WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.680 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:06.059 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:13.000 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.699 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:17.699 --> 00:00:22.920 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:27.600 for more information about ICOM radios. It's 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:34.840 Ham Radio, with Neorep, here we go, welcome to 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.719 Hamtop Live, call in, let's stop, Neil's your 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:44.320 guy, Hamtop Live, here we go, on Hamtop Radio. 00:00:57.929 --> 00:01:02.049 Hey good evening everyone it's Time for HamTalk 00:01:02.049 --> 00:01:06.989 Live, it's episode number 126. The Huntsville 00:01:06.989 --> 00:01:11.209 HamFest 2018 preview recorded live on Thursday, 00:01:11.290 --> 00:01:16.969 August 2nd, 2018. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:20.569 Thanks for tuning into another episode of HamTalk 00:01:20.569 --> 00:01:24.250 Live. Tonight we're joined by Mark Brown in for 00:01:24.250 --> 00:01:28.349 BCD and we'll take your calls live in just a 00:01:28.349 --> 00:01:31.909 few minutes. Last week here on the show we were 00:01:31.909 --> 00:01:35.150 live from Disney World talking about ham radio 00:01:35.150 --> 00:01:38.810 and vacationing in Florida and thanks again to 00:01:38.810 --> 00:01:42.250 Kevin Zerry KK4 YEL for arranging a visit and 00:01:42.250 --> 00:01:45.090 meeting out at the Kennedy Space Center last 00:01:45.090 --> 00:01:52.689 week and Andy Malusi KK4 LWR and Sean Wall KV4WV 00:01:52.689 --> 00:01:56.370 for hosting the show at the Disney ham radio 00:01:56.370 --> 00:01:59.750 shack. And thanks to both for giving me a chance 00:01:59.750 --> 00:02:04.030 to get some eight chef contacts, either before 00:02:04.030 --> 00:02:07.549 or after the show while I was visiting there. 00:02:07.670 --> 00:02:11.710 But most importantly, I didn't thank my girlfriend, 00:02:12.110 --> 00:02:15.629 Julie, who put up with all of my satellite passes 00:02:15.629 --> 00:02:19.629 on the road trip there and back. And when she 00:02:19.629 --> 00:02:22.909 found out she couldn't get into NASA, she insisted 00:02:22.909 --> 00:02:26.590 that I go ahead by myself anyway. even though 00:02:26.590 --> 00:02:29.310 she couldn't, and rearranged her schedule so 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:32.289 we could stay an extra day to do the show from 00:02:32.289 --> 00:02:35.830 Disney. So thanks to Julie for making all that 00:02:35.830 --> 00:02:39.370 happen. And I was going through my satellite 00:02:39.370 --> 00:02:43.469 recordings for my logs and found a little clip 00:02:43.469 --> 00:02:47.289 here that I wanted to play. So this may have 00:02:47.289 --> 00:02:50.930 actually happened while we were on the trip. 00:02:51.250 --> 00:02:53.849 I was trying to figure out what grid we were 00:02:53.849 --> 00:02:55.949 in because we kept going you know one grid to 00:02:55.949 --> 00:02:58.830 the next to the next to the next and I wasn't 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:01.969 used to you know okay this is where this grid 00:03:01.969 --> 00:03:04.650 is and this is where this grid is I had to actually 00:03:04.650 --> 00:03:07.389 pull up the app and try to remember what grid 00:03:07.389 --> 00:03:13.030 to say on the contacts so yeah this kind of happened 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:39.919 Yeah, so that at the end there that was all you 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:44.389 care about are the numbers Was trying to figure 00:03:44.389 --> 00:03:47.930 out we were in echo Lima 89 and instead of worried 00:03:47.930 --> 00:03:52.150 about the ketchup that got on her shirt, so Sorry, 00:03:52.409 --> 00:03:57.409 Julie Yeah, you know how it is when you get all 00:03:57.409 --> 00:04:00.030 Focused on making sure the recordings go and 00:04:00.030 --> 00:04:02.050 making sure you're on the right frequency make 00:04:02.050 --> 00:04:04.650 sure you know Everything's ready to go. You know 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:06.789 what grid you're on and then that and then you're 00:04:06.789 --> 00:04:10.250 so focused on that and oh I'm sorry. You got 00:04:10.250 --> 00:04:15.539 ketchup on your shirt so Sorry, but that may 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:17.680 have happened. I bet I'm not the only one that 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:22.259 it's ever happened to. We'll also had a chance 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:26.800 to work some stations from N1KSC out at Kennedy 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.439 Space Center last week. Wanted to give you just 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.060 a short clip of audio of that. I've got some 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:34.000 more, but you don't want to sit around and listen 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.699 to a bunch of contacts. But we'll give you a 00:04:36.699 --> 00:04:41.160 little clip here from N1KSC. This is N1KSC. Here's 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:51.240 it. Whiskey Papa 4 United, this is N1KSC 5 -9 00:04:51.240 --> 00:05:01.060 to Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Alright, thanks 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:04.139 for the call from Puerto Rico, 73, this is N1KSC, 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:20.459 QRZ. The QRP Kilo Bravo 9 go Okay, so there's 00:05:20.459 --> 00:05:23.420 a little bit from N1 KSC and if you haven't had 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:26.180 a chance to work them on NASA on the air Keep 00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:28.560 trying they're they're out there quite a bit. 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:32.040 So give them a call for that So if you missed 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.079 that show last week from Florida, you can listen 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:38.360 anytime. Just go to ham talk live dot com or 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:41.519 apple podcasts stitcher i heart podcast google 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.540 play tune in soundcloud or even youtube and you 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:47.879 can check that out about vacationing with ham 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.699 radio in florida and one more thing that we can't 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:56.699 let go here before we go to break i know i'm 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:59.600 going along on the intro this week but We want 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.500 to congratulate Bryant Rascal KG5HVO on winning 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:07.060 the Bill Pasternak Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:11.379 Young Ham of the Year Award and also Ruth Willett 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:16.019 KM4LAO on winning the ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:19.259 Award. So these are two terrific young hams and 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:23.060 their awards are very much deserved. So congratulations 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:26.920 to Ruth and to Bryant. And if you have a question 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.319 about Huntsville, which is where Bryant will 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:35.000 be getting his award. You can give Mark that 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.819 question in a little bit. After we talk to Mark 00:06:37.819 --> 00:06:40.480 for a little bit, you can give us a call. It's 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.800 not time to call yet, but the number so that 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:45.680 you have it ready just in case you wanna call 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:52.360 in, it's 812 -NET -HAM -1. Numerically, that's 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:58.360 812 -638. 4261. You can also Skype us at HamTalk 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.079 Live, or you can tweet us. We're at HamTalk Live 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:05.339 on Twitter. And tonight, as with all of our summer 00:07:05.339 --> 00:07:07.899 shows, you'll have a chance to win. 