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You're 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.639 listening to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. Yesterday 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.000 my xyl said she'd leave me if I didn't give up 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:49.420 ham radio over And thanks to Scott and Jill over 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:52.300 at tower electronics for helping bring ham talk 00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:56.560 live your direction this evening They'll be back 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.220 on the ham fest tour soon right now. They're 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:02.339 taking a little break, but We've got their schedule 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:06.660 coming up soon for the ham fest in the spring 00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:12.300 and Even in January some down in Florida so give 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:15.500 them a call if you're not Going to be around 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:19.079 one of those shows. It's nine two zero four three 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:22.579 five Twenty nine seventy three or you can visit 00:05:22.579 --> 00:05:27.269 them on their website at PL -259 .com. Tell them 00:05:27.269 --> 00:05:31.730 you heard it on HamTalk Live. Tonight we have 00:05:31.730 --> 00:05:34.930 a very special guest, Bernie McLenny. He was 00:05:34.930 --> 00:05:40.629 first licensed as WB3JRU in September of 1977 00:05:40.629 --> 00:05:43.769 and quickly became interested in working DX. 00:05:44.329 --> 00:05:48.310 He became a member of the ARRL DXCC Honor Roll 00:05:48.310 --> 00:05:52.040 at the age of 27. He obtained his current call 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:58.680 sign W3UR in 1996 and in March 1997 Bernie started 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.459 the first daily email DX bulletin called the 00:06:02.459 --> 00:06:05.399 Daily DX. In the summer of the following year 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:09.839 he became the editor of QST's How's DX column 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:14.720 and in 2001 he purchased the 599 DX report and 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:18.930 renamed it the Weekly DX. He's operated from 00:06:18.930 --> 00:06:24.589 two all -time new DXCC counters E44 Delta X -ray 00:06:24.589 --> 00:06:30.370 in Gaza Palestine and 4W slash W3UR in Bacow 00:06:30.370 --> 00:06:34.889 East Timor and other de -expeditions include 00:06:34.889 --> 00:06:48.220 A61 AJ and AH3D OH0 slash W3UR VU4AN YU8 -OH2R, 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:55.000 that's Kosovo, and 8P9UR and J77A. He's also 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:59.060 been a guest op multiple times at 4U1 United 00:06:59.060 --> 00:07:02.939 Nations and when not riding or on the expeditions, 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:05.220 Bernie can often be found on the air chasing 00:07:05.220 --> 00:07:11.819 what else but some DX, working on his DXCC challenge. 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:14.420 So Bernie, thanks for coming on the show tonight. 00:07:14.990 --> 00:07:19.230 Well, thank you Neil and good evening Yeah, we 00:07:19.230 --> 00:07:23.670 wanted to talk some DX tonight and I want to 00:07:23.670 --> 00:07:26.730 start off with some some tips for working DX 00:07:26.730 --> 00:07:29.829 and when we talk about DX on the show quite often 00:07:29.829 --> 00:07:34.290 and Have some of the the expedition crews come 00:07:34.290 --> 00:07:37.790 on and talk about it and always ask what what's 00:07:37.790 --> 00:07:41.360 your tips for you know? getting in the log. And 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.939 so we'd like to hear some of your tips about 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:48.420 working DX and also some ideas on trying to get 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:52.879 DXCC on a budget. If you don't have, you know, 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:58.600 the money for, you know, an ICOM 7851 or a... 00:07:58.589 --> 00:08:04.110 Kenwood TS990. How do you suggest that somebody 00:08:04.110 --> 00:08:06.589 on a limited budget would be able to get the 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:11.449 XCC? So let's hear about that. Well, first of 00:08:11.449 --> 00:08:15.250 all, I would say, at least for the newer amateur 00:08:15.250 --> 00:08:18.490 radio operators, don't be afraid to get on the 00:08:18.490 --> 00:08:21.569 air on the HF bands, and six meters for that 00:08:21.569 --> 00:08:25.310 matter. Don't be afraid and jump into the pileup. 00:08:25.810 --> 00:08:28.800 Obviously, You're going to want to listen before 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.620 you start calling a DX station, but don't be 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:38.360 afraid. It's a great opportunity to learn. You're 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.799 going to make mistakes occasionally, and that's 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:44.220 OK. Some of the other things you would want to 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:48.539 do is to know what DXpeditions are currently 00:08:48.539 --> 00:08:54.080 on the air or when future DX operations are expected. 