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Tonight we're joined by Don 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:00.959 Wilbanks, HeyE5DW, and we'll take your calls 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.799 live in just a few minutes. My apologies to you 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.180 all. Windows Update decided that it was a good 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:12.740 time to update and started 40 minutes before 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:16.580 the show and here we are 20 minutes late. So 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:20.159 my apologies to you but hopefully we'll bring 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.199 you some entertainment and some information tonight. 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:27.300 Last week on the show we had a younger ham anyway. 00:02:28.009 --> 00:02:32.229 Dr. Nathaniel Frisell, W2NAF, and he was here 00:02:32.229 --> 00:02:34.330 talking about the science that was learned from 00:02:34.330 --> 00:02:37.509 the solar eclipse QSO party. 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And he's 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:01.100 a native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, first licensed 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:04.720 in 1995. He's an extra class license holder and 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.240 an active volunteer examiner and at Hamvention 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:11.079 last year, you might've seen him standing beside 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.480 himself. In fact, we put a picture of that, thanks 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:20.620 to Kevin Trotman in 5PRE. A picture of Don totally 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:26.540 standing beside himself. Good evening, Don. Welcome 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:29.500 to the show. Well, it was until I got here. How 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:33.259 you doing? Oh, well, I'm doing better now that 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:37.600 windows 10 decided to load. Yeah. Well, you know, 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:39.620 what's fun is when we're doing ham nation, when 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:41.680 like five minutes before time for them to call 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.579 me, when Skype decides to do an update. Oh yeah. 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:48.639 Yeah, and of course they change everything the 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.939 last update they changed everything completely 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:55.079 And I don't use the Skype that's built into Windows 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:57.680 10 I use the standalone Skype and it changed 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.620 everything in itself So here I am trying to do 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:03.360 the show and you know, everything is different 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.779 all of a sudden. So yeah, I feel your pain Yeah, 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:09.839 I've fought the Skype battles before and Skype 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:15.480 finally settled down and now Now Windows 10 gets 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:17.660 me so, you know, yeah. Well, you know, what can 00:07:17.660 --> 00:07:21.819 you do? You can't win. No, no you can't Yeah, 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.920 so so something about Skype was gonna have to 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:26.879 rebuild the whole app all the way up No, I always 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:28.939 use a classic version the Windows 10 version 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:31.480 night. There's a bunch of stuff. It doesn't do 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:35.579 right and It just didn't play. Well Well, what 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:37.519 can you do you were at the mercy of the technology 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:41.459 that we're handed? Yeah, we are well We're here 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:44.399 to talk about recognizing our young hams tonight. 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.560 And, um, so we wanted to kind of run down some 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.339 of those possibilities and you've got some of 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:53.839 those and then we want, we want to hit the big 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.879 one here in a little bit, but, um, speaking of 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.620 young hams, I'm in, I'm in the K nine S O U log 00:07:59.620 --> 00:08:03.850 for school club roundup. I was off work for Tuesday 00:08:03.850 --> 00:08:05.370 for Mardi Gras. And I said, well, you know, that's 00:08:05.370 --> 00:08:07.810 what I'm going to do. So I think I, I think I 00:08:07.810 --> 00:08:10.310 contacted three different schools. So you were 00:08:10.310 --> 00:08:12.490 the first one that I, that I looked for. So there 00:08:12.490 --> 00:08:15.290 you go. Yeah. And I think I was on a pizza run 00:08:15.290 --> 00:08:18.329 at the moment. So I missed you. Oh no. Well, 00:08:18.470 --> 00:08:20.550 there's the, there's the, what I saw you in the 00:08:20.550 --> 00:08:23.850 log book, but yeah, I think I was, I think by 00:08:23.850 --> 00:08:25.769 the time I get home from work, you guys are done. 00:08:26.550 --> 00:08:29.329 So kind of makes it tough to pick that up. Well, 00:08:29.610 --> 00:08:33.740 thanks to, uh, to Carolyn, uh, Lysandre KC9URR 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:36.259 for coming in and letting me go a couple hours 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:39.279 early to get this all ready. So that way we could 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.259 start on time. Yeah, she's a sweetheart. And 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:44.440 then, and then it didn't start on time, but yes 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:48.399 she is. And she had Play -Doh on tonight. She 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:53.100 got Play -Doh to get some contacts. So that seems 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:56.580 to be the way that we do it is we get a kid to 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:59.500 log and get him on there and we get him to make 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:04.120 a few. So he enjoys it once he gets on. We have 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.500 to twist his arm a little bit. Well, you know, 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.480 whatever works. So yeah, school club round up 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:14.299 one more day tomorrow. The big finish. So if 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:19.039 you haven't got on yet, please. Do that we will 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:22.080 take your calls as well as as all these other 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.139 schools that are on here Well, we've got a bunch 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:28.299 of things going on We're actually a little late 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:31.779 for the ARRL scholarships because those closed 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:36.500 on January 31st But I did put the links to a 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:39.940 lot of these things in the description so you 00:09:39.940 --> 00:09:43.269 can catch that and we'll put those out on social 