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Coming to you live from the glass 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:11.320 enclosed Faraday box, here's Neil Rapp with more 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:35.590 HamTalk Live. Thanks to ICOM for sponsoring the 00:09:35.590 --> 00:09:39.929 show. Make sure you check them out at icomamerica 00:09:39.929 --> 00:09:44.789 .com. Tonight our guest is Mark Brown in for 00:09:44.789 --> 00:09:48.429 BCD. He's the new chairman of the Huntsville 00:09:48.429 --> 00:09:52.230 Hamfest. Mark works at one of the many high -tech 00:09:52.230 --> 00:09:55.129 government contracting firms found in Huntsville, 00:09:55.129 --> 00:10:00.679 Alabama. He has been the president of the North 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:05.019 Alabama DX Club, the Huntsville ARC, and a member 00:10:05.019 --> 00:10:09.200 of both the Tennessee and Alabama contest groups. 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:12.740 And Mark started out as a novice class ham in 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:14.779 high school and got away from the service for 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:18.360 a while, but at age 50 he got back in full force. 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:22.940 And Mark has been working hard all year on preparing 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:26.850 for his first year as the chairman of the Huntsville 00:10:26.850 --> 00:10:29.110 Ham Fest and that's what we'll be talking about 00:10:29.110 --> 00:10:32.250 tonight. So, Mark, thanks for calling in and 00:10:32.250 --> 00:10:35.590 being a guest on the show tonight. Well, Neil, 00:10:35.610 --> 00:10:38.070 thank you for the invitation. It's great to be 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:41.169 here and we're really excited. It's two short 00:10:41.169 --> 00:10:44.309 weeks away and if things are falling into place, 00:10:44.590 --> 00:10:48.169 it's going to be a good one. Yeah, you've been 00:10:48.169 --> 00:10:53.169 on here a few times with just calling in as a 00:10:53.169 --> 00:10:56.539 listener, but Now we've got you on here to talk 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:59.240 about what's coming up here in just a couple 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:02.299 of weeks. So I'm going to start off asking you 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:05.360 the same question I always ask, whether it was 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:10.039 Charlie or Dave or now you. What's going to happen 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:15.059 new at the HamFest this year? Well, there will 00:11:15.059 --> 00:11:18.019 be some new things. But before we go into that, 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:21.440 let's talk about what's the same. We've got a 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.779 great lineup of vendors. The vendors that we've 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:28.620 had in years past, Flex Radio, Ellicraft, Yesu, 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:33.539 Kenwood, ICOM, they're all coming. A lot of the 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:35.559 same vendors you're going to see year after year, 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.940 the Wireman, if you need ladder line or antenna 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:42.879 wire, copper weld, you know, you can't find some 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.059 of those things at Home Depot, but the Wireman 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:47.919 will come through. You can find that neat stuff 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:51.039 at a hand fest. So yeah, a lot of stuff like 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.879 that the same. We got a couple of new coax vendors, 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.519 several distributors, GigaParts, HRO, RNL will 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:02.179 all be there, MFJ of course. And then the flea 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:05.419 markets, 384 tables of really cool stuff. You 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:07.340 never know what you're going to find at those 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:10.279 tables or under those tables. Sometimes the best 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:13.320 stuff is underneath the tables. that they kind 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.559 of they filled up their table and they didn't 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:17.840 have quite enough room so there's these boxes 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.860 of things underneath and for those things those 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:23.799 places are worth taking a look at but what's 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.440 new well the youth lounge at Huntsville has been 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.960 extremely popular year after year and we're going 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.860 to expand the youth lounge this year it's going 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:37.159 to be bigger more activities Dr. Monty Bateman 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:40.289 who runs that youth lounge He has been great 00:12:40.289 --> 00:12:43.169 with the kids. Last year we had a go -to station. 00:12:43.590 --> 00:12:46.409 We'll do that again this year, but Monty promises 00:12:46.409 --> 00:12:50.090 even more cool stuff. So look for that to be 00:12:50.090 --> 00:12:55.269 a really cool thing. And let's see, guests. I 00:12:55.269 --> 00:12:59.649 should mention Dr. Carol Perry. I met and I was 00:12:59.649 --> 00:13:03.110 in Orlando at Hamcation. We were staying in the 00:13:03.110 --> 00:13:07.250 same hotel. We spoke off and on throughout the 00:13:07.250 --> 00:13:10.870 hamcation weekend. And lo and behold, she's coming 00:13:10.870 --> 00:13:13.970 to Huntsville for her first ever visit. She'll 00:13:13.970 --> 00:13:17.409 be doing a two -hour forum on Saturday on Youth 00:13:17.409 --> 00:13:20.649 in Ham Radio. She's bringing several of the, 00:13:20.769 --> 00:13:24.610 not several, but some of the kids that were with 00:13:24.610 --> 00:13:27.830 her when she did this forum up in Dayton back 00:13:27.830 --> 00:13:30.710 in May. And she's also bringing up some teachers 00:13:30.710 --> 00:13:35.269 from Pinson Valley High School. Many of you folks 00:13:35.269 --> 00:13:38.590 might not know this, but Pinson Valley High School, 00:13:38.970 --> 00:13:41.830 just north of Birmingham, was involved in an 00:13:41.830 --> 00:13:45.470 ISS contact a couple of months ago. There's a 00:13:45.470 --> 00:13:50.809 lot of planning involved with NASA to snag one 00:13:50.809 --> 00:13:54.470 of these ISS passes where they basically take 00:13:54.470 --> 00:13:58.090 the auditorium at the school and turn it into 00:13:58.090 --> 00:14:02.370 just a huge event for every student in the school. 00:14:02.789 --> 00:14:05.590 They have prepared questions. Kids are chosen. 00:14:05.690 --> 00:14:08.129 I don't know how they choose them. But each one, 00:14:08.149 --> 00:14:10.490 as the satellite passes over, they ask their 00:14:10.490 --> 00:14:13.509 scripted question. And the astronauts aboard 00:14:13.509 --> 00:14:15.970 the space station are answering the kids. And 00:14:15.970 --> 00:14:17.809 we could hear the downlink up here in Huntsville. 00:14:18.230 --> 00:14:21.970 So that was pretty cool. And it's just Dr. Carol 00:14:21.970 --> 00:14:25.590 Perry is really, really heavily involved with 00:14:25.590 --> 00:14:28.129 youth in ham radio. And we're excited to have 00:14:28.129 --> 00:14:31.110 her here. She will be networking with the U .S. 00:14:31.169 --> 00:14:33.669 Space and Rocket Center folks. They'll be visiting 00:14:33.669 --> 00:14:35.850 the director of the U .S. Space and Rocket Center 00:14:35.850 --> 00:14:39.370 and Dr. Kay Taylor, director of education at 00:14:39.370 --> 00:14:42.129 the local rocket center. They'll be at the Huntsville 00:14:42.129 --> 00:14:47.490 hand fest this coming event in two weeks. What 00:14:47.490 --> 00:14:51.049 else is new? Got a lot more forums, more forums 00:14:51.049 --> 00:14:55.389 on Sunday. It's a full schedule. We got Joe Eisenberg 00:14:55.389 --> 00:14:57.669 coming back. Joe couldn't make it last year. 