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I'm 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:02.939 your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning 00:02:02.939 --> 00:02:06.040 in to this episode of Ham Talk Live. Tonight 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:11.379 we're joined by Carol Perry WB2MGP and Mason 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:16.460 Matrezzo KM4SII and we'll take your calls live 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:19.819 in just a few minutes. Last week on the show, 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:22.900 Michael Coulter, W8CI, the official spokesperson. 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.360 of the Dayton Hamvention was here along with 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:29.699 Val Hotsfeld in V9L, the winner of the Hamvention 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:34.759 Amateur of the Year and Dr. Chip Cohen, W1YW, 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:37.639 the Technical Achievement Award winner. And they 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.840 were here to talk about being recognized for 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.139 their accomplishments. So if you missed that, 00:02:42.219 --> 00:02:46.759 tune in anytime at HamTalkLive .com. 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Look for the big yellow blimp 00:06:47.170 --> 00:06:54.430 and you can call them at 920 -435 -2973 or you 00:06:54.430 --> 00:06:59.310 can visit them online pl -259 .com. Well tonight 00:06:59.310 --> 00:07:04.769 our guests Carol Perry WB2MGP is back with us 00:07:04.769 --> 00:07:07.649 yet once again this evening. Carol taught ham 00:07:07.649 --> 00:07:11.709 radio at intermediate school 72 in Staten Island, 00:07:11.889 --> 00:07:15.029 New York for 30 years. She travels across the 00:07:15.029 --> 00:07:18.610 globe to speak to hams and about involving young 00:07:18.610 --> 00:07:21.850 people in ham radio and using it as a teaching 00:07:21.850 --> 00:07:25.750 tool carol perry is the recipient of the 1987 00:07:25.750 --> 00:07:30.029 datan amateur of the year award the 1987 arrl 00:07:30.029 --> 00:07:33.569 instructor of the year award the 1991 marconi 00:07:33.569 --> 00:07:38.029 wireless memorial award the 1993 qcwa president's 00:07:38.029 --> 00:07:42.110 award and the 1996 rca barry goldwater amateur 00:07:42.110 --> 00:07:45.350 radio award and she's also won the radio club 00:07:45.350 --> 00:07:49.910 of america president's awards in 2009 and 2012. 00:07:50.810 --> 00:07:56.029 Carol is a RCA fellow, and in 2007 she was elected 00:07:56.029 --> 00:07:58.949 to the board of directors, a position she still 00:07:58.949 --> 00:08:01.509 holds, and created the Youth Activities Committee, 00:08:01.550 --> 00:08:04.350 which she now chairs. Under Carol's leadership, 00:08:04.470 --> 00:08:07.750 the RCA Youth Activities Committee donates equipment, 00:08:08.089 --> 00:08:10.689 cash grants, books, and supplies to chosen schools 00:08:10.689 --> 00:08:15.029 or youth groups. She also created the Young Achievers 00:08:15.029 --> 00:08:19.250 Award, also from RCA, and that's given to students 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:21.439 in grade 12 and below. who have demonstrated 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.279 excellence and creativity in wireless communications. 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.019 Carol's moderated the Dayton Hamvention Youth 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:31.579 Forum and Instructors Forum for 30 years, and 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:35.899 she's a member of QCWA, RCA, ARRL, and a host 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:38.580 of others, and a friend of mine since my early 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:42.580 days in ham radio. It's so good to have you on 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:46.559 the show once again. Carol, welcome. Oh, thank 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.080 you so much, Neil. Always a pleasure to speak 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:52.629 with you. And last year at the forum I I was 00:08:52.629 --> 00:08:56.110 I was sitting there just hoping to win one of 00:08:56.110 --> 00:09:02.169 those arrow antenna packages because I Wanted 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:04.710 to get started in satellites and this weekend 00:09:04.710 --> 00:09:07.509 I was we were talking earlier about the Walmart 00:09:07.509 --> 00:09:10.690 parking lots on the air thing and and I was hoping 00:09:10.690 --> 00:09:13.970 hoping to do that and Then something happened 00:09:13.970 --> 00:09:19.240 that was even better I won one of those code 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:25.100 oscillators and I had you had you autograph it 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:30.539 and it's sitting right here and it's very special 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:34.440 because you've known me since I was five years 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:40.149 old and to get that at the forum and and you 00:09:40.149 --> 00:09:43.669 know have you sign it and and Attend the forums 00:09:43.669 --> 00:09:46.129 for many years. It was it was just a very special 00:09:46.129 --> 00:09:50.289 thing. Oh I am just so delighted to hear that 00:09:50.289 --> 00:09:54.889 because you've you've always had Your your presence 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:58.470 in my classroom before I retired I always had 00:09:58.470 --> 00:10:02.129 a picture of you and I believe at age eight at 00:10:02.129 --> 00:10:05.850 your radio station as a motivator in my classroom 00:10:06.810 --> 00:10:11.029 Yeah, that's uh, that's been a long long time 00:10:11.029 --> 00:10:15.889 ago, but we're still here doing all this Yes, 00:10:15.889 --> 00:10:19.610 we are Well, our other guest tonight, speaking 00:10:19.610 --> 00:10:25.070 of all these young people, is one of the speakers 00:10:25.070 --> 00:10:27.850 that will be at the Youth Forum this year, Mason 00:10:27.850 --> 00:10:32.090 Matrezzo, KM4SII from Clemens, North Carolina. 