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Thanks for tuning in 00:01:55.650 --> 00:01:58.510 to another episode of Ham Talk Live. Tonight, 00:01:58.609 --> 00:02:02.579 we're joined by Tim Duffy, K3LR. And we will 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:06.540 take your calls live in just a few minutes. And 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:09.780 a happy World Amateur Radio Day coming up on 00:02:09.780 --> 00:02:12.879 Wednesday. That's the 18th. So I won't speak 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:17.020 to you before then. So wish you a happy World 00:02:17.020 --> 00:02:20.080 Amateur Radio Day. Last week here on the show, 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:24.099 Norm WA for ZXV was here to talk about four days 00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:27.030 in May. And if you missed that, you can listen 00:02:27.030 --> 00:02:31.770 anytime ham talk live .com or on a podcast player 00:02:31.770 --> 00:02:34.710 out like Apple podcasts, stitcher, I heart podcasts, 00:02:34.930 --> 00:02:38.310 Google play, tune in SoundCloud. We're also on 00:02:38.310 --> 00:02:43.060 YouTube. 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Our guest tonight is Tim Duffy K3LR 00:06:12.410 --> 00:06:16.310 he is the founder and chairman of Contest University 00:06:16.670 --> 00:06:19.089 In addition to being the director of Contest 00:06:19.089 --> 00:06:21.310 University, Tim is the president of his local 00:06:21.310 --> 00:06:24.350 club, the Mercer County Amateur Radio Club, the 00:06:24.350 --> 00:06:27.730 Radio Club of America, and the former Western 00:06:27.730 --> 00:06:31.750 Pennsylvania ARRL section manager, and of course 00:06:31.750 --> 00:06:35.850 he is the chief operating officer of DX Engineering. 00:06:36.449 --> 00:06:39.589 Tim is a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame 00:06:39.589 --> 00:06:43.610 and was on Team USA for the World Radio Sport 00:06:43.610 --> 00:06:47.290 Team Championship four times and will be competing 00:06:47.290 --> 00:06:52.370 once again this summer and a graduate of the 00:06:52.370 --> 00:06:56.610 Pennsylvania State University. And Tim is a 2015 00:06:56.610 --> 00:06:59.889 amateur of the year award winner presented by 00:06:59.889 --> 00:07:02.769 the Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee. So Tim, 00:07:02.829 --> 00:07:06.430 welcome back once again. It's great to be here, 00:07:06.509 --> 00:07:09.449 Neil. Thanks for having me. Yeah, well we've 00:07:09.449 --> 00:07:13.089 had you on here a few times now and always want 00:07:13.089 --> 00:07:16.649 to talk about Contest University because it's 00:07:16.649 --> 00:07:21.139 one of the uh, most educational opportunities, 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:25.620 uh, that a ham radio operator can get. And, um, 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:28.319 you've been on here talking about it and we want 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.720 to talk about some of the other contest and DX 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.899 activities tonight. Cause we've talked about 00:07:32.899 --> 00:07:36.480 this a lot, but we, we can't ignore the big ones. 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:39.540 So, uh, give us a preview of what's happening 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:44.600 at contest university for this year. So for 2018, 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:47.500 you know, we have a tremendous lineup. This is 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:50.920 our our 12th year of running Contest University 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:55.279 in Dayton and Dayton is is the flagship home 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:59.439 for Contest University in the United States a 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.540 month ago, we ran Contest University in Italy 00:08:02.540 --> 00:08:09.519 and We had 310 there We also had professors in 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.459 Italy from the United States John Doar K1 AR 00:08:13.389 --> 00:08:17.389 was part of the curriculum over there, so very 00:08:17.389 --> 00:08:20.069 proud of that. But back in Dayton, and of course 00:08:20.069 --> 00:08:23.009 this occurs the Thursday before the Dayton Hamvention 00:08:23.009 --> 00:08:27.350 opens, so this is all day on May 17th, and it 00:08:27.350 --> 00:08:31.149 is at the Crown Plaza Hotel. All of the information 00:08:31.149 --> 00:08:33.950 that I'm going to talk about this evening is 00:08:33.950 --> 00:08:37.230 available on the Contest University website, 00:08:37.549 --> 00:08:43.100 and it's contestuniversityaltogether .com. ContestUniversity 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:47.059 .com will get you right to the Contest University 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:50.659 website where you can see all of the things that 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:53.059 will be talked about as well as you can sign 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:59.019 up. You do have to pre -register and there are 00:08:59.019 --> 00:09:05.179 two registration available and the first one 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:07.919 is if you haven't given a talk at a radio club 00:09:08.350 --> 00:09:11.470 It's $85. If you've given a talk in the last 00:09:11.470 --> 00:09:16.470 year at a radio club, it's $75. We also have, 00:09:16.690 --> 00:09:19.250 through the generosity of the Northern California 00:09:19.250 --> 00:09:23.029 DX Foundation, we have scholarships for those 00:09:23.029 --> 00:09:25.669 that would like to attend Contest University 00:09:25.669 --> 00:09:30.230 that are 25 years of age or younger, and that 00:09:30.230 --> 00:09:35.429 will pay for the tuition. But the Contest University 00:09:35.429 --> 00:09:39.320 starts early with a breakfast. First thing in 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:45.039 the morning at seven o 'clock and by eight o 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:47.879 'clock we are in session and off and running 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.120 and there'll be over 20 presentations during 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:55.600 the day on. Thursday, all the way from things 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:59.740 about how to improve your antenna systems, the 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:03.139 reverse beacon network. There's a whole session 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:08.820 on digital nodes like FT8 and MSK 144 for use 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:13.639 in VHF contests. There's a session taught by 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:19.909 Ward Silver on grounding and bonding. And we 00:10:19.909 --> 00:10:23.750 also cover sessions on RTTY. We have one of the. 