WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:06.000 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.919 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:17.620 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:22.839 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:31.820 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.820 --> 00:00:59.200 we go, welcome to... Good evening, everyone. 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.740 It's time for ham talk live. It's episode number 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:07.099 160 the 75th anniversary of the voice of America 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:11.120 Bethany station recorded live on Thursday, April 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:17.640 11 2019 I'm your host Neil rap WB 9 VPG. Thanks 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.719 for tuning in to Another episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.920 Tonight we're joined by Melinda Zemper, Leigh 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:30.299 Height, K8CLI, and Jocelyn Brough, KD8VRX. And 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:33.379 we'll take your calls live in just a few minutes. 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:37.379 Last week here on the show, Emmet Onasi, the 00:01:37.379 --> 00:01:42.040 third W0QH, was here to talk about... EMCOM -1. 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.540 That's the mobile interoperable communications 00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:49.840 van that goes around to various hamfests for 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:54.420 display and is on call at a moment's notice if 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:57.500 needed in an emergency. So if you want to hear 00:01:57.500 --> 00:01:59.739 more about that you can listen anytime just go 00:01:59.739 --> 00:02:03.840 to hamtalklive .com or your favorite podcast 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.959 app or on YouTube or you can catch the rebroadcast 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:14.900 on WTWW 5085 AM shortwave Saturday evenings at 00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:18.500 about 6 30 p .m. Eastern Time. So we're going 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:20.819 to talk about the Voice of America Museum tonight 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:23.840 so get those questions ready to go. And I'm going 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.259 to give you the phone number to call here. So 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:28.159 if you want to write this down, I'll give you 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.939 that number. But if you're listening to us on 00:02:30.939 --> 00:02:33.719 Thursday night, you can give us a call. If you're 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.699 not listening to us on Thursday night at 9 p 00:02:36.699 --> 00:02:40.080 .m. Eastern. nobody's going to answer the phone 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:47.539 so here's that number it's 812 -650 -9556 again 00:02:47.539 --> 00:02:53.620 812 -650 -9556 is the number that you will call 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:56.379 when we get to the second part of the show when 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:59.979 we invite you to call in you can tweet us though 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:03.560 anytime on Twitter we'll be watching that throughout 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:07.560 the night it's at ham talk live on Twitter so 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.400 I'll be back with Melinda, Jocelyn and Lee right 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.900 after this word from ICOM America right here 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:17.159 on HamTalk Live. Create your own band opening. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:21.599 ICOM's newest SDR transceiver, the IC9700 is 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.659 coming soon. This radio is bringing direct sampling 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:29.800 to the UHF -VHF weak signal world. 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From May 17th 00:04:04.259 --> 00:04:07.020 to 19th at the Green County Fairgrounds and Expo 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:10.379 Center, you can see the latest and greatest ICOM 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:13.240 gear and meet hams from all over the world. Visit 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:18.100 www .icomamerica .com slash amateur for more 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:23.459 information on ICOM radios. Oh yeah, you're talking 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:27.920 ham radio, baby. You're listening to Ham Talk 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:46.699 Live with Neil Rapp. Thanks to Icom America for 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:49.040 sponsoring the show again tonight. Be sure to 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.980 check them out at the upcoming Dayton Hamvention. 00:04:52.589 --> 00:04:55.189 We'll be talking more about Hamvention soon. 00:04:55.689 --> 00:04:58.449 You can check them out online though at icomamerica 00:04:58.449 --> 00:05:05.069 .com slash amateur. Tonight our guests are Melinda 00:05:05.069 --> 00:05:08.810 Zemper. Melinda's the president of Oak Tree Communications, 00:05:09.230 --> 00:05:12.569 which provides writing, editing, and media relations. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:16.240 publicity and marketing services. She's a graduate 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:19.199 of Miami University, Ohio and a member of the 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.680 National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.279 Board of Directors and does the media relations 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:30.399 for the museum. Jocelyn Breaux, KD8 VRX and VA2 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.519 VRX became interested in ham radio as a Boy Scout. 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:37.399 He became licensed in 2013. Now holds an extra 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:39.939 class license. He is a technical analyst and 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:42.699 systems administrator with Vertical Solutions 00:05:42.699 --> 00:05:45.360 in Cincinnati. He was a scout leader and now 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.379 a radio merit badge counselor, a mentor with 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:50.839 VEX Robotics, and a member of the Westchester 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:53.220 Amateur Radio Association, the Dayton Amateur 00:05:53.220 --> 00:05:57.040 Radio Association, the Ohio Valley Experimenter 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.639 Club, and the Greater Cincinnati Builders Group. 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:04.519 He's the proud father of Chris KD8YVJ, or as 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.600 Don Wilbanks calls him, Cincinnati Short Rib. 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:12.860 He's the 2015 Hiram Percy Maxim Award winner 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:17.720 and the member of the 2017 Youth DX adventure 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:23.459 to Costa Rica. And finally, Lee Hite, K8CLI, 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.740 is one of the lead docents at the National Voice 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:28.240 of America Museum of Broadcasting in Westchester, 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.339 Ohio. Lee is a retired electronics engineer with 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:33.680 a passion for investigating technical issues, 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.980 occasionally surrounded with mystery and often 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:40.230 bridging several fields of technology. first 00:06:40.230 --> 00:06:43.430 licensed in 1954 and is active with the Mason, 00:06:43.689 --> 00:06:47.410 Ohio and Warren County CERT teams. And he also 00:06:47.410 --> 00:06:51.370 engineers wind chimes and biomass briquettes. 