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The Youth Contesting 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.379 Team at K3LR, better known as Team Exuberance, 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:55.239 recorded live on Thursday, March 21st, 2019. 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.659 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:01:59.659 --> 00:02:03.430 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight 00:02:03.430 --> 00:02:07.329 we're joined by Marty Salloway, NN1C, and Brian 00:02:07.329 --> 00:02:12.650 Traskill, KG5HVO, and we'll take your calls live 00:02:12.650 --> 00:02:15.689 in just a few minutes. Last week here on the 00:02:15.689 --> 00:02:18.449 show Dan Henderson N1ND was here to talk about 00:02:18.449 --> 00:02:22.009 traveling abroad with ham radio and if you missed 00:02:22.009 --> 00:02:25.610 the show you can listen anytime over at hamtalklive 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:29.469 .com or your favorite podcast app or YouTube 00:02:29.469 --> 00:02:36.509 or you can catch the rebroadcast on WTWW 5 .085 00:02:36.509 --> 00:02:41.189 a .m. 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He enjoys tinkering, rag chewing, and 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:03.319 contesting, builds antennas, and likes to get 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:08.879 people on HF and mentor other new hams, and Marty's 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:10.600 the current and founding president of the Eastern 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:14.160 Mass Contesting Club, and the club's goal is 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.500 to promote radio sport contesting among kids 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:19.660 in Eastern Massachusetts. He's a past speaker 00:06:19.660 --> 00:06:21.839 at the Dayton Hamvention Youth Forum and often 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.639 contributes to various ham radio podcasts, as 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.740 well as co -hosting the Phasing Line podcast. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.500 And our other guest is Bryant Rascal, KG5HVO. 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:35.079 He's 15 years old now and he's the reigning winner 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:38.399 of the Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:43.540 Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award. Brian 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:45.399 is a member of the Montgomery Alabama Amateur 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.939 Radio Club, the Alabama Contest Group, the Georgia 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:50.720 Contest Group, and CW Ops, just to name a few. 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:53.959 And he's a participant in the World Radio Sport 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:57.220 Team Championships held last summer in Germany. 00:06:57.300 --> 00:07:00.660 And he was also a member of the 2017 Dave Coulter 00:07:00.660 --> 00:07:04.839 Youth DX Adventure to Costa Rica. And both of 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.889 these young hams... are members of Team Exuberance. 00:07:09.110 --> 00:07:11.730 It's a youth contesting team that will participate 00:07:11.730 --> 00:07:17.430 in the upcoming CQ Worldwide WPX contest in just 00:07:17.430 --> 00:07:21.870 a couple of weeks. So guys, welcome back. Thank 00:07:21.870 --> 00:07:24.769 you, Neil. It's great to be on. Always a pleasure 00:07:24.769 --> 00:07:26.410 to be on with you, Neil. We always have a lot 00:07:26.410 --> 00:07:29.389 of fun. Yeah, we do. We have a lot of fun and 00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:31.250 we're going to have some fun here tonight and 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:33.910 let's talk about this team that sounds like a 00:07:33.910 --> 00:07:36.870 whole lot of fun and I was digging around the 00:07:36.870 --> 00:07:41.129 picture archive to try to find some pictures 00:07:41.129 --> 00:07:43.589 to post to promote the show tonight and just 00:07:43.589 --> 00:07:47.290 took a look at those antennas and that station 00:07:47.290 --> 00:07:49.589 that you guys are going to be operating and just 00:07:49.589 --> 00:07:53.209 was like, oh wow, that looks like a whole lot 00:07:53.209 --> 00:07:57.680 of fun. Who came up with the idea for this team 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.339 and who came up with this name Team Exuberance? 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:09.439 Well, I believe the idea started on the 2018 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.279 Youth DX Adventure that went to Curacao and that 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:18.899 was with Violetta KM4ATT, David VE7DZO, Mason 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:25.339 KM4SII, and Drew KC9ZJX. had a great time in 00:08:25.339 --> 00:08:29.959 Curacao and she wanted to have a youth contest 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:34.679 team here in North America. So she talked to 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.700 Tim Duffy at K3LR about the opportunity to use 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:42.799 his world -class station and Mr. Duffy was very 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.820 nice and he gave her the green light to use his 00:08:46.820 --> 00:08:51.919 station. We began, or she began looking for operators 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.899 and we have the team we currently have and that's 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:58.419 six operators. Marty, do you want to, do you 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:01.779 have any comments? Yeah, sure. I mean, I think 00:09:01.779 --> 00:09:04.080 Bryant knows more about this than I do. Bryant's 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:08.840 the real expert. I'm just here as the backup 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:12.379 singer. I'm not sure if we're missing anything 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:14.159 there. I was just going to say that we are really 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:16.039 privileged to put together what I would define 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.440 as Really superb team and you know, whatever 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:24.720 you're doing multi -operator contesting The team 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.000 is really important right because you can have 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.960 a terrific station like Tim Duffy station, which 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:33.720 is the biggest radio sport contest station in 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:36.679 North America with terrific ICOM radios big tall 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:40.940 towers stacked with OWA Yagi antennas, but if 00:09:40.940 --> 00:09:43.100 you don't have a terrific team of operators, 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:46.600 you know, you really just have Fancy station 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.399 and we've been really fortunate to put together 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.960 A terrific team just to name, just to go down 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:57.059 the list. We have Tommy, HA9T, who was an operator 00:09:57.059 --> 00:10:02.299 at WRTC 2018 along with Bryant. He's operated 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:08.279 from HG8DX, LX79A1A to name a few. A really great 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:12.460 operator. Bryant, obviously. Bryant's world -class. 