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Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:53.909 --> 00:01:58.209 of ham talk live tonight Michael Coulter, W8CI, 00:01:58.409 --> 00:02:00.629 is back once again, the official spokesperson 00:02:00.629 --> 00:02:03.590 for Hamvention, and we'll take your calls live 00:02:03.590 --> 00:02:05.670 in just a few minutes and get all the latest 00:02:05.670 --> 00:02:10.389 news from all the setup going on over at Xenia 00:02:10.389 --> 00:02:14.090 right now. Well, last week, Bob Naumann, W50V, 00:02:14.110 --> 00:02:16.810 was here to talk about shopping at Hamvention, 00:02:16.849 --> 00:02:19.669 and if you missed that, you can listen anytime 00:02:19.669 --> 00:02:24.530 at HamTalkLive .com, or you can download the 00:02:24.530 --> 00:02:28.740 podcast episode from your favorite podcast app. 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:32.020 Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeart Podcasts, Google 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:35.719 Play. Tune in to SoundCloud. 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Just look for the 00:06:28.930 --> 00:06:31.269 big yellow blimp and if you can't make it to 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:37.810 Hamvention you can call 920 -435 -2973 or online 00:06:37.810 --> 00:06:43.980 at PL -259 .com Michael Coulter, W8CI, is the 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:46.819 official spokesperson of the Dayton Hamvention 00:06:46.819 --> 00:06:51.139 and he lives in Xenia, Ohio and is past president 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:53.980 of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:58.939 general chairman in 2011 and 12 and he's currently 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:02.360 the treasurer and board member of DERA and finance 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:06.180 chair for Hamvention. So Michael, welcome back 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:08.360 again. You're getting to be a regular on the 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.120 show here, I'm telling you. Well, you've got 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.439 a good program Neil and I like it's very efficient 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:20.899 and I usually It has a good reach and I I enjoy 00:07:20.899 --> 00:07:22.899 being on the show and getting the word out about 00:07:22.899 --> 00:07:26.500 Hamvention So thank you for having me Well, it's 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:28.879 always one of my favorite times of the year because 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:33.100 I get we get all excited I get excited about 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:36.420 it and then the news line people kind of started 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.279 Coming again and getting going on that and we're 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.220 always saying is it may yet? Is it may yet? Is 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:45.120 it may yet? We get all excited about so I like 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.660 do it all these preview shows and get pumped 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:52.579 up for all the things going on and there's a 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:55.259 lot going on right now because Mother Nature 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:58.819 decided that Spring wasn't going to come until 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:03.600 May so Tell us how the works going out there 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:08.689 in the flea market Well, just to remind everybody, 00:08:09.170 --> 00:08:14.269 it's 7 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes until Ham Bension 00:08:14.269 --> 00:08:19.870 starts this year. We have gotten actually the 00:08:19.870 --> 00:08:24.269 main travel path that we used in the flea market. 00:08:24.750 --> 00:08:28.389 We put down grindings and we got it spread out 00:08:28.389 --> 00:08:30.490 really well. It's like a little road and they 00:08:30.490 --> 00:08:33.860 roll it. These are grindings when they take up 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:37.320 roads for repairs, and we're not completely done 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:42.220 yet, but we are in the froze of getting it done, 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.320 and I imagine the first couple days next week 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:49.360 we will be complete or close to it. And I noticed, 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:53.179 Neil, you had a picture actually I took. You're 00:08:53.179 --> 00:08:56.120 very good at getting these things, but you saw 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.340 the picture of the guys working on it. Yeah, 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:01.620 and they've got many many truckloads out out 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:04.620 there. So that's a really big thing. We're really 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:08.460 pretty excited about that happening So that is 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:11.679 that's going really well You know was out there 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.220 of course. I'm out there almost every day tents 00:09:13.220 --> 00:09:20.440 are going up and this year we have The expo centers 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.440 putting tents up extra tents up so we have more 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:30.429 shade for people and We also are having to put 00:09:30.429 --> 00:09:33.690 up tents because we did not get a building yet, 00:09:34.330 --> 00:09:38.370 but we have a higher quality of tent, much higher 00:09:38.370 --> 00:09:43.029 quality. It already has lighting in it and some 00:09:43.029 --> 00:09:46.350 windows, things like that. It's higher grade. 00:09:46.490 --> 00:09:49.009 It costs us a lot more money, but after last 00:09:49.009 --> 00:09:53.029 year, we don't want any issues or minimize any 00:09:53.029 --> 00:09:57.269 issues that we would have. And so we switch companies 00:09:57.269 --> 00:10:00.370 and we think we have a lot better line of tents. 00:10:01.029 --> 00:10:03.370 So that's going really well. As a matter of fact, 00:10:03.429 --> 00:10:05.769 we have the new building, the Mercantile building, 00:10:06.070 --> 00:10:08.110 which was not available to us last year, which 00:10:08.110 --> 00:10:12.409 is available this year. And that is, of course, 00:10:12.590 --> 00:10:15.669 sold out as well as we have as much, we're using 00:10:15.669 --> 00:10:19.649 as much tent space this year as we did last year 00:10:19.649 --> 00:10:22.730 for exhibits and booths and things like that. 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:28.240 I'm very, very excited. I do want to take the 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:34.379 opportunity to thank Ron Kramer. He's our general 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:38.139 chairman and he's done a really nice job leading 00:10:38.139 --> 00:10:43.639 the group, 600 plus volunteers. I'll tell you, 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.860 when you work with volunteers, we all know it's 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:49.299 a... It can be pretty difficult, but for one 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:51.480 club to pull it off, I am really proud of the 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.559 Dayton Amateur Radio Association volunteers. 