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I'm your host, Neil Rapp, 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:00.659 WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:04.480 of HamTalk Live tonight. We're joined once again 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:09.939 by our regular Andy Malusi, KK4LWR, and we'll 00:02:09.939 --> 00:02:13.439 take your calls live in just a few minutes. Last 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.219 week here on the show, if you missed that, Michael 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:20.419 Coulter, W8CI, Michael Colley, W4MCA, and Mark 00:02:20.419 --> 00:02:24.620 Brown in for BCD. We're here to talk about Dayton, 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:28.340 Orlando, and Huntsville Ham Fests. all working 00:02:28.340 --> 00:02:31.080 together. And if you missed that, you can listen 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:34.500 anytime at HamTalkLive .com or your favorite 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.479 podcast app or over on YouTube. So get your questions 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.199 ready to go about the collegiate QSO party. 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He's the past president of 00:05:53.069 --> 00:05:55.310 the Gator Amateur Radio Club at the University 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:58.449 of Florida in Gainesville. He's currently a systems 00:05:58.449 --> 00:06:01.189 engineer for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in 00:06:01.189 --> 00:06:04.750 Florida, and Andy's a key leader in the ARRL 00:06:04.750 --> 00:06:08.149 Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative. the group 00:06:08.149 --> 00:06:10.209 that's been formed to share ideas and promote 00:06:10.209 --> 00:06:13.009 and rejuvenate amateur radio clubs in colleges 00:06:13.009 --> 00:06:18.449 and universities in North America. So Andy, you're 00:06:18.449 --> 00:06:21.910 back again. Yeah, it's always great to talk to 00:06:21.910 --> 00:06:23.509 you, Neil. This has been quite the year. I've 00:06:23.509 --> 00:06:25.310 seen you more than ever and we've been talking 00:06:25.310 --> 00:06:27.790 a lot more than ever. It's been great. And you've 00:06:27.790 --> 00:06:33.230 been in QST and NCJ and you've been on here like 00:06:33.230 --> 00:06:36.949 two or three times and you're the man right now. 00:06:37.069 --> 00:06:40.050 Yeah, yeah, I'm enjoying the hobby. So, you know 00:06:40.050 --> 00:06:42.769 when you do something you enjoy Yeah, you know, 00:06:42.769 --> 00:06:45.470 you don't mind getting out and showing it off 00:06:45.470 --> 00:06:48.430 Yeah, well, we're gonna talk about the the collegiate 00:06:48.430 --> 00:06:51.310 Q so party But but first I know we talked about 00:06:51.310 --> 00:06:53.589 this before the show, but let me go ahead and 00:06:53.589 --> 00:06:58.389 and throw it in here real quick last time I Talked 00:06:58.389 --> 00:07:02.850 to you on the show. I was at the Deers shack 00:07:02.850 --> 00:07:07.689 there at Disney with you and we found the van 00:07:07.689 --> 00:07:13.069 The communications of van in the sinkhole and 00:07:13.069 --> 00:07:17.189 and we didn't get an update on that So so quickly, 00:07:17.189 --> 00:07:19.990 let's let's fill everybody in what happened with 00:07:19.990 --> 00:07:23.829 the the sinkhole thing So it appears they were 00:07:23.829 --> 00:07:25.990 doing some drilling in the area and it appears 00:07:25.990 --> 00:07:28.230 that they were boring something and they nicked 00:07:28.230 --> 00:07:31.850 the water pipe and that washed out that sinkhole 00:07:31.850 --> 00:07:35.050 there and the contractors took care of everything. 00:07:35.209 --> 00:07:38.230 They got the truck out. It seems to be in good 00:07:38.230 --> 00:07:40.689 shape, no major damage or anything and they've 00:07:40.689 --> 00:07:43.329 filled in the sinkhole there and I think mostly 00:07:43.329 --> 00:07:47.250 completed what they're working on. So, you know, 00:07:47.589 --> 00:07:49.910 happy ending to that one. It ended much better 00:07:49.910 --> 00:07:52.069 than it could have ended, so we were quite happy 00:07:52.069 --> 00:07:56.990 to see that. All right. So life is good at Disney. 00:07:57.290 --> 00:08:01.009 Again, the con van is back up and running. So, 00:08:01.149 --> 00:08:03.410 all right. Let's talk about this collegiate QSO 00:08:03.410 --> 00:08:07.029 party. And we kind of mentioned that, uh, when 00:08:07.029 --> 00:08:11.230 we were together down in Florida, uh, so how 00:08:11.230 --> 00:08:13.529 did this all get started? I mean, this has been 00:08:13.529 --> 00:08:16.949 talked about for years. How did this, this get 00:08:16.949 --> 00:08:22.120 going and why is this, um, effort being made 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.800 to make this Go So like you said this has been 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.540 talked about for years. It's not my idea at all 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:32.700 It has been tossed around and debated all over 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:36.100 the place You know, and I think it sort of addresses 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:38.659 a couple of things within the college schedule 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:41.860 A lot of people go back to school at the end 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:44.960 of August beginning of September And really the 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.860 big existing, you know school contest is school 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:51.600 club roundup So you're waiting until late October 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:54.200 for that. And for some schools, that's right 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.220 after they start. I know I've heard from a lot 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:58.220 of schools over these last few weeks since the 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:02.080 articles dropped in NCJ and QST. You know about 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.740 the QSO party saying we don't go back to school 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:07.179 until you know October 1st We might not be all 00:09:07.179 --> 00:09:09.320 that active and there are some schools that do 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.259 but there's a lot of schools that also go back 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:14.600 You know as early as middle of August And they 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.580 have those, you know student fairs, you know 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:19.679 student activity fairs, you know in collegiate 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:21.600 clubs There's if you go on the Facebook group 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.679 right now, you'll see clubs posting You know 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.840 their outreach at these student activity fairs 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:27.379 trying to get new members trying to you know 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:30.600 show off amateur radio But having to wait, you 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.320 know, two months or most of a semester in some 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.159 cases, you know, can be pretty difficult for 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:38.500 those schools. So that was one of the big factors 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:40.379 was trying to see something that sort of fit, 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:44.340 you know, on that timeline to be, you know, welcome 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:46.940 back to school, you know, check out the amateur 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:49.320 radio club. Oh, and next week, we have this big 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:51.460 event, and you should come check it out. So something 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:54.399 to immediately get. new hams and potentially 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.940 new hams and you know existing hams quickly engaged 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:59.259 in the hobby and hopefully get them hooked for 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:03.759 the entire school year okay so that's that's 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.379 the goal here and so tell everybody how you can 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:12.200 participate and this is not just limited to school 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.399 stations we got to get some Contacts out there 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.840 so tell everybody how they can participate depending 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.919 on whether they're involved with a school or 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.860 Not involved with the school and how all that 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:28.100 works So the good news is that this contest is 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:31.539 open to any hand We have four major categories 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:34.600 each with a subcategory We have the collegiate 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:38.379 station, we have the employee slash faculty slash 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:42.080 staff station, we have a individual station, 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:47.759 and then we have a alumni station. Let me just 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:51.440 pull up here on my own all the details of those 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:52.840 stations because I want to make sure I give them 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.059 all correctly here because there are some interesting 00:10:56.059 --> 00:11:02.450 caveats to each of the You know rules for them. 00:11:02.450 --> 00:11:04.610 The collegiate station is probably the easiest 00:11:04.610 --> 00:11:08.309 one for everyone to you know sort of comprehend 00:11:08.309 --> 00:11:11.769 that is the Station for if you are a college 00:11:11.769 --> 00:11:15.509 student or you are a college club. You are a 00:11:15.509 --> 00:11:17.590 collegiate station, which is really fantastic 00:11:17.590 --> 00:11:20.990 That means if you don't have a club yet at your 00:11:20.990 --> 00:11:24.309 school You can still activate your school and 00:11:24.309 --> 00:11:27.879 get on the air and do all that fun stuff without 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:32.879 having to worry about submitting a log as a club 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:34.600 that doesn't exist or not having a call sign. 