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:15.539 He needs no introduction. David, who went to 00:10:15.539 --> 00:10:19.720 Curaçao with Violetta, V7DZO. A fantastic op. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:23.440 Levi k6jo who has made quite a name for himself 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:28.210 operating from the zf1 a superstition down in 00:10:28.210 --> 00:10:31.450 the Caymans, which is where Dan, N6MJ, has been 00:10:31.450 --> 00:10:37.090 operating a ZF1A and ZF2MJ in recent years, making 00:10:37.090 --> 00:10:40.370 some amazing CW scores. So obviously, Levi has 00:10:40.370 --> 00:10:43.710 great experience. Violetta, obviously, is our 00:10:43.710 --> 00:10:46.330 team leader, and she's been an operator at the 00:10:46.330 --> 00:10:49.669 W3 at Lima Papa Lima in recent contests, and 00:10:49.669 --> 00:10:52.590 myself. So we've really been fortunate to put 00:10:52.590 --> 00:10:55.250 together a terrific team, and I'm really, really 00:10:55.250 --> 00:11:01.980 grateful for that. Yeah, it's quite a feat to 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:06.200 pull that off that you can get all of these operators 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:10.860 and that you have this group of young operators 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:14.960 with so much experience like, you know, the WRTC 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.899 experience and the Dave Coulter Youth DX adventure 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:23.620 experience and lots and lots of contests and 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:27.049 guest operating at these big stations. So you 00:11:27.049 --> 00:11:30.409 guys have quite a resume for for young people, 00:11:30.409 --> 00:11:34.570 especially. Um, and it's just incredible that 00:11:34.570 --> 00:11:38.669 you were able to, uh, assemble this team. So, 00:11:38.929 --> 00:11:42.490 um, let's talk about the contest itself. Let's 00:11:42.490 --> 00:11:46.549 talk about CQ worldwide, WPX a little bit, and, 00:11:46.570 --> 00:11:51.350 uh, let's talk a little bit about the K3LR station. 00:11:52.850 --> 00:11:55.519 Sure. Brian, you want to take this one? Sure, 00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:58.620 so the K3LR station again is one of the biggest 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:02.919 stations in the world. Tim Duffy K3LR has done 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.500 a great job engineering his station. And again, 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.320 as Marty said, we're just really privileged to 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.600 be operating from such a great station. We'll 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:15.299 be again competing in the CQWPX contest. It starts 00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:19.600 March 30th at 00Zulu and goes until March 31st 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:23.960 at 2359Zulu. It's an SSB contest and it's basically 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.200 anybody can work anybody in the world. It's a 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.759 lot of fun Marty you got anything? Yeah, I was 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:34.049 just gonna add that The WPX is a really cool 00:12:34.049 --> 00:12:36.950 contest for a couple of reasons, and it's different 00:12:36.950 --> 00:12:40.309 than some of the other traditional kind of main 00:12:40.309 --> 00:12:42.490 DX contests. Normally when people talk about 00:12:42.490 --> 00:12:45.830 kind of the big ones, they talk about ARL DX 00:12:45.830 --> 00:12:50.090 CW and Sideband and CQ Worldwide CW and Sideband, 00:12:50.289 --> 00:12:52.610 which the K3LR station traditionally operates. 00:12:53.009 --> 00:12:55.330 But I believe, and I may be incorrect, this is 00:12:55.330 --> 00:13:00.389 the first time the K3LR station has entered as 00:13:00.389 --> 00:13:05.279 a multi -operator in the CQWPX SSB contest. And 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:09.179 what makes the WPX cool is unlike other contests 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:12.340 where you have a fixed exchange, a fixed information 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:14.559 that you communicate when you work at other stations, 00:13:15.179 --> 00:13:19.120 the WPX does not. The exchange for each contact 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.100 with another station, but the report that you 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:24.419 exchange is your signal report, a signal report 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:26.019 of the other station. Normally that's a five 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:29.169 and nine. and the serial number. In other words, 00:13:29.529 --> 00:13:32.429 what number contact this is for you in this contest. 00:13:32.549 --> 00:13:35.009 So the first contact is number one, and the second 00:13:35.009 --> 00:13:37.230 contact is number two, and the third is number 00:13:37.230 --> 00:13:40.690 three, and so on. And what makes this really 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:42.389 cool is it means that you actually have to work 00:13:42.389 --> 00:13:47.049 to copy the exchange and really try as an operator, 00:13:47.190 --> 00:13:49.669 right? So there's lots of focus and... getting 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:51.909 the call sign correct, and also getting the exchange 00:13:51.909 --> 00:13:54.850 correct. In a lot of these contests, one can 00:13:54.850 --> 00:13:57.330 kind of predict the exchange, but not in this 00:13:57.330 --> 00:13:59.669 context, obviously. So there's an extra level 00:13:59.669 --> 00:14:02.029 of challenge introduced. It's also a contest 00:14:02.029 --> 00:14:04.429 where the US could work the US. Everybody could 00:14:04.429 --> 00:14:07.330 work everybody, which adds lots of fun, especially 00:14:07.330 --> 00:14:10.889 for operators who maybe just want to get on and 00:14:10.889 --> 00:14:12.950 work down the band. They could call anybody, 00:14:12.970 --> 00:14:16.610 and we would be deeply grateful to work everybody 00:14:16.610 --> 00:14:20.090 and anybody. That's very true. We're super stoked 00:14:20.090 --> 00:14:24.149 deal. So not everybody is gonna be Bob and a 00:14:24.149 --> 00:14:32.690 5 -9 You got us Who picked Bob anyway Why is 00:14:32.690 --> 00:14:37.690 everybody Bob Quick and short quick and most 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:43.789 likely Well, why not like Fred we're Bob we're 00:14:43.789 --> 00:14:47.629 Marty and Bryant, so don't be asking us Now I 00:14:47.629 --> 00:14:50.850 want you to contest and you said your name was 00:14:50.850 --> 00:14:53.490 Bob That's true. Marty. I worked you last Tuesday 00:14:53.490 --> 00:14:56.590 and you said your name was Bob. Is this an interrogation 00:14:56.590 --> 00:14:59.830 on the air? This is an on -air interrogation. 00:14:59.830 --> 00:15:06.750 It is cross -examination. I plead the fifth So 00:15:06.750 --> 00:15:10.750 this will this will be good This will be interesting 00:15:10.750 --> 00:15:14.830 and and the prefixes of the call signs are your 00:15:14.830 --> 00:15:19.169 are your molt so I've been around long enough 00:15:19.169 --> 00:15:23.830 that my prefix is actually one that's needed 00:15:23.830 --> 00:15:27.049 a little more. Yes sir, it is. There'll be a 00:15:27.049 --> 00:15:29.870 lot of interesting prefixes on, especially from 00:15:29.870 --> 00:15:32.809 Europe. I know there's a lot of special stations 00:15:32.809 --> 00:15:35.549 that get prefixes just for this contest. Sometimes 00:15:35.549 --> 00:15:39.409 the prefixes will have maybe like five characters. 