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The 3916 Santanet 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.939 recorded live on Thursday, November 29th, 2018. 00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:00.400 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.379 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live tonight. 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:08.199 We're talking about the Santanet and we'll take 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.770 your calls in just a little bit. Last week, we 00:02:11.770 --> 00:02:14.689 were not on the air due to Thanksgiving, but 00:02:14.689 --> 00:02:18.009 the week prior to that, Michael Colley, W4MCA, 00:02:18.449 --> 00:02:22.050 was here to talk about the Orlando hamcation. 00:02:22.629 --> 00:02:24.830 So if you missed that show, you can listen anytime 00:02:24.830 --> 00:02:28.479 at HamTalkLive .com. or on your favorite podcast 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:34.039 app or on YouTube. 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Give him a few minutes to get in here, 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:25.740 but we'll be talking about the 3916 Santa net 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:30.060 this evening and We'll be joined by Pete Thompson 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:35.379 Ke5 Ggy He works in broadcasting media and marketing 00:06:35.379 --> 00:06:38.199 every day and leads the team at McHugh Media, 00:06:38.779 --> 00:06:41.699 an advertising and marketing firm in Dallas, 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:45.540 Texas. And prior to launching McHugh Media, he 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:49.879 worked in radio as a general manager at KWRD 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:55.139 and KSKY in Dallas, and as a programmer and air 00:06:55.139 --> 00:07:00.720 personality at KDWB and WLOL Minneapolis. B -94 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:05.800 Pittsburgh, KAFM, and Y -95 in Dallas. And at 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:11.579 night, the place to find Pete is 3 .916. He's 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:15.720 on there from 7 to 10 p .m. Central time for 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.139 the rag -shoe crew, the tailgaters, the freewheelers. 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.800 They even have some trivia nets. Some friendly 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:27.639 groups that are always welcoming New Ham. So 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:32.079 make sure you check out their website at 3916nets 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:41.120 .com. It's 3916nets .com. And in the end of November 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.060 and December, they always host the Santa Net. 00:07:45.790 --> 00:07:49.750 And Jill Combs says, Santa, stop here. We're 00:07:49.750 --> 00:07:55.209 in West Union, Ohio. And she says she'll leave 00:07:55.209 --> 00:07:57.889 a pizza and an ice cold beer on the coffee table. 00:07:58.470 --> 00:08:02.569 So we've already got competition to, uh, to get 00:08:02.569 --> 00:08:05.250 Santa over here. So we're, uh, we're waiting 00:08:05.250 --> 00:08:10.160 on the call from, um, From Pete and we'll get 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.759 him on here and hopefully we'll get we'll get 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.079 Santa on here as well, but Things are are kind 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.740 of busy tonight. They're on the San and that 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:26.639 just finish it up and I Think we've got Pete 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:32.340 on the line right now. So good evening They're 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:34.419 late than ever we have we have just a couple 00:08:34.419 --> 00:08:40.379 things happening here. Yeah Okay. Well, we're, 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:43.879 we're glad you're here and, uh, just, uh, read 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:47.120 your intro here and everything. Uh, so we'll, 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:50.159 uh, we'll jump right in. So, um, another year 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.600 has gone by and, um, the, the Santa nets are 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.240 back up and running and you just, uh, rushed 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.460 off of there. So, uh, tell us about, uh, the 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:03.799 39 16, uh, Santa net and, uh, you've been going 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.740 for a week now. Yeah, yeah, so we started the 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:11.340 day after Thanksgiving a Black Friday and we're 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:13.759 on every night at 730 p .m. through it including 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.279 Christmas Eve and Santa that actually started 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.139 in a very humble form about 13 years ago when 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:22.360 I had a young boy at home He must have been. 00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:25.679 Let's see 13 years ago. He was probably eight. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.919 Yes, and I was on 3916 talking to some friends 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:32.259 one night. It was a fact. It was Christmas Eve 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:37.250 And somebody mentioned, hey, what if you relay 00:09:37.250 --> 00:09:39.929 in Santa for me, and I can relay in Santa for 00:09:39.929 --> 00:09:45.009 you, and so on. And it was born that night. It 00:09:45.009 --> 00:09:49.669 was pretty incredible. And from there, we've 00:09:49.669 --> 00:09:53.309 grown it every year. It's been pretty fun. The 00:09:53.309 --> 00:09:56.669 next year, we added a few more nights. I think 00:09:56.669 --> 00:09:59.889 we did it for a week. And then after that, we 00:10:00.549 --> 00:10:03.490 Uh, after that, we, uh, you know, we went for 00:10:03.490 --> 00:10:06.509 a full 30 days and then we started getting net 00:10:06.509 --> 00:10:10.250 control relays and, uh, it's been amazing. So 00:10:10.250 --> 00:10:12.429 anyway, it's been fun. And then the reception 00:10:12.429 --> 00:10:14.830 from the ham radio community has been tremendous. 00:10:15.809 --> 00:10:19.350 Well, very good. You've, you've, um, had a good 00:10:19.350 --> 00:10:22.590 run at this. And so we want to tell people how 00:10:22.590 --> 00:10:25.909 they can talk to Santa on the net and is there 00:10:25.909 --> 00:10:28.940 anything they need to do to get ready? And of 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:30.700 course, we got to remember about third party 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:33.399 agreements and all that kind of thing. But tell 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.720 us how people can get on the net and how they 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.759 can get some kids to talk to Santa. Yeah. Yeah. 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.000 So it's easy every night at 7 30 p .m. Central 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.980 is when we start. And you can you can do a pre 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:52.059 net check in by going to CQ Santa dot com CQ 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:54.500 Santa dot com. That's where you give your name 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:57.440 and and and basic information on the children. 00:10:57.990 --> 00:11:01.509 That you want to have on the air and third -party 00:11:01.509 --> 00:11:04.690 rules and regs supply of course glad you brought 00:11:04.690 --> 00:11:08.490 that up so you would ID and ID is third party 00:11:08.490 --> 00:11:10.070 and do all those things that you would normally 00:11:10.070 --> 00:11:13.610 do with a non licensed person in your shack unless 00:11:13.610 --> 00:11:15.990 of course the the child that you're connecting 00:11:15.990 --> 00:11:19.009 with Santa is a ham and we have an increasing 00:11:19.009 --> 00:11:24.269 number of those every night Seems like we have 00:11:24.269 --> 00:11:27.330 one or two a week that come in it's pretty incredible 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.580 Yeah, there's there's more and more of those 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:36.159 and we need those so we're glad to to see that 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:40.700 happening and Glad to know that they're showing 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:47.419 up. That's a that's a good sign. So How how are 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:52.580 you Doing with the net so far how's your check 00:11:52.580 --> 00:11:56.899 -ins been and How busy have you been here already 00:11:56.899 --> 00:12:01.230 this year? It's been good. Of course, the day 00:12:01.230 --> 00:12:03.190 after Thanksgiving was very busy. Tonight, I 00:12:03.190 --> 00:12:05.070 think we had two or three check -ins, so it wasn't 00:12:05.070 --> 00:12:07.309 very, very busy. And that's typically what happens. 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:10.470 We start out busy right after Thanksgiving. And 00:12:10.470 --> 00:12:12.669 then we hit kind of a lull and it'll pick up, 00:12:12.669 --> 00:12:14.590 you know, generally on Fridays and Saturdays 00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:16.470 because people are off and they've got time to 00:12:16.470 --> 00:12:18.450 get the kids in the shack. But it's been, it's 00:12:18.450 --> 00:12:21.490 been good. We're projecting over 800 children 00:12:21.490 --> 00:12:24.250 talking to Santa this year. So that'll be, that'll 00:12:24.250 --> 00:12:27.370 be good. Yeah. Yeah. We're excited about that, 00:12:27.529 --> 00:12:30.789 but our biggest challenge has been the band conditions, 00:12:30.789 --> 00:12:33.710 as you can imagine, because they're so long. 