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:36.820 So we really tried to make that flexible for 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:38.759 if you're an existing club, great, you're a collegiate 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.980 station, that's easy. If you're at the university, 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:44.220 if you're just a student though and your school 00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:46.279 doesn't have one, you can still get on the air. 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:51.019 So that's probably the coolest category and most 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:55.519 unique of any other event out there. The next 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:01.019 one that we sort of go into is the employee club 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:05.519 and the employee, or sorry, employee, not club, 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.779 but an employee station. And the employee station 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:11.659 is basically anyone who's faculty, staff, administrator. 00:12:12.809 --> 00:12:16.450 If you're an adjunct, if you work at a university 00:12:16.450 --> 00:12:20.309 or college in some capacity, you qualify for 00:12:20.309 --> 00:12:23.289 the employee category. You can operate as part 00:12:23.289 --> 00:12:25.009 of the collegiate club. That's totally cool. 00:12:25.029 --> 00:12:26.570 If you're active with your collegiate club, you 00:12:26.570 --> 00:12:29.289 can help them out and be that. Or if you choose 00:12:29.289 --> 00:12:32.190 to operate on your own, under your own call sign, 00:12:32.730 --> 00:12:34.669 there's an entire employee category. Because 00:12:34.669 --> 00:12:38.470 we really want to encourage everyone who is involved 00:12:38.470 --> 00:12:40.590 at some level with a collegiate station to get 00:12:40.590 --> 00:12:45.700 on the air. Then the individual station is pretty 00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:50.460 much everyone else. So either a club or an individual 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:52.659 who wants to work the contest, we have a category 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:55.659 for you. You don't have to be associated with 00:12:55.659 --> 00:13:00.039 the university, but you can just feel free to 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.350 operate that. Probably one of the more interesting 00:13:03.350 --> 00:13:06.649 categories and one that I hope grows over time 00:13:06.649 --> 00:13:09.789 is this idea of a collegiate club alumni category 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:13.350 So basically this is for hams that were part 00:13:13.350 --> 00:13:16.669 of a college club when they were a student at 00:13:16.669 --> 00:13:20.070 a university and the idea of this category specifically 00:13:20.070 --> 00:13:23.649 is to help Try and you know recognize those hams 00:13:23.649 --> 00:13:25.549 that have continued the hobby, you know beyond 00:13:25.549 --> 00:13:28.090 college But also try to help them, you know get 00:13:28.090 --> 00:13:31.090 involved and stay active with maybe the school 00:13:31.090 --> 00:13:33.470 they attend or with the larger movement itself. 00:13:34.309 --> 00:13:36.730 So those are the four categories, and their subcategories 00:13:36.730 --> 00:13:39.850 are basically a high power and low power. So 00:13:39.850 --> 00:13:42.850 we wanted to basically say, if you don't have 00:13:42.850 --> 00:13:44.830 a high power station, that's totally cool. If 00:13:44.830 --> 00:13:47.889 you're under 150 watts, you're a low power station. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:51.720 If you're above 150 watts, you fall into the 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.919 high power station. And basically, that's the 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.899 peak wattage used during the contest. So if you 00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:59.480 operate most of the contest at 100 watts, but 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:01.259 then you turn on the amp for 10 contacts, you 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:05.980 become a high power station. So just something 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:10.039 to sort of keep in mind there. OK. Oh, go ahead. 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.440 No, so I was going to say, there's lots of different 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:15.399 ways that folks can get involved and really sort 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:19.980 of display their college colors. Okay, now we're 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:24.759 going to, you know, display the college colors 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:29.139 as you say. Let's talk about the exchange so 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:32.480 that people know what kind of exchange you're 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:37.519 going to make during this QSO party and how that 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.259 is going to work with making contact and then 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:44.600 also maybe Is there anything special for digital 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.899 modes, like if you're going to do FTA? You're 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:53.600 limited on the number of characters, so let's 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:57.179 talk about the exchanges a little bit. Yeah, 00:14:57.179 --> 00:15:00.059 so we want to do a really really unique exchange 00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:02.659 for this QSO party something to sort of differentiate 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:05.500 us from every other contest So naturally you'll 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:07.559 have to exchange your call sign and your operating 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.039 class And then the other thing that you need 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.639 to exchange is going to be the college or university 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:17.960 that you attended and the mascot So we wanted 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.519 to have something fun in there. So like I went 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.100 to Florida for my PhD. So I would say, you know 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.980 Andy, University of Florida, and Gators, and 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:29.279 make sure that's in my exchange. If you didn't 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.299 go to college, we still want you to feel involved, 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:33.580 or if you're part of a club, we still want you 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:35.519 to feel involved. So you sort of have the option 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.500 that you can say none, or you can share your 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:42.980 club name in the exchange, if you are in the 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:45.720 individual category. So, you know, there's an 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.340 option for both, but really the idea is to sort 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:49.279 of show your college colors. This event's happening 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.620 on college football weekend, so there's a lot 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:53.360 of good opportunity to have some bragging rights 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:57.000 there. You know, I mean, I know the SEC's, you 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:58.779 know, quite a competitive football conference. 