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:00.299 So this is Ron's last year, and we'll be using 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:03.500 a new general chairman next year, and that person 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:06.980 will be named soon. But anyway, real exciting 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:10.039 there, and I did pull up the long -term weather 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.759 for Xenia. And it looks pretty good, uh, Thursday 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.899 and Friday, a slight chance of rain on, excuse 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:19.279 me. It looks good for Friday, Saturday. I didn't 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.139 haven't seen Sunday show up on my long range, 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.039 but, um, it looks like a little bit of rain possible 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.919 on Thursday, but we're going to see if we can't 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.179 get that erased, Neil. Well, you can put in a 00:11:30.179 --> 00:11:32.500 call over there to your, to your friends at the 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:35.279 national weather service and tell them to, to 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:40.769 get that changed. Well, actually, I work with 00:11:40.769 --> 00:11:42.789 our National Weather Service, not far from me. 00:11:42.870 --> 00:11:46.590 We cover all of southern Ohio and eastern Indiana 00:11:46.590 --> 00:11:53.750 and northern Kentucky. I am a net control operator 00:11:53.750 --> 00:11:56.929 there when we have severe storms. There are three 00:11:56.929 --> 00:12:00.389 of us that do that. We rotate it, but we've only 00:12:00.389 --> 00:12:03.090 been activated once or twice this year so far. 00:12:04.350 --> 00:12:06.570 So when I'm down there, I always talk to them 00:12:06.570 --> 00:12:09.889 and that's actually an excellent forum is the 00:12:09.889 --> 00:12:12.389 forum that our national weather service puts 00:12:12.389 --> 00:12:15.809 on. It is really, really good. Um, Brandon puts 00:12:15.809 --> 00:12:19.049 that on and I am, I really highly recommend it. 00:12:20.129 --> 00:12:23.730 So very good. Well, we'll, we'll hope for the 00:12:23.730 --> 00:12:26.870 best on that and hope we don't have another Kentucky 00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:29.389 Derby episode. And they said, Oh, we'll just 00:12:29.389 --> 00:12:31.169 be a little rain in the morning. It'll, it'll 00:12:31.169 --> 00:12:34.210 go away. And then it. stalls right on top of 00:12:34.210 --> 00:12:40.370 it. We don't want that. I think Mother Nature 00:12:40.370 --> 00:12:44.110 decided to hit just south of us down there in 00:12:44.110 --> 00:12:47.649 Louisville instead of up here in the Ziniere. 00:12:50.230 --> 00:12:53.389 We'll hope for the best there. So let's see, 00:12:53.710 --> 00:12:56.429 we've talked about the flea market, that you've 00:12:56.429 --> 00:13:01.360 got the asphalt. grindings out there and then 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.799 we put those pictures up or one of those pictures 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:07.460 up on on our social media sites if you want to 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:12.360 take a look at that and then the tents so let's 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.100 talk about some of the the changes here you've 00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:19.200 added a fifth forum area so tell us about that 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.639 where that is and some of the changes to all 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:27.549 of the forum areas Well I think that you know 00:13:27.549 --> 00:13:29.690 there are changes to form areas and last year 00:13:29.690 --> 00:13:32.970 we had some issues with noise from ventilation 00:13:32.970 --> 00:13:36.330 systems and they have all been corrected, tested 00:13:36.330 --> 00:13:39.610 out, checked and to be sure that even in the 00:13:39.610 --> 00:13:43.210 in the buildings themselves the air movement 00:13:43.210 --> 00:13:46.870 units are all working well and you know not blowing 00:13:46.870 --> 00:13:50.549 people apart but still working efficiently and 00:13:50.549 --> 00:13:54.139 we plan to run those earlier out maybe all night 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:57.740 if the temperature is going to be warmer so that 00:13:57.740 --> 00:14:00.179 we can maintain a comfort level because the airflow 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:04.139 in there is pretty good. Yes, we do have a fifth 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:06.960 forum area. That's a big change. We just get 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.379 such a demand for forums and people enjoy forums. 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.899 And I really recommend people get online and 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:16.940 take a look at the forums. And a new forum that 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:22.139 they're starting this year is a forum for vendors, 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.860 you have new or specialized equipment. They're 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:28.159 going to come in and they're going to show people 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.480 and they get about five minutes to kind of showcase 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:35.059 sort of an infomercial, if you will, showcase 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:37.559 some of the new stuff they've got going on and 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.139 then invite you to come learn more at their booth. 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:44.299 So, you know, I think that's on, I want to say 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:49.840 Friday afternoon and that should be pretty exciting 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:55.320 if it works out well. and people can really see 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.320 a lot of the new things or you know maybe some 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:59.659 interesting things that they didn't know were 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:03.679 around. So that's a new experimentation for this 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.419 year and we're looking forward to that. And this 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:12.480 new forum area is where? Well, it'll be in one 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.159 of the tent areas right in the in the complex 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.299 there I don't have the picture to show you so 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:20.019 it probably doesn't do any good, but it'll be 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:26.620 it'll be easy to find so Yeah That's what we 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:28.299 decided that's where we decided to place it this 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:31.379 year and also the tent placement this year will 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:35.179 be Better because we want to make sure that if 00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:37.980 it rains we do have good quick rain drainage 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:41.929 if that is a requirement so I want to let folks 00:15:41.929 --> 00:15:45.809 know that as well. All right. And, and one more 00:15:45.809 --> 00:15:50.149 thing before, um, we'd talk about the parking 00:15:50.149 --> 00:15:52.330 and I need to slip in here that we were just 00:15:52.330 --> 00:15:57.149 talking about is this new equipment pickup area. 00:15:57.889 --> 00:16:00.409 Um, that kind of goes along with the parking 00:16:00.409 --> 00:16:04.009 that we'll talk about here in a minute. Um, but 00:16:04.009 --> 00:16:07.409 fill us in on how this, uh, equipment drop off 00:16:07.409 --> 00:16:12.720 and pick up thing is going to work. Well, here's 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.259 what's going to happen is we have a space that 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:20.360 will be a place where you can bring, say if you're 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.899 out in the flea market and you decide to buy 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:25.419 two or three big boat anchors, but you don't 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:27.360 want to have them stacked on your lap and if 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:34.580 you're taking a bus to go back to your car. And 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:37.279 if you do that, you can check the things in that 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.279 you purchased, you get a claim check. and then 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.460 you can come and drive right in. There'll be 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:44.779 a special place. You'll get all the information 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.879 when you check this stuff in, but you'll be able 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.679 to drive right in, pick your stuff up and go. 