00:10:32.909 --> 00:10:35.610 And Mason had a DX adventure of his own and another 00:10:35.610 --> 00:10:37.570 one coming up this summer. And I don't want to 00:10:37.570 --> 00:10:40.649 steal all his material. So I'm not going to tell 00:10:40.649 --> 00:10:43.389 you about all of that, even though I've talked 00:10:43.389 --> 00:10:47.990 to him a few times before. So Mason, we'll talk 00:10:47.990 --> 00:10:51.470 about that in a few minutes, but welcome. Thank 00:10:51.470 --> 00:10:54.629 you. Very happy to be here tonight. And we're 00:10:54.629 --> 00:10:58.669 glad that you're not in court anymore. No, I'm 00:10:58.669 --> 00:11:01.429 back home now so I could call in here on Skype 00:11:01.429 --> 00:11:03.090 and that way everybody can hear me a little bit 00:11:03.090 --> 00:11:06.399 better. Now I should explain that we were kind 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:09.600 of joking around before the show that Mason was 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.779 in court. Well it was a mock trial for some kids 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:18.679 and he was there before last year and he went 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.940 to observe this year. So no Mason wasn't in any 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:26.379 trouble or anything. Just wanted to clear that 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:30.419 up. Yes, we wanted to clear that up. Well, Carol, 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.240 let's start off first with just a few minutes 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.399 about the instructors forum before we get to 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:41.039 the youth forum and Mason here. So the instructors 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:45.159 forum, who should be in that? What do you have 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:49.000 planned for this year? And where do people go 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:53.860 to find that? Okay, well it's going to be in 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:59.519 Forum Room 4, and that would be Friday, 10 .30 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:04.860 a .m. to 11 .30. And who should attend the forum? 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:10.019 My answer to that would be anybody who is already 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:14.179 working with a youth group or in a classroom 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:18.179 or a scouting group, anything with young people. 00:12:18.590 --> 00:12:23.389 or somebody who is thinking about starting such 00:12:23.389 --> 00:12:26.370 a program with youngsters and ham radio and is 00:12:26.370 --> 00:12:31.429 looking for ideas. This is a sharing forum with 00:12:31.429 --> 00:12:34.950 a very dynamic speaker that I have this year, 00:12:34.990 --> 00:12:38.149 but it's for anybody who's interested in getting 00:12:38.149 --> 00:12:41.629 inspired to work with young people and radio 00:12:41.629 --> 00:12:44.529 or somebody who's already doing it and is just 00:12:44.529 --> 00:12:48.399 looking for a couple more creative ideas. Now, 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.879 the speaker this year that I have is a dear friend 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.360 of mine, a former RCA director and a member of 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.759 my RCA Youth Activities Committee. That would 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:08.740 be Charles Kermis, W0CBK, and he is going to 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:14.159 provide details on how search and rescue is becoming 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:18.500 very popular as an extracurricular activity, 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.659 even more so with all the recent catastrophes 00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:25.919 that we've had globally. And just a few of the 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.759 topics that he'll be covering will be suburban 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.299 search, first aid, weather watching, helicopter 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:36.559 seat. safety tracking, search techniques, environmental 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:40.440 observations, and so on, and relating it all 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:45.299 to a classroom setting for young hams. So that 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:48.840 should be really great and hopefully inspire 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:52.779 some more creative ideas if you're already working 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:56.620 with a young group. And the networking opportunities 00:13:56.620 --> 00:14:00.899 will be, as always, really wonderful at the Instructors 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:06.500 Forum. And again, that's Friday 1030 to 1130 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:10.899 in forum room for and You don't want to miss 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:14.559 that if you're looking at teaching any ham radio 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:18.259 to like like she said youth groups or in the 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:23.419 classroom or even Just you know the usual technician 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:27.809 class or the general class why? Come on down 00:14:27.809 --> 00:14:31.490 and get some ideas and get inspired. Well the 00:14:31.490 --> 00:14:36.590 big forum is the youth forum and that's on Saturday 00:14:36.590 --> 00:14:42.090 and Tell us all about The youth forum and who 00:14:42.090 --> 00:14:45.330 should be there and and and how that's sponsored 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:52.179 Well, okay, I will reduce my three -hour response 00:14:52.179 --> 00:15:00.600 Which I could easily do Just to get everybody 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.639 aware of exactly if they're not already what 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:07.480 to expect from the youth forum This will be the 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:13.419 31st Yes, 3 -1, the 31st youth forum that I've 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:17.740 moderated and had the privilege of doing for 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:22.240 all these years and it is just the jewel in the 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.639 crown of all the venues that I do during the 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:29.460 year with Young Hams. Who should attend the forum? 