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:29.009 the world's best RTTY guys in Ed Munn's W0YK 00:10:29.009 --> 00:10:34.129 who teaches the RTTY sessions. We also have Contesting 00:10:34.129 --> 00:10:38.330 Best Practices taught by Dan K2YWE. This is great 00:10:38.330 --> 00:10:42.210 for beginning contesters or those that just want 00:10:42.210 --> 00:10:46.149 to get better on HF operating. This is a great 00:10:46.149 --> 00:10:50.610 opportunity to listen to Dan. He gives a tremendous 00:10:50.610 --> 00:10:54.649 talk. We will have a special guest speaker. That's 00:10:54.649 --> 00:10:59.490 going to be a surprise during lunch. And then 00:10:59.490 --> 00:11:03.809 in the afternoon, we break into our small group 00:11:03.809 --> 00:11:06.470 sessions where you actually can sit with some 00:11:06.470 --> 00:11:09.389 of these experts and talk about antennas and 00:11:09.389 --> 00:11:13.690 propagation and the reverse beacon network and 00:11:13.690 --> 00:11:17.029 towers and antennas and grounding and bonding, 00:11:17.669 --> 00:11:22.320 receiving antenna. ideas, and so a lot of this 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.039 material is aimed at just yet becoming a better 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:29.139 operator, a more knowledgeable operator, and 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:32.980 enjoying more of the ham radio hobby. If you're 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.179 a contestor, this is going to give you an edge. 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:38.000 There's no doubt about that. There's a tremendous 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.659 textbook that comes along with it. You also have 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:43.799 some discount vouchers. There's breakfast and 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:47.659 lunch and a couple of breaks, but you have access 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:52.860 to some of the best operators and station designers 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:56.899 available here in the United States. We finished 00:11:56.899 --> 00:12:00.620 the day off with Rob Sherwood who has been a 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:03.960 guest here on HamTalk Live and he'll give his 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:08.440 2018 contest radio review. That is a packed house. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:13.840 It is almost an hour long and it is a great time 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:17.019 to understand what improvements have been made 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:19.340 in the past year. And if you're thinking about 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:23.500 maybe a new radio, you want to put off your decision 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:28.039 until you hear Rob Sherwood's talk. So it's a 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.940 great day. It goes extremely fast. We finished 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:34.980 at five o 'clock, but it is a jam packed day 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:39.440 full of information and learning and sharing 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.809 and meeting new friends. And then after it's 00:12:43.809 --> 00:12:45.750 over, you have access to the color slide deck 00:12:45.750 --> 00:12:48.649 so that you can give presentations to your clubs. 00:12:49.690 --> 00:12:53.070 We also have the opportunity, you know, you can 00:12:53.070 --> 00:12:55.429 trade email addresses with the professor so you 00:12:55.429 --> 00:13:00.830 can do follow up material. So it's just a great, 00:13:00.830 --> 00:13:03.870 great day. And if you've been there before, this 00:13:03.870 --> 00:13:07.090 is all new information. So there's nothing here 00:13:07.090 --> 00:13:12.809 that's been repeated. This is all new data and 00:13:12.809 --> 00:13:14.389 you're going to find it great. If you haven't 00:13:14.389 --> 00:13:17.250 been to Contest University and you've been thinking 00:13:17.250 --> 00:13:21.809 about it, this is the year to do it. So tremendous 00:13:21.809 --> 00:13:26.250 time. I'll have an updated webinar here in a 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.250 few weeks that you'll be able to click on. But 00:13:29.250 --> 00:13:32.590 go to the Contest University website and all 00:13:32.590 --> 00:13:35.169 the information is there. You can even see videos. 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.639 from past years if you want to see what it looks 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.559 like. And we're expecting 350 students. It's 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:44.580 going to be great. Wow, that's great. Well, I've 00:13:44.580 --> 00:13:47.080 been fortunate enough to go the last three years 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:51.940 and I can testify to the fact that, you know, 00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:54.059 you're going to learn a lot. You're going to 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:57.139 have a great time doing it. And you definitely 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:01.940 will pick up an edge on contesting. We reached 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:05.559 a point with our school club that We were just 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:07.559 kind of trying to figure out how in the world 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:16.059 are we going to boost our scores and we had talked 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:18.940 to Dr. Scott Wright and he kind of contacted 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:22.000 you and got us set up and we were actually able 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.700 to bring some students over for a couple of years. 00:14:26.090 --> 00:14:29.090 We were able to get them away from their final 00:14:29.090 --> 00:14:32.429 exams and AP testing and everything else and 00:14:32.429 --> 00:14:36.990 get them over there. We picked up some little 00:14:36.990 --> 00:14:40.470 things along the way that made a huge impact 00:14:40.470 --> 00:14:45.009 in the way we approached contesting and it paid 00:14:45.009 --> 00:14:51.710 off. It's really improved. We have all kinds 00:14:51.710 --> 00:14:55.830 of evidence here of what Contest University can 00:14:55.830 --> 00:15:00.450 do for an operator. That's great. It's always 00:15:00.450 --> 00:15:03.350 a pleasure to hear those stories of success. 