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:39.529 We really have to be strategic so the young people 00:12:39.529 --> 00:12:41.549 can connect with Santa, and really what we do 00:12:41.549 --> 00:12:45.529 is have relays all over the country. So tonight, 00:12:45.590 --> 00:12:48.370 I'm looking at tonight's relay check -ins, and 00:12:48.370 --> 00:12:52.230 these are stations that are strategically positioned 00:12:52.230 --> 00:12:54.210 throughout North America that can relay in the 00:12:54.210 --> 00:12:57.070 voice of Santa. We had seven. So these are all 00:12:57.070 --> 00:13:00.169 volunteers, generally from the 3916 nets that 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.830 give up their time to make sure that young people 00:13:02.830 --> 00:13:04.929 can be connected with Santa. Without the relays, 00:13:05.169 --> 00:13:08.250 and this is what we discovered early on, without 00:13:08.250 --> 00:13:13.750 relays around the country to facilitate the connection 00:13:13.750 --> 00:13:15.950 with Santa, it was tough for one or two people 00:13:15.950 --> 00:13:19.230 to do it. So as long as we've got East Coast, 00:13:19.289 --> 00:13:20.570 West Coast, a couple of people in the middle 00:13:20.570 --> 00:13:24.820 of the country, There it's it's it's very doable 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:27.279 even on the worst of nights because somebody 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:30.299 can usually hear a young person trying to get 00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:34.460 in Now it's hard to get that that grid square 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:39.899 JJ zero zero It's hard to get up there Yeah, 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.860 yeah, it is indeed. Although I talked to effect. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.059 I'm looking at the QSL card right now Over the 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:51.330 weekend. I talked to Scott Shepherd Victor Yankee 00:13:51.330 --> 00:13:54.850 won Charlie Oscar who is in the Yukon territory 00:13:54.850 --> 00:13:59.470 not far from Santa and he is a actually a member 00:13:59.470 --> 00:14:04.149 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Wearing 00:14:04.149 --> 00:14:06.429 the red uniform. So yeah, that was fun over the 00:14:06.429 --> 00:14:07.909 weekend. We had a lot of fun with that In fact, 00:14:07.950 --> 00:14:09.669 it happened right after Santa and that so seemed 00:14:09.669 --> 00:14:12.409 very appropriate But no, we're having a lot of 00:14:12.409 --> 00:14:14.570 fun with it. And I just want to encourage anybody 00:14:14.570 --> 00:14:18.870 out there That is listening to the to the podcast 00:14:18.870 --> 00:14:22.929 tonight to the webcast to think about children 00:14:22.929 --> 00:14:27.850 in your life, whether they are neighbors or your 00:14:27.850 --> 00:14:31.429 relatives, grandkids, nieces, nephews, the children 00:14:31.429 --> 00:14:34.009 of people you work with, anybody that is of that 00:14:34.009 --> 00:14:37.769 age that could be really, really entertained. 00:14:38.909 --> 00:14:42.330 And it makes their Christmas when they come on 00:14:42.330 --> 00:14:44.950 the air and they talk to Santa. It also is just 00:14:44.950 --> 00:14:47.049 a big deal for the parents and the grandparents. 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:52.179 They get equal enjoyment of it as well. It seems 00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:54.440 like every year we've streamlined and improved 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.440 the process of the over -the -year check -ins 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.539 or the over -the -internet check -ins. This year 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:03.279 we've got one portal to go through to sign up 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.779 and that's made the check -in process much easier. 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:10.799 CQSanta .com. We used to have a couple of different 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.539 ways including emailing me directly. So now that 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:17.139 that's... It's been streamlined, that's better. 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:21.480 We also record every Shanta Net. So after the 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:26.200 Net, it gets posted at CQSanta .com. And that's 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.460 nice because a lot of times families want to 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:30.399 have a copy of it, so you can download a copy. 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:33.379 It's just we upload it to YouTube and it's available 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:36.340 within about 10 minutes of the Net getting over. 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.580 But it's been a lot of fun. And 13 years later, 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:43.450 we're still cooking and having a good time. You 00:15:43.450 --> 00:15:47.169 know, it's also a real camaraderie experience 00:15:47.169 --> 00:15:50.029 for the 3916 nets. Got a lot of people that come 00:15:50.029 --> 00:15:51.710 together and look forward to this. We have several 00:15:51.710 --> 00:15:53.809 people that really don't check into the nets 00:15:53.809 --> 00:15:57.950 much except for Christmastime. One of our net 00:15:57.950 --> 00:16:00.870 control relays out of Michigan doesn't come on 00:16:00.870 --> 00:16:02.750 during the summer or the fall or the spring, 00:16:02.850 --> 00:16:04.669 but he comes in for Santa Net and is a big part 00:16:04.669 --> 00:16:08.220 of what we do. It is fun. I would direct anybody 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:11.000 who is interested to check out our website for 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:17.379 3916 Nets. That's 3916 NETS .com. We have a Facebook 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:19.740 page and that's easy to find. Just go to Facebook 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:25.360 .com and search 3916. And we are also on NetLogger. 