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.980 So it makes it a little bit easier. We're gonna 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:55.940 try that this year to see if that helps. We had 00:16:55.940 --> 00:17:00.860 some comments and some ideas on that from people 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:04.039 right off of some of the shows here that you 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.640 do and other folks do. So we listened and we're 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:10.460 gonna give that one a try. Okay. And then, uh, 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:14.079 do you have a location on, on that where that 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.480 it's going to take place? I would, I would just 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.480 say that, you know, it's kind of hard for me 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:23.099 to talk about exact locations, but, um, because 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:26.240 people are probably not quite as aware of the 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.269 place, but Be sure you get your program and map 00:17:30.269 --> 00:17:33.650 and it'll be very clearly stated in there where 00:17:33.650 --> 00:17:36.170 where to take your stuff and you can also ask 00:17:36.170 --> 00:17:38.650 we'll have many many golf cart drivers that will 00:17:38.650 --> 00:17:41.250 be helping people you know with purchases and 00:17:41.250 --> 00:17:44.190 things like that and getting people around and 00:17:44.190 --> 00:17:47.869 They'll know exactly where to take you so Yeah, 00:17:47.869 --> 00:17:50.690 we can't say take take a left turn at the cheesecake 00:17:50.690 --> 00:17:54.769 on a stick anymore. We can't We can't use that 00:17:54.769 --> 00:18:00.670 landmark thing anymore. No more. No more. But 00:18:00.670 --> 00:18:03.170 we do have new food vendors coming in. We have 00:18:03.170 --> 00:18:07.190 even more coming in. So maybe, Neil. Maybe. Maybe 00:18:07.190 --> 00:18:13.329 one of these days. I just have to find a new 00:18:13.329 --> 00:18:17.000 tradition. Maybe. Maybe. I don't know. You know, 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:19.579 I wanna, while we're talking, I just wanna make 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:22.619 one thing. I wanna again thank all of our many 00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:25.420 volunteers, and I wanna ask people that when 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:27.640 you come to Hamvention, it's an exciting event, 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.440 and please realize it's all volunteers that do 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:33.960 this, and it'd be great if you'd just say thanks 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:38.559 to one or be patient with us. And the other thing 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.559 I really wanna thank, I wanna thank the volunteer, 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:46.220 or excuse me, the vendors as well. They go through 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:48.380 an awful lot to get there, bring all lots of 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:52.359 equipment, and they try really hard to please 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:57.359 all of our guests. Of course, they want to make 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.180 sales, but still, I have the greatest respect 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:03.180 for all the vendors. It's a lot of work to bring 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:05.539 all that in and coordinate the people that work 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:09.740 there. so a big thank you and then to all of 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:12.700 you coming all the visitors we we certainly hope 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:17.279 you have a grand time now one more thing if you're 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:20.059 still looking for a hotel room and you can look 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:23.920 on our website you know hamvention .org or you 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:27.380 can call the green county convention visitors 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:30.599 bureau you know i met with them yesterday they 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:33.920 can still find some rooms and they're in touch 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.099 with all the hotels because, you know, of course 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.900 there's people that are going to come and they 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:40.180 drop out at the last minute and it's hard to 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:43.380 coordinate where the available rooms are and 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:45.279 they have their fingers on the pulse of that. 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:48.660 So, um, that's the, uh, green county, uh, convention 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:53.720 visitors bureau. Very good. No, you're, you're 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.119 good with this is all stuff we need to talk about. 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:59.730 So excellent. Uh, Excellent stuff. Just jump 00:19:59.730 --> 00:20:03.250 right in there. Um, last thing I've got on, on 00:20:03.250 --> 00:20:06.089 the plate here, um, for the moment, at least, 00:20:06.089 --> 00:20:09.650 um, until we take a break, um, is the, uh, the 00:20:09.650 --> 00:20:12.670 offsite parking, um, know that you're, you're 00:20:12.670 --> 00:20:16.910 kind of pushing that more now, uh, as you know, 00:20:17.470 --> 00:20:20.430 the, the, the parking lot issues. If we get 10 00:20:20.430 --> 00:20:25.099 inches of rain again or 20, uh, you know, It's 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:27.640 going to get muddy and and you know, hopefully 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:31.720 it won't but you've got this off -site parking 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:36.339 and the shuttle buses so Tell everybody about 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:40.180 that and and what that plan is for parking this 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:44.019 year Well, of course, you know you can come clear 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:47.400 to the site and and You know get a parking spot 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:50.279 there. Of course, it'll be limited if they if 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:54.660 we fill up we'll have to divert you but doing 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:58.460 the off -site parking is actually a really good 00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:01.500 idea because you leave your car and the bus drivers 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:04.940 you know funny I've heard plenty of stories about 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:07.279 the bus drivers that you know get people singing 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:12.000 on the bus or having a good time and they do 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.819 know the back roads they know the ways to get 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:16.940 in there and they'll know how to get in and out 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:21.740 so please check the website out Take a look at 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:25.039 whatever direction you're coming in from and 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:29.980 consider offsite parking. I think that you'll 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:32.460 find that to be very, very useful. And then whenever 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.579 the, when the buses come in, wherever you're 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:36.420 