WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.660 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.660 --> 00:00:06.059 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:13.000 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.679 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:22.899 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:31.359 for more information about ICOM radios. Here 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:37.820 we go, welcome to Amtopi Call in, let's talk, 00:00:38.219 --> 00:01:00.640 Neil's your guy Amtopi Good evening, everyone. 00:01:00.939 --> 00:01:04.700 It's time for another episode of HamTalk Live. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:10.099 We're all the way up to number 150. Get ready 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:14.500 for Hamcation, recorded live on Thursday, January 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:21.260 24th, 2019. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9 VPG. 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:24.980 Thanks for tuning into this episode. of HamTalk 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:28.099 Live. Tonight we're joined again by Michael Colley, 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:33.359 W4MCA, and we'll take your calls live in just 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:37.260 a few minutes. Last week here on the show, it 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:42.359 was Victor Androsoff, VA2WA, and Randy Thompson, 00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:46.459 K5ZD. They were here to talk about live online 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:49.900 contest scoring. I gave that a try during an 00:01:49.900 --> 00:01:53.140 AQP. That was kind of cool. So if you missed 00:01:53.140 --> 00:01:56.780 that show, listen anytime. Just go to HamTalkLive 00:01:56.780 --> 00:02:00.579 .com or your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:07.120 Or you can catch the rebroadcast on WTWW 5085 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:11.900 AM Saturday evenings at about 630 PM Eastern 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:15.419 time. So you can listen to us there as well. 00:02:15.849 --> 00:02:19.509 So get your hamcation questions ready to go. 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:22.509 If you're listening to us live on Thursday night, 00:02:22.930 --> 00:02:26.930 you can give us a call after the interview. And 00:02:26.930 --> 00:02:29.770 we're back to our temporary phone number again. 00:02:30.610 --> 00:02:33.990 Skype's taken a long time to get the number transferred. 00:02:34.590 --> 00:02:37.810 So we're back to the temporary number once again. 00:02:37.930 --> 00:02:41.050 Hopefully next week we'll have it switched over 00:02:41.050 --> 00:02:44.150 to the regular phone number. But tonight the 00:02:44.150 --> 00:02:47.669 phone number for the call in segment later on 00:02:47.669 --> 00:02:54.930 is 812. Six five zero nine five five six again 00:02:54.930 --> 00:02:59.069 eight five or eight one two Six five zero nine 00:02:59.069 --> 00:03:02.069 five five six is the number four tonight We hope 00:03:02.069 --> 00:03:04.530 to be back to our regular number soon. You can 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:07.849 always tweet us though We're at ham talk live 00:03:07.849 --> 00:03:10.110 on Twitter. And if you're on Spreaker, you can 00:03:10.110 --> 00:03:13.229 comment and we'll see that as well So I'll be 00:03:13.229 --> 00:03:15.330 back with Michael right after this word from 00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:20.000 ICOM America right here on HamTalk Live. Attention 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.439 all hams, ICOM knows that ham clubs play a big 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.319 role in bringing ham communities together to 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.719 learn from their peers and industry leaders. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:31.740 As a way to give back and help you on this mission, 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.280 ICOM has launched a promotion exclusively for 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:37.740 ham clubs and the ham fest they are involved 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:40.240 with. By registering your club, you could win 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.280 ICOM swag, a Skype presentation, or for your 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.780 ham fest, an ICOM booth set up at your ham club. 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.979 Register today for your chance to win. Enter 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:56.319 today at www .icomamerica .com slash hams. Hamfest 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.860 net registration is open to US organizations 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:02.639 only. Right now, you could be sitting on a beach 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.740 sipping a drink with an umbrella in it and enjoying 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:08.860 the good life. But instead, you've decided to 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:12.199 listen to Ham Talk Live. So we thank you. And 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:29.360 now here's Neil Rapp with more of the show. Thanks 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.199 to ICOM America for sponsoring the show again 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:34.480 tonight. They'll be at Hamcation, so be sure 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.600 to check them out there. And you can check them 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:42.560 out at icomamerica .com slash amateur. Tonight 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:47.000 our guest is Michael Colley, W4MCA. He's the 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.139 new chairman of the Orlando Hamcation. Michael's 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:53.819 served for seven years as Hamcation's tailgate 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:58.100 chairman and for six years the IT chairman and 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:01.339 one year as finance chairman and he's taken over 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:05.439 the reins and hamcation is sponsored by the Orlando 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.779 amateur radio club so Michael it's good to have 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:12.240 you back and you've already been rubbing it in 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.779 where it's supposed to be seven degrees tonight 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:19.240 and you're saying there's a cold front coming 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.060 through and it's gonna be like down to 50 tomorrow 00:05:24.250 --> 00:05:26.509 Yeah 50 is gonna be our high tomorrow down here 00:05:26.509 --> 00:05:30.649 in sunny Orlando, Florida And I've already got 00:05:30.649 --> 00:05:32.990 the call from school. We're on a two -hour delay 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:37.410 in the morning. So Yeah, he's just got to rub 00:05:37.410 --> 00:05:40.170 it in that you know, it's all the way down to 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:44.509 50 but it's Such a shame. Well, that sounds like 00:05:44.509 --> 00:05:48.779 a good place to go for a ham fest. So We're two 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:53.160 weeks and a day away from Opening and you've 