00:09:43.269 --> 00:09:47.309 media as well, but arl .org scholarship dash 00:09:47.309 --> 00:09:52.330 program has all the arl scholarships, but It's 00:09:52.330 --> 00:09:54.889 not all over yet because the foundation for amateur 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:58.370 radio has their scholarships that they funnel 00:09:58.370 --> 00:10:02.389 through there including QCWA among others and 00:10:02.389 --> 00:10:05.570 those are due by April 30th, so if you go to 00:10:05.570 --> 00:10:12.139 far web org You can click on the scholarship 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:14.700 information page there. And again, we put the 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:19.259 link in there. And then Carol Perry, WB2MGP has 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:24.539 the Young Ham Linza Hand Award. And she's collecting 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:27.500 nominations to recognize a young licensed person, 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.779 19 years of age or younger, who's gone above 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:34.320 and beyond to help others. And maybe it's helping 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.940 with an antenna install, showing Ham radio to 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:40.120 others. helping with emergency communications 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:44.779 or it doesn't even have to be ham radio related 00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:49.440 but it has to be a licensed ham and the winner 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.559 receives that award at the Dayton Hamvention 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:55.600 Youth Forum from Radio Club of America Youth 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:59.740 Activities Initiative and $100 stipend provided 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:02.120 by the Quarter Century Wireless Association. 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.659 So if you know someone deserving of that send 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:13.940 that to Carol at WB2. mgp at gmail .com by April 00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:19.000 1st. So that's another one. The ARRL has the 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:22.899 Hiram Percy Maxim Award that's for an ARRL member 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:26.820 under 21 that contributes to ham radio community 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:30.620 both locally and nationally. And those nominations 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:34.120 go to the section manager, your ARRL section 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.320 manager. And the section manager has to have 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.679 those in by March 31st. So get them to a little 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:42.179 earlier than that so they can send those in. 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.059 That's $1 ,500. And Don, you know, a couple of 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:47.940 people who've won that award. Yes, we've had 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:50.460 some, uh, some newsline winners that have won 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:53.919 that. So yeah, very exciting. Yeah. We had, uh, 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:58.200 Chris bro and, uh, Skyler Fennel recently. Yep, 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:03.039 that both won both of those so That's pretty 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.960 cool the Dave Coulter youth DX adventure now. 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:10.600 This one's not necessarily an award or scholarship, 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:15.480 but this is a chance to go somewhere and Curacao 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.879 what a great to go to operate. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.759 where did you go to operate? I went to Curacao 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.740 Yeah, what a great place to go Yeah, last week 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:29.039 or last year last week last year. It was Costa 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.100 Rica Yeah, no slouch either. That was gorgeous 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:34.200 the pictures that I saw from Costa Rica was just 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:38.620 amazing So the deadline to apply for that is 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:42.519 February 28th and they're going to PJ to T. So 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:47.039 on top of carousel it's It's PJ2T they're going 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:50.899 to, for goodness sake. By February 28th, those 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:54.360 applications have to be in, and that's qsl .net 00:12:54.360 --> 00:13:00.480 slash n6jrl. So if you want to go on a youth 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:04.779 de -expedition, there's your chance to go. And 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:08.179 again, we know some of those guys that have been 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:12.100 able to go on that, and girls. I think they had 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:16.320 the whole Lee family down there. One point it's 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:19.779 Sabah and Ruth Ruth. Well, it was down there. 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.139 It's a great opportunity I mean just it's amazing 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:26.919 what What the youth the X Association does? I 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.200 mean, it's it's life -changing I mean where you 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:31.080 know, it's just a handful of people that are 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:34.460 gonna get that opportunity and You know to do 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:37.879 that at a young age. I mean guys It's just it's 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.539 it's a memory that you'll you'll take to your 00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:41.620 grave and it can be literally life -changing 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:44.250 to experience something like that Well, I know 00:13:44.250 --> 00:13:47.850 it was life -changing for Chris bro. Yes, because 00:13:47.850 --> 00:13:52.429 because Chris Learned how to make grilled cheese 00:13:52.429 --> 00:13:56.750 Yeah with some kind of special bread down there 00:13:56.750 --> 00:13:59.809 too, which was uh, yeah, which was amazing. Yeah. 00:14:01.029 --> 00:14:04.190 Yeah Chris is such a cool kid. He keeps talking 00:14:04.190 --> 00:14:07.909 about this grilled cheese, you know I think next 00:14:07.909 --> 00:14:10.559 time we go over there. We're gonna have to You 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.980 have to import some of that bread, though, I 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:13.580 think, aren't we? Yeah, probably. You have to 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:15.879 import some of that bread, yeah. Probably so. 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:19.879 Well, so those are some other opportunities. 