00:15:04.250 --> 00:15:06.070 And I got to tell you, Neil, I hear them all 00:15:06.070 --> 00:15:09.769 the time. You know, where you see the light go 00:15:09.769 --> 00:15:14.539 on and the students go back home. Whether it's 00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:17.039 field day, whether it's a state QSO party, whether 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:20.779 it's the ARL sweepstakes, and a lot of the techniques 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:23.879 that we teach at Contest University, they adapt 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:29.600 and use, and it's all good. Absolutely. So if 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.700 you haven't registered for Contest University 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:36.379 yet and you want to go, there are still a few 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:40.919 spots available. So remind everybody how to register 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:45.450 for that. talk about the registration just one 00:15:45.450 --> 00:15:50.269 more time. Yes, so you go to the contestuniversity 00:15:50.269 --> 00:15:56.149 .com website and you click on registration. You 00:15:56.149 --> 00:15:59.730 fill out a few simple deals. You know, your call 00:15:59.730 --> 00:16:02.649 sign. We want to know your t -shirt size because 00:16:02.649 --> 00:16:06.500 there's a great t -shirt this year, Neil. uh... 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:09.019 and i can't help me i'll tell you this i'm in 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:11.480 fact i think this is one of our best years for 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.220 the t -shirt wait until you see the back of this 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:20.320 shirt yeah it's it's it's great so uh... but 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:23.080 uh... you know you get uh... you get all the 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.360 materials to go along with contest university 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.519 uh... you just uh... it's a very simple registration 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:31.299 form and uh... then you get your confirmation 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:35.070 email And you show up the night before Wednesday 00:16:35.070 --> 00:16:39.409 night in the contest super suite at the Crowne 00:16:39.409 --> 00:16:41.970 Plaza on the second floor. And that's right in 00:16:41.970 --> 00:16:44.690 downtown Dayton, right next to the convention 00:16:44.690 --> 00:16:48.789 center is the Crowne Plaza. And we have registration 00:16:48.789 --> 00:16:52.230 from 8 o 'clock till 10 o 'clock. And you can 00:16:52.230 --> 00:16:54.909 pick up all your materials, hang out with the 00:16:54.909 --> 00:16:57.110 professors, hang out with other students. We 00:16:57.110 --> 00:16:59.929 have some pizza at 1030. It's a great way to 00:16:59.929 --> 00:17:03.110 get started. Well, you mentioned the super suite 00:17:03.110 --> 00:17:07.190 and that's exactly where we want to Head next 00:17:07.190 --> 00:17:10.390 in addition to contest University going on there 00:17:10.390 --> 00:17:13.269 at the Crowne Plaza You've got the super suite 00:17:13.269 --> 00:17:17.450 set up and and the rumor is that ham vincen week 00:17:17.450 --> 00:17:21.609 accounts for the majority of the second quarter 00:17:21.609 --> 00:17:25.089 sales figures For the Dayton pizza establishment. 00:17:25.250 --> 00:17:28.369 So so tell us about the suite and the pizza parties 00:17:29.009 --> 00:17:31.910 Well, you know, this is something that has evolved 00:17:31.910 --> 00:17:35.269 over the years I've been doing the the contest 00:17:35.269 --> 00:17:39.609 super sweet now over 30 years and Every year 00:17:39.609 --> 00:17:42.089 we tweak it and make it even a little bit better 00:17:42.089 --> 00:17:44.829 And we've got a great surprise this year a little 00:17:44.829 --> 00:17:47.829 demo that's going to go on We'll have ham nation 00:17:47.829 --> 00:17:50.190 will be live there on Wednesday night as well 00:17:50.329 --> 00:17:55.730 with Bob Heil and Val Hotzfeld and Val NV9L is 00:17:55.730 --> 00:18:02.230 the 2018 Hamvention Ham of the Year and so we're 00:18:02.230 --> 00:18:05.009 gonna have a lot of fun that night but Wednesday 00:18:05.009 --> 00:18:09.170 night May 16th is the first of four nights in 00:18:09.170 --> 00:18:11.710 a row so Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 00:18:11.710 --> 00:18:13.809 where we're gonna have pizza parties. Wednesday 00:18:13.809 --> 00:18:16.849 and Thursday the pizza party starts at 10 30 00:18:17.230 --> 00:18:20.230 And on Thursday night, we even throw in some 00:18:20.230 --> 00:18:24.690 wings. There's a great wing place there. So we 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:28.150 have chicken wings and pizza on Thursday night. 00:18:28.609 --> 00:18:30.589 And then Friday night and Saturday night, the 00:18:30.589 --> 00:18:33.730 pizza party's at 11 o 'clock. And that Friday 00:18:33.730 --> 00:18:37.029 night pizza party follows the band. And there's 00:18:37.029 --> 00:18:41.289 a new band this year. You know, we've had the 00:18:41.289 --> 00:18:44.769 Spurius Admissions Band at the Contest Super 00:18:44.769 --> 00:18:47.339 Suite for many years. Well, just like the Beatles, 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.619 they broke up. But there's a few of them got 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:52.400 together with some new members, and they put 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.460 together a new band. And the band is called Working 00:18:56.460 --> 00:19:00.200 by the Numbers. And they'll be live in the presidential 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.660 ballroom at 10 o 'clock on Friday night, second 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:06.500 floor. We just take over the entire second floor 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:09.740 of the Crowne Plaza, and they will be there. 