WEBVTT 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:14.339 Thanks for tuning in. Hamtalk Live will be on 00:00:14.339 --> 00:00:32.280 the air shortly. Please stand by. Thanks for 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.039 tuning in. Hamtalk Live will be on the air shortly. 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:46.619 Please stand by. This episode of HamTalk Live 00:00:46.619 --> 00:00:50.240 is brought to you by Tower Electronics. For connectors, 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:56.100 cables, and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit 00:00:56.100 --> 00:01:01.880 pl -259 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:07.200 logged it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.060 amateur for more information about ICOM radios. 00:01:41.930 --> 00:01:44.409 Good evening, everyone. It's time for HamTalk 00:01:44.409 --> 00:01:50.530 Live. It's episode number 127. 2018 Newsline 00:01:50.530 --> 00:01:53.390 Young Ham of the Year Award winner, Brian Terrasco, 00:01:53.530 --> 00:01:58.409 KG5HVO, recorded live on Thursday, August 9th, 00:01:58.409 --> 00:02:03.189 2018. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:02:03.189 --> 00:02:06.950 for tuning in. to another episode of HamTalk 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:09.449 Live. Tonight we're joined by Brian Traskill, 00:02:09.530 --> 00:02:15.150 KG5HVO, and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, and we'll take 00:02:15.150 --> 00:02:18.669 your calls live in a few minutes. Last week we 00:02:18.669 --> 00:02:21.610 were talking about the Huntsville HamFest, which 00:02:21.610 --> 00:02:24.349 we'll be talking about some again tonight with 00:02:24.349 --> 00:02:28.139 the... Young Ham Awards taking place, but Mark 00:02:28.139 --> 00:02:31.280 Brown in 4BCD, the new chairman, was here to 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.939 preview that. So if you missed that, you can 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:38.060 listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com or on the 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:41.400 podcast edition on your favorite podcast app 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.620 or on YouTube. And we do have an announcement 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:50.650 here to make. I got a an email from the staff 00:02:50.650 --> 00:02:54.909 at the Great Lakes Ham Con and they sadly had 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:58.689 to cancel this year's event at the Michigan Speedway 00:02:58.689 --> 00:03:01.090 in October and they wanted to get the word out 00:03:01.090 --> 00:03:05.210 on that so sadly the Great Lakes Ham Con will 00:03:05.210 --> 00:03:10.930 not have its second go around. Their website 00:03:10.930 --> 00:03:13.830 has refund information. If you already purchased 00:03:13.830 --> 00:03:17.889 tickets for that go to the Great Lakes HamCon 00:03:17.889 --> 00:03:22.270 website for more information about that. So we're 00:03:22.270 --> 00:03:25.569 going to talk Young Ham of the Year tonight and 00:03:25.569 --> 00:03:31.000 so maybe you have a question for Bryant, the 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.500 winner, or Don coordinating everything from Amateur 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:38.080 Radio Newsline. So if you do, you can give us 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.780 a call when we get to that part of the program. 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:43.840 I'll go ahead and give you the number. It's 812 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:49.759 -NATAM -1, 812 -638 -4261. Or you can call in 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:54.599 on Skype if you want to. Talk on Skype or HamTalk 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:58.539 Live on there. And you can also tweet us. The 00:03:58.539 --> 00:04:02.580 Twitter handle is at HamTalk Live. So we'd love 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:06.159 to hear from you and maybe even just a congratulations 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.439 call would be nice tonight. So we'll do that 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.599 after we talk to Don and Bryant. And we also 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.189 have our final summer giveaway tonight. We'll 00:04:19.189 --> 00:04:22.350 take the call of the day and you'll win a Hile 00:04:22.350 --> 00:04:25.889 Sound canvas bag courtesy of Hile Sound. All 00:04:25.889 --> 00:04:28.069 you have to do is call in. We'll pick a random 00:04:28.069 --> 00:04:31.069 caller at the end of the show and give that away. 00:04:31.110 --> 00:04:33.990 So I'll be back with Don and Bryant right after 00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:37.850 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:04:37.850 --> 00:04:51.519 HamTalk Live. you There's just one place to go 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.579 for all of your connector needs. Tower electronics. 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.779 Tower electronics. Tower electronics. A giant 00:04:57.779 --> 00:05:00.639 warehouse of connectors and adapters for every 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.220 occasion. Thousands to choose from in every shape, 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.279 size, and color. And they have antennas, soldering 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:09.660 supplies, cables, meters, and more. Where do 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:11.819 you go if you want to buy a connector at a fraction 00:05:11.819 --> 00:05:15.420 of retail cost? Tower electronics. Tower electronics. 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:18.519 Tower electronics. And this weekend only, take 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:29.800 advantage of our They make great Christmas presents. 00:05:33.060 --> 00:05:35.639 And what better way to say I love you than with 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:39.689 the gift of a PL 259. Tower Electronics. Tower 00:05:39.689 --> 00:05:43.470 Electronics. Tower Electronics. Hi, I'm Scott 00:05:43.470 --> 00:05:47.129 Cole, KB9 AMM, president of Tower Electronics. 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:49.730 I like the company so much that I bought it. 00:05:49.790 --> 00:05:52.149 Tower Electronics, coming to a hand fest near 00:05:52.149 --> 00:05:57.269 you or online at pl -259 .com. And we're in the 00:05:57.269 --> 00:06:00.019 Yellow Pages under... Amateur radio connectors. 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.100 My, wherever did you get that lovely PL259? Tower 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:11.420 Electronics, pl -259 .com or call 920 -435 -2973. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:16.240 Do we sell PL259 connectors? HamTalk Live. The 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:28.360 longer you listen, the later it gets. to Scott 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:30.620 and Jill at Tower Electronics for sponsoring 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:34.079 the show again tonight. They'll bring you HamTalk 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.160 Live each and every week. Saturday, they'll be 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.220 in Huntington, West Virginia. And then next weekend, 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.500 they'll be at the Huntsville HamFest. That's 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:45.339 August 18th and 19th. And then they'll be going 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:48.160 to Shelby, North Carolina, but you can always 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:56.370 visit them by going to pl -259 .com. Our guest 00:06:56.370 --> 00:07:00.610 this evening, Bryant Rascal KG5HVO, is a 14 year 00:07:00.610 --> 00:07:03.529 old ham that will be the 2018 recipient of the 00:07:03.529 --> 00:07:07.689 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio 00:07:07.689 --> 00:07:10.529 Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award next weekend 00:07:10.529 --> 00:07:13.689 at Huntsville. Brian is a member of the Montgomery 00:07:13.689 --> 00:07:16.930 Alabama amateur radio club and has numerous accomplishments 00:07:16.930 --> 00:07:19.170 that we'll be talking about here in just a little 00:07:19.170 --> 00:07:22.810 bit. And the pride of Picayune, Mississippi, 00:07:23.089 --> 00:07:26.550 Don Wilbanks. Hey, E5DW joins us once again tonight. 