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But 00:01:46.739 --> 00:01:51.500 this is HamTalk Live, episode number 123, live 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:57.640 from WRTC 2018 in Germany, recorded live Thursday, 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:04.340 July 12th, 2018. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.969 Thanks for tuning in to this episode. HamTalk 00:02:07.969 --> 00:02:11.770 Live. 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That's right, this afternoon 00:06:00.810 --> 00:06:03.250 it's 2 p .m. here. Hi, Neil. Yeah, we're all 00:06:03.250 --> 00:06:06.829 here in the HQ hotel of the WRTC 2018 in Wittenberg, 00:06:06.829 --> 00:06:10.329 Germany, waiting for your and any callers' questions. 00:06:10.830 --> 00:06:15.069 With me I have Xenia ZL4YL her father Holger 00:06:15.069 --> 00:06:19.569 ZL3IO and from those call signs you realize I 00:06:19.569 --> 00:06:21.230 hope that they're actually from New Zealand so 00:06:21.230 --> 00:06:24.250 they've come a long way to be here and also a 00:06:24.250 --> 00:06:26.089 father and daughter team I believe they must 00:06:26.089 --> 00:06:28.949 be the attendees that are from the furthest distance. 00:06:29.029 --> 00:06:32.990 I also have Michael DL6MHW, the Vice President 00:06:32.990 --> 00:06:39.689 of WRTC 2018 and I also have Bryant KG5HVO representing 00:06:39.689 --> 00:06:42.550 the US. So we've got a really international group 00:06:42.550 --> 00:06:47.310 here. So let me personally welcome all the attendees 00:06:47.310 --> 00:06:49.970 here and then pass it back over to you Neil for 00:06:49.970 --> 00:06:52.310 your first question and I believe that's going 00:06:52.310 --> 00:06:56.920 to be for Michael. Yes, that's Michael first 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:03.319 so If you your are listeners If you have a question 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:05.660 for one of our guests just go ahead and call 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:08.779 at that point or normally we kind of talk first 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:11.759 and then we do the the call -in thing but since 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.069 we have people kind of rotating through today. 00:07:15.730 --> 00:07:17.730 Just go ahead and give us a call. And again, 00:07:17.750 --> 00:07:22.829 the phone number in the US is 812 -NET -HAM -1. 00:07:22.850 --> 00:07:27.810 That's 812 -638 -4261. Or you can call via Skype. 00:07:28.750 --> 00:07:32.689 We're HamTalk Live on Skype. And you can tweet 00:07:32.689 --> 00:07:36.649 us at HamTalk Live as well. And we'll take calls 00:07:36.649 --> 00:07:39.209 through the rest of the show this morning. So 00:07:39.209 --> 00:07:42.350 just give us a call here in a couple of minutes. 00:07:42.189 --> 00:07:47.269 minutes and we'll get you on here. And as with 00:07:47.269 --> 00:07:49.829 all of our shows this summer, we'll take a call 00:07:49.829 --> 00:07:52.889 of the day. So today's call of the day, we'll 00:07:52.889 --> 00:07:57.170 win a 40 meter double bazooka courtesy of radio 00:07:57.170 --> 00:08:01.290 waves and antennas. So we'll take a random caller 00:08:01.290 --> 00:08:06.370 at the end of the show for that. And we'll mention, 00:08:06.550 --> 00:08:10.389 hopefully we get Skype working. Skype keeps messing 00:08:10.389 --> 00:08:14.360 with us and they released a new edition yesterday 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:19.060 and so adding the calls is a little tricky so 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:24.339 we'll hopefully get that going but first we have 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:30.500 we have Michael Hudink, DL6MHW. He's the vice 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:35.679 president of WRTC. So how are things going so 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:40.940 far Michael? It's just about here. Nice to hear 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:44.960 you, Neil. Greetings to America from Wittenberg 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.000 in the heart of Europe. I'm here in the headquarters 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.220 hotel and we are very happy. So many people from 00:08:52.220 --> 00:08:57.639 all over the world visit us here. The noise are 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.879 sometimes very high. We have some rain today, 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:04.279 as you mentioned. The volunteers, we have 300 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:07.740 volunteers outside the fields. They erecting 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:13.940 the antennas by spider beam. And yesterday we 00:09:13.940 --> 00:09:18.649 set up. I think 35 antennas and today the remaining 00:09:18.649 --> 00:09:23.169 30. So things are going good. Some many small 00:09:23.169 --> 00:09:26.690 problems, but a lot of solutions and good hemp 00:09:26.690 --> 00:09:30.019 spirit around here. Good. Well, yeah, there's 00:09:30.019 --> 00:09:32.980 always there's always those problems that you 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:36.200 don't expect kind of like Skype doing an update 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:40.399 for me this morning. So Hopefully we're resourceful 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.919 enough to get through those and I'm sure your 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.899 your crew is is more than adequate to to get 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:55.950 that done so What does it mean to you and to 00:09:55.950 --> 00:09:59.649 the team there in Germany to host such a big 00:09:59.649 --> 00:10:03.629 event that's only every four years? What does 00:10:03.629 --> 00:10:09.110 that mean to you? It's a big project, the biggest 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:11.789 project of my life and I think also of my future 00:10:11.789 --> 00:10:15.659 life. We had to collect about half a million 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:19.840 euro and we did it with the help of all the sponsors 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:23.779 and the donations especially from the US clubs. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:28.440 I have to say thank you for that and we got a 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:32.320 lot of help from the previous organizers from 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:38.519 WRTC 2014 in Boston. It's a big community and 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:44.529 we are proud to be a part of it. So any anything 00:10:44.529 --> 00:10:50.750 Anything that you're short on you you still have 00:10:50.750 --> 00:10:54.809 enough volunteers To get get everything done 00:10:54.809 --> 00:10:59.659 everything pretty much in shape here Yes, I think 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:04.080 so. We will reach our goals and now we have the 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.539 competitions on the weekend during the weekend 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:13.600 the 24 hours of the ERUHF Championship. We have 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.480 63 stations on the air with very special call 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.860 signs and we have some awards so please call 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:24.480 every station and please work those awards and 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.940 produce pile -ups for the competitors. Okay, 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.879 very good. Well if you have a question give us 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:35.100 a call I know we've had somebody trying to call 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:38.299 and this new system is not helping me today, 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:42.740 so Hopefully we'll get a call here in a second 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:48.700 and see What that was for let's see here, let's 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:55.139 see if we can get that get that back okay Let's 00:11:55.139 --> 00:12:06.600 do this Okay, and let's see if we can add that 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:10.240 Okay, I think we've got it. Okay, who do we have 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:14.899 on the line here? Hi, this is Brian KG 5g JT. 00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:20.139 Oh Hi, Brian. Good morning Good to get to hear 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:22.659 you on the show here. And and let me check with 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:27.980 Ed. Ed you can hear us For Michael. Yes. Yeah, 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.549 here's okay yes we can okay it takes it takes 00:12:31.549 --> 00:12:34.149 a few extra button clicks but we got it figured 00:12:34.149 --> 00:12:38.009 out here so yeah uh you have a question for us 00:12:38.009 --> 00:12:42.629 this morning yeah i do um i saw on on on the 00:12:42.629 --> 00:12:44.809 website there's a lot of awards for people that 00:12:44.809 --> 00:12:47.230 work the stations uh so they obviously encourage 00:12:47.230 --> 00:12:49.990 people to to work the stations but the other 00:12:49.990 --> 00:12:52.929 question is is as far as people come into the 00:12:52.929 --> 00:12:55.690 event if they're in in the city or or relatives 00:12:55.690 --> 00:12:59.110 or friends are there are there many events for 00:12:59.110 --> 00:13:01.590 guests there or for people that want to see what's 00:13:01.590 --> 00:13:04.909 going on. I didn't know if they could see the 00:13:04.909 --> 00:13:08.789 operating stations at all or if it's mainly just 00:13:08.789 --> 00:13:10.730 for the competitors and their families. I didn't 00:13:10.730 --> 00:13:13.929 know if it was open to guests to come to join 00:13:13.929 --> 00:13:17.490 in or if they had vendors there, things like 00:13:17.490 --> 00:13:20.250 that, where a regular person can come see what's 00:13:20.250 --> 00:13:27.629 going on. Yes, a lot of events around here. The 00:13:27.629 --> 00:13:30.230 big event is of course setting up all the stations 00:13:30.230 --> 00:13:33.909 and the second big event is the contest, but 00:13:33.909 --> 00:13:37.190 it's not possible. to go into the tents to visit 00:13:37.190 --> 00:13:40.870 the sites because it has to be a level playing 00:13:40.870 --> 00:13:43.750 field and everybody has to be concentrated on 00:13:43.750 --> 00:13:46.909 working the contest. So you can come to Wittenberg 00:13:46.909 --> 00:13:52.110 to the headquarters hotel, meet some of the organizers, 00:13:52.470 --> 00:13:55.929 go up to the fourth floor to visit the HQ station 00:13:55.929 --> 00:13:59.830 and then you can make contacts with the WRTC 00:13:59.830 --> 00:14:03.399 stations. Okay. Yeah, that's what I was wondering. 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:05.559 That's, that's, that's how I wondered if, if, 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:07.840 if many people showed up and if it was a big 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.600 event, cause I'm sure, uh, people that happen 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.980 to be in the area or friends and relatives would 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:14.899 love to see what's going on. So I appreciate 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:19.080 the, uh, the answer. All right. Thank you, Brian, 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:22.879 for calling. We appreciate it. Alright, thanks, 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.519 and I'd also like to tell Bryant, KG5HBO, good 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.840 luck. Bryant was in a local club here with me. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:31.879 He moved recently, but we missed him and we're 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.879 wishing him good luck. Oh, thank you. I appreciate 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:40.299 it. Alright, Bryant. See you later. Alright, 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:46.809 thanks, Bryant. Take care. 812 -638 -4261 is 00:14:46.809 --> 00:14:49.450 the number and and yeah This is proving a little 00:14:49.450 --> 00:14:52.350 tricky this morning to add the calls in but we'll 00:14:52.350 --> 00:14:55.610 we'll make it work. So Michael anything else 00:14:55.610 --> 00:15:03.279 before you go here? Uh, yes. Um, I, I asked again, 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.259 call, call us during the contest and, uh, be 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:10.399 a part of WLTC also for the next years. It is 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.860 a big camp fest and it's nice to meet so many 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:17.419 people, new friendships. And this is, uh, I think 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:22.600 the, the core objective of our hobby. All right, 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:25.820 Michael. Well, thank you so much for. all of 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:28.639 your efforts and the whole team and good luck 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.519 with everything. Hope everything goes smoothly 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:34.899 and thank you so much for taking the time to 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:37.580 join us this morning and