WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.779 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:02.779 --> 00:00:06.339 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:09.939 and more, visit them at a hamfest near you or 00:00:09.939 --> 00:00:18.339 call 920 -435 -2973 or online at pl -259 .com. 00:00:50.030 --> 00:00:54.750 Hey, good evening everybody. We're live from 00:00:54.750 --> 00:00:58.030 the sold out Spring Hill Suites, Dayton, South 00:00:58.030 --> 00:01:01.869 Miamisburg. This is HamTalk Live, episode number 00:01:01.869 --> 00:01:06.969 115, live from Dayton 2018, recorded live on 00:01:06.969 --> 00:01:11.230 Thursday, May 17th, 2018. I'm your host, Neil 00:01:11.230 --> 00:01:14.870 Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:14.870 --> 00:01:18.459 of HamTalk Live. Tonight we won't be doing our 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:20.859 usual call -in show. We'll be doing something 00:01:20.859 --> 00:01:23.579 new tonight. Tonight we're going to give you 00:01:23.579 --> 00:01:26.019 all the latest information you need for your 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:28.799 trip to Dayton. And if you missed something on 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:30.879 the show tonight and need to hear it again, HamTalk 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:34.769 Live will be on HamTalkLive .com. and all the 00:01:34.769 --> 00:01:37.409 usual podcast apps within a few minutes after 00:01:37.409 --> 00:01:40.769 the show, like Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and 00:01:40.769 --> 00:01:44.569 Stitcher, and we'll also be on YouTube. And don't 00:01:44.569 --> 00:01:46.849 forget our mascot, Hammy. We'll be wandering 00:01:46.849 --> 00:01:49.750 around Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. We'd 00:01:49.750 --> 00:01:53.049 love to see your photos with Hammy, so post them 00:01:53.049 --> 00:01:56.319 online. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, use the 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:01.140 hashtag HamTalkLive. And if you stop by the Ham 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:03.500 Nation and Newsline booth next to Heil Sound, 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:07.060 you can get an I'm Not Will Banks button while 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:10.120 supplies last and get your picture taken with 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.169 Flat Dawn and post those with the hashtag. I'm 00:02:14.169 --> 00:02:18.370 not Will Banks. So tonight we have weather, traffic, 00:02:18.569 --> 00:02:21.389 parking news, and all the information we could 00:02:21.389 --> 00:02:23.949 find about some other activities going on this 00:02:23.949 --> 00:02:27.509 weekend related to Hamvention for you. So we're 00:02:27.509 --> 00:02:31.189 going to start off with the weather and with 00:02:31.189 --> 00:02:35.389 the exclusive Storm Setter 7 WHIOTV Hamvention 00:02:35.389 --> 00:02:39.090 weather forecast. Here is Chief Meteorologist 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:48.060 Eric Elwell, KD4 BNT. Well, the forecast is going 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:50.060 to be a little iffy, but I do think we'll get 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:52.379 some dry time in there. We will have to dodge 00:02:52.379 --> 00:02:54.960 some showers and thunderstorms. It seems to always 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.240 be the case every year. But the better chances 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.659 for showers and thundershowers will be early 00:02:59.659 --> 00:03:02.259 in the day on Friday. We'll keep that chance 00:03:02.259 --> 00:03:04.520 into the afternoon before tapering off as we 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.259 get into the evening. But more scattered showers 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:10.020 and a few thunderstorms Saturday, not expecting 00:03:10.020 --> 00:03:12.639 to be anything severe. Does look like we get 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.699 most of the day in Sunday drive. before some 00:03:15.699 --> 00:03:18.000 showers and storms return in the evening. Temperatures 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.500 should be comfortable, a little bit cool on Friday 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:24.060 as we top out in the lower 70s. We will climb 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:27.080 up to near 80 again by Saturday and maybe a bit 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.120 warm on Sunday as we top out in the middle 80s. 00:03:30.219 --> 00:03:32.180 From the Storm Center on News Center 7, Chief 00:03:32.180 --> 00:03:35.659 Meteorologist Eric Elwell for HamTalk Live for 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:40.379 the Dayton -Hamm -Vincent 2018. Hey, thanks Eric 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:42.539 and you've been here in Dayton for a little while 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:45.680 on TV doing weather, but not everyone knows That 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.719 you're a ham. So tell us a little bit about your 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.800 ham radio experience Well, I've been a ham radio 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:56.139 operator really since the late 1990s My father 00:03:56.139 --> 00:04:00.020 was very much into it and I remember in high 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:03.740 school listening to him talk all across the world 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:07.699 with the different Rigs that he had and I just 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:11.349 found it fascinating uh... with my interest in 00:04:11.349 --> 00:04:14.389 whether i've also found that uh... uh... amateur 00:04:14.389 --> 00:04:16.970 radio worked very well for storm -chasing you 00:04:16.970 --> 00:04:19.230 know we're talking about times with cell phones 00:04:19.230 --> 00:04:22.930 obviously weren't very popular uh... there were 00:04:22.930 --> 00:04:26.089 very few and uh... very expensive so uh... i 00:04:26.089 --> 00:04:28.750 had my first two meter radio as i was going to 00:04:28.750 --> 00:04:31.970 college and started storm -chasing uh... in between 00:04:31.970 --> 00:04:35.110 classes at mississippi state university and i 00:04:35.110 --> 00:04:37.310 was lucky enough to get my uh... my first job 00:04:37.529 --> 00:04:44.170 in Wichita, Kansas, and that was in 1995, and 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:46.110 I got to go out there, was out there for three 00:04:46.110 --> 00:04:48.649 years, and we did a lot of storm chasing there, 00:04:48.670 --> 00:04:53.009 and that's really where I got the most use from 00:04:53.009 --> 00:04:57.250 my ham radio license, and it was always fantastic, 00:04:57.269 --> 00:05:01.970 always met great people, and a lot of help that 00:05:01.970 --> 00:05:05.250 the amateur radio helped me. in storm chasing, 00:05:05.550 --> 00:05:07.110 because out in parts of Kansas, if anybody's 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:09.389 ever been out there, there's not much coverage 00:05:09.389 --> 00:05:12.910 of anything else out there. And so you had to 00:05:12.910 --> 00:05:14.209 have a ham radio if you were going to do any 00:05:14.209 --> 00:05:17.750 storm chasing at all. Now, do you still get on 00:05:17.750 --> 00:05:20.949 the air or do you listen to Skywarn there for 00:05:20.949 --> 00:05:24.029 your job? Personally, I don't use it as much 00:05:24.029 --> 00:05:26.689 anymore. I still have a handy talkie that I have 00:05:26.689 --> 00:05:29.829 in my house that I'll listen to every once in 00:05:29.829 --> 00:05:32.589 a while. I don't talk as much as I used to, but 00:05:32.670 --> 00:05:36.509 I did just recently update my license because 00:05:36.509 --> 00:05:38.649 it was about to expire and I wanted to keep it 00:05:38.649 --> 00:05:41.329 because I wanted to probably get back into it 00:05:41.329 --> 00:05:44.550 more. But we do, we actually have Skywarn here, 00:05:44.689 --> 00:05:48.370 the Dayton Skywarn is headquartered here at WHO 00:05:48.370 --> 00:05:52.029 TV. They've got their office here in the building 00:05:52.029 --> 00:05:54.529 just down the hall really from the weather center. 