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:33.370 My response to that is simple, everybody. If 00:15:33.370 --> 00:15:37.889 you are interested in particularly supporting 00:15:37.889 --> 00:15:41.690 the young people, our talented young hands who 00:15:41.690 --> 00:15:45.029 will be up there with fabulous presentations, 00:15:45.730 --> 00:15:50.190 that's a major reason to come. If you are interested 00:15:50.190 --> 00:15:53.929 in hearing some of the most interesting of topics, 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.269 I always make sure everybody's got something 00:15:56.269 --> 00:15:59.289 different to present so that you're going to 00:15:59.289 --> 00:16:02.690 get a wide variety. I've got eight speakers this 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:05.370 year, including Mason, who we'll be hearing from 00:16:05.370 --> 00:16:10.009 soon, all with different presentations. And we 00:16:10.009 --> 00:16:13.210 encourage everybody to come for the support. 00:16:13.610 --> 00:16:18.230 and really to get inspired and to feel real good. 00:16:18.690 --> 00:16:22.570 It's a feel -good forum. You can't leave there 00:16:22.570 --> 00:16:26.269 without a smile on your face. And part of the 00:16:26.269 --> 00:16:29.970 forum is we've got fabulous sponsors. I've got 00:16:29.970 --> 00:16:34.769 13 major sponsors. And there will be prizes, 00:16:35.009 --> 00:16:39.159 certainly, for all the presenters. Then specifically 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:44.100 for the youngsters, 18 or below, 19 or below 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:47.759 in the audience. And then for my special audience 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:54.159 that I love so much, we have an ICOM IC7200 that 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:59.779 is going to be part of the door prizes for adults. 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:05.500 And we have a lot of things to announce about 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:09.000 different venues that the children can be nominated 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.279 for. And we will be announcing the Young Ham 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.900 Linza Hand Award. That's a contest that we run, 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:22.000 as you know. And it's just going to be one of 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:25.079 the forums. It is three hours in length. And 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:29.519 it goes so fast, the last whole hour is devoted 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.279 to the giving out of the prizes to the presenters 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:37.140 they get a special table full of of things that 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:40.400 have been donated to them for being presenters 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.519 and then for the audience separate drawing for 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.839 the youngsters and for the adults so it really 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:52.180 goes quickly you have to be present to win and 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:55.420 uh... we just want everybody to show up and so 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:57.960 you can see the best and the brightest that ham 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.559 radio has to offer and they really are and again 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:07.119 that saturday 9 15 a .m till noon in forum room 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:11.359 two and um You mentioned the Young Ham Wins a 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.059 Hand Award. I had a student that was fortunate 00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:17.660 to win that last time around. So we look forward 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:22.000 to hearing about that at the forum as well. And 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.140 go ahead and give us the lineup of your young 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:29.200 speakers that will be presenting this year and 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:33.420 what they'll be talking about. OK, well, we've 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:37.000 got Matthew Spiker. I'm going to skip the reading 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:41.720 of the have the call signs at this point. But 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:47.160 they range in age from 11, which would be Sujay, 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:50.119 who's going to be speaking about school, scouts, 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:56.460 and service. Age 11 up to 17 this year we've 00:18:56.460 --> 00:19:00.059 got. Matthew Spiker will be speaking about building 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:06.200 an inexpensive APRS tracking device with a Raspberry 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:11.630 Pi. Seamus Bonte will be speaking about mesh 00:19:11.630 --> 00:19:16.309 networking for emergency communications. Mason, 00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:18.950 who you will be hearing from soon, is going to 00:19:18.950 --> 00:19:22.450 be speaking about his DX expedition to Iceland. 00:19:23.789 --> 00:19:28.150 Bryant Raskol will be speaking about the 2017 00:19:28.150 --> 00:19:33.230 Dave Coulter Memorial DX adventure to Costa Rica. 00:19:33.569 --> 00:19:37.619 And you'll be hearing more about how to participate 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:41.880 in that. That's a fabulous adventure for youngsters 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:46.039 who come for free if they're chosen on that adventure. 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.160 You'll be hearing more about that at the Youth 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.700 Forum. I have Violetta Latham who will be speaking 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:59.460 about how I do ham radio without internet. And 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:05.009 then I have 12 -year -old Thomas Cholikov who 00:20:05.009 --> 00:20:08.309 in fact was one of my Youth Forum speakers at 00:20:08.309 --> 00:20:12.769 Hamcation in Orlando in February, who did a wonderful 00:20:12.769 --> 00:20:17.789 presentation and will again on electronics projects 00:20:17.789 --> 00:20:22.950 for young hams. Good ideas. If you're in the 00:20:22.950 --> 00:20:26.190 audience, he's got some really interesting projects. 00:20:26.750 --> 00:20:32.119 And then I have Tucker. Dunham, age 17, whose 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:37.480 topic is working with solar powered DigiPeters. 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:42.839 And that is this year's very impressive lineup. 