00:15:39.970 --> 00:15:43.590 I know there was a station in Slovenia that actually 00:15:43.590 --> 00:15:49.740 had four, it was S5. One hundred L I O N S. So 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:52.860 don't be into it. Don't be freaked out if, if 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:54.879 there are some weird call signs coming across. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:59.700 Does that even fit in in a one M M who knows? 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.879 I mean, I guess if you had the entry window squeezed 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:06.539 out, you know, I gotta add Neil, your WB nine 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:09.879 is important, but everybody's. Every single contact 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.019 matters. That's how you make a big score. It's 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:15.139 the big hours and the small hours, the weak guys 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.659 and the loud guys. You got to work everybody. 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:19.679 We want to work everybody. And we want to work 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:23.539 you. So I think it's, yes, your call sign is 00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:25.480 important and everybody's call sign is important. 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:29.899 We want to work everybody. All right. Well, let's 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:35.080 talk about the team a little bit more. How is 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.850 this being sponsored? You know, you got to get 00:16:38.850 --> 00:16:41.309 everybody there. So how is that being funded 00:16:41.309 --> 00:16:45.190 and how our team members? Getting to the station 00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:50.590 Well, that's a terrific question deal there is 00:16:50.590 --> 00:16:52.690 significant expense of trying to put an operation 00:16:52.690 --> 00:16:56.259 like this together both from a transportation 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:58.179 point of view and a logistics point of view. 00:16:58.460 --> 00:17:00.399 We have operators coming from three countries, 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.099 two in North America and one in Europe, and people 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:06.240 are flying in and staying in hotels. So there 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.519 is a significant expense to this. And as much 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:13.220 as possible, we are trying to... cover costs 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:16.059 that we can, and we've been extremely, extremely 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:18.799 grateful. We launched a GoFundMe this fall to 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:21.119 cover the costs, and you can check that out if 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:23.880 you're interested. It's teamexuberance .org is 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:28.299 the website, teamexuberance .org. And we've successfully 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:31.279 raised over $5 ,000 to make this project happen, 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:33.680 so it's not a financial burden for the operators, 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:36.539 because I don't know about others, but not a 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:40.000 lot of youth have hundreds, if not over $1 ,000, 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:42.619 around to fly. themselves and possibly a family 00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:47.980 member or an adult guardian with them to West 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:50.859 Middlesex, Pennsylvania. So we launched a GoFundMe, 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.980 again, teams exuberance .org, and we're raising 00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:56.380 funds to make this happen and we are extremely 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:59.200 grateful for everybody who's supported us in 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.980 doing that. Yes, thanks to all the individual 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:05.180 donors as well as a lot of the contesting clubs 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:08.440 for all their generous support Financially, but 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:10.720 also just for giving us kind words of encouragement 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:14.460 Certainly, I think we would not be able to do 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:16.420 this We may be young operators, but that doesn't 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:18.940 mean we haven't consulted not young operators 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:22.799 and without all of our Elmer's and people Advising 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.700 us. There's a lot of things that go into planning 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:27.839 a multi -operator contest Entry like this one. 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:31.000 I mean I could go on for days but Just simple 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:33.859 things like scheduling an operator schedule for 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:36.019 the team and logistics and hotels and all those 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:38.420 things take a lot of time and a lot of expertise 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:40.799 and we've been really fortunate to really have 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.839 a great team of Elmer's and mentors. I'd be remiss 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:47.559 again without thanking Tim K3LR and Carrie, excuse 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:50.619 me, Terry, Kate, M &J who has worked tirelessly 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:53.839 to make this happen. So it really, it takes a 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:56.279 village deal. It really does. And I'm proud to 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.240 say that Nearly all of the major DXing contest 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.000 clubs in the US have contributed to doing this 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:05.539 and we're extremely grateful for those donations. 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:11.400 All right, sounds like a fun time and some great 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:16.460 experience and I look forward to seeing how the 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:19.680 score goes too because I think you guys can can 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.279 run the score up here a little bit. So we'll 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:25.460 we'll see how that turns out. 