00:06:52.370 --> 00:06:56.149 So Melinda, Jocelyn and Lee, welcome to HamTalk 00:06:56.149 --> 00:06:59.829 Live. Thank you. Thank you, Neil. Thank you, 00:06:59.829 --> 00:07:03.269 Neil. Well, thanks for the invite. Yeah, Lee's 00:07:03.269 --> 00:07:08.149 on his second pass through the the show here 00:07:08.149 --> 00:07:13.870 and Jocelyn has been calling in some but Melinda's 00:07:13.870 --> 00:07:16.529 the newbie here tonight and Melinda's going to 00:07:16.529 --> 00:07:20.189 start off we're going to talk a little bit about 00:07:20.189 --> 00:07:23.149 this 75th anniversary celebration that's going 00:07:23.149 --> 00:07:28.730 on this year at the Bethany station and so first 00:07:28.730 --> 00:07:31.490 of all just for those tuning in who maybe haven't 00:07:31.490 --> 00:07:35.889 heard about the Bethany Station there on the 00:07:35.889 --> 00:07:38.730 north side of Cincinnati. Give us a little bit 00:07:38.730 --> 00:07:42.389 of a history on the Voice of America Bethany 00:07:42.389 --> 00:07:47.509 Station, Melinda. Wow, I can tell I can talk 00:07:47.509 --> 00:07:49.850 for a long time about this, but I'll try to make 00:07:49.850 --> 00:07:53.730 it relatively short. In order to get a clear 00:07:53.730 --> 00:07:56.860 picture of the VOA Museum. I think I need to 00:07:56.860 --> 00:07:58.360 tell you a little bit about the history of the 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:02.160 VOA Bethany Station. So if we step back in time 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.480 for a moment to the 30s and early 40s when radio 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.339 was king, this was the time before TV and the 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:12.240 internet when people got their news from the 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.899 plop of the newspaper on their front porch and 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:17.959 from their living room radio. And here in Cincinnati, 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.899 entrepreneur Paul Crosley Jr. had by the mid 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:24.860 -20s become the world's largest manufacturer 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:28.600 of radios. His Crosley Broadcasting Corporation 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.040 was on the cutting edge of radio technology, 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:33.460 especially with the development of radio, I'm 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:37.259 sorry, with antenna technology. He knew early 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:39.879 on that it wasn't enough to buy a radio. You 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.860 had to have something to listen to on it. So 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:45.080 at a time when other radio stations were small 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.629 and local, Crosley was developing radio programming 00:08:48.629 --> 00:08:54.009 on his WLW radio station. He was also experimenting 00:08:54.009 --> 00:08:58.149 with radio technology, I'm sorry, antenna technology, 00:08:58.549 --> 00:09:01.889 and looking into expanding radio broadcast markets. 00:09:02.669 --> 00:09:07.250 So by 1939, he was broadcasting news and music 00:09:07.250 --> 00:09:11.409 to Europe and Latin America with WLWO. That's 00:09:11.409 --> 00:09:15.990 WLW Overseas. That was a 50 kilowatt shortwave 00:09:15.990 --> 00:09:18.690 transmitter designed by R .J. Rockwell, one of 00:09:18.690 --> 00:09:25.850 his lead engineers. So, going back to Pearl Harbor 00:09:25.850 --> 00:09:31.049 on December 7th, 1944, when the Japanese attacked 00:09:31.049 --> 00:09:34.070 the United States, it was the single largest 00:09:34.070 --> 00:09:38.090 loss of life on American soil in one day until 00:09:38.090 --> 00:09:42.570 September 11th. Within days after Pearl Harbor, 00:09:42.830 --> 00:09:46.169 The U .S. was at war on two fronts, Japan as 00:09:46.169 --> 00:09:49.710 well as Germany. And President Roosevelt knew 00:09:49.710 --> 00:09:52.389 that our nation was ill -prepared to combat the 00:09:52.389 --> 00:09:56.629 sophisticated Japanese and Nazi Germany propaganda 00:09:56.629 --> 00:09:59.610 machines that were in place at that time. So 00:09:59.610 --> 00:10:02.110 we called together the top U .S. broadcasting 00:10:02.110 --> 00:10:04.690 companies to come to Washington, D .C. to help 00:10:04.690 --> 00:10:07.690 them develop a communications strategy to help 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:10.850 them fight this new war on the communications 00:10:10.850 --> 00:10:14.059 front. It was going to be, on this front, a war 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:22.000 of words. So, in this meeting was CBS, NBC, ABC, 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:26.200 General Electric, and Crosley. They were all 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:31.259 invited to that meeting in January of 1942. Now, 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:33.879 Crosley was asked if he could build transmitters 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.620 powerful enough to send American war news to 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:40.259 Europe and Nazi occupied countries. During a 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:43.190 break in the meeting, Crosley's Jim Schaus called 00:10:43.190 --> 00:10:46.909 Cincinnati to ask Rockwell if Crosley could build 00:10:46.909 --> 00:10:49.529 transmitters that were powerful enough to do 00:10:49.529 --> 00:10:53.370 the job. And with this kind of, you know, offhand 00:10:53.370 --> 00:10:56.049 courage that's typical of that greatest generation, 00:10:56.629 --> 00:10:59.809 Rockwell said, hey, I don't know, but I'll sure 00:10:59.809 --> 00:11:04.629 give it a try. So engineers at WLW came home 00:11:04.629 --> 00:11:07.029 from that meeting with a one -page contract, 00:11:07.590 --> 00:11:10.279 which is difficult to believe today. but they 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.080 had this one -page contract to acquire another 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:15.899 shortwave transmitter and design and construct 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:19.659 four larger and more efficient antennas to better 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:22.740 serve Europe and South America. So that was the 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:27.399 birth of the VOA station, Bethany Station. Shall 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.759 I continue on or did you want to interject anything, 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:37.090 Neil? Yeah, let's forward a little bit to to 00:11:37.090 --> 00:11:40.029 where things are today and we're going to talk 00:11:40.029 --> 00:11:43.990 a little bit about these anniversary events. 00:11:44.629 --> 00:11:47.710 So let's kind of finish that up and then we'll 00:11:47.710 --> 00:11:52.690 get into the anniversary stuff. Okay, well with 00:11:52.690 --> 00:11:55.149 the 75th anniversary of the VOA Bethany Station 00:11:55.149 --> 00:11:57.649 this year we've got about a dozen free events 00:11:57.649 --> 00:12:00.889 that we're hosting and primarily the reason is 00:12:00.889 --> 00:12:03.590 to bring community awareness about the museum 00:12:03.590 --> 00:12:06.919 and bring people actually into the museum. So 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:09.659 this year, which is exciting, is a four -part 00:12:09.659 --> 00:12:13.299 event series called The Voice of Truth in America, 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:16.559 celebrating 75 years of the VOA Bethany Station. 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:18.720 And we're doing that in conjunction with the 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.860 Midpoint Library System here in Westchester. 00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:24.320 We've hosted two of the events already, and they've 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.919 been among our most powerful and popular events 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.919 ever at the museum. Jocelyn Brew is right here 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:35.379 with me. now, and he's the WCARA event designer 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:38.320 for the June 5th Ride the Radio Waves event. 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.159 And I'll just let him talk about that in just 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:45.440 a second. I just want to talk about two new events 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:49.899 that we're still working on. One is a 75th anniversary 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:53.779 of D -Day commemoration, which will be held Thursday, 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:57.139 June 6th at 9 a .m. on the front lawn of the 00:12:57.139 --> 00:13:00.980 VOA Museum. After a short ceremony, we'll have 00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:04.200 coffee and donuts in the museum lobby and veterans 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.419 will be admitted to the museum for free until 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:09.519 about noon. So friends and families and vets 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.559 are welcome as well. This is going to be open 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.799 to the public. Also in June, we're going to have 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:19.899 a really fun fundraiser. We're rolling out our 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:23.899 Cincinnati Liars Lager beer. We're working with 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:27.059 Grainworks, which is a Westchester brewery located 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:30.279 across the street from the museum. And they're 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.279 developing this beer with us and donating some 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.639 proceeds from sales to go to the museum this 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:41.240 year. Ironically, or serendipitously, Grainworks 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.860 is located on land that used to house some of 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:47.519 our rhombic antennas. And details are kind of 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.389 still forthcoming on this fundraiser. We don't 00:13:50.389 --> 00:13:53.509 have an exact date for that event yet, but expect 