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:29.659 So NetLogger is open every night for the for 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:32.379 the early nets on 3916. And I don't know if you've 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:35.259 talked on the air about our nets every night, 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:37.879 but we've got a seven o 'clock net called the 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.720 Rag Shoe Crew. And then 830 is the tailgaters. 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:46.019 Nine o 'clock, we do trivia. And then at 10 o 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.960 'clock, and these are all central times, 10 o 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:52.759 'clock, it's the free wheelers net. Yeah, I just 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:55.340 briefly mentioned those, but that was actually 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:58.480 what I wanted to... to talk about a little bit 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:01.679 or the nets and mention that you know you guys 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.720 are always welcoming new hams into those and 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.519 having a good time on there and I know I think 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.359 it was a year or two ago we talked for amateur 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.640 radio newsline about the tailgaters net and some 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.140 of the nets and the trivia net and some of those 00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:20.900 things and you guys have a pretty good time on 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:25.569 there so and I know Eric in nine KDB was telling 00:17:25.569 --> 00:17:28.529 me to be sure to say hello and we're always out 00:17:28.529 --> 00:17:31.529 playing. Oh, yeah, so we have to get in. He's 00:17:31.529 --> 00:17:36.390 a regular. He's a regular. Yeah. Yeah. It's been 00:17:36.390 --> 00:17:40.150 really, really a trivia has been a real, real 00:17:40.150 --> 00:17:42.329 interesting experience. We, uh, we do it seven 00:17:42.329 --> 00:17:45.309 nights a week at nine o 'clock central, and it 00:17:45.309 --> 00:17:49.210 is a lot of fun. Um, usually two of us presented. 00:17:49.430 --> 00:17:52.140 I'll, I'll do the first half and then uh... station 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:54.980 out of weatherford k f i b s p mike does the 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:57.519 second half but uh... it's been a lot of fun 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:59.400 we've we found a lot of people uh... come to 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:03.079 the net because of trivia we've also um... we've 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.660 also uh... seen that there's been a lot of uh... 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:08.900 a lot of activity uh... you don't come into the 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.640 neck as a network i don't know if you guys use 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.779 that for any of the next you do but networkers 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:15.500 men a lot of fun we get a lot of foot traffic 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:19.940 new people on because of that Yeah, that's a 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.920 great tool. In fact, we did an episode on that. 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.660 So if you're interested in how to get going on 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:30.740 that, you can look up that episode. But NetLogger's 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:33.960 a great way to share what's going on while the 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:38.079 net's happening. So that's always a good thing 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.400 to have there. Pete, I'm jumping around here 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.819 on the script a little bit because I don't want 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:47.480 to do this next thing until I... talk to you 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:51.240 during the break here, but I was wondering maybe 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:56.539 what the most entertaining contact you've heard 00:18:56.539 --> 00:19:00.140 on the Santa net. I'm sure you get some that 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:07.359 are interesting. Yeah, yeah. You know, right 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.880 off the top of my head, you know, we've had kids 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:16.150 with a straight face ask for a new car. and those 00:19:16.150 --> 00:19:18.170 were the you know the the kids maybe fourteen 00:19:18.170 --> 00:19:21.630 fifteen things like that uh... one young boy 00:19:21.630 --> 00:19:26.750 asked for fifty caliber uh... rifle uh... fairly 00:19:26.750 --> 00:19:29.890 fairly large caliber for young boy but uh... 00:19:29.890 --> 00:19:32.329 let's put it this way i wasn't my first gun but 00:19:32.329 --> 00:19:34.930 uh... you know we and then you know we do i'll 00:19:34.930 --> 00:19:36.769 tell you what we do get that we have to be careful 00:19:36.769 --> 00:19:40.690 of the usual get the uh... the request for uh... 00:19:40.690 --> 00:19:44.680 you know an exotic animal or uh... i want a uh... 