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.079 had a lot of major things to announce some big 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:59.000 improvements Some of those were even made on 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:05.100 this show. So fill everybody in on hamcation 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:09.779 All right, y 'all hamcation is February 8th 9th 00:06:09.779 --> 00:06:12.560 and 10th at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.269 Expo Expo Park in Orlando, Florida We are the 00:06:16.269 --> 00:06:19.290 second largest ham fest in the country just behind 00:06:19.290 --> 00:06:23.470 Dayton last year. We draw them 22 ,300 visitors 00:06:23.470 --> 00:06:28.050 over the three days so yeah hamcation is growing 00:06:28.050 --> 00:06:35.009 and We're doing good at it All right, and now 00:06:35.009 --> 00:06:39.509 fill everybody in where that Fairgrounds is and 00:06:39.509 --> 00:06:45.250 in the scheme of things there in Orlando It's 00:06:45.250 --> 00:06:53.709 actually going to be west Orlando, west of I 00:06:53.709 --> 00:06:58.689 -4 on State Road 50. It's probably about a 10 00:06:58.689 --> 00:07:02.910 minute drive from downtown Orlando. Okay, very 00:07:02.910 --> 00:07:06.810 good. Well, you've got all kinds of things going 00:07:06.810 --> 00:07:11.889 on and there's some last minute things that have 00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:14.910 that have popped up here and we want to talk 00:07:14.910 --> 00:07:18.470 about some of those, some visitors that you have 00:07:18.470 --> 00:07:24.490 coming in and some new amenities. So let's talk 00:07:24.490 --> 00:07:27.990 about the prizes a little bit. You've got some 00:07:27.990 --> 00:07:32.329 big announcements on prizes and tickets for those. 00:07:32.509 --> 00:07:35.980 So tell us about that. Alright this year we did 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:38.480 change it up a little bit on the last announcement. 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.740 We announced our Saturday and Sunday grand prizes 00:07:41.740 --> 00:07:44.439 We've actually added a Friday grand prize to 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.759 that also. It's a icon 7300 This year also we 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:53.300 will have over 25 ,000 in prizes Yeah, you heard 00:07:53.300 --> 00:07:57.759 me right $25 ,000 in prizes We will be selling 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.220 tickets just for the prizes. So if you want an 00:08:01.220 --> 00:08:03.899 extra chance of winning it Prize you can buy 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:06.139 those tickets and we will be selling them at 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:09.660 a pretty good deal For $2, you'll get one ticket 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:13.819 for $20. You'll get 25 tickets for $35. You'll 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:17.519 get 50 tickets for $60 You'll get a hundred tickets 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.939 and for $100. You'll get 200 tickets. That's 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:25.170 200 chances to win one of the prizes and their 00:08:25.170 --> 00:08:28.949 prizes range from there's a total of 22 radios 00:08:28.949 --> 00:08:32.769 being handed out during hamcation this year from 00:08:32.769 --> 00:08:37.750 handhelds to HFs to mobile radios but most of 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:42.009 them are HF radios being given out. All right 00:08:42.009 --> 00:08:45.490 and we've already got a question from Jill KD8 00:08:46.500 --> 00:08:51.220 QGA and wants to know if anyone is going to sell 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:54.399 tickets on Thursday evening. Is there a chance 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:01.600 to purchase those in advance? Currently not on 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.820 Thursday evening. We are having a meeting at 00:09:05.820 --> 00:09:09.500 the fairgrounds, our local Orlando amateur radio 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:12.269 club. Club meeting is Wednesday night. We will 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:14.470 be having it at the fairgrounds. We will be selling 00:09:14.470 --> 00:09:18.470 tickets then. Um, but as of right now, that's 00:09:18.470 --> 00:09:20.970 the only time other than during the show from 00:09:20.970 --> 00:09:23.809 the prize and info booth that you'll be able 00:09:23.809 --> 00:09:28.610 to buy the tickets. Okay. So, so Jill saying 00:09:28.610 --> 00:09:31.460 I'm talking 200. tickets, that's going to take 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:35.379 a while to write all that. One of the things 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:37.399 I tell people that I've learned from Huntsville 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.159 going there and they do that there are people 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.519 who bring stamps so they can just stamp their 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:45.019 name and all that on them. And address labels 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:55.080 too. Yeah. All right. Well, let's see. We are 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.980 at parking. You've got some new parking to tell 00:09:57.980 --> 00:10:02.960 us about too. We do. Last year, one of the things 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:04.980 that happened that we didn't like, we ran out 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:07.559 of parking, which is a good and bad thing. Good 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.419 thing, we're busy. Bad thing is, everybody starts 00:10:10.419 --> 00:10:12.220 talking about we ran out of parking. So this 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:16.799 year, we've rented four soccer fields out front 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.320 and the flea market out front. Then there's actually 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.820 two more acres across from the flea market that 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:26.200 we've got access to this year So this year we 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:28.860 should not run out of parking. So and it's all 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:36.679 free parking Okay, very good and You've got some 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.679 visitors coming from the league. I know so tell 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.889 us about that Yeah, right now there's a total 00:10:42.889 --> 00:10:44.970 I think about 12 people coming from the league 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:48.450 but the main ones are going to be the ARL CEO 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:50.990 Howard Michael will be here and the president 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:55.429 of ARL Rick Rodrik will be here also and then 00:10:55.429 --> 00:10:59.330 of course Bob the marketing manager which goes 00:10:59.330 --> 00:11:02.610 to most of the bigger shows he'll be here and 00:11:02.610 --> 00:11:04.970 There's a couple more of them also from the league 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:06.950 headquarters that would be here also this year 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:11.200 Okay, and then you already mentioned the club 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:14.139 meeting because Jill wanted to know about the 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:18.500 the ticket so You're gonna have your regular 