00:08:54.820 --> 00:08:58.620 Some of the ways to To do that would be to read 00:08:58.620 --> 00:09:04.620 DX publications such as QST, CQ Magazine, the 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:10.639 DX cluster network into. Get one that you're 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:16.860 comfortable with. Especially with integrating 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:20.639 it to the DX cluster, you want to be able to 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.039 take spots for certain bands or certain modes. 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:29.940 Maybe you want to not take spots from US stations. 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:32.940 With the different logging programs, there are 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:38.919 ways to change those parameters to make the best 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:43.700 use of the DX cluster. Another tip I would say 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:47.960 is, especially for new DXers or even guys that 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:51.879 are chasing countries for the challenge, is to 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:58.100 get on for the The DX contest, there's multiple 00:09:58.100 --> 00:10:02.899 DX contests that happened over the 52 -week cycle. 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:06.299 Some of the best ones, obviously, are the CQ 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:10.519 Worldwide, the Russian contest in March, the 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:17.460 WPXs, and even some of the single -band DX contests. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:22.230 But especially the week leading up to the contest 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:25.750 is an absolute great time to get on the air, 00:10:26.029 --> 00:10:29.330 especially if you have a low power or you're 00:10:29.330 --> 00:10:32.950 a new DXer. You can get in there and work these 00:10:32.950 --> 00:10:35.970 stations as they're setting up their stations 00:10:35.970 --> 00:10:39.330 and testing out their antennas just before the 00:10:39.330 --> 00:10:44.370 contest. Yeah, that's a very good tip because 00:10:44.370 --> 00:10:51.450 we do a contest, well, It's not officially a 00:10:51.450 --> 00:10:55.049 contest but we treat it as such called School 00:10:55.049 --> 00:10:57.429 Club Roundup at school and it's Monday through 00:10:57.429 --> 00:11:02.950 Friday but it's always right before either Jamboree 00:11:02.950 --> 00:11:08.649 on the Air or CQ Worldwide in October and Everybody's 00:11:08.649 --> 00:11:11.570 tuning up for that and so we get a lot of contacts, 00:11:11.570 --> 00:11:16.289 especially on Fridays Right before you know, 00:11:16.490 --> 00:11:18.409 it starts because everybody's get checking the 00:11:18.409 --> 00:11:20.629 gear out making sure everything's working and 00:11:20.629 --> 00:11:25.750 and you can snag some of those Yeah now as far 00:11:25.750 --> 00:11:31.289 as you know a DX DX CC on a budget By all means, 00:11:31.309 --> 00:11:33.429 you know, I don't know exactly what what that 00:11:33.429 --> 00:11:37.799 budget would be but I would say Put your money 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:43.059 in either a tower or an antenna first. And I 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:46.220 say first, and I mean before you get an amplifier. 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:51.759 If you can't hear the DX station, you're just 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.679 wasting your time. The higher your antenna is, 00:11:55.779 --> 00:12:00.460 the better. And like I said, I would put my money, 00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:05.350 I'd rather have 100 watts with a... a dipole 00:12:05.350 --> 00:12:11.090 at 100 feet or 50 feet or whatever, then having 00:12:11.090 --> 00:12:16.289 an amplifier and a dipole at 20 or 30 feet. There's 00:12:16.289 --> 00:12:19.110 a whale of a difference just being able to get 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:22.970 up as high as you possibly can. So I would do 00:12:22.970 --> 00:12:25.710 that definitely before investing any money in 00:12:25.710 --> 00:12:29.629 an amplifier. It's been kind of my experience 00:12:29.629 --> 00:12:33.830 at least that the amplifier Is just gonna get 00:12:33.830 --> 00:12:38.169 you through the pile ups better But it's not 00:12:38.169 --> 00:12:40.669 always gonna make the difference in whether you 00:12:40.669 --> 00:12:42.970 are actually hurt or not. It's whether you can 00:12:42.970 --> 00:12:47.730 get through the pile up or not Yeah, to some 00:12:47.730 --> 00:12:51.950 extent yeah There's there's if your timing is 00:12:51.950 --> 00:12:54.750 right and you're skilled There there are a lot 00:12:54.750 --> 00:12:57.590 of guys with a hundred watts that can get through 00:12:57.690 --> 00:13:00.950 Um, at the, they call it the right time and they 00:13:00.950 --> 00:13:04.509 can get through and beat the guys with the kilowatts. 