00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:22.379 But the big one we want to talk about tonight, 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:27.740 as we commonly do, is the Amateur Radio Newsline 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:30.940 Young Ham of the Year Award, which is the Bill 00:14:30.940 --> 00:14:34.700 Pasternak Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:39.960 Ham of the Year Award. Talk about Newsline and 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.080 and the fine upstanding sponsors that take care 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.460 of that in August at the Huntsville ham fest 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:48.559 and talked to Mark Brown recently in for BCV 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.779 the new chairman of the ham fest and We're gonna 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:55.340 have him on ham talk live a couple of weeks before 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:59.059 the ham fest and Don the nominating period is 00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:02.399 is coming up soon. So tell us what you can right 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:05.950 now It is. March 1st is when we are planning 00:15:05.950 --> 00:15:08.509 on opening up nominations. Nominations go for 00:15:08.509 --> 00:15:11.090 90 days, so the month of March, April, and May. 00:15:11.490 --> 00:15:16.309 And then the months of June and July, we send 00:15:16.309 --> 00:15:18.789 that to the nominating committee and they pour 00:15:18.789 --> 00:15:22.970 over them and decide who the most deserving young 00:15:22.970 --> 00:15:27.070 person is. And then we all meet together the 00:15:27.070 --> 00:15:30.269 third weekend in August in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:15:30.309 --> 00:15:32.919 It's exactly three months after Dayton. Dayton 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.460 is or zinnia whatever you want to call it ham 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:39.139 hamvention is the third weekend in May and Huntsville 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:41.919 is always the third weekend in August so it's 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.059 exactly 90 days or three months whatever you 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:48.460 however you want to gauge that to the Huntsville 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:50.940 ham fest in Huntsville, Alabama at a great venue 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:53.220 the von Braun Center and the young ham of the 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:58.419 year award started in 1986 it was the brainchild 00:15:58.419 --> 00:16:02.610 of the late Bill Pasternak wa6 ITF to try to 00:16:02.610 --> 00:16:06.570 promote education and uh... and the youth in 00:16:06.570 --> 00:16:11.049 ham radio and it took off uh... cq communications 00:16:11.049 --> 00:16:14.370 cq magazine is a corporate sponsor as well as 00:16:14.370 --> 00:16:17.490 yezu is a corporate sponsor and we also have 00:16:17.490 --> 00:16:19.870 how sound is a corporate sponsor and we have 00:16:19.870 --> 00:16:22.690 our friends uh... the ho and sees uh... emits 00:16:22.690 --> 00:16:25.789 and uh... rochelle from radio waves antennas 00:16:25.789 --> 00:16:28.090 as corporate sponsors as well and we all meet 00:16:28.090 --> 00:16:32.070 together uh... to celebrate Youth and ham radio 00:16:32.070 --> 00:16:33.750 at the Huntsville ham fest the third weekend 00:16:33.750 --> 00:16:37.629 in August at the ham fest and an honor a very 00:16:37.629 --> 00:16:40.730 deserving and amazing young person Who has done 00:16:40.730 --> 00:16:43.629 something very cool with amateur radio? And I've 00:16:43.629 --> 00:16:46.090 been involved with it since I got involved with 00:16:46.090 --> 00:16:48.830 newsline the same year I got licensed in 95 So 00:16:48.830 --> 00:16:51.090 I've known every every one of these kids since 00:16:51.090 --> 00:16:55.250 1995 and it seems like each one is As amazing 00:16:55.250 --> 00:16:57.929 as each one is it's like the next one in line 00:16:57.929 --> 00:17:02.440 Just steps it up just that much more and once 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:05.299 you think you've like hit the ceiling of of how 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.819 amazing these kids are the next one comes along 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:11.859 the following year and you think holy just wow 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:15.099 i'm i'm just i'm in awe of of these young people 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:18.480 they're just they're amazing and it is truly 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.940 a privilege to be involved with that and even 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:26.480 more of a privilege now that that i am the presenter 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.910 of the award it is It's something I look forward 00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:32.609 to every year. I don't get to go to Dayton every 00:17:32.609 --> 00:17:37.569 year. I've never been to Dallas ham fest. I've 00:17:37.569 --> 00:17:41.849 never been to Orlando. And I've only missed one 00:17:41.849 --> 00:17:44.750 Huntsville since 1995. And that was the year 00:17:44.750 --> 00:17:47.730 that we decided not to give the award. If you've 00:17:47.730 --> 00:17:51.569 not gone to the Huntsville ham fest, it is easily 00:17:51.569 --> 00:17:53.690 one of the top five ham fests in the country 00:17:53.690 --> 00:17:58.250 and one that you really should not miss. Yep 00:17:58.250 --> 00:18:01.210 sure is and we'll be previewing that here on 00:18:01.210 --> 00:18:06.710 this show Around the first of August or right 00:18:06.710 --> 00:18:09.450 at the end of July I forget which one we have 00:18:09.450 --> 00:18:12.369 mark coming on to do that But we'll we'll preview 00:18:12.369 --> 00:18:15.950 that a little bit and and this last winner was 00:18:15.950 --> 00:18:20.549 our friend chicken with fries Marty Sulaway KCWF 00:18:20.549 --> 00:18:24.390 who who just on his way. Yeah to Israel. Yeah 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:28.000 Bon voyage or however you say that in Yiddish. 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.140 Yeah, I think you think you made it to Brussels 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:33.799 already and yeah And and I I commented on his 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.079 Facebook when he said he was in Brussels. I love 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:42.240 their sprouts Yeah, their sprouts are great So 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.920 I think he's planning on being on the air from 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.960 from over there for a little bit so good look 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:52.559 forward to hearing from him and and Before we 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:57.789 go to break here We've added to the amateur radio 00:18:57.789 --> 00:19:02.029 family since you were on the show last yes, we 00:19:02.029 --> 00:19:07.390 have we have Tyler Yeah, my son who if you went 00:19:07.390 --> 00:19:10.230 to Huntsville last year last August or if you 00:19:10.230 --> 00:19:13.490 went to Xenia last year you noticed someone running 00:19:13.490 --> 00:19:19.210 around in a pink pig suit He was that the ham 00:19:19.210 --> 00:19:22.849 talk live mascot hammy that was my son Tyler 00:19:23.590 --> 00:19:30.349 Who got licensed? Just was he licensed that Yeah, 00:19:30.349 --> 00:19:33.289 no he got licensed in june in july so he was 00:19:33.289 --> 00:19:35.750 licensed He was licensed in huntsville, but not 00:19:35.750 --> 00:19:39.029 right yeah, but not in zinia But his call is 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:43.009 november 7 tango mike whiskey Which the n7 is 00:19:43.009 --> 00:19:45.779 something from a video game that he plays? And 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:48.279 the TMW are his initials, so it was like the 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.220 perfect call. He loves it. So he doesn't operate 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.779 much. In fact, the only person he's really talked 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:55.940 