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:23.100 club meeting for the Orlando ARC and You've got 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.399 a special presentation and an invitation for 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:30.240 people to come to that Yes, this year actually 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:32.179 for the last two years now our club meeting has 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:36.120 failed the fall the week of hamcation So this 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.759 year we're going to be having it actually in 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:43.019 one of the ClearSpan tents. And this year we 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:47.100 have actually been contacted by Flex Radio. They 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:50.379 will be flying in a day early to do a presentation 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:58.600 at the club meeting. for a new flex digital protocol 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.279 thing that they're supposed to be having. They're 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.100 gonna announce it at the show, but you'll hear 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.000 about it first there if you come to the meeting. 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:07.860 There's a couple other things that are gonna 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:11.500 go on. Those are surprises that people will enjoy, 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.980 and we'll have lots of door prizes and stuff 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:18.340 like that. It is open to the public. uh... if 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:20.659 you do want to go to it or you will have to enter 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:24.240 off of uh... bmx lane which is the west gate 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.620 if you go to the uh... website there's a map 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:31.139 there which shows the west gate off of bmx lane 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:33.019 is how you'll have to enter that meeting that 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:38.299 starts at seven p m on wednesday okay so all 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:41.639 kinds of uh... cool stuff that's uh... been added 00:12:42.470 --> 00:12:45.929 And we talked about the forums quite a bit on 00:12:45.929 --> 00:12:49.429 the last show that you were on but you've Confirmed 00:12:49.429 --> 00:12:51.669 some of those so talk a little bit about the 00:12:51.669 --> 00:12:55.330 forums that will be taking place Yeah, there's 00:12:55.330 --> 00:12:57.970 a total of I believe right now 34 forums over 00:12:57.970 --> 00:13:00.809 two days Friday and Saturday some of the people 00:13:00.809 --> 00:13:06.870 that will be doing Forms this year will be Tim 00:13:06.870 --> 00:13:09.230 Duffy from DX engineering will be doing one on 00:13:09.230 --> 00:13:13.139 his special event or his Radio stations ham radio 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:16.399 station that they use for contesting Carol Perry 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.720 will be doing a youth presentation this year 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.519 again Tapper will be here for the first time 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.940 this year. They're doing five or six forms on 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:28.759 Friday all technical related Gordon West will 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.360 be back this year. He'll be doing a forum also 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:41.139 Okay, and many others That's the bigger ones 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:43.639 that I know about I think there's a D star form 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:47.039 a couple of I think Yezu is doing a form on fusion 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:54.080 So that's about it right now All right, so all 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:57.559 kinds of all kinds of good things going on there 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:02.460 and of course you've got opportunities to enjoy 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:06.820 some of the normal things around Orlando and 00:14:06.820 --> 00:14:11.480 maybe even get the family to some of the parks 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.259 and all that kind of thing. And oh yep, Jill 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:17.559 reminds me that Joe KZeroNEB is doing a kit build. 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:21.259 So you can see Joe down there. I know he's excited 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:24.899 to get down there. So that will be happening 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:29.029 as well. But you've got all kinds of of entertainment 00:14:29.029 --> 00:14:32.070 down there, so it shouldn't be any shortage of 00:14:32.070 --> 00:14:37.690 fun Yeah, you definitely if if you can't find 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:43.009 nothing to do in Orlando There's the issue yeah 00:14:43.009 --> 00:14:49.789 Exactly so is a great time to go down there and 00:14:49.789 --> 00:14:52.830 Get to a ham fest and make a little vacation 00:14:52.830 --> 00:14:56.080 out of it and get out of this seven degree weather 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:59.740 and negative wind chills if you're in the Midwest 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:04.120 up here or north. It's a good chance to get away, 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:08.620 so I would love to be there. I just can't get 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:11.299 it in my schedule this year, but we're working 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:15.159 on it. We're working on making some changes, 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:19.820 so we'll see how that goes, but I'd love to get 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:23.580 away. You know, you've got the Space Center not 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:27.399 too far away as well. You've got all kinds of 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:30.620 stuff going on at the beach and, you know, just 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:34.620 an hour away. So all kinds of great things to 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:38.840 do in the Orlando area and hamcation is definitely 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:44.269 one of them. Let's see, did we miss anything 00:15:44.269 --> 00:15:48.090 here? We've got, I know we're gonna talk about 00:15:48.090 --> 00:15:50.769 some traffic stuff when we come back from break, 00:15:51.809 --> 00:15:55.289 but we have anything else here? One thing I did 00:15:55.289 --> 00:15:57.789 forget to mention, we will have the Boy Scouts 00:15:57.789 --> 00:16:00.950 in the North Hall this year again, and you can 00:16:00.950 --> 00:16:04.000 go see them to get your ticket laminated. And 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.860 for $5, they'll laminate the ticket and give 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:09.879 you a 2019 lanyard. So you can keep your ticket 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.379 visible at all times as you walk around the fairgrounds. 