00:07:26.970 --> 00:07:29.329 You know him from amateur radio news line and 00:07:29.329 --> 00:07:31.930 from ham nation. His day job is working at I 00:07:31.930 --> 00:07:35.089 heart media in new Orleans, producing commercials 00:07:35.089 --> 00:07:38.790 and formerly an on air personality. He's a native 00:07:38.790 --> 00:07:42.250 of Shawnee, Oklahoma and first licensed in 1995. 00:07:43.009 --> 00:07:45.509 He's now an extra class license holder and an 00:07:45.509 --> 00:07:49.829 active volunteer examiners. And he's the most 00:07:49.829 --> 00:07:53.790 censored personality on the twit network, even 00:07:53.790 --> 00:08:01.199 though usually it's not deserved good evening 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.319 Don good evening Bryant some people beg to differ 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:13.480 oh my goodness well we're here to talk about 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.019 the young ham of the year award so Don once you 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:19.560 start us off just remind everyone a little of 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:23.779 the history of the award and what it's all about 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:29.459 Okay, well it was the brainchild of Bill Pasternak, 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:34.440 WA6ITF, the late founder of Amateur Radio Newsline. 00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:40.419 Newsline started in 76 and in 1986, or 85 actually 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:44.740 I believe it was, Bill had the idea to do something 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:48.720 to try to honor and promote youth in amateur 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:55.100 radio. He was hugely into into kids and education 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:59.759 and anything to further the cause of amateur 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.759 radio. So the very first Young Hem of the Year 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.019 award was presented to Sean Allen Wakefield WK5P 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:11.259 of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, my home state. That 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:16.460 was in 1986. And we've done it every year since 00:09:16.460 --> 00:09:24.639 1986, except for 2014. when we we had just a 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:29.360 very few very few nominees for young ham of the 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.759 year award and there really wasn't anything that 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:36.480 set any of them apart so rather than You know 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.120 tape these names up to a wall Close your eyes 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.879 turn around ten times and throw a dart and say 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:44.600 okay. There's your winner We decided not to do 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.320 that because nobody really stood out so there 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.139 was no uh... award presented in twenty fourteen 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:53.659 but beginning in nineteen eighty six until uh... 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:56.799 this year uh... again with the exception of twenty 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.139 fourteen we have honored a young ham uh... with 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:02.340 the young ham of the year award bill passed away 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:04.620 three years ago we named it in his honor the 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:08.059 bill pasternak w a six i t f memorial young ham 00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:11.120 of the year award and since nineteen ninety three 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.840 it is had a home at the huntsville ham fest so 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.580 this will be the twenty fifth year Newsline and 00:10:17.580 --> 00:10:19.259 the young ham of the year at the Huntsville ham 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:23.539 fest and it's just been a great partnership And 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:26.059 and what are we doing for the 25th anniversary? 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:31.120 Do you get a free soft drink with that or there's 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.779 a paddle line so Bryant get ready. Oh Wow, okay. 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:41.120 All right You know, it's we haven't really haven't 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.279 really planned anything Anything out of the ordinary 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.960 we're just gonna it's gonna be business as usual 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.879 where we're gonna get up on stage at two o 'clock 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:51.340 in the afternoon and we're gonna tell people 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:53.720 a little bit about Bryant and we're gonna honor 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:56.279 him and present him with some lovely parting 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:59.659 gifts and And send him on his merry little way 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.259 to enjoy his year as the young hem of the year 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:05.000 So that's what we're gonna do as as as always 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:11.179 with the exception of 2014 Yeah well Let's talk 00:11:11.179 --> 00:11:14.840 about Bryant a little bit. Tell us all the good 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:18.440 stuff here. Now he's been on, he's, for some 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.440 reason, both of you keep coming back to the show. 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:26.480 And Bryant's been on here maybe as many times 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.679 as you have, Don, because he's doing this and 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:33.980 doing that. And so... Tell everybody about Brian. 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:37.539 He's deserving to be on here. I'm on here just 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:39.480 because you're bored and can't find anybody else. 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:44.500 I've got a page and a half of bullet points of 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:47.879 things that Brian has done. I'm not going to 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:49.440 go through all of them. I'll go through all of 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:50.919 them at the HamFest. I'm not going to go through 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.899 all of them here. Just some of the high points. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:59.220 He's 14. His mother is now a ham as well. KG5TQO. 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:01.590 She got licensed. After the Dayton Hamvention 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:03.389 a couple of years ago. He was first licensed 00:12:03.389 --> 00:12:06.830 as a tech in May of 2015 got his general in August 00:12:06.830 --> 00:12:13.009 of 2015 and his extra in November of 2015 I've 00:12:13.009 --> 00:12:15.649 got 27 to be you got your extra in 2015. Didn't 00:12:15.649 --> 00:12:19.350 you Bryant? It was actually in 2017. I finally 00:12:19.350 --> 00:12:21.870 2017. Okay. All right. I thought I had a typo. 00:12:21.870 --> 00:12:24.929 All right Let's see you learned about ham radio 00:12:24.929 --> 00:12:27.509 after joining the Boy Scouts in New Orleans and 00:12:27.509 --> 00:12:29.870 they go in for the radio merit badge When he 00:12:29.870 --> 00:12:32.509 was 11, a counselor's chat with a station in 00:12:32.509 --> 00:12:36.350 the Netherlands during the AWRL DX contest snagged 00:12:36.350 --> 00:12:40.970 him. When he was living in New Orleans, he joined 00:12:40.970 --> 00:12:43.990 the Jefferson amateur radio club where he did 00:12:43.990 --> 00:12:47.470 a contesting field day, CW, special events, public 00:12:47.470 --> 00:12:49.350 service, ham fest and conventions, basically 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:53.929 just, just in it to win it. And he did in 2017 00:12:53.929 --> 00:12:56.090 where he won the Dave Coulter Youth DX essay 00:12:56.090 --> 00:12:59.669 contest. And, uh, got to travel with the team, 00:12:59.750 --> 00:13:03.129 the adventure team in August of 17 to Costa Rica, 00:13:03.129 --> 00:13:07.769 uh, just did a WRTC and, uh, Wittenberg, uh, 00:13:07.769 --> 00:13:11.190 or I guess it's Vittenberg Germany. Yes. Ed will, 00:13:11.190 --> 00:13:13.750 will, will correct you if you don't say it right. 