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:13.230 And so... your stomach's gonna hurt afterwards 00:19:13.230 --> 00:19:15.809 from laughing so hard, but 10 o 'clock to 11 00:19:15.809 --> 00:19:18.349 o 'clock, come and hear the band, stick around 00:19:18.349 --> 00:19:22.750 for the free pizza at 11 o 'clock, and that's 00:19:22.750 --> 00:19:25.630 Friday night. Of course, everybody's sort of 00:19:25.630 --> 00:19:28.609 worn out from the first day out at Hamvention, 00:19:28.869 --> 00:19:34.130 out at the Green County Convention Center. And 00:19:34.130 --> 00:19:37.529 then on Saturday, we do another, we have the 00:19:37.529 --> 00:19:41.849 contest dinner first, and then we have pizza 00:19:41.849 --> 00:19:45.990 at 11 o 'clock. So it's it's an amazing event 00:19:45.990 --> 00:19:49.150 at the Contest SuperSuite. There are plenty of 00:19:49.150 --> 00:19:52.769 chairs, there's bars, you can sit there, talk 00:19:52.769 --> 00:19:57.210 to your friends, meet new friends. There's always 00:19:57.210 --> 00:20:00.349 something special going on at the Contest SuperSuite, 00:20:00.569 --> 00:20:03.789 a great place to hang out for four nights during 00:20:03.789 --> 00:20:08.130 Hamvention. And rumor is you might even hear 00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:11.799 Some of those songs from the Spurious Admissions, 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:16.079 I've heard that rumor. These guys might just 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.640 be a cover band for the Spurious Admissions. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:20.380 I guess we're going to have to wait and see, 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:24.240 Neil, but you don't want to miss it. The YouTube 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:27.819 videos are great, but live, it's just phenomenal. 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.359 Of course, our favorite one from the Spurious 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:37.769 Admissions is... Gets played on here every once 00:20:37.769 --> 00:20:40.509 in a while, so we had to throw that in there 00:20:40.509 --> 00:20:44.150 Nobody said Balfang on the show in a while whenever 00:20:44.150 --> 00:20:46.490 somebody says the word Balfang we play a little 00:20:46.490 --> 00:20:50.089 clip of that So had to throw that in well the 00:20:50.089 --> 00:20:54.990 last people get burned out on pizza There are 00:20:54.990 --> 00:20:58.609 several contest and DX and even youth dinners 00:20:58.609 --> 00:21:02.210 for that matter Happening during hamvention weekend 00:21:02.210 --> 00:21:06.349 and you're associated with a lot of those contest 00:21:06.349 --> 00:21:11.190 dinners, so fill us in on the ones that you're 00:21:11.190 --> 00:21:16.410 affiliated with and any others if you like so 00:21:16.410 --> 00:21:20.509 yeah, it it seems like conventions all about 00:21:20.509 --> 00:21:25.089 food and You know part of it is is spending time 00:21:25.089 --> 00:21:28.470 together with with the folks that are attending 00:21:28.470 --> 00:21:31.450 the hand bench and Attending contest University 00:21:31.450 --> 00:21:34.990 and so Thursday night at 6 o 'clock the ready 00:21:34.990 --> 00:21:38.289 guys are having the ready contesting dinner over 00:21:38.289 --> 00:21:42.390 at the spaghetti warehouse and then on Friday 00:21:42.390 --> 00:21:47.970 night we have the We have the in the 29th annual 00:21:47.970 --> 00:21:51.480 top band dinner. So these are guys that really 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:55.460 get into the 160 meter band. And we got a phenomenal 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:59.980 speaker. Jerry Rosalia's WB9Z is the speaker 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:03.380 for the top band dinner. And you can get tickets 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:08.859 and learn more about Jerry at top band dinner, 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:16.599 topbanddiner .com. And we still have Few seats 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:19.359 available for the top band dinner. So that's 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:23.180 on Friday night And also there's the DX dinner 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:27.119 is down at the Marriott on Friday night and just 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:31.960 saw the Tapper dinner has got Jerry Ellsworth 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:36.380 AI 6 TK and That's on Friday night. And I think 00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:40.140 there's there's probably two or three more dinners 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:42.680 Friday night as well. You can just go dinner 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:46.049 hopping That that's it and then but Saturday 00:22:46.049 --> 00:22:49.769 night Neil is really the big bang of it all This 00:22:49.769 --> 00:22:54.289 is the the contest dinner 26th year in a row 00:22:54.289 --> 00:22:59.150 contest dinner and We have that the WRTC chairman 00:22:59.150 --> 00:23:03.769 Chris deal one Mike golf Bravo from Germany Will 00:23:03.769 --> 00:23:07.450 be at the contest dinner and also what is very 00:23:07.450 --> 00:23:10.390 special about the contest dinner is that two 00:23:10.390 --> 00:23:14.230 new members? of the amateur radio fraternity 00:23:14.230 --> 00:23:17.609 will be inducted into the contest Hall of Fame. 00:23:18.549 --> 00:23:23.130 And that's just very, very special. So over 500 00:23:23.130 --> 00:23:27.109 people will attend that dinner. It is a tremendous 00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:32.230 evening. And the speaker, Chris, is going to 00:23:32.230 --> 00:23:36.170 be just super. So looking forward to that. And 00:23:36.170 --> 00:23:40.250 during the day, I host the Antenna Forum. And 00:23:40.250 --> 00:23:43.269 I've been doing the antenna forum for 32 years 00:23:43.269 --> 00:23:48.470 at Hamvention. And so up on the Contest SuperSuite 00:23:48.470 --> 00:23:52.109 website, under contest related events, you can 00:23:52.109 --> 00:23:55.450 see what the titles of the papers that will be 00:23:55.450 --> 00:23:57.869 given at the antenna forum. They're right there. 00:23:58.049 --> 00:24:00.630 There are four great papers that will be presented. 00:24:00.990 --> 00:24:06.809 And also the paper titles and the guys that are 00:24:06.809 --> 00:24:09.660 presenting them. for the Ready! Contest Forum 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:13.880 and the Contest Forum on Saturday are also there. 