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:03.960 He decided to spend the Eclipse weekend with 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.740 his family up in Nebraska, but Joe will be back 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:10.980 for forums doing kit building. Steve Hicks from 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:13.600 FlexRadio is going to be talking about advances 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:18.500 in SDR and remote radio. Let's see. Contesting. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:22.000 Contesting group typically does a large number 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.139 of back -to -back forums in one of the rooms. 00:15:25.389 --> 00:15:29.330 And this year, we're blessed. WRTC was just a 00:15:29.330 --> 00:15:32.629 couple of short weeks ago, the Olympics of Ham 00:15:32.629 --> 00:15:37.970 radio over in Germany. Charlie Wooten was a NF4A, 00:15:37.970 --> 00:15:43.450 November Fox 4 Alpha. Charlie was a referee for 00:15:43.450 --> 00:15:46.730 one of the teams over there. He will be here 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:50.730 to do a forum firsthand experience as a participant 00:15:50.730 --> 00:15:53.710 over there. So that should be real interesting. 00:15:54.090 --> 00:15:58.750 And then we have forums, Bill Brown, WB8ELK. 00:15:59.009 --> 00:16:01.610 Neil, I don't know if you saw him, but he was 00:16:01.610 --> 00:16:05.110 in Dayton and actually did a balloon launch on 00:16:05.110 --> 00:16:07.850 Saturday up there. And so that was really well 00:16:07.850 --> 00:16:11.750 attended. So he'll do a kind of a 45 minute to 00:16:11.750 --> 00:16:15.470 45, 50 minute presentation on the physics of 00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:17.899 the balloon launch. showing the circuit boards 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:20.220 he uses, talk about the weight, the amount of 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:23.820 helium, et cetera, et cetera, and culminate that 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:27.039 form with an actual going outside, launch a balloon. 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:31.519 So that's really cool. There's a lot for everybody. 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.259 There's D -STAR, there's Yesu System Fusion, 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.539 there's HF, there's contesting, there's DX. We 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:41.559 got card checking. We got a DX banquet that night, 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:46.230 on Saturday night. Tickets are still available 00:16:46.230 --> 00:16:50.169 and that's in a closer hotel. They were so successful 00:16:50.169 --> 00:16:53.470 in years past that we've moved that DX banquet 00:16:53.470 --> 00:16:56.529 to a larger venue that's just behind the back 00:16:56.529 --> 00:17:00.870 doors of the Vaughan Braun Center. And Jim Fenstermacher, 00:17:00.950 --> 00:17:05.769 he activated the Kosovo when the league gave 00:17:05.769 --> 00:17:09.789 us official credit. They went over, maybe it 00:17:09.789 --> 00:17:13.480 was the ITU, but anyway. the coastal activation 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.480 is what he'll be talking about. So that's always 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.019 real well attended. A nice door prize to the 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:21.619 FTDX 1200. Huntsville -Hampest, of course, we 00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:23.960 have hourly door prizes. And then on Saturday, 00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:27.660 we have a main door prize, the FT... Let's see. 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.880 Oh, Saturday is the FTDX 1200. And on Sunday, 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.900 the main door prize is an ICOM IC7200. And like 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:37.799 I said, hourly door prizes to fill in the gaps 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:42.670 there. We also have the hospitality suite, hospitality 00:17:42.670 --> 00:17:46.150 room over at the embassy suites. So if you're 00:17:46.150 --> 00:17:49.549 staying in town for the night or staying in the 00:17:49.549 --> 00:17:51.549 embassy, or even if you're not, you can stop 00:17:51.549 --> 00:17:54.789 by the second floor hospitality room. We've got 00:17:54.789 --> 00:17:56.990 just a little informal gathering there where 00:17:56.990 --> 00:17:59.670 you can meet and network with anybody who's in 00:17:59.670 --> 00:18:02.650 the room. And it's a lot of fun. Let's see, what 00:18:02.650 --> 00:18:08.319 else did I miss, Neil? Well, I'm not sure. You 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:11.839 hit so many things there. There's so much going 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:17.920 on that, boy, I'm not sure what you missed. I 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:23.019 think you mentioned something about our PA master 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:25.460 of ceremonies, Doug Childs. He's coming back 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:28.759 doing it again, as far as I know. Okay, well, 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:34.119 yeah. Being a PA announcer for sports activities. 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:37.900 I always pay attention to that and you've got 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:42.160 one of the best down there. So I'm glad to hear 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.839 he's going to be back. Well, you've had a year 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:46.900 to prepare for all of this and I know you've 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:51.740 been working all year long. So tell us a little 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:55.099 bit about what you've been doing to make this 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:58.460 HamFest a success and some of the highlights 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:02.589 of preparing for this uh... weekend that's coming 00:19:02.589 --> 00:19:06.170 up soon well one of the one of the interesting 00:19:06.170 --> 00:19:09.970 things uh... is uh... i bring a background for 00:19:09.970 --> 00:19:12.329 marketing and sales electronics and engineering 00:19:12.329 --> 00:19:15.150 uh... in my in my background and when uh... when 00:19:15.150 --> 00:19:17.390 i was asked to become the chairman my first thought 00:19:17.390 --> 00:19:20.950 was i i there's a whole lot of i don't know and 00:19:20.950 --> 00:19:23.670 who knows about this stuff uh... more than me 00:19:23.670 --> 00:19:26.660 but uh... the guys in dayton and orlando And 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:29.740 so for those events, uh, I went up last year 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.660 and I went up this year too. I went to Dayton 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:34.319 and, uh, well, let's see, let's start, let's 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.000 start at the beginning of the year. I went to 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.299 Orlando and I stayed at the same hotel as the 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:43.299 Dayton, uh, guys. And, uh, and we sat over, uh, 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:46.440 over drinks one night until, uh, until we were 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.859 thrown out of the room, but, uh, just learning, 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:51.480 being a sponge, asking questions, how, how do 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:55.029 you guys do things? And, uh, It's wonderful. 