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:01.179 Maybe we're the most competitive, you know, amateur 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:04.139 radio conference. Who knows? So, you know, there's 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:05.559 an opportunity. You're not going to make me get 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:12.440 out the sound effect. I mean, we did have the 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:16.639 champion of the college football last year, and 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:20.340 yeah, we're a good football conference. But maybe 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:24.019 we want to get schools out there really identifying 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:28.360 and cheering themselves on. Part of the exchange 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.580 as well is to hopefully start making some connections. 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:33.860 There's a lot of people I talk to on the radio 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:36.799 that I've gotten to know over the years and a 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:39.059 lot of times it comes from just one of those 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:41.019 comments in the exchange of, oh wait, I didn't 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:44.419 know you did that or you're from here or that 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:47.279 sort of thing. Hopefully, you know, if an alumni 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.700 reaches out, you know, or you make a contact 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:51.899 with an alumni, you know, I love talking to fellow 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.580 Gators when I'm on the radio. I also went to 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:55.700 Rose Holden Institute of Technology for my undergrad. 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:58.740 I love talking to fellow fighting engineers on 00:16:58.740 --> 00:17:03.659 the radio. So, you know, if if that can spur 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:05.799 some connections, you know, all the better as 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:11.180 well. So hopefully it'll be a fun exchange. And 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:14.019 then you asked about exchanging for digital modes 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:17.980 and all that. The good news is that you can exchange 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:22.079 the acronym of the university you went to in 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:27.180 the logging software. The way it'll work is the 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:29.900 header file of your log will say the university 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:32.619 and the abbreviation, and then we will match 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:37.019 call sign and abbreviation in the log. So I know 00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:39.809 if you put MSU, Some people might think Michigan 00:17:39.809 --> 00:17:42.910 State University. Some people might think Mississippi 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:47.809 or Missouri. Some people say, OSU, I grew up 00:17:47.809 --> 00:17:49.910 in Ohio. I think Ohio State, but there's also 00:17:49.910 --> 00:17:51.750 Oklahoma State and there's also Oregon State. 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:57.299 If you do have an acronym that's shared, you 00:17:57.299 --> 00:18:00.359 know, between schools, that's totally okay. You 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.619 can exchange just the acronym. If you're on phone, 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.440 I would encourage you to say the name of your 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.960 school. But I understand a digital or CW land 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.279 or JT 65 or, you know, slow scan TV, you might 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:15.619 not want to, you know, write it all out. So, 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:19.099 you know, that would be an easy way for logging. 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.099 Yeah, like even here in Indiana, we have VU. 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.759 And I went to VU, and that's Vincennes University. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.880 But then the people on the north end of the state 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:34.619 say that's Valparaiso University. So we've got 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:38.160 to watch out for that. And now there's even, 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:41.119 you know, there's two Indianas. There's Indiana 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.900 and there's Indiana, Pennsylvania. So you just 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:50.589 never know. The best mascot may be the fighting 00:18:50.589 --> 00:18:54.650 engineers from oh, yeah the Rose -Hulman Institute 00:18:54.650 --> 00:18:57.990 of Technology Yeah, yeah the fighting engineers 00:18:57.990 --> 00:19:02.410 Just down the road Yep, and Terre Haute not too 00:19:02.410 --> 00:19:06.930 far from now now you realize You realize who? 00:19:07.309 --> 00:19:09.869 Florida's playing in football this weekend, right? 00:19:11.150 --> 00:19:13.369 I haven't actually looked I confess. I've been 00:19:13.369 --> 00:19:16.779 on business travel. So my mind's been there Okay, 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:21.099 it's my beloved Kentucky Wildcats. Oh, okay. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:25.420 So, so yeah, yeah, thanks. Yeah, it probably 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:28.160 will be knowing knowing how we play football. 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:34.759 But oh, it's that SEC thing. SEC, SEC. I don't 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:37.059 know. I'm sorry. That's got to be like the worst 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:43.480 commercial marketing idea ever. SEC, SEC. I don't 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:46.990 get it. But anyway. All right. So we've got all 00:19:46.990 --> 00:19:50.529 this information about the, uh, collegiate CQ 00:19:50.529 --> 00:19:55.769 or QSO party. Sorry. And I was, I was getting 00:19:55.769 --> 00:19:59.910 ready to talk about CQP and then CQP is, is like 00:19:59.910 --> 00:20:05.670 also two different things. So we're back to that 00:20:05.670 --> 00:20:09.609 again. Yeah. So, I mean, CQP is the acronym that 00:20:09.609 --> 00:20:12.470 I've been using for this, uh, event. you know, 00:20:12.529 --> 00:20:14.069 for myself, when people have asked, Hey, how 00:20:14.069 --> 00:20:17.589 should I identify in CW? Um, CQP totally is cool. 00:20:17.789 --> 00:20:20.269 Uh, the other CQPs aren't going on this weekend. 00:20:21.069 --> 00:20:24.069 So, you know, they aren't going on the 15th and 00:20:24.069 --> 00:20:26.009 16th of September. So you shouldn't have any 00:20:26.009 --> 00:20:29.569 conflicts there. Okay. So where can you find 00:20:29.569 --> 00:20:35.029 all this information, uh, written out for CQP? 00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:39.779 So, we have it on the Cary Facebook page. So, 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:44.509 if you go to ARRL .org slash we want you. That's 00:20:44.509 --> 00:20:47.490 just the capital letter U. That will link you 00:20:47.490 --> 00:20:50.329 over there. Or the Gator Amateur Radio Club at 00:20:50.329 --> 00:20:52.730 the University of Florida has been gracious enough 00:20:52.730 --> 00:20:55.329 to set up a static webpage with the rules and 00:20:55.329 --> 00:20:58.930 some links to the logging format. And some folks 00:20:58.930 --> 00:21:02.890 at FAU actually created an N1MM template that 00:21:02.890 --> 00:21:04.470 I'm also going to get up there this weekend. 00:21:05.190 --> 00:21:07.710 So you can go to, like I said, the Facebook page 00:21:07.710 --> 00:21:09.869 and engage in the conversation. That's where 00:21:09.869 --> 00:21:11.680 the rules are sort of previewed. They've been 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:14.799 posted there for several months, actually, and 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.339 a lot of the members of that group have actually 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.859 contributed. I know, Neil, you were even part 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:20.000 of that, you know, trying to get ideas and thoughts 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:23.359 on how the rules would be sort of fallen. So 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:25.799 that's a great place to go. But if you're just 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.240 looking for a quick and dirty, you know, webpage, 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:31.599 gatorradio .org slash collegiate, and that will 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:35.480 get you to all the rules there. Okay, so there 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:37.619 you have it folks you can you can get on the 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:41.339 air maybe you're an alumnus maybe you're in a 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:43.700 college or maybe you're not maybe you're you're 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:49.519 just Just a ham and so you've got all these categories 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:55.099 Possible just go to Gator radio org Correct slash 00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:59.460 collegiate and you can find all that information 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:04.059 there It's also in QST and in the National Contest 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:06.859 Journal so you can find some information there 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:10.480 as well All right. 