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:18.539 So you get a lot of data is already available 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:22.319 on the Contest SuperSuite website. So some websites 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:25.500 to remember. If you only remember one, just the 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:29.759 Contest SuperSuite will take you to Contest University 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:34.720 Contest Dinner and Top Band Dinner. But contestsupersuite 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:39.559 .com, contestuniversity .com, ContestDinner .com 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:43.579 and TopBandDinner .com are the whole suite of 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:48.460 websites that are surrounded by the events at 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:52.500 the Crowne Plaza. All right, great rundown there 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:57.059 of all of the sites. And you can still get into 00:24:57.059 --> 00:25:01.220 those things. So you won't have long, but if 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:04.279 you... Get in there soon and register. You'll 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:08.460 be able to go to a lot of these fun things outside 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:12.259 of Hamvention. 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If you have a question 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:51.660 for Tim Duffy, K3LR, you can give... us a call. 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:57.480 That number again is 812 -NET -HAM -1 -812 -638 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:01.519 -4261 or you can Skype us. We're HamTalk Live 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:05.019 on Skype and we'll also check out the tweets 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:09.799 here. You can tweet us at HamTalk Live. But our 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:13.490 first question is a There's a long -distance 00:29:13.490 --> 00:29:16.730 dedication, as Casey Kasem would say. Our first 00:29:16.730 --> 00:29:22.410 question for Tim comes from Ed Durant, DD5LP 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:26.009 in Germany. He's one of our correspondents and 00:29:26.009 --> 00:29:29.329 a copy editor for Amateur Radio Newsline, who 00:29:29.329 --> 00:29:33.670 will be doing most of our WRTC 2018 reporting 00:29:33.670 --> 00:29:37.210 on that program. And he's a big fan of this show 00:29:37.210 --> 00:29:40.789 as well. But since he's asleep right now, he 00:29:40.789 --> 00:29:44.710 sent in his question. in a recording. So Tim, 00:29:44.829 --> 00:29:49.049 here is Ed's question for you. Hi Neil, hi Tim, 00:29:49.230 --> 00:29:51.710 this is Ed, DD5LP. I would have called in but 00:29:51.710 --> 00:29:54.230 it's 3am here where I am in DL land. It's great 00:29:54.230 --> 00:29:56.269 to hear that yet again Contest University will 00:29:56.269 --> 00:29:59.049 be a very important part of many a Ham's visit 00:29:59.049 --> 00:30:01.309 to the Dayton area and I would like to thank 00:30:01.309 --> 00:30:03.930 you for the many years that you have been involved 00:30:03.930 --> 00:30:06.369 with running the event. For those who don't know 00:30:06.369 --> 00:30:08.430 what the contesting part of our great hobby is 00:30:08.430 --> 00:30:10.849 all about, the University not only teaches what 00:30:10.849 --> 00:30:13.809 it is but also how to operate in contests. By 00:30:13.809 --> 00:30:15.970 that I'm referring to the DX code of conduct 00:30:15.970 --> 00:30:18.960 that I know you and experienced contesters operate 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.259 by. Can you give a quick run through of the code 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:23.440 for the listeners please as I feel it would benefit 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:25.720 amateur operators in general. With a contest 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.019 almost every weekend of the year now other operators 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:32.579 such as those taking part in SOTA or WWFF or 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:35.619 other portable activities using QRP and simple 00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:39.079 antennas have their enjoyment stomped on by bad 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:41.880 contest and DX operators who don't follow the 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:44.400 DX code of conduct. Do not listen to see if a 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:46.779 frequency is clear or worse still operating of 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:49.240 the band that are not supposed to host contest 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.920 stations. Just to show I'm not anti -contest, 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:54.420 just bad operators, let me put a plug in here 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.680 for the World Cup of Amateur Radio, the World 00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.960 Radio Team Sport Championships, which I know 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.400 you'll be taking part in in July this year in 00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.019 Germany. For details of how amateurs around the 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:06.759 world can take part in that through several award 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:11.900 schemes, please go to wrtc2018 .de. With that 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:15.299 plug over, back to Tim. Alright Tim, it's all 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:21.000 yours. All right, so do we want to answer Ed's 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.960 question first? Yeah, okay. All right. Let's 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.140 do that. You know, Ed, that's a great question. 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:33.259 And I think that it is very important that all 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:36.259 radio amateurs, not just contesters and DXers, 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.680 be very aware of the Contesting Code of Ethics 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:43.579 and the DX Code of Conduct. They're a little 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:48.150 different, but they're both focused on achieving 00:31:48.150 --> 00:31:51.730 the same goal, and that is making sure that we 00:31:51.730 --> 00:31:55.269 try to do the best job possible of utilizing 00:31:55.269 --> 00:31:58.210 the frequency spectrum that we've been given 00:31:58.210 --> 00:32:02.529 and get along. One of the things that's in the 00:32:02.529 --> 00:32:05.910 Contesting Code of Ethics, and by the way, the 00:32:05.910 --> 00:32:09.490 Contesting Code of Ethics is available on the 00:32:09.490 --> 00:32:12.329 Worldwide Radio Operators Foundation website, 00:32:12.890 --> 00:32:18.230 which is wwwrof .org. And it's also available 00:32:18.230 --> 00:32:21.430 on the Contest University website under the files 00:32:21.430 --> 00:32:25.130 tab. And you'll see the contest code of ethics 00:32:25.130 --> 00:32:28.650 under