at, we'll have a shuttle service immediately 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:38.660 to take you right to the entrance so you can 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:42.500 come in. But I, you know, I would price on those 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:51.519 shuttle rides is zero, zero. Yeah. So don't worry 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:54.160 about having to get a bus ticket or any of that 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.200 kind of thing. You can just hop on the bus and 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:02.339 go. Right. We were, I know when we were at Harrah, 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:05.039 we had to, you know, we charged them the bus 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:08.700 ticket, uh, money, but we've dropped out this, 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:13.839 uh, in, in green County. So very good. We hope 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:18.740 people enjoy that. Yeah. Any other light breaking 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:23.279 news here? on anything, anything's changed here 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:30.660 in the last week or two? Well, nothing's really 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:33.180 changed. It's just getting, or getting closer. 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:36.519 And I found it very interesting. You are saying, 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:39.640 is it May yet? Is it May yet? And when we're 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:41.539 working at Hamvention, we're going, oh my God, 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:46.140 it's May. So it's a little bit of a, a little 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:49.769 bit of a reversal. Yeah, just a little. out there 00:22:49.769 --> 00:22:52.130 today looking at how nice everything looks. The 00:22:52.130 --> 00:22:56.630 grass nice and green and we haven't had any monsoon. 00:22:56.650 --> 00:22:58.809 We've had some rain but not the monsoon rains 00:22:58.809 --> 00:23:03.650 lately and roads going in and you know people 00:23:03.650 --> 00:23:06.190 are all seeming to have very good spirit working 00:23:06.190 --> 00:23:10.430 together well and that's really critical and 00:23:10.430 --> 00:23:13.210 critical for us and we're just so excited that 00:23:13.210 --> 00:23:15.390 it's going to happen and we are really looking 00:23:15.390 --> 00:23:17.690 forward to the amateur radio community coming 00:23:17.690 --> 00:23:25.009 in. to be our guests and have a great time. All 00:23:25.009 --> 00:23:27.869 right. Well, we're going to take a break and 00:23:27.869 --> 00:23:31.789 we're going to come back and take some calls 00:23:31.789 --> 00:23:35.230 and some questions and just want to remind you. 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:39.200 that we will have an update on the weather and 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:41.440 traffic and parking next Thursday night here 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.460 on HamTalk Live. We'll give you the most up -to 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:47.259 -date information we can. Of course, the usual 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:50.700 methods work too. The talk in frequency hasn't 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:54.980 gone away or anything. It's still there and that's 00:23:54.980 --> 00:24:00.420 usually 146 .94 with a PL of 123 and the bulletin 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:05.710 loop on 145 .525 and then the text alerts if 00:24:05.710 --> 00:24:12.170 you text hamvention18 to 888777 again that's 00:24:12.170 --> 00:24:17.950 hamvention18 to 888777 you can get some text 00:24:17.950 --> 00:24:20.589 alerts I've been getting those for for a few 00:24:20.589 --> 00:24:25.250 months now and of course hamvention .org and 00:24:25.250 --> 00:24:28.420 social media accounts so all that information 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:31.720 is there but right here on HamTalk Live next 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:35.539 Thursday night at 9 p .m. we'll be live from 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:39.440 Dayton and we'll run down the weather and traffic 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:45.200 and parking and some of the events and just everything 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:50.519 you need to know to have a great weekend at Hamvention 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:56.549 and Our mascot hammy the pig is making a return 00:24:56.549 --> 00:25:00.069 to hamvention and So be sure to get your picture 00:25:00.069 --> 00:25:03.369 with hammy and tweet it to us with a hashtag 00:25:03.369 --> 00:25:06.890 ham talk live and We're gonna be giving out some 00:25:06.890 --> 00:25:09.630 t -shirts and stickers and stuff as well throughout 00:25:09.630 --> 00:25:13.450 the weekend. So Be sure you look for hammy So 00:25:13.450 --> 00:25:16.009 I'll be back with Michael right after this word 00:25:16.009 --> 00:25:18.589 from the National Voice of America Museum of 00:25:18.589 --> 00:25:20.769 Broadcasting and amateur radio news line right 00:25:20.769 --> 00:25:25.039 here The National Voice of America Museum of 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:28.519 Broadcasting located in Westchester, Ohio just 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:31.640 north of Cincinnati is only two minutes off I 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:35.319 -75. The museum is the former home of the Voice 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:38.960 of America Bethany Relay Station. Tours are now 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:41.480 available every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.539 4 p .m. Eastern Time. You can see the control 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:48.839 room. a 200 ,000 watt transmitter, and the most 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:51.759 comprehensive collection of inventions by the 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:55.859 iconic Powell -Crosley Jr. Also on display is 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:59.680 a huge antique radio exhibit and R .L. Drake's 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.700 personal collection of most every Drake amateur 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:06.549 rig ever made. This is a unique opportunity to 00:26:06.549 --> 00:26:09.710 see amateur radio in action and have a chance 00:26:09.710 --> 00:26:15.269 to get on the air from WC8VOA. Admission is only 00:26:15.269 --> 00:26:19.009 $5 a person. The museum is located close to historic 00:26:19.009 --> 00:26:23.710 WLWAM and tons of shopping and restaurants. Take 00:26:23.710 --> 00:26:27.609 a trip to the VOA museum or visit us online at 00:26:27.609 --> 00:26:32.069 voamuseum .org. Nominations are now open for 00:26:32.069 --> 00:26:34.109 the amateur radio news line, Bill Pasternak, 00:26:34.170 --> 00:26:37.789 WA6ITF Young Ham of the Year Award. I'm Don Wilbanks, 00:26:37.890 --> 00:26:41.569 AE5DW. Since 1986, we've had the honor of celebrating 00:26:41.569 --> 00:26:43.569 the accomplishments of Youth and Ham Radio when 00:26:43.569 --> 00:26:45.289 we want to know about your exceptional Young 00:26:45.289 --> 00:26:47.650 Ham. You'll find the rules and a nominating form 00:26:47.650 --> 00:26:50.950 by clicking the Y -H -O -T -Y tab on ARNewsline 00:26:50.950 --> 00:26:53.880 .org. Fill it out, send it in, and we'll see 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.000 you and an amazing young ham at the Huntsville 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.380 Alabama Ham Fest in August. Thanks and 73 from 00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:03.599 Amateur Radio Newsline. Join the conversation. 