00:13:04.669 --> 00:13:08.690 So it, a lot of it is skill. Um, and, and also 00:13:08.690 --> 00:13:11.929 just being able to hear what's going on and to 00:13:11.929 --> 00:13:15.850 hear that the deactivation coming back to you. 00:13:16.110 --> 00:13:19.929 Yeah, I totally agree. Well, let's talk about, 00:13:20.789 --> 00:13:24.360 um, some upcoming DX opportunities that our listeners 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.860 might be interested in. We've got a couple of 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:30.159 DXpeditions that we're watching pretty close 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.879 here on this show. We've had them on for some 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:38.279 updates and hopefully we'll be talking to some 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:42.059 of them while they're on the trip even. So if 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:45.720 everything works out right anyway. So we're hoping 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.820 for that. We don't know that's going to happen 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:51.259 just yet but we're working on it. So why don't 00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:54.159 you tell us a little bit about some DX coming 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.100 up here in the next few months. Okay, well what 00:13:57.100 --> 00:14:00.860 I did was I've got a short range like as in this 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:03.620 You know the next seven days or so and then I've 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:06.340 got something a little further out longer range 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:10.460 stuff but for at the moment some interesting 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:13.320 ones that I've that I'm that I'm aware of that 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.840 I thought your listeners might be interested 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.279 in were there's actually two 9x stations from 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:26.889 Rwanda a 9x zero TA and 9x 9 PJ Both of them 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:29.789 are somewhat active for the U .S. listeners. 00:14:30.129 --> 00:14:32.970 They'll want to try in their afternoon or early 00:14:32.970 --> 00:14:38.590 afternoon, early evening, either on 15, 17, or 00:14:38.590 --> 00:14:43.830 20 meter sideband. In fact, 9X9PJ called me a 00:14:43.830 --> 00:14:45.929 couple of weeks ago. I just happened to be calling 00:14:45.929 --> 00:14:50.190 CQDX and he came right back to me. There's a 00:14:50.190 --> 00:14:55.110 bunch of C5 stations now active. that hasn't 00:14:55.110 --> 00:15:00.350 been on, I don't think all year, but C56RU, C5WP, 00:15:00.990 --> 00:15:04.870 and Charlie 5 Yankee Kilo, all from the Gambia. 00:15:06.009 --> 00:15:10.090 Also, about a week ago, H44DA showed up from 00:15:10.090 --> 00:15:13.389 the Solomon Islands, and I believe in the next 00:15:13.389 --> 00:15:20.450 day or so, J53 Echo Charlie from Guinea -Bissau 00:15:20.450 --> 00:15:28.139 should be on. JD1 Bravo Mike Hotel from Ogasawara 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:31.519 is currently on for another day or two. He's 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:37.419 very active on CW and RTTY. And then in the next, 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:43.840 let's see, I think the 20th, the 30th, two... 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:47.120 Two European guys are headed over to Tunisia 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.919 and they're going to operate from an island off 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:50.980 the coast of Tunisia. They're going to be at 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:53.940 three Victor eight Charlie, Quebec. And that 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:56.220 should be an easy one to work and it should be 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:59.740 an easy one also to get a QSL card out of. So 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.740 those are the short range, you know, between 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:07.700 now and the next the new year. You want me to 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:09.759 go ahead and start off with some of the long 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.799 range stuff that's coming up? Yeah, go ahead. 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:16.360 Okay This is you know, some of the more interesting 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:20.179 or rare stuff that's coming up in in the next 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:27.639 month to six months a 52 PD Papa Delta from Bhutan 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.940 is going to be on the first and second weeks 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:36.120 of January Nope, there's not very there's very 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.860 little activity. There's only been one other 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:41.039 operation. I think this year so far from there 00:16:41.070 --> 00:16:48.830 Six Oscar, six Oscar. That's the call. That one 00:16:48.830 --> 00:16:52.570 was written up in QST. I believe that was in 00:16:52.570 --> 00:16:57.309 the January issue. Two European fellows are headed 00:16:57.309 --> 00:17:00.330 over to Somalia, of all places. They're going 00:17:00.330 --> 00:17:04.759 to be on from January 3rd to 16th. Also, over 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:08.519 in Africa, not too far away, Echo 31 Alpha will 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:13.039 be back on the air again from Eritrea. That's 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:17.680 JH1, AJT, Zorro, and three or four other operators. 