29:02.710 working demo model of Oscar -1, which will transmit 00:29:02.710 --> 00:29:09.190 the CW tone that varies its speed based on the 00:29:09.190 --> 00:29:12.269 temperature. So be sure to stop on by and see 00:29:12.269 --> 00:29:14.410 that. That's going to be a very special exhibit 00:29:14.410 --> 00:29:17.940 with all those models. for the 50th anniversary 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:24.500 of AMSAT. All right, 812 -650 -9556 is the phone 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:28.039 number to call if you'd like to join in tonight. 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:32.160 We've got some people here on Spreaker. Pat, 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:36.240 K7LNP, good evening to you as well, and Carl, 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:42.140 KD9HQT, and we've also got Jill, KD8QGA, and 00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:46.759 Chris, AA4CB. all chatting it up here tonight 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:50.339 so thank you for listening and if you have a 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:56.519 question give us a call it's 812 -650 -9556 or 00:29:56.519 --> 00:30:00.700 you can tweet us again it's at hamtalklive over 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:04.420 on twitter well in addition to the park and the 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:08.420 booth and and the academy and all of this stuff 00:30:09.970 --> 00:30:12.930 You've got the demo station now. I always remember 00:30:12.930 --> 00:30:17.849 the demo station from back at her arena Even 00:30:17.849 --> 00:30:20.329 though the place was caving in I still have fond 00:30:20.329 --> 00:30:23.650 memories of her arena and you guys would be out 00:30:23.650 --> 00:30:28.009 there in the in the tent and I'd always go flying 00:30:28.009 --> 00:30:30.890 by and seeing that you know the antennas getting 00:30:30.890 --> 00:30:33.069 pointed up in the sky and everything and doing 00:30:33.069 --> 00:30:36.670 everything and So tell us what you've got going 00:30:36.670 --> 00:30:41.470 on this year for those demos of all the satellite 00:30:41.470 --> 00:30:46.450 operations. Yeah, so, and our setup in Xenia, 00:30:46.650 --> 00:30:49.329 frankly, is a lot better than it was at Hera. 00:30:49.670 --> 00:30:52.569 It's right next, literally right next to our 00:30:52.569 --> 00:30:56.089 booth, right adjacent, just outside of Maxim 00:30:56.089 --> 00:31:00.769 Hall. Coming into the Hamvention from the main 00:31:00.769 --> 00:31:03.750 entrance, you'll see the tent and our setup, 00:31:03.789 --> 00:31:05.990 and then right inside that building is our booth. 00:31:06.109 --> 00:31:09.210 So it's an excellent setup. And we have an electrical 00:31:09.210 --> 00:31:11.670 outlet. So that's excellent as well. That's a 00:31:11.670 --> 00:31:14.549 bonus, yes. Oh, yeah, yeah. Don't have to worry 00:31:14.549 --> 00:31:18.210 about bringing battery power. So it's a great 00:31:18.210 --> 00:31:20.970 setup there. So as I've done for the past few 00:31:20.970 --> 00:31:24.529 years, I'll be personally leading the satellite 00:31:24.529 --> 00:31:29.450 operating demo station. What we do as a philosophy 00:31:29.450 --> 00:31:35.029 with this demo station is really a basic. satellite 00:31:35.029 --> 00:31:37.230 setup. We don't want to set up too much fancy 00:31:37.230 --> 00:31:42.569 equipment and make it look expensive because 00:31:42.569 --> 00:31:44.750 it's not. Operating satellites does not have 00:31:44.750 --> 00:31:49.029 to be any more expensive than a modest HF station. 00:31:49.849 --> 00:31:53.049 So I'll have a real basic setup, usually just 00:31:53.049 --> 00:31:58.839 my pair of FT -817s. And we'll be using an Alaskan 00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:04.039 Aero antenna on just a $20 speaker stand with 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:09.400 portable rotations, their 12 -volt Asel rotor, 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.779 which is a nice little thing. The antennas moving 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:19.299 around and tracking the satellites are always 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:24.619 a great sight. really attracts people to come 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:29.859 and see what we're doing in the booth. It's always 00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:34.119 an exciting area to be and work some satellites. 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.420 show people who have never seen it being done 00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:39.819 before how it all works. Unfortunately, the RF 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:42.380 environment at Hamvention, as you might imagine 00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:46.339 for receiving satellites, is not ideal, but we 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:50.019 do our best to make some contacts on all the 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:52.440 satellites that pass over while the Hamvention 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.900 is open. I've always said that I'd love to see 00:32:57.900 --> 00:33:05.299 a black body radiation study of Hamvention. With 00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:08.440 all the RF running around, it would be so cool 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:14.539 to see this big blob of RF just hanging out over 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:20.900 Hamvention. So yeah, it's not exactly ideal for 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:23.880 demoing. Yeah, one thing I have always wanted 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:26.779 to demo, and I've tried this various years, is 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:30.940 the option of using your basic SDR dongle, like 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:34.619 a Funcube dongle or an AirSpy Mini or a similar 00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:39.579 dongle style SDR radio with a computer to receive 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:43.680 the downlink while using an 817 for the uplink. 