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Thanks to ICOM for bringing 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:33.680 you another episode of HamTalk Live and I want 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.140 to give you an update real quickly on the National 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:39.440 Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting events 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:42.079 for this month during their 75th anniversary 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:45.130 celebration this year. on wednesday april third 00:21:45.130 --> 00:21:47.490 they have the history of the voice of america 00:21:47.490 --> 00:21:51.569 bethany station and the voa museum today with 00:21:51.569 --> 00:21:55.089 uh director of the museum jack dominic that's 00:21:55.089 --> 00:21:58.589 at midpoint library in westchester ohio and then 00:21:58.589 --> 00:22:01.089 tuesday april 9th this this sounds intriguing 00:22:01.089 --> 00:22:05.670 it's the theater of the mind sound effects during 00:22:05.670 --> 00:22:09.269 radio's golden age with mike martini the president 00:22:09.269 --> 00:22:13.660 of the museum's Media Heritage Collection, and 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:15.920 if you've listened to any of those old radio 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.900 shows, you know the sound effects were really 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:23.680 what made those work, so that sounds really interesting. 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:27.019 We'll be talking more about the anniversary next 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:29.700 month on a special episode of HamTalk Live, and 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:32.160 we'll be announcing the special HamVision hours 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:37.319 for the museum and an added bonus. surprise bonus 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:40.539 this year coming to the tour so we'll be announcing 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:43.380 that very soon. HamTalk Live is on the air every 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:45.759 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time right 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.299 here at HamTalkLive .com and be sure to check 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:51.640 us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:54.890 now it's time for your calls. So if you have 00:22:54.890 --> 00:22:57.750 a question for Marty or Bryant or both, give 00:22:57.750 --> 00:23:04.650 us a call. The number 812 -650 -9556. Again, 00:23:04.849 --> 00:23:11.829 812 -650 -9556. Or you can tweet us at HamTalk 00:23:11.829 --> 00:23:15.269 Live. If you're listening to us on WTWW or on 00:23:15.269 --> 00:23:17.490 the podcast edition, you won't be able to reach 00:23:17.490 --> 00:23:20.950 us live since this is Thursday night right now 00:23:20.950 --> 00:23:25.890 when we're recording this. So Marty, let's actually 00:23:25.890 --> 00:23:29.670 we're going to take a call here. So let's do 00:23:29.670 --> 00:23:32.490 that and then we'll talk a little bit about some 00:23:32.490 --> 00:23:34.569 of the preparation. Good evening. Welcome to 00:23:34.569 --> 00:23:38.890 HamTalk Live. Hey, good evening, Neil. It's Scott, 00:23:39.029 --> 00:23:42.049 KZeroMD. You have two superstars on tonight. 00:23:43.230 --> 00:23:46.450 Yeah, Scott. I've got the two superstars here 00:23:46.450 --> 00:23:50.569 with me. Good to hear your voice and what's your 00:23:50.569 --> 00:23:55.539 question here for these two? I have several things, 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:58.019 if that's okay. Number one, Neil, I know you've 00:23:58.019 --> 00:24:00.339 been distracted, but I have been told that the 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:02.740 University of Kentucky won its first round game 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:05.859 tonight, so you can relax a little bit now. I 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:09.579 will admit that the TV is still on mute in the 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:14.940 background, so yes, I saw that, so I can relax 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:18.920 now. Yeah, we're all happy at that one, at least 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:22.230 those of us who are big Blue Nation fans. I have 00:24:22.230 --> 00:24:24.750 had a number of discussions with John, K6AM, 00:24:24.930 --> 00:24:28.589 and the young man that Marty talked about who 00:24:28.589 --> 00:24:31.950 has been operating at ZF1Alpha is supposedly 00:24:31.950 --> 00:24:36.109 going to develop into an even better contestor 00:24:36.109 --> 00:24:39.910 than N6MJ. So with him, Marty, and Bryant, and 00:24:39.910 --> 00:24:42.130 some of the others, the future of contesting 00:24:42.130 --> 00:24:44.089 looks bright with all of these young operators. 00:24:45.289 --> 00:24:48.670 I have two questions tonight. One for Marty and 00:24:48.670 --> 00:24:52.180 Bryant. Tell us a little bit about your strategy 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:55.799 and can we get you to commit to submit maybe 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:58.700 a story about the experience to Neil or a picture 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:00.700 so we can put it in the National Contest Journal? 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:03.579 And then my question specifically to Marty is 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.779 that you only pick the stations that have ICOM 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:08.380 radios, Marty. I seem to see you operating at 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:10.779 a lot of ICOM stations, but nothing else. Does 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:18.079 that identify a preference for you perhaps? The 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:20.599 first question was strategy. How about I speak 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:24.000 to that a little bit and then Bryant can. So 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:26.559 certainly there's a lot of strategy that goes 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:29.160 into contesting and preparing for this effort, 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:32.119 we worked hard to kind of analyze a lot of previous 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:35.480 scores and look at how other people have entered 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:37.559 this category. The multi -two category is a pretty 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:40.640 strategic category, right? Because we have six 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:42.759 bands to cover and two run signals to do that 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:45.960 with. So we certainly have done a lot of studying, 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:49.180 and the WPX contest is particularly interesting 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:52.220 in the way it handles scoring and what contacts 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:56.119 matter for how many points. So it's based off 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.160 of in -country, out -of -country, in -content, 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:01.240 out -of -content, high bands versus low bands. 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.740 In short, you get more points for working guys 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.859 on the low bands than you do on the high bands. 00:26:06.470 --> 00:26:08.849 Within your country, it's one point either way, 00:26:09.170 --> 00:26:11.630 but outside of the country, from 40, 80, and 00:26:11.630 --> 00:26:15.390 160, there's a 2x point advantage over working 00:26:15.390 --> 00:26:18.529 guys on the high bands, 10, 15, and 20. So we've 00:26:18.529 --> 00:26:20.410 spent a lot of time analyzing how we can make 00:26:20.410 --> 00:26:23.150 sure we get the, we can optimize our six point 00:26:23.150 --> 00:26:27.230 cues, our six point contacts on 40, 80, and 160, 00:26:27.589 --> 00:26:31.710 and also our contacts during the day on 40 and 00:26:31.710 --> 00:26:35.049 15 when there aren't terrific contact rates to 00:26:35.049 --> 00:26:36.960 make. And certainly making sure that we don't 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:39.740 miss openings and looking at where we think there 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:42.460 will be rate, where we can find it, what to look 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:46.039 out for. And really just being aware, right? 