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:49.880 you know i want a uh... a ferret or a macaw you 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:53.119 know a parrot and uh... we have to be careful 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:55.759 not to uh... you know santa has to be careful 00:19:55.759 --> 00:20:00.140 not to promise uh... the uh... you know these 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:04.099 kind of gifts so uh... we we usually uh... santa's 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:07.450 very diplomatic insane law You know, I can make 00:20:07.450 --> 00:20:10.069 sure that we have to talk to your parents about 00:20:10.069 --> 00:20:12.009 that one, something like that. But, you know, 00:20:12.029 --> 00:20:14.869 generally it's just great. And I tell you, the 00:20:14.869 --> 00:20:17.490 highlight for me has been the number of young 00:20:17.490 --> 00:20:19.490 people that get in, and as a result of Santa 00:20:19.490 --> 00:20:22.309 Nat, you know, as a result of an HF contact and 00:20:22.309 --> 00:20:25.410 seeing firsthand how the magic of Ham Radio works, 00:20:25.609 --> 00:20:29.609 they get their license. So it has been, you know, 00:20:29.630 --> 00:20:32.289 that part has been tremendous. And I would... 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:35.400 estimate that through the years we've you know, 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:40.839 we've probably Well, I bet 10 or 15 maybe children 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.420 young people have gotten their tickets I talked 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:46.960 to a gal in Florida who got her extra ticket 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:50.380 as a result of you know, she didn't get started 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:52.119 out at extra but I think she tested all the way 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:55.640 up over two or three years and She checked in 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.700 with us maybe three years ago for the first time 00:20:57.700 --> 00:21:01.619 on Santa net. So that has been a big part of 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:04.380 our I'd have to say our motivation in doing it 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:07.160 because it's adding to the ranks of amateur radio 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.980 operators. Wow, that's a great way to do that 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:16.119 for the right people. Anytime you can generate 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:18.539 interest at whether it's, you know, getting them 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.200 licensed or just making them aware of it even 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:25.019 is always helpful. And I know we've had a couple 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:27.339 of guests that come on the show and say, well, 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:31.640 you know, maybe they don't get a license, but 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:33.880 maybe they're the president of the homeowners 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:38.740 association in a few years and they need to know 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:42.109 what it is. Yeah, well, that's a good point. 00:21:42.109 --> 00:21:43.710 I hadn't even thought of that. Yeah, it's just 00:21:43.710 --> 00:21:45.630 good for ham radio to do that. Like just like 00:21:45.630 --> 00:21:47.390 field day, you know field day is great for ham 00:21:47.390 --> 00:21:50.630 radio. Yeah, sure is. All right. Well, we're 00:21:50.630 --> 00:21:52.490 going to take a break and I'm going to check 00:21:52.490 --> 00:21:55.069 here with Pete on a couple of things and we'll 00:21:55.069 --> 00:21:58.809 come back and we'll take your calls and we're 00:21:58.809 --> 00:22:01.869 also going to give away one of those shirts tonight. 00:22:01.869 --> 00:22:04.930 So we'll do that when we come back after this 00:22:04.930 --> 00:22:08.109 word from Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk 00:22:08.109 --> 00:22:12.900 Live. I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm having 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:16.299 an antenna party and I ran out of PL -259s. Oh, 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:20.519 come in. Thank you. Would silver -plated PL -259s 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:23.619 from Tower Electronics be too good for your guests? 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:27.539 Those will be fine, thank you. You saved my life 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:31.220 the other night. Oh, the PL -259s from Tower 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:34.059 Electronics? 