00:13:53.509 --> 00:13:57.110 it to happen on a Saturday in June, so stay tuned 00:13:57.110 --> 00:14:00.169 for more on that front. Now, Melinda, let me 00:14:00.169 --> 00:14:02.610 stop you there for a second. In terms of my part 00:14:02.610 --> 00:14:05.889 of this here, the most important event that we 00:14:05.889 --> 00:14:08.470 have coming up is the fourth annual Rocking the 00:14:08.470 --> 00:14:10.830 Radio fundraiser event on Saturday, September 00:14:10.830 --> 00:14:13.929 21st. The revenue raised from that event goes 00:14:13.929 --> 00:14:16.649 towards keeping the lights on and museum operations 00:14:16.649 --> 00:14:21.259 running smoothly. Cost is $150 per person. We 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:23.460 have a variety of sponsorship levels available 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:25.539 if you can help out. So check out our website 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:29.419 in the coming months for details on that. Jocelyn, 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:32.500 would you like to talk to us a little bit about 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:37.059 the Ride the Radio Waves event? I can certainly 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:39.919 do that. Neil, did you have any questions for 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.860 Melinda? Yeah, I wanted to stop Melinda there 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:46.879 for a second. Yes, she couldn't hear me. The 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:51.059 Cincinnati Liars lager beer you might explain 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:54.059 about the Cincinnati Liars because everybody 00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:58.259 may not be aware of That term Cincinnati Liars 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:01.360 what that's all about and that's kind of an interesting 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.480 Aspect and I think you guys even have t -shirts 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.320 for that now and isn't that right? Well, we're 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.220 going to have t -shirts shortly, but Cincinnati 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:13.259 Liars is really a lot of fun It is for Bethany 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:19.389 Station anyway Right after September 1944, when 00:15:19.389 --> 00:15:22.350 the VOA Bethany station went live with transmitting 00:15:22.350 --> 00:15:27.370 VOA news to Europe on the European front to Germany 00:15:27.370 --> 00:15:31.409 as well as North Africa, nobody really knew at 00:15:31.409 --> 00:15:33.850 first whether the VOA was going to be listened 00:15:33.850 --> 00:15:36.990 to. But we found out pretty much immediately 00:15:36.990 --> 00:15:39.909 that a lot of people were listening, including 00:15:39.909 --> 00:15:43.399 Adolf Hitler, because Hitler who had the most 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.919 advanced propaganda machine going, you know, 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:49.559 in the world probably at that time, called the 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:53.340 Bethany station, quote, those Cincinnati liars. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:58.779 That was really a nice compliment for us. So 00:15:58.779 --> 00:16:02.340 that just kind of caught on and now, you know, 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.220 we're working on the t -shirts and now we've 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:08.279 got blogger beer. Yep. Can't wait for that. Yeah. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:10.740 Alright, Jocelyn, tell us a little bit about 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:14.879 this ride in the radio waves thing. Yeah, absolutely, 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.419 Neil. So, as Melinda said, we're partnered with 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:20.620 the Midpoint Library System here in Westchester 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:24.940 to have a few events. One of them is geared towards 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:29.320 kids of all ages and it will be on Wednesday, 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:34.100 June 5th from 1 to 3 p .m. And what we're going 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:36.820 to do is we're going to set up a VHF station, 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:39.779 a two meter station there for the kids to be 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:44.799 able to talk to operators on the air. And we're 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.360 also going to have a couple of computers showing 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.679 animation of radio waves, amplitude. We have 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.720 a couple of demo programs where basically they 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.879 talk and they can see the modulation of their 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:59.360 voice. And we're kind of trying to explain to 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.000 them how we go from the voice being modulated 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.059 to being transformed into energy and being sent 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:08.079 out the antenna through the transmitter. And 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.740 then for the younger crowds, we'll have some 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:13.619 puzzles and coloring and stuff like that. But 00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:16.599 the big takeaway that we want them to go away 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:20.000 with is... know what a two radio is. They're 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:23.519 all familiar with radio, but not a lot of them 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.920 understand, you know, but they're used to the 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.359 broadcast part, not the, hey, I can talk back. 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:30.700 So do a little bit of two -way there, learn, 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:35.460 push to talk. The frequency concept, wave motion, 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.119 transmitter and receiver protocol, so we'll have 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:43.539 a little animation probably of how... You know 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:45.779 the waves are transmitted and how they're captured 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:48.440 and stuff and we all have always have them do 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.150 a little bit of phonetic alphabet where they 00:17:51.150 --> 00:17:53.349 have to say their name and you know what school 00:17:53.349 --> 00:17:55.950 their age or something like that and just talk 00:17:55.950 --> 00:17:58.049 to, we've got a couple of friendly operators 00:17:58.049 --> 00:18:01.329 on the other side that are willing to talk to 00:18:01.329 --> 00:18:03.930 children and basically keep them active and going 00:18:03.930 --> 00:18:07.509 and at the end of course we'll have some flyers 00:18:07.509 --> 00:18:10.589 for the museum and for the radio club for them 00:18:10.589 --> 00:18:12.970 to come and stop by and if they're interested 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:16.710 in pursuing it. Now Jocelyn I'm going to go off 00:18:16.710 --> 00:18:19.910 the beaten path here for a second. There's another 00:18:19.910 --> 00:18:23.490 activity in this series that that I just love 00:18:23.490 --> 00:18:27.269 the title of and it's There's a radio in my cell 00:18:27.269 --> 00:18:31.470 phone A lot of kids don't realize that a cell 00:18:31.470 --> 00:18:36.440 phone is a radio And it's funny because one of 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:39.359 the trick question is always, when's the last 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:42.319 time you used a radio? And everybody goes, hmm, 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:45.740 I don't know. Well, in the car earlier this today 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:47.440 or something, they always go back and you're 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.859 like, when's the last time you checked your phone? 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:52.619 And they're like, well, just before I got it 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:54.589 here and it's like. that there's a radio, and 00:18:54.589 --> 00:18:57.329 there's more than one radio. Obviously, there's 00:18:57.329 --> 00:19:00.910 the data, there's Wi -Fi, there's the LTE for 00:19:00.910 --> 00:19:04.130 data and voice, there's the GPS, there's Bluetooth, 00:19:04.450 --> 00:19:06.789 there's NFC, there's tons of radios in there. 