you're welcome to hang 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:39.559 around as long as you can but I know you've got 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:48.879 a lot of things going on there. Yeah, well Michael's 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.759 actually left us now but we've got more guests 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:54.659 for people to talk to so I'll pass you over now 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:58.360 to Holger ZL3IO and you could ask him the questions 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:01.539 you've got prepared for him and then Neil Okay, 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:05.450 very good. Well, good morning This is Holger 00:16:05.450 --> 00:16:11.710 Hannemann, ZL3IO, and his teammate is his 17 00:16:11.710 --> 00:16:15.590 -year -old daughter, Xenia Berger, ZL4YL, and 00:16:15.590 --> 00:16:18.590 they are from New Zealand, and I had a chance 00:16:18.590 --> 00:16:24.529 to talk with them over email for an article for 00:16:24.529 --> 00:16:27.730 the National Contest Journal. So good afternoon 00:16:27.730 --> 00:16:31.110 to you, Holger, and how are things going so far? 00:16:31.210 --> 00:16:35.919 How does it feel to be there? Yeah, hi Neil and 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:41.259 Hi audience pleasure to be here. Yes an exciting 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:45.519 Undertaking for us as well a bit of traveling 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.879 of course to come here. I guess we won again 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.960 the the competition with the longest Distance 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.360 to travel to be here, but we typically do wherever 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:58.080 we go. So that's a very difficult from New Zealand 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:01.460 Yeah. Otherwise, um, first impression, I would 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:04.200 say very well organized so far. Everything went 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.960 smooth. Everything was, uh, spot on here, reception, 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.240 registration, everything went very well first 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.460 dinner. And it's, it's great to meet so many, 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:15.980 uh, people that, you know, from the bands over 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:20.059 all the years, obviously. Now, have you had to, 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:23.480 uh, make any adjustment so far, any last minute 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.779 equipment changes or anything that, uh, you know, 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:34.059 has come up here in the last few days? Not really 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:37.599 changes. So what we did actually, we organized 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.099 a lot of our equipment was in Germany, but we 00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:43.559 still have to collect a few bits and pieces here. 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:47.700 So we got the radios borrowed from France and 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:51.119 other devices like monitors and so we have set 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:54.410 up. The first or whatever we have here looks 00:17:54.410 --> 00:17:57.950 like everything is here Regarding cabling etc. 00:17:57.990 --> 00:18:00.849 We still need of another power supply to come 00:18:00.849 --> 00:18:03.829 in and another radio But looks pretty pretty 00:18:03.829 --> 00:18:06.049 okay. I guess tonight. We know if everything 00:18:06.049 --> 00:18:11.089 is working Yeah, that that would be a relief 00:18:11.089 --> 00:18:17.369 to make sure it's all there so how was Xenia 00:18:17.369 --> 00:18:22.579 she She dealing with with the trip okay and ready 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:27.960 to go Yeah, the trip was fine it was longer than 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:32.339 expected but it was good I like being here yeah, 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:35.500 so you're are you ready for this whole 24 hours 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:41.480 of non -stop calling and everything you ready 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:47.450 I Hope I am I think so We practiced a lot of 00:18:47.450 --> 00:18:50.450 long contests last year so we should be good. 00:18:51.829 --> 00:18:56.390 Well, I look forward to seeing how you and your 00:18:56.390 --> 00:19:01.710 father do as a father -daughter team that creates 00:19:01.710 --> 00:19:06.539 some interesting ideas because You all, you know, 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.140 will know each other a lot better than some of 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:12.640 the other teams. So it'll be interesting to see 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.700 how that goes. But I hope, hope everything goes 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:19.940 well for the, for the both of you. Yeah, so do 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:23.160 I. And I'm sure living together has helped us 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:27.539 be more problem solving together. Sure. Yeah. 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:31.920 And, and being able to, to meet and practice. 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:40.720 Sure sure is a lot easier Absolutely, yeah Just 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:46.099 coming in to to the to the well you spent some 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:50.940 time in Germany though What are your impressions 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:54.480 with with Wittenberg and with the with the setup 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:58.240 and where you're going to be operating Well, 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.319 I think Wittenberg is very pretty and the church 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:05.670 is really nice And like dad said, the whole thing 00:20:05.670 --> 00:20:08.970 is very organized and there's been no hitches 00:20:08.970 --> 00:20:12.809 that I know of. I think we're pretty prepared 00:20:12.809 --> 00:20:15.730 for Saturday. I think it's going to go well. 00:20:16.930 --> 00:20:21.049 Okay. And are we looking for, we'll see, we're 00:20:21.049 --> 00:20:23.390 looking for the rain to kind of clear out, right? 00:20:25.230 --> 00:20:27.750 Yeah, it's already dead. The sun's shining again. 