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:17.340 All right. Very good. That's always popular at 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:21.200 several events. So that's a good thing. All right. 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:24.980 Well, we're going to take a break. We're going 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:29.330 to come back. We'll talk about... traffic a little 00:16:29.330 --> 00:16:32.210 bit and take your calls and your questions and 00:16:32.210 --> 00:16:36.409 comments online and on the phone when we come 00:16:36.409 --> 00:16:39.950 back after this word from Tower Electronics right 00:16:39.950 --> 00:16:43.470 here on HamTalk Live. Thank you for a lovely 00:16:43.470 --> 00:16:47.169 dinner. Aren't you going to ask me in to solder 00:16:47.169 --> 00:16:51.149 some PL259s? Well, I do have some from Tower 00:16:51.149 --> 00:16:55.320 Electronics. How can I refuse? Consider the sophisticated 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:59.299 quality of PL259s from Tower Electronics. From 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:01.840 soldering supplies to adapters, connectors to 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:05.019 cables, and all types of connectors, Tower Electronics 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:08.819 has the parts you're looking for. Well? Just 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:12.799 one more connector? You know I love your PL259s. 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.779 Then by all means, take some with you. Don't 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:19.259 be caught without PL259s. Visit Tower Electronics 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:21.779 at a ham fest near you. or visit them online 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:28.660 anytime at PL -259 .com or call 920 -435 -2973. 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:31.819 They also have hamsticks, mobile antennas, and 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:35.759 meters too. See the whole catalog. Go to PL -259 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:38.920 .com Tower Electronics, the Ham's Dime Store 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.619 since 1978. Join the conversation. Give us a 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:50.180 call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:18:00.880 Now, here's more HamTalk Live! We put the ham 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:24.589 in HamTalk Live. Thanks to Scott and Jill at 00:18:24.589 --> 00:18:27.990 Tower Electronics. They bring you the show every 00:18:27.990 --> 00:18:31.829 week right here at HamTalkLive .com. Their HamFest 00:18:31.829 --> 00:18:35.190 schedule this weekend will be in Collinsville, 00:18:35.190 --> 00:18:40.730 Illinois over by St. Louis and also Arcadia, 00:18:40.809 --> 00:18:44.609 Florida this weekend. That'll be on Saturday. 00:18:45.390 --> 00:18:48.930 And then it'll be of course at Hamcation, February 00:18:48.930 --> 00:18:52.509 8th, 9th and 10th. And then they'll be going 00:18:52.509 --> 00:18:56.390 to Dalton, Georgia on February 23rd, or you can 00:18:56.390 --> 00:19:02.549 visit them online whenever you want at PL -259 00:19:02.549 --> 00:19:06.390 .com. And HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday 00:19:06.390 --> 00:19:11.190 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. hamtalklive .com. 00:19:11.230 --> 00:19:13.589 Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, 00:19:14.309 --> 00:19:17.029 and Instagram. I do have a couple of things I 00:19:17.029 --> 00:19:19.470 want to talk about real quick before we go back 00:19:19.470 --> 00:19:24.309 to Michael. First of all, the AM Rally is next 00:19:24.309 --> 00:19:27.710 weekend, so I want to remind everybody of that. 00:19:28.089 --> 00:19:33.009 It's amrally .com and that's February 2nd through 00:19:33.009 --> 00:19:39.549 4th, so fire up the AM rig and and get on the 00:19:39.549 --> 00:19:42.930 air. I also want to mention the National Voice 00:19:42.930 --> 00:19:45.750 of America Museum of Broadcasting in Westchester, 00:19:45.990 --> 00:19:51.049 Ohio is celebrating 75 years of their facility, 00:19:51.230 --> 00:19:55.349 the Voice of America Bethany Relay Station. And 00:19:55.349 --> 00:19:58.569 they're going to have a dozen free events this 00:19:58.569 --> 00:20:06.480 year. And I'm going to be Sorry, got a text here 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:10.220 and got me sidetracked. We're going to be doing 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:13.519 a show about some of these, but some of these 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:17.480 are going to take place before we get to that, 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.599 right before Dayton actually. So I want to mention 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:25.880 they have an event coming up on February 17th 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.279 on Sunday with Nick Parisi. It's the imagination 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:36.710 of Rod Serling. And they also have a VOA White 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:42.849 House bureau chief coming. Steve Herman will 00:20:42.849 --> 00:20:45.309 be talking about covering the White House and 00:20:45.309 --> 00:20:50.029 the world on Wednesday, March the 6th. And then 00:20:50.029 --> 00:20:53.349 there's also some talks at the library that they're 00:20:53.349 --> 00:20:57.349 doing in Westchester, April 3rd. be a presentation 00:20:57.349 --> 00:21:02.089 there about the history of the VOA Bethany station. 00:21:02.950 --> 00:21:06.430 And also April 9th, Theater of the Mind, some 00:21:06.430 --> 00:21:09.609 sound effects during radio's golden age with 00:21:09.609 --> 00:21:13.650 Mike Martini, the president of the museum's Media 00:21:13.650 --> 00:21:16.309 Heritage Collection. We'll be talking more about 00:21:16.309 --> 00:21:18.529 some of these events, but I wanted to mention 00:21:18.529 --> 00:21:21.720 those tonight just to... to get them out there 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:25.240 and we'll be talking more about those in a couple 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.839 of months here on the show with some of the Voice 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:32.160 of America Museum people. So just wanted to mention 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:36.759 that. So it's time for your calls now about hamcations. 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:39.420 So if you have a question for Michael, give us 00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:41.680 a call. And again, we've got the different phone 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:49.079 number tonight. It's 812 -650 -9556. Again, it's 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:56.569 812 -650 -9556. 650 -9556 to join in the conversation 00:21:56.569 --> 00:22:00.250 tonight. You can also tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:22:00.569 --> 00:22:03.049 If you're listening to us on the podcast edition 00:22:03.049 --> 00:22:07.430 or on WTWW, you won't reach anybody if you call 00:22:07.430 --> 00:22:10.150 him because it's a live show on Thursday. So 00:22:10.150 --> 00:22:14.549 if you call, you won't get anybody. So just letting 00:22:14.549 --> 00:22:18.269 you know about that. So Michael, let me check 00:22:18.269 --> 00:22:22.109 the messages. and while I'm doing that, why don't 00:22:22.109 --> 00:22:26.529 you tell us a little bit about some construction 00:22:26.529 --> 00:22:30.369 and traffic information that's gonna be available. 