00:19:07.230 --> 00:19:09.710 So yeah, it's always interesting to see the kids' 00:19:10.109 --> 00:19:13.670 reactions, because they don't realize. that there's 00:19:13.670 --> 00:19:16.450 radios in there. And I think one of the concepts 00:19:16.450 --> 00:19:19.390 that's missing today is a lot of the kids don't 00:19:19.390 --> 00:19:21.269 understand the infrastructure, right? They're 00:19:21.269 --> 00:19:23.509 like, it works, but they don't really question 00:19:23.509 --> 00:19:25.769 why it works. They just know it works. And as 00:19:25.769 --> 00:19:28.230 long as it works, they're happy. So we're going 00:19:28.230 --> 00:19:30.589 to try to demystify that a little bit with them. 00:19:31.609 --> 00:19:34.710 Oh, that's a great idea. And you know, a lot 00:19:34.710 --> 00:19:38.359 of these ideas, you know, check them out over 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:41.299 at the VOA museum, but if you're not located 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:44.380 near the VOA museum, you can't get there. These 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:46.980 are some ideas that maybe you can run off with 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:52.640 and use in your local area. Stuff like, there's 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:57.740 a radio in my cell phone. That's some important 00:19:57.740 --> 00:20:01.960 things that kids need to learn and probably some 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:08.140 adults too. Yep. Well, we're going to talk a 00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:11.099 little bit about some fundraisers coming up and 00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:13.039 we've already talked a little bit about that, 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:16.240 but Melinda, let me throw it back over to you 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:20.559 and talk a little bit about what these funds 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:23.400 are going toward that we're trying to raise here 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:26.500 and then we're going to talk about a real special 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:29.140 fundraiser that's going to be of interest to 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:31.420 the ham radio community here in just a minute. 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:35.859 But tell us what this is all going toward. Well, 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:37.980 we're really looking for money for a variety 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:42.519 of projects. We hope to raise eventually between 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:46.619 $750 ,000 and a million dollars to install an 00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:49.660 energy -efficient HVAC system that will allow 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:52.079 all visitors to be comfortable no matter what 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.059 room they're in in the museum. We also want to 00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:58.240 renovate our West Garage, which looks like and 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:00.940 has the acoustics of a working garage right now. 00:21:01.309 --> 00:21:03.809 So we want to make that into curated exhibit 00:21:03.809 --> 00:21:07.509 space so we can put exhibits inside there. We 00:21:07.509 --> 00:21:10.430 also want to make the entire first floor accessible 00:21:10.430 --> 00:21:14.049 to everybody who comes into the museum, people 00:21:14.049 --> 00:21:17.190 of all abilities, by eliminating ramps and steps 00:21:17.190 --> 00:21:20.109 throughout the whole first floor. And also on 00:21:20.109 --> 00:21:23.710 that list, to become ADA compliant, we'd like 00:21:23.710 --> 00:21:26.029 to build a handicapped accessible entrance on 00:21:26.029 --> 00:21:30.400 the west side of the building. Okay, so if you 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:34.180 want to check out what they're doing voamuseum 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:37.920 .org and if you're interested in supporting you 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:43.539 can contact admin at voamuseum .org and you'll 00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:46.859 have a chance to help them out on that. And another 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:49.559 way that you can help out on that is actually 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:54.740 during Hamvention Weekend. So Lee, tell us all 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:59.650 about Hamvention Weekend at the museum. Yes, 00:21:59.650 --> 00:22:04.210 absolutely. The museum has put together a very 00:22:04.210 --> 00:22:08.269 special tour specifically for amateur radio operators 00:22:08.269 --> 00:22:12.529 on Saturday of Hamfest weekend. That's Saturday, 00:22:12.549 --> 00:22:18.009 May 18th. And it will be a private tour of the 00:22:18.009 --> 00:22:21.529 complete Paul Crosley collection, which is one 00:22:21.529 --> 00:22:24.650 of the best collections in the world. And secondly, 00:22:24.849 --> 00:22:29.680 and very special, will be a tour of the 500 kilowatt 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:35.240 Paul Crosley Jr. WLW transmitter. It was the 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:38.880 only half a million watt AM broadcast transmitter 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:43.880 in North America and is on display about a mile 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:46.559 and a half down the road at the WLW transmitter 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:50.599 site. And that is being put together specifically 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:55.140 for HAMS. It is conducted by a person that you 00:22:55.140 --> 00:23:00.019 probably already know, Jay Adrick, K8 CJY and 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:04.759 Jeff Mendenhall W8 GMN. They will be conducting 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:13.259 the tour and the cost is a simple $45 donation 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:18.720 to the museum and that will provide you transportation 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:21.539 from the museum. We will have a shuttle running 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:25.119 from the museum down to the WLW transmitter site. 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:28.299 back and forth. So you get yourself to the museum 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:31.960 and we'll take care of the rest. The tour is 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:37.599 630 p .m. to 9 p .m. Saturday, May 18th. It's 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:40.220 going to be a once -in -a -lifetime opportunity 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:44.579 here because that property has been sold and 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:47.619 it's uncertain about the longevity of this transmitter. 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:50.619 So it's a great opportunity to come see it. It 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:55.420 was on the air for nine years from 1934 to 1943 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:59.220 and is an amazing thing to see. If you've not 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:02.660 looked inside a big powerful half million watt 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:05.279 AM broadcast transmitter, I think you're going 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:07.759 to be quite surprised at how you go about doing 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.119 some things that we do in an amateur radio kilowatt 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:14.359 amplifier. They're done much differently when 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:18.529 you have to do a half a million watts. Get reservations 00:24:18.529 --> 00:24:22.069 in. Reservations are required. You can put your 00:24:22.069 --> 00:24:25.950 reservation in at the VOA Museum website. The 00:24:25.950 --> 00:24:34.230 URL on that is voamuseum .org. Voamuseum .org. 00:24:34.549 --> 00:24:38.869 You can sign up there. And it's a $45 donation 00:24:38.869 --> 00:24:42.049 to the museum. And it's going to be an amazing 00:24:42.049 --> 00:24:44.210 tour because if you've never looked inside a 00:24:44.210 --> 00:24:47.680 big transmitter like this, It is very much worth 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:50.980 it. So that's what we're doing specifically for 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:53.480 hams and specifically for the ham fest weekend. 