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:23.059 They'll be there January 14 to 23. Bouvet, which 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:26.839 is probably the one you don't want to miss, because 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:29.019 that's going to be a long time before that one 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:31.660 comes back on the air. It's been a long time 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:34.619 since this one's been active. But it'll be three 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:39.279 y zero zed and they're gonna start around January 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.700 23rd and they'll be active into early February 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:47.299 Another interesting one that's coming up at the 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:52.119 end of January and they'll be specifically emphasizing 00:17:52.119 --> 00:18:00.349 160 meters is zed c4 alpha from the UK sovereign 00:18:00.349 --> 00:18:04.769 bases on Cyprus. That'll be the last six days 00:18:04.769 --> 00:18:14.450 of January. Then ON6DX is headed to Benin. TY1 00:18:14.450 --> 00:18:20.089 Tango Tango will be active in late February and 00:18:20.089 --> 00:18:23.329 early March. Another one that hadn't been on 00:18:23.329 --> 00:18:27.009 for about six years is And I never know how to 00:18:27.009 --> 00:18:29.309 pronounce this correctly, but it's it's XF for 00:18:29.309 --> 00:18:31.890 it's the it's the island the XCC off the coast 00:18:31.890 --> 00:18:35.289 of Mexico They'll be operating with it'll be 00:18:35.289 --> 00:18:37.549 one guy I believe operating with the special 00:18:37.549 --> 00:18:41.589 call sign for Bravo for Bravo and that'll be 00:18:41.589 --> 00:18:47.170 the first 15 days of March a group of Portuguese 00:18:47.170 --> 00:18:52.369 amateur radio operators are headed over to Macau 00:18:52.369 --> 00:18:57.890 That'll be March 9 to 17. Here's another one 00:18:57.890 --> 00:19:01.210 that doesn't come on very often, maybe once every 00:19:01.210 --> 00:19:07.130 18 to 24 months. Spratly Islands, nine Mike zero 00:19:07.130 --> 00:19:10.789 whiskey, and that'll be a pretty big de -expedition 00:19:10.789 --> 00:19:14.049 with about 10 or 12 operators. That'll be from 00:19:14.049 --> 00:19:22.220 March 10 to 20. And then JG8NQJ, We'll be back 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:26.079 on Marcus Island also known as Manami Torashima. 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.779 He'll be signing portable JD one. And he works 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:34.019 there on the island for about two or three months 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:37.259 at a time and then comes home. But he'll be there 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:41.180 from mid -March until mid -June. And then two 00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:45.319 more that are really interesting. St. Brandon. 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:50.450 And this is one of the best. the Expedition groups 00:19:50.450 --> 00:19:53.109 out there at this time, I'll tell you. It's the 00:19:53.109 --> 00:19:59.630 3B7A group, a bunch of French operators and they're 00:19:59.630 --> 00:20:04.369 young and they're very good and you should have 00:20:04.369 --> 00:20:06.710 no problems working these guys. They'll be there 00:20:06.710 --> 00:20:10.549 from, I believe, starting about April the 5th. 00:20:10.809 --> 00:20:13.410 And then the last one that I've got for you that 00:20:13.410 --> 00:20:16.509 you've interviewed Don a couple of weeks ago 00:20:16.509 --> 00:20:22.240 is the KH1. Baker Island that they'll be signing. 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.220 They just announced their call sign is going 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:29.920 to be KH 1 stroke November Hotel 7 Zulu and they 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:34.039 start I believe on June 17th and will go into 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:40.240 early July So those are the long and short -range 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:44.619 the expeditions to look forward to To to work 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:47.730 in here in the next six months or so All right, 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:52.990 a great list there of some great DX opportunities 00:20:52.990 --> 00:20:56.349 for everybody. So make sure you are listening 00:20:56.349 --> 00:20:58.490 for those. Some of those, like he said, are. 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.460 not going to happen again for quite a while and 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:04.660 so you may want to try to make sure to get those. 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:09.299 So for people listening here that want this information 00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:14.779 and some of the news behind all of this and information 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:19.000 you have your email newsletter the Daily DX and 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.799 you've got the website for it and Twitter for 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.180 it and then you've got the weekly DX and so fill 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:28.619 us in a little bit on your Your publications. 