00:19:55.410 --> 00:19:57.690 They're a wonderful group of people willing to 00:19:57.690 --> 00:20:03.009 share. And as an organization, as all these organizations, 00:20:03.190 --> 00:20:07.069 Orlando, Dallas, Huntsville, Dayton, we work 00:20:07.069 --> 00:20:10.190 with each other and we share best practices to 00:20:10.190 --> 00:20:12.769 make it good for the vendors, to make it good 00:20:12.769 --> 00:20:16.130 for the visitors. Because if it doesn't work 00:20:16.130 --> 00:20:19.630 for somebody, it's going to cast all of these 00:20:19.630 --> 00:20:21.990 hand pests in a bad light. So we'd rather do 00:20:21.990 --> 00:20:25.359 the opposite. We want to make all of these handfests 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:28.859 worth your while to attend. And so that's one 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:30.440 of the biggest things I've done throughout the 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.079 year. Up in Dayton, I stayed with the Orlando 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:37.160 guys. And by the way, Orlando and Dayton will 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.359 both be sending a contingent here to Huntsville. 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:43.039 We've got them side by side in a booth in the 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:45.119 commercial area. So looking forward to that. 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:47.740 And I'm sure you'll get to get a chance to chat 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:50.460 with those guys, Neil. So that's one of the biggest 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:53.579 things, preparing, looking, trying to look ahead 00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:56.259 and just getting a handle on all the things. 00:20:56.900 --> 00:21:00.480 And one of those things is a Gantt chart. From 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.039 project management, it's one of those, okay, 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:06.880 you can't get to the finish line until you pass 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.619 lap three or lap two or lap one. And a lot of 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:13.900 the predecessors were learning to put those kind 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.799 of things down on paper. So we don't get surprised. 00:21:17.509 --> 00:21:20.049 Oh, we should have turned in the QST ad four 00:21:20.049 --> 00:21:22.750 weeks ago. We don't want any surprises like that. 00:21:22.750 --> 00:21:25.089 And by the way, we didn't miss that. The QST 00:21:25.089 --> 00:21:30.170 ad did air when we wanted it to up on the QST 00:21:30.170 --> 00:21:34.089 magazine. But back to you, Neil. All right. Very 00:21:34.089 --> 00:21:37.490 good. Well, yeah. And that's one for anybody 00:21:37.490 --> 00:21:42.990 that has a ham fest. That deadline is really 00:21:42.990 --> 00:21:46.079 early. And so you got to make sure you you don't 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.500 miss that one because it will sneak up on you 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:52.440 i can i can tell you that from uh personal experience 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:55.460 so uh luckily i never missed it but uh there 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:57.980 were a couple times i cut it pretty close and 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:01.319 was thinking oh i got plenty of time so yeah 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:05.779 don't forget that well you mentioned yeah you 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.640 mentioned uh my friend carol perry coming uh 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:12.009 you've got uh Some more special guests I know 00:22:12.009 --> 00:22:14.069 that have said that they're going to be there 00:22:14.069 --> 00:22:17.690 and you mentioned Joe and some of those people. 00:22:17.869 --> 00:22:19.730 So who are some of your other special guests 00:22:19.730 --> 00:22:23.009 and some of your forum speakers that you haven't 00:22:23.009 --> 00:22:28.329 mentioned so far? Well, we have on the sales 00:22:28.329 --> 00:22:31.369 side, DX Engineering. We had Tim Duffy last year, 00:22:31.390 --> 00:22:33.309 but Tim I think is burned out from travel. He 00:22:33.309 --> 00:22:36.789 was over at WRTC also. He may be going to Japan. 00:22:37.750 --> 00:22:42.880 So instead of Tim K3LR coming from DX Engineering. 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:47.319 The sales manager, Bob Newman, I think is his 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.980 name, he'll be coming to visit and we're really 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:52.819 hopeful to one of these days have DX Engineering 00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:55.599 as a vendor. We understand they don't normally 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.500 operate outside the state of Ohio, but there's 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.599 always hope with the Supreme Court decision changing 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:05.880 the tax laws for mail order that something may 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:10.769 change in the near future. Let's see, forum wise, 00:23:12.190 --> 00:23:16.210 we have the Salvation Army Saturn, the title 00:23:16.210 --> 00:23:19.509 of that forum, it really can all fail. I think 00:23:19.509 --> 00:23:22.170 we know what that's all about. Public information 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:26.109 sharing, Ed Tyler, Alabama Public Information 00:23:26.109 --> 00:23:28.849 Coordinator, will be doing a one hour forum. 00:23:29.069 --> 00:23:32.470 The Alabama Ares Group does a forum. Of course, 00:23:32.549 --> 00:23:34.990 Greg Surratt is our Southeastern Division Director. 00:23:35.390 --> 00:23:38.450 He will be doing a division and section meeting. 00:23:38.609 --> 00:23:43.650 And by the way, the Delta Division, Dave Norris, 00:23:43.849 --> 00:23:47.470 I ran into him at HamQuest up in Nashville last 00:23:47.470 --> 00:23:50.109 weekend. Dave will be coming over from Arkansas. 00:23:50.269 --> 00:23:55.809 He's a regular attendee. So good presence by 00:23:55.809 --> 00:23:59.210 the league coming to Huntsville for the Southeastern 00:23:59.210 --> 00:24:02.369 Division Convention. Let's see, I mentioned Steve 00:24:02.369 --> 00:24:06.089 Hicks from Flex Radio, Joe Eisenberg, Joint Services 00:24:06.089 --> 00:24:08.569 Army Mars, Army and Air Force Mars will both 00:24:08.569 --> 00:24:12.170 be here. Skywarn Operations, there's a Skywarn 00:24:12.170 --> 00:24:17.829 and NWS forum sponsored by NOAA. There's a Packet 00:24:17.829 --> 00:24:21.670 Network Forum by somebody at West Mountain Radio. 00:24:21.809 --> 00:24:24.890 I don't know this person, Shoto Fisher, Hero 00:24:24.890 --> 00:24:29.309 7 Tango Mic Golf. I mentioned Charlie Wooten, 00:24:29.490 --> 00:24:33.569 WRTC. Life and Contesting in the South Pacific. 00:24:33.769 --> 00:24:37.170 This is an interesting one because Bruce is a 00:24:37.170 --> 00:24:40.089 DX Club member and a fellow Tennessee Contest 00:24:40.089 --> 00:24:41.730 Group member. He lives about four miles from 00:24:41.730 --> 00:24:46.210 me. Bruce had the opportunity many years ago 00:24:46.210 --> 00:24:50.309 in his career to work and activate Kwajalein. 00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:53.420 I can't remember the prefix for Kwajalein, but 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:57.799 he was DX out there. He was making contacts with 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:01.079 verticals at the edge of the beach and just having 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:05.819 a ball doing it. Kim Hensby, Whiskey Golf, 8 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:10.119 Sierra. Kim is very active in VHF contesting 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:15.519 and is talking about low sunspot activity, alternatives 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:19.519 in UHF VHF contesting. So Kim's very active in 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:22.490 that. The repeater council, Alabama repeater 00:25:22.490 --> 00:25:26.490 council will be doing something. AMSAT has a 00:25:26.490 --> 00:25:29.029 big presence. AMSAT will have a booth here. They 00:25:29.029 --> 00:25:32.829 will be doing a one -hour forum. Bill Brown's 00:25:32.829 --> 00:25:36.130 balloon launch. Dr. Monty Bateman, as I mentioned, 00:25:36.289 --> 00:25:40.450 is the youth forum coordinator. Monty works as 00:25:40.450 --> 00:25:43.809 a scientist at NASA here in Huntsville and is 00:25:43.809 --> 00:25:47.150 an expert studying lightning and thunderstorms. 