00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:56.299 So get your reservations in. I just talked to 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:58.599 Jay Edrick today and they're already signing 00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.400 up. So I'm sure these reservations are going 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:05.180 to go quickly. So back to you, Neil. Okay. And 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:11.099 we just released a short video promotion on this 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:17.230 special tour of the WLW transmitter and the Voice 00:25:17.230 --> 00:25:21.230 of America Museum special hours for Hamvention 00:25:21.230 --> 00:25:24.970 Weekend on our social media site. So if you look 00:25:24.970 --> 00:25:29.390 on Facebook, on Twitter, or on YouTube, you'll 00:25:29.390 --> 00:25:34.380 see a link to a video there that shows you a 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:36.839 little sneak peek of the tour if you're interested 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:42.079 in seeing that and thanks to Randy K7AGE for 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:47.940 giving us the WLW tour video and then the museum 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:51.440 provided the rest so check out that video on 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:54.460 social media and that'll give you all the information 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:56.940 again and let you have a little sneak peek there 00:25:56.940 --> 00:26:00.240 at at what you can get. So I'm sure those will 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.279 go fast. And while we're talking about Hamvention, 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:08.119 it's not just Saturday night. Saturday night 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:14.200 is the WLW tour in addition to the museum being 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:18.000 open. But you've got all kinds of opportunities 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:23.500 for hams to run down from Dayton and check out 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:26.019 the museum. So tell us about that before we go 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:31.910 to break here. Yes, we're open Thursday, Friday, 00:26:32.170 --> 00:26:36.009 Saturday and Sunday. Thursday and Friday the 00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:40.190 hours are 4 p .m. to 9 p .m. and Saturday the 00:26:40.190 --> 00:26:45.789 hours are 1 p .m. to 9 p .m. At the museum it's 00:26:45.789 --> 00:26:49.710 about a 35 -40 minute drive south of Xenia where 00:26:49.710 --> 00:26:52.910 the ham fest will be taking place. So it's an 00:26:52.910 --> 00:26:57.450 easy drive down and back. One of the things that 00:26:57.450 --> 00:27:00.569 I think hams are going to be interested in, we 00:27:00.569 --> 00:27:03.789 have just opened up the Collins transmitter. 00:27:04.009 --> 00:27:09.170 We used a quarter million watt Collins 821A transmitters 00:27:09.170 --> 00:27:13.069 and it has not been opened to the tour guest 00:27:13.069 --> 00:27:15.690 of the museum except the front end of it, the 00:27:15.690 --> 00:27:18.289 control end. And we spent the last couple of 00:27:18.289 --> 00:27:20.750 months opening that up. We have removed a lot 00:27:20.750 --> 00:27:24.390 of the sheet metal. And you can really see inside 00:27:24.390 --> 00:27:28.269 this. And it would be a good precursor to look 00:27:28.269 --> 00:27:30.789 at the quarter million watt transmitter and then 00:27:30.789 --> 00:27:34.069 go down the road and look at the WLW 500 ,000 00:27:34.069 --> 00:27:38.029 watt transmitter. So stop in, see that. You're 00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:40.549 more than welcome and encouraged to visit our 00:27:40.549 --> 00:27:42.589 ham shack. I think Jocelyn's going to talk a 00:27:42.589 --> 00:27:47.680 little bit about that, WCA BOA. And there's a 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:50.819 lot of other things. We have a new wireless collection 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:55.539 room with a demonstration of the wireless technology. 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:59.500 So back to you there, Neil. Okay, and I got to 00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.680 mention because there's those Drake fans out 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:05.420 there. That Drake collection that's there is 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:09.839 just unmatched. It's practically every Drake 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:13.900 radio ever made. You get a chance to check that 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:16.599 out as well. Okay. Well, we're overdue for a 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:19.579 break. So We're gonna take a break. We'll come 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:22.640 back. We'll take your calls We'll take your tweets 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:25.539 and we'll talk to Jocelyn about the ham shack 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.720 a little bit more and some other things going 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.859 on at the National Voice of America Museum of 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:33.319 Broadcasting in Westchester, Ohio right after 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:36.559 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:39.980 ham talk live. Is this getting serious? I think 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.940 so Well, how do you feel about it? Just imagine 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:47.960 if you hadn't run out of PL -259s. Just imagine 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:50.400 if your connectors weren't from Tower Electronics. 00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:53.099 Consider the sophisticated quality of connectors 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:55.599 from Tower Electronics. Their silver -plated 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.220 end connectors are so good, they've even been 00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:01.119 used on the International Space Station. I'm 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:05.039 not so sure why I ever used any other PL -259s. 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:08.380 Mine are better. Besides, you deserve the best. 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.079 You know I love you. Don't be caught without 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.640 PL259's. Visit Tower Electronics at a ham fest 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.640 near you or visit them online anytime at pl -259 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:24.859 .com or call 920 -435 -2973. They also have ham 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:27.579 sticks, mobile antennas, and meters too. See 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:32.119 the whole catalog. Go to pl -259 .com Tower Electronics, 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:37.079 the hams dime store since 1978. Nominations are 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:39.140 now open for the amateur radio newsline, Bill 00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:42.160 Pasternak, WA6ITF Young Ham of the Year Award. 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:46.180 I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW. Since 1986, we've had 00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.900 the honor of celebrating the accomplishments 00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.839 of Youth and Ham Radio when we want to know about 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.279 your exceptional young ham. You'll find the rules 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:54.640 and a nominating form by clicking the Y -H -O 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:58.440 -T -Y tab on ARNewsline .org. Fill it out, send 00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:00.819 it in, and we'll see you and an amazing young 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.940 ham at the Huntsville Alabama Ham Fest in August. 00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:06.400 Thanks, and 73. from Amateur Radio Newsline. 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.960 Thanks to Tower Electronics for sponsoring the 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.420 show again tonight. Coming up their HamFest schedule 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:37.640 April 13th. This weekend they're in Stoughton, 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.779 Wisconsin and Mobile, Alabama. And then April 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:45.240 20th, Gainesville, Florida and April 27th, Calhoun, 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:48.480 Georgia. Or you can visit them anytime at PL 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:53.119 -259 .com and of course they will be at Hamvention 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:56.730 as well. HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday 00:30:56.730 --> 00:30:59.809 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive 00:30:59.809 --> 00:31:02.789 .com and be sure to check us out on Facebook, 00:31:02.990 --> 00:31:06.269 Twitter, and Instagram. So it's time now for 00:31:06.269 --> 00:31:08.910 your calls. If you have a question for Melinda, 00:31:09.069 --> 00:31:14.970 Jocelyn, or Lee, give us a call at 812 -650 -9556. 00:31:15.230 --> 00:31:21.660 Again, 812 -650. 9556 is the phone number or 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:24.960 you can tweet us or at ham talk live and if you're 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.640 listening to us on WTWW shortwave or on the podcast 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:31.440 edition of the show You won't be able to reach 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:34.400 us because because we're not there anymore It's 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:38.839 Thursday night at 930 Eastern daylight at 932 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:41.740 Eastern daylight time at the moment. So Unless 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:44.279 you're listening live you won't be able to to 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:47.819 reach us Okay, so when we ran out of time here 00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:51.220 Jocelyn We cut you off a little bit. You want 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:53.079 to talk a little bit about the ham shack. So 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:55.599 let's do that while we're waiting on the phone 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:58.599 calls and the tweets to come in. And you're going 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:01.619 to have a booth at Hamvention as well, right? 