00:13:14.350 --> 00:13:16.429 We don't want to get on, uh, the bad side of 00:13:16.429 --> 00:13:20.029 Mr. Durant DD five LP. So Vittenberg Germany, 00:13:20.350 --> 00:13:23.090 uh, let's see, AWRL national contest journal, 00:13:23.110 --> 00:13:25.289 uh, identifies him as one of the next generation 00:13:25.289 --> 00:13:29.159 of contesters. Pretty famous contact Bryant made 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.620 with Tim Duffy during a contest, I think, where 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:35.000 he was using a push to talk handheld microphone 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:38.659 as a CW key. That's kind of cool. It's really 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:42.899 fun to hear Tim tell that story. He copied CW 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:46.039 at 40 to 50 words a minute. I can barely spell 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.080 CW myself. But it just goes on and on and on 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.059 and on and on and on. American Youth Baseball 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:55.080 Hall of Fame. He's played baseball for eight 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:59.419 years. And I mean, it just goes on and on and 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:02.340 on. He's, he's just, he's an amazing young, young, 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:07.080 uh, radio amateur. Well, he certainly is. And, 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:12.659 um, Bryant out of all this stuff that, that Dawn's 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:16.179 got in front of him there and talked about, is 00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:18.679 there any one thing that kind of stands out as 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.840 a favorite? Well, first of all, uh, Dawn and 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.259 Neil, uh, thank you for the kind words. I really 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:29.049 appreciate it. This award is really about all 00:14:29.049 --> 00:14:32.830 of those who have helped me, assisted me, and 00:14:32.830 --> 00:14:35.629 mentored me throughout this ham radio journey. 00:14:36.509 --> 00:14:40.809 I want to emphasize on this. They have gone out 00:14:40.809 --> 00:14:43.710 of their way to provide endless opportunities 00:14:43.710 --> 00:14:48.190 for me and many other youth operators. I have 00:14:48.190 --> 00:14:52.879 dozens of mentors that I can contact very easily 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:55.399 if I have a problem with anything, whether it 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:59.360 be a computer problem or a radio problem or advice 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:03.519 on different contesting strategies. So it's really 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.080 just a reflection on them and the great work 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:12.779 that they've done with me. I have lots of memorable 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:17.600 experiences that I could share with you, but 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:25.200 my most memorable are probably my first HF QSO. 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:33.159 My first HF QSO was with Puerto Rico. It was 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.480 with Puerto Rico on 20 meters, and that was at 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:39.679 the Jefferson Amateur Radio Clubhouse on a Thursday 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.019 night, and I was just a tech then. I had really 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:46.639 no experience with HF, so that was really, really 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:52.509 cool. As Don mentioned, I got to operate DX from 00:15:52.509 --> 00:15:55.830 Costa Rica with the Dave Kalter Memorial Youth 00:15:55.830 --> 00:16:01.549 DX Adventure crew, with my friends Chris KD8YVJ 00:16:01.549 --> 00:16:07.029 and Austin WA8CCS. That was just a blast operating 00:16:07.029 --> 00:16:14.110 from TI5 land. In my first trip to Dayton, I 00:16:14.110 --> 00:16:17.830 had the opportunity to attend a dinner with Tim 00:16:17.830 --> 00:16:22.610 Duffy K3LR and during the dinner, uh, Tim called 00:16:22.610 --> 00:16:25.389 me up onto the stage and introduced me as his 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:28.129 friend. And that really meant a lot to me. And, 00:16:28.289 --> 00:16:30.190 uh, it was a very special moment that I will 00:16:30.190 --> 00:16:36.750 never forget. All right. Well, lots of cool things, 00:16:36.750 --> 00:16:39.929 uh, that you've been able to experience in just 00:16:39.929 --> 00:16:44.519 a short time. We're so glad that you've done 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:47.919 all those things and we're thankful to everyone 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.059 who's helped him along the way and I've got some 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:56.070 comments here from from some people in your past 00:16:56.070 --> 00:17:00.629 to talk about here in a little bit that are cheering 00:17:00.629 --> 00:17:05.269 you on for this. And so we're so proud to have 00:17:05.269 --> 00:17:09.890 you as the young ham of the year this year. You 00:17:09.890 --> 00:17:15.490 just got back though from Wittenberg and WRTC. 00:17:15.589 --> 00:17:20.190 So now that you've been through one, what are 00:17:20.190 --> 00:17:24.829 your thoughts? Did it live up to what you expected? 00:17:24.869 --> 00:17:28.730 Was it more? What what are your thoughts now 00:17:28.730 --> 00:17:33.869 that you're back from WRTC? So let me be honest 00:17:33.869 --> 00:17:40.269 it was humbling very humbling and it was so thrilling 00:17:40.269 --> 00:17:45.109 I've never had so much fun being soundly defeated 00:17:45.109 --> 00:17:52.650 in my entire life There you go I've learned so 00:17:52.650 --> 00:17:55.609 much from the preparation and the competition 00:17:55.609 --> 00:17:58.029 itself than I've ever learned in my three years 00:17:58.029 --> 00:18:03.089 of being a licensed ham. The German hospitality 00:18:03.089 --> 00:18:07.009 and organization was very, very good, Neil. There 00:18:07.009 --> 00:18:10.210 were no problems whatsoever. What really surprised 00:18:10.210 --> 00:18:13.369 me was the temperature, though. I being from 00:18:13.369 --> 00:18:16.690 the deep south in Alabama and I just moved from 00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:19.029 New Orleans, I have become very accustomed to 00:18:19.029 --> 00:18:22.490 high humidity levels. So when I was operating 00:18:22.490 --> 00:18:25.849 in the contest, it was about 80, maybe upper 00:18:25.849 --> 00:18:28.710 80s during the day inside the tent where we were 00:18:28.710 --> 00:18:32.690 operating. But during the night the it was so 00:18:32.690 --> 00:18:34.990 cold and I had I didn't have the appropriate 00:18:34.990 --> 00:18:39.990 of clothing To properly guard against hypothermia. 00:18:39.990 --> 00:18:45.049 I'm just joking. It wasn't that bad But yeah, 00:18:45.089 --> 00:18:46.910 the temperature caught me off guard there, but 00:18:46.910 --> 00:18:51.170 it was so it was just a great experience that 00:18:51.170 --> 00:18:55.730 once again I'll never forget Well, I still remember 00:18:55.730 --> 00:18:59.930 the the quote that you gave me in one of your 00:18:59.930 --> 00:19:02.789 interviews for the National Contest Journal article, 00:19:02.789 --> 00:19:06.009 I think it was, it said that if you look up the 00:19:06.009 --> 00:19:09.490 word underdog in the dictionary, your picture 00:19:09.490 --> 00:19:17.190 was there. And yeah, it's quite the competition, 00:19:18.569 --> 00:19:22.049 but the youth teams made a big splash this time. 00:19:22.690 --> 00:19:26.410 So, you know, I think you're to be congratulated. 