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:07.400 Call us on voice with Skype at HamTalk Live or 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:11.920 give us a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:18.980 -638 -4261. Now here's more HamTalk Live. Look 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.579 for me at Dayton. I'll be the one wearing the 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:24.819 Yesu hat. You're listening to HamTalk Live with 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:35.839 Neal Rapp. All right, the Voice of America Museum 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:38.299 of Broadcasting has announced their special HamVision 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:42.799 hours Thursday from one to four, Friday five 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:46.259 to nine, Saturday one to nine, and Sunday one 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:50.559 to four. That's all next weekend. and be sure 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:53.380 to visit them and you can check them out at voamuseum 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:57.619 .org. You can check us out at hamptalklive .com. 00:27:57.779 --> 00:28:00.579 We're on the air every Thursday at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:04.539 Time and be sure to check us on Facebook, Twitter, 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:09.430 and Instagram. And if you have a question for 00:28:09.430 --> 00:28:12.349 Michael, W8CI with Hamvention, give us a call 00:28:12.349 --> 00:28:18.089 right now. The phone number is 812 -638 -4261, 00:28:18.089 --> 00:28:24.150 812 -NET -HAM -1. Or you can tweet us at HamTalk 00:28:24.150 --> 00:28:27.269 Live. So now's the time to call if you've got 00:28:27.269 --> 00:28:31.609 some questions or comments. Now's your chance 00:28:31.609 --> 00:28:36.710 and Carl KD9HQT just wrote in and says Hammy 00:28:36.710 --> 00:28:41.130 is top ten so so we've got a new new person doing 00:28:41.130 --> 00:28:44.809 Hammy this year, but Hammy's gonna be there, 00:28:44.829 --> 00:28:48.710 so we're excited about that and we'll Have Hammy 00:28:48.710 --> 00:28:51.269 running around taking pictures everywhere and 00:28:51.269 --> 00:28:56.630 one of the places might be The Mcom display so 00:28:56.630 --> 00:29:00.240 Michael why don't you tell us about This Mcom 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:05.980 display new right we are our our Team this year 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:09.299 is amateur radio serving the community and you 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:13.140 know the thing about The reason why we wanted 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:15.940 to go with that is as we look around them, you 00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:18.900 know in the last year or so Look at everything 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:22.579 that's going on. We've got volcanoes. We've got 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:27.079 Earthquakes we've been having some You know, 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:31.640 flooding, bad weather, tornadoes. I know where 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:35.640 in Greene County, near where I live, we get these 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.640 really intense storms in and of course we've 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:40.680 had several tornadoes roll through and matter 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:43.119 of fact just a few weeks ago we had a tornado 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:46.180 touch ground just north of the fairgrounds and 00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:49.680 took out some barns and did a fair amount of 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:52.099 damage, you know mostly in the rural area, but 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:57.539 still did damage. And if that would happen, like 00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:59.480 I said, we do have the National Weather Service. 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:03.259 We'll be at our location. And they are focusing 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:06.240 on watching the weather and exactly what might 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:11.059 hit our region. The Weather Bureau is really 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:14.440 great about that. And working down there and 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.059 watching how they can really do a lot of pinpointing 00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:19.299 of things, they can call and give us warnings. 00:30:20.569 --> 00:30:23.809 Even give us some time estimates of things like 00:30:23.809 --> 00:30:27.730 that if that sort of thing were to occur, but 00:30:27.730 --> 00:30:32.910 I Think you know that it's the Mcom Trailers 00:30:32.910 --> 00:30:36.470 we got many many many coming in I I was listening 00:30:36.470 --> 00:30:41.430 the other night in our committee meeting It's 00:30:41.430 --> 00:30:44.750 going to be quite a display of Mcom Trailers, 00:30:45.049 --> 00:30:49.180 and we're very excited about that And a lot of 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:55.279 our forums are pretty much focused around how 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:59.019 do we set up emergency operations in our communities 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:03.519 and for different things. What should be our 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:09.460 protocol? And I know that's an evolving topic, 00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:12.339 but that's going to be a big thing. But I really 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:14.900 suggest, especially those of you in your clubs 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:19.609 that are contemplating doing an Mcom or are in 00:31:19.609 --> 00:31:22.269 the process, please check it out and look at 00:31:22.269 --> 00:31:25.809 the forums that you're going to be focusing on. 00:31:25.890 --> 00:31:30.210 And almost every forum will have some, will have 00:31:30.210 --> 00:31:33.390 some part of it dedicated to emergency communication, 00:31:33.569 --> 00:31:39.130 believe it or not. 812 -638 -4261 is the phone 00:31:39.130 --> 00:31:41.990 number. If you have a question about Hamvention 00:31:41.990 --> 00:31:46.079 coming up next week. Give us a call or send us 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:50.539 a tweet at ham talk live and you know, you've 00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:55.839 got the Mcom one that's going to be there. You've 00:31:55.839 --> 00:32:00.500 got the Dayton amateur radio association Mcom 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:06.000 trailer both very impressive pieces of equipment 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.400 and then you've got several more coming in so 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:15.660 You got a lot going on there and We were going 00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:19.240 to mention camping, but I just happened to think, 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:22.740 too, you've got a clubhouse open house going 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:26.859 on, too. Right. We've got a couple more things 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:30.400 like that I should mention. We do have our open 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:33.079 house. And please consult the website for that. 00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:37.539 But we have a very impressive clubhouse. And 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:40.819 that's for DERA, or Dayton Amateur Radio Association, 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:45.799 W -8 -B -I. So, please, if you get a chance, 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:48.220 take a look at maybe driving over and taking 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:51.680 a look at that. Of course, the Air Force Museum 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:57.339 will be open and that's always a great visit 00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:59.680 if you get in early and you're looking for something 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:02.579 to do. It doesn't cost a thing and it's a very, 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:05.099 very, very impressive museum. It's hard to get 00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:07.819 through it in a day, to be truthful with you. 00:33:09.410 --> 00:33:11.230 Let's see, there was a few other things I wanted 00:33:11.230 --> 00:33:12.910 to mention. We're going to have a balloon launch. 