additional files and contest terminology 00:32:28.650 --> 00:32:33.549 2018, which is a great resource of what the heck 00:32:33.549 --> 00:32:35.910 are we talking about on some of these abbreviations 00:32:35.910 --> 00:32:40.569 like SO2R, et cetera. But on the contest and 00:32:40.569 --> 00:32:45.789 code of ethics, one of the things is that Number 00:32:45.789 --> 00:32:48.690 five says I will adhere the DX code of conduct 00:32:48.690 --> 00:32:52.630 in my operating style so that immediately You 00:32:52.630 --> 00:32:55.829 know goes to the DX code of conduct and you can 00:32:55.829 --> 00:33:00.750 get the DX code of conduct on DX dash code dot 00:33:00.750 --> 00:33:05.809 o RG and In there it talks about I'll never interfere 00:33:05.809 --> 00:33:10.109 with a DX station I will wait for the DX station 00:33:10.109 --> 00:33:13.630 and the contact before I call I will call and 00:33:13.630 --> 00:33:21.819 then listen I will not interfere. So and most 00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:26.700 most importantly, the last thing in the DX code 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:33.259 of conduct did is that I will respect my fellow 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:35.759 hands and conduct myself so as to earn their 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:38.940 respect. So and that's what it's all about. You 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:41.819 know, I understand the QRP issues. I understand. 00:33:42.569 --> 00:33:45.309 Nets that have occurred on the same frequency 00:33:45.309 --> 00:33:48.150 every week at the same time. And here come these 00:33:48.150 --> 00:33:54.269 contesters. And frequently, if you just ask in 00:33:54.269 --> 00:33:58.009 a very courteous form, hey, would you mind moving? 00:33:58.529 --> 00:34:02.430 Most of them will move. And that comes back to 00:34:02.430 --> 00:34:05.329 Contest University, where the first thing we 00:34:05.329 --> 00:34:08.809 talk about is ethics and ethical operating and 00:34:08.809 --> 00:34:12.619 contesting. it goes to everybody it is it is 00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:16.619 a almost an hour -long discussion about that 00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:19.639 very topic so we take it serious I think we're 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.360 making a difference it's never going to be perfect 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.239 for everybody but all we got to do is just try 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:29.239 to get along Neil all right thank you very much 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:33.780 and a good answer there so thanks Ed for the 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.909 long -distance question there and Hope you're 00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:40.190 getting some good sleep right now. So you can 00:34:40.190 --> 00:34:42.369 listen to this in the morning. Well, we do have 00:34:42.369 --> 00:34:46.789 a couple of tweets that have come in, and one 00:34:46.789 --> 00:34:51.150 of them is from a young ham that you actually 00:34:51.150 --> 00:34:57.010 introduced me to. It's Bryant, KG5HVO, and he 00:34:57.010 --> 00:35:01.050 says, Mr. Duffy, do you have a favorite CTU professor? 00:35:01.610 --> 00:35:07.289 Someone not to miss regardless of topic. Wow, 00:35:07.289 --> 00:35:10.349 you know that is a that is a really tough question. 00:35:11.409 --> 00:35:17.030 I I can't think of a favorite I think that I 00:35:17.030 --> 00:35:22.909 have worked very hard to select CTU professors 00:35:22.909 --> 00:35:26.389 every year that are at the top of their game. 00:35:26.809 --> 00:35:30.909 They are the best of the best. They also can 00:35:30.909 --> 00:35:36.190 present well and that they also take every question 00:35:36.190 --> 00:35:39.469 that is asked of them, no matter how basic it 00:35:39.469 --> 00:35:43.969 is to heart and really, really try to help. And 00:35:43.969 --> 00:35:48.130 so, you know, I wouldn't miss the problem with 00:35:48.130 --> 00:35:52.909 CTU is no matter how hard you prepare, you cannot 00:35:52.909 --> 00:35:56.409 see every one of the presentations because for 00:35:56.409 --> 00:35:58.730 the majority of the day, there are four classrooms 00:35:58.730 --> 00:36:02.309 going on at once. So it's like trying to drink 00:36:02.309 --> 00:36:06.469 from a fire hose. And so there's just so much 00:36:06.469 --> 00:36:10.010 information that is so good from people like 00:36:10.010 --> 00:36:16.489 K1DG and W3LPL and W0YK and W5ZN. And the list 00:36:16.489 --> 00:36:20.369 goes on and on. There is not a weak professor 00:36:20.369 --> 00:36:24.750 in the whole group. All right. Very good. So 00:36:24.750 --> 00:36:27.170 there's your answer, Brian. And thank you for 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.679 The tweet, we also have another tweet here from 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:34.940 our friend Dr. Scott Wright, KZeroMD, and wanted 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:38.579 to follow up on Ed's question. Scott says he's 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:42.679 noticed less and less civility by some operators, 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:45.960 including those running high power and stacks, 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:51.199 and asks, what can we do to improve and incentivize 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:55.480 better operator behavior? He's raised these concerns 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:59.719 also in the next National Contest Journal from 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:03.760 the editor column and might this be a topic someday 00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:07.360 at Contest University? Well, I think we do touch 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:11.460 on it again in the ethics area About being a 00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:14.059 good neighbor and being courteous and being respectful 00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:19.820 But I think in all these cases The the most effective 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:23.199 way of dealing with these things is peer pressure 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:27.179 And it is it's it's one -on -one. It's not in 00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:31.860 a public forum calling people out and Calling 00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:34.059 them up and saying listen. This is just a hobby 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:39.420 and we have you know ethics and standards and 