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We're back here on HamTalk 00:23:36.970 --> 00:23:39.950 Live. Thanks to Tower Electronics for helping 00:23:39.950 --> 00:23:43.430 to bring you HamTalk Live. They're in Ocala, 00:23:43.430 --> 00:23:46.930 Florida this weekend. That's Friday, Saturday 00:23:46.930 --> 00:23:50.809 at the Ocala Ham Fest. And then they'll be at 00:23:50.809 --> 00:23:54.009 Plant City, Florida just outside of Tampa on 00:23:54.009 --> 00:23:58.630 December 7th and 8th. And you can always find 00:23:58.630 --> 00:24:04.349 them at PL -259. HamTalkLive's on the air every 00:24:04.349 --> 00:24:07.690 Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time at HamTalkLive 00:24:07.690 --> 00:24:10.529 .com. Make sure you check us out too on Facebook, 00:24:10.630 --> 00:24:13.630 Twitter, and Instagram. And we're gonna take 00:24:13.630 --> 00:24:16.450 your calls here in just a minute. So let me give 00:24:16.450 --> 00:24:21.369 you that phone number. It's 812 -NET. ham one 00:24:21.369 --> 00:24:25.650 that's eight one two six three eight four two 00:24:25.650 --> 00:24:29.970 six one and uh... you can also tweet us or at 00:24:29.970 --> 00:24:33.670 ham talk live on twitter and uh... tonight we're 00:24:33.670 --> 00:24:36.349 going to give away one of those limited edition 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:40.519 Red Square shirts just for calling or tweeting 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:45.740 in tonight. So Tanner Jones W9TWJ donated that 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:48.200 shirt to give away. So we'll do that tonight 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:53.660 as well. So tweet us, call us. We'd love to hear 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:56.180 from you and ask a little bit about the Santa 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:59.940 Net. and fortunately tonight we've been able 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:05.539 to work out a link up there to JJ00 to the North 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:09.940 Pole and Santa is also joining us tonight so 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:12.279 good evening Santa and how are things up at the 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:17.319 North Pole? Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas everybody! 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:20.859 I tell you it's cold up here. It's cold but you 00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:23.220 know what warms my heart? is when I get to talk 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.680 to good little boys and girls on the radio. We 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:29.400 just got off of 3916 and the boys and girls have 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.380 been very good this year and we're getting ready 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:35.960 to have a very Merry Christmas. Well, Santa, 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:39.660 I gotta ask, uh, am I going to get any nice ham 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:43.960 equipment this year? Oh, let me look at the list. 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:48.660 Um, you know, I, I, there must be a mistake. 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:51.660 I don't see your name on the good boy list. Oh, 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.039 no. Uh -oh. And you know who else isn't on there? 00:25:55.180 --> 00:26:00.099 Don Wilbanks! Don Wilbanks is on the list? He's 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:02.759 on the bad boy list. Oh, he's on the bad boy 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:06.779 list. Okay, well, alright. No gift for him. Oh, 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:10.660 oh my goodness. Well, I think he was hoping the 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:13.339 Saints would win tonight, but I don't know if 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:19.630 that'll happen. That's why he's a bad boy. Well, 00:26:19.630 --> 00:26:22.390 how about some good propagation? Can we get that? 00:26:23.410 --> 00:26:26.309 Well, I tell you, that's the biggest challenge 00:26:26.309 --> 00:26:28.789 we have at the North Pole. But thanks to the 00:26:28.789 --> 00:26:31.789 guys on 3916, they have stations all over the 00:26:31.789 --> 00:26:33.890 place. So we're able to talk to the good boys 00:26:33.890 --> 00:26:37.089 and girls every night. But it's a great time 00:26:37.089 --> 00:26:39.390 up here. And you know what? It's been so nice 00:26:39.390 --> 00:26:40.869 to put me on the air. I think I'm going to bring 00:26:40.869 --> 00:26:43.309 you a present just for you. What would you like? 00:26:43.309 --> 00:26:46.009 What would be at the top of your list? Oh, I 00:26:46.009 --> 00:26:52.220 think the The IC -7610 would be a real nice gift. 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.359 Oh, that's one of my favorite radios. I mean, 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:59.220 I use a 7300, but one of these days I'm hoping 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:04.660 Mrs. Claus gets me a 7610. Yeah, that would be 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:09.180 really nice. Those are both really nice radios. 