00:33:13.190 --> 00:33:16.589 I don't know the exact times right now, but we 00:33:16.589 --> 00:33:19.890 are going to have a balloon launch, so you might 00:33:19.890 --> 00:33:28.109 want to check the website for that and get updates 00:33:28.109 --> 00:33:30.289 of exactly when that's going to happen. It's 00:33:30.289 --> 00:33:33.369 going to be depending on weather at times if 00:33:33.369 --> 00:33:36.430 it's still a go, but that's always a lot of fun 00:33:36.430 --> 00:33:41.240 to do that balloon launch. Let's see, there is 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:46.039 a group, I think it's called HamSci, and Ward 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:51.519 Silver has that group, and it's a group of young 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:57.420 hands, very... very uh... astute young people 00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:59.500 that are going to be they're doing demonstrations 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:02.240 all day they're going to be doing uh... you know 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.640 presentations demonstrations that would be there 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.019 to talk and that's going to be in that uh... 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:09.500 mercantile building and uh... they've got a nice 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:12.380 location there and i please urge you to go to 00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:14.400 that and support these young people they've got 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.679 you know a lot of them are you know engineers 00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:20.019 out of uh... just out of college or just gotten 00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:23.190 their phd's that are really making a difference 00:34:23.190 --> 00:34:25.809 now and will make even more of a difference in 00:34:25.809 --> 00:34:29.650 the future. Go ahead, Neil. I know Dr. Nathaniel 00:34:29.650 --> 00:34:35.349 Frissell has been on the show. The Solar Eclipse 00:34:35.349 --> 00:34:38.690 QSO party is big into that and he'll be there 00:34:38.690 --> 00:34:44.789 and it's next to the ham radio 2 .0. Now there 00:34:44.789 --> 00:34:47.710 was a little controversy there with the name 00:34:47.710 --> 00:34:50.539 that there's a podcast named Ham Radio 2 .0. 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:55.139 That's not it. It's using the same name, but 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:58.219 that'll be around there. And we're going to talk 00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:02.360 camping, but first I do have a tweet here from 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:06.099 Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT from Amateur Radio Newsline, 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.840 and she wants to ask, will the smartphone text 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:13.900 alerts start heating up as of Thursday? So are 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:19.420 we going to see more of those texts? Well, I 00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:25.260 would imagine so. Talking to, by the way, Gene 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:28.599 Fisher is a sheriff of Greene County and he is 00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:31.719 a newly licensed P .M. Got his general class, 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:36.460 he and his wife both. He carries a, I was talking 00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:39.099 to him the other day and he was showing me, come 00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:41.139 here Michael, tell you what, I got my two meter 00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:44.400 and my cruiser here. He has a very sophisticated 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:47.059 unmarked vehicle, but he was carrying his his 00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:50.800 radio in there as well. And he was sort of the 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.699 one that spearheading that. So I'm sure this 00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.800 is going to get used. If there's traffic alerts, 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:59.760 traffic updates, weather alerts, different things 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:03.119 like that, it'll, I would say now it's our first 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:07.340 year with it, but I believe it will heat up. 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:12.500 So, okay. Thanks for tweeting in. Yeah. Thank 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:19.820 you, Karen. And again, that's Hamvention 18 to 00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:24.900 888 -777 is how you sign up for that. Just text 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:28.420 Hamvention 18 to 888 -777. It's right on the 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:31.119 website. Yep. It's right on the website, Neil. 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.719 Just look it right up. It's easy. The instructions 00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:39.420 are right there. All right. 812 -638 -4261 is 00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:42.400 the phone number, 812 -NET -HAM -1. We have some 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:44.280 time left with Michael here this evening. If 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:47.639 you want to give us a call or a tweet at HamTalk 00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:51.019 Live, you can do that as well. and we'll try 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:53.579 to get all your questions answered that we can 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:56.599 this week and then again next week we've got 00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:59.380 some exciting stuff coming up. We'll talk about 00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:02.659 that again in a little bit. Let's go back to 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:06.699 the camping situation. You want to talk about 00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:11.480 camping a little bit and you have some options 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:16.199 there so we'll talk about that. Well it's interesting 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:20.219 I was talking to Esther who works at the Expo 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:22.239 Center Fairgrounds and she handles the camping 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:26.840 and you know I know the demand to camp on site 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:31.940 there's huge and if you call her you can get 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:34.579 on a waiting list but the interesting thing is 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:36.559 she told me there were 10 people that had dropped 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:38.420 out or changed their mind or whatever in the 00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:42.039 last couple of months so quickly those spots 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:46.929 got used. Now, I know the area really well, and 00:37:46.929 --> 00:37:49.309 as I live, this is my neighborhood. It's my hood. 00:37:50.570 --> 00:37:54.309 So I would suggest people take a look at, if 00:37:54.309 --> 00:37:57.590 you're camping, take a look at Caesars Creek 00:37:57.590 --> 00:38:01.449 State Park. That's Ohio State Park, and you can 00:38:01.449 --> 00:38:04.090 make reservations there. I don't know where they're 00:38:04.090 --> 00:38:06.610 at with their reservations now, but it's a beautiful, 00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:09.349 beautiful area, and it's right on the lake, and 00:38:09.349 --> 00:38:12.559 beautiful campgrounds. and the road that it's 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:16.019 on is off of State Route 380, which is south 00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:19.300 of Xenia. So you take that road, beautiful road, 00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.659 it won't be hardly any traffic at all, and it'll 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.539 take you right into Xenia, take you right there. 