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Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive .com. 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:18.200 And you can check out our Facebook, Twitter, 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:22.170 and Instagram pages too. put some stuff up there 00:25:22.170 --> 00:25:25.369 from time to time. And right now it's time for 00:25:25.369 --> 00:25:28.309 your calls. So if you have a question for Andy, 00:25:28.430 --> 00:25:32.509 give us a call. The phone number 812 -NET -HAM 00:25:32.509 --> 00:25:39.450 -1 812 -638 -4261 or you can Skype us. It's just 00:25:39.450 --> 00:25:42.509 HamTalk Live on Skype and on Twitter. You can 00:25:42.509 --> 00:25:46.569 tweet us at HamTalk Live and a couple of things 00:25:46.569 --> 00:25:52.900 here. First of all, Tom says go cats, so that's 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:59.180 good. So we've got two for the cats and one gator. 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:03.720 I mean, you know the old saying. You know, the 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.920 Gators have won how many games against the Wildcats 00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:08.980 in the last 30 years? Um, yeah, we're moving 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:11.920 right along back to the collegiate QSO party 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:18.940 here. Now, speaking of ICOM, we were going to 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:21.440 go and talk about something else here, but we 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:25.099 forgot to mention that ICOM has come through 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:28.000 with, uh, some prizes. So why don't you talk 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:31.220 about that? Yeah, so for the first year of the 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:35.220 QSO party the ARRL has stepped up and they're 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:38.460 going to help us with you know, recognizing first 00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:40.480 and second place in all of our different categories. 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:44.200 And then for the collegiate stations, ICOM of 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.619 America has decided to sponsor some swag packs. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:50.299 So those will be good either for the club to 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:52.799 give away to, you know, new members or at events 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:55.380 to sort of, you know, promote it. Or as you know, 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:57.539 for club members to, you know, show their amateur 00:26:57.539 --> 00:27:00.220 radio pride and all that. So they have really 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:03.119 come through with us this first year and I look 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.440 forward to working more with Ray and all the 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:07.480 folks at ICOM on that. I think they, just like 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.339 the league, see that this is a big thing moving 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.279 forward and definitely the future of the hobby 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.440 in terms of keeping new people getting involved 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.799 in it. Collegiate clubs are a great way to do 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:21.019 that. Many thanks out to both the American Radio 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:23.819 Relay League and ICOM for helping us make this 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:27.059 contest possible. All right, there you go so 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:30.980 you can win some some swag there with the collegiate 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:34.859 Q so party so make sure you participate if you 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:39.779 can and Let's talk about and I'll let me again 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:42.619 invite everybody eight one two six three eight 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:46.599 four two six one or Tweet us and we'd love to 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:50.140 hear your questions about this, but I was going 00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:52.940 to ask you about some of the bonuses. Now, now 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:57.319 this was one of my favorite parts of the whole 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:59.819 Walmart parking lots on the air that we had all 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:03.859 these ridiculous bonuses like, you know, all 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:06.700 Roy with Roy where you had to take your dog with 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:08.859 you and you had to talk to somebody named Roy 00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:11.599 in order to get the bonus. So I don't think you've 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.029 got any quite. That far off the wall, but you've 00:28:15.029 --> 00:28:18.450 got some interesting bonuses on this one Yeah, 00:28:18.450 --> 00:28:22.009 so We want to make some special bonuses as well 00:28:22.009 --> 00:28:25.890 as special multipliers So we'll start with the 00:28:25.890 --> 00:28:27.890 multipliers. They're probably the easiest one. 00:28:27.930 --> 00:28:32.349 The first one is if you work in alumni You get 00:28:32.349 --> 00:28:35.609 a three times multiplier on that Q. So so an 00:28:35.609 --> 00:28:38.779 alumni would be You know me working another Gator 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:42.359 is working an alumni or the Gator Club working 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:46.140 me They will get the them the alumni bonus. So 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.779 there are some good alumni bonuses there for 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:53.579 both, you know the individual and Collegiate 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.420 and even employee categories, so that's really 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:58.529 cool Working college clubs, get a five times 00:28:58.529 --> 00:29:01.910 multiplier on that QSO. And if you work your 00:29:01.910 --> 00:29:04.250 alma mater, if you work the college that you 00:29:04.250 --> 00:29:06.410 attended, the collegiate club there, you get 00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:09.890 a 25 times multiplier on that QSO. So a big point 00:29:09.890 --> 00:29:13.480 bonus for that. We also know that... Some people 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:16.480 prefer to get on the air in different ways. So 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:19.180 we want to recognize QRP. That's a multiplier 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.079 that can stack with everything except the satellite 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:23.920 QSO. And you identify that with your call sign, 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:28.180 stroke QRP, in the log. So yeah, that's going 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:30.059 to be a cool one there. It's a times two multiplier. 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.900 I know my brother does a lot of soda, and he 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:37.650 loves to work with his KX3. So we definitely 00:29:37.650 --> 00:29:39.490 want to recognize the low power guys out there 00:29:39.490 --> 00:29:41.170 because that's a lot of fun. It's a great challenge. 00:29:41.650 --> 00:29:44.269 And then also, we're trying it out. We'll see 00:29:44.269 --> 00:29:47.210 how it goes. There's a satellite QSO multiplier. 00:29:48.210 --> 00:29:51.329 So you can do up to two QSOs on a satellite and 00:29:51.329 --> 00:29:57.000 count the multiplier. And that's a times 50 multiplier 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:00.980 for working the satellite QSO. So potentially 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:03.640 you could stack that. Well, you can't really 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:07.279 stack the multipliers, but you can stack QRP 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:11.140 with some of the other ones there and get some 00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.799 good bonuses. But yeah, the satellite one should 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.180 be fun too. So I'm hoping to hear a lot of... 00:30:15.049 --> 00:30:16.869 college stations get on the air. A lot of them 00:30:16.869 --> 00:30:20.509 have satellite stations. So it'd be really cool 00:30:20.509 --> 00:30:22.630 to start hearing them light up some of the birds 00:30:22.630 --> 00:30:26.250 and Oscars floating around. And then we put in 00:30:26.250 --> 00:30:28.470 some bonus points. They're mainly targeted at 00:30:28.470 --> 00:30:31.849 school clubs to try and encourage activity. So 00:30:31.849 --> 00:30:35.769 the first one is media for school clubs. So there's 00:30:35.769 --> 00:30:38.829 600 points of just straight up bonus points available 00:30:38.829 --> 00:30:41.609 for the use of social media and traditional media. 