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:05.339 That's correct, Neil. We do have a booth at Hamvention. 00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:08.380 We'll be in building one. And the boot numbers 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:12.740 1190 were by, I think, the exit door. That's 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:16.579 funny. But last year, that was the Maxim building. 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:19.480 So as you walk into the fairgrounds through the 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.099 ticket entrance, we're the first major building 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:24.019 on the left. So we'll be in there. And then, 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.240 as Lee mentioned, we are going to have extended 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.140 hours for people to come down after Hamvention 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:31.880 closes to come and see us here at the museum. 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:36.359 And for people that's going to be exit 22 off 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:39.720 of I -75, it's the Tyler'sville axis. Just go 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:42.460 east off the exit, and we're about a mile down 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.839 the road on the left, and you can't miss us. 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:49.240 As Lee mentioned, it's about 35, 40 minutes. 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:53.519 There's going to be VOA Park sign, the brown 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.359 sign on the highway. Don't follow those. Those 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:58.759 will take you to the park side of the VOA grounds. 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:01.420 And we also have a talking frequency, which will 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:05.819 be on our repeater, which is 145 .39 negative 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:09.910 and no PL. And we have more information on our 00:33:09.910 --> 00:33:13.990 website at WC8VOA .org if people want to check 00:33:13.990 --> 00:33:16.490 that out. Now, you were mentioning about the 00:33:16.490 --> 00:33:19.269 ham shack. So yes, we have seven operating positions. 00:33:19.529 --> 00:33:23.849 We've got four fairly recent radio. We've got 00:33:23.849 --> 00:33:29.609 a 7300 ICOM, a 9100 ICOM. We've got the Kenwood 00:33:29.609 --> 00:33:35.230 590. We've got a Yesu 450D. And we've got a couple 00:33:35.230 --> 00:33:38.609 of older models. We've got a Kenwood TS -520 00:33:38.609 --> 00:33:43.750 and a Yesu FT -101E. Not the newer version, the 00:33:43.750 --> 00:33:46.789 old, old version. And then we've got antennas 00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:48.970 to match there. We've got tri -bands and dipoles 00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:51.789 and fan dipoles and stuff. So the shack will 00:33:51.789 --> 00:33:54.029 be open. We only ask that people bring their 00:33:54.029 --> 00:33:56.390 license and they can operate from the shack. 00:33:56.829 --> 00:33:59.609 And we're happy to show them what we can do and 00:33:59.609 --> 00:34:01.930 what we have. So looking forward to see some 00:34:01.930 --> 00:34:05.920 visitors in here. Now speaking of licenses when 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:09.500 somebody puts a call sign in on the signup sheet 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:13.199 We know how to find the name and address and 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:15.539 everything because we do that all the time as 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:18.900 hams Jack Dominic the executive director of the 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:24.920 museum, however Doesn't So we need to make sure 00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:28.559 that if you sign up for the special wlw tour 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:32.019 voa museum org that you put all that information 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:35.059 in. Some people are just putting the call sign 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:39.159 in there and boom, gone. And so some people don't 00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:43.400 know what your name is from your call sign. So 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:46.400 we just wanted to get that out there too. So 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:50.510 anything else on the ham shack, Jocelyn? No, 00:34:50.829 --> 00:34:53.170 Neil, that's it. Well, actually, you know, obviously 00:34:53.170 --> 00:34:55.989 the museum is, there's an admission fee for the 00:34:55.989 --> 00:35:00.769 museum. It's a very small $5. And that will get 00:35:00.769 --> 00:35:03.289 you through the museum, of course, and be able 00:35:03.289 --> 00:35:07.650 to get on the radio here. And the museum, if 00:35:07.650 --> 00:35:10.090 you're not coming for Hamvention, we also have 00:35:10.090 --> 00:35:13.269 normal hours, which is 1 to 4 p .m. on Saturday 00:35:13.269 --> 00:35:17.639 and Sunday. And it's a great place to come in 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:20.920 and work and Jocelyn and I were working with 00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:23.920 the youth contesting program here a couple of 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:27.019 weeks ago in the shack and Mike and Mark and 00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:32.019 some others throughout the weekend for WPX and 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:35.289 it was a lot of fun. Yeah, we had a good time. 00:35:35.469 --> 00:35:38.690 I think our final score, Neil, I don't know if 00:35:38.690 --> 00:35:42.190 you saw it, it was 1 .4 million. So we did way 00:35:42.190 --> 00:35:44.269 better than we thought we would with the, you 00:35:44.269 --> 00:35:46.090 know, as we say, we're not a big gun station, 00:35:46.090 --> 00:35:49.030 but we've got a decent sized setup, better than 00:35:49.030 --> 00:35:50.710 most people have at their house. So anyways, 00:35:50.730 --> 00:35:53.730 it worked out well. Yeah, it really did. It worked 00:35:53.730 --> 00:35:57.929 out well and we got some youth operators involved 00:35:57.929 --> 00:36:01.889 and trained and better contesters as a result. 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:05.260 It was a great experience over there. I always 00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:08.119 enjoy getting over there. Well the phone number 00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:12.500 is 812 -650 -9556. If you have a question or 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:15.119 comment to add in here on the show give us a 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:21.440 call. It's 812 -650 -9556 and we're checking 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:24.360 the tweets here as well and lots of fan mail 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:28.099 here tonight as usual but don't see any questions 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:31.789 as of yet. So if you have one give us give us 00:36:31.789 --> 00:36:35.949 a tweet or give us a call at 812 -650 -9556 and 00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:40.010 we'll try to get that answered for you. Lee, 00:36:40.010 --> 00:36:43.690 let's go back to you and I know you've got a 00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:47.409 long list of things that are happening and you 00:36:47.409 --> 00:36:51.429 all do such a great job of adding to the museum 00:36:51.429 --> 00:36:55.190 and updating things in the museum as time goes 00:36:55.190 --> 00:36:59.900 by so every time I walk in It's not the same 00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:02.840 as it was before so tell us a little bit more 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.280 about What's been going on lately with the museum 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:11.940 itself? Okay, yeah, we'll do Neil one thing I'll 00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:15.739 mention while Jocelyn is talking about the The 00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:19.119 ham shack there is if you get into the ham shack 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:23.119 make sure you Take a look at the omni graph. 