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:59.670 So it's a fantastic operation. The folks there 00:05:59.670 --> 00:06:01.689 are very good and I'll go in there and listen 00:06:01.689 --> 00:06:05.050 to them. or somebody on our team will go in there 00:06:05.050 --> 00:06:06.629 and listen to them, especially if we have severe 00:06:06.629 --> 00:06:09.430 weather. So we are actually making more of an 00:06:09.430 --> 00:06:13.910 effort to help them out and appreciate what they 00:06:13.910 --> 00:06:16.290 do here in our building as they cover severe 00:06:16.290 --> 00:06:18.949 weather coming in out of Indiana into Ohio. So 00:06:18.949 --> 00:06:22.170 I do stay involved with it and listen to it and 00:06:22.170 --> 00:06:25.230 have certainly communicate with the storm chaser 00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:27.829 events. And most of those guys are amateur radio 00:06:27.829 --> 00:06:31.060 operators. Well, Eric, that's pretty cool. Thanks 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:33.620 for, uh, coming on and doing this. Any last words 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:36.120 for the people going to invention this weekend? 00:06:36.459 --> 00:06:39.139 I've always appreciated amateur radio operators. 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.019 We have several here in the building. Most of 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:44.139 those guys are engineers and they actually help 00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:46.160 us with our radar systems and everything else. 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:47.980 So I've always appreciated those guys. I know 00:06:47.980 --> 00:06:51.220 you guys are tech savvy and, uh, and it's a lot 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:54.399 of fun. So I wish everyone the best weekend and 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.459 hopefully no one gets stuck in the mud out there. 00:06:57.979 --> 00:07:00.980 All right, thanks again, Eric. That's Eric Elwell, 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:06.000 KD4BNT. And you can catch Eric and his team on 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.399 WHIOTV Channel 7 while you're here in Dayton 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:13.699 area for continuing weather coverage. In fact, 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:19.500 it's coverage you can count on. That's what they 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:25.240 say. Well, it's time for some traffic and we're 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:30.910 expecting a call here soon. But first let's look 00:07:30.910 --> 00:07:34.329 at some of the regular traffic around the Dayton 00:07:34.329 --> 00:07:43.750 area So for once The traffic isn't all that bad 00:07:43.750 --> 00:07:46.529 in the Dayton area most of the construction on 00:07:46.529 --> 00:07:50.329 I -75 has been finished So there's not a whole 00:07:50.329 --> 00:07:52.329 lot going on, but there's still some at the US 00:07:52.329 --> 00:07:57.629 35 West ramp to I -75. There's a closure there 00:07:57.629 --> 00:08:01.089 on the ramp and you can go around that north 00:08:01.089 --> 00:08:05.850 and go to the US -35 East ramp. And then Stewart 00:08:05.850 --> 00:08:09.889 Street to US -35, there's a ramp closure there 00:08:09.889 --> 00:08:14.290 as well. And also, if you go through northern 00:08:14.290 --> 00:08:16.629 Kentucky, if you're coming in from the south 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:20.129 and going through Cincinnati, I -71 and 75, there's 00:08:20.129 --> 00:08:25.040 some nightly lane closures and weekend lane closures 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:29.319 for some construction there, so watch out for 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:33.700 that. Be careful out there on the roads and enjoy 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:38.440 your trip into Hamvention. Talking frequencies 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:43.179 here, 146 .94 is the main repeater with its appeal 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:50.500 of 123. The alternate is 146 .985. and that's 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:56.120 a 123PL also. The traffic bulletin station is 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:04.879 on 145 -525. 145 -525. They'll have some repeating 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.500 bulletins on there about traffic. You can also 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:14.639 get the text alerts from Hamvention. Hamvention 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:21.460 18 at 888 -777. Dayton hams also monitor 223 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:26.419 .94 and 442 .1 mid cars is available on seven 00:09:26.419 --> 00:09:30.419 dot two five eight and Also, they announced they're 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:35.120 doing One of those a .m. Information stations 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.080 The normal one is on 1660 a .m. But they're doing 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.320 a special one on 1620 a .m. Listen to that a 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:45.559 little bit today so you can get some information 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.980 there and They're trying out a 20 meter net, 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.779 but I'm not sure if that's going to be going 00:09:51.779 --> 00:09:53.820 all weekend, but they're going to try around 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:59.080 14 .325. And if you're doing DMR, there is a 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:05.179 DMR code plug at arrl -ohio .org. If you want 00:10:05.179 --> 00:10:08.960 to download all those, you can do that as well. 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.539 When you're coming into Hamvention, if you... 00:10:13.939 --> 00:10:16.820 Following the ADA parking make sure you enter 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:20.559 at gates three or four Flea market enters gate 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:23.679 two and exit inside exhibitors have their own 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:27.740 little map so Make sure you know where you're 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:32.279 going here Traffic in Green County actually looks 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:34.700 pretty good, and hopefully we'll have a call 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:39.840 here To fill you in on that a little bit more 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:43.340 As far as gas prices go, I was going to tell 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:47.500 you that you ought to wait and get your gas a 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:50.159 datin', and then all of a sudden today the gas 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.019 prices went up. So if you can find anything under 00:10:54.019 --> 00:10:58.419 $2 .99, you probably ought to take it, because 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:01.139 just about everything in the region is at $2 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:05.480 .99, but we did find some. Sam's Club seems to 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.779 be the good one. Beaver Creek was 274. Washington 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:13.600 Township 265. Costco in Centerville was 265. 