00:30:41.750 --> 00:30:45.930 So posting on your school's Facebook page or 00:30:45.930 --> 00:30:48.450 your club's Twitter account or Facebook page 00:30:48.450 --> 00:30:54.869 or Snapchat or Instagram or YouTube or even posting 00:30:54.869 --> 00:30:57.630 in the newspaper or flyers around campus, that 00:30:57.630 --> 00:31:00.230 sort of thing. And you get 100 points per post, 00:31:00.509 --> 00:31:04.210 max 200 per day. So that leads up to the event. 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:10.079 You can do it over three separate days. And you 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:14.680 get 600 points there, pretty easy points. And 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.000 this includes, like I said, live streaming, Facebook 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:20.140 posts, all that sort of stuff. So even post -it 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:22.619 alumni newspapers count. So very, very broad 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:25.920 category there. And you can do six discrete days 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:30.200 or three days with two posts a day. And for that, 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.900 just on. when you submit your logs, send a picture, 00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:35.680 that sort of thing, or a link. And that's good 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:39.299 for that. We also have a public operation for 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:43.299 school clubs. So you get 250 point per hour bonus, 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:46.440 maximum 1 ,000 points, so four hours, of operating 00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:49.019 a self -contained portable station in a public 00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:52.599 space on campus. So you gotta have a sign. You 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:56.490 can't just bring an HT and sit on a bench. You 00:31:56.490 --> 00:31:58.490 can't do remote station. You truly have to be 00:31:58.490 --> 00:32:01.490 portable. But if you do that, take a photo of 00:32:01.490 --> 00:32:05.529 yourself doing that. And if you do that for four 00:32:05.529 --> 00:32:07.529 hours, you can get 1 ,000 points. So we really 00:32:07.529 --> 00:32:09.650 want to see schools get out there on the quad 00:32:09.650 --> 00:32:12.450 and throw up an antenna between a couple of trees 00:32:12.450 --> 00:32:14.170 and just get on the air or work their satellite 00:32:14.170 --> 00:32:19.150 QSOs out in public or maybe also set up just 00:32:19.150 --> 00:32:21.819 a simple you know, vertical or something out 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:24.240 there to get on the air and really engage other 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.839 students. And then lastly is the one that I think 00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:30.839 will be the most exciting. I really wanna see 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:33.900 happen, but I'm not sure this is gonna happen, 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:37.119 but it's the school administrator bonus. So 300 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:39.319 points for each unique school administrator, 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:41.279 and that's like department chairman and above. 00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:44.359 So department chairman, dean, president, provost, 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.460 board member, if you can get them on the air 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:50.000 and make a contact. So you still have to be the 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:51.880 control operator, but if you can get them on 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.900 the air making the contact from the school station, 00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:59.009 you get 300 points. You can have them, you get 00:32:59.009 --> 00:33:00.910 one bonus per administrator. So if they sit there 00:33:00.910 --> 00:33:03.130 and they're on it all afternoon, you don't get 00:33:03.130 --> 00:33:07.009 the same 300 point bonus. But you also have to 00:33:07.009 --> 00:33:08.829 provide the name, position, and signature of 00:33:08.829 --> 00:33:11.109 all the administrators who operate. And you can 00:33:11.109 --> 00:33:13.470 just email that as a PDF or whatever when you 00:33:13.470 --> 00:33:16.630 submit your logs. So trying to do some fun bonuses 00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:19.930 for the school category that also help the schools, 00:33:19.930 --> 00:33:22.869 again, do that outreach and get on the air and 00:33:22.869 --> 00:33:27.150 help bring new people into the hobby. Okay, well 00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:31.529 there you have it. Some cool and unique bonuses 00:33:31.529 --> 00:33:34.930 and multipliers for the collegiate QSO party 00:33:34.930 --> 00:33:39.910 coming up. Soon, so you can check that out. All 00:33:39.910 --> 00:33:43.710 right. We've got a couple of comments online 00:33:43.710 --> 00:33:47.670 or questions online and and so Sticking with 00:33:47.670 --> 00:33:51.829 the SEC here. We're going back to Tom Sorrell 00:33:51.829 --> 00:33:55.049 and he says and I'm not sure you're gonna have 00:33:55.049 --> 00:33:57.809 an answer for this But we'll try what's the best 00:33:57.809 --> 00:34:01.829 way to find what University clubs are participating? 00:34:03.029 --> 00:34:07.420 so I don't have a good answer for that yet. I 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.460 can tell you that I have been inundated with 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:11.820 emails since the QST article post. Evidently 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:14.039 putting your email address in QST means you get 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:17.239 a lot of messages. So that's been an experience. 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:23.940 I can tell you that Missouri S &T has said they're 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:26.519 going to be on the air. Michigan State has emailed 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:31.590 me. The Manchester Community College of Manchester, 00:34:31.710 --> 00:34:33.510 New Hampshire has emailed me. FAU is going to 00:34:33.510 --> 00:34:35.230 be on the air. I think I heard MIT is going to 00:34:35.230 --> 00:34:39.869 be on the air. I know IU is going to be on the 00:34:39.869 --> 00:34:43.929 air. I have heard lots and lots of schools. I 00:34:43.929 --> 00:34:47.050 don't know all that will be on the air. I am 00:34:47.050 --> 00:34:49.150 hoping that they will, if you are a school and 00:34:49.150 --> 00:34:51.230 you're thinking about participating, definitely 00:34:51.230 --> 00:34:55.449 hop on the Facebook page and post that you'll 00:34:55.449 --> 00:34:58.329 be on there and sort of share that and create 00:34:58.329 --> 00:35:02.389 hype. But there is no one list. I'm hoping that 00:35:02.389 --> 00:35:06.050 we consume all of the DX spots and we get up 00:35:06.050 --> 00:35:07.670 there and we get schools from around the world. 00:35:07.889 --> 00:35:09.769 There's nothing in this contest that says it's 00:35:09.769 --> 00:35:16.530 USA only. We want this to be schools everywhere, 00:35:17.829 --> 00:35:19.610 collegiate clubs and universities everywhere 00:35:19.610 --> 00:35:22.530 getting on the air. So I don't have a list, but 00:35:22.530 --> 00:35:24.449 those are the ones who have already reached out 00:35:24.449 --> 00:35:27.190 to me in the last couple of weeks and I'm sure 00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:29.960 it will just be getting more. You know, I know 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.500 UF said they're going to be on the air. Um, you 00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:37.519 know, so yeah, it'll be exciting. So. All right. 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:43.559 From the SEC to the big 10, Carl KD9HQT says, 00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:47.039 I'm a member of the, uh, amateur radio club at 00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:50.260 Indiana university, K9IU, but he's not a student 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:54.400 alumni nor faculty associated with club. and 00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:57.059 IU, but he's just a member within the ham community. 00:35:57.139 --> 00:36:01.119 So how would he categorize himself if he's contacting 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:05.400 with the club and other club stations on HF? 00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:09.539 So the class that you're in follows the call 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.280 sign of what you're operating under. So if he 00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:13.860 is operating as the club at the club station 00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:16.920 with other club members, then he would be a collegiate 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:20.949 club. And if he decides to go operate on his 00:36:20.949 --> 00:36:24.050 own, he would fall into the individual category. 00:36:24.989 --> 00:36:27.230 Or if he went to another school and was an alumni 00:36:27.230 --> 00:36:30.980 member there, he could be in that category. So 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:33.860 that's sort of how you'd fall into that. There's 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:35.760 nothing that says a collegiate club is only students. 