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:31.660 Ah, good, good, good, good. Alright, well thanks 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:35.240 for coming on and talking to us and we look forward 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:39.539 to seeing how things go over the weekend and 00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:44.400 so people will be giving you a call and we hope 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.960 that everybody out there listening will have 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.819 a chance to give some calls to some of these 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:53.119 teams over in Germany. So Xenia and Holger, thank 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:57.789 you so much for... for being there and make sure 00:20:57.789 --> 00:21:01.069 you stick around for a while here. 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I know the opening ceremonies are 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:19.900 going to be starting here in just a little while. 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:25.079 Is that right? Yeah, that's right. So up to yesterday, 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.500 half of the sites were already built and ready 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:30.140 for operation. The other half will be finished 00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:32.500 today. Everything's on schedule despite the rain 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.940 this morning. But the rain has, as Zinnia said, 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.920 the rain has actually stopped now but it's given 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:39.180 the ground a good soaking which is a good thing 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:42.700 because it was tinder dry before. So that's all 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:45.940 very good news. Tonight is the opening ceremony. 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:49.880 and a meal after that. Last night there was the 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:53.019 Ham Widows Ball as I think Michael was trying 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.059 to explain to you that there is a lot of different 00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:57.500 events going on around the actual competition. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:00.000 Competition is Saturday, Sunday for 24 hours 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:05.059 in line with the IARUHF competition but apart 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.920 from that there's lots of things. Best way for 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:12.500 the listeners go to the website www .wrtc2018 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:15.490 .de everything's listed there. but everything 00:26:15.490 --> 00:26:19.509 on schedule all right very good well that's that's 00:26:19.509 --> 00:26:24.069 what we want to hear so uh joining us now is 00:26:24.069 --> 00:26:28.529 a familiar voice that's uh been on the show a 00:26:28.529 --> 00:26:30.970 couple of times and i've had the uh the pleasure 00:26:30.970 --> 00:26:34.299 of uh Spending some time with that Dayton and 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:38.799 at Huntsville. It's Brian Terrasco kg5 HVO and 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:43.680 his partner Mateus Acevedo and his new call sign 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:49.500 is ce2 LR and They're one of the youth teams. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:57.700 So guys, how's how's it going? Oh Thank you great 00:26:57.700 --> 00:27:02.160 to be here So what are your first impressions 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:05.640 Bryant now that you're you're there it's a little 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:10.660 different from Alabama Yes, it sure is the weather 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:13.039 is a lot cooler and there's no humidity whatsoever. 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:17.599 That's great No, the event has run smoothly so 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:21.099 far the organizers have done a great job of putting 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:25.279 the event on and just all Been released a very 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.440 smooth process. Do you have anything Matt? Hi, 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:35.940 Neil. Hi, Matt. How are you? Good. Good to hear 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:40.460 you again. I will enjoy too much with the crazy 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:43.980 peoples here around every part of the hotel, 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:47.259 but I enjoy too much here and it's a pleasure 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:50.579 to be here and the organization guys make a great, 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:58.150 great job to do all of this. So well. So so how 00:27:58.150 --> 00:28:00.970 how many contacts do you think you're gonna make 00:28:00.970 --> 00:28:09.250 this weekend? How many has possible? Have you 00:28:09.250 --> 00:28:12.549 set any kind of a goal for from numbers or just 00:28:12.549 --> 00:28:17.450 just go just for fun and Great make a great job 00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:24.849 there All right. Well, I think I think that'll 00:28:24.849 --> 00:28:26.529 be great. Now, why don't you talk a little bit 00:28:26.529 --> 00:28:32.410 about how you qualified for this event? Well, 00:28:32.769 --> 00:28:37.650 this is starting around 2015 when Roberto C. 00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:41.849 3CT is telling me if you can use my stage and 00:28:41.849 --> 00:28:47.970 try to qualify for South America 2. So, while 00:28:47.970 --> 00:28:52.000 I'm trying, I get in the third place in This 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:57.579 run and well after date on 2017 I saw the guys 00:28:57.579 --> 00:29:03.200 of WRTC there and I see They will have some youth 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:08.279 team. You must be applied later and well also 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:13.640 he made him Brian who is now is my partner and 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:20.029 Here we are Okay, well Bryant now when you went 00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:24.210 to Costa Rica you took along Flat hammy which 00:29:24.210 --> 00:29:27.410 was the thing that we were doing last year with 00:29:27.410 --> 00:29:31.450 with ham talk live and printing out the picture 00:29:31.450 --> 00:29:34.549 of hammy the mascot and taking it with you and 00:29:34.549 --> 00:29:38.230 And your mom sent me an email the other day and 00:29:38.230 --> 00:29:42.069 showed me what you took this time You didn't 00:29:42.069 --> 00:29:46.680 take flat hammy So tell us about Flat Martin. 