00:19:27.970 --> 00:19:33.230 for doing that. I think that's wonderful. You 00:19:33.230 --> 00:19:36.150 know, Neil, I want to make a quick observation 00:19:36.150 --> 00:19:38.190 here real quick. I've been involved with Young 00:19:38.190 --> 00:19:42.009 Ham of the Year since 1995, since I first got 00:19:42.009 --> 00:19:46.150 licensed. And one thing about all of these kids 00:19:46.150 --> 00:19:49.269 that I think is different from a lot of the youth 00:19:49.269 --> 00:19:54.950 of the world who just youth in general, the first 00:19:54.950 --> 00:19:58.259 thing you hear out of Bryant's mouth is it's 00:19:58.259 --> 00:20:02.200 not I mean my it's I'd like to thank all of those 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.500 who helped me get where I am here he puts all 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:08.920 of the praise on on on on his mentors and the 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.599 people who have helped him and I think. His humility 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:18.240 is so refreshing in a day and age where you know 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:22.539 this generation is all me me me I mean my I mean 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:25.240 my and I've now I've known Bryant. For three 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:27.660 years ever since right after he got his technician. 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:32.839 I think it was, and just the most humble, appreciative 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.759 person. Uh, I think that I know, and, and Bryant, 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.940 I hope you never lose that. And I'm, I'm sure 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:43.619 you won't, uh, because it's refreshing and it's, 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:46.859 it's one of the things that make you the special 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:50.200 person that you are. Well, thank you, Don. You're 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:53.940 really sweet. No one's ever said that. No one. 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:57.220 See that that's the first chink in your armor. 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:01.039 You, you clearly have, I'm kidding, but no, it's, 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:03.400 but it's true. It's, it's, it's just the humility 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.039 is so refreshing in this day and age. And, and 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.859 I know that that's, that's just you and it comes 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:09.740 from your heart. And, uh, I really appreciate 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:12.759 that about you. So just want to let you know. 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:16.259 You know, this, this is a, this is a young person 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:22.359 who in order to, to finances his trip to WRTC 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:27.269 made. Holiday cards with a ham radio theme and 00:21:27.269 --> 00:21:31.849 sold them and they were great and they were Very 00:21:31.849 --> 00:21:36.250 cool. They were and I still have Like I think 00:21:36.250 --> 00:21:39.509 four or five left for next year. So we'll have 00:21:39.509 --> 00:21:43.970 to We may have to talk Bryant after the show 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.859 Well, there's one other thing we want to talk 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:53.000 about here before we go to break, Brian, and 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:58.019 that is that you have your own forum at Huntsville 00:21:58.019 --> 00:22:03.180 this year? Yes, Neil. I'll be in Huntsville sharing 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:09.119 WRTC 2018 through the eyes of a youth contestor. 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:12.039 The forum will be at 10 o 'clock. I forget which 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:14.940 room it is, but it's in the room where all the 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:19.910 contest presentations are. Hope everybody that 00:22:19.910 --> 00:22:22.970 is able to attend enjoys the presentation. I 00:22:22.970 --> 00:22:25.069 think that's the first forum of the day for Saturday 00:22:25.069 --> 00:22:26.950 I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm planning on being there. 00:22:26.950 --> 00:22:30.049 I'm gonna be there if Unless something happens, 00:22:30.049 --> 00:22:31.529 I'm gonna be in your forum because I want to 00:22:31.529 --> 00:22:34.630 hear this. Yeah, it is the first one of the day 00:22:34.630 --> 00:22:38.170 But there's four going on at the same time so 00:22:38.170 --> 00:22:40.869 you'll have to have to get the right room But 00:22:40.869 --> 00:22:44.450 yep, it is the first one of the day. So I think 00:22:44.450 --> 00:22:49.140 it's Bob Ohio So no pressure, no pressure there. 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:53.579 No pressure on Bob, right? No pressure on Bob. 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:56.680 You know, maybe, maybe, maybe he'll get a couple 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:58.819 of people show up, you know, little, little pressure 00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:03.279 on Bob, maybe. Yeah. So well, if you're interested 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:06.500 in that, make sure you get there early at Huntsville. 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:10.599 And I believe that is 10 o 'clock for that forum. 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.599 So make sure you get there and check that out. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.680 Well, I'm going to come back here with Bryant 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:22.099 and Don and we'll take your calls and see what 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:25.640 you all have to say here. about the Newsline 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.460 Young Ham of the Year Award right after this 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:32.140 word from ICOM America right here on HamTalk 00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:37.329 Live. Heard it? Worked it? Logged it. It's time 00:23:37.329 --> 00:23:39.890 to get the transceiver that is best suited for 00:23:39.890 --> 00:23:43.130 your lifestyle. ICOM offers a variety of high 00:23:43.130 --> 00:23:45.589 performance and innovative products. See how 00:23:45.589 --> 00:23:48.269 you can make the most out of contest season with 00:23:48.269 --> 00:23:52.569 one of these transceivers. First, the IC -7851. 00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:54.990 It's the competitive edge you've been looking 00:23:54.990 --> 00:23:57.390 for. Raise the bar and hear what others cannot 00:23:57.390 --> 00:24:00.809 with this flagship HF and 50 megahertz transceiver 00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:04.079 that has reciprocal mixing dynamic range. crystal 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:07.400 clear LO design, spectrum scope, dual receivers, 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:10.500 and digital voice recorder. The one I've been 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:14.460 drooling over lately, the IC7610. It's the SDR 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:17.779 every ham wants, and just in time for contest 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:20.910 season. This high -performance SDR has the ability 00:24:20.910 --> 00:24:23.750 to pick out the faintest of signals, even in 00:24:23.750 --> 00:24:26.410 the presence of stronger adjacent ones. The new 00:24:26.410 --> 00:24:30.470 ICOM IC7610 is a direct sampling software -defined 00:24:30.470 --> 00:24:32.970 radio that will change the world's definition 00:24:32.970 --> 00:24:36.670 of an SDR transceiver. It has RF direct sampling 00:24:36.670 --> 00:24:40.890 system, 110 dB RMDR, independent dual receiver, 00:24:41.369 --> 00:24:43.960 and dual -digit select. The reason I've been 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:47.380 drooling over the IC7610 is the performance I've 