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:18.799 The BP in Fairborn was 267 earlier. In Xenia, 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:24.840 most were 299. The BP and the Shell were at 271 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:29.500 and 274 respectively, but pretty much if you 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:33.039 find anything under 299. you probably better 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.600 take it. 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If you're 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:55.399 looking for rooms, you're not going to find them 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:57.639 here. But thanks for tuning in tonight. We hope 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:02.460 that we're helping your trip to Hamvention be 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:06.419 more enjoyable. So one of the things we want 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:11.299 to talk about is parking. And last year they 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:15.100 tried to do a lot of the parking on site and 00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:18.799 it just wasn't working out real well and with 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:22.100 all the rain and so they've decided to go back 00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:25.000 to what they had done a lot at HERA which was 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.460 the remote parking and free shuttle service. 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:32.580 So there is parking still available there at 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:35.840 the fairgrounds but it is kind of weather dependent 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:40.799 so you can get some parking there. But they really 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.200 suggest that you take one of the remote lots 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:47.399 now the remote lot list is on the website Hamvention 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.840 org we're going to run it down for you Just a 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.840 little bit, but you can find the GPS coordinates 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:58.620 there and the actual Full address on there so 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:02.340 you can put it in your GPS and find it easily. 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.240 But the remote lot number one is a closed car 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.580 dealership and a closed grocery store on CJ Drive 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:16.139 in Beaver Creek. That's in the 33 and 3400 block 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:22.000 of CJ Drive. You can go with 3401 CJ. That's 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.500 S -E -A -J -A -Y Drive in Beaver Creek. and you 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:29.580 can park there and ride the free shuttle bus 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:34.080 in. Lot two is at Xenia High School, which is 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.799 303 Kinsey Road in Xenia. Lot number three is 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.700 Youngs Jersey Dairy, and that's on Springfield 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:43.659 Xenia Road in Yellow Springs, and from what I 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:46.039 hear, that's worth a stop whether you want to 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.000 park there or not. I hear it's some pretty good 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:53.860 ice cream. Lot four is the Green County Government 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:59.309 Campus. That's 667 Dayton Xenia Road in Xenia. 00:15:59.669 --> 00:16:04.149 And then lot 6 is the old Kmart lot in Xenia. 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:08.860 84 Xenia Town Square so if you take one of those 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:12.059 parking lots you can get a free shuttle bus ride 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:14.320 and they'll run you through all the back roads 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.899 and everything and and get you in there and get 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:21.200 you out and they do have don't forget the equipment 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:24.000 drop -off so if you have equipment that's too 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.639 big to take back on the bus you can just leave 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:36.110 that there and pick it up and You can Come back 00:16:36.110 --> 00:16:40.649 and pick that equipment up Whenever you want 00:16:40.649 --> 00:16:44.610 so okay, we've got a phone call here, so let's 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:51.649 see who's on the line ah There there he is Gary 00:16:51.649 --> 00:16:56.009 can you hold on for just a couple of minutes 00:16:56.009 --> 00:17:01.409 Okay, we were joined now by The Greene County 00:17:01.409 --> 00:17:06.049 Sheriff and with the call we were expecting to 00:17:06.049 --> 00:17:09.789 talk about some traffic in Greene County and 00:17:09.789 --> 00:17:13.769 because of some of the work with Hamvention, 00:17:15.450 --> 00:17:18.470 we're proud to say that the Greene County Sheriff, 00:17:18.670 --> 00:17:24.289 Gene Fisher, is KX8GCS. So he's one of us now. 00:17:25.150 --> 00:17:28.539 So Gene, thanks for calling in. And tell us a 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:31.140 little bit about the traffic flow in and out 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:35.619 of Hamvention this weekend. Well, everybody that's 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:38.279 here last year knows that Friday was a heavy 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:40.279 traffic day and there were a lot of backups. 