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:50.059 He's going to be doing two separate one -hour 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:53.259 forums, lightning research at Marshall Space 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:55.900 Flight Center. And the second would be lightning 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:59.180 protection for the radio amateur. I've seen his 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:02.099 forums. They're well worth anyone's time to visit 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:07.380 those. Carol Perry from New York will be doing 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:11.440 a two -hour forum. Yeh Suh is doing system fusion. 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:15.839 Let's see. Oh, Bob Heil's coming. forgot to mention 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:21.759 Bob Heil, K9 IED. Bob is coming to do a forum 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:27.019 on his new audio parametric EQ. They will not 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:29.720 have a booth here, so I would imagine that after 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:32.420 Bob's forum, he will be available to chat with 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:36.119 in the commercial area as just another guest 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.940 and visitor. So we're looking forward to having 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:43.950 Bob here. Another technical forum, Bob Depeer, 00:26:44.049 --> 00:26:48.950 KHKI, is doing 60 years history of HF amplifiers. 00:26:49.569 --> 00:26:53.930 And Bob has his master's in radio design and 00:26:53.930 --> 00:26:57.210 knows the architecture of both transmitters, 00:26:57.390 --> 00:27:00.450 amplifiers, and receivers. So that should be 00:27:00.450 --> 00:27:03.809 very, very interesting. Following him is a coworker 00:27:03.809 --> 00:27:07.049 of his, Dr. Hans Schantz, KC5 Victor Lima Delta. 00:27:07.910 --> 00:27:12.450 Dr. Schantz can explain how electromagnetics 00:27:12.450 --> 00:27:16.589 works. He almost makes the Maxwell's equations 00:27:16.589 --> 00:27:21.029 understandable. It's a deep topic, but a very 00:27:21.029 --> 00:27:24.670 fascinating one -hour form. And then we have 00:27:24.670 --> 00:27:27.430 Ben Lowe talking about impedance matching. Ben's 00:27:27.430 --> 00:27:30.009 a very active VHF guy here in the Huntsville 00:27:30.009 --> 00:27:33.589 area. Frequency synthesis for the radio amateur, 00:27:34.670 --> 00:27:39.069 Dr. John Stensby. John is a retired instructor 00:27:39.069 --> 00:27:44.250 over at University of Alabama Huntsville and 00:27:44.250 --> 00:27:47.250 HF propagation and the great American eclipse. 00:27:47.549 --> 00:27:50.569 Okay, we talked about the eclipse from last year. 00:27:50.750 --> 00:27:54.829 It was the Monday after our ham fest. Rob Suggs 00:27:54.829 --> 00:27:59.329 studies propagation and solar physics at NASA. 00:27:59.950 --> 00:28:04.190 He's also a very popular, very avid ham. And 00:28:04.190 --> 00:28:10.650 he has correlated gigabytes of data on the contacts 00:28:10.650 --> 00:28:13.009 that were made during the eclipse and has some 00:28:13.009 --> 00:28:16.890 fascinating studies of how 80 meters and 160 00:28:16.890 --> 00:28:21.390 meters opened up across the eclipse path. Just 00:28:21.390 --> 00:28:24.680 really cool stuff. I would hold these forums 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:30.859 up to any organization, Huntsville. I'm not boasting 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:34.400 and I'm not putting down Dallas or Dayton or 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:37.160 Orlando, but these is a really good collection 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:39.779 of forums, guys, and we hope you can join them. 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.859 We do have testing both Saturday and Sunday, 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:49.319 $10 cash only and 10 o 'clock sharp. So lots 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.309 of stuff to do in Huntsville. Back to you, Neil. 00:28:51.589 --> 00:28:56.690 Oh, I would say and on the forums, you do have 00:28:56.690 --> 00:28:59.589 a bit of a home field advantage there because 00:28:59.589 --> 00:29:05.990 of all the engineers and all the NASA folks that 00:29:05.990 --> 00:29:10.390 are working and even living in Huntsville. And 00:29:10.390 --> 00:29:14.589 so you've got some amazing people like Dr. Monty 00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:18.710 Bateman, Dr. Rob Suggs, and you know, they just 00:29:18.710 --> 00:29:21.529 are right there and available. And so you might 00:29:21.529 --> 00:29:24.569 as well take advantage of that. And it sounds 00:29:24.569 --> 00:29:28.740 like you are. That's exactly right, Neil. It 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.960 is a good home field advantage having this pool 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:34.859 of talent. We lost a couple of years ago, Dr. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.420 David Hathaway, a very popular solar physicist 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:42.079 who was published in several online journals 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:47.779 and magazines. Dr. Hathaway was doing many times 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:50.400 here in Huntsville. He would give us kind of 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:52.599 the Punxsutawney feel of what he thought the 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:55.650 next solar cycle was going to be like. But unfortunately, 00:29:55.650 --> 00:29:59.470 Dr. Hathaway moved away and we're looking to 00:29:59.470 --> 00:30:03.069 fill that void. The lady that's now doing the 00:30:03.069 --> 00:30:06.490 podcast, I haven't met her yet, but I'm hopeful 00:30:06.490 --> 00:30:10.910 that we can meet her and somehow entice her to 00:30:10.910 --> 00:30:15.730 come to Huntsville. Well, Dr. Scove has been 00:30:15.730 --> 00:30:20.309 to several forums at Dayton and it's always a 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:23.559 an informative discussion so if that works out 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.019 that would be great. Well we're going to take 00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:28.579 a break here and we're going to come back and 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:30.660 we're going to take some calls and I know we're 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:33.880 already expecting one so we'll get him on the 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:36.740 line here and we'll be back and talk more about 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.900 the Huntsville HamFest with Mark right after 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:42.759 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:48.079 HamTalk Live. Hey honey, have you seen the PL259s 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.140 anywhere? No I haven't. Come on kids, let's go. 00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:56.960 There's just one place to go for all of your 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:02.660 connector needs. Tower electronics. A giant warehouse 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:05.519 of connectors and adapters for every occasion. 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.220 Thousands to choose from in every shape, size, 00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:10.720 and color. 