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:38.460 We totally get that you have faculty and staff 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:42.300 and friends and all that sort of stuff that are 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:44.920 active in that. I don't think there's any ham 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.679 club that is necessarily exclusive to just any 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:51.699 one group. So we totally get that. And if you're 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:54.719 operating under the IU call sign, and you're 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:56.579 doing it as the club, then you are totally a 00:36:56.579 --> 00:37:00.750 collegiate club. when you're on the air for the 00:37:00.750 --> 00:37:03.250 station, you are still counted as a collegiate 00:37:03.250 --> 00:37:07.269 club. Okay, so Carl, there you go. So you've 00:37:07.269 --> 00:37:11.510 got both options there. So if you're home, why 00:37:11.510 --> 00:37:14.969 you're an individual, and if you operate over 00:37:14.969 --> 00:37:19.690 on campus with the group, then it's collegiate 00:37:19.690 --> 00:37:24.400 for the class. Yep. Now the only thing I was 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.119 going to say in that is we can't have more than 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:33.219 one school counted as a collegiate club. So if 00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:37.099 you are a student at a school with a club and 00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:39.900 you decide to go rogue because of whatever reason, 00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:43.960 unfortunately you can't be in that category. 00:37:44.269 --> 00:37:46.510 And that just, you know, we're trying to promote 00:37:46.510 --> 00:37:49.190 clubs and activity within that, not trying to 00:37:49.190 --> 00:37:52.210 have 15 different people all being, you know, 00:37:52.329 --> 00:37:56.230 Ohio State for the contest. So just one thing 00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:58.349 to consider in that regard. But you can have 00:37:58.349 --> 00:38:03.010 a student club and then you can also have the 00:38:03.010 --> 00:38:10.650 employee slash whatever club. No, there should 00:38:10.650 --> 00:38:15.030 only be one club for a school. So you are you 00:38:15.030 --> 00:38:17.250 know, if you the club with students would be 00:38:17.250 --> 00:38:19.730 the one that would be registered as the school 00:38:19.730 --> 00:38:22.510 club If you're an alumni club or something you 00:38:22.510 --> 00:38:24.670 would not count as the school club in that regard 00:38:24.670 --> 00:38:28.230 So like at uf we have an alumni club. It's called 00:38:28.230 --> 00:38:33.690 time is we are for uf and That would not be the 00:38:33.690 --> 00:38:36.010 school club because that is not w4d fu which 00:38:36.010 --> 00:38:39.230 is the Gator amateur radio club So whichever 00:38:39.230 --> 00:38:43.329 one is the school club that's recognized, that 00:38:43.329 --> 00:38:46.909 would be the one that can compete in that category. 00:38:47.010 --> 00:38:48.889 And if we have conflicts, we'll be following 00:38:48.889 --> 00:38:52.650 up and sorting those out. Okay. All right. Very 00:38:52.650 --> 00:38:57.030 good. 812 -638 -4261 is the telephone number. 00:38:57.130 --> 00:39:00.210 If you have a question, go ahead and give us 00:39:00.210 --> 00:39:03.369 a call and we'll try to get that in here before 00:39:03.369 --> 00:39:09.090 we leave the internet this evening. Give us a 00:39:09.090 --> 00:39:11.210 call eight one two six three eight four two six 00:39:11.210 --> 00:39:15.230 one or you can tweet us at ham talk live and 00:39:15.230 --> 00:39:18.489 We'll check that here and see if we have that 00:39:18.489 --> 00:39:21.929 and and we thought That we might have another 00:39:21.929 --> 00:39:25.489 Moluse on the line tonight. We haven't We haven't 00:39:25.489 --> 00:39:28.769 heard from Tony yet, but you might but you know 00:39:28.769 --> 00:39:31.889 since he's not here to defend himself You might 00:39:31.889 --> 00:39:35.329 talk about your brother and how he's helped out 00:39:35.329 --> 00:39:39.070 on this yeah so uh this has hardly been like 00:39:39.070 --> 00:39:41.670 i have been the one who's been writing things 00:39:41.670 --> 00:39:44.260 but that's been you know Literally, my biggest 00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:46.500 contribution. There has been a huge group of 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.880 people that have helped make this happen. My 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.920 brother, Tony, is from my right -hand man. We 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:53.480 make a great team. If you ever hang out at the 00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.880 league booth at HamVenture in the last couple 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:57.760 years, you'd hear them announce, oh, the Malusi 00:39:57.760 --> 00:40:00.139 brothers are here. Because, yeah, we both do 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:03.300 amateur radio. It's something. So, yeah. Fun 00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:06.739 fact also, Tony's birthday is this coming Saturday. 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.320 So if you see Tony or if you're on social media 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:12.639 his birthday, September 8th, you should wish 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:17.539 him a happy birthday because You know figure 00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.460 as a brother might as well embarrass him on the 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.860 air because he's not here to defend himself. 00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:25.900 So wish Tony happy birthday this Come race. So 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:30.059 but yeah, he has been huge. He is He was he started 00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:34.139 up the Ohio University Amateur radio club there 00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:37.170 and got that going again He's actually still 00:40:37.170 --> 00:40:39.070 a student, but he also just recently started 00:40:39.070 --> 00:40:42.829 his career at Honeywell over in Kansas. He's 00:40:42.829 --> 00:40:45.969 hanging out over there and he's been doing fantastic. 00:40:46.710 --> 00:40:48.409 Part of it is he's only a couple of weeks into 00:40:48.409 --> 00:40:50.010 his new career and he's also balancing school. 00:40:50.889 --> 00:40:52.409 Tonight he said it would be tight if he could 00:40:52.409 --> 00:40:56.659 get on the air or not. Yeah, he has been heavily 00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:58.480 involved. He has been sort of the sanity person, 00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:00.699 as I've come up with ridiculous rules and things 00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.719 for the contest. He has been the one saying, 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:05.159 you can't do that. No ham is going to want to 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:09.579 hear you do that. So he's been a good sanity 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:12.900 check. If you're an alumni and you work your 00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:17.420 school, you get five million nano points. That's 00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:21.230 right. Yeah, no, I had some interesting bonuses 00:41:21.230 --> 00:41:25.190 and points in there that you know He and a few 00:41:25.190 --> 00:41:29.590 others just said no don't do that. So You know 00:41:29.590 --> 00:41:32.849 so they've been one that no one that came to 00:41:32.849 --> 00:41:36.949 mind wall ago is what if you get well and and 00:41:36.949 --> 00:41:39.469 of course I use gonna throw a fit because they 00:41:39.469 --> 00:41:43.809 don't have a mascot but What if you get a the 00:41:43.809 --> 00:41:48.679 mascot to make a contact while in costume You 00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:52.039 see, that would be a fantastic bonus. That sounds 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.320 like one I would suggest. And one that my brother 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:57.199 would be like, no, no, you don't want to have 00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.260 that mascot in your ham shack. They're not going 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.900 to fit. They're going to knock something over. 00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:04.659 It's going to be like, yeah. Um, he's the voice 00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:06.960 of reason. Um, but yes, that, that sounds like 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:10.219 something I would suggest. Um, but, uh, yeah, 00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:11.920 I mean, I want to see what schools come up with 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.860 on this contest. It's going to be a lot of fun. 00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:16.119 And you can shoot a video of it and it'd be like 00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:18.719 one of those. Sports center commercials, you 00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:21.400 know with oh, yeah, you know with the mascot 00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:24.679 in there, you know Yeah, it might work. Maybe 00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:27.500 we can do that next year. I Mean the other one 00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:29.559 I thought that would be fun is a big bonus if 00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:32.679 you could do it from the 50 -yard line of Your 00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.329 school's football stadium which I understand 00:42:35.329 --> 00:42:37.269 this contest also happens on a Saturday during 00:42:37.269 --> 00:42:39.269 football season. So that would be why there'd 00:42:39.269 --> 00:42:41.530 be a big bonus for that, is if you can get down 00:42:41.530 --> 00:42:43.929 to the 50 -yard line and start making contacts. 