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:52.619 Yes, in my homeschool curriculum we have timeline 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:55.180 cards that have all sorts of historical events 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:57.559 and one of the cards was the Protestant Reformation 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:03.599 and on the card is Martin Luther and so my mom 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.500 has been getting all sorts of photos of Flat 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:11.539 Martin. Around Wittenberg and all the WRTC events. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:14.759 So maybe he'll pop up at the operating site Maybe 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:17.380 he'll end up on top of the spider beam mast. 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:23.720 Who knows? So yeah, so with the with the church 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:26.420 there in Wittenberg, it's almost like you can 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:31.619 you can hear him hammering away on the door there 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:39.279 So yeah, that's pretty cool Well, we'll see how 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:44.059 how flat Martin does and and maybe maybe we'll 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:49.500 get flat hammy in there somewhere, but I To look 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:54.339 forward to to watching the results and and seeing 00:30:54.339 --> 00:31:00.279 how You guys do because I think your your energy 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:05.740 will will be an advantage on this and you know 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:09.329 the I know you've said that, you know, you're 00:31:09.329 --> 00:31:14.230 the underdogs, but I think, you know, what you 00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:17.970 guys lack in experience with some of these other 00:31:17.970 --> 00:31:22.059 experienced, very experienced hands. You may 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.980 make up for an energy. So look forward to watching 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:30.000 the scoreboard and seeing how that all goes so 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:35.039 Any any concern so far about the equipment or 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:39.779 anything? Are you ready to go? Oh Well, I think 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:43.000 we're uh, we're set for success So we have all 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:45.460 of our equipment as far as we know nothing was 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:48.500 destroyed on the flights across the Atlantic 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:55.720 Ocean Thanks to the many generous Elmers and 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:59.279 contest mentors that set us up for success here 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:02.819 at WRTC. I know a lot of people helped us to 00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:06.779 get us on the road here. Okay, I am going to 00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:11.000 put you on hold for just a moment while we bring 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:20.180 in our next caller. Let's make sure we've got 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:24.900 it there. I believe we have everybody back now. 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:29.759 Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT. Good morning. Good 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:33.720 morning. Good morning to you and good afternoon 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:42.859 or good evening to our friends in Germany. Very 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:48.180 impressive. It's finally happening. I had a question 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:52.900 for any of our participants, which has to do 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:57.519 with the time and the contact. What are the secrets? 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:01.799 Hang on just a moment. We're having some problems 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:08.759 getting the calls in here. Something just went 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:21.589 haywire. actually let me call you or no let's 00:33:21.589 --> 00:33:25.869 see okay I can do this actually we can get I 00:33:25.869 --> 00:33:32.829 think we've got this I don't know if we lost 00:33:32.829 --> 00:33:39.630 the connection to Ed or okay now yes we have 00:33:39.630 --> 00:33:41.869 Karen on the line okay so we were having trouble 00:33:41.869 --> 00:33:45.430 getting everything going Okay, so Karen go ahead 00:33:45.430 --> 00:33:50.430 and ask your your question Yeah, I was most curious 00:33:50.430 --> 00:33:54.670 about the fact that here everybody has crossed 00:33:54.670 --> 00:33:58.849 date lines time zones Showing up for something 00:33:58.849 --> 00:34:04.309 that is going to be physically mentally and Many 00:34:04.309 --> 00:34:11.670 other ways challenging and I wonder Sleep deprivation 00:34:12.489 --> 00:34:18.809 extreme competition, short of caffeine, that 00:34:18.809 --> 00:34:22.989 will not only keep everybody going, but at top 00:34:22.989 --> 00:34:29.369 performance level. Yeah, I'm sorry, Karen, but 00:34:29.369 --> 00:34:32.989 through this end in Wittenberg, you came through 00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:35.210 very choppy. Skype is not our friend today, I 00:34:35.210 --> 00:34:40.920 think. Yeah, and she was asking... She was asking 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:43.460 about what are the secrets to keep your energy 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:48.539 up other than caffeine? What can you do to keep 00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:51.739 going and how do you deal with the long hours? 00:34:55.340 --> 00:35:00.000 Okay, well, Matias and I did a contest together 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.650 back in May 2018. It was a WPXCW contest. We 00:35:04.650 --> 00:35:06.949 set a goal for how many QSOs we wanted to get, 00:35:07.510 --> 00:35:10.469 and that goal kept us motivated the entire contest. 