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:45.839 That is a very impressive lineup. That would 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.220 be a pretty impressive lineup if adults were 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:53.420 doing it. Exactly. And you've got 11 through 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:58.670 17 year olds doing it. So, this proves that these 00:20:58.670 --> 00:21:01.450 young people have a lot of talent and a lot of 00:21:01.450 --> 00:21:07.269 know -how. Oh, and it's such a privilege to showcase 00:21:07.269 --> 00:21:11.170 them and, Neil, what I love best about, well, 00:21:11.170 --> 00:21:14.089 there's so many things I love about it, but the 00:21:14.089 --> 00:21:17.769 ripple effect after they have given a presentation 00:21:17.769 --> 00:21:23.410 at Dayton is just amazing. It gives me the opportunity 00:21:23.410 --> 00:21:27.220 of plugging them into the different venues that 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:30.519 I have going all year, such as showcasing them 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:35.220 at the RCA Technical Symposium that takes place 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:38.339 once a year. And the networking opportunities 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:42.140 for these young people is just phenomenal. And 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:45.599 as you saw in that video last year, where are 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:50.269 they now? They really go back and attribute as 00:21:50.269 --> 00:21:53.970 adults, go back to the support and the encouragement 00:21:53.970 --> 00:21:57.650 that they got by being presenters at the Dayton 00:21:57.650 --> 00:22:01.450 Youth Forum. It led to career choices. It led 00:22:01.450 --> 00:22:05.910 to technical school choices. So it's kind of 00:22:05.910 --> 00:22:08.309 that you become part of something that's bigger 00:22:08.309 --> 00:22:11.490 than any one of us, and it's just such a privilege 00:22:11.490 --> 00:22:15.650 to be part of it. Yeah, it's an amazing group 00:22:15.650 --> 00:22:18.670 of young people and we want to talk to one of 00:22:18.670 --> 00:22:22.009 those young people here tonight So we're gonna 00:22:22.009 --> 00:22:25.490 throw the things over to Mason here Mason Matraz. 00:22:25.490 --> 00:22:30.460 Oh KM4SII is here and I had the pleasure of interviewing 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:33.539 him for Amateur Radio Newsline last year about 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:37.619 a de -expedition he took and so he's going to 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:40.819 talk about that at the Youth Forum so we don't 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:43.599 want to give away too much here because we want 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.079 you to come to the Youth Forum and hear about 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:49.599 it and typically that's streamed online. I don't 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:52.599 have all the details on that just yet but typically 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.799 there's a stream available for that so hopefully 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.750 that'll happen. happened again this year. Carol, 00:22:56.970 --> 00:22:59.890 do you happen to know about that yet? Usually 00:22:59.890 --> 00:23:04.309 we talk about that and we. Yes, there are plans 00:23:04.309 --> 00:23:07.670 underway with the people from Dower themselves 00:23:07.670 --> 00:23:11.509 to get to get something done with that. OK, alright, 00:23:11.670 --> 00:23:15.730 so. Probably we'll have that available. You can 00:23:15.730 --> 00:23:19.230 check out hamvention .org and find that. But 00:23:19.230 --> 00:23:22.150 we're going to let Mason give us a little bit 00:23:22.150 --> 00:23:26.970 of a preview. And Carol, you're the Youth Forum 00:23:26.970 --> 00:23:30.190 host, so I'm going to hand it over to you and 00:23:30.190 --> 00:23:36.160 let you talk to Mason. Oh, OK. Alright Mason, 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:44.859 let's consider this a dress rehearsal. As I was 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:48.720 telling Mason before, and it's certainly my pleasure 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:52.200 to say it again so that everybody knows it, certainly 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:55.279 how I feel and how all the youngsters who participate 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:59.460 in this forum feel, they never have a reason 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:03.759 to be nervous in front of the audience at the 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.630 youth forum. Because for years, I have dubbed 00:24:07.630 --> 00:24:11.329 them the love audience. And when you're up at 00:24:11.329 --> 00:24:13.990 that podium, the kids will tell you and I will 00:24:13.990 --> 00:24:19.170 tell you, you can feel the support and all the 00:24:19.170 --> 00:24:21.609 good wishes and the warmth that come out of that 00:24:21.609 --> 00:24:24.549 audience. It's the most special audience that 00:24:24.549 --> 00:24:28.589 I encounter all year. So that being said, Mason, 00:24:28.890 --> 00:24:33.390 you will now be totally relaxed. And why don't 00:24:33.390 --> 00:24:36.910 you tell us about the very exciting adventure 00:24:36.910 --> 00:24:40.450 you had when you were on a de -expedition to 00:24:40.450 --> 00:24:44.329 Iceland? All right, yes, of course. Don't want 00:24:44.329 --> 00:24:46.809 to give away too much, of course, since that's, 00:24:46.849 --> 00:24:48.029 like we mentioned earlier, that's what you're 00:24:48.029 --> 00:24:52.529 coming to the presentation for. But, yes, I went 00:24:52.529 --> 00:24:55.150 to visit the lovely country of Iceland, which 00:24:55.150 --> 00:24:58.150 has just recently kind of exploded with tourism. 