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:43.739 the whole world is listening to us and I you 00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:46.139 know and then put in your personal belief of 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.400 I don't think what you're doing is right whether 00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:52.829 it's running excessive power or stepping on people 00:37:52.829 --> 00:37:57.550 or whatever the case may be, whatever the undesirable 00:37:57.550 --> 00:38:02.590 behavior is, and just let them know. And because, 00:38:02.590 --> 00:38:06.590 you know, trying to enact rules or trying to 00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:11.929 do those sorts of things, the radio sport that 00:38:11.929 --> 00:38:15.829 we enjoy, known as contesting, is largely a self 00:38:15.829 --> 00:38:20.039 -policing deal. And so you have to have Strong 00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:24.219 ethics and and strong background in this and 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:27.179 be wanting to do the right thing And wanting 00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:32.260 to gain the respect of your peers. So to me peer 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:38.380 pressure is the only really Source of trying 00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:43.619 to root this out and it's not easy you know God 00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:47.710 knows it is not easy but I think that what Scott 00:38:47.710 --> 00:38:50.670 is doing with the National Contest Journal, that's 00:38:50.670 --> 00:38:53.590 one pillar. What we're doing at Contest University 00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:56.730 is another pillar. What happens in CQ Magazine, 00:38:57.070 --> 00:39:00.809 what happens at the ARRL, all these things combined 00:39:00.809 --> 00:39:04.190 is what is going, you know, and setting good 00:39:04.190 --> 00:39:07.530 examples. I can't say that enough. Setting good 00:39:07.530 --> 00:39:11.150 examples is very important so people know how 00:39:11.150 --> 00:39:16.849 to act. uh... brian k g five h b o uh... some 00:39:16.849 --> 00:39:19.969 bad habits and he you know he's young and impressionable 00:39:19.969 --> 00:39:22.969 and uh... now he thinks it's it's okay to run 00:39:22.969 --> 00:39:26.090 uh... you know four thousand five thousand three 00:39:26.090 --> 00:39:29.050 thousand walks you know and break the rules break 00:39:29.050 --> 00:39:31.469 dot not only the rules of the contest but break 00:39:31.469 --> 00:39:36.010 uh... the fcc rules he's going to do whatever 00:39:36.010 --> 00:39:39.590 you know he's told to do so we don't want that 00:39:39.590 --> 00:39:42.349 and that's why it's so important that We get 00:39:42.349 --> 00:39:45.349 off on the right foot, but peer pressure to me 00:39:45.349 --> 00:39:48.670 is really the only thing that has a hope of working, 00:39:49.090 --> 00:39:51.250 but it's not an overnight fix and it doesn't 00:39:51.250 --> 00:39:54.849 work all the time. Yeah. Positive peer pressure 00:39:54.849 --> 00:39:58.949 is definitely good, uh, good tool for that. And, 00:39:58.969 --> 00:40:01.769 um, yeah, unfortunately it does not work all 00:40:01.769 --> 00:40:05.570 the time and we've, we've heard those. people 00:40:05.570 --> 00:40:11.030 out there, but you try to mentor them and do 00:40:11.030 --> 00:40:14.889 the best you can. Thanks for answering that and 00:40:14.889 --> 00:40:18.750 thanks for the question Scott once again. So 00:40:18.750 --> 00:40:23.369 let's open it up again for calls and tweets 812 00:40:23.369 --> 00:40:27.650 -638 -4261 is the phone number. We have a few 00:40:27.650 --> 00:40:31.630 minutes left here with Tim Duffy K3LR from Contest 00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:34.690 University and of course DX Engineering. So if 00:40:34.690 --> 00:40:37.489 you have a question or comment you'd like to 00:40:37.489 --> 00:40:40.809 throw in here, now's the time to do that 812 00:40:40.809 --> 00:40:48.519 -638. 4 2 6 1 so You mentioned that the the new 00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:53.519 band is gonna be there Running by the numbers 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:57.559 was that is that right? It's by the numbers. 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.079 Yes by the numbers. Okay by the numbers. Okay, 00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:04.400 so So we will have some some live music from 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:08.139 them and and and and can you give us any? any 00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:13.219 more Inside information on that Right, I really 00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:17.539 don't have it these guys, you know are working 00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:20.780 hard I think they they're gonna practice once 00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:23.260 in the day and once in the night and so they 00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:26.019 might have two practices before we see them live 00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:28.480 and that's okay because they're they're just 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:31.880 amateurs and And we're all gonna have a good 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:36.239 time regardless, but they as has been their practice 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.050 when they were the spurious emissions You never 00:41:39.050 --> 00:41:40.969 know what you're going to get until you show 00:41:40.969 --> 00:41:44.789 up on Friday night at 10 o 'clock. So it's going 00:41:44.789 --> 00:41:47.110 to be exciting. I know that much and you're going 00:41:47.110 --> 00:41:51.690 to have a good time. All right. Well, I'm looking 00:41:51.690 --> 00:41:54.630 forward to Hamvention and trying to get everything 00:41:54.630 --> 00:41:59.309 ready to go. And, and it's just, it's starting 00:41:59.309 --> 00:42:03.380 to take over. trying to try to get everything 00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:07.340 ready to to run but we're looking forward to 00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:10.320 some more preview shows here on ham talk live 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:14.039 to to bring you some of these things that you 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:17.539 don't want to miss and and this is some of those 00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:19.880 tonight and next week we're going to talk about 00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:24.750 the Award winners Val that you mentioned in V9L 00:42:24.750 --> 00:42:27.449 Val Hotsfeld will be here the amateur of the 00:42:27.449 --> 00:42:34.030 year and Also, dr. Chip Cohen W1 YW will be here 00:42:34.030 --> 00:42:37.389 along with Michael Coulter w8ci to talk about 00:42:37.389 --> 00:42:41.949 the Award winners and then one of your business 00:42:41.949 --> 00:42:44.369 associates is going to come on and talk about 00:42:44.369 --> 00:42:49.969 shopping No, that's great. Yeah, Bob nowman w50 00:42:49.969 --> 00:42:54.079 v who is the DX Engineering National Sales Manager. 