00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:35.920 Okay, well I started the Daily DX about, let's 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:42.019 see, it was March 1997. It's basically an idea 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:45.839 that I had. I worked for a hardware company for 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:51.359 15 years and kind of got burnt out and a friend 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.819 of mine, Rich Boyd, KE3Q and I came up with this 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:58.759 idea. And in fact, he actually came up with the 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:02.359 name of it. But it's basically Monday through 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.440 Friday. It's anywhere from four pages to as many 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:09.619 as eight pages sometimes if you print it out. 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:11.420 You don't have to print it out because it comes 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:14.259 electronically. But it's sent directly to your 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:17.759 email address. You can send it to your home email 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:22.690 address or your work email address. It's got 00:22:22.690 --> 00:22:30.150 DX news, it's got DXCC news, it's got IOTA news, 00:22:31.410 --> 00:22:34.250 a propagation forecast that's updated daily, 00:22:35.529 --> 00:22:41.250 a calendar, QSL information, miscellaneous things 00:22:41.250 --> 00:22:45.450 that are of interest to just any amateur radio 00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:51.049 operators, much less DXers and contesters. So 00:22:51.049 --> 00:22:55.009 it's all packaged together in one easy, simple 00:22:55.009 --> 00:23:00.029 to read, straight ASCII text, no graphics, just 00:23:00.029 --> 00:23:06.849 the facts. Then I also do the weekly DX. A year 00:23:06.849 --> 00:23:09.950 or two after I started, some guys said, the daily's 00:23:09.950 --> 00:23:11.990 a little bit too much for me, but how about something 00:23:11.990 --> 00:23:18.990 weekly? Well, I purchased from Bob WB to why 00:23:18.990 --> 00:23:24.869 kick QH the 599 DX report he was Getting out 00:23:24.869 --> 00:23:27.190 of the business and he had a mailing list and 00:23:27.190 --> 00:23:29.809 I decided well This is a good way to get started 00:23:29.809 --> 00:23:33.230 and and have some subscribers instantly. So I 00:23:33.230 --> 00:23:39.269 purchased that in 2001 it's um It's four pages 00:23:39.269 --> 00:23:43.750 and it has some of the same information. Occasionally 00:23:43.750 --> 00:23:48.289 it's got pictures and graphics and other stories. 00:23:49.569 --> 00:23:53.170 But if anyone wants to try both of them, they 00:23:53.170 --> 00:23:55.950 can get a free two week trial and that's on the 00:23:55.950 --> 00:24:01.170 website. Neil, go ahead. And go ahead and give 00:24:01.170 --> 00:24:08.779 us the URL there too. Yeah it's www .dailydx 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:16.970 .com and everything is right there. there's a 00:24:16.970 --> 00:24:20.230 link to click on to get the free two weeks and 00:24:20.230 --> 00:24:23.289 really the best time to try that free two weeks 00:24:23.289 --> 00:24:27.650 is either right before a big the expedition or 00:24:27.650 --> 00:24:31.410 the cq worldwide or some of the big contests 00:24:31.410 --> 00:24:34.769 it's it it'll really show you uh some interesting 00:24:34.769 --> 00:24:39.269 things okay so all kinds of information available 00:24:39.269 --> 00:24:43.710 there right to your inbox every day Monday through 00:24:43.710 --> 00:24:47.009 Friday on the daily DX and then once a week from 00:24:47.009 --> 00:24:52.509 the weekly DX and see some tweets from you quite 00:24:52.509 --> 00:24:57.589 regularly on different DXpedition news and some 00:24:57.589 --> 00:25:00.750 things like that so they can find you on Twitter 00:25:00.750 --> 00:25:04.339 as well. 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Eastern time right here at ham talk live 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:31.960 comm and make sure you check us out on Facebook 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:35.380 Twitter and Instagram and it is time for your 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:37.660 calls We've got a couple coming in already if 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:40.019 you have a question for Bernie W3 you are from 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:44.940 the daily DX Give us a call at 812 net ham one. 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:47.900 That's eight one two six three eight four two 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:51.099 six one or you can Skype us, we're at HamTalk 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:55.859 Live, or you can tweet us at HamTalk Live. So, 00:27:56.680 --> 00:28:00.920 we're back with Bernie W3UR from the Daily DX, 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:05.460 and our first call is none other than Dr. Scott 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:09.460 Wright, KZeroMD. So, Scott, go ahead and ask 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:13.579 your question. Good evening, Neil, thank you. 