00:24:58.230 --> 00:25:00.519 For us, kind of, you know, little island off 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.460 in the middle of up in the Arctic that nobody 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:05.579 really knew much about but it's becoming a very 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.960 popular tourist destination right now and if 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.900 anybody's ever considering it I would definitely 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:13.420 say go to Iceland it's a great place but yes 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:16.019 my grandmother went with a tour group from her 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:20.259 church to Iceland and she invited myself and 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.759 my mom to come along and I got to thinking you 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.640 know I'm a ham radio operator that's totally 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:27.119 obsessed with DXing and contesting and all that 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:31.140 kind of stuff so What better opportunity to play 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:33.759 radio than from another country? Iceland's not 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:36.880 really that common of a country. It's nothing 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:39.319 as rare as stuff like, you know, North Korea 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.900 or some of the little islands in the middle of 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:43.660 nowhere. But it's not super common either. There 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:46.859 are some operators there, but it's just one of 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:48.480 the smart places that aren't on the air as much. 00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:50.640 So I figured, you know, I might as well see what 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.839 the licensing was and see if I could get to be 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:57.299 able to operate from there. And most countries, 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:59.299 you actually have to be an extra to operate from. 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:02.140 And I'm still a general, so that's the plan for 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:04.660 the summers to become an extra. We'll see how 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:07.700 that works out when that school wraps up. But 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:10.259 it turns out Iceland is one of the couple of 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.980 European countries that lets general operators 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:14.079 operate from there. So I decided, all right, 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.700 well, I've got to get some radio equipment and 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:18.359 head to Iceland and see what could be done there. 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:20.839 And as you'll see in the presentation, like I 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.299 said, I don't want to say too much about it right 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:25.420 now. It was definitely an interesting experience. 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:28.839 There was innumerable challenges that were presented 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:32.400 by Mother Nature and the electrical system at 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:35.859 the hotel. So you can hear all about that at 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:39.299 the Youth Forum next month here at Hanvention. 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:44.519 Oh, well, that's excellent, Mason. And I can 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:47.359 tell how excited you still are to speak about 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:50.569 all of that and share all of that. So we will 00:26:50.569 --> 00:26:53.650 certainly be looking forward to your presentation 00:26:53.650 --> 00:26:56.890 along with the others. And I've already seen 00:26:56.890 --> 00:26:59.269 the gist of what you're going to be sharing with 00:26:59.269 --> 00:27:02.609 us. And to say the least, it's going to be very 00:27:02.609 --> 00:27:06.430 inspiring to many of the young people in the 00:27:06.430 --> 00:27:08.890 audience, as well as informative to the rest 00:27:08.890 --> 00:27:12.029 of us. So I am thanking you in advance, and I 00:27:12.029 --> 00:27:14.750 look forward to meeting with you in person next 00:27:14.750 --> 00:27:17.609 month. Oh, yes, I'm definitely looking forward 00:27:17.609 --> 00:27:20.589 to it. I got the opportunity to do the presentation 00:27:20.589 --> 00:27:23.710 in front of our local amateur radio club here 00:27:23.710 --> 00:27:26.150 in Forsyth County, North Carolina. And it went 00:27:26.150 --> 00:27:28.410 really well. So I need to whittle it down so 00:27:28.410 --> 00:27:32.250 it meets the time requirements. But I'm definitely 00:27:32.250 --> 00:27:36.269 very excited about giving the presentation. Excellent. 00:27:38.109 --> 00:27:42.170 Sorry. Now, Mason, you had this opportunity to 00:27:42.170 --> 00:27:45.289 do this de -expedition. And now... You've got 00:27:45.289 --> 00:27:47.970 an opportunity to do another one. So tell us 00:27:47.970 --> 00:27:52.349 about that Yes, the QSO number was relatively 00:27:52.349 --> 00:27:54.569 low from Iceland due to a number of challenges 00:27:54.569 --> 00:27:57.430 that You can hear all about that stuff and hand 00:27:57.430 --> 00:27:59.589 -vention like I said, but this one's bound to 00:27:59.589 --> 00:28:03.329 be much more successful I'm I got selected to 00:28:03.329 --> 00:28:06.730 be part of the youth DX adventure, which is a 00:28:06.730 --> 00:28:10.009 fantastic organization that takes youth operators 00:28:10.009 --> 00:28:12.869 a team of youth operators to operate from some 00:28:12.869 --> 00:28:15.359 of the world's best stations down in the Caribbean 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.460 and Central America. They went to Costa Rica 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:20.819 last year and this year they're going down to 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:22.940 a station that probably some of the people that 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:25.279 are listening, if you've done any kind of HF 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:27.019 activity, you've probably worked this station. 