00:35:11.030 --> 00:35:13.869 So I really think setting a goal is very important, 00:35:15.070 --> 00:35:17.829 and right now we've been talking about what kind 00:35:17.829 --> 00:35:22.090 of goals we want to make as far as QSOs and multiplier 00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:26.889 numbers go. Caffeine is always good, as Mathias 00:35:26.889 --> 00:35:31.489 knows. Diet Coke. The Diet Coke is what he says. 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:36.260 But what about Holger and Xenia? Are they still 00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:40.360 there, Ed? No, they've actually moved on, I'm 00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:44.300 afraid. So you've just got the future winners 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.980 of the WRTC sat next to us here. Yes, the future. 00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.940 Wouldn't that be something? Youth group number 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:52.340 one finishing number one. I wish them well. They're 00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:56.760 certainly got the energy. And the humor. And 00:35:56.760 --> 00:36:01.719 the humor, yes. Yes, exactly. All right, Karen, 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:10.150 well. there's your answer okay well i wish everybody 00:36:10.150 --> 00:36:16.769 everybody well i hope there are both coffee urns 00:36:16.769 --> 00:36:19.750 and soda machines free body can't wait uh can't 00:36:19.750 --> 00:36:23.329 wait for the action to start thank you all right 00:36:23.329 --> 00:36:29.269 sorry i'm just gonna say about Karen, yeah, for 00:36:29.269 --> 00:36:32.329 the youth team here, yeah, coffee and soda. But 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:33.730 I guess the rest of the guys are looking for 00:36:33.730 --> 00:36:37.510 what the beer machine is. Ah, could make for 00:36:37.510 --> 00:36:40.989 some very interesting QS those. Yeah, wouldn't 00:36:40.989 --> 00:36:46.349 help with staying awake though. Okay, thank you 00:36:46.349 --> 00:36:49.329 both so much. Okay, bye -bye. Thanks, Karen. 00:36:49.409 --> 00:36:52.170 All right, bye -bye, Karen. That's Karen E. Murray, 00:36:52.210 --> 00:36:57.289 KD2GUT, and we appreciate her giving us a call 00:36:57.289 --> 00:37:00.570 this morning as well. And you can too. The phone 00:37:00.570 --> 00:37:06.369 number is 812 -638 -4261. We do have a few minutes 00:37:06.369 --> 00:37:08.889 left here. Right now we have Brian Terrasco, 00:37:08.989 --> 00:37:15.190 KG5HVO, and Matias Acevedo, CE2LR. They're the 00:37:15.190 --> 00:37:23.099 youth team number one in this WRTC. version 2018 00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:27.139 and And I just realized that there's something 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:29.539 that we didn't we didn't plan for and didn't 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:33.400 put on the script But I'm hoping you know I Mentioned 00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:37.460 the scoreboard and being able to watch the scoreboard 00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:44.340 Here as things progress So can you fill everybody 00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:48.519 in on how they can watch along this weekend? 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.960 Okay as all good organizations everything comes 00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.679 back to a center point which is that website 00:37:55.679 --> 00:38:02.780 www .wrtc2018 .de As the contest starts there 00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:05.340 will be a link from there to an online scoreboard 00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:08.440 What's interesting is what's behind the scenes 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.539 on that as well. There are actually small mini 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:14.619 computers in each of the sites that are linked 00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:18.889 to the logging software that's been used by the 00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:22.150 competitors and that then automatically sends 00:38:22.150 --> 00:38:26.750 back every minute to the HQ site the information 00:38:26.750 --> 00:38:30.829 via our own secure LAN or secure, you know, wire. 00:38:31.769 --> 00:38:35.670 Secure channel over the cellular network And 00:38:35.670 --> 00:38:37.789 that then gets processed here comes up onto a 00:38:37.789 --> 00:38:40.570 big screen in the lobby for those who aren't 00:38:40.570 --> 00:38:44.130 actually out at the site and also go straight 00:38:44.130 --> 00:38:47.710 to the website as well, so that means yeah every 00:38:47.710 --> 00:38:49.730 minute you'll know how many points each of the 00:38:49.730 --> 00:38:53.829 teams have got and If that should fail we've 00:38:53.829 --> 00:38:56.550 got a backup system where the the referees who 00:38:56.550 --> 00:38:58.590 are based on the sites will actually call in 00:38:58.590 --> 00:39:00.849 every five minutes or so until whatever the computer 00:39:00.849 --> 00:39:03.349 problem is is fixed although we're not expecting 00:39:03.349 --> 00:39:05.650 any problems but it's always good to have a backup 00:39:05.650 --> 00:39:09.250 but again anything and everything so even we've 00:39:09.250 --> 00:39:11.030 got we've already started the daily videos we 00:39:11.030 --> 00:39:14.050 did one the last two days everything linked through 00:39:14.050 --> 00:39:20.500 that important website wrtc2018 .de Yeah, and 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:24.199 while we're mentioning the website I know that 00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:26.280 you want to mention that the opening and closing 00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:30.400 ceremonies will be live streamed So you can watch 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:34.300 those and then of course the online scoreboard 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:37.280 You can see and the video reports you just talked 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:41.280 about so you can feel like you're there. So wrtc 00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:47.559 2018 dot de this the place to go. Well, if you 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:50.340 want to follow this some more, there's another 00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:54.440 opportunity for you and we thank everybody for 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:57.360 a good job for getting up and calling in this 00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:03.219 morning. Saturday at 7 a .m. Eastern time there's 00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:06.440 going to be another breakfast radio show and 00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:09.199 This time it's from the German National Radio 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:14.840 Society the darc radio is producing a special 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:19.139 in English from the wrtc and it'll be transmitted 00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:23.539 on the 22 meter a .m. Shortwave broadcast band 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:33.349 with 30 megawatts of radiated power What's that? 00:40:35.289 --> 00:40:37.309 Yeah, sorry, Neil. I was trying to jump in there. 