00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:27.789 We have a functional 1904 code practice machine 00:37:27.789 --> 00:37:30.750 called the OmniGraph. And it's kind of fun to 00:37:30.750 --> 00:37:32.889 watch. It's very mechanical. It's hooked up to 00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:36.269 a code practice oscillator and a sounder. And 00:37:36.269 --> 00:37:39.690 it's kind of fun to see how telegraphy was done 00:37:39.690 --> 00:37:42.070 at the turn of the century. So take a look at 00:37:42.070 --> 00:37:46.070 that when you get into the ham shack. Other things 00:37:46.070 --> 00:37:49.010 going on in the museum is, as you mentioned, 00:37:49.170 --> 00:37:51.969 Neil, we've been focusing very much on trying 00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:56.369 to make the museum layman friendly. Engineers 00:37:56.369 --> 00:37:59.170 understand what we did, ham radio operators understand 00:37:59.170 --> 00:38:02.210 what we do, but a lot of our visitors are not 00:38:02.210 --> 00:38:06.030 technical. So we've been focusing on that. And 00:38:06.030 --> 00:38:11.170 in the control room for the VOA, we have a new 00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:14.809 propagation display. It's a laser display actually 00:38:14.809 --> 00:38:19.079 to try to communicate. exactly how signals bounce 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:23.019 off the ionosphere and how do we push a signal 00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:25.840 around the world. And it's an interesting display. 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:29.059 We also have on display a lot of the high -power 00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:32.119 tubes. When you get back into the Collins, we 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:34.380 display the quarter million watt tubes and we 00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:38.739 do have one tube there that's rated at 250 ,000 00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:41.780 watts on a single tube. It's kind of fun to take 00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:45.500 a look at that. And when we get over into the 00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:49.289 wireless area, uh... you may be surprised but 00:38:49.289 --> 00:38:52.570 the overall story for the titanic of course did 00:38:52.570 --> 00:38:55.929 not end well but it has a fantastic wireless 00:38:55.929 --> 00:39:00.110 story and we tell that story in the uh... wireless 00:39:00.110 --> 00:39:02.610 timeline room so stop and take a look at that 00:39:02.610 --> 00:39:05.289 i think you'd be surprised that uh... what spark 00:39:05.289 --> 00:39:09.090 transmitters did back then uh... back to you 00:39:09.090 --> 00:39:12.429 neil all right eight one two six five zero nine 00:39:12.429 --> 00:39:15.088 five five six you have a question now is uh... 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:17.420 Now's your chance because we're going to run 00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:19.880 out of time here pretty soon. So give us a call 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:26.920 812 -650 -9556 or tweet us at HamTalkLive and 00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:29.980 yeah I'm kind of excited actually. I haven't 00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:33.559 made it back to the to the Collins since you 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:38.079 took all those plates off so you can see in that 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:40.980 thing. So I'm kind of excited to get a chance 00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:45.829 to sneak back there and take a look at it. And, 00:39:45.829 --> 00:39:51.369 you know, inside the museum you've got an exhibit 00:39:51.369 --> 00:39:56.769 that's the Gray History of Wireless exhibit and 00:39:56.769 --> 00:39:59.550 there's a lot of the Drake gear in there and 00:39:59.550 --> 00:40:02.849 so just talk a little bit about the Gray Museum 00:40:02.849 --> 00:40:07.139 within the Voice of America Museum. Yeah, sure. 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:11.239 Jack Gray was an early employee of Paul Crosley 00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:15.340 and worked for Paul during the startup of his 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:18.420 radio business down on Arlington Street. And 00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:22.739 then when the VOA was formed, he was immediately 00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:26.639 transferred out to the VOA and was with Crosley 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:29.519 and the VOA for pretty much the rest of his career. 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:34.369 And one of the things Jack did Early on, clear 00:40:34.369 --> 00:40:37.949 back with the beginning of crystal sets is when 00:40:37.949 --> 00:40:40.730 he found an extra one at the plant, he took it 00:40:40.730 --> 00:40:43.889 home. And he started collecting wireless equipment 00:40:43.889 --> 00:40:46.530 from the very get -go, the very beginning of 00:40:46.530 --> 00:40:49.409 wireless. And the great history of wireless collection 00:40:49.409 --> 00:40:54.010 is an amazing collection of authentic, original 00:40:54.010 --> 00:40:57.949 equipment, all the way from the beginning of 00:40:57.949 --> 00:41:01.369 crystals to through spark transmitters, rotary 00:41:01.369 --> 00:41:05.210 spark. up through Atworth Kent and of course 00:41:05.210 --> 00:41:07.190 the Crosley Connection. We have one of the best 00:41:07.190 --> 00:41:10.570 Crosley Connections or Crosley collections in 00:41:10.570 --> 00:41:13.710 the world and moves in then all the way through 00:41:13.710 --> 00:41:17.630 up to about 1940. So if you're interested in 00:41:17.630 --> 00:41:20.409 old -time radio it is a fantastic place to see. 00:41:20.510 --> 00:41:23.849 In the next room right beside it as Neil mentioned 00:41:23.849 --> 00:41:26.550 is the Drake collection that was actually donated 00:41:26.550 --> 00:41:31.110 by Mr. Drake. and is pretty much a complete collection. 00:41:31.309 --> 00:41:33.650 I have not counted every single model number, 00:41:34.070 --> 00:41:37.329 but it's very close to being a complete collection. 00:41:38.150 --> 00:41:40.690 In addition, we have a lot of the original microphones, 00:41:41.309 --> 00:41:43.590 the carbon button microphones that were originally 00:41:43.590 --> 00:41:49.389 used by WLW. It's interesting to see how technology 00:41:49.389 --> 00:41:54.349 has evolved over time, and you'll not be disappointed. 00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:58.840 And the last thing we're going to throw in here 00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:02.380 is the gift shop. We're working on a gift shop 00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:05.260 and I'm kind of excited to see what all's going 00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:07.219 in that. So tell us a little bit about the gift 00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:13.000 shop. Yes, one of our volunteers, Mark, has spent 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:16.039 a great deal of time rehabbing an old room in 00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:19.539 the museum. We have a very attractive gift shop. 00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:21.820 We are still populating it, but we have quite 00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:25.639 a bit in there now. We have several of the various 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:30.039 Powell -Crosley books. We have shirts, BOA shirts 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:33.260 and BOA hats. Last year we sold out of hats. 00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:36.059 We will try to have an adequate supply this year 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:40.980 to supply everyone that wants a BOA hat. We have 00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:43.920 a lot of artifacts from the original transmitter. 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:49.199 We have 807s mounted on a walnut display board. 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:52.400 That is a very popular item. People like to buy 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:55.280 artifacts from the original transmitter. We have 00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:59.840 vacuum variable capacitors for sale and some 00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:02.920 other high -power resistors that are kind of 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:05.619 interesting when you try to think of a large 00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:08.820 power transmitter. We also have a collection 00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:11.239 of puzzles. They're free. Stop in, get a free 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:14.489 puzzle. We have puzzles for amateur radio. We 00:43:14.489 --> 00:43:16.989 have puzzles for old -time radio. We have puzzles 00:43:16.989 --> 00:43:20.150 for the boys of America. So they're all free 00:43:20.150 --> 00:43:24.210 to stop in. If you like puzzles, make sure you 00:43:24.210 --> 00:43:27.590 stop in and pick up one of those. Now, let me 00:43:27.590 --> 00:43:29.630 get this right, Lee. Let me get this straight. 00:43:29.690 --> 00:43:33.550 I just made this connection. So Melinda was telling 00:43:33.550 --> 00:43:40.230 us about the Cincinnati Liars Lager beer that's 00:43:40.230 --> 00:43:42.750 going to be coming out and in the gift shop. 