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.819 It's the probably I would say the biggest station 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.440 in the Caribbean and probably one of the biggest 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:35.579 in the world. It's Papa Japan to Tango on Curacao 00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:38.579 Island and it's a very big contest station and 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:40.740 I got the opportunity to go down there along 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:43.059 with two other operators. And we will be down 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:45.099 there in the middle of July, playing around on 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:48.140 all of the HF bands. And they have some gigantic 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:50.619 antennas down there. So if you're in the US or 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:52.299 in Europe, or pretty much anywhere in the world, 00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.559 you will most certainly be able to hear us. So 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:57.400 I'm looking forward to getting a lot of people 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.019 in the logbook from down there. It's going to 00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:01.779 be a fantastic experience, thanks to the UCX 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:05.130 Adventure. Yeah, the guys that went last year 00:29:05.130 --> 00:29:08.450 learned a lot and had an absolute blast in Costa 00:29:08.450 --> 00:29:11.369 Rica and and have become pretty close friends 00:29:11.369 --> 00:29:15.569 But but one of the unexpected things that that 00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:18.890 Christopher learned and I always have to bring 00:29:18.890 --> 00:29:21.630 this up is Christopher learned how to make grilled 00:29:21.630 --> 00:29:28.710 cheese Famous grilled cheese sandwich, so so 00:29:28.710 --> 00:29:31.869 Chris bro we got we got you in here again but 00:29:31.869 --> 00:29:34.289 uh so so we should take them for a cook this 00:29:34.289 --> 00:29:37.190 year yeah yeah yeah so so so do you have any 00:29:37.190 --> 00:29:43.170 plans on any any recipes for for carousel you 00:29:43.170 --> 00:29:47.069 know i really don't have uh that very good in 00:29:47.069 --> 00:29:48.849 the culinary department i'll have very good skills 00:29:48.849 --> 00:29:51.309 in that department so not not sure if what i 00:29:51.309 --> 00:29:54.269 make would be edible but it's worth a shot well 00:29:54.269 --> 00:29:56.529 maybe you can talk to Chris before you go and 00:29:56.529 --> 00:29:58.619 and he can Yes, you can give me some advice. 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:02.299 All right. Well, hey, we're going to take a break. 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.460 And when we come back, we're going to talk more 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:09.180 to Carol and to Mason and give you a chance to 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:12.319 call in, tweet in whatever you want to do and 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:15.480 jump in here into the conversation. So we'll 00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:18.279 be back with Carol and Mason right after this 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:20.839 word from the National Voice of America Museum 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.640 of Broadcasting and Amateur Radio Newsline right 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:27.170 here on HamTalk Live. The National Voice of America 00:30:27.170 --> 00:30:30.069 Museum of Broadcasting, located in Westchester, 00:30:30.329 --> 00:30:33.670 Ohio, just north of Cincinnati, is only two minutes 00:30:33.670 --> 00:30:37.789 off I -75. The museum is the former home of the 00:30:37.789 --> 00:30:41.250 Voice of America Bethany Relay Station. 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So there's another ad from Sterling 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.320 to go to this thing. And Carol, while we were 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:19.539 on the break there, you mentioned the Young Ham 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:23.440 Lends a Hand Award. Why don't you elaborate a 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:26.360 little more on that and some of the nominations 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:30.949 this year? Oh, please, yes. Anybody listening, 00:34:31.670 --> 00:34:36.849 you can informally nominate a youngster who meets 00:34:36.849 --> 00:34:42.050 the criteria. The Young Ham Linza Hand Contest 00:34:42.050 --> 00:34:47.190 was begun six years ago with a friend, Evan Rolek, 00:34:47.690 --> 00:34:54.269 canine SQG. He and I began this contest wanting 00:34:54.269 --> 00:34:59.150 to honor and showcase Any licensed young ham, 00:34:59.489 --> 00:35:04.269 again 18 or younger, who exemplifies amateur 00:35:04.269 --> 00:35:09.630 radio's basic tenant of service. And we ask hams 00:35:09.630 --> 00:35:13.630 to recommend and nominate a youngster. Any young 00:35:13.630 --> 00:35:18.269 ham who participates in volunteerism for community 00:35:18.269 --> 00:35:22.710 events, helping with senior citizens, that could 00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:27.360 be military personnel. It could be school events, 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:32.139 recruitment, and or training of other youngsters, 00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:37.699 or any other valid give back project. And that 00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:40.699 person would be eligible for consideration for 00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:43.960 this award. The winner gets announced at the 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:47.400 Hamvention Youth Forum and receives the $100 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:51.380 stipend check, along with all of our admiration. 00:35:52.130 --> 00:35:55.670 And, Neil, as I was telling you before, this 00:35:55.670 --> 00:36:00.969 year, Evan and I have received more nominations, 00:36:01.250 --> 00:36:04.989 and a nomination is simply writing me in your 00:36:04.989 --> 00:36:08.590 own words why you believe this particular youngster 00:36:08.590 --> 00:36:12.630 would be a worthy candidate for this award. We've 00:36:12.630 --> 00:36:16.929 received more than in all the years before, and 00:36:16.929 --> 00:36:20.449 the caliber is just something that puts a smile 00:36:20.449 --> 00:36:23.409 right on your ham heart because it's such a pleasure 00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:27.070 to support and showcase these youngsters who 00:36:27.070 --> 00:36:30.409 are giving back to the communities in some of 00:36:30.409 --> 00:36:32.869 the ways that I just described. So by all means, 00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:36.769 if you run across such a youngster, let me know. 00:36:37.769 --> 00:36:44.969 Email me directly, my call letters, wb2mgpmightygoodprofessor 00:36:44.969 --> 00:36:48.630 at gmail .com and tell me why you believe that 00:36:48.630 --> 00:36:53.340 youngster deserves this award. All right, very 00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:56.960 good and a very