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.759 Let me wish you a Happy New Year coming up. I 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:19.079 know this is the last program of 2017. And it's 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.440 a great one to finish the year on. Congratulations. 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.279 Bernie, I'm a subscriber, as you know, to your 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:27.319 publications, and they're just amazing. I marvel 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:30.279 at the DX news you're able to pull together. 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:33.599 I wonder if you might share with all of us just 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.980 like how many sources you have, because you really 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:42.039 spare no efforts in trying to find any source 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:44.380 of DX from around the globe. I'm always amazed 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:48.289 at the... great information I get and I do appreciate 00:28:48.289 --> 00:28:51.970 your hard work at doing that. Secondly, Bernie, 00:28:52.130 --> 00:28:54.589 I wonder if you have any thoughts more on a philosophical 00:28:54.589 --> 00:28:57.490 basis about how we can get more younger people 00:28:57.490 --> 00:28:59.670 interested in DXing. That's what got me interested 00:28:59.670 --> 00:29:02.410 in ham radio many years ago and I still like 00:29:02.410 --> 00:29:05.730 it a lot. So you're in a good position in the 00:29:05.730 --> 00:29:08.089 ham community to sort of give us advice on how 00:29:08.089 --> 00:29:10.910 to spread our interest in DXing to people who 00:29:10.910 --> 00:29:14.710 maybe don't do it. Yeah, very good Scott and 00:29:14.710 --> 00:29:17.650 thanks for your support and happy new year to 00:29:17.650 --> 00:29:23.789 you also On the sources Well, I've been doing 00:29:23.789 --> 00:29:30.049 this now for coming up on 21 years and I have 00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:36.390 about 16 or 17 thousand Email addresses over 00:29:36.390 --> 00:29:39.630 the over that time period and so I'm able to 00:29:39.630 --> 00:29:42.410 contact guys and ask them things and see what's 00:29:42.410 --> 00:29:47.329 going on obviously there there are websites and 00:29:47.329 --> 00:29:52.329 Also many of the subscribers Such as yourself 00:29:52.329 --> 00:29:56.390 send me items the first the first five years 00:29:56.390 --> 00:30:02.359 were really tough But since then I think the 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:05.700 Daily DX has made a name for itself, and people 00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:10.759 now know it is a major source of news, and if 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.839 they want to get their news out to the audience 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:20.160 or to the pileup, that's what they do. So, like 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:25.759 I said, it's kind of... Snowballed if you will 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:30.480 into a big a big ball of information and sometimes 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:34.619 There's so much it's hard to put it all together, 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:40.420 but it happens every night on the second question 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:48.950 about involving Youngsters I think I don't really 00:30:48.950 --> 00:30:51.150 have an answer for that because we definitely 00:30:51.150 --> 00:30:53.690 need young blood. But one of the things that 00:30:53.690 --> 00:30:57.549 I am very impressed with is some of these de 00:30:57.549 --> 00:31:01.329 -expeditions that are inviting youngsters to 00:31:01.329 --> 00:31:05.410 come along and operate. There's a group in Ohio 00:31:05.410 --> 00:31:09.250 I'm specifically thinking of. I can't think of 00:31:09.250 --> 00:31:13.170 the guys call right this second, but they usually 00:31:13.170 --> 00:31:15.849 take three or four guys down to the Caribbean 00:31:15.849 --> 00:31:18.650 or Central America and they get them involved 00:31:18.650 --> 00:31:23.170 in this. So things like that I think are really, 00:31:23.170 --> 00:31:28.049 really important. Also, I believe that the Europeans 00:31:28.049 --> 00:31:31.349 are doing a really good job with getting youngsters 00:31:31.349 --> 00:31:36.960 on the air with the YOTA. Um, programs, uh, both 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:39.660 in December, they have a big activity and then 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:42.220 also either in June or July, they've got another 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:45.759 big activity. So, um, those would be some of 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:49.259 the things that I, that I'm, uh, impressed with. 