00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:51.339 seen at work with our IC7300. It's changing the 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:54.700 way entry -level HF is designed. This high -performance, 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:57.720 innovative HF transceiver with a compact design 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:01.700 will far exceed your expectations. RF direct 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:05.619 sampling, 15 discrete bandpass filters, a large 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:08.099 touchscreen, a real -time spectrum scope, and 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:12.849 an SD card slot. It's all in the IC7300. Visit 00:25:12.849 --> 00:25:17.130 www .icomamerica .com slash amateur for more 00:25:17.130 --> 00:25:22.470 information on ICOM radios. Oh yeah, you're talking 00:25:22.470 --> 00:25:26.890 ham radio, baby. You're listening to Ham Talk 00:25:26.890 --> 00:25:32.559 Live with Neil Rapp. Join the conversation. Call 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:35.920 us on voice with Skype at HamTalk Live or give 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:41.140 us a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:57.710 -4261. Now, here's more HamTalk Live! Be sure 00:25:57.710 --> 00:26:03.950 to check out icomradios and icomamerica .com. 00:26:04.309 --> 00:26:07.509 HamTalk Live is on the air every Thursday at 00:26:07.509 --> 00:26:10.210 9 p .m. Eastern Time right here at hamtalklive 00:26:10.210 --> 00:26:13.650 .com. And check us out on Facebook, Twitter, 00:26:13.950 --> 00:26:17.329 and Instagram. And it's time for your calls now. 00:26:17.329 --> 00:26:20.170 And if you have a question for Bryant or Don 00:26:20.170 --> 00:26:24.309 or both. Give us a call right now at 812 -NET 00:26:24.309 --> 00:26:31.190 -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. Or you can Skype 00:26:31.190 --> 00:26:34.150 us at HamTalk Live or Tweet us at HamTalk Live. 00:26:34.710 --> 00:26:36.789 And if you call in tonight, you're automatically 00:26:36.789 --> 00:26:40.740 registered to win a Heil Sound. canvas bag. All 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:44.180 you have to do is call in to win. I do have a 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:47.119 couple of things here. Mark Brown, in for BCD, 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.059 the chairman of the Huntsville Hamfest, just 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:54.799 sent me a text and says yes. Bryant's talk does 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:58.839 conflict with with Bob Hiles, but Bryant is in 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:03.720 the Redstone room at 10 a .m. That's in the embassy 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:07.859 suite. So that's where you'll find Bryant's forum 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:11.740 at 10 a .m. and embassy suites on that side of 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:18.259 the sky bridge in the Redstone room. So that 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:25.680 is there and KG5GJT Brian Karcher said, be sure 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:29.160 you tell Bryant that Mrs. Liz and I will be there 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:31.500 to see him and they wanted all the times and 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:34.680 everything. So we'll run that down here in just 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:39.039 a little bit. So Bryant wanted to pass that along 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:44.839 to you and Don, let's talk about the presentation 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.599 time and where you need to be and what's going 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.160 to happen and if you can't make it, how you can 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:54.500 watch that. Yeah, you can watch it online if 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:57.759 you can't be there in person Tom Medlin streams 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.039 the the entire Huntsville Hamfest from the time 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:03.539 he leaves his driveway In Memphis, I believe 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:05.799 is where he lives to the depth almost to where 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:09.000 he pulls back in after the weekend so he will 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.839 stream the whole thing and he always streams 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:16.319 the Streams the award presentation live and you'll 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.420 be actually able to hear it because I'll be I'll 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:21.559 have his microphone So you'll have stage sound 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:25.799 but we convene at 2 o 'clock Right up on the 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.859 main stage where they make all of the announcements 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:30.980 and where you go up and pick up your prizes right 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:35.160 there Right when you walk in yeah the main stage 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.859 right there with their bunch of chairs always 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:39.000 set up there right and typically it's right in 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:41.420 front of where the icon booth and Yezu booth 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.339 and and everything is there gigaparts is all 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:45.660 right there too in that area, so that's that's 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:47.339 where we do it at two o 'clock and typically 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:50.000 takes about fifteen minutes and we're done so 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:52.180 we don't take up a whole lot of time but uh... 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:54.819 it's it's great because it's a everybody at the 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:57.539 ham fest can hear it and uh... typically have 00:28:57.539 --> 00:29:00.099 a really good crowd to come in and watch that 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:02.039 and they're very appreciative and of course we're 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.940 very appreciative of uh... huntsville ham fest 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:07.359 for having us and of course w five k u b dot 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:09.720 com for streaming it and that is of course how 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.319 you can watch it live if you can't be there in 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:16.230 huntsville alabama Okay. So several people have 00:29:16.230 --> 00:29:18.490 been asking, uh, you know, when is it, where, 00:29:18.630 --> 00:29:20.170 where do you need to be? And they're like, Oh, 00:29:20.250 --> 00:29:23.269 you can't miss it. You'll hear it on the PA system. 