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:44.759 So we are encouraging people to use offsite parking 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:47.880 and jump on the bus and come to the Hamvention 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:52.599 on the bus. There is parking at the fairgrounds 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:57.529 and you know so if you come in expect to back 00:17:57.529 --> 00:17:59.390 up a little bit. Hopefully we made some changes 00:17:59.390 --> 00:18:03.190 that will facilitate a smoother entrance into 00:18:03.190 --> 00:18:06.569 the fairground parking area, but if you can take 00:18:06.569 --> 00:18:09.609 advantage of the offsite parking and bus into 00:18:09.609 --> 00:18:14.009 the site, that would be our recommendation. Okay, 00:18:14.049 --> 00:18:17.170 very good. Now any construction or road closures 00:18:17.170 --> 00:18:21.549 that people need to be aware of? There's some 00:18:21.549 --> 00:18:24.450 construction in downtown Zena. They've got some 00:18:24.450 --> 00:18:27.390 new Asphalt down and new markings on the road, 00:18:27.410 --> 00:18:30.710 but you know it shouldn't shouldn't change the 00:18:30.710 --> 00:18:34.069 traffic flow that you guys had last year, so 00:18:34.069 --> 00:18:38.509 it's um That's not going to be an issue at all 00:18:38.509 --> 00:18:41.609 There is one if you're coming if you're coming 00:18:41.609 --> 00:18:47.490 in from the north on 235 235 Coming into 68 which 00:18:47.490 --> 00:18:50.509 takes you in the Xenia Has a small detour and 00:18:50.509 --> 00:18:52.769 it probably just adds three or four minutes to 00:18:52.769 --> 00:18:55.690 your drive time Other than that, we're good to 00:18:55.690 --> 00:18:59.289 go. Okay, now when I was looking through some 00:18:59.289 --> 00:19:03.250 of the information, I saw that is it Traben Road 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:07.490 where a lot of people turn coming from Dayton 00:19:07.490 --> 00:19:11.529 proper. There's going to be construction there, 00:19:11.690 --> 00:19:15.029 but was that held up or just? That construction 00:19:15.029 --> 00:19:18.609 has been completed. What they did there was as 00:19:18.609 --> 00:19:21.329 you're leaving now, that was a one -lane road. 00:19:21.529 --> 00:19:24.329 they created a right turn lane off of Traybine 00:19:24.329 --> 00:19:28.230 onto westbound 35 to go back to Dayton. So that 00:19:28.230 --> 00:19:33.630 should be a benefit. That's over with, so that's 00:19:33.630 --> 00:19:37.410 even better. I had no problems today, but of 00:19:37.410 --> 00:19:39.450 course there weren't a whole lot of people going 00:19:39.450 --> 00:19:44.890 in today, so it was nice to meet you today and 00:19:44.890 --> 00:19:50.180 appreciate you coming on. Any advice? first for 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:55.579 people coming in? Well, first of all, we got 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:58.519 something else restarted this year, and it's 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:02.579 the text alerts from my office for just Hamvention 00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:07.859 attendees. People can, if they would text Hamvention 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:12.279 with a capital H, Hamvention 18 with no space, 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:17.859 to, you text that to 888 -777. It will automatically 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:21.259 sign you up to receive text alerts from the sheriff's 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:23.759 office. And we plan to use that if there are 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.480 traffic issues on the roadway. And I know that 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:32.099 we got the DARA talking group going. But we can 00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:36.559 text to your cell phone certain things like this 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:41.119 road's blocked. We recommend using this outlaw 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:44.990 to park or if the Xenia High School off -site 00:20:44.990 --> 00:20:47.849 parking is full. We'll send a text alert out 00:20:47.849 --> 00:20:50.789 for that. So it's a good way for us to keep in 00:20:50.789 --> 00:20:54.349 communication with everybody coming to the Hanvention. 00:20:54.809 --> 00:20:58.309 It also is automatically going to send National 00:20:58.309 --> 00:21:01.309 Weather Service alerts if we get any thunderstorm 00:21:01.309 --> 00:21:05.089 or tornado activity in the area. So hopefully 00:21:05.089 --> 00:21:08.430 it keeps our fingers crossed so we don't get 00:21:08.430 --> 00:21:11.450 too much rain or definitely no severe weather. 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:16.019 That's a good thing to have and hopefully just 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:19.079 another way that we can use technology to keep 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:21.799 everybody informed of what's going on. I signed 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:24.460 up for those some time ago and been seeing a 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:27.119 lot of those. Got one a while ago about the lightning 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.920 so we appreciate you taking the time to make 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:36.140 that happen and we'll be watching those. Our 00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:39.519 goal is to have everybody make everybody's experience 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.359 here in Green County and the entire Miami Valley 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:46.880 a pleasant one and you know just make sure everybody 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:50.700 has a nice safe time. Okay again that's Hamvention 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:55.500 18 with a capital H no space. Hamvention 18 and 00:21:55.500 --> 00:22:00.990 just text that all one word to 888. 777 and that'll 00:22:00.990 --> 00:22:03.529 sign you up for those. So Gene, before we let 00:22:03.529 --> 00:22:05.930 you go, why don't you tell us a little bit about 00:22:05.930 --> 00:22:11.569 how this call sign thing happened? Well, first 00:22:11.569 --> 00:22:15.890 of all, my, you know, this is not my Green County's 00:22:15.890 --> 00:22:18.130 foray into the Hamventions, not my first time 00:22:18.130 --> 00:22:21.130 at the Hamventions. My father -in -law was a 00:22:21.130 --> 00:22:23.450 ham radio operator and he would come up from 00:22:23.450 --> 00:22:26.630 southern Ohio and we would get in the car and 00:22:26.630 --> 00:22:30.019 go to hair arena every year. My wife and I, my 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.799 wife had her license for 30 years, let it expire. 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.799 Last year after the hand venture we took the 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:39.859 classes and both of us are now got our tech and 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:43.960 then afterwards I went to the general classes 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:49.500 and now I'm a general. But my call sign KX, X 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.039 stands for Xenia or it's also the 24th letter 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.400 of the alphabet which was a badge number I carried 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:58.720 as a senior police officer several years ago. 00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:02.059 Eight, the region we're in in Ohio, and then 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:07.420 GCS, Green County Sheriff. So KX8, GCS. Very 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:10.319 good. Well, we're glad to have you officially 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:13.759 along and licensed, and we appreciate all your 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:18.839 efforts to make everybody's trip to Ham Radio 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:23.099 Mecca a little better. It is a yeah, it had so 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:27.019 much fun last year, you know being an official 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:29.279 I on Saturday I was standing at the gate I'll 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:31.720 be there tomorrow morning probably every morning 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:35.700 greeting people when they come in so Yep, any 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.420 of your listeners want to just come up shake 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:39.960 my hand say hi. Did they heard me? That'd be 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:45.220 great We surely appreciate that and I appreciate 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:48.880 that you talking to me earlier this morning. 