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:47.900 The problem is those dongles just don't really 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:52.369 work very well in the RF environment. at Hamvention, 00:33:53.130 --> 00:33:57.250 so it's not a great demo. It's all in -band interference, 00:33:57.329 --> 00:33:59.730 so there's no way to really filter that out. 00:34:02.430 --> 00:34:04.650 It's a challenging environment, but again, we 00:34:04.650 --> 00:34:07.150 do the best we can to make some contacts, and 00:34:07.150 --> 00:34:10.429 we usually have a few other people. I know we'll 00:34:10.429 --> 00:34:12.610 have probably a couple of people with their own 00:34:12.610 --> 00:34:15.570 portable setups around. We'll work back and forth 00:34:15.570 --> 00:34:17.489 with each other through the satellite. So it's 00:34:17.489 --> 00:34:21.010 always a fun, always a real fun, informal time 00:34:21.010 --> 00:34:23.710 and get to answer a lot of people's questions 00:34:23.710 --> 00:34:27.389 and show them how it all works. All right. Well, 00:34:27.409 --> 00:34:29.909 we do have a couple of questions coming in here, 00:34:29.909 --> 00:34:32.730 so we'll get to some of those. And good evening 00:34:32.730 --> 00:34:36.889 to my friend, Tim, KG9NA. Nice to see you in 00:34:36.889 --> 00:34:41.730 here. And Carl says, cheesecake on an RF stick 00:34:41.730 --> 00:34:45.090 instead of cheesecake on a stick. That's the, 00:34:45.289 --> 00:34:47.829 the Hamvention tradition. Well, we've got a, 00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:53.489 a question from Pat K7 LNP and it's a common 00:34:53.489 --> 00:34:57.230 question. Do you ever think there will be an 00:34:57.230 --> 00:35:03.110 Assail 2 Qo10 like geostationary satellite from 00:35:03.110 --> 00:35:06.409 North America? Well, you know, that's certainly 00:35:06.409 --> 00:35:10.650 a goal of ours now The the devil is certainly 00:35:10.650 --> 00:35:14.090 always the the the cost of such an of such a 00:35:14.090 --> 00:35:17.449 venture You know, you're talking several million 00:35:17.449 --> 00:35:22.329 dollars and Realistically unless a great opportunity 00:35:22.329 --> 00:35:25.590 comes by which that that great opportunity with 00:35:25.590 --> 00:35:29.789 the Qataris and and AMSAT DL for for what's now 00:35:29.789 --> 00:35:34.090 QO100. Those opportunities certainly don't come 00:35:34.090 --> 00:35:38.889 around very often. But again, that is certainly 00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:41.809 a goal of ours. And if we continue to pursue 00:35:41.809 --> 00:35:46.809 opportunities to try to get something like that 00:35:46.809 --> 00:35:51.449 for North America, for the Western Hemisphere, 00:35:51.510 --> 00:35:54.889 because it would be an excellent resource and 00:35:54.889 --> 00:35:58.110 excellent opportunity to be able to do that. 00:35:58.670 --> 00:36:03.650 Yeah, and I Jerry Buxton went through some of 00:36:03.650 --> 00:36:06.610 that discussion on an earlier episode too. If 00:36:06.610 --> 00:36:12.070 you want to get all the gory details You can 00:36:12.070 --> 00:36:16.090 go back and listen to the one where N0JY is on 00:36:16.090 --> 00:36:18.309 and talk a little bit about that progression 00:36:18.309 --> 00:36:22.429 of Trying to build toward that. So yeah, that'd 00:36:22.429 --> 00:36:26.829 be great If we come up with the money to support 00:36:26.829 --> 00:36:31.469 it, that would be absolutely wonderful. So we'll 00:36:31.469 --> 00:36:37.570 see how the RF goes with the demos, but it really 00:36:37.570 --> 00:36:40.250 doesn't take a whole lot sometimes, especially 00:36:40.250 --> 00:36:45.150 the FM birds. I've been doing the FM birds and 00:36:45.150 --> 00:36:49.809 honestly I need to get my arrow out more because 00:36:49.809 --> 00:36:54.159 I just keep using the whip on the car and, you 00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:58.059 know, as long as I stay on AO -91 or 92, I'm 00:36:58.059 --> 00:37:02.880 good. Outside of that, not so much. So I'm going 00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:06.539 to have to work on that this summer and start 00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:10.599 using that aero a little bit more. So the demo 00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:13.659 thing, you know, would be good because I could 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:16.539 see how you do some of those other satellites. 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:20.599 Yeah, absolutely stop on by and yeah, and we'll 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.699 probably have I said we'll probably have other 00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:24.960 people showing you kind of different ways to 00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:29.980 do it and It's it's it's well worth a visit. 