00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:27.440 That is definitely a place that I would look 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:33.699 at getting. Now, talking to Brandon, our county 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:38.219 administrator, we are building, he is building, 00:38:38.670 --> 00:38:41.429 me but his group is building and refurbishing 00:38:41.429 --> 00:38:47.369 a new camping facility that will be available 00:38:47.369 --> 00:38:49.329 at least the primitive camping part of it will 00:38:49.329 --> 00:38:52.590 be available next year many many sites and that's 00:38:52.590 --> 00:38:57.670 probably five miles from the venue so keep an 00:38:57.670 --> 00:38:59.369 eye out for that one that won't be available 00:38:59.369 --> 00:39:01.869 this year but it will be available soon there 00:39:01.869 --> 00:39:07.440 are also spots that had been available at Central 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:12.380 State University. It's near Wilberforce, Ohio, 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:15.960 which is another four or five miles from the 00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:18.559 fairgrounds. And they're going to have shuttle 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:22.820 service in. They have rooms there, and they've 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:25.300 got food there for their guests. So you might 00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:27.500 want to take a look at that one, too. That may 00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:29.739 still have some spaces and spots. I know it's 00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:33.510 been a pretty hot place lately. people are finding 00:39:33.510 --> 00:39:37.010 out about it and they're using it and uh but 00:39:37.010 --> 00:39:40.789 it's a nice location and easy ride in and out 00:39:40.789 --> 00:39:43.710 so take a look at those spaces and once again 00:39:43.710 --> 00:39:49.789 take a look at the um uh the convention and convention 00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:53.349 and visitors bureau you can call them Kathy and 00:39:53.349 --> 00:39:55.329 Lisa are there and they are they told me the 00:39:55.329 --> 00:39:56.909 other day hey we're ready to help out whatever 00:39:56.909 --> 00:40:01.099 people need so there Okay, so there's plenty 00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:04.460 of options and and again I'll throw in the plug 00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:06.579 since they're since they're helping us out with 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:08.980 the meeting room and everything Spring Hill Suites 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:12.340 Dayton South, Miami's Berg has about five left 00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:14.300 I believe is what Kevin told me the other day 00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:18.539 so That's an option too. That's eight eight eight 00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:21.480 five zero six three nine one if you want to check 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:25.989 on that one, so We're just about out of time, 00:40:25.989 --> 00:40:28.510 but if you want to give us a last -second tweet 00:40:28.510 --> 00:40:31.730 here It's at ham talk live or six three eight 00:40:31.730 --> 00:40:34.030 or eight one two rather six three eight four 00:40:34.030 --> 00:40:38.269 two six one is the phone number now we know that 00:40:38.269 --> 00:40:42.349 the the new building project was was delayed 00:40:42.349 --> 00:40:45.670 because of the bidding and that kind of thing 00:40:45.670 --> 00:40:49.789 and and That's not going to start so that we're 00:40:49.789 --> 00:40:53.489 not Having construction going on during ham vincen 00:40:53.489 --> 00:40:56.929 What's the latest news on on the new building? 00:40:56.929 --> 00:41:01.429 That'll be? Temptively going well right right 00:41:01.429 --> 00:41:04.030 now looks like the start would be after they 00:41:04.030 --> 00:41:08.230 have a county fair in August and then no excuse 00:41:08.230 --> 00:41:10.469 me right after that They'll have a what they 00:41:10.469 --> 00:41:13.170 call old -timers day. So it would probably take 00:41:13.170 --> 00:41:18.309 place in the toward in a September October uh, 00:41:18.510 --> 00:41:22.050 into the year timeframe. And, uh, but we haven't 00:41:22.050 --> 00:41:24.090 heard any official start dates or anything like 00:41:24.090 --> 00:41:28.429 that. So, um, keeping our fingers crossed and 00:41:28.429 --> 00:41:30.369 we'll definitely let everybody know when that 00:41:30.369 --> 00:41:34.889 happens. Okay. Very good. Well, we're just finishing 00:41:34.889 --> 00:41:38.289 up here with, uh, with Michael's and let's, uh, 00:41:38.289 --> 00:41:42.190 let's check in here to make sure we didn't miss 00:41:42.190 --> 00:41:46.639 anybody. Um, looks like looks like we're pretty 00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:49.980 good so want to tell everybody about what's going 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.539 on with us but yeah let let's uh... let's go 00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:55.300 ahead and finish up michael uh... anything else 00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:58.019 you need to get out there why go right ahead 00:41:58.019 --> 00:42:00.760 yeah once again i just want to thank all of our 00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:03.659 volunteers you know and um... there are so many 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:05.960 of them and i hope when you're there you thank 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:09.079 a volunteer and um... because this is a major 00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:14.150 event for a club one singular club to put on, 00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:19.449 as many of you know. Nobody gets paid in our 00:42:19.449 --> 00:42:25.050 club to do this. From the top down. I also want 00:42:25.050 --> 00:42:27.650 to mention, too, is if you do end up having a 00:42:27.650 --> 00:42:30.230 question or you're listening to this later, I 00:42:30.230 --> 00:42:33.429 am good on QRZ, Whiskey H, Charlie India, and 00:42:33.429 --> 00:42:38.400 WHCI. I try to forward any emails that I may 00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:41.340 not be able to answer to the proper people on 00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:44.039 our committees. And I also want to thank all 00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:46.960 of you that are going to come. I think it's going 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.559 to be a great time. We're going to have new food 00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:51.239 this year. It's going to be really even over 00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:54.500 the top better than last year. The fairgrounds 00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:57.239 is last year. I think they didn't market it very 00:42:57.239 --> 00:43:02.579 well, but they sold some great mugs, hand -vention 00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:06.260 mugs. and for 2017. And this year they're selling 00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:12.739 the same for 2018. And our Xenia club sells the 00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:18.000 official shirts and logos for Hamvention. So 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:20.719 be sure to check those people out too. Anyway, 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.280 Neil, it's been a pleasure to be on your program 00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:29.119 and get to talk more about Hamvention. And I 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:34.329 think it's something we all love. I do. You know, 00:43:34.329 --> 00:43:38.570 I've been there I was cleaning out the file cabinet 00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:45.190 the other day and I found some old programs from 00:43:45.190 --> 00:43:50.949 The 80s and was looking through those and just 00:43:50.949 --> 00:43:54.150 remember a lot of a lot of good times a lot of 00:43:54.150 --> 00:43:57.969 good trips over there and and Some some pretty 00:43:57.969 --> 00:44:00.769 cool stuff and some equipment that now I look 00:44:00.769 --> 00:44:05.639 at and go Why would I want that? But back then, 00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:09.460 it was super cool, you know? It was the greatest 00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:13.780 thing, you know? I love it. You know, I like, 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:16.880 I actually sort of a collector of old equipment. 