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:52.500 So Gene, thank you so much for calling and thanks 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:57.119 to you and all of your staff for all the work 00:23:57.119 --> 00:24:01.779 this weekend. We'll be out there to make sure 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:05.539 everybody has a safe time and if you need anything 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:09.019 and see one of the guys in uniform, just ask 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:12.599 him. He'll be there to help. All right, Gene, 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:16.900 thanks so much. 73. Yep, have a good one. Take 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:21.059 care All right, that's the Green County Sheriff 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:26.339 And that's I'm losing my notes because this is 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:29.960 all out of order It's live radio at its best 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:34.000 Green County Sheriff Jean Fisher KX 8 GCS so 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.440 thanks for joining us and We were getting ready 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:39.779 to go to Gary on the line here. We're going to 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:45.400 switch from parking over to some the events that 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:49.420 are going on. And joining me tonight is my friend 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:53.660 Gary West, K8DEV, from the National Voice of 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:57.400 America Museum of Broadcasting. And they're having 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:01.019 an open house down there in Westchester, Ohio, 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:05.160 which is just south of Dayton off of I -75. And 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:07.019 Gary's going to tell us a little bit about that. 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:12.079 So, Gary, good evening. Good evening, Neil. Happy 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:17.210 Hamvention Eve. Yes! Yeah, we got off to an early 00:25:17.210 --> 00:25:21.690 start today and had a great time. Had a good 00:25:21.690 --> 00:25:24.170 crowd come through, people from as far away as 00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:26.690 California and actually one gentleman from Sydney, 00:25:26.690 --> 00:25:31.569 Australia stopped in. And this is the first year 00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:34.190 that we've been open on Thursday of Amp Mansion 00:25:34.190 --> 00:25:37.309 Weekend. We have had several requests and it 00:25:37.309 --> 00:25:39.769 turned out that there was quite a demand for 00:25:39.769 --> 00:25:42.390 that so I'm sure we'll want to do that in the 00:25:42.390 --> 00:25:46.220 future. But for your listeners who may not be 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:49.859 aware of it, we are located at the former Voice 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:52.960 of America Bethany Relay Station in Westchester, 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.980 which is between Cincinnati and Dayton, just 00:25:55.980 --> 00:26:02.640 off I -75, Tyler'sville Road exit. And those 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.880 of you that are old timers like me will remember 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:07.779 coming up 75 to Hamvention and seeing all those 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:10.160 towers. Well, the towers are gone, but we've 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:14.390 still got a lot of radio stuff here. and we hope 00:26:14.390 --> 00:26:18.150 that people that are looking for something to 00:26:18.150 --> 00:26:21.049 do over the next three or four days will take 00:26:21.049 --> 00:26:23.710 advantage of the expanded hours that we have 00:26:23.710 --> 00:26:28.130 here. Just a little background, the Bethany station 00:26:28.130 --> 00:26:34.130 was operational from 1944 to 1994 and had six 00:26:34.130 --> 00:26:36.569 of the most powerful shortwave transmitters in 00:26:36.569 --> 00:26:40.630 the world which were enhanced by some very sophisticated 00:26:40.630 --> 00:26:45.099 high -gain antennas. radiated, effective radiated 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:51.099 power in the 10 to 20 megawatt range on HF and 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:54.559 broadcast to listeners seeking proof in Europe, 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.400 Africa and South America during World War II 00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:01.160 and the Cold War and broadcast in over 50 different 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.539 languages. So we got a lot of stuff to look at 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:08.039 here and about the least here I've got my feed 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:12.640 up at station 2 and WC8 VOA which is the Westchester 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.500 Amateur Radio Association club station which 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:21.980 is located here at the museum and the radio club 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:24.779 is the division of the museum and the resident 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:29.529 radio club here at the museum. And we are open 00:27:29.529 --> 00:27:32.910 and we hope that some folks will come along and 00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:35.230 bring their licenses and get on the air. Although 00:27:35.230 --> 00:27:37.769 we had an awful lot of QRN today, I'm afraid. 00:27:37.809 --> 00:27:41.990 Hopefully that'll get better as the weekend progresses 00:27:41.990 --> 00:27:45.009 here. But we've got some real unique exhibits. 00:27:45.109 --> 00:27:48.829 One of the things that is of particular interest 00:27:48.829 --> 00:27:51.910 to most people coming to Hamvention is we have 00:27:51.910 --> 00:27:55.430 a very comprehensive collection of very amateur 00:27:55.430 --> 00:27:59.589 radio gear. This was R .L. Drake's personal collection 00:27:59.589 --> 00:28:03.130 that was housed at the R .L. Drake company until 00:28:03.130 --> 00:28:08.170 that building was repurposed and we were fortunate 00:28:08.170 --> 00:28:11.549 enough that we were allowed to display those 00:28:11.549 --> 00:28:14.250 rigs here and I think we've got just about every 00:28:14.250 --> 00:28:16.670 piece or at least about every piece I can remember. 00:28:17.009 --> 00:28:19.049 The only thing to me that's real obvious that 00:28:19.049 --> 00:28:22.170 we don't have is an L4B linear and we're gonna 00:28:22.170 --> 00:28:27.250 have to get the work on that. You may have to 00:28:27.250 --> 00:28:31.730 wrestle some people away for that one. Yeah, 00:28:32.170 --> 00:28:36.630 well that's right. We'll hit around and maybe 00:28:36.630 --> 00:28:40.089 we'll do some good, you know. The other thing 00:28:40.089 --> 00:28:45.630 that's of a lot of interest to the RF -oriented 00:28:45.630 --> 00:28:48.410 people is we do have one of the remaining Collins 00:28:48.410 --> 00:28:51.670 250 ,000 watt transmitters here to look at and 00:28:51.670 --> 00:28:57.519 we also have the 1960s VOA master control room. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:04.819 WC8 VOA is actually Hal's recreation of the original 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.779 1940s era control room, so you get a chance to 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:11.019 see how that is situated also. And something 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:14.180 new, a couple things new that weren't here last 00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:16.900 year at Amvention Time, we have a new display 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:20.940 about powell crossley junior and uh... some folks 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:23.660 may play well that that's how crossley junior 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:26.839 power crossley junior started crossley broadcast 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.119 they can probably broadcasting is responsible 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.960 for the voice of america about any station was 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:37.119 actually constructed by his engineers uh... he 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:40.059 was not an engineer and better himself but he 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:43.960 was a very skilled guy yet that that taking ideas 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.839 and commercializing there's a lot of things here 00:29:47.210 --> 00:29:49.990 the shelved or refrigerator and stuff like that 00:29:49.990 --> 00:29:52.769 that he created so i think you'll find that uh... 00:29:52.769 --> 00:29:55.190 very interesting not to mention the crawly car 00:29:55.190 --> 00:29:57.670 by the way we do have one of those two well to 00:29:57.670 --> 00:30:01.970 look at uh... and uh... we have a traveling exhibit 00:30:01.970 --> 00:30:05.170 currently at the museum the u .s. coast guard 00:30:05.170 --> 00:30:09.490 carter courier with a cold war era floating radio 00:30:09.490 --> 00:30:12.710 transmission facility that uh... was permanently 00:30:12.710 --> 00:30:16.329 anchored in the uh... mediterranean off the coast 00:30:16.329 --> 00:30:19.490 of Rhodes, and it relayed VOA Bethany broadcast 00:30:19.490 --> 00:30:22.549 to the Middle East and Soviet Union. And it also 00:30:22.549 --> 00:30:26.250 relayed some of the other VOA stations. And it's 00:30:26.250 --> 00:30:29.109 just real interesting, the story there. And actually, 00:30:29.130 --> 00:30:32.490 we had somebody at the museum today whose dad 00:30:32.490 --> 00:30:37.450 was involved in that process. In the early 60s, 00:30:37.529 --> 00:30:44.269 they constructed a local land -based VOA station 00:30:44.269 --> 00:30:48.849 in Greece itself but his dad was over working 00:30:48.849 --> 00:30:51.390 on that and was there of course while they were 00:30:51.390 --> 00:30:53.390 constructing the station they still had to use 00:30:53.390 --> 00:30:56.829 the courier to broadcast from there so he was 00:30:56.829 --> 00:31:00.009 a very young man and has a lot of memories but 00:31:00.009 --> 00:31:03.349 he was really thrilled to see the display because 00:31:03.349 --> 00:31:08.049 he was not aware the display was here. We also 00:31:08.049 --> 00:31:11.509 have a couple of things where there's work in 00:31:11.509 --> 00:31:14.269 progress, Neil, and, you know, I don't think 00:31:14.269 --> 00:31:16.710 you've seen some of this stuff, but we're in 00:31:16.710 --> 00:31:20.730 the process of creating a Bethany Station site 00:31:20.730 --> 00:31:25.210 model, and we were gonna make it a scale model, 00:31:25.509 --> 00:31:30.309 but, you know, this whole site was so large that 00:31:30.309 --> 00:31:32.430 the model would fit in the room. The biggest 00:31:32.430 --> 00:31:35.130 feature that was gonna be on the model was the 00:31:35.130 --> 00:31:37.190 towers, and they were gonna be about two inches 00:31:37.190 --> 00:31:41.809 tall. So what we decided to do so you could see 00:31:41.809 --> 00:31:44.470 more detail is some of the main structures like 00:31:44.470 --> 00:31:46.549 the transmitter building and some of the antennas 00:31:46.549 --> 00:31:48.529 and transmission lines are going to kind of pop 00:31:48.529 --> 00:31:51.589 out of display so you can see more detail. I 00:31:51.589 --> 00:31:54.049 think people will find that interesting. It's 00:31:54.049 --> 00:31:57.349 not finished, but there's enough there that you're 00:31:57.349 --> 00:31:58.829 going to really get a good idea of what it's 00:31:58.829 --> 00:32:01.869 going to look like. And then also we have some 00:32:01.869 --> 00:32:05.109 information to share about an exciting new antenna 00:32:05.109 --> 00:32:09.069 project that we're in. beginning stages up. So 00:32:09.069 --> 00:32:12.829 that's a couple of new things that are going 00:32:12.829 --> 00:32:16.250 on here at the museum. Now what we've done to 00:32:16.250 --> 00:32:20.210 accommodate Hamvention is we're going to be open 00:32:20.210 --> 00:32:24.150 tomorrow evening, Friday from four to nine, Saturday 00:32:24.150 --> 00:32:27.890 and Sunday. I think you know, Neil, that the 00:32:27.890 --> 00:32:31.250 museum has begun opening every weekend, each 00:32:31.250 --> 00:32:35.289 Saturday and Sunday from one to four. So this 00:32:35.289 --> 00:32:37.789 weekend on Saturday and Sunday we're going to 00:32:37.789 --> 00:32:41.289 extend the Saturday hours from 1 to 9 and then 00:32:41.289 --> 00:32:44.730 we will be open Sunday from 1 to 4 and I did 00:32:44.730 --> 00:32:46.910 get a couple phone calls from people concerned 00:32:46.910 --> 00:32:49.170 that they might not be able to see everything 00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:52.109 they want to see by 4 o 'clock. So you know we'll 00:32:52.109 --> 00:32:55.369 tell you if you can get here by 4 or a little 00:32:55.369 --> 00:32:57.589 bit before 4 we'll make sure that you get to 00:32:57.589 --> 00:33:00.009 see the place and we won't shut the lights out 00:33:00.009 --> 00:33:02.730 right at 4 o 'clock to give you a chance to see 00:33:02.730 --> 00:33:07.119 the museum. I'd love to have people come and 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:11.500 join us. So a little bit of information there. 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.339 And if you want additional information, we do 00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:17.400 have a booth at Hamvention. It's booth number 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:25.660 1910. That's in E1, Maxim Hall. And stop by and 00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:27.420 see some of the guys there. I'm going to be there 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:29.579 for a little bit tomorrow myself, right after 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:33.299 noontime. and just really enjoy the chance to 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:36.960 get together with everybody. Of course the website 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:50.579 is www .voamuseum .org or wcavoa .org, whiskycharlie8voiceofamerica 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:55.099 .org. Gary, we look forward to seeing you again. 