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You know, I've been coming 00:34:04.849 --> 00:34:08.309 to Huntsville since 1995, and Newsline has had 00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:10.230 a presence at Huntsville with the Young Ham of 00:34:10.230 --> 00:34:13.710 the Year Award presentation since 1993. So if 00:34:13.710 --> 00:34:16.769 you do the math, that's 25 years that Newsline 00:34:16.769 --> 00:34:19.409 has presented the Young Ham of the Year Award 00:34:19.409 --> 00:34:21.250 at the Huntsville Hamfest. We certainly hope 00:34:21.250 --> 00:34:25.590 that that partnership continues for another two 00:34:25.590 --> 00:34:29.170 and a half decades or longer. Hopefully outlive 00:34:29.170 --> 00:34:32.530 us all mark. I got to tell you as someone who's 00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:35.550 who's only missed one Huntsville ham fest since 00:34:35.550 --> 00:34:39.869 1995 I got to tell you that's my favorite ham 00:34:39.869 --> 00:34:42.010 fest including Dayton. I've not been to Orlando 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:44.550 I've heard very good things about Orlando and 00:34:44.550 --> 00:34:47.650 and Dallas and all those other ones, but I've 00:34:47.650 --> 00:34:50.289 been to Dayton several times since 1999, but 00:34:50.289 --> 00:34:53.849 Huntsville remains my favorite ham fest and Congratulations 00:34:53.849 --> 00:34:58.400 to you for taking on the reins I know that you've 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:02.400 got some very large shoes to fill with the passing 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.980 of Charlie Emerson who did a great job and I 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:08.360 have just the utmost confidence in you and everybody 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:10.400 there at Huntsville. You guys bill it as the 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:13.340 world's friendliest ham fest and I have to agree 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:15.260 with that and I'm seriously looking forward to 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:18.039 being on stage at 2 o 'clock. Local time there 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:20.820 to present Brian rascal the young ham of the 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.280 year award I'm also going to try to check out 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:24.619 his forum on Saturday morning He's got a he's 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:27.400 got a forum talking about WRTC on Saturday morning, 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.980 and I'm looking forward to checking that out, 00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:33.079 too Yeah, Charlie hi Don and it's good to good 00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:35.900 to hear from you, too And yeah, we're very excited 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:38.820 about and you've been you've been coming here 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:41.239 probably longer than I've been an active ham 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:45.840 so it's it's wonderful to to be part of that 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.980 history. And thanks for the vote of confidence. 00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.420 I'm doing Charlie's job, but I don't think I'll 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:54.380 ever fill his shoes. He was a unique individual. 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:59.139 And I really look up to his memory and try to 00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:02.400 try to keep things going the way they are. We 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:05.400 make incremental changes each year. We try to 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:07.159 try to make things a little better here and there. 00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:10.760 We were walking the BBC this afternoon where 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:16.260 the Space and Missile Defense normally did their 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:19.119 show the week ahead of ours and they were setting 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:22.019 up today because they've changed their schedule. 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:24.420 But we're walking around just doing what ifs 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:30.650 in our head. take up this area out here. And 00:36:30.650 --> 00:36:33.909 so we're looking at, you know, because consistently 00:36:33.909 --> 00:36:37.590 we're selling out the commercial area and the 00:36:37.590 --> 00:36:40.849 flea market tables are all taken. It may one 00:36:40.849 --> 00:36:43.130 of these days, maybe we need to look at some 00:36:43.130 --> 00:36:45.670 additional space, but we want to control that. 00:36:45.789 --> 00:36:48.610 We want to because it downtown convention space, 00:36:48.630 --> 00:36:50.969 of course, is doesn't come free. So we've got 00:36:50.969 --> 00:36:53.269 to we've got to really weigh that very carefully. 00:36:53.730 --> 00:36:56.980 But, Don, I'm glad I'm really Don, I'm really 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:59.579 glad you enjoy coming to Huntsville, and I heard 00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:02.280 you mention it on other shows, and it's true, 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:05.440 a lot of folks feel like we do a good job, and 00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:09.000 we want to live up to that reputation. Well, 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.599 you know, I can relate to you in the large shoes 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:14.760 to fill, because when Bill Pasternak passed away, 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:19.019 it kind of fell to me to kind of take the reins, 00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:22.489 not because I was the best person for the job 00:37:22.489 --> 00:37:24.590 by any stretch of the imagination, but I think 00:37:24.590 --> 00:37:27.610 primarily because I was the most visible member 00:37:27.610 --> 00:37:31.090 of the Newsline staff. And so, you know, I completely 00:37:31.090 --> 00:37:35.409 understand the growing pains and the false starts 00:37:35.409 --> 00:37:38.630 and the hiccups and the things that you have 00:37:38.630 --> 00:37:41.349 to overcome to continue. And from someone who's 00:37:41.349 --> 00:37:43.769 been in those shoes for the past three years 00:37:43.769 --> 00:37:47.920 and keeping Newsline going, I... Again, I kind 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:50.320 of have some personal knowledge of this that 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.579 I have just the utmost confidence. They pick 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.519 the right guy So I'm certainly looking forward 00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:57.360 to it. Yeah, you know, I gotta say I got licensed 00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.360 in 1995 and that's when I got involved with Newsline 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:02.820 and that's when Bill said you need to come to 00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:04.639 Huntsville because we do the Young Ham of the 00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:06.820 Year award and in fact I was actually told about 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:09.099 Huntsville by the 1993 Young Ham of the Year 00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:11.239 who was from New Orleans where where I lived 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:14.610 at the time and uh... you know he asked me said 00:38:14.610 --> 00:38:15.969 your thought about going to the Huntsville Hanfest? 00:38:16.190 --> 00:38:18.329 I said no. I said I'd like to go. You know, I'll 00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:19.869 split a room and split the gas with if you want 00:38:19.869 --> 00:38:21.769 to go. I'm like yeah let's go. Great. Well I'll 00:38:21.769 --> 00:38:23.889 introduce you to Bill. And so I've been coming 00:38:23.889 --> 00:38:27.449 ever since. And wouldn't dream of missing it. 00:38:27.590 --> 00:38:29.130 So again, this is my favorite Hanfest. And we're 00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:32.610 going to have you on Ham Nation coming up here 00:38:32.610 --> 00:38:36.389 fairly soon too to spread the gospel of the Huntsville 00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:39.349 Hanfest. I've kind of become an evangelist for 00:38:39.349 --> 00:38:41.590 that Hanfest. I really, I seriously love it. 00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:49.599 Good were you aware dawn that the Alabama a Alabama 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:53.099 a double RL section outstanding youth ham Will 00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:57.239 be named also. So what are the chances of the? 00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:02.059 Pasternak ham of the year and Coming from from 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:05.500 Alabama also. I Think that I think the chances 00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.539 will be great. I've known Brian rascal since 00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:10.940 He's been a ham, I guess, about three years now, 00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:13.519 and I met him in his first year of being licensed, 00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:15.579 and I just knew there was something special in 00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:17.059 that kid just from being around him for five 00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:21.420 minutes. So it would not surprise me one iota, 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:26.920 and to share the stage with the Alabama ham of 00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:30.780 the year is always something that we would certainly 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.960 be happy to do, and if it's the same person, 00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:36.610 well then so much the better. That's wonderful. 