00:42:43.929 --> 00:42:48.610 If you can get past security. String up an antenna. 00:42:49.250 --> 00:42:51.130 No one knows. I mean, the goalposts would be 00:42:51.130 --> 00:42:55.190 great for it. But yeah, I mean, and there was 00:42:55.190 --> 00:42:57.530 a big group of maybe about a dozen or so people 00:42:57.530 --> 00:43:00.489 that, you know, students, faculty, staff, alumni, 00:43:00.989 --> 00:43:04.309 to help come up with the rules. And that was 00:43:04.309 --> 00:43:07.349 a fun email chain to sort of start seeing people 00:43:07.349 --> 00:43:09.469 suggest things and me trying to keep updates 00:43:09.469 --> 00:43:12.210 going. I sort of was the secretary of that trying 00:43:12.210 --> 00:43:15.949 to just keep the document together as they were 00:43:15.949 --> 00:43:18.670 suggesting things and all that. So that was really 00:43:18.670 --> 00:43:20.469 cool to see everyone coming together to suggest 00:43:20.469 --> 00:43:24.449 all that. All right. Well, we had a phone call 00:43:24.449 --> 00:43:31.070 and now it's gone. Oh, boy. We'll give a minute 00:43:31.070 --> 00:43:34.880 here if you want to. Want to call back but we 00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:37.519 did have a call and was on the line for just 00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:41.579 a few seconds while we were mid -sentence and 00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:44.719 and Now they're gone. So we'll we'll get a better 00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:48.500 so but we are just about out of time But we'll 00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:51.800 wait and see here for just a moment. Go ahead. 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:54.840 Yeah Yeah, no, I'm hoping you know to see photos 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:56.760 and stuff from this event too. Like I'm hoping 00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:59.599 to see you know colleges Wearing, you know their 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:03.320 college colors, you know, even like I would love 00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.719 to see the college station that has a TV going 00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:08.239 with the football game while also making contacts. 00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:10.239 I think that would be a lot of fun. Hey, there 00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:12.119 we go. And our call's back. So let's see who 00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:16.780 we have on the line here. Hi, it's Tony KD8RTT. 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:23.840 Oh, he made it. He did. Yes, I did. Happy birthday, 00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:27.340 Tony. Well, thank you. It's a little early. I 00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:31.309 called in and I heard some of... I was able to 00:44:31.309 --> 00:44:33.469 catch some of it tonight, so it sounds like Andy 00:44:33.469 --> 00:44:37.530 has given a good overview of things. Okay, now 00:44:37.530 --> 00:44:43.489 we kind of let him take the thing with the birthday 00:44:43.489 --> 00:44:46.489 thing, so do you have any ammo to fire back? 00:44:50.010 --> 00:44:57.510 Um, let's see. No, not right now, but... Man, 00:44:57.789 --> 00:44:59.650 I have nothing to shoot back at him right now. 00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:01.880 But I think he gave a pretty good overview of 00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:05.119 things. Um, it's definitely right though. I am 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:09.699 the voice of reason. And here I am giving him 00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:12.519 all these ideas of, you know, you can have your 00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:15.780 mascot do this, you know? Well, yeah, I think 00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:17.840 it is good though, that, you know, schools want 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.860 to come up with some ideas like that. One of 00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:21.179 the things I don't think Andy mentioned was, 00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:22.500 uh, we just talked about this the other day. 00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:24.860 We're probably going to send out a post event 00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:28.340 survey, um, after people submit their logs. So 00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:32.159 if they've got ideas for neat bonuses, send them 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:35.280 back or feedback or any sort of thing like that, 00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:37.920 this is a first run and we'll do whatever we 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:41.599 can to make it better. Yeah, we were talking 00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:43.679 about the survey a little bit. Andy, do you want 00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:48.039 to chime in on that? Yeah, like Tony said Tony 00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:49.820 and I were discussing this pretty extensively 00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:52.079 the last couple of days We definitely want to 00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:54.260 get a survey out there See if people are interested 00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:56.619 in helping run the contest if people want to 00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:59.880 tell us what worked what didn't work You know 00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:01.980 recognize that I am really bad at coming up with 00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:05.260 bonuses, you know, that's totally cool, too You 00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:08.039 know that sort of thing to just sort of help 00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:11.420 us You know looking at next year because we don't 00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:13.369 intend this for this to be a one and done contest, 00:46:13.610 --> 00:46:15.130 it's probably going to be around the same time 00:46:15.130 --> 00:46:17.590 next year if we hear that this time works well. 00:46:17.690 --> 00:46:19.210 If we hear the time doesn't work well, we're 00:46:19.210 --> 00:46:21.570 going to move it. If we hear that they want five 00:46:21.570 --> 00:46:23.869 of these contests a year, we might do another 00:46:23.869 --> 00:46:26.769 one or two. If we hear that it should be every 00:46:26.769 --> 00:46:29.010 six years, we might not do one for a couple of 00:46:29.010 --> 00:46:31.110 years. So we definitely want to hear what the 00:46:31.110 --> 00:46:35.650 community says. And I will be the one advocating 00:46:35.650 --> 00:46:37.469 for the more ridiculous things, and Tony will 00:46:37.469 --> 00:46:42.369 be the one like, no, you can't do that. And I'll 00:46:42.369 --> 00:46:44.289 also just point out that if people, you know, 00:46:44.289 --> 00:46:46.150 want to step forward and help a little bit more 00:46:46.150 --> 00:46:47.829 with the administrative back end with Andy and 00:46:47.829 --> 00:46:49.510 me, you know, let us know you're more than welcome 00:46:49.510 --> 00:46:53.369 to. This is kind of everyone's event. So, you 00:46:53.369 --> 00:46:57.030 know, it's not, we're not trying to be the total 00:46:57.030 --> 00:46:59.570 control of it. So, you know, if you want to volunteer 00:46:59.570 --> 00:47:01.570 some time, we could certainly use it. You know, 00:47:01.570 --> 00:47:03.210 as we go forward, we're looking at things like 00:47:03.210 --> 00:47:05.789 making a logo for the event, stuff like that. 00:47:06.889 --> 00:47:10.949 Website. Yes, website, definitely. Live logging 00:47:10.949 --> 00:47:13.389 is also something we would love to do so that 00:47:13.389 --> 00:47:16.829 you could post it to your school and say, hey, 00:47:17.010 --> 00:47:19.010 watch us on this website. And you can see our 00:47:19.010 --> 00:47:21.969 points as we make contacts. And maybe even have 00:47:21.969 --> 00:47:24.929 Google Maps if we get someone who's really awesome 00:47:24.929 --> 00:47:26.809 at that. And I was hoping to do that this summer, 00:47:26.809 --> 00:47:28.829 but I ended up traveling a lot more than I expected. 