00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:14.119 And so that would be great if you could get one 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:19.539 and get me one too. No. Well, I better go because 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:22.160 Santa's a busy man this time of year. And I'm, 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.039 I have to admit I'm watching the Cowboys and 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.460 the, and the, uh, what's had other team from 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:30.859 New Orleans or something like that. Cowboys bands 00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:36.640 up here at the North pole. Go Cowboys. All right, 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:39.400 Santa. Thank you so much for joining us tonight 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:44.109 and, uh, have a great. Merry Christmas and, uh, 00:27:44.170 --> 00:27:46.789 and a happy new year and thanks for talking to 00:27:46.789 --> 00:27:50.990 all the kids on the 39 16. I think he's been 00:27:50.990 --> 00:27:52.930 hitting the eggnog a bit. I mean, from the sounds, 00:27:53.069 --> 00:27:54.990 but I think he's doing something there. I'm not 00:27:54.990 --> 00:27:58.210 sure what's going on. Maybe you need to cut Santa 00:27:58.210 --> 00:28:03.529 off. Maybe a little too much caffeine. Something 00:28:03.529 --> 00:28:05.670 is going, something is going on out there. I 00:28:05.670 --> 00:28:09.190 do, I do appreciate his, uh, his support of the 00:28:09.190 --> 00:28:14.400 Dallas Cowboys and that is appreciated. Well, 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:17.539 give us a call here if you're listening at 812 00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:23.819 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261 if you have 00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:27.519 a question or comment about the Santanet. And 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:31.660 we'll check over here on Twitter as well. And 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:42.490 I see KG5GJT wants to thank Tanner. for donating 00:28:42.490 --> 00:28:45.430 the shirt and he's been giving out a bunch of 00:28:45.430 --> 00:28:49.170 grids and now giving out some shirts, so he may 00:28:49.170 --> 00:28:54.509 end up ham of the year. Okay, we've got a call, 00:28:54.910 --> 00:29:00.650 I think. Nope, it says missed call. Okay, so. 00:29:00.849 --> 00:29:03.509 Yeah, hey guys, I'm on HamTalk Live right now. 00:29:03.670 --> 00:29:06.930 I think you can tune in on the internet. We're 00:29:06.930 --> 00:29:09.529 doing a live interview with HamTalk Live, so 00:29:09.529 --> 00:29:12.809 if any of you guys are around a computer, check 00:29:12.809 --> 00:29:14.789 it out. What's the website for HamTalk Live? 00:29:15.170 --> 00:29:19.289 HamTalkLive .com. HamTalkLive .com. We've just 00:29:19.289 --> 00:29:21.750 been doing a little discussion about Santa Net. 00:29:22.430 --> 00:29:23.630 And Ben, if you don't mind, I'm going to throw 00:29:23.630 --> 00:29:26.309 it back to you to kick off the tailgaters. I'll 00:29:26.309 --> 00:29:29.609 be back in for trivia. But we just found out 00:29:29.609 --> 00:29:32.309 that Santa is a Dallas Cowboys fan. He's rooting 00:29:32.309 --> 00:29:34.750 for the Cowboys in this big game tonight, which... 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:37.759 I take it it's very good news. He mentioned that 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.299 they're his favorite team of all time. So, hey 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:46.000 Ben, back to you. KE5GGUI. There you go. Live 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:50.519 on 3916 at the same time. That's right. I can't 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:53.559 neglect my duties there on 3916. In fact, I had 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:58.380 missed the 825 break. We have a good time there. 00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:00.700 Nah, we're good. You know, the Cowboys are looking 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:04.980 pretty strong here. I have to say that... That 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:10.680 they are making some things happen. Oh Well, 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:14.279 some people are gonna be happy about that Some 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:18.400 people won't mainly here in Texas. Yeah Well 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.500 Carl kd9hqt wants to know what he's getting for 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:25.519 Christmas, but Santa broke the connection to 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:29.920 ham talk live so I think Santa was getting, I 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.799 think Santa was getting a little creeped out 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:35.900 by old, old guys asking for presents. I think 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.660 that, I think that, I think that's the main thing 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:40.940 that there was causing the early disconnection. 