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:48.699 You've got 807s Mounted on a board so you can 00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:55.300 have an 807 with your 807 I just got it. I just 00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:57.920 got it Neil. I see where I see what you've connected 00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:01.039 Yeah, because we've always historically referred 00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:04.639 to let's go out and have an 807 and Yeah, we 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:07.159 need to pick up on that. That's a very good observation 00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:10.460 deal So there you go folks. You can go to the 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:16.730 museum and have an 807 With an 807 Doesn't get 00:44:16.730 --> 00:44:20.409 much better than that Well, we've thrown a lot 00:44:20.409 --> 00:44:23.570 of dates and times and all this kind of stuff 00:44:23.570 --> 00:44:27.670 at you and We're about to finish up here. So 00:44:27.670 --> 00:44:30.849 I'm gonna throw it back to Melinda to kind of 00:44:30.849 --> 00:44:35.070 remind us Where we can find all this information? 00:44:35.070 --> 00:44:38.849 So if we happen to be in the area and want to 00:44:38.849 --> 00:44:42.610 go to one of these 75th anniversary events How 00:44:42.610 --> 00:44:46.530 do we find out where these are and when? Well, 00:44:46.610 --> 00:44:51.489 you can always go to our website at www .VOAMuseum 00:44:51.489 --> 00:45:00.849 .org or even call us at 513 -777 -0027. If you've 00:45:00.849 --> 00:45:03.889 got any questions, especially questions for Jack 00:45:03.889 --> 00:45:07.670 Dominick, our director, Contact us here at admin, 00:45:07.789 --> 00:45:12.590 that's A -D -M -I -N, at voamuseum .org, and 00:45:12.590 --> 00:45:14.210 we'll be sure to get back to you as soon as we 00:45:14.210 --> 00:45:20.269 can. All right, so check that out. And if you 00:45:20.269 --> 00:45:23.070 get a chance during Hamvention weekend, if you're 00:45:23.070 --> 00:45:26.050 going to be in the area, swing on down to the 00:45:26.050 --> 00:45:29.289 museum. I'm looking forward to Saturday night. 00:45:30.449 --> 00:45:33.230 with some of the Newsline crew and some of the 00:45:33.230 --> 00:45:36.869 ICQ podcast crew and some of the workbench crew, 00:45:37.030 --> 00:45:40.449 I think. We're all going to meet down there. 00:45:41.210 --> 00:45:43.530 So looking forward to that. But if you get a 00:45:43.530 --> 00:45:45.909 chance, you know, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 00:45:46.030 --> 00:45:49.489 Sunday, there are extended hours for the museum. 00:45:49.690 --> 00:45:51.449 It's a great chance to get down there and check 00:45:51.449 --> 00:45:55.969 that out. And then Saturday, the WLW tour is 00:45:55.969 --> 00:45:58.960 just... something that's going to be fabulous 00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:01.579 and and may never happen again we don't know 00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:06.280 but we'll have to see what happens with that 00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:10.719 property but could could be so now's the time 00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:14.579 to check it out so come on down to the museum 00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:18.559 and and look things over okay well let's go around 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:22.440 here anything any last comments anything we missed 00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:25.019 here gang before we close it down for tonight 00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:28.920 I would say just one thing here, Neil, that make 00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:32.260 sure if you want to take that tour of the WLW 00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:35.059 transmitter, half a million watt, make sure you 00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:37.820 get a reservation in early. They are already 00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:41.820 filling up. It's limited to 50 people, 50 people 00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:47.400 max is all that Jay and Jeff can handle. So get 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:50.139 your reservation in and make sure, as Neil said, 00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:52.300 put in all of your information, not just your 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:54.679 call sign, but your name and fill out the rest 00:46:54.679 --> 00:47:00.519 of the form. Jocelyn? Not much else to say, Neil. 00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:03.639 I think just reminder people of, you know, stop 00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:06.619 by at Hamvention, see us at the booth, and then 00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:09.739 once it closes, come in down here to take a little 00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:13.159 drive south and come and visit us. All right, 00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:16.780 and Melinda? Well, if I can just say one more 00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:21.320 thing. The VOA Museum educates a whole new generation 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:24.820 of people about the contribution that shortwave 00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:28.369 radio technology and the Bethany Station played 00:47:28.369 --> 00:47:32.469 in supporting and sustaining democracy. So we 00:47:32.469 --> 00:47:35.489 have an ongoing need for visitors and docents 00:47:35.489 --> 00:47:38.570 as well as donors for the museum. We're largely 00:47:38.570 --> 00:47:42.369 dependent on donations and volunteer labor for 00:47:42.369 --> 00:47:44.210 a lot of the things that we want to do here in 00:47:44.210 --> 00:47:47.230 the development of the museum. So we just ask 00:47:47.230 --> 00:47:49.530 you to come on out and support us as you can. 00:47:49.909 --> 00:47:54.440 Thank you. All right. Well, that's a wrap for 00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:58.119 this week's HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, 00:47:58.300 --> 00:48:01.900 Melinda Zimper and Lee Height, K8CLI and Jocelyn 00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:06.179 Breaux, KD8VRX, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:08.659 for listening and calling in and invite you all 00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:11.639 back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:15.760 When we start our Hamvention preview shows and 00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:18.360 send out some information on that we've got the 00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:21.579 schedule all put together. Next week Paul Stetzer 00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:26.059 in 8HM will be here from AMSAT. He's the executive 00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:28.179 vice president of AMSAT and he'll be here to 00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:31.860 talk about the AMSAT Academy that's taking place 00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:35.840 the day before Hamvention and a lot of the other 00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:39.719 AMSAT related activities at this year's Dayton 00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:43.460 Hamvention and then we're going to have the Hamvention 00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:45.659 Award winners on the show. We're going to have 00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:49.079 some of them on the show with Michael Coulter, 00:48:49.179 --> 00:48:53.500 W8CI. And then we have some other shows coming 00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:55.880 up. Michael's going to come back and give us 00:48:55.880 --> 00:49:00.840 all the latest news a week before. And then on 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:03.179 Hamvention Eve, don't forget about Hamvention 00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:07.730 Eve, we'll be on the air. and we'll track down 00:49:07.730 --> 00:49:11.110 all the weather and traffic and parking and everything 00:49:11.110 --> 00:49:14.610 you need to know to get out to Hamvention. Be 00:49:14.610 --> 00:49:16.909 sure to tune in on Thursday night and we've got 00:49:16.909 --> 00:49:20.309 some nice surprises planned for that broadcast 00:49:20.309 --> 00:49:23.409 as well. And the other show that's going to be 00:49:23.409 --> 00:49:29.070 on May 2nd is going to feature WWV. Matt Deutsch, 00:49:29.469 --> 00:49:34.269 the... chief engineer at WWV and one of the guys 00:49:34.269 --> 00:49:36.869 from the club out there they're celebrating their 00:49:36.869 --> 00:49:40.570 100th anniversary this year and so they're going 00:49:40.570 --> 00:49:43.289 to do a special forum at Hamvention and we're 00:49:43.289 --> 00:49:46.530 going to preview that on May 2nd on the show 00:49:46.530 --> 00:49:49.989 as well so make sure you check all of that out 00:49:49.989 --> 00:49:52.630 but tune in the night before Hamvention here 00:49:52.630 --> 00:49:56.829 at HamTalkLive .com and find out all the latest 00:49:56.829 --> 00:50:00.590 weather traffic and transportation issues and 00:50:00.590 --> 00:50:03.090 all that kind of information that you need before 00:50:03.090 --> 00:50:08.489 you go out to Xenia. So I'll say good night for 00:50:08.489 --> 00:50:11.230 now and invite you back next week. Paul will 00:50:11.230 --> 00:50:13.829 be here to talk about the AmSat stuff and if 00:50:13.829 --> 00:50:16.110 you like AmTalk Live, please consider leaving 00:50:16.110 --> 00:50:18.369 us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. 00:50:18.530 --> 00:50:21.190 It helps others find us faster. So for now, this 00:50:21.190 --> 00:50:25.269 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG saying seven three seven 00:50:25.269 --> 00:50:41.050 five and may the good DX be yours. Thanks for 00:50:41.050 --> 00:50:41.070 watching!