00:42:55.579 --> 00:43:00.199 And boy, he's got a real treat. We're going to 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:03.420 have a whole boatload of new products that we're 00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:06.559 going to show at Dayton. So come by the booth. 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:11.420 It's going to be great. And just suck it all 00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:15.199 in, because it is outstanding some of the new 00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:18.349 products that we're manufacturing. Excellent, 00:43:18.469 --> 00:43:22.469 and I've been making use of one of them here 00:43:22.469 --> 00:43:27.489 recently, although I have to say it is under 00:43:27.489 --> 00:43:31.449 unfortunate circumstances, but that coax stripper, 00:43:31.590 --> 00:43:36.230 I'm telling you, has really come in handy in 00:43:36.230 --> 00:43:40.769 the last month. Yeah, that's one of our marquee 00:43:40.769 --> 00:43:44.920 pieces, a cornerstone. Um, every day, you know, 00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:47.619 uh, somebody gets it and says, man, I don't know 00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:51.800 how I have lived so long without this tool. And 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.340 so we're, we're really proud of that tool. And, 00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:58.219 uh, we've, uh, we've been busy. Uh, we're busy 00:43:58.219 --> 00:44:01.039 every day making some of the best amateur radio 00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:03.960 equipment on the planet. And, uh, we're very 00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.519 excited about the products that we're going to 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:08.619 show this year. All right, so that'll be coming 00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:11.780 up and Bob will tell us what to look for and 00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:15.199 shop for at Dayton and then of course the night 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:19.420 before we'll be on with All you need to go to 00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:23.260 Hamvention parking information traffic weather 00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:28.260 the the whole bit and the meteorologist chief 00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:33.449 meteorologist from channel 7 w HIO will be here 00:44:33.449 --> 00:44:37.510 with us to give us the weather forecast and all 00:44:37.510 --> 00:44:40.190 kinds of stuff. So make sure you continue to 00:44:40.190 --> 00:44:43.489 listen to the show and find out more about all 00:44:43.489 --> 00:44:46.670 that's going on at Hamvention. And Tim, we're 00:44:46.670 --> 00:44:49.010 out of time, but thank you so much for coming 00:44:49.010 --> 00:44:52.750 on and talking about all this stuff again. And 00:44:52.750 --> 00:44:56.389 best of luck with it all and hope to see you 00:44:56.389 --> 00:44:59.469 here in about a month. All right, Neil, thanks 00:44:59.469 --> 00:45:02.820 very much for inviting me. And I hope, uh, that 00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:05.960 everybody gets signed up for contest university 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:08.780 and the dinners. And I look forward to seeing 00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:13.300 as many of your viewers as possible at, uh, at 00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:15.900 hamvention and also down at the crown plaza. 00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:19.239 And let's run down those URLs just real, real 00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:24.980 quickly. Yeah. The main URL is contest, supersweet 00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:28.480 .com. And then you've got contest university 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:32.760 .com. Uh, then you. You also have topbandinner 00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:37.300 .com and contestdinner .com. So those are the 00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:39.860 four, but you can get to all of them by going 00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:43.659 to contestsupersweet .com. And if you can't remember 00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:49.659 that, just go to www .k3lr .com and right at 00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:52.559 the bottom of my homepage is links to all that 00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:55.500 stuff. All right. There you go. Well, thank you, 00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.090 Tim. And we'll see you here soon. And that's 00:45:59.090 --> 00:46:02.590 a wrap for this week's Ham Talk Live. Thanks 00:46:02.590 --> 00:46:05.730 to Tim Duffy, K3LR and everyone out there in 00:46:05.730 --> 00:46:08.590 cyberspace for listening and for tweeting in 00:46:08.590 --> 00:46:11.849 tonight and sending us a call from Germany even. 00:46:12.329 --> 00:46:14.730 And we invite you back next Thursday night, 9 00:46:14.730 --> 00:46:17.590 p .m. Eastern Time when Val Hotsfeld, NV9L, Dr. 00:46:17.690 --> 00:46:21.670 Chip Cohen, W1YW and Michael Coulter, W8CI will 00:46:21.670 --> 00:46:25.150 be here and talk about the Hamvention Award winners. 00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:29.960 all of our upcoming guests, just check out HamTalkLive 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:33.639 .com. And if you like HamTalk Live, please consider 00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:36.280 leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you 00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:39.260 listen. It'll help others find us faster. So 00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:44.179 for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375. 00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:48.179 Happy World Amateur Radio Day on Wednesday, and 00:46:48.179 --> 00:47:06.500 may the good DX be yours. Thanks for watching! 00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:28.380 73, and good luck from HamTalk Live.