to is me on a handy talkie, but he's licensed 00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:59.599 and he did it. And I'm so proud of him. And he's 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.059 a high school senior. With a lot of extracurricular 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:05.279 activities. So maybe, uh, once he gets into college 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:08.819 or if he goes into, uh, the military, maybe he'll 00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:10.640 have a little more free time. Cause right now 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:13.279 he is just stacked up with stuff to do. But yeah, 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:15.940 he's a, my son Tyler is November seven, tango, 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:19.140 Mike whiskey. And I just, uh, could not be more 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:23.240 proud of him. Absolutely. Now in senior year, 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:27.519 yeah, there's always something that has to be 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:31.039 done right away. So. Yep. Hopefully we'll be 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.299 hearing him on the air some more, but he was 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:40.359 a great great addition to the to the cast there 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:45.460 at Xenia and Huntsville and I still I got the 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:48.960 priceless picture to me now now he's your son, 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:55.539 but yeah, but work in the room at Huntsville 00:20:55.539 --> 00:21:00.099 in the Yes. Yes. Yes. And I just happened to 00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:02.519 catch him and I got a picture of him, you know, 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:04.880 with these little kids sitting around building 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.359 their Morse code bracelets and, and, you know, 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:11.480 doing all their stuff. And, and here's this big 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.180 pink pig going around, you know, and he's kneeling 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:18.660 down, you know, uh, working with the kids and, 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:21.880 and, you know, saying hi to them. And, and he 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:26.000 loves kids anyway. He's, uh, His he is godfather 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.579 to a I think he's four now. I think Jack is four 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:33.000 and Anytime anytime we go over to their house 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.420 Jack is in his lap or his arms all the time and 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:40.059 Tyler just eats it up. So Yeah, he's gonna he's 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:42.259 gonna make a really cool dad. I think one of 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:47.759 these days so yeah, he loves kids so And he just 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.500 ate that up. I saw that picture as well and and 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:53.430 it just it melts me every time I see it but Knowing 00:21:53.430 --> 00:21:56.049 that knowing that the kind -hearted soul that 00:21:56.049 --> 00:21:59.250 he is it doesn't surprise me a bit And I wasn't 00:21:59.250 --> 00:22:01.390 around no one was around to prompt him to do 00:22:01.390 --> 00:22:03.509 that. It's just something It's just it's in him. 00:22:03.549 --> 00:22:07.210 It's just it's it's who he is He's he's a very 00:22:07.210 --> 00:22:09.650 very gentle and very caring young man, and I 00:22:09.650 --> 00:22:13.250 just I could not be more proud of him Yep sure 00:22:13.250 --> 00:22:17.569 is and and I'm still trying to to fill his shoes 00:22:17.569 --> 00:22:20.809 for for this year to Bring hand me back. It's 00:22:20.809 --> 00:22:23.250 just not gonna be the same without him No, we're 00:22:23.250 --> 00:22:25.150 not going to Xenia this year, unfortunately. 00:22:26.289 --> 00:22:30.670 So, yeah. So, so we're, maybe we'll have tryouts 00:22:30.670 --> 00:22:32.609 or something. I don't know. Oh, there you go. 00:22:32.670 --> 00:22:35.309 There you go. But yeah, you're right. It's going 00:22:35.309 --> 00:22:38.430 to be a big shoes to follow. Tough act to follow. 00:22:38.650 --> 00:22:40.650 Is this right? Yeah. Well, yeah, there you go. 00:22:40.789 --> 00:22:44.609 Sure is. All right. Well, We've we've talked 00:22:44.609 --> 00:22:46.809 long enough, so we're going to take a break. 00:22:46.829 --> 00:22:49.650 And when we come back, we'll open up the phone 00:22:49.650 --> 00:22:51.990 lines and give you a chance to call. We've had 00:22:51.990 --> 00:22:54.769 some people already trying to call, so we'll 00:22:54.769 --> 00:22:58.359 give you a chance to do that. and talk a little 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:02.579 more about recognizing the youth in amateur radio 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:05.700 after this word from our friends at the National 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:08.339 Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting right 00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:11.740 here on HamTalk Live. The National Voice of America 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:14.700 Museum of Broadcasting located in Westchester, 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.299 Ohio, just north of Cincinnati, is only two minutes 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:22.420 off I -75. The museum is the former home of the 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:25.880 Voice of America Bethany Relay Station. Tours 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:28.460 are now available every Saturday and Sunday from 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:31.880 1 to 4 p .m. Eastern Time. 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Call us 00:24:21.470 --> 00:24:24.789 on voice with Skype at HamTalk Live or give us 00:24:24.789 --> 00:24:31.509 a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. 00:24:31.730 --> 00:24:37.910 Now, here's more HamTalk Live. Oh yeah. You're 00:24:37.910 --> 00:24:41.789 talking ham radio, baby. You're listening to 00:24:41.789 --> 00:24:57.230 HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Well, speaking of 00:24:57.230 --> 00:25:00.490 the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, 00:25:00.650 --> 00:25:03.309 they've got a special event coming up. Wayne 00:25:03.309 --> 00:25:07.549 Martin on Saturday, March 3rd at 7 30 p .m. It's 00:25:07.549 --> 00:25:10.029 in conjunction with one of the exhibits Larry 00:25:10.029 --> 00:25:12.950 Smith Puppets the Works now on display at the 00:25:12.950 --> 00:25:17.569 museum. Some of those Saturday morning kids shows 00:25:17.569 --> 00:25:20.920 from Cincinnati broadcast history, so. If you're 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:25.500 into all that, check that out at voamuseum .org. 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:29.500 You can find all the information on that. And 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:32.460 it's time for your calls. So if you have a call 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:36.779 to make to Don or comment, you can call us now 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:43.099 at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261, or 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:46.319 you can Skype us, or you can tweet us. We're 00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:52.190 at HamTalk Live on all of those. And Eric Budinger 00:25:52.190 --> 00:25:54.809 says, one of the best guests ever and a hero 00:25:54.809 --> 00:25:58.509 to all hams out there. And he's looking for tips 00:25:58.509 --> 00:26:01.190 on teaching his nine year old daughter, Reagan. 