00:29:23.349 --> 00:29:25.930 And right there, uh, when you walk in, there's 00:29:25.930 --> 00:29:30.109 a huge stage there, uh, with, uh, all the chairs 00:29:30.109 --> 00:29:32.730 again, like Don said, and, uh, we'll be there 00:29:32.730 --> 00:29:36.380 at two o 'clock. Make sure you check that out 00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:40.940 if you're at Huntsville next weekend and visit 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:44.779 and congratulate Bryant in person but you can 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:47.920 congratulate him on the phone at 812 -NET -HAM 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:55.440 -1 812 -638 -4261 or you can tweet us too. And 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:59.380 one thing I wanted to talk about too while we're 00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:02.299 talking about some Huntsville HamFest stuff is 00:30:03.090 --> 00:30:06.789 Bryant, one of your club members is actually 00:30:06.789 --> 00:30:11.589 the Alabama Young Ham of the Year, so tell us 00:30:11.589 --> 00:30:16.509 a little bit about Warren. Yes, this year's Alabama 00:30:16.509 --> 00:30:21.630 Outstanding Youth Ham Award goes to Warren W4RN 00:30:21.630 --> 00:30:24.730 of Prattville, Alabama. He has done some outstanding 00:30:24.730 --> 00:30:27.269 things in this hobby in the short time he's been 00:30:27.269 --> 00:30:29.470 licensed, so I look forward to seeing him in 00:30:29.470 --> 00:30:32.769 Huntsville and congratulating him. Yeah, congratulations 00:30:32.769 --> 00:30:38.069 to him now so w4r are in Warren Whitby and I 00:30:38.069 --> 00:30:41.769 talked to Mark earlier and Mark said That they 00:30:41.769 --> 00:30:45.349 told him that the ceremony would be at one o 00:30:45.349 --> 00:30:49.670 'clock plus or minus an hour It was whatever 00:30:49.670 --> 00:30:52.150 they could get everybody back for lunch So they 00:30:52.150 --> 00:30:53.990 were kind of shooting for one, but they might 00:30:53.990 --> 00:30:56.430 do it before they might do it after so so somewhere 00:30:56.430 --> 00:31:00.539 around one o 'clock be Be around the main stage 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:05.000 there and you'll figure it out. But, uh, I would 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.779 just like exact plans there. Yeah, go ahead. 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:10.779 I would just like to add if any of those folks 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.740 are listening, if they want to come up on stage 00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:17.039 with us and, uh, we can present, uh, the, uh, 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:19.000 the news line young ham of the year to Bryant 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.210 and they can present the Alabama. outstanding 00:31:22.210 --> 00:31:25.410 youth to their winner up there on stage with 00:31:25.410 --> 00:31:27.829 us. We would be more than happy to share the 00:31:27.829 --> 00:31:30.509 stage with them and that way they'll get streamed 00:31:30.509 --> 00:31:34.490 on W5KUB and right after the presentation we 00:31:34.490 --> 00:31:37.390 always take our winner over to talk to Ted Randall 00:31:37.390 --> 00:31:41.900 on WTWW Shortwave. The big a hundred, 150 ,000 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:44.519 watt blowtorch. And, uh, you know, we can, we 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.660 can bring, uh, their winter over there with us 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:49.380 as well. So if they would like to dovetail with 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:51.940 us and do it all up there with us and get a, 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:54.640 perhaps a little bit larger audience, uh, we 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:57.819 would be more than, than honored to have them 00:31:57.819 --> 00:32:00.039 join us up on the stage. So, uh, just wanted 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:02.700 to put that out there officially. Okay. Well, 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.000 I know, I know Mark's listening, so maybe he'll 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:10.819 pass that along. Um, so. Yeah, the Alabama Young 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:15.559 Ham of the year is in the same club as Bryant. 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:21.359 And then Marissa W4AQT is going to do a satellite 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.599 talk at the youth forum at Dayton next year. 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:29.119 And she's in the same club. So what's going on 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.880 down there? Yeah, what's going on down there, 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:34.519 Bryant? Something in the water. We do have some 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:38.069 outstanding youth hands in our club. I think 00:32:38.069 --> 00:32:41.630 it's really cool that Marissa and Warren have 00:32:41.630 --> 00:32:45.910 done some very, very interesting things in the 00:32:45.910 --> 00:32:47.549 time they've been licensed. Both have only been 00:32:47.549 --> 00:32:50.250 licensed for I think less than two years. You 00:32:50.250 --> 00:32:52.250 know, Marissa's always tearing up those satellites 00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:55.890 and Warren is just killing it on FT8. It's really 00:32:55.890 --> 00:33:01.470 cool to see. All right late one two six three 00:33:01.470 --> 00:33:04.210 eight four two six one is the phone number if 00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:08.230 you'd like to Call in and ask a question or congratulate 00:33:08.230 --> 00:33:12.529 Bryant here as we're wrapping things up a little 00:33:12.529 --> 00:33:14.630 bit but we hope to see you at the Huntsville 00:33:14.630 --> 00:33:17.910 hamfest next weekend if you can and again tune 00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:22.609 in w5kub .com for the for the stream on that 00:33:22.609 --> 00:33:26.579 so Don let's let's talk about Huntsville a little 00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:31.240 bit and the venue and everything and I know you 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:35.259 gave a call last week when Mark was on and talked 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.500 a little bit about this but talk a little bit 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:42.059 about your experiences at Huntsville. I think 00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:46.680 Huntsville is a great ham fest. Huntsville was 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:49.240 probably the first big ham fest I ever went to 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:52.369 in 95 after I got licensed. In fact the The young 00:33:52.369 --> 00:33:55.150 ham of the year from nineteen ninety three was 00:33:55.150 --> 00:33:57.849 uh... was from new orleans and he had me up on 00:33:57.849 --> 00:33:59.490 the repeater one afternoon and said hey have 00:33:59.490 --> 00:34:01.950 you ever given any thought to go to the huntsville 00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:04.009 alabama ham fest so like uh... no i didn't know 00:34:04.009 --> 00:34:06.089 they had one i mean i was a brand new ham you 00:34:06.089 --> 00:34:09.429 know what do i know i'm an idiot in the best 00:34:09.429 --> 00:34:11.969 of times and i was a brand new idiot back then 00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:15.469 so uh... shiny new idiot uh... and he said well 00:34:15.469 --> 00:34:17.880 you know i'm looking for someone to You know 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.340 so I can hitch a ride you know they do the young 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:22.980 ham of the year for news line there and and I'm 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:25.099 like you know what yeah yeah let's go he said 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:27.280 great you know I'll split gas and hotel I said 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:30.719 cool let's go so 1995 was when I first went to 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.539 the Huntsville ham fest and I have gone every 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:35.059 year with the exception of the aforementioned 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:39.139 2014 when we did not present an award so it is 00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:41.260 the highlight of my year I mean I've been going 00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:45.230 to Dayton since 99 almost every year Except for 00:34:45.230 --> 00:34:47.789 the last few we've kind of gotten on a and every 00:34:47.789 --> 00:34:51.909 other year irregular schedule, but I did Dayton 00:34:51.909 --> 00:34:56.289 every year for a long time and I Seriously as 00:34:56.289 --> 00:35:01.429 much as I love Dayton I Really really I think 00:35:01.429 --> 00:35:03.690 I love Huntsville more the great thing about 00:35:03.690 --> 00:35:05.590 Huntsville is the venue. It's the von Braun Center, 00:35:05.610 --> 00:35:09.949 which is right downtown The flea market is huge 00:35:09.949 --> 00:35:11.989 for one thing. I mean, it's not Dayton huge It's 00:35:11.989 --> 00:35:14.610 not 10 acres huge, but it's a large flea market 00:35:14.610 --> 00:35:19.469 and the vendors and Manufacturers are all under 00:35:19.469 --> 00:35:22.050 the same roof with the flea market. It's all 00:35:22.050 --> 00:35:25.750 indoors in the same large hall Which means it's 00:35:25.750 --> 00:35:27.550 all air -conditioned and if you've ever been 00:35:27.550 --> 00:35:30.269 in North, Alabama for the third weekend in August 00:35:30.730 --> 00:35:34.070 You will appreciate that fact above all else. 00:35:34.530 --> 00:35:36.769 The fact that it is air -conditioned and another 00:35:36.769 --> 00:35:39.550 great thing is the host hotel is the embassy 00:35:39.550 --> 00:35:43.130 suites and it is connected to the Von Braun Center 00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:46.929 via a sky bridge, which is also air -conditioned. 