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:48.779 Because contesting is, ooh, what's next? What 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:51.680 opening do I have to be looking for? What's going 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.539 to happen? What do we think? Let's look at conditions. 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:56.980 One of the great training tools for the CQWPX 00:26:56.980 --> 00:27:01.509 contest is actually, believe it or not, the ARRLDX 00:27:01.509 --> 00:27:06.029 contest, which is a 28 day cycle before, roughly 00:27:06.029 --> 00:27:10.289 28 days before CQWPXSSB. So it's a great way 00:27:10.289 --> 00:27:15.210 to judge what conditions might be like for WPXSSB. 00:27:15.529 --> 00:27:18.589 And we also had the ability to look at, while 00:27:18.589 --> 00:27:22.329 not a complete story, how the K3LR station performed 00:27:22.329 --> 00:27:25.650 during WPX SSB, where I can proudly say that 00:27:25.650 --> 00:27:27.890 it looks like they won the category from the 00:27:27.890 --> 00:27:30.109 US, which is a terrific feat. And they've done 00:27:30.109 --> 00:27:32.730 that many years in a row, and that's just a great 00:27:32.730 --> 00:27:35.910 testament to the station and its operators. But 00:27:35.910 --> 00:27:37.829 certainly, we've thought long and hard about 00:27:37.829 --> 00:27:40.549 what we expect, what we don't expect, what we 00:27:40.549 --> 00:27:42.930 hope to do, how we hope to do it. And then, you 00:27:42.930 --> 00:27:45.390 know... As the contest goes on, we will adapt 00:27:45.390 --> 00:27:47.990 our strategy based on what we hear in the headphones 00:27:47.990 --> 00:27:51.690 because one can be as theoretical as one wants, 00:27:51.730 --> 00:27:53.710 but in the heat of the battle, it's important 00:27:53.710 --> 00:27:58.329 to adapt to the conditions. Yes, I agree with 00:27:58.329 --> 00:28:01.250 Marty that you just never know what propagation 00:28:01.250 --> 00:28:03.789 will be like, and that's one interesting facet 00:28:03.789 --> 00:28:06.569 of contesting that always keeps the operator 00:28:06.569 --> 00:28:10.130 on his or her toes. Again, for our strategy, 00:28:10.309 --> 00:28:13.700 I believe that we're going to make a big strive 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:20.279 on running the six -point contacts on the low 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:23.259 bands, mainly from the European amateur radio 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.940 communities. Now that doesn't mean that U .S. 00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.700 stations aren't important. U .S. stations, we 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:30.160 need you a lot. We really need the high rates 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.039 in the prefixes that the U .S. stations contain. 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.119 So I really think we're going to try and emphasize 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:41.029 our QSO point total. as well as maximizing our 00:28:41.029 --> 00:28:44.329 multiplier count by pushing our second in -band 00:28:44.329 --> 00:28:47.529 radio, which is a radio just dedicated to tuning 00:28:47.529 --> 00:28:50.109 around or clicking on spots on the DX cluster. 00:28:51.690 --> 00:28:53.990 I think we're going to try and push the in -band 00:28:53.990 --> 00:28:57.930 radio as hard as we can, but also if propagation 00:28:57.930 --> 00:29:01.200 is just... slow at some times, maybe during the 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.640 middle of the night, then we may try and do quick 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.059 band changes using the second radios to maybe 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:09.180 get just a few more contacts. So Mario did a 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:13.299 really cool math formula about pushing the second 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:16.579 in -band radio on other bands just to grab a 00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:19.640 few contacts. And we're really hoping, again, 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:22.160 that conditions are good, but we know that this 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.259 is going to be a great experience regardless. 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.279 Brian said it better than anybody could and you 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.019 know the cool thing about contesting for the 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:31.519 most part especially when you're competing with 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.950 people In a local region is that you know when 00:29:34.950 --> 00:29:36.809 conditions are bad for you. They're also bad 00:29:36.809 --> 00:29:39.490 for them So that means taking the most advantage 00:29:39.490 --> 00:29:41.410 of those bad conditions and Bryant said it better 00:29:41.410 --> 00:29:44.750 than we can the k3lr station is equipped with 00:29:44.750 --> 00:29:49.630 Two radios on all of 80 40 20 15 and 10 meters 00:29:49.630 --> 00:29:51.910 So all the contest bands with the exception of 00:29:51.910 --> 00:29:55.230 160 Which is a tremendous advantage and keeping 00:29:55.230 --> 00:29:57.750 those second radios tuning keeping the primary 00:29:57.750 --> 00:30:00.529 radio always calling CQ and taking advantage 00:30:00.529 --> 00:30:03.480 of those extra band We get a fixed number of 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.619 band changes every hour and taking best advantage 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:10.940 of those will really optimize our score Okay, 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:15.299 and then the the radio preference thing in fact 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.279 Scott should have heard our discussion before 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:25.059 the show, but I Think tongue -in -cheek question 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:28.769 for Marty I know he's an icon, aficionado, and 00:30:28.769 --> 00:30:31.390 Bryant's an LA craftsman, so they sort of typify 00:30:31.390 --> 00:30:35.849 that. Will you have a special call sign? WPX, 00:30:35.849 --> 00:30:39.150 or will you use K3LR? And that'll be my last 00:30:39.150 --> 00:30:41.769 question, Neil. Nice program. Oh, see if you 00:30:41.769 --> 00:30:43.609 can pin them down to give you an article for 00:30:43.609 --> 00:30:46.670 NCJA, Neil. This would be a great story. Oh, 00:30:46.670 --> 00:30:53.650 I agree. So call sign? We'll be using the K3LR 00:30:53.650 --> 00:30:56.750 callsign as we'll be operating at the K3LR station. 00:30:58.190 --> 00:31:00.569 And yeah, we'll have to talk about the article. 00:31:00.809 --> 00:31:03.569 That'd be a really interesting thing to do. And 00:31:03.569 --> 00:31:05.829 thanks for all you do with the NCJ, Mr. Wright. 00:31:06.750 --> 00:31:10.750 Thank you, Scott. So you're not using the callsign 00:31:10.750 --> 00:31:15.430 L1D? No, no, no, sir, we're not. And we're very 00:31:15.430 --> 00:31:18.569 fortunate to use the very famous and well -known 00:31:18.569 --> 00:31:25.579 K3LR callsign. All right, thanks Scott so much 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:30.619 for calling in. Appreciate it and go Cats. Thanks, 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:34.460 Bill. 73, good night everyone. All right, 73. 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:38.539 And by the way, I'm gonna give you guys a little 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:41.779 strategy here. Scott asked you about strategy. 