00:40:37.670 --> 00:40:40.429 You're right. It's actually 300 kilowatts being 00:40:40.429 --> 00:40:43.130 transmitted through a 20 dB antenna. So yeah, 00:40:43.349 --> 00:40:46.969 just around 30 megawatts. They're beamed at the 00:40:46.969 --> 00:40:50.389 U .S. from Austria, from Vienna. And there's 00:40:50.389 --> 00:40:54.110 also concurrently on 607 kilohertz on the 49 00:40:54.110 --> 00:40:57.329 meter band, there's also the same transmission 00:40:57.329 --> 00:41:01.090 for Europe. So we're looking forward to... that 00:41:01.090 --> 00:41:04.409 being a first that we're getting so much out 00:41:04.409 --> 00:41:06.590 there and if i can just quickly come back on 00:41:06.590 --> 00:41:09.250 your earlier comments i'd just like to say don't 00:41:09.250 --> 00:41:11.630 forget the awards we would really love or the 00:41:11.630 --> 00:41:14.730 organizers would really love this wrtc to be 00:41:14.730 --> 00:41:18.500 one where a lot of people get involved remotely, 00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:21.019 calling the stations and getting those awards. 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:23.320 There's several different awards to go for, all 00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:26.559 the details on the website. Let's make it really 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:30.239 not just the competitors here, not just the 63 00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:34.460 two -man teams. Let's make it a lot more people 00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:38.139 outside of Germany as well, winning awards from 00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:44.809 the WR. All right, well and again, you know if 00:41:44.809 --> 00:41:47.369 you want to listen to this special broadcast 00:41:47.369 --> 00:41:55.429 you can do that with with 30 megawatts so Effective 00:41:55.429 --> 00:42:02.489 radiated power that is so that's Coming up on 00:42:02.489 --> 00:42:10.940 Saturday again 7 a .m. And 13 .860 and if you 00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:15.739 don't have an HF station pull up WebSDR and you 00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:20.500 can listen on WebSDR and again 1100 UTC in the 00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:26.780 49 meter band at 6 .070 and so those are the 00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:31.079 frequencies again 13 .860 Saturday at 7 a .m. 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:39.300 Eastern Time and then at 1100 UTC on 6 .070 MHz. 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:44.480 You can follow along on that and also in the 00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:51.119 line scoreboard at wrtc2018 .de and so we hope 00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:54.559 that you'll follow along. So, Edward, we're just 00:42:54.559 --> 00:43:00.280 about out of time. Do we have anything? Going 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:04.280 on there that we need to to wrap up here No, 00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:09.059 just let you guys say cheers from their end Okay 00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:14.619 73 and thank you for enjoyed with us. I guess 00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:21.280 everybody's give just for us Well, thanks to 00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:24.139 the listeners for tuning in and thank you for 00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:29.699 all the support 73 and I'll jump in before you 00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:31.679 do Neil that's oh hang on we've got something 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:34.679 else from Mattias oh okay he just wanted to shake 00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:38.280 my hand that's okay so yeah that's us that's 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:40.340 us pretty well finished here we're just gonna 00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:43.679 get ready for the opening ceremony this evening 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:47.980 and then all the competitors get ready for Saturday 00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:53.059 Now you are going to be helping out quite a bit. 00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:55.880 This is just one of your duties What what else 00:43:55.880 --> 00:44:00.099 will you be working with this weekend and WRTC? 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:03.260 Well, actually the weekend for me is hopefully 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:05.420 gonna be less work than it has been because I'm 00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:09.159 doing all the Not all but some recordings for 00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:12.000 other podcasts and also for that that special 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:15.119 broadcast in English And there's also another 00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:19.619 one from the da RC on Sunday in German And yeah, 00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:21.880 so we're doing some more interviews for that. 00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:25.239 And I also do a bit of the translation and copy 00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:27.739 reading work for the website stuff and everything. 