00:47:29.869 --> 00:47:33.130 But even somewhere, as you log it, you start 00:47:33.130 --> 00:47:35.630 seeing the arcs bouncing around the globe and 00:47:35.630 --> 00:47:38.610 letting people see our club station made it all 00:47:38.610 --> 00:47:41.280 the way there. So now you mentioned the pictures 00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:46.539 and then again Wimploda comes back to mind and 00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:50.320 some people just Enjoyed looking at all the Wimploda 00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:54.039 pictures, you know with all the ridiculous bonuses 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:58.119 at Walmart parking lots on Twitter Do you have 00:47:58.119 --> 00:48:04.369 a central place to send those? photos to, do 00:48:04.369 --> 00:48:09.190 you have a hashtag or something to put those 00:48:09.190 --> 00:48:14.570 with during the QSO party? So after the QSO party, 00:48:14.610 --> 00:48:16.570 you can totally send them to my email address 00:48:16.570 --> 00:48:19.489 because that will be inundated with emails, hopefully 00:48:19.489 --> 00:48:22.150 with lots of logs. And I will definitely put 00:48:22.150 --> 00:48:25.829 those together and they will be at the Cary booths 00:48:25.829 --> 00:48:30.369 at Hamcasian and at Hamvention for sure, to show 00:48:30.369 --> 00:48:32.739 off some of the success. if we get a lot of great 00:48:32.739 --> 00:48:35.619 photos coming in. In terms of during the event, 00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:37.679 we actually, we haven't spent the time to come 00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:39.219 up with a hashtag for it. We've been sort of 00:48:39.219 --> 00:48:42.019 trying to handle all the other stuff. So, you 00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:43.320 know, we would love if there was someone from 00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:44.599 the community too that wants to sort of step 00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.500 up and handle the social media side of this and 00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:48.840 all that. That would be really cool. But right 00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:51.739 now, you know, you can always throw, of course, 00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:55.019 hashtag ICOM, hashtag ARRL, and then hashtag 00:48:55.019 --> 00:49:00.699 CQP or hashtag collegiate QSO party. You know, 00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:03.420 or hashtag Gators are going to beat the Wildcats. 00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:08.679 Any of those are pretty good. Oh, my goodness. 00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:11.980 Tony, Tony, what are we going to do with this 00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:16.199 boy? Well, at this point, this is the point I 00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:22.179 usually just hang up on him, but you know, oh 00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:25.920 my goodness. Yeah, he's the voice of the reason 00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:30.480 on this. Oh, oh and Tom says ouch too. So wow, 00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:36.219 we've got all a big blue nation upset now. You 00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:39.619 can post any photos during the event right to 00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:41.980 the Facebook group. That's always a good place 00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:44.820 to put it too. Yeah. Oh yeah, the Cary Facebook 00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:48.840 group. So that's Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative, 00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:52.659 C -A -R -I, and you can find that. on the old 00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:55.440 facebook so tony thanks for calling in tonight 00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:58.500 it's good to hear from you and then we'll be 00:49:58.500 --> 00:50:02.059 hearing you on the birds hopefully and uh yeah 00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:05.300 enjoy your birthday alright thanks yeah i'll 00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:08.199 be i'll be doing some roving on my birthday so 00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:12.320 maybe work very good i am i am actually thinking 00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:17.840 uh i've kind of got my birthday plans here in 00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:21.460 about Two or three weeks, and I actually think 00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:24.139 I'm going to get some roving in that morning 00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:28.500 so and probably from the land of the wildcats, 00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:36.059 so We'll see All right, well we'll be looking 00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:41.800 for you and enjoy it and thanks for coming on 00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:46.619 Okay, and Andy that's that's gonna do it for 00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:51.880 us for tonight so any final words I Mean like 00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:53.679 Tony said, you know share it to the Facebook 00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:56.400 group, you know If you're a collegiate club update 00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:59.179 your QR Zed page show it off on there if you're 00:50:59.179 --> 00:51:01.679 planning operating times post that out on social 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:04.659 media You know, it's a 48 -hour contest. So there's 00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:06.699 a lot of time on there for you know people to 00:51:06.699 --> 00:51:09.789 operate I'm going to be on the air probably from 00:51:09.789 --> 00:51:13.110 the Deere station at Walt Disney World. So you'll 00:51:13.110 --> 00:51:14.929 probably hear me competing. I might venture up 00:51:14.929 --> 00:51:17.590 to UF and join my fellow Gators up there for 00:51:17.590 --> 00:51:20.570 a bit too. But I'm hoping to work a whole bunch 00:51:20.570 --> 00:51:23.909 of college stations, talk to some fellow Gator 00:51:23.909 --> 00:51:27.099 and Rose Holman alumni. Have a really great weekend, 00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:29.820 because I think it's going to be a blast. And 00:51:29.820 --> 00:51:32.199 like I said, if people have suggestions, feel 00:51:32.199 --> 00:51:34.579 free to reach out. Either post in the Facebook 00:51:34.579 --> 00:51:37.420 group, or you can reach me directly at andy at 00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:40.840 gatorradio .org. Or you can read the QST article. 00:51:40.900 --> 00:51:42.659 My email's there, so you can get it there as 00:51:42.659 --> 00:51:45.320 well. And if you have questions, if you want 00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:47.500 to get involved, Tony and I are going to be putting 00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:49.920 together a FAQ. I was hoping to post it earlier 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:51.719 this week, but like I said, I've been on travel. 00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:54.179 So I'm going to try and get that posted up this 00:51:54.179 --> 00:51:57.219 weekend with just some of those common questions, 00:51:57.219 --> 00:52:00.960 and also updating the rules as we've had to clarify 00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:03.500 some things. So like your question tonight about 00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:06.500 non -student clubs, that's a new one, and I didn't 00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:09.519 think of that. So making sure that gets referenced 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:13.380 correctly, too, in the rules. So we're going 00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:15.980 to try and keep all that stuff as up to date 00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:20.099 and as, you know. current as possible. Um, you 00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:21.639 know, and as questions come in, you know, we've 00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:24.960 had some great ones come in. So, uh, you know, 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:27.119 want to make sure that happens. Um, and the logging 00:52:27.119 --> 00:52:31.579 format is published up there too. Um, so I think 00:52:31.579 --> 00:52:33.460 it's going to be a great event. I'm hoping to 00:52:33.460 --> 00:52:35.780 hear lots of people on the air and I'm praying 00:52:35.780 --> 00:52:39.099 for good band conditions. Oh yeah, we can always 00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:42.039 use those. So, all right. Well, that's got to 00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:45.300 do it for tonight. That is a wrap for this week's 00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:49.119 edition of ham talk live. Thanks to Andy Blusey, 00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:52.920 KK4LWR, and everyone out there in cyberspace 00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:57.099 for listening and typing in. And I invite you 00:52:57.099 --> 00:53:00.420 back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:53:00.860 --> 00:53:05.159 Lee Height, K8CLI, will be here from the Voice 00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:08.500 of America Museum of Broadcasting talking about 00:53:08.500 --> 00:53:12.679 the USCGC Courier exhibit that's just opened 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:16.980 there. It's a whole new meaning of the word relay. 00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:20.840 So be sure to tune in for that and for a list 00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:24.170 of all of our upcoming guests. You can see that 00:53:24.170 --> 00:53:28.369 at HamTalkLive .com. Just click on the show schedule 00:53:28.369 --> 00:53:31.690 link. 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