00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:19.780 I have old shortwave equipment that predates 00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:23.960 World War II. And some old Patterson and Brett 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:27.340 Lincoln, all my stuff works really well. So I 00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:32.360 enjoy that. Anyway, Neil, what a pleasure. Thank 00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:36.480 you for continuing to support Hamvention and 00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:38.739 everybody out there, thank you for your support. 00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:41.920 And I know you're gonna come out there and I 00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:44.159 hope that you come away with a story because 00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:46.099 there's a couple different kinds of people that 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.059 go to Hamvention. Those that go there, well, 00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:50.559 it was okay. Or those that go there and, well, 00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:52.739 all this was screwed up. Or those that go there 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:55.719 and look at it and go, man, do you remember the 00:44:55.719 --> 00:45:00.679 Hamvention that da da da da da da happened? That's 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:02.280 the kind of thing it is about hand -vention. 00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:05.059 It is, you come back with a story, you know, 00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:07.659 and it's not always easy, it's not always hard, 00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:12.639 but we always want it to be fun. Yeah, and that 00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:16.539 it is. So thank you so much for coming on again 00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:19.780 and next week we'll have a variety of people 00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:22.639 and we're going to give you the week off because 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:27.179 you've got just a little bit of work to do. Neil, 00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:29.400 it's always a pleasure. It's always a pleasure 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:31.900 to work with you. You run a really good show. 00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:35.699 You have a good plan with it. And, um, you support 00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:39.599 amateur radio in so many ways and, um, you just 00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:41.360 keep doing it all the time. And I don't think 00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:43.940 people realize how much work that it is that 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:47.179 you do because it's your passion to do it, but 00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:49.400 you know, getting the communication out to keep 00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:51.920 our hobby growing and alive. Thank you for what 00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:55.159 you do. Well, thank you so much. Appreciate it. 00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:58.960 Well, that is a wrap for this week's edition 00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:03.699 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to Michael Coulter, W8CI, 00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:06.500 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:09.340 and calling in and invite you back next Thursday 00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:13.559 night, 9 p .m. I'm excited. 9 p .m. Eastern Time 00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:18.480 when we're going to try this new live... Weather 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:21.159 and parking and traffic and all that kind of 00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:24.320 stuff. We've got some some surprises in the works, 00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:28.039 too But we're going to have the exclusive Hamvention 00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:31.699 weather forecast from Eric Elwell who by the 00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:37.039 way is KD for BNT He is the storm Center seven 00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:41.880 WHIOTV chief meteorologist and we're going to 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:44.400 talk to him a little bit and and a lot of people 00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:47.920 don't know that that he's a ham so we're actually 00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:50.199 going to talk about that a little bit next week 00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:54.079 and we'll also have a Dayton and surrounding 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:57.920 area traffic report and we're working on getting 00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:01.119 that lined up with Michael and then we'll have 00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:05.480 up to the minute information on the parking We'll 00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:07.820 talk about the on -site parking. We'll run all 00:47:07.820 --> 00:47:11.179 that down for you the remote parking and busing 00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:14.739 And then we're going to talk to some people with 00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:18.980 some events going on and and maybe a personality 00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:22.199 or two I'll say that much. I'm not going to give 00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:25.940 it all away here But make sure you tune in next 00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:28.900 Thursday night 9 p .m. Eastern time live right 00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:33.920 here at ham talk live .com or if you're out and 00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:36.059 one of these dinners and everything on Thursday 00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:38.760 night, listen to the podcast when you get back. 00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:42.260 podcast will be up in just a few minutes after 00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:45.659 the show, so you can get all the information 00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:49.340 you need at HamTalkLive .com or your favorite 00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:52.739 podcast app. And if you like HamTalk Live, please 00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:55.719 leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. 00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:59.880 That'll help us get in the listings better and 00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:03.119 help people find us faster. So for now, this 00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:08.619 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, see you at 00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:13.630 Ham... next week and may the good DX be yours! 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:45.179 I've completely forgot you're a ham I don't know 00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:48.800 your power or the height of your tower Frankly, 00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:54.500 I don't give a damn So 73s, to you and your family 00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:59.079 I'll be seeing you further down the law Your 00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:04.300 73s, to you and your family I'll be seeing you 00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:18.579 further down the... Check it.