00:39:36.849 --> 00:39:40.369 It's just going to be such a great weekend. It's 00:39:40.369 --> 00:39:43.510 so much fun. I live up in Fayetteville, Tennessee, 00:39:43.750 --> 00:39:46.190 just over the border. It's a 35, 40 minute commute. 00:39:46.530 --> 00:39:49.329 But I have so much fun that whole weekend. I 00:39:49.329 --> 00:39:51.949 did this last year. I booked a room at the embassy 00:39:51.949 --> 00:39:54.690 just to be part of the action down there. and 00:39:54.690 --> 00:39:57.289 not have to hassle with the 30 or 40 minute drive 00:39:57.289 --> 00:40:02.150 each way both days. And so it's going to be just 00:40:02.150 --> 00:40:04.710 a great event weekend. It's not just the hand 00:40:04.710 --> 00:40:06.969 fest, it's the camaraderie afterwards and before. 00:40:07.329 --> 00:40:09.349 Yeah, it's everything. It is truly everything. 00:40:09.730 --> 00:40:11.010 I'll make it off here and let somebody else get 00:40:11.010 --> 00:40:13.269 in and talk to you guys. I just wanted to jump 00:40:13.269 --> 00:40:17.199 in and say that I'm. I look forward to this weekend 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:19.400 every year. This is my favorite weekend of the 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.179 year is Huntsville weekend and I'm looking forward 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.179 to going up there and seeing you and shaking 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:27.980 your hand. Okay Don, thanks a lot and we'll see 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.400 you in two weeks. Alright Mark and thanks Neil 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:32.579 for getting me in. Great show tonight. We'll 00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:35.199 talk to you later. Alright Don, thanks for calling. 00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:39.760 That's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW and if you go to Huntsville 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:42.340 you'll see him up on stage again two o 'clock 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:46.199 on Saturday is the Young Ham of the Year presentation 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:51.159 to Bryant Rascal KG5HVO who now lives in Alabama. 00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:54.539 So yeah, we'll have to see if that works out 00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:58.960 that he ends up with both of those. So 812 -638 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:02.760 -4261 is the telephone number if you'd like to 00:41:02.829 --> 00:41:05.630 Call and ask a question. We have a little bit 00:41:05.630 --> 00:41:09.309 of time remaining and One thing that that we 00:41:09.309 --> 00:41:12.130 kind of save for the end, but we probably need 00:41:12.130 --> 00:41:16.789 to mention that now Andy K9 AWM tweeted in where 00:41:16.789 --> 00:41:18.929 can I get more information on the Huntsville 00:41:18.929 --> 00:41:23.030 ham fest and and we forgot to mention not only 00:41:23.030 --> 00:41:25.909 Is the Huntsville ham fest the world's friendliest 00:41:25.909 --> 00:41:29.750 ham fest? It also has the easiest website to 00:41:29.750 --> 00:41:35.949 remember hamfest .org. Yeah, you don't get much 00:41:35.949 --> 00:41:40.050 easier than that. That's pretty obvious. Hamfest 00:41:40.050 --> 00:41:44.889 .org. I think everything you need to know about 00:41:44.889 --> 00:41:47.869 coming to Huntsville is out there. Yeah, and 00:41:47.869 --> 00:41:50.610 it's a good resource for everything. So there 00:41:50.610 --> 00:41:56.289 you go, Andy. Hopefully, you can get to experience 00:41:56.289 --> 00:42:00.409 Huntsville. It really is. I always say it's the 00:42:00.409 --> 00:42:03.710 easiest ham fest to attend because if you stay 00:42:03.710 --> 00:42:06.050 at the embassy suites, you just take the skywalk 00:42:06.050 --> 00:42:10.170 over, then you can go stash all your stuff in 00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:13.989 your room and come back again. And it just really 00:42:13.989 --> 00:42:18.469 is pretty easy. Yeah, and you know, it's worth 00:42:18.469 --> 00:42:20.809 mentioning too that there's there's some other 00:42:20.809 --> 00:42:24.789 hotels right real close that That are available 00:42:24.789 --> 00:42:29.449 also at adult at a lower per night rate Lots 00:42:29.449 --> 00:42:32.250 of hotels in Huntsville. So whatever your budget 00:42:32.250 --> 00:42:34.570 there's someplace for you to stay for the weekend 00:42:34.570 --> 00:42:37.869 Very good, and we have another call on the line. 00:42:37.869 --> 00:42:41.829 So who do we have with us on him talk live tonight? 00:42:43.050 --> 00:42:46.389 Don KB to buy a site. Can you guys hear me? Yeah, 00:42:46.489 --> 00:42:49.269 Don we've got two Don's in a row go go right 00:42:49.269 --> 00:42:53.030 ahead another Don Yes, we take over the world 00:42:53.030 --> 00:42:57.190 at times great. I didn't want My question was 00:42:57.190 --> 00:43:00.809 have you thought of doing any of like the the 00:43:00.809 --> 00:43:03.010 maker communities sort of like they do over in 00:43:03.010 --> 00:43:07.719 Friedrich often? We have considered that yes, 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:10.900 and I'm not sure if there was some inquiries 00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:14.559 by the Birmingham maker organization and the 00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:17.239 Huntsville maker organization But I'm not sure 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:19.539 they kind of they kind of contacted us late I'm 00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:22.460 not sure if we had the space that they they needed 00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:25.280 but I think there's a really good synergy there 00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:27.840 and We want to pursue that relationship next 00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:33.320 year for sure Excellent it seems like a great 00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:37.230 fit for the Germans I guess they happen to have 00:43:37.230 --> 00:43:40.050 the great setup for it, and I figured the bigger 00:43:40.050 --> 00:43:45.070 Amfest would be a good showcase for that. Absolutely. 00:43:46.050 --> 00:43:49.710 I've seen some evidence of 3D printers at various 00:43:49.710 --> 00:43:52.369 booths in Dayton, and that's getting very popular. 00:43:52.469 --> 00:43:55.389 It's not just what the makers do, but it's a 00:43:55.389 --> 00:43:58.070 mindset. Those guys really do some cool stuff, 00:43:58.070 --> 00:44:00.230 and I think we need to pay attention to each 00:44:00.230 --> 00:44:04.030 other. Absolutely. All right, I'll get off the 00:44:04.030 --> 00:44:06.809 line. Hopefully someone else will call in. Great 00:44:06.809 --> 00:44:09.590 talking with you and have a great ham fest. Yeah. 00:44:09.889 --> 00:44:12.030 And Don, thank you for asking the question. That's 00:44:12.030 --> 00:44:15.329 a good question, too. Yeah, Don, thanks for calling 00:44:15.329 --> 00:44:21.409 in. We appreciate it. 812 -638 -4261 is the number. 00:44:21.469 --> 00:44:23.769 We'll take one more. We're actually about out 00:44:23.769 --> 00:44:26.949 of time, but we'll take one more if we have another 00:44:26.949 --> 00:44:32.500 call. 812 -638. 