00:22:31.250 --> 00:22:34.109 We already talked, you know, it wouldn't be normal 00:22:34.109 --> 00:22:37.789 unless I -4 was under construction. So talk a 00:22:37.789 --> 00:22:39.750 little bit about that and how people can get 00:22:39.750 --> 00:22:43.589 some of the traffic information. Oh, that is 00:22:43.589 --> 00:22:45.349 true, Neil. It is under construction. It seems 00:22:45.349 --> 00:22:47.630 like it's always under construction here in Florida. 00:22:48.970 --> 00:22:51.109 But there's a lot of lane closures, a lot of 00:22:51.109 --> 00:22:55.789 exits being closed all the time on it. So the 00:22:55.789 --> 00:22:58.829 best way to keep up to date, if you go to hamcation 00:22:58.829 --> 00:23:02.430 .com and sign up for either Facebook or Twitter. 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:08.240 our talk -in chairman, Bitten, sends out updates 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.539 during the show and before the show of people 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:14.319 coming in, of info of closures and stuff like 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:17.000 that. Or you can also tune into the talk -in 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:22.240 on 146 .760 and there have all the information 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.559 there too if you need directions or maybe bypass 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:28.240 I -4 if you don't feel like sitting in traffic, 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:33.359 especially on Friday. Friday's rush hour up there 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:40.259 is hectic so Okay, so we've got got some information 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.759 out there and if you if you run out of parking 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:47.980 I for works, right? Yeah, that's what we call 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:55.220 it local parking lot Yeah, it has a reputation 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:59.569 for that so You can you can check that out, but 00:23:59.569 --> 00:24:04.430 should be Should be a good time down there. So 00:24:04.430 --> 00:24:07.529 again the phone number for tonight is eight one 00:24:07.529 --> 00:24:12.450 two six five zero nine five five six again eight 00:24:12.450 --> 00:24:18.250 one two six five zero nine five five six to participate 00:24:18.250 --> 00:24:23.410 in the show tonight, so Give us a call on the 00:24:23.410 --> 00:24:26.869 phone there at that number eight one two six 00:24:26.869 --> 00:24:31.619 five zero nine five five six and hopefully uh... 00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:33.920 before long we'll have all this uh... new phone 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:41.539 system stuff working out so let's see here uh... 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:46.240 we needed to where did we need to go we needed 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:53.500 to talk a little bit about uh... the where are 00:24:53.500 --> 00:25:00.089 we we're getting a call here so let me Let me 00:25:00.089 --> 00:25:05.349 do that. Hello, you're on HamTalk Live. I think 00:25:05.349 --> 00:25:10.410 I know who this is. Yeah, I thought I saw you 00:25:10.410 --> 00:25:12.710 trying to call in on the other line a little 00:25:12.710 --> 00:25:16.730 earlier. Michael Coulter, W8CI. Good evening. 00:25:19.569 --> 00:25:24.329 My good friend Michael and all the other folks 00:25:24.329 --> 00:25:28.410 down there in Orlando. A great hamcation. It's 00:25:28.410 --> 00:25:31.410 a wonderful event. I really, I love going down. 00:25:31.490 --> 00:25:33.329 I'm looking forward to going down there. And 00:25:33.329 --> 00:25:36.809 we got a big team from Dayton going down there. 00:25:38.210 --> 00:25:40.470 And despite what a lot of people might think, 00:25:41.029 --> 00:25:45.890 between us, Huntsville, Germany, Tokyo, we're 00:25:45.890 --> 00:25:48.829 all pretty close friends and work really hard 00:25:48.829 --> 00:25:52.450 to help each other to be very successful. So 00:25:52.450 --> 00:25:54.349 good to hear Michael on there. He's doing a great 00:25:54.349 --> 00:25:57.009 job and so are you, Neil. That's all I got to 00:25:57.009 --> 00:25:59.150 say. I just want to wish everybody the best. 00:25:59.170 --> 00:26:02.710 Looking forward to going down there. Now, Michael, 00:26:02.730 --> 00:26:06.670 while we've got you on the air here with Michael, 00:26:07.789 --> 00:26:14.009 he was telling me that his local sheriff is going 00:26:14.009 --> 00:26:18.170 to be coming by. And so now we've got the sheriff 00:26:18.170 --> 00:26:22.009 in Dayton and we've got the sheriff in Orlando 00:26:22.009 --> 00:26:27.160 both showing up. And now I hear Yours is going 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:32.099 down to Hamcation. Yeah, he's coming down there. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:35.980 Gene Fisher. And he's a great guy. Loves Amateur 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.779 Radio. He's getting more and more involved in 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:40.299 it. And he's excited. He's coming down with his 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:43.240 wife, who is also a ham. And so we're really 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:46.059 fortunate to have, you know, people in our county 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:50.720 up here in Greene County and to participate. 00:26:50.970 --> 00:26:53.269 And I'll tell you what, we can't wait to get 00:26:53.269 --> 00:26:56.450 down there, because it is cold up here. It's 00:26:56.450 --> 00:26:58.970 been below zero a while. We just had another 00:26:58.970 --> 00:27:02.210 snow come in last night, and I got my lane plowed 00:27:02.210 --> 00:27:05.430 out. But yeah, we've got a great group. We have 00:27:05.430 --> 00:27:07.950 some of our members are down there in Florida 00:27:07.950 --> 00:27:11.069 already, and they live down there. But we all 00:27:11.069 --> 00:27:14.529 want to support each other. So wish Michael and 00:27:14.529 --> 00:27:19.700 his team all the best. Thank you. All right, 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:22.480 Michael, thanks for calling in and we look forward 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:27.599 to talking to you in a few months Yeah, all righty. 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:35.180 Thanks. See you Michael All right, thanks eight 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:39.380 one two six five zero nine five five six is the 00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:45.079 phone number to call to join us tonight 812 -650 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:49.900 -9556, or you can tweet us at HamTalkLive. If 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:54.059 you have any questions about hamcation, let us 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:58.880 know. Michael, any last things here that we need 00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:04.099 to bring in? I think we pretty much covered everything, 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:08.349 Neil. The biggest thing is... Please come and 00:28:08.349 --> 00:28:10.730 one thing I do want to say that just like Michael 00:28:10.730 --> 00:28:13.710 says they're in there and even Mark in Huntsville, 00:28:13.710 --> 00:28:16.390 please when you see volunteers, thank them for 00:28:16.390 --> 00:28:19.130 what they do without the volunteers to show what 00:28:19.130 --> 00:28:22.730 happened. We don't have as quite as much as Dayton 00:28:22.730 --> 00:28:25.609 does. They have over 600 volunteers. We'll ride 00:28:25.609 --> 00:28:30.230 around the two to 250 250 volunteer mark for 00:28:30.230 --> 00:28:33.349 us. But please, if you see them, thank them for 00:28:33.349 --> 00:28:37.230 what they do. All right, very good. And I think 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:39.869 we were talking about Mark and I think he was 00:28:39.869 --> 00:28:42.009 trying to call and something happened here. So 00:28:42.009 --> 00:28:45.769 we'll see if he calls back in a minute, but I 00:28:45.769 --> 00:28:49.990 think he was, I think that was him. So we'll, 00:28:49.990 --> 00:28:52.230 we'll stand by here for a minute. Oh, here we 00:28:52.230 --> 00:28:55.910 go. Maybe that'll work. Hello. Is this Mark? 00:28:57.589 --> 00:29:02.410 Good evening. Neil. Yeah. Use the sound here. 00:29:03.029 --> 00:29:08.369 Got it. Yeah, that sounds like Mark in for BCD 00:29:08.369 --> 00:29:13.170 Yes from Huntsville, Huntsville Hamfest I just 00:29:13.170 --> 00:29:16.130 I've been listening to Michael down there talking 00:29:16.130 --> 00:29:19.829 about the new stuff for for Orlando and I don't 00:29:19.829 --> 00:29:22.329 know what I'm more excited about Seeing the new 00:29:22.329 --> 00:29:25.829 stuff and seeing old friends meeting new ones 00:29:25.829 --> 00:29:30.660 Florida weather I'm counting the days and Michael 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:33.559 it sounds like you got a lot of new stuff flex 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:37.119 radio given it Talking about a new product. That's 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:41.000 pretty pretty earth -shaking Yeah, and at our 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.799 club meetings start off with so anybody that 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.519 comes in early can actually get it before anybody 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:50.759 else so which is nice That's great I remember 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:53.079 a couple years ago 10 tech unveiled something 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:56.819 pre Dayton and Sounds like flex is going to be 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.579 doing something similar down there in Orlando 00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:01.319 Just adds to the excitement for the whole weekend. 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:04.380 I'll be driving down, but I won't arrive in time. 00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:09.339 And I just heard Michael Calder, WHCI, calling 00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:12.720 in. So I wanted to add my voice to say good luck 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:16.160 and we'll all meet up down there. I'm staying 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:20.940 with the Dayton guys at the same hotel. So we'll 00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:23.500 be able to compare notes and chat with you guys. 00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:27.380 And I'm sure we'll run into each other many times 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:33.299 during the weekend. Yeah, we will mark And I'm 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:35.319 not bringing I'm not bringing the Madison County, 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:40.640 Alabama sheriff with me Michael Michael's bringing 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.619 the Green County sheriff I don't know how fast 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:46.279 he plans to drive But if he's gonna have an Ohio 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:48.599 County sheriff tail him all the way to Florida. 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:54.339 He must have done something pretty serious Or 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:58.180 wants to get there fast one of the other Well, 00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:02.160 we can cut up like that because we, like Michael 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:05.500 Calder said, we know each other very well and 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:09.299 we help each other immeasurably throughout the 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:14.599 year in planning these massive events and it 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:18.180 shows all these events are really, really a lot 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:22.390 of fun to be part of and to attend. But Neil, 00:31:22.410 --> 00:31:24.670 thanks for having us on the show tonight. And 00:31:24.670 --> 00:31:26.269 I'll let you get back to Michael and the rest 00:31:26.269 --> 00:31:29.109 of your guests. OK. And don't take the weather 00:31:29.109 --> 00:31:31.349 with you, by the way. Don't take that either. 00:31:31.849 --> 00:31:35.009 Absolutely. Looking forward to that. 73, Michael. 00:31:35.490 --> 00:31:38.970 Enjoy the warmth. 73, Neil. 73, Mark. Take care. 00:31:39.150 --> 00:31:42.150 Talk to you in a couple weeks. See you in a few. 00:31:42.289 --> 00:31:48.970 Bye bye. All right. Thanks, Mark. 812 -650 -9556 00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:52.430 is the phone number so if you have a question 00:31:52.430 --> 00:31:54.910 you need to get that in because we're going to 00:31:54.910 --> 00:32:00.690 finish things up here very shortly so 812 -650 00:32:00.690 --> 00:32:09.029 -9556 is the number again for tonight. Okay well 00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:15.539 let's go back through here and check on the tweets 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:17.859 and the messages and everything, see if we have 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.799 anything else going, but I think we're pretty 00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:25.839 well done. CarlKD9HQT says he wants a thousand 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.279 tickets, so maybe you can sell some of those. 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:34.619 But that's a good thing, and one thing I noticed, 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:38.420 and Jill actually mentioned this a while ago, 00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:44.109 that She and Joe KZeroNEB kind of getting a little 00:32:44.109 --> 00:32:50.210 competition on on buying tickets. So We'll see 00:32:50.210 --> 00:32:52.529 how that goes. Well, we've got another call on 00:32:52.529 --> 00:32:54.529 the line. So let's see who we have here. Good 00:32:54.529 --> 00:32:58.230 evening. Welcome to HamTalk Live. Hey Neil, Joe 00:32:58.230 --> 00:33:02.950 K7JOE here. How are you? I am good. How are you? 00:33:03.349 --> 00:33:05.849 So I'm doing great. Hey, I just wanted to let 00:33:05.849 --> 00:33:10.440 you know that we appreciate everybody's effort 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:12.759 and help putting on hamcation it's the second 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.539 year that I'm going it was so good last year 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:17.579 that I'm heading down there again it's super 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.519 cold here in Bloomington and Bloomington Indiana 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.400 and it's a great break great way to get away 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.200 for just a quick weekend play ham radio I've 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.940 got some family down there so it's a great chance 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.779 to see family and you're right there's just a 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:32.160 ton of stuff to do it's just a terrific venue 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:35.539 it's really well organized the volunteers are 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:38.240 super friendly. I had a blast last year. There's 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.660 guys that I've been talking to for years on 40 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:43.700 meters and we always get together down there 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:46.980 and have a little social event and sort of get 00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.619 together, have a dinner, something like that. 