00:26:01.569 --> 00:26:04.049 Uh, she wants her ham ticket like her dad. So 00:26:04.049 --> 00:26:07.430 any suggestion on some teaching guides from the 00:26:07.430 --> 00:26:10.990 king of Jersey into KOJ? Yeah. Well, I can tell 00:26:10.990 --> 00:26:13.390 you what I did, but first I want to just briefly 00:26:13.390 --> 00:26:16.650 mentioned the, uh, the, um, the museum of, uh, 00:26:16.650 --> 00:26:18.849 of broadcasting there in the, in Westchester, 00:26:18.869 --> 00:26:21.859 the VOA museum. If you go there, well I should 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:25.099 say when you go there, make sure and see if the 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:27.759 WC8VOA station is up and operate that thing. 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:31.160 That is a monster station and we got a chance 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.819 to operate that a little bit during Hamvention 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:36.319 last year and it was cut short because of thunderstorms 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:39.380 coming through, but man, what a thrill to operate 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:41.640 that thing. Okay, so Eric, I'll tell you what 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.119 I did because I don't consider myself a very 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:48.900 good teacher. So I went to who I consider to 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:52.980 be one of the best ham radio teachers around 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:59.779 and that is Gordon West if you go on to his Website 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:02.220 it's radio school. I think just do a search for 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.180 Gordon West radio school and You can find he 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:08.259 has PowerPoint presentations that you can go 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:11.480 on there and download and that's what I use the 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:17.099 PowerPoint presentation along with his book that 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:19.380 I had Tyler study for. And over the course of 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:22.519 about two weeks, Tyler and I did about an hour 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:25.839 or two at night at the kitchen table. It was 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.740 a, it was a dad's big ham radio school there 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:32.160 on the kitchen table. And that's, that's what 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:37.599 we did. I remember, I remember doing the flash 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:41.240 card thing and matching those up. Tyler had the 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:44.259 flash card. But he's he doesn't do well with 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:47.480 those but he did really well with reading and 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:53.440 with me doing the Doing the the PowerPoint going 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:56.240 along with that and looking things up and and 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.099 I would go through and of course look at the 00:27:59.099 --> 00:28:02.480 study plan beforehand like any you know proper 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:05.119 teacher should and if there was something that 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:09.940 I could find as show and tell or You know something 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:13.009 a website that would explain something uh, and 00:28:13.009 --> 00:28:15.069 maybe illuminated a little bit more. We, I did 00:28:15.069 --> 00:28:19.170 that and it worked. He passed. So, uh, on the 00:28:19.170 --> 00:28:22.170 first try. So that's, uh, that's what I did and 00:28:22.170 --> 00:28:24.769 it worked. Well, there you go, Eric. There's 00:28:24.769 --> 00:28:28.650 a couple of ideas and, and I agree, Eric, I love 00:28:28.650 --> 00:28:30.930 all my guests, but always love having Dawn on 00:28:30.930 --> 00:28:35.329 the show. So I totally agree. Starved for entertainment, 00:28:35.329 --> 00:28:36.650 obviously. Starved for entertainment, exactly. 00:28:37.390 --> 00:28:39.750 And apparently there's somewhat else starved 00:28:39.750 --> 00:28:41.930 for entertainment because we have a call on the 00:28:41.930 --> 00:28:45.430 line, so let's see who we have here. Who is this? 00:28:47.609 --> 00:28:52.430 It's Ben, K2CPU. Hey there, how are you? K2CPU, 00:28:52.630 --> 00:28:57.390 how are you? Yeah. What do you have for us tonight? 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:04.039 Well, I was curious about the young ham award 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:08.700 thing I missed the first couple minutes of it 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:12.619 Karen told me listen and hello to dawn and thank 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:16.579 you to all you guys for helping publicize our 00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:20.460 school club and Putting on him nation. Oh, you're 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.420 more than welcome. You're more than welcome Well, 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:25.339 I'll tell you what you do is go to the to the 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:29.170 newsline website It's a our news line org amateur 00:29:29.170 --> 00:29:33.690 radio news line org a our news line org and you'll 00:29:33.690 --> 00:29:36.950 see a button at the top y -h -o -t -y for young 00:29:36.950 --> 00:29:40.450 ham of the year and Coming up on why hottie. 00:29:40.589 --> 00:29:44.109 Yeah. Yeah, why hottie yahootie was another way 00:29:44.109 --> 00:29:47.670 However, you feel like pronouncing it Whenever 00:29:47.670 --> 00:29:49.650 nominations do open up that's where you'll find 00:29:49.650 --> 00:29:52.250 the nominating form and it's everything is spelled 00:29:52.250 --> 00:29:55.720 out on the nominating form and you just you have 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.940 three months to get that back to us either electronically 00:29:57.940 --> 00:30:02.380 or via the mail but make sure that you you know 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:05.859 fill out everything that's on there it's all 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:08.259 important but it's it's all they're on the nominating 00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:12.460 form which you will find beginning March 1st 00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:15.960 they're on the y h o t y tab at arnewsline .org 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:20.700 okay i'll have to look out for that there you 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:25.339 go so Yep. Okay, Ben. Well, thanks for calling. 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:27.539 Appreciate it. Thanks, Ben. Good to talk to you. 00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:31.220 And, and he's been, uh, been on school club roundup. 