00:33:55.369 --> 00:33:57.630 this weekend. Some of the Newsline crew is going 00:33:57.630 --> 00:34:00.750 to be down there and be on the air from WC -8VOA, 00:34:00.750 --> 00:34:02.509 hopefully, if we don't have any thunderstorms 00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:05.470 this year. And we sure look forward to seeing 00:34:05.470 --> 00:34:10.110 all that and invite everybody down. We're looking 00:34:10.110 --> 00:34:13.650 forward to it. And come on down I -75 or Route 00:34:13.650 --> 00:34:17.989 42. You can't miss it. All right. This is Gary 00:34:17.989 --> 00:34:22.309 West, K -8DEV. Thanks for calling in and we look 00:34:22.309 --> 00:34:23.949 forward to seeing you here in a couple of days. 00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:29.219 Okay, thanks very much Neil and everybody have 00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:34.940 a good Hamvention. All right, 7 -3. All right, 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:37.920 we're going to take a break and we're going to 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:42.159 come back and talk about a few more activities 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.239 and wrap things up after this from Amateur Radio 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:49.159 Newsline right here on HamTalk Live. Nominations 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:51.380 are now open for the Amateur Radio Newsline Bill 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:54.400 Pasternak WA6ITF Young Ham of the Year Award. 00:34:54.570 --> 00:34:58.429 I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW. Since 1986, we've had 00:34:58.429 --> 00:35:00.150 the honor of celebrating the accomplishments 00:35:00.150 --> 00:35:02.090 of Youth and Ham Radio when we want to know about 00:35:02.090 --> 00:35:04.530 your exceptional young ham. You'll find the rules 00:35:04.530 --> 00:35:06.889 and a nominating form by clicking the Y -H -O 00:35:06.889 --> 00:35:10.690 -T -Y tab on ARNewsline .org. Fill it out, send 00:35:10.690 --> 00:35:13.070 it in, and we'll see you and an amazing young 00:35:13.070 --> 00:35:15.190 ham at the Huntsville Alabama Ham Fest in August. 00:35:15.570 --> 00:35:19.179 Thanks and 73 from Amateur Radio Newsline. All 00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:21.559 the information you need for your trip to Dayton. 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:26.199 It's Hamvention Preview here on HamTalk Live. 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:48.300 4 to 9 p .m. Tomorrow, that's Friday and then 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.800 Saturday 1 to 9 and Sunday 1 to 4 and they'll 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:54.519 stay around a little while longer if you need 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:58.500 them to and again voamuseum .org Well, there's 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:02.019 a lot of other stuff going on besides what's 00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:05.800 going on out there at Hamvention the contest 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:10.489 super sweet is available from 7 p .m. to 2 a 00:36:10.489 --> 00:36:13.329 .m. each night at the Crowne Plaza, downtown 00:36:13.329 --> 00:36:16.869 Dayton. On the second floor, that's the Harding, 00:36:17.010 --> 00:36:19.730 McKinley, Garfield, and Harrison rooms, and they 00:36:19.730 --> 00:36:23.530 have pizza parties all four nights. And a cash 00:36:23.530 --> 00:36:26.989 bar is available. On Thursday night, tonight, 00:36:27.389 --> 00:36:31.190 it's wings and pizza, and then tomorrow night, 00:36:31.650 --> 00:36:36.389 the pizza party's at 11, but at 10, it's... Working 00:36:36.389 --> 00:36:41.349 by the numbers, it's the band live in the presidential 00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:46.050 ballroom, second floor of the Crown Plaza. I 00:36:46.050 --> 00:36:49.489 think the way Tim Duffy, K3LR, put it was, you 00:36:49.489 --> 00:36:51.610 know, there were great bands like the Beatles, 00:36:52.329 --> 00:36:55.489 and then they broke up. Well, the Spurry Submissions 00:36:55.489 --> 00:36:59.789 band, they broke up. But some of the same people 00:36:59.789 --> 00:37:03.130 made a new band. It's working by the numbers, 00:37:03.130 --> 00:37:06.980 and you will hear... Some familiar music from 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:10.320 the spurious emissions band like maybe something 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:21.840 about a possible Handheld like a bow thing Possibly 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:25.920 so I'm told so Be sure you check that out tomorrow 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:29.539 night, 10 o 'clock, Presidential Ballroom, Crowne 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:32.280 Plaza, and then another pizza party at 11 o 'clock 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:36.960 on Saturday night. Some other stuff going on 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:42.539 tomorrow after Hamvention. The Darragh Clubhouse 00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:45.320 is going to have an open house from 6 to 8 p 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.820 .m. That's at 6619 Belafonte Road in Huber Heights. 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:53.380 The Southwest Ohio DX Association DX Dinner is 00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:56.739 at the University of Dayton Marriott at 7 p .m. 00:37:57.159 --> 00:38:01.420 And the guest speaker is Gary Dixon, K4MQG. And 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:07.820 if you want more information, SWODXAevents .org. 00:38:08.660 --> 00:38:11.980 AMSAT and Tapper will have their banquet. There's 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:16.739 a D -Star gathering at 630 at the Drury Inn on 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.940 Miller Lane in Dayton in the ballroom. And then 00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:23.179 the D -Star InfoCon will be at 8 p .m. there 00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:27.619 in the Drury Inn ballroom. Flex Radio and the 00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:31.800 DX banquet is 7 to 10 tomorrow night. That's 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:34.519 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Dayton South, Austin 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.610 Landing. I come here the latest from Flex Radio 00:38:37.610 --> 00:38:40.349 and special guests. Advanced registration is 00:38:40.349 --> 00:38:44.630 required. That's at flexradio .com. The Top Band 00:38:44.630 --> 00:38:48.349 dinner is at 7 p .m. and social hour at 6 p .m. 00:38:48.389 --> 00:38:51.070 at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Dayton. The featured 00:38:51.070 --> 00:38:54.829 speaker, Top Band DXer Jerry Rosilius, WB9Z. 00:38:54.909 --> 00:38:57.230 Got to see Jerry today and it was good to see 00:38:57.230 --> 00:39:03.269 him. And he hit three deer at their pre -Dayton 00:39:03.269 --> 00:39:06.119 barbecue the other night. can't believe that 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:10.619 Val said that he doesn't operate single he always 00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:13.760 operates multi so he had to hit three deer I 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:17.260 only hit one deer this year but he hit three 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:22.420 but he's fine I saw him today and the collegiate 00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:26.320 ham radio dinner is 6 30 to 9 p .m. at caddy's 00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:30.039 tap house of Beaver Creek so if you are in the 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:34.619 collegiate ranks I'm sure Sam Rose would appreciate 00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:38.300 seeing you and all those guys in the collegiate 00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:41.619 rank. So again, that's 630 to 9 at Caddy's Tap 00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:45.940 House in Beaver Creek. On