00:35:47.170 --> 00:35:50.230 So if you can drive in, you can park your car, 00:35:50.349 --> 00:35:53.929 go inside to your hotel room. They have great 00:35:53.929 --> 00:35:56.829 restaurants in the embassy. You can get up walk 00:35:56.829 --> 00:35:58.829 across that sky bridge Oh, there's a Starbucks 00:35:58.829 --> 00:36:00.690 in there too, which is vitally important. It's 00:36:00.690 --> 00:36:04.329 right there by the elevators Grab your Starbucks 00:36:04.329 --> 00:36:06.670 to go right across the sky bridge and into the 00:36:06.670 --> 00:36:08.670 ham fest spend the whole day in the ham fest 00:36:08.670 --> 00:36:11.429 Go back and forth between that if you buy something 00:36:11.429 --> 00:36:13.610 big you can go back to the hotel Drop it off 00:36:13.610 --> 00:36:16.170 in your room. And again, you never have to go 00:36:16.170 --> 00:36:18.670 outside until you get in your car to go back 00:36:18.670 --> 00:36:21.289 home. If that is what you want to do. So it's, 00:36:21.289 --> 00:36:24.030 it's a, it's a great location. It's a great venue. 00:36:24.550 --> 00:36:27.130 Um, and it's just, it's probably one of the, 00:36:27.150 --> 00:36:29.190 one of the better venues of any ham fest that 00:36:29.190 --> 00:36:33.070 I've ever been to. I totally second that it's, 00:36:33.130 --> 00:36:36.730 it's just so easy to. Run the stuff back to your 00:36:36.730 --> 00:36:39.510 hotel room and lock it up and come back and go 00:36:39.510 --> 00:36:42.449 go shop some more and and we've got somebody 00:36:42.449 --> 00:36:47.610 else here on the on the line That has been on 00:36:47.610 --> 00:36:51.230 here before that wants to chime in Austin. Good 00:36:51.230 --> 00:36:56.210 evening Hi, good evening. Hey Austin good to 00:36:56.210 --> 00:37:00.130 hear from you. Hello here from you, too Yeah, 00:37:00.130 --> 00:37:02.800 what do you have for us tonight Austin? I just 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:05.260 wanted to congratulate Brian and see if he still 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:11.480 remembers me I Think about a trip to Costa Rica 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:14.039 every day, you know, thank you for the kind words. 00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:17.280 I appreciate it. Yeah Austin are you coming to 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:20.079 Huntsville this year? Sadly, I cannot make the 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.320 Huntsville this year, but hopefully next year 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.659 I'll be able to go man, you know cuz Chris is 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.139 gonna be there and I was hoping we get the band 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:34.280 back together Yeah, Austin and Chris and Bryant 00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:37.739 were going around with the video camera Yeah 00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:40.340 They were having a little time. We had the three 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:42.199 of them on we had the three of them on ham nation 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:43.800 They're right after the Costa Rica trip. That 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:46.219 was that was a good. That was a good night Yeah, 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:49.900 it was it was All right. Let me make sure I get 00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:53.699 your call. Right. Do you eight CCS? Yep, that's 00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:57.789 correct. Okay. I remembered it. Wow. Okay Well, 00:37:57.889 --> 00:38:00.289 thank you Austin for calling in appreciate it 00:38:00.289 --> 00:38:03.469 and good to hear you and and I guess I'll see 00:38:03.469 --> 00:38:06.190 you at Dayton But hopefully we'll we'll see you 00:38:06.190 --> 00:38:10.789 in Huntsville before long Yep, definitely Thanks 00:38:10.789 --> 00:38:12.530 for calling in on Austin. Good to hear your voice 00:38:12.530 --> 00:38:15.389 again. Yeah, no problem. You guys too. Take care. 00:38:15.389 --> 00:38:19.670 Yeah, thanks for calling Austin a 1 2 6 3 8 4 00:38:19.670 --> 00:38:24.440 2 6 1 is the phone number and we do have a A 00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:28.719 tweet here from Patrick Moyer, W3RGA, says, congratulations, 00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:31.519 Bryant, and great job in Germany, and wants to 00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:35.360 know what your goals are for the upcoming contest 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:39.960 season. Well, thank you for the tweet, Patrick, 00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:42.800 and thank you for the kind words. I have many 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:48.280 goals for this upcoming contest season. The first 00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:51.739 goal in my mind is I need to get some good antennas 00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:56.539 on my small lot here. Last weekend in the North 00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:59.300 American QSO party, I missed out on a few multipliers 00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:02.820 on 160 meters. So I definitely don't want to 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:05.300 miss out on those multipliers again. So I'm definitely 00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:09.019 going to get a 160 meter antenna up in the air. 00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:14.400 Another goal of mine is to improve my SO2R single 00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:20.380 op two radio skills. So I can be maybe not as 00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:23.739 proficient, but be somewhat similar to M6MJ and 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:25.880 KL9A who are always winning the competitions 00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:28.380 out there. So I hope that answers your question, 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:31.519 Patrick. Hey, regarding one 60 Bryant, Emmett, 00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:34.920 Ho and C W zero Q H who owns radio waves antennas. 00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:37.599 He's a, one of our corporate sponsors and he'll 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:39.980 be up on stage with us at Huntsville. Talk to 00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:43.639 him about one 60. He's got some really nice shortened 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:46.699 one 60 wire antennas that I think you'll enjoy. 00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:49.119 I'll have to look into that. Cause that sounds 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:51.780 like a pretty good option for my situation right 00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:54.099 now. Yeah. Bend his ear. He'll be able to point 00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:56.519 you in the right direction. Yep. Absolutely. 