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:51.500 It's just a great time. So what I would encourage 00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:53.400 folks to do is if they've never been to one of 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:56.099 those big shows and they're thinking about it, 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.359 take advantage of the opportunity and give it 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:01.099 a try. It's really worth your time. Like I said, 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:04.069 it's a terrific show. It's actually Probably 00:34:04.069 --> 00:34:06.849 more fun to me than Dayton simply because the 00:34:06.849 --> 00:34:08.610 weather is so nice down there compared to the 00:34:08.610 --> 00:34:11.050 cold up here And of course in Dayton, you just 00:34:11.050 --> 00:34:12.429 never know what the weather is going to be like 00:34:12.429 --> 00:34:15.369 in May So anyway, just another vote for Orlando 00:34:15.369 --> 00:34:20.030 hamcation. I think it's a great show Michael 00:34:20.030 --> 00:34:24.489 anything to say there Just thank you When you 00:34:24.489 --> 00:34:26.230 get to the show ask somebody for me and I'll 00:34:26.230 --> 00:34:29.889 come and shake your hand Awesome. Very good. 00:34:29.989 --> 00:34:32.469 Well, I look forward to meeting you and look 00:34:32.469 --> 00:34:34.409 for the guys that are on the hole in the wall, 00:34:34.570 --> 00:34:39.510 Matt, which meets every evening at, let's see, 00:34:39.610 --> 00:34:42.030 at 9 p .m. or was it 10 p .m., I guess, 10 p 00:34:42.030 --> 00:34:45.989 .m. Eastern Time on 7188. We're out there every 00:34:45.989 --> 00:34:47.730 night, and it's a whole bunch of good guys, and 00:34:47.730 --> 00:34:49.090 they're going to all be down there, and so I'm 00:34:49.090 --> 00:34:51.230 looking forward to seeing them. So thanks again, 00:34:51.250 --> 00:34:55.409 and hope you guys have a great turnout, and I 00:34:55.409 --> 00:34:58.579 look forward to seeing everyone. All right. Thanks, 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:02.599 Joe. And congratulations to you on the national 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:05.760 or North America collegiate championship. We'll 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:08.219 be talking here in a couple of weeks about that 00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:11.300 with Joe and, and Craig Thompson, canine CT, 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:15.099 but congratulations for the meantime. Very good. 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.619 Well, thanks Neil. And it's all about getting 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.800 young people on the air. That's super important. 00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:22.019 So that's one of our missions here and look forward 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:25.619 to chatting in a few weeks. All right, thanks 00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:31.639 a lot Joe. K7JOE from across town here and Carl 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:36.280 mentions KD9HQT that simplex frequencies will 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:38.739 probably be tied up during hamcation. That's 00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:43.320 kind of a kind of a no -brainer there, right? 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:50.719 Yeah, it's very busy on the air. It's very hard 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:55.250 to find a frequency without somebody on it. Yep, 00:35:55.329 --> 00:35:58.690 they all get tied up. So I'm sure there'll be 00:35:58.690 --> 00:36:03.230 a lot of activity. Okay, well, I think we're 00:36:03.230 --> 00:36:05.250 gonna finish things up here tonight Michael, 00:36:05.309 --> 00:36:09.989 but you've got two weeks to go. So good luck 00:36:09.989 --> 00:36:12.869 with everything and hope everything goes well. 00:36:13.369 --> 00:36:16.670 And I know the weather is going to be better 00:36:16.670 --> 00:36:21.760 than it is here. Sounds like a great plan and 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:26.619 great time, great prizes, great forums and wish 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:31.079 you the best of success. All right, thank you 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:33.639 Neil for having me on and thank everybody for 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:37.739 listening and coming to Hamcation. All right, 00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:41.980 that's Michael Colley, W4MCA, the chairman of 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:47.619 the Orlando Hamcation. That is a wrap for this 00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:50.880 week's edition of HamTalk Live and thanks to 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.679 Michael and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:56.719 for listening and for those calling in tonight 00:36:56.719 --> 00:37:00.559 and typing in and invite you back next Thursday 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.599 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time and for a list 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:07.579 of our upcoming guests be sure to visit HamTalkLive 00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:10.780 .com and if you like HamTalk Live please consider 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:13.780 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:17.440 listen it helps others find us faster. So for 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:22.519 now this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:27.880 -5, and may the good DX be yours. And as we close 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:31.360 tonight, one of our callers from a few weeks 00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:36.940 ago and one of the t -shirts, Denny WB9MSM from 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:40.079 Wisconsin asked to say a few words about a medical 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:42.860 condition that he had. And I'm not a doctor, 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:46.699 nor do I play one on TV. And this is a ham radio 00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:48.840 show, not a health show. So we don't want to 00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:51.900 get too far off topic most of the time. But I 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:54.280 talked to Denny earlier this week and I'm going 00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:58.489 to play a real short version. version of... Talk 00:37:58.489 --> 00:38:01.429 that we had as we sign off tonight. This was 00:38:01.429 --> 00:38:03.789 a life -changing event for him So I told him 00:38:03.789 --> 00:38:07.050 I'd I'd let him have a couple of minutes So if 00:38:07.050 --> 00:38:10.230 you'd like to hear more about Denny and his story 00:38:10.230 --> 00:38:15.530 check out QSO today podcast