deserving award for a young person 00:36:56.960 --> 00:37:01.480 So get those nominations in and if you have a 00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:04.239 question about anything we've talked about tonight 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:07.500 or a comment Please give us a call at eight one 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:11.300 two six three eight four two six one eight one 00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:14.820 two net ham one or Tweet us or you can if you're 00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:17.619 on speaker you can put a comment in there and 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:21.880 we'll get that in the chat here, so Please do 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:27.300 that if you'd like to chime in. Now, Hamvention 00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:32.380 moved last year and had new facilities and I 00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:35.239 know that there's some changes coming to that. 00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:38.440 Carol, what do you know about some changes to 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:43.980 the facility this time? Well, first of all, kudos 00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:50.000 to all the fabulous people at NARA who just pulled 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:54.159 off an event last year that deserves nothing 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:58.380 but praise and admiration. They are just terrific, 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:01.619 and the fact that that venue was so fabulous. 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.699 It was just awesome last year. I had the biggest 00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.440 forum room that I've ever had. As you know, if 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:12.320 you have followed me through the past 30 years, 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.900 I went from a really teeny tiny room uh... to 00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:18.920 the uh... one of the largest rooms at hand pension 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:22.900 last year uh... that big room too uh... where 00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:26.039 we have air conditioning and yes there was a 00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:29.119 little snafu the noise of the air conditioning 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.920 uh... we had a shot at some point uh... so that 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.980 we could better hear the young speakers uh... 00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:37.780 but we overcame that and uh... i've been assured 00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:40.659 that that problem has been uh... taken care of 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:44.809 as well It's just, it's remarkable, I think, 00:38:44.869 --> 00:38:47.710 what they have managed to do and clearly they 00:38:47.710 --> 00:38:50.349 worked so hard all during the year to make sure 00:38:50.349 --> 00:38:53.789 that it turns out to be so fabulous at the end. 00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:58.460 Yeah, and and looking forward to that and it 00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:01.039 really was nice to have some some room because 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:07.360 usually There's not much room And it was so nice 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:11.260 to to be able to to accommodate so many people 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:14.860 Last year, so that was great Well, tell us a 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:17.599 little bit about some of the the prizes you mentioned 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:20.760 the icon Rig mentioned some of the the prizes 00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:23.099 that people will be getting in and the youngsters 00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:27.400 Yeah, well, all of my young presenters will be 00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:31.280 getting an HT radio from ICOM, certainly one 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:35.260 of our biggest, biggest supporters. For the past 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:40.480 27 years, Neil, ICOM has been supporting my youth 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:44.340 forums. Each of my youngsters will get a personalized 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:47.539 jacket from them with their name and call sign, 00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:53.119 and they also receive a backpack. from ICOM that's 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:56.659 personalized, along with a patch that I created, 00:39:56.900 --> 00:40:01.639 the RCA Young Achiever Patch, that gets on the 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:07.659 backpack as well. And AMSAT has donated books 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:11.119 that we're going to stuff in the book bags for 00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:13.659 them. And of course I did tell you about the 00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:19.139 big prize, the IC -7200 for the adults. RCA, 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.159 of course, Radio Club of America that literally 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:26.139 sponsors my being there, is going to be giving 00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:31.239 a $100 stipend check to each of my young presenters, 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:35.280 and that is being donated and has been for the 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:39.420 past five years by, again, Charles Kermis, who 00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:41.940 is going to be speaking at the Instructors Forum. 