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:46.079 I'm gonna share with you a strategy that I think 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:48.819 will work in this case, and it's one that I used 00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:53.440 to use back when I was coaching basketball. The 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:59.740 whole strategy to winning is to have more points 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:03.960 at the end than the other team. That's a really 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:06.779 good strategy. We appreciate your input on that. 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.940 Talking amongst ourselves about that. That's 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.779 really good. Thank you so much I think we'll 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:14.740 be working to implement that one, you know We've 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:17.180 had lots of great Elmer's and setting up for 00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:19.059 this, but nobody's told us about that one yet 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:22.500 So we'll take so there you go. You're very welcome. 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.009 I'm glad I could could share that and give you 00:32:25.009 --> 00:32:30.849 some insight on that. 812 -650 -9556 is the phone 00:32:30.849 --> 00:32:34.329 number to call. If you have a question for Marty 00:32:34.329 --> 00:32:39.450 or Bryant or both, give us a call. 812 -650 -9556 00:32:39.450 --> 00:32:44.759 or you can tweet us at HamTalk Live. we were 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:48.140 getting ready to talk about a lot of the preparation 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:51.940 a lot of the the paperwork and Logistics and 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:55.259 everything that went into making this happen 00:32:55.259 --> 00:33:01.599 and it's still going on travel plans and manuals 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:05.180 and all this kind of thing and Yeah, you're using 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:10.619 some some adult Support but you guys are doing 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:14.750 this from The bottom all the way to the top you're 00:33:14.750 --> 00:33:20.109 covering the whole thing You got it Ted and it's 00:33:20.109 --> 00:33:22.410 it's really it's a big undertaking and we've 00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:24.930 been really fortunate to everybody who's helped 00:33:24.930 --> 00:33:28.529 us in taking this along just a fun fact I'm looking 00:33:28.529 --> 00:33:32.029 at our my master logistical planning spreadsheet, 00:33:32.029 --> 00:33:36.019 which is an Excel spreadsheet with 12 tabs in 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:38.559 it. So yes, there are a lot of different things 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:41.640 that must be organized To put a big multi -operator 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.259 operation together like this on the air You asked 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:46.220 about a handbook and that's something that we 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:48.000 did do for this operation. We believe it's very 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.519 important to do We created a handbook with everything 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:54.500 such as band expectations What conditions we 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.720 expect and what band how the station works how 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.380 the software works how the antenna switching 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:01.599 works? How the rotators at kthblr which has over 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.750 26 rotators really just a huge stations there's 00:34:04.750 --> 00:34:07.009 a lot of technical skills we have to learn and 00:34:07.009 --> 00:34:10.610 we put that in a big manual with the radios and 00:34:10.610 --> 00:34:14.349 the amplifiers and things like that and we sent 00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:15.969 that out to the team and the team was able to 00:34:15.969 --> 00:34:18.289 read that to kind of get a little bit of familiarity 00:34:18.289 --> 00:34:20.730 because one thing that a lot of multi -operator 00:34:20.730 --> 00:34:24.389 teams have as an advantage is familiarity with 00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:27.750 the station to familiarity with each other. I 00:34:27.750 --> 00:34:31.570 may be incorrect, but I believe that none of 00:34:31.570 --> 00:34:34.949 the operators have operated together before So 00:34:34.949 --> 00:34:37.829 we are all being thrown together and then quickly 00:34:37.829 --> 00:34:40.190 operating a contest So lots of pre planning and 00:34:40.190 --> 00:34:42.969 pre coordination and pre strategy and phone a 00:34:42.969 --> 00:34:45.550 conference call We had one in preparation things 00:34:45.550 --> 00:34:47.969 like that really make sure that things go as 00:34:47.969 --> 00:34:53.190 well as they possibly can And even even booking 00:34:53.190 --> 00:34:58.639 flights and Yep flights, hotels, you know, all 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.039 those things have to be taken care of in order 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:03.679 for an operation like this to come together. 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:06.500 And we've been able to do that. So that's been, 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.840 you know, a lot of work, but it's very important 00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:11.039 that we get those logistics taken care of so 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:14.300 we can focus on the contest. And the teacher 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:18.820 in me is going to say, this is valuable life 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:23.340 experience stuff. Because, you know, these are 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:27.679 things that our life skills, and you're not going 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:31.360 to get this in a normal classroom. And these 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:35.559 are things that you're getting as a matter of 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:41.059 planning for this opportunity. Well, you know, 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.599 Neil, and Brian can add on, but we're certainly 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.460 very fortunate to be able to take part in this, 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:47.860 and it's a great privilege and a great honor, 00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.880 and I've definitely learned a bunch of skills 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:53.929 along the way. And I'm sure you'll learn a lot 00:35:53.929 --> 00:35:58.510 about contesting and ham radio, but the life 00:35:58.510 --> 00:36:05.050 skills, too. So it's a great thing. Well, let's 00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:09.769 talk a little bit about the exchange a little 00:36:09.769 --> 00:36:12.389 bit more. And for people, let's see if we can 00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:15.269 get you some more contacts. Maybe some people 00:36:15.269 --> 00:36:20.170 that are listening aren't. contesters or serious 00:36:20.170 --> 00:36:24.550 contesters and They want to get on the air and 00:36:24.550 --> 00:36:26.969 and just you know work a couple of stations work 00:36:26.969 --> 00:36:31.369 you Maybe work some of the yard team and and 00:36:31.369 --> 00:36:35.190 you know a few here and there Just explain to 00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:39.690 them exactly how they would go about Doing the 00:36:39.690 --> 00:36:42.130 exchange and working you and making sure that 00:36:42.130 --> 00:36:48.550 you get credit for the contact Well, again, the 00:36:48.550 --> 00:36:52.030 way it works is the exchange is the signal report, 00:36:52.130 --> 00:36:56.550 generally a 5 -9, as that's been tradition for 00:36:56.550 --> 00:36:59.429 contesting for a good number of years now, and 00:36:59.429 --> 00:37:02.250 a serial number. And what a serial number basically 00:37:02.250 --> 00:37:05.750 is, it's how many contacts you've made in a contest. 