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:34.180 He's been texting me all week and, and, uh, got 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:38.119 his, uh, West Islips, uh, high school, uh, going 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.200 and, uh, good news line. Yeah. Covered that in 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:45.319 news line. And I also included that on the, uh, 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.279 on the ham nation headlines video that was on 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:53.369 ham nation last night. So good stuff. We haven't 00:30:53.369 --> 00:30:55.589 been doing too great because we banked it, but 00:30:55.589 --> 00:31:00.890 at least we will be ready for next term. Good. 00:31:00.910 --> 00:31:02.950 Well, it's all in the effort. It's all in the 00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:04.410 air. As long as you make the effort, it's all 00:31:04.410 --> 00:31:06.490 good. You can't, you have no control over what 00:31:06.490 --> 00:31:08.990 the bands or propagation to do, but, uh, you're 00:31:08.990 --> 00:31:10.589 not going to make contacts unless you don't do 00:31:10.589 --> 00:31:13.670 the effort. So the effort is everything. Absolutely. 00:31:15.569 --> 00:31:17.750 All right, Ben. Well, thanks for calling. Appreciate 00:31:17.750 --> 00:31:26.720 it. Thanks Ben. Good luck. Cool you too 812 -638 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:31.759 -4261 is the phone number 812 net ham one or 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:36.640 you can Skype us or Tweet us At ham talk live 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.380 and let's check the tweets here Oh and Eric says 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.259 he'll definitely do that and did flashcards with 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:47.640 his dad back When he was 12 and powerpoints are 00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:50.759 big now. So yeah, yeah Yeah, well when I did 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:53.460 it when I was five and we had these little square 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:58.299 notepad things and I'd type them up and put them 00:31:58.299 --> 00:32:02.819 on there but that was before we had all these 00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:06.119 questions published and everything. I started 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:09.019 studying, I got licensed in 95 at the age of 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:11.680 35 but 20 years previous to that at the age of 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:16.279 15 is when I started studying ham radio in 1975. 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:21.640 And, you know, there was no computer aided anything 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:25.960 back then. So it was all books and, you know, 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:30.940 going to a local ham at his house at a class 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:35.200 every night. And I the reason that it took me 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.440 20 years to get it was not because I'm a particularly 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:41.339 slow learner, which may be debatable. But I was 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:43.859 I was I like to say I was overcome by fumes back 00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:47.730 then. you know exhaust exhaust fumes and perfume 00:32:47.730 --> 00:32:50.710 girls and cars at the age of 15, you know at 00:32:50.710 --> 00:32:55.470 what one one must prioritize and so I did and 00:32:55.470 --> 00:32:57.809 then you know started a career in broadcasting 00:32:57.809 --> 00:33:01.210 and got married and Started career broadcasting 00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:02.990 moved to New Orleans and then got married to 00:33:02.990 --> 00:33:06.190 a girl from New Orleans and then We're going 00:33:06.190 --> 00:33:08.289 somewhere with her uncle and he's got this little 00:33:08.289 --> 00:33:10.069 handheld radio and I said those that for your 00:33:10.069 --> 00:33:12.690 work He said no, that's ham radio. I said Wow. 00:33:12.809 --> 00:33:15.089 I mean, they were, you know, the handhelds weren't, 00:33:15.089 --> 00:33:17.829 weren't very small in 75 if you even, if you 00:33:17.829 --> 00:33:21.589 even ever saw one. And, uh, pretty rare at that 00:33:21.589 --> 00:33:23.410 point. Yeah. He said, you should, you should 00:33:23.410 --> 00:33:24.650 think about getting your license. And I said, 00:33:24.690 --> 00:33:27.690 well, you know, it was actually trying that 20 00:33:27.690 --> 00:33:29.650 years ago. He says, well, no time like the present. 00:33:29.710 --> 00:33:35.549 And so there you go. I know we have got involved 00:33:35.549 --> 00:33:37.589 with. and got involved with amateur radio news 00:33:37.589 --> 00:33:39.890 line immediately we had a with a young ham of 00:33:39.890 --> 00:33:42.569 the year award from ninety three in new orleans 00:33:42.569 --> 00:33:45.210 and i'm on the repeater one afternoon driving 00:33:45.210 --> 00:33:48.089 home from work and he jumps on kevin boudreau 00:33:48.089 --> 00:33:51.460 in five x m h he jumps on and says hey um if 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.680 you get any thought to go into the huntsville 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.519 ham fest i said well i didn't know they had a 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:56.259 ham fest in huntsville so he said well yeah that's 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:58.140 where they do the news line young ham of the 00:33:58.140 --> 00:34:00.200 year award and and i'd like to go i'm looking 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.279 for a ride i was wondering if you were going 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.099 i'd be more than happy to you know split gas 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:05.680 and hotel or whatever with i said yeah you know 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:08.179 what let's go so uh he introduced me to bill 00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:10.960 pasternak and i guess the rest is history i got 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:14.510 uh i jumped in I didn't, I didn't even, I didn't 00:34:14.510 --> 00:34:16.030 even hit the frying pan. I just jumped right 00:34:16.030 --> 00:34:18.789 into the fire. It seems like, yeah, you did. 00:34:19.170 --> 00:34:22.949 You jumped right in and your voice was, uh, going 00:34:22.949 --> 00:34:28.170 out on newsline, uh, via cassette tape and FedEx. 00:34:28.489 --> 00:34:31.090 That's exactly right. I would, uh, he would email 00:34:31.090 --> 00:34:33.469 me the, and when email was new for me, he would 00:34:33.469 --> 00:34:36.130 email me a script. I would cut it at work on 00:34:36.130 --> 00:34:39.659 a quarter inch, uh, reel to reel machine. then 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:42.019 edit it together with razor blade and splice 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:45.719 tape and then Record that over to cassette or 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:48.159 send him a small reel either way FedEx it back 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:52.239 to California where he would put it on via Telephone 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.079 lines and that's how that's how you got it back 00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:59.159 in the day. Of course now it's all it's all dropbox 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:03.760 and mp3 and websites and It's a brave new world. 