00:39:57.640 --> 00:40:03.000 That's a very good comment and Carl KD9HQT writes 00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:06.699 in and says congratulations to Bryant so thank 00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:10.500 you for listening Carl and thank you for the 00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:13.860 comments there and yeah Don why don't you talk 00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:17.340 a little bit about the sponsors and some of the 00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:20.880 goodies. Yeah it's something that you know we 00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:24.179 couldn't do this without them we have CQ public 00:40:24.269 --> 00:40:27.230 Publicing a publishing which of course is a CQ 00:40:27.230 --> 00:40:30.869 magazine rich Moses and w2v you who is the editor 00:40:30.869 --> 00:40:34.730 of CQ? He's also one of the judges On the judging 00:40:34.730 --> 00:40:37.329 committee for young him of the year. We have 00:40:37.329 --> 00:40:40.809 Yezu USA John and crack in nine UPC I believe 00:40:40.809 --> 00:40:44.530 will be up on stage with a gift for for Bryant 00:40:44.530 --> 00:40:47.710 Bob Hile k9e ID of Hile sound this will be a 00:40:47.710 --> 00:40:50.030 day of a Huntsville year for him. He will be 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:52.579 Upon a stage with this as well as well as Emmett 00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:56.000 from radio waves and all will have some really 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:59.159 nice gifts For our young him. I don't want to 00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:01.159 I don't want to you know pop the balloon just 00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:04.019 quite yet this should be a little bit of anticipation 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:09.460 here, but it's Just what a just what a growing 00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:13.739 DXer needs I do believe so anyway lots of thanks 00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:17.130 to CQ and Yezu CQ's been there from day one from 00:41:17.130 --> 00:41:20.429 back in 86 when it all started and Yezu just 00:41:20.429 --> 00:41:24.809 a few years after that and Bob has been with 00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:26.969 us for a long time and Emmett probably for the 00:41:26.969 --> 00:41:31.230 last five or six years I believe. Some great 00:41:31.230 --> 00:41:33.650 corporate sponsors and we certainly appreciate 00:41:33.650 --> 00:41:39.130 everything that they do for us. 812 -638 -4261 00:41:39.130 --> 00:41:41.329 is the phone number. We're just about out of 00:41:41.329 --> 00:41:44.929 time. So this is your last chance to call in 00:41:44.929 --> 00:41:48.969 if you'd like to chime in on the Newsline Young 00:41:48.969 --> 00:41:52.010 Ham of the Year award going to Bryant Rascal 00:41:52.010 --> 00:41:58.130 KG5HVO and we'll be packing up and getting ready 00:41:58.130 --> 00:42:01.969 to to go to Huntsville for the big celebration 00:42:01.969 --> 00:42:06.690 and hope you can make it there or at least watch 00:42:06.690 --> 00:42:09.769 online if you if you can't make it down there. 00:42:11.210 --> 00:42:14.289 So Bryant any any final words here before we 00:42:14.289 --> 00:42:19.849 go? I just like to again thank my mentors for 00:42:19.849 --> 00:42:22.789 all their guidance throughout my ham radio journey 00:42:22.789 --> 00:42:25.489 and again I thank you for having me on Neil in 00:42:25.489 --> 00:42:29.179 it. It's good to hear you again, Don, and I can't 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:33.079 wait to see you all in Huntsville. Don? Yeah, 00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:38.440 I second that as well. You're a very gracious 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:43.420 young man, a very humble young man, and I appreciate 00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:49.440 that. You are exactly the type of person that 00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:52.860 this award was created for, and Bill Pasternak 00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:57.219 would be— Extremely pleased with the choice this 00:42:57.219 --> 00:43:01.239 year, which was a unanimous choice, which happens 00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:05.320 so rarely, so rarely that we have a unanimous 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.139 choice for Young Ham of the Year. But this year, 00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:12.739 it's you, Brian, KG5HVO. So congratulations and 00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:15.320 look forward to spending some good quality time 00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.199 with you in front of a whole bunch of people. 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:21.739 Sounds good. We'll see you there. Absolutely. 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.199 All right. And don't forget the youth lounge, 00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:26.760 the youth lounge down at Huntsville is fabulous. 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:31.480 And we'll all be kind of diving in and out of 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:35.519 that. They've made some improvements added some 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:37.340 new things to that this year from what I understand. 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:39.500 So yeah, definitely check out the youth lounge. 00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:43.480 Yep. Absolutely. All right. Well, we're going 00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:46.719 to finish things up here, but, uh, Brian, congratulations 00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:49.760 again. Look forward to seeing you, uh, next week 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:53.139 and Dawn, uh, I look forward to. To seeing you 00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:57.619 and your new shirt next week. Yes. The I am Will 00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:01.980 Banks shirt. Yes, I am. Will banks. So I'll have 00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:04.619 it on at some point. All right. Sounds good. 00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:06.960 Well, it's time for the call of the day. Today's 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:09.599 winner will get a canvas tote bag courtesy of 00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:14.650 Hile sound. And that will go to. WA8CCS of course, 00:44:15.269 --> 00:44:20.559 so thank you for calling in Austin. We'll get 00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:24.500 that to you. Well, that is a wrap for this week's 00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:28.159 edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to Bryant, KG5HVO 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:32.460 and DonAE5DW and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:34.719 for listening and calling in and invite you back 00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:37.460 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern time. 00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:40.699 Val, NV9L will be here and we're going to talk 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.159 about logging. some requests from some listeners 00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:47.539 to talk about some of the logging options that 00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:49.800 are out there. So we're going to talk to her 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:54.829 about logging and you can find out. all of our 00:44:54.829 --> 00:44:58.869 upcoming guests over at HamTalkLive .com. Just 00:44:58.869 --> 00:45:02.750 click on the show schedule link. Also coming 00:45:02.750 --> 00:45:07.150 up on Sunday night, I'm going to be a guest on 00:45:07.150 --> 00:45:11.510 the 100 Watts and a Wire Sunday Night Net. So 00:45:11.510 --> 00:45:15.969 join us if you can that Sunday night at 8 Eastern, 00:45:16.050 --> 00:45:21.119 7 Central. Check your local listings. but i'll 00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:24.420 check the 100 watts to wire facebook group for 00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:27.199 the frequency but i'm imagine we'll be on the 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:30.559 general class phone portion of 40 somewhere so 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:34.539 tune into that and jump into the net there sunday 00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:37.639 night with christian and the gang and if you 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:41.679 like amtok live Leave us a review on iTunes if 00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:44.219 you can. We'd appreciate that. It helps others 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.119 find us faster. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:53.639 WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good DX be yours. 00:45:54.320 --> 00:46:09.960 Thanks for watching!