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:30.980 All right, very good. Well, we appreciate you 00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:32.980 putting all this together and getting all the 00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:35.639 equipment together. I know you've been working 00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.360 on this for quite some time, getting equipment 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:41.719 ready and backup plans and everything. And fortunately, 00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:44.440 we didn't need too many of the backup plans this 00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:48.719 morning. But we sure appreciate you taking the 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:52.619 time to do all of this and look forward to seeing 00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:58.880 how this all turns out at WRTC and Oh, I did 00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:01.960 have one other question Ed and I and again, I 00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:04.539 hope I'm not putting you on the spot here I know 00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:09.900 that one of the teams had to lose a team leader 00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:13.820 At the last minute were they able to fill that 00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:18.780 spot? Yeah, I know this spot has been filled, 00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:20.900 but I don't know what the neighbor call sign 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:24.239 of the person is. Somebody else would know, but 00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:25.780 unfortunately the person that would know has 00:45:25.780 --> 00:45:27.960 gone from here at the moment. Yeah, all filled. 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:34.159 We've got 63 full teams and 300 volunteers supporting 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:38.960 them. Okay very good. Well yeah I was just curious 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:41.400 about that and should have thought of that earlier 00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:45.139 but anyway we're glad that that spot's been filled 00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:48.880 and everything's ready to go and we'll get on 00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:53.820 with all the all the parties and celebrations 00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:59.260 here of the opening in just a few hours and everything 00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:02.860 will get underway and hope everybody out there 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:06.300 listening can get on this weekend and give these 00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:09.800 guys some contacts and let them run the pileups 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:14.320 and good luck to all of the teams that are involved 00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:17.820 here. We were able to bring you a couple of the 00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:24.360 younger teams This morning, but there's just 00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:29.000 some fabulous talent there and And hope that 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:31.960 that you'll get involved and you can go for some 00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:37.179 of these awards, too for working different stations, 00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:42.360 so and we appreciate it. Thank you so much and 00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:46.960 We'll be talking to you Yeah, you're very welcome 00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:49.699 Neil as we always say hams help hams so it's 00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:51.139 it's great to be part of this and it's great 00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:55.460 also to be exchanging words with yourself 73 00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:58.880 to everybody All right, seven three and take 00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:03.239 care and it's time for the call of the day Today's 00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:06.340 winner gets a 40 meter double bazooka courtesy 00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:10.280 of radio waves And the call of the day goes to 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:13.699 Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT. So congratulations 00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:17.280 on that, and we'll get that out to you. And that's 00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:21.280 a wrap for this week's HamTalk Live. Thanks to 00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:24.940 my guests, Ed Durant, DD5LP over in Germany. 00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:29.760 uh, michael hooting dayl6mhw the vice president 00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:35.659 of wrtc and holger hanneman zl3io and his daughter 00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:40.039 zenia burger zl4yl and of course, uh, brian rascal 00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:46.599 kg5hvo and, uh, matteus hossoveto ce2lr for joining 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:50.119 us and Everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:53.000 listening and calling in and next thursday night. 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:57.099 We'll be back at our usual time at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:47:57.099 --> 00:48:02.679 Time and Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ and some others 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:06.219 from NASA on the Air will be here to give us 00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:09.159 an update on how that's going and it's really 00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:12.940 kind of got to rev up here soon. There's several 00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:16.639 anniversaries including the Apollo 11 anniversary 00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:18.559 coming up and so they're going to tell us all 00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:21.199 about it, how things are going with NASA on the 00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:25.300 Air and how the the second half going to go, 00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:28.420 so be sure to join us next Thursday night at 00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:31.920 9 p .m. for that. And for a list of all of our 00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:34.500 upcoming guests, just go to HamTalkLive .com, 00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:37.559 click on the schedule button, and you'll find 00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:40.880 the list there. And if you like the show, give 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:44.539 us a review on iTunes if you can. We would appreciate 00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:48.320 that. It'll help others find us faster. For now, 00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:52.579 this is Neal Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, 00:48:52.940 --> 00:49:18.670 and may the good DX be yours. you