00:37:07.269 --> 00:37:10.010 So if I were to work you, Neil, in a contest, 00:37:10.090 --> 00:37:12.090 and you'd be my first contact, I would say your 00:37:12.090 --> 00:37:15.570 5 -9, number 001. And then if I worked Marty, 00:37:15.730 --> 00:37:18.510 I would give him number two. And then the number 00:37:18.510 --> 00:37:20.989 would keep climbing every time I talked to somebody, 00:37:21.010 --> 00:37:24.250 basically. And you do not have to submit a log 00:37:24.250 --> 00:37:27.050 for this contest, although it is appreciated 00:37:27.050 --> 00:37:32.449 by the contest sponsor, CQ Worldwide. It's a 00:37:32.449 --> 00:37:35.389 really fun contest. There should be no stress, 00:37:35.590 --> 00:37:41.070 whatever. Marty, do you have anything? No. I'm 00:37:41.070 --> 00:37:44.260 what we look forward to working you. Hopefully 00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:46.460 we should have a very loud presence on the band 00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:49.099 and a frequent presence on the band. So if you 00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:51.559 hear us, no matter how fast or slow we're going, 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:54.219 we want to talk to you. We want to get you in 00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:56.460 our logs. And that's the special part about. 00:37:56.750 --> 00:37:59.469 radio sport contesting is getting to talk to 00:37:59.469 --> 00:38:02.449 all of our friends and all of our fellow radio 00:38:02.449 --> 00:38:06.630 hams over HF radio and it's really exciting every 00:38:06.630 --> 00:38:08.889 time if we knew who was going to call in it wouldn't 00:38:08.889 --> 00:38:11.389 be nearly as fun so turn on on that radio and 00:38:11.389 --> 00:38:13.130 work us and then stay on and work all the other 00:38:13.130 --> 00:38:16.969 guys because radio contesting is for what more 00:38:16.969 --> 00:38:21.880 fun when more people do it sure All right eight 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:25.360 one two six five zero nine five five six is the 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:27.300 phone number if you'd like to call in now It's 00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:29.739 time to do that. So we're going to finish things 00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:32.179 up here in just a few minutes So give us a call 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:35.960 eight one two six five zero nine five Five six 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.820 or you can tweet us at ham talk live or you can 00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:41.239 if you're on Spreaker you can even get into the 00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:47.519 chat Jill kd8 QG a is in the house tonight and 00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:52.139 Says good to hear you Marty and and I'm not even 00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.900 going to try to pronounce everything else She 00:38:53.900 --> 00:39:00.260 said here, but I didn't I didn't get it. So Let's 00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:04.480 see here, let's see what else we have on the 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:08.659 screen All right, so I think we're caught up 00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:12.119 here so eight one two six five zero nine five 00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:18.559 five six is the number now Two weeks ago we had 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:24.159 sterling in zero SSC on talking about Yark and 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:30.260 the youth Contesting program that is also going 00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:34.519 on during this time. So Marty, did you want to 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.500 say something about that? I'll throw it to Brian. 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:42.239 I know he knows a lot about it. Yes, well We 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.179 really hope that this initiative through Team 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:49.860 Exuberance and the YARC Contesting Program, I'll 00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:54.480 give you the website, it's yarkyarc .world. Again, 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:59.920 that's yarkyarc .world. And we're really excited 00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:02.159 about these two initiatives going on in North 00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:07.380 America, and we hope to keep the momentum going. 00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:12.289 large station owners to possibly consider opening 00:40:12.289 --> 00:40:17.510 up their stations to some youth and as well as 00:40:17.510 --> 00:40:20.309 to other young contesters that are eager to learn 00:40:20.309 --> 00:40:27.110 from others to not be afraid to go and approach 00:40:27.110 --> 00:40:30.210 these larger station owners and just have an 00:40:30.210 --> 00:40:34.630 open mind and yearn to learn. So again, we're 00:40:34.630 --> 00:40:36.570 really hoping that this momentum continues here 00:40:36.570 --> 00:40:38.809 in North America. Europe has a really steady 00:40:38.809 --> 00:40:41.789 program going with their Youngsters on the Year 00:40:41.789 --> 00:40:44.510 Young Contesting Program. So again, we're hoping 00:40:44.510 --> 00:40:48.050 that this initiative keeps going in North America. 00:40:49.710 --> 00:40:52.590 Exactly. Well, we hope this is just the start 00:40:52.590 --> 00:40:55.889 of something a lot bigger. And I know both myself 00:40:55.889 --> 00:40:57.989 and Bryant are really dedicated to making that 00:40:57.989 --> 00:41:01.130 happen. So, you know, the place to go obviously 00:41:01.130 --> 00:41:03.110 is Yark. And also, if you have any questions, 00:41:03.289 --> 00:41:06.329 shoot us an email. Bryant and I are both good 00:41:06.329 --> 00:41:10.429 at our at ARRL .net email addresses. So KG5HVL 00:41:10.429 --> 00:41:16.420 at ARRL .net or NN1C at the. ARRL .net and we'd 00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:18.519 be glad to talk ham radio. We love talking ham 00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:20.579 radio. We talk ham radio all the time. We live 00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:23.159 it, we breathe it and we want to talk to you. 00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:26.920 So I think certainly getting more youth involved 00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:30.079 with contesting, which I think is just a fantastic 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:32.260 part of this hobby and getting more youth involved 00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:35.860 in radio in general and attracting them to ham 00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.440 radio and contesting because ham radio just opens 00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:41.880 up so many terrific doors. It's a great place 00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:44.960 to learn terrific skills and Look what we're 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.739 doing. Look at all the skills we've learned along 00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:49.599 the way. Uh, so I am certainly a strong component 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:53.619 of what's going on here. All right. You couldn't 00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:56.780 have said it any better. The experiences that 00:41:56.780 --> 00:42:00.739 you get from this are just, uh, just unbelievable. 