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:11.309 Yes, it is and Whole lot easier a Lot less expensive 00:35:11.309 --> 00:35:16.829 no FedEx every week. Yeah telling you eight one 00:35:16.829 --> 00:35:20.429 two six three eight four two six one is the teleo 00:35:20.429 --> 00:35:24.230 phone number and We'll be here to take your calls 00:35:24.230 --> 00:35:26.849 for a few more minutes here tonight or you can 00:35:26.849 --> 00:35:30.280 tweet us at ham talk live We're with Don Wilbanks 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:34.260 tonight, AE5DW, talking about some youth recognitions 00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:39.480 and awards and opportunities. And Don, you know, 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:44.059 there at Huntsville, you kind of got, you know, 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:50.619 drug into this with Bill. And so you come up 00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:56.900 and you see this five foot tall cardboard Don 00:35:56.900 --> 00:36:01.159 Wilbanks. Well, yeah, well that was it that was 00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:03.960 in Xenia. Well, it was in both places. Well, 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:07.420 I know but I saw it first in Xenia and Yeah, 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.719 I walk up behind and we had a booth Newsline 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:13.599 had a booth that was shared with with Hile sound 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:16.960 so many thanks to Bob Hile for allowing us to 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:21.820 do that and so I Looked down and there's a there's 00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:25.980 a trash bag and you know laying there and my 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:29.119 From my legs from the knee down are sticking 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.960 out of it. I'm like what in the heck is going 00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:35.159 on here? so I pick it up and I realized what 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:38.699 it is it's a cardboard stand -up and I take the 00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:40.760 I take it out of the trash bag and there is a 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:43.059 picture of me in Dayton several years ago standing 00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:46.739 there in my kilt and And of course, you know, 00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:49.159 I have you to blame for that and but there were 00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:50.739 there were others That was just the beginning 00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:53.800 of the fun because there were faces There was 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:57.000 flat dawn on a stick several versions which one 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:59.139 of which actually this the cardboard stand up 00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:01.920 and when one of those one of those flat down 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.699 on a stick faces actually live in my in my production 00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:07.300 room at work so people come in and and i'm standing 00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:10.159 there it's funny because my my cardboard cutout 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:12.780 is is standing right next to one of jennifer 00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:15.670 nettles Who if you don't know Jennifer nettles 00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:18.090 is she's an extremely attractive very talented 00:37:18.090 --> 00:37:21.170 country singer She was with sugar land and so 00:37:21.170 --> 00:37:23.449 there's a cardboard cut out of her And so I'm 00:37:23.449 --> 00:37:25.130 standing there next to Jennifer nettles up next 00:37:25.130 --> 00:37:26.809 to my wall and people come in and they do a double 00:37:26.809 --> 00:37:31.269 -take when they see that It's quite the conversation 00:37:31.269 --> 00:37:33.880 starter And of course I have Mardi Gras beads 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:35.840 around its neck. So, you know, it's even oh, 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:38.400 of course even more fun Yeah, of course always 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:40.280 tell me that Jennifer should be the one with 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:47.440 the beads but yeah, yeah Well, yeah you have 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:50.519 me to blame for that and and I'll put some of 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.699 the blame on Julie cuz cuz she did a lot she 00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:56.239 did the hard work I did all the digital work 00:37:56.239 --> 00:38:00.460 and You mean hard work? Don't you mean st. Julie 00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:02.840 for putting up with you? Yes, st. Julie. Exactly. 00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:06.599 I love Julie. She's such a sweetheart. You guys 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:09.599 make like the cutest couple. She cut all that 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:12.239 stuff out and glue it all. Couple of what? I 00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:15.460 have no idea. We don't know, but yeah, exactly. 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:19.039 We don't know, but, but you know, she, she keeps 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:21.119 getting on me about it. Well, you never have 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:23.820 me on the show. Yeah. Why don't you have Julie 00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:26.739 on the show? And it's like, I can, I can talk 00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:30.369 about stuff. I'm like, but, but. but the only 00:38:30.369 --> 00:38:33.929 thing you know about ham radio is is what you've 00:38:33.929 --> 00:38:37.429 learned from being around me well that's like 00:38:37.429 --> 00:38:40.610 but i should be on the show subject in itself 00:38:40.610 --> 00:38:43.289 that could be an interesting because she's not 00:38:43.289 --> 00:38:46.829 licensed is she no she's no okay well there you 00:38:46.829 --> 00:38:50.969 go that could be that could be a a view from 00:38:50.969 --> 00:38:55.739 outside looking into the world of the world's 00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:59.519 youngest ham when you were licensed and a person 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:03.780 who has grown up to be a chemistry teacher and 00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:07.980 a person who has Started and takes care of the 00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:10.559 Bloomington High School South amateur radio club 00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:14.119 and has won school club roundup several times 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:17.280 And then started this podcast among many many 00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:18.940 other things that would be an interesting show 00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:22.099 Neil from the outside looking in to the world 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:25.019 of Neil rap Think that'd be an interesting show. 00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:27.440 I'd listen to that. I'm not gonna listen to this 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:30.480 one because well, you know Well, yeah, you know, 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.599 I don't want to hear me. I don't want to hear 00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:33.159 my own commercials That's why I don't listen 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:35.139 to my radio stations at work. It's like I'm sick 00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:41.059 of hearing me, but exactly You know it's like, 00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:44.960 you know, we got we got Jack Dominic the director 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:48.000 of the National Voice of American Museum of Broadcasting 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:50.780 To cut the ad for them. So that way I don't have 00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:53.320 to listen to myself more Well, there you go. 