Saturday, Darryl will 00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:48.219 again have an open house at their clubhouse, 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:51.760 6 to 8 p .m. You need to check that out. It's 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:54.760 pretty impressive. The Dayton contest dinner 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:58.300 is at 630. The social hour starts at 530. That's 00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:02.059 at the Crowne Plaza. Those tickets are available 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:05.159 exclusively on the Contest Dinner website. And 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:09.800 the QRP Grand Banquet is 730 to 10 o 'clock at 00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:15.579 the Holiday Inn Fairborn. So we're going to wrap 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:20.980 things up here. Some news. Well, some people 00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:25.420 have been looking at, OK, are there any big announcements 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:33.659 from all the manufacturers? coming and Paul Brown 00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:38.880 sitting here in front of me and fellow Kenwood 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:43.860 fan and We're waiting to see what they unveil 00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:49.480 tomorrow, but Some rumors are going around I 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.019 heard some today But we'll see what they have 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:56.119 to say, but haven't heard anything yet. Did hear 00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:58.840 Contest University that Flex said that they did 00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:03.280 not have anything big to announce yet. So don't 00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:05.860 have a whole lot of information. It's tight -lipped. 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:09.260 It's almost like an Apple iPhone event. It's 00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:12.519 like nobody's saying anything. They're creating 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:16.760 all the buzz by not saying a word. So I don't 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:23.699 know. Hammy is going to be wandering around Friday 00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:27.179 and Saturday Again, we'd love to see your pictures 00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:31.719 from that So be sure you post those on Facebook 00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:36.280 Twitter Instagram hashtag ham talk live and again 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:39.380 the I'm not Wilbanks buttons from amateur radio 00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:42.619 news line while supplies last stop by the ham 00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:45.599 nation and Newsline booth next to Heil sound 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:49.769 that's in hertz hall building five and then you 00:41:49.769 --> 00:41:52.170 get your i'm not will banks button and uh... 00:41:52.170 --> 00:41:54.050 you can come get your picture taken with flat 00:41:54.050 --> 00:41:58.050 dawn so flat dawn will be back and you can get 00:41:58.050 --> 00:42:02.409 your picture and uh... post those photos with 00:42:02.409 --> 00:42:07.530 the hash tag i'm not will banks so we we miss 00:42:07.530 --> 00:42:10.090 our buddy don will banks eighty five b w that 00:42:10.090 --> 00:42:13.710 can't make it but His son Tyler is graduating 00:42:13.710 --> 00:42:17.710 and so we'll let that be a good reason to not 00:42:17.710 --> 00:42:22.269 be here. So congratulations to Tyler. Tyler was 00:42:22.269 --> 00:42:25.650 here last year. Tyler served as Hammy the mascot 00:42:25.650 --> 00:42:30.929 too. So we miss Tyler too. Tyler, congratulations. 00:42:31.530 --> 00:42:34.869 So let's take one last look at the weather with 00:42:34.869 --> 00:42:40.090 Storm Team 7's Eric Elwell, KD4BNT. We'll be 00:42:40.090 --> 00:42:41.869 tracking scattered showers and thundershowers 00:42:41.869 --> 00:42:43.929 through the weekend, but there will be some dry 00:42:43.929 --> 00:42:46.849 time right now. The best bet of dry weather looks 00:42:46.849 --> 00:42:50.690 to be later in the day on Saturday and into early 00:42:50.690 --> 00:42:52.929 Sunday. More showers and storms are expected 00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:55.449 to arrive Sunday night. Hopefully everything 00:42:55.449 --> 00:42:58.630 goes just smoothly. From the Storm Center on 00:42:58.630 --> 00:43:01.010 News Center 7, Chief Meteorologist Eric Elwell 00:43:01.010 --> 00:43:04.829 for HamTalk Live for the Dayton Hamvention 2018. 00:43:05.949 --> 00:43:08.769 Okay, and just a reminder, the hours this weekend, 00:43:09.050 --> 00:43:13.769 Friday 9 to 6, Saturday 9 to 5, Sunday 9 to 1, 00:43:13.789 --> 00:43:16.409 and then they raffle off all the stuff that people 00:43:16.409 --> 00:43:20.050 didn't pick up. So make sure you get your ticket 00:43:20.050 --> 00:43:24.590 in there and enjoy Hamvention. So that's a wrap. 00:43:25.210 --> 00:43:28.510 For this special Hamvention episode of HamTalk 00:43:28.510 --> 00:43:33.010 Live, thanks to my guests Storm Center 7 WHIOTV 00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:36.170 Chief Meteorologist Eric Elwell, Katie Forbnt, 00:43:36.769 --> 00:43:41.219 Green County Sheriff Gene Fisher, KX8GCS, Gary 00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:44.199 West, K8DEV from the National Voice of America 00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:47.139 Museum of Broadcasting, and everyone out there 00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:50.639 in cyberspace for listening. And invite you back 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:53.280 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:57.420 Matt Thomas, W1MST, will be here to talk about 00:43:57.420 --> 00:44:01.719 his blog, amateurradio .com. And for a list of 00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:04.719 all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalk Live. 00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:08.820 And if you like Hab and Talk Live, please consider 00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:11.519 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:15.840 listen. It helps others find us faster. So for 00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:20.480 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375. 00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:23.719 Have a great time at Hamvention, and may the 00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:38.289 good DX be yours. Right back to my security call 00:44:38.289 --> 00:44:43.210 Your readability five and strength nine You never 00:44:43.210 --> 00:44:47.409 once mentioned your weather at all And I didn't 00:44:47.409 --> 00:44:52.849 mention mine We talked and talked for hours and 00:44:52.849 --> 00:44:57.969 hours I completely forgot you're a ham I don't 00:44:57.969 --> 00:45:01.750 know your power or the height of your tower Frankly 00:45:01.750 --> 00:45:26.090 I don't give a damn So 73 We're local up here 00:45:26.090 --> 00:45:31.070 But why don't those whistling Mediterranean's 00:45:31.070 --> 00:45:35.610 check it with frequencies clear? We're warm and 00:45:35.610 --> 00:45:39.809 cozy in our shacks And we have talked about thousands 00:45:39.809 --> 00:45:44.650 of things About shoes, about ships, about ceiling 00:45:44.650 --> 00:45:48.030 wax About cabbages and kings