00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:45.420 He has been just so impressed by the caliber 00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:49.099 of the youngsters at that youth forum that he 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:52.639 picks up the $100 stipend checks for each of 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:56.059 the kids through RCA so that it doesn't have 00:40:56.059 --> 00:41:00.989 to come directly out of my budget. And RCA also 00:41:00.989 --> 00:41:07.050 donates my Carol's Monitors, people. The gentleman 00:41:07.050 --> 00:41:10.170 with the yellow ribbon necklaces with the bronze 00:41:10.170 --> 00:41:12.769 medallion at the end that says Carol's Monitors 00:41:12.769 --> 00:41:16.309 on it. These are the guys without whom I would 00:41:16.309 --> 00:41:19.170 have a really hard time doing that three -hour 00:41:19.170 --> 00:41:21.849 forum. They take care of everything that needs 00:41:21.849 --> 00:41:26.260 to be done there. as well as helping giving out 00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:32.059 the prizes. Kenwood is donating radios. MFJ is 00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:35.139 getting matching mobile antennas for the ICOM 00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:39.320 radios and chest harness pouches. Heil Sound 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:43.559 is donating a new product, a BM -17 air phone. 00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:50.440 And then we have, in addition, Lance Cruz is 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:53.900 the radio club. uh... that almost since the beginning 00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:57.780 for the past twenty eight years that's the group 00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:01.059 that print up those beautiful uh... price tickets 00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:04.039 for us for the youth forum the adults get one 00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:07.340 color and the uh... the youngsters get another 00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:09.880 they take care of all those beautifully done 00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:13.440 private tickets and they donate prizes adore 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:16.599 prizes for the kids and they've been tremendous 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:21.920 supporters of ours QCWA, of which I am the chairperson 00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:26.119 of their youth activities as well, donates money 00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:29.400 to support the Young Ham Lens A Hand contest. 00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:34.539 ARRL is going to be donating $50 gift certificates. 00:42:35.609 --> 00:42:39.349 DX Engineering, my good friend and president 00:42:39.349 --> 00:42:43.349 of RCA, Tim Duffy has, through DX Engineering, 00:42:43.750 --> 00:42:48.309 donated 10 $100 gift certificates to be given 00:42:48.309 --> 00:42:52.869 out. The Delaware Lehigh Valley Amateur Radio 00:42:52.869 --> 00:42:55.570 Club is donating money for the Young Hamlands 00:42:55.570 --> 00:43:01.929 Hand Contest. And amateur call sign, which is... 00:43:02.269 --> 00:43:05.530 founded by a friend of mine, Pete Varonis, who 00:43:05.530 --> 00:43:09.849 is an excellent historian, is also a sponsor 00:43:09.849 --> 00:43:15.969 of the Youth Forum. And as I mentioned, AMSAT 00:43:15.969 --> 00:43:20.090 is donating those Getting Started books for each 00:43:20.090 --> 00:43:23.510 presenter to have in a book bag. So once again, 00:43:23.630 --> 00:43:26.050 we're going to have an hour's worth of giving 00:43:26.050 --> 00:43:29.849 out prizes. And, and when they learn about all 00:43:29.849 --> 00:43:31.869 the stuff from AMSAT, they can go do Walmart 00:43:31.869 --> 00:43:40.750 parking lots on the air. Oh my, this is just 00:43:40.750 --> 00:43:44.550 so much fun. It just fits right in. So, all right, 00:43:44.550 --> 00:43:47.389 we're going to finish things up here, but, uh, 00:43:47.389 --> 00:43:51.130 what, one last word with, with Mason here, are 00:43:51.130 --> 00:43:54.230 you ready to go? Or are you just like, okay, 00:43:54.309 --> 00:43:57.619 is it here yet? Is it here yet? Oh, yes, I'm 00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:59.539 getting very excited for it not too much longer 00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:03.739 now Now I will tell you from past experience 00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:08.380 That you might want to bring a wheelbarrow To 00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:13.000 take all that stuff home because it's a job I'm 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:15.980 telling you, it's, it's a job to get all that 00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:18.480 stuff out of there. It's amazing. The car is 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:23.119 going to be weighed down on the way home. Drag 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:26.099 in the ground. Oh my goodness. Well, well, best 00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:28.760 of luck. Look forward to, uh, to seeing you there, 00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:32.300 uh, Mason and, uh, and, um, talk to you and, 00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.280 um, thanks for coming on the show tonight and, 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:39.800 um, get ready for, uh, for the love audience. 00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:44.260 Oh, yeah, we'll see you guys then All right, 00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:48.900 Mason. We'll see you and Carol. Thanks as always 00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:52.420 You are most welcome always a pleasure speaking 00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:56.360 with you always glad to have you on and appreciate 00:44:56.360 --> 00:45:00.559 all that you do to to showcase these young hams. 00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:04.039 So get to the Youth Forum and the Instructor's 00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:07.059 Forum. Again, the Instructor's Forum is Friday 00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:11.039 of Hamvention from 10 30 a .m. to 11 30 a .m. 00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:15.119 in room four and the Youth Forum Saturday morning 00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:21.369 at opening 9 15 until noon in forum room. too. 00:45:21.469 --> 00:45:26.289 So don't miss those. And thanks again to Carol 00:45:26.289 --> 00:45:28.590 and Mason for coming on the show. But that is 00:45:28.590 --> 00:45:31.789 a wrap for this week's edition of Ham Talk Live. 00:45:31.829 --> 00:45:35.389 Thanks to everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:45:35.389 --> 00:45:38.409 tweeting in and listening. And next Thursday 00:45:38.409 --> 00:45:41.570 night at 9 p .m. our Hamvention preview continues 00:45:41.570 --> 00:45:46.449 with Bob Naumann, W5OV, the sales manager at 00:45:46.449 --> 00:45:49.880 DX Engineering. 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