4261 is the number, but you'll 00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:35.679 need to do so kind of quickly because we are 00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:40.699 at the end here. Mark, anything that you can 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.559 think of you left out real quick? I covered a 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:48.039 lot of stuff tonight, Neil. I think anything 00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:50.420 else folks need to know, they can find it at 00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:54.280 hamfest .org website. And it's getting to be 00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:57.519 a busy time down here. Like I said, we walked 00:44:57.519 --> 00:45:00.239 the floor of the von Braun Center today. Things 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:02.519 are looking good. The air conditioners are on 00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:05.519 full. And that's something we didn't mention. 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:08.619 The entire flea market, the entire commercial 00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:13.019 area is in one big 80 ,000 square foot air conditioned 00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:16.559 space. You don't have to walk outside to go between 00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:19.619 buildings. It's all inside. It's all air conditioned. 00:45:19.849 --> 00:45:22.170 and you don't have to worry about that Alabama 00:45:22.170 --> 00:45:27.289 heat it's it's nice and comfy in there well let's 00:45:27.289 --> 00:45:30.090 mention here before we go to that i know some 00:45:30.090 --> 00:45:38.090 of the other ham radio media podcasts live whatever 00:45:38.090 --> 00:45:41.110 whatever you want to call them we'll be covering 00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:47.460 the ham fest so if you can't make it w5kub .com 00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:50.539 will have some streaming available and believe 00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:55.719 ted randall will be there again we've got w5kub, 00:45:56.199 --> 00:46:01.179 yourself, ted randall ham radio 2 .0 don will 00:46:01.179 --> 00:46:04.639 banks will be doing it of course i hope i'm not 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:07.920 missing someone but that's a pretty good list 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:14.639 Ted Randall and then Jason over at Hammer U 2 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:16.960 .0 will be there too. So okay, I didn't know 00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:20.539 that one. But so if you can't make it, you can 00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:24.780 check those out and see what's going on. Hopefully 00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:28.599 you can make it next time around. But Mark, I 00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:31.099 think that's going to do it for us tonight. But 00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:34.039 I know we're going to have you back on at the 00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:36.559 end of the month. And you kind of previewed this 00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:39.139 for us a little bit. We're going to have you 00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:43.500 on with the chairman from Orlando and from Dayton, 00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:46.980 and talk a little bit more about how you all 00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:49.860 work together and support each other on these 00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:53.380 things. Is it going to be the chairperson? Is 00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:56.800 it going to be Jack Gerbs from Dayton? You know, 00:46:56.860 --> 00:47:00.079 I don't have the... From Dayton, I think it will 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.199 be Michael Coulter, the spokesperson, I should 00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:07.460 say. Okay, okay. I should get the names nailed 00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:10.300 down, but yeah. Yeah, unfortunately, Michael 00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:12.820 can't make it. Michael, he will not be able to 00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:15.019 make it to Huntsville. A very good friend of 00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:18.079 mine. He, he unfortunately will be in Japan. 00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:21.159 I think there's some, I can't remember what the 00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:24.559 event is, but we're going to miss in this, this 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:28.760 a few weekends, but I'm sure our paths will cross 00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:31.599 again soon. Oh yeah. Yeah. We're looking forward 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:35.079 to being back on your show. Post -HanFest after 00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:38.440 we, after we get through this and it'll be, We'll 00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:41.739 all be a little a few degrees cooler. Yeah, I'm 00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:46.179 sure you'll be breathing a little better at the 00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:49.940 end of the month than right now. So thanks for 00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:52.320 coming on. I want to thank you for letting me 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:57.380 on the show. Yeah, glad to have you anytime and 00:47:57.380 --> 00:48:00.940 appreciate you being here. So again, guys, gals, 00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:04.199 don't miss Huntsville Hamfest August 18th and 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:10.079 19th. All the details. or at hamfest .org. Mark, 00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:13.619 we'll see you again on the show here at the end 00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:16.059 of the month and I'll see you in Huntsville in 00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:19.840 a couple weeks. Probably two weeks from tomorrow. 00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:22.119 You're usually around during the move -in, right? 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:26.880 No, usually I'm driving in at like midnight. 00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:32.519 Okay. Well, I'm sure I'll see you Saturday morning 00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:36.570 very soon. Yeah, we'll see you then. All right, 00:48:36.690 --> 00:48:41.050 and it's time here for the call of the day. Today's 00:48:41.050 --> 00:48:44.489 winner receives an FS3 foot switch, courtesy 00:48:44.489 --> 00:48:49.690 of Hile Sound. And our winner today is Don, KB2YSI. 00:48:49.849 --> 00:48:53.269 So we'll get that out in the mail to you. And 00:48:53.269 --> 00:48:56.269 congratulations. And one other comment here. 00:48:56.849 --> 00:48:58.949 Jill mentions that Jack is the chairman, but 00:48:58.949 --> 00:49:01.719 yeah, I believe. Michael is going to be making 00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:06.300 the appearance on the show. So Anyway, that's 00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:09.059 a wrap for this week's ham talk live. Thanks 00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:13.059 to my guest Mark Brown in for BCD and everyone 00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:16.500 out there in cyberspace for listening and Calling 00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.900 in tonight and invite you back next Thursday 00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:22.440 night at 9 p .m Eastern time for a list of all 00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:25.420 of our upcoming guests Just go to ham talk live 00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:28.920 comm and if you like ham talk live please consider 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:31.400 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:35.400 listen. It'll help us get the word out to others 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:39.260 faster. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG 00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:42.559 saying seven three, seven five, and may the good 00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:56.170 DX be yours. Thanks for watching!