episode 2 23rd Eric 00:38:15.530 --> 00:38:19.110 4z1ug did an extensive interview with him recently 00:38:19.110 --> 00:38:23.309 and you can hear more over on QSO today So here's 00:38:23.309 --> 00:38:27.210 Denny and good night from Chilly Bloomington 00:38:27.690 --> 00:38:31.710 Well, okay Neil first of all, I want to say thank 00:38:31.710 --> 00:38:35.630 you very much for giving me the opportunity back 00:38:35.630 --> 00:38:40.889 in July of last year 2018 I went through what 00:38:40.889 --> 00:38:45.929 they call a coronary CT scan for calcium and 00:38:45.929 --> 00:38:49.010 Basically what that revealed Neil was that I 00:38:49.010 --> 00:38:54.150 had a very high score 2500 on that score which 00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:57.199 is basically telling me that I'm gonna have a 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:00.460 heart attack. Now, just a little background information 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:04.519 on that, this test that I had done, the coronary 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:07.760 CT scan for calcium, was something that I did 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:10.380 basically because my wife asked me to do it. 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:13.659 Initially I said, no, there's no reason for me 00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:15.880 to go through this because I'm in pretty good 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.320 health, I'm not having any real issues, I'm doing 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:21.960 fine. With my score of 2 ,500, the gal gave me 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:24.869 that score and said that test results and said, 00:39:24.989 --> 00:39:26.769 hey, I'd like you to take this to your doctor 00:39:26.769 --> 00:39:31.090 immediately. And I did so. My doctor in turn, 00:39:31.170 --> 00:39:34.849 Neil, looked at the results and said, well, he 00:39:34.849 --> 00:39:37.650 wanted me to come in and we're going to do a 00:39:37.650 --> 00:39:40.849 test on you. And it more or less revealed that 00:39:40.849 --> 00:39:44.469 I was doing pretty good. However, I would like 00:39:44.469 --> 00:39:48.349 you to see a cardiologist, which I did very promptly. 00:39:49.530 --> 00:39:51.730 Cardiologist looked at my score and said, you 00:39:51.730 --> 00:39:55.449 know something? I actually want you to go through 00:39:55.449 --> 00:39:59.789 a nuclear stress test. And I thought, oh my gosh, 00:39:59.849 --> 00:40:02.070 what's this all gonna be about? So I went through 00:40:02.070 --> 00:40:06.750 the nuclear stress test in turn and the doctor 00:40:06.750 --> 00:40:09.469 more or less said to me then, he said, well, 00:40:09.469 --> 00:40:11.389 you got a problem. I said, oh my gosh, what is 00:40:11.389 --> 00:40:13.429 the problem? He said, well, it looks like you 00:40:13.429 --> 00:40:17.170 got some calcium and some deposit there in your 00:40:17.170 --> 00:40:20.309 arteries. Well, I didn't. You don't know too 00:40:20.309 --> 00:40:22.409 much about this. I've never had anything like 00:40:22.409 --> 00:40:26.429 this before, Neil. So to me, it was a wall factor, 00:40:26.429 --> 00:40:28.849 if you will. They went in and they said they 00:40:28.849 --> 00:40:32.010 wanted to do an exploratory on me where they 00:40:32.010 --> 00:40:35.630 go in with a catheter into your arteries. And 00:40:35.630 --> 00:40:39.250 they wanted to check to see if I had blockage. 00:40:39.630 --> 00:40:42.230 Anyway, I went into the hospital, had this test 00:40:42.230 --> 00:40:46.719 done and covered that I had in my LAD. commonly 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:49.659 referred to as the Widowmaker, it was 80 % blocked. 00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:53.059 So the doctor, at the time he went in and looked 00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:55.599 at this, decided, oh my gosh, we got a problem 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:57.760 with this guy. We're gonna take care of him right 00:40:57.760 --> 00:41:02.880 away. So they put three stents into my LAD. That's 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:07.420 the left aortic descending artery. And said to 00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:09.860 me that he saw another one that was blocked. 00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:12.719 Then two weeks later, I had the other one done 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:16.829 and that one was 90 % blocked. I am just so grateful. 00:41:17.730 --> 00:41:20.510 Coronary CT scan for calcium, which I had done 00:41:20.510 --> 00:41:23.329 at the insistence of my wife, more or less, that 00:41:23.329 --> 00:41:26.030 turned out to save my life. And I look at it 00:41:26.030 --> 00:41:29.329 today, Neal, and I'm so grateful. I finished 00:41:29.329 --> 00:41:32.050 up both of those procedures and I'm doing fine. 00:41:32.710 --> 00:41:34.849 I didn't have any problem. That's why I said 00:41:34.849 --> 00:41:37.409 I was reluctant to do it. I said, I don't need 00:41:37.409 --> 00:41:40.590 that. And sure enough, I had it done and it ended 00:41:40.590 --> 00:41:44.130 up saving my life. So I look at it and I paid 00:41:44.130 --> 00:41:46.030 a hundred bucks for it. That was a very little 00:41:46.030 --> 00:41:48.989 hundred dollars when I think back on it now, 00:41:48.989 --> 00:41:52.789 but for some reason it's not covered by insurance 00:41:52.789 --> 00:41:55.849 so that I can stick around here yet and do some 00:41:55.849 --> 00:41:59.809 more hamming. Well, we're glad that you found 00:41:59.809 --> 00:42:03.170 this and shared it with us and we're able to 00:42:03.170 --> 00:42:06.030 pull that off and get things taken care of and 00:42:06.030 --> 00:42:09.610 hear you on the air some more. So thanks for 00:42:09.610 --> 00:42:13.380 sharing with us, Denny. Well, like I said, Neil, 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:17.500 I am so grateful to you. I feel like I'm an ambassador 00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:20.360 to this kind of thing now that I want to really 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:22.699 try to help people. I'm so grateful that you 00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:25.960 gave me this opportunity to share this with my 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:29.800 fellow hams, because it's a big deal. I want 00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:31.880 people to stick around for a while if they can. 00:42:41.710 --> 00:42:46.369 Well you came right back to my CQ call Your readability 00:42:46.369 --> 00:42:51.010 five and strength nine You never once mentioned 00:42:51.010 --> 00:42:55.730 your weather at all And I didn't mention mine 00:42:55.730 --> 00:43:01.070 We talked and talked for hours and hours I completely 00:43:01.070 --> 00:43:06.210 forgot you're a ham I don't know your power or 00:43:06.210 --> 00:43:09.730 the height of your tower Frankly I don't give 00:43:09.730 --> 00:43:16.139 a damn So 73s, to you and your family, I'll be 00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:20.619 seeing you further down the log. Yeah, 73s, to 00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:24.280 you and your family, I'll be seeing you further 00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:28.760 down the log. It's hard to believe that you're 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:31.820 empty indeed, because you sound just like a local 00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:37.860 up here. But why don't those whistling Mediterranean's 00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:39.880 check if your frequency's clear?