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:34.239 I encourage anybody who has any interest in in 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:36.980 satellites to stop on by hopefully during a pass 00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:41.440 now We will have a pass schedule That'll be posted 00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:46.010 on the AMSAT website Under our hamvention section 00:37:46.010 --> 00:37:49.210 as well as past schedules at the demo area and 00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:52.230 at our booth So you'll know when to stop on by 00:37:52.230 --> 00:37:56.530 for for different types of satellites All right, 00:37:56.530 --> 00:38:01.989 and RJ WI 7AA Wants to know are there any updates 00:38:01.989 --> 00:38:06.429 on Fox one II and where it is in the timeline? 00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:12.030 well Fox 1E, RedFXSat -2, that satellite's done. 00:38:12.050 --> 00:38:15.769 It's ready to go. It's awaiting launch. Now we're 00:38:15.769 --> 00:38:21.869 hoping for a summer 2019 launch. The launch, 00:38:22.269 --> 00:38:24.889 it'll be on Virgin Orbit's Launcher 1, which 00:38:24.889 --> 00:38:29.929 is their new air launch system. So it's fly up 00:38:29.929 --> 00:38:32.969 in a plane and then the rocket drops off the 00:38:32.969 --> 00:38:35.429 side of the plane and fires and sends it off 00:38:35.429 --> 00:38:41.119 into orbit. Now, again, that depends on their 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:45.179 testing schedule as they continue to develop 00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:49.519 that new launch system. So again, we're hoping 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:52.699 for summer 2019, but you know how these things 00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:59.300 go. These things do get held up sometimes, and 00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:03.519 sometimes things do go wrong. So that's just 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:08.889 part of the learning curve. That'll happen. So 00:39:08.889 --> 00:39:11.769 hopefully we'll we'll be hearing another bird 00:39:11.769 --> 00:39:16.829 on this summer. So If you have a question, we're 00:39:16.829 --> 00:39:19.329 getting close to the end here. So give us a call 00:39:19.329 --> 00:39:23.469 eight one two six five zero nine five five six 00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:27.409 or tweet us at ham talk live and We'll try to 00:39:27.409 --> 00:39:30.510 get it in here before we shut down things for 00:39:30.510 --> 00:39:35.949 the evening But just a lot going on here. So 00:39:36.550 --> 00:39:40.789 Paul, let's just kind of recap again. Register 00:39:40.789 --> 00:39:44.550 for the Academy where you can find information 00:39:44.550 --> 00:39:47.489 on all these events that we've been talking about 00:39:47.489 --> 00:39:51.269 tonight. Yeah, Neil. So all of the information 00:39:51.269 --> 00:39:55.349 about our AMSAT activities at the Hanvention 00:39:55.349 --> 00:40:01.670 is available on our website. There's a link right 00:40:01.670 --> 00:40:05.210 at the top of the page. or there's also a link 00:40:05.210 --> 00:40:10.090 in our events menu on the website as well. So, 00:40:10.230 --> 00:40:13.730 again, register for the Academy on our website 00:40:13.730 --> 00:40:18.070 and the Tapper AMSAT Bank. Those do require registration 00:40:18.070 --> 00:40:21.909 before hamvention. The rest of the activities, 00:40:21.969 --> 00:40:26.789 just stop on by. Okay. Well, I think that's going 00:40:26.789 --> 00:40:29.769 to do it for tonight, but Paul, thanks so much 00:40:29.769 --> 00:40:33.590 for coming on and telling us all about all the 00:40:33.590 --> 00:40:36.789 cool stuff that's going to be happening at Hamvention 00:40:36.789 --> 00:40:42.190 2019 this year. Any last words here before we 00:40:42.190 --> 00:40:45.429 go? Well, thank you very much, Neil, for having 00:40:45.429 --> 00:40:47.369 us on and we're certainly looking forward to 00:40:47.369 --> 00:40:50.829 Hamvention. It's one of those crucial dates on 00:40:50.829 --> 00:40:54.590 the amateur radio calendar. We've put a lot of 00:40:54.590 --> 00:40:57.730 work into putting out a good show for everyone. 00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:00.940 and spreading the word about amateur satellites 00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:06.760 and AMSAT. All right, very good. Well, that's 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:10.679 a wrap for another episode of HamTalk Live and 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:15.840 another year of Hamvention Preview. Next week, 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:19.760 we'll keep on going with this. Michael Coulter, 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:23.179 W8CI, will be here to talk about the Hamvention 00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:27.079 Award winners and will be joined by the 2019 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:32.099 Ham of the Year, Dr. Nathaniel Frisell, W2NAF. 00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:35.719 So I'd like to thank my guest Paul Stetzer, N8HM, 00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:38.179 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:42.019 and typing in and invite you back next Thursday 00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:46.719 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time for the preview 00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:52.409 on The Hamvention Awards. So for a list of all 00:41:52.409 --> 00:41:55.550 of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. 00:41:55.929 --> 00:41:58.190 And if you like HamTalk Live, please consider 00:41:58.190 --> 00:42:00.789 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:42:00.789 --> 00:42:03.929 listen. It helps others find us faster. So for 00:42:03.929 --> 00:42:07.710 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven 00:42:07.710 --> 00:42:12.269 three, seven five, and may the good DX be yours. 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:31.719 Thanks for watching!