00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:45.099 Well, the phone number again, one, two, six, 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:48.400 three, four, two, six one. Go ahead. Yeah. That's 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.019 the other thing that happens occasionally is 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.519 people that, you know, really should let the 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:54.000 kids talk, get in and, you know, like a 50 year 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.910 old. dude asking for for christmas presents you 00:30:56.910 --> 00:30:59.869 know come on give us a break now now i'm not 00:30:59.869 --> 00:31:03.029 sure if i want to know what they're asking for 00:31:03.029 --> 00:31:08.430 oh yeah anyway you know that's the the magic 00:31:08.430 --> 00:31:11.069 that's the good and bad of 80 meters is that 00:31:11.069 --> 00:31:13.670 it's it's a freewheeling band that's the good 00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:16.269 news the bad news it's a freewheeling band so 00:31:16.269 --> 00:31:19.670 anyway we we we make it we make it work most 00:31:19.670 --> 00:31:24.599 of the time All right. Well, we tried well, we're 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:26.880 just got somebody playing with us apparently 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:32.359 So yeah, that's uh, that's that's live radio 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:40.259 at its best So Yeah, you you get a lot of You 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:44.200 get a lot of characters up on 75. Oh Yeah, it's 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:47.700 great though. I wouldn't trade it and and I don't 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:51.299 know I it seems like we we get Generally good 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:54.359 good traffic, you know, there's seasons we go 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:56.460 through there's yeah, there's some there's some 00:31:56.460 --> 00:32:00.460 people on on all the bands that you know, probably 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:06.559 shouldn't be We are our motto on 3916 is don't 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.160 feed the monkeys So, you know when when when 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:12.680 they come out don't feed them because yeah, that's 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.619 that's that's what they want They want to be 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:17.059 acknowledged and if you don't they eventually 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:24.579 go away I've got to get ready for some trivia 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.960 here guys you know at nine o 'clock tonight I 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:30.180 got to be somewhat coherent so let me wish you 00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:33.000 the merriest of Christmases and I appreciate 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:37.140 the you know the promo here for for the Santa 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:40.480 net and just a reminder 730 every every night 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:43.779 through Christmas Eve at Central Time 730 p .m. 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:48.779 Central 3916 And on the 75 meter band and the 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:52.920 website to connect with us and get your pre -net 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:58.240 check -in is CQSanta .com. CQSanta .com. Okay, 00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:01.940 so that's how to get in there on the net. Hope 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:06.000 you can do that. And I think we're going to hold 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:11.339 the t -shirt giveaway for next week here. So 00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:15.589 we're going to go ahead and sign off. a little 00:33:15.589 --> 00:33:19.430 early tonight and get going. But thanks to Pete 00:33:19.430 --> 00:33:24.430 Thompson, KE5GGY for being my guest this evening. 00:33:24.589 --> 00:33:28.349 And that is a wrap for this week's edition of 00:33:28.349 --> 00:33:30.970 HamTalk Live. Thanks to everybody out there in 00:33:30.970 --> 00:33:34.430 cyberspace for listening. and for chatting tonight 00:33:34.430 --> 00:33:37.789 and we'll invite you all back next Thursday night 00:33:37.789 --> 00:33:43.630 9 p .m. Eastern Time when Keith Baker KB1SF will 00:33:43.630 --> 00:33:47.349 be here to talk about some history of AMSAT. 00:33:47.410 --> 00:33:50.210 It's AMSAT Through the Years and for a listing 00:33:50.210 --> 00:33:54.440 of All of our upcoming guests is visit HamTalkLive 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:57.480 .com. And if you like HamTalk Live, please consider 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.700 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:03.579 listen. It helps others find us faster. So for 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:06.859 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven 00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:11.760 three, seven five, and may the good DX be yours. 00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:31.380 Thanks for watching!