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:57.880 So yeah, and and we hear enough of Don and I 00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:00.039 talking back and forth. So, you know Yeah, which 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:02.280 is which is why i'm not even about to offer my 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:04.000 services to you because nobody wants to hear 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:08.500 more of me Lee You know, certainly not me. I 00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:12.179 don't want to hear any more of me. So Well, I 00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:14.239 couldn't resist putting the picture up that you 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:17.449 were you were Totally beside yourself to be on 00:40:17.449 --> 00:40:19.969 the show tonight. So funny picture. That's a 00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:22.190 funny picture. Yeah, that was good So thanks 00:40:22.190 --> 00:40:25.349 again to Kevin for letting me get stuff me use 00:40:25.349 --> 00:40:28.650 that and we had a picture there from Huntsville 00:40:28.650 --> 00:40:31.949 last year from the end of the ward Young ham 00:40:31.949 --> 00:40:36.050 of the year award ceremony and and a picture 00:40:36.050 --> 00:40:42.329 of you and Tyler Terrorizing the hotel hallway 00:40:43.869 --> 00:40:47.489 Tyler yeah in his pig suit yeah, and and his 00:40:47.489 --> 00:40:49.550 and his little friend Simon from New Zealand 00:40:49.550 --> 00:40:52.869 I get up one morning and and The hotel room is 00:40:52.869 --> 00:40:56.289 empty. I'm in there alone, and I'm like what 00:40:56.289 --> 00:40:59.230 where is it I get on the radio and I call him 00:40:59.230 --> 00:41:00.849 No, that's right. He wouldn't he didn't he didn't 00:41:00.849 --> 00:41:02.710 he wasn't licensed in May that's right So I get 00:41:02.710 --> 00:41:05.230 on the I get on the cell phone, and I call him. 00:41:05.250 --> 00:41:07.809 I'm like where are you? He says I'm down in the 00:41:07.809 --> 00:41:10.309 in the lobby eating waffles with Simon. That's 00:41:10.309 --> 00:41:12.090 how good I'm so glad you both found a little 00:41:12.090 --> 00:41:21.460 friend Now Simon Simon's coming back You should 00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:23.699 have Simon on the show Simon is an interesting 00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:27.739 cat Simon is a very interesting guy from from 00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:30.619 New Zealand I can't remember his call sign, but 00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:32.940 no you should have Simon on the show Simon is 00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:36.880 an interesting would be an interesting show He's 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:40.480 staying at the the hotel again with the with 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:43.460 some of the news line crew There you go in this 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:46.739 year. So yeah, he'll be around. I wish I could 00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:49.719 go So school club roundup school club roundup. 00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:52.780 It ends tomorrow. Is that what it is? It's right 00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:58.239 tomorrow at 6 59 p .m. Eastern time. Okay, and 00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:02.949 so we've got a few more hours to Get a bunch 00:42:02.949 --> 00:42:06.449 of contacts tomorrow and I was off work on Tuesday 00:42:06.449 --> 00:42:08.690 for Mardi Gras day So that was my day to make 00:42:08.690 --> 00:42:11.449 school club roundup contacts, and I've got canine 00:42:11.449 --> 00:42:15.489 so you in the log I've got Katie for TGR, which 00:42:15.489 --> 00:42:17.809 is the McConnell amateur radio club I've got 00:42:17.809 --> 00:42:21.130 that in and I've got the Schofield middle school 00:42:21.130 --> 00:42:25.969 in for SMS and if I can if I can if I can get 00:42:25.969 --> 00:42:29.659 home in time Early enough to make some contacts. 00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:31.880 I need to work on getting my radio Remoted so 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:34.380 I can operate from work in New Orleans back to 00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:38.019 my station here at home 65 miles away I don't 00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:41.400 have that set up yet. But um, yeah Yeah, hopefully 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.340 I'll be able to make a contact or two before 00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:44.900 it all shuts down tomorrow night if I get home 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:49.980 in time Well since we got the 7300 I can remote 00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:52.579 to my classroom now because our ham shack is 00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:55.889 actually up in the penthouse and I can't You 00:42:55.889 --> 00:42:58.230 know, I got to go up there and we're in final 00:42:58.230 --> 00:43:02.550 exam season right now. So right Luckily, I can 00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:06.469 I can remote in. Oh, that's so nice to be able 00:43:06.469 --> 00:43:13.869 to To do that. Well Don The time has passed again. 00:43:14.070 --> 00:43:17.449 Well, that's that's both a curse and a blessing 00:43:17.449 --> 00:43:22.760 sometimes Yeah Well, thanks for coming back on 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:25.539 the show and thanks for having me this is always 00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:29.340 here you're you're welcome anytime and Well, 00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:34.179 we'll do it again and Thank you for all the efforts 00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:38.400 that you put out for for Newsline your voice 00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:41.340 is Your voice is well appreciated on Newsline. 00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:44.980 We appreciate you. Well, thank you very much 00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:49.019 We appreciate all your video and representing 00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:53.969 us. Well, so Great stuff. So tune in. We got 00:43:53.969 --> 00:43:58.469 another new one in the can for tomorrow. So tomorrow 00:43:58.469 --> 00:44:02.070 morning arnewsline .org. It'll be there. Yes, 00:44:02.070 --> 00:44:05.250 it will. you can listen to the latest amateur 00:44:05.250 --> 00:44:09.110 radio news. Well, that's a wrap for this week's 00:44:09.110 --> 00:44:12.309 edition of HamTalk Live thanks to Don Wilbanks, 00:44:12.489 --> 00:44:15.889 AE5DW, and everyone out there in cyberspace for 00:44:15.889 --> 00:44:17.650 listening and calling in and invite you back 00:44:17.650 --> 00:44:20.550 next Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern Time when 00:44:20.550 --> 00:44:23.190 Michael Coulter, W8CI, will be here to talk about 00:44:23.190 --> 00:44:27.170 the latest changes for the upcoming Dayton Hamvention. 00:44:27.630 --> 00:44:29.849 And for a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:35.579 visit HamTalk Live. and we also released the 00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:37.900 information about our live show at Dayton. We're 00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:41.039 going to have traffic, weather, parking, you 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:44.099 name it. It's get ready for your trip to Dayton. 00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:47.019 So make sure you check that out. We'll be talking 00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:49.639 more about that as it gets closer. So for now, 00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:55.179 this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG saying 7375 and may 00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:57.260 the good DX be yours.