00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:05.079 And I had a chance to hear, um, some, some speakers 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:09.260 here in the last week or two, and all of them 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:12.300 were talking about all these things that would 00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:18.639 happen. uh... in you know as youngsters but only 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:23.159 because of ham radio and it's just uh... a magnif 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:27.659 this magnificent way uh... to learn a lot of 00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:31.559 these life skills as well as radio skills and 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:34.860 science and and all kinds of things so uh... 00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:37.739 i'm hoping that this really takes off i know 00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:43.210 uh... I'm going to be over at WCHVOA for a little 00:42:43.210 --> 00:42:46.250 bit during this contest so hopefully I can work 00:42:46.250 --> 00:42:49.010 you from there and they're going to be one of 00:42:49.010 --> 00:42:54.489 the host stations for a youngster or two coming 00:42:54.489 --> 00:43:00.480 up for this contest in the YARC program. If you 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:04.079 want to learn a little more about that, a couple 00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:08.059 episodes ago, I think it was two weeks ago, when 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:12.400 Sterling was on talking about YARC and the youth 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:15.800 contesting program, so you can find that at HamTalkLive 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:19.119 .com or on your podcasting app or YouTube and 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:22.590 you can find out more about that. Okay, well, 00:43:22.829 --> 00:43:26.849 we're just about out of time here, so let me 00:43:26.849 --> 00:43:31.570 check the tweets here just one last time. And 00:43:31.570 --> 00:43:34.409 then we'll just take some final comments and 00:43:34.409 --> 00:43:40.889 we'll wrap things up. So, Marty, go ahead. Well, 00:43:40.989 --> 00:43:43.590 you know, we're deeply excited to do this. We're 00:43:43.590 --> 00:43:45.269 deeply fortunate that we're able to make this 00:43:45.269 --> 00:43:47.550 happen. If you have any questions, again, shoot 00:43:47.550 --> 00:43:51.099 us an email. We're both good at arl .net. We 00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:54.139 hope to work you on the air from K -3 Lima Radio. 00:43:54.909 --> 00:43:58.829 What is closely a closely a crawling up on us 00:43:58.829 --> 00:44:01.550 is just a little bit over a week away at this 00:44:01.550 --> 00:44:05.230 time next week At 9 44 probably about this time. 00:44:05.230 --> 00:44:08.570 I will be in a rental car with brian's and levi 00:44:08.570 --> 00:44:12.469 and tommy h a9t And brian's mother driving from 00:44:12.469 --> 00:44:14.929 the pittsburgh airport to west metals x where 00:44:14.929 --> 00:44:18.050 the k3 lr superstation is located So we're very 00:44:18.050 --> 00:44:20.469 excited. We hope to work you on the air as k3 00:44:20.469 --> 00:44:24.190 lr And uh, we hope that you continue whatever 00:44:24.190 --> 00:44:26.329 you you're doing in your communities about amateur 00:44:26.329 --> 00:44:28.730 radio and news and contesting. If you're not, 00:44:28.730 --> 00:44:31.670 now's a good time to start and bring this, you 00:44:31.670 --> 00:44:34.750 know, bring, bring radio to your clubs, try and 00:44:34.750 --> 00:44:37.710 get some youth in your club. Clubs are an extremely 00:44:37.710 --> 00:44:41.489 important part of a ham radio. So we want to 00:44:41.489 --> 00:44:43.030 talk to you. We want to work with you. If we 00:44:43.030 --> 00:44:45.630 can be helpful to you, let us know. And we hope 00:44:45.630 --> 00:44:49.010 to see you on the air next weekend. All right. 00:44:49.010 --> 00:44:52.340 And Bryant, you get the last word. Alrighty, 00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:55.119 yes. Thanks to everybody for listening. We hope 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:58.940 to again work you from K3LR and just keep the 00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:03.340 momentum going in North America. All right. Well, 00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:06.099 thanks guys for coming on. Appreciate it. You've 00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:10.659 got some definite energy and it's not called 00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:14.380 team exuberance for nothing and I think that 00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:18.360 you guys will do very well and I'll be Be looking 00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:21.019 to see how well you do. Oh one question. Are 00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:25.159 you gonna run any of the live contest? Scoring 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:28.840 to where we could watch Your progress don't believe 00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:31.320 so, but don't hold me to it. Certainly will be 00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:34.519 on 38 30 kilohertz at the end of the contest 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:37.780 and announce our score there Okay, very good. 00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:42.119 Well, we'll keep an eye on that and good luck 00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:45.360 to you all. And as I say at school, even though 00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:48.920 luck has nothing to do with it, it's skill. So, 00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:54.360 good luck and have a great time. Thank you. Thank 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:58.719 you, Neil. Alright, that is a wrap for this week's 00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:01.099 edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, 00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:05.280 Marty Sulaway, NN1C, and Bryant Rascal, KG5, 00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:07.760 HVO, and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:10.940 listening. and calling in and writing in and 00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:13.539 invite you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. 00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:17.440 Eastern Time when Corey Shields KB9GHU will be 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:21.420 here to talk about the new SatNogs Dashboard 00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:24.179 and for a list of all of our upcoming guests 00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:28.460 just go over to HamTalkLive .com and if you like 00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:31.409 HamTalk Live please consider leaving us a review 00:46:31.409 --> 00:46:35.849 on iTunes that helps others find us faster. So 00:46:35.849 --> 00:46:39.789 for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 00:46:39.789 --> 00:46:44.130 -3, 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.