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:53.799 Thanks again, Bernie. Thank you, Scott. Happy 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.680 new year. Thanks for calling Scott. Happy new 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:02.660 year. My pleasure. Yep. That's the, uh, thinking 00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:04.720 of the same one you are, it's the Dave Coulter 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:12.359 Memorial DX Adventure. Yeah, we have Dave's brother 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:16.960 on sometimes from Hamvention and so we talk about 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:21.519 that some and we've had some of those young hams 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:26.839 on the show talking about that. That's a great 00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:32.079 way to get them involved. We had another call 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:35.220 here, but we were talking to Scott, so now's 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:38.059 the time to call. So give us a call again at 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:44.339 812 -NATAM -1, 812 -638 -4261, and we'll keep 00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:47.420 taking your questions as long as we can. And 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:51.160 Pat, K7 LNP, just commented a great show tonight, 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.859 so thank you for that, Pat, and I appreciate 00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:59.000 you listening. commenting here on the show. In 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.900 fact, let me run over here to Twitter and see 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:05.619 if we've got anything over there. But I know 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:08.519 somebody else was trying to call in. So now's 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:16.960 the time. 812 -NET -HAM -1 812 -638 -4261. And 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:20.720 let's see here. We've got a message from Scott. 00:33:28.689 --> 00:33:34.569 like everything else is retweet. So give us call. 00:33:36.650 --> 00:33:39.289 Have you heard anything on North Korea lately? 00:33:39.369 --> 00:33:43.630 That's been kind of a hot news item for a while. 00:33:43.890 --> 00:33:46.990 Have you heard anything about it lately? Now 00:33:46.990 --> 00:33:49.690 it's been very quiet on that front and I suspect 00:33:49.690 --> 00:33:52.230 it'll stay that way especially given the current 00:33:52.230 --> 00:33:54.890 Political situation that's going on there at 00:33:54.890 --> 00:33:58.769 this time Yeah, that's that's gonna be a tough 00:33:58.769 --> 00:34:04.390 one Are you planning on on heading out on any 00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:07.230 the expeditions here in the next year or two 00:34:07.230 --> 00:34:13.170 I? Don't have any anything specific I'm going 00:34:14.809 --> 00:34:18.289 In late January, my wife and I are going to go 00:34:18.289 --> 00:34:22.869 to, uh, sink kits down to V 47. I got my license, 00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:26.289 uh, about a two or three weeks ago, V 47. You 00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:30.030 are, but outside of that, I'm just kind of laying 00:34:30.030 --> 00:34:33.130 low and listening. And if the right opportunity 00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:36.789 comes up, I, I might be able to go, uh, go do 00:34:36.789 --> 00:34:40.849 something. Yeah. Sounds like a good, good trip. 00:34:42.029 --> 00:34:47.349 812 -638 -4261 is the telephone number and oh 00:34:47.349 --> 00:34:52.170 Pat, K7 LNP has a question here. It says with 00:34:52.170 --> 00:34:56.070 the new FT8 craze, which is really taking off 00:34:56.070 --> 00:35:00.170 and boy that's an understatement. It seems like 00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:04.630 a lot of de -expeditions are going to this mode 00:35:04.630 --> 00:35:09.480 and Bouvet I know just announced. that they had 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:12.960 some special instructions for FT8 and they sent 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:15.639 that out on a tweet and said it was very important 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:21.099 that people read that so they know what's going 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:26.659 on with that. So he wants your thoughts on FT8 00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:30.960 with a couple of the de -expeditions. Yeah, it'll 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:34.139 be interesting to see what happens currently. 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:38.380 I keep a close eye on the spots that come out 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:43.039 over the DX cluster network. And it's between 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:47.579 80 and 90 % of the spots these days are on FT8, 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:51.679 unless it's a special weekend for a contest or 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:55.119 something. But just during the normal days, it's 00:35:55.119 --> 00:36:01.699 80 to 90 % are FT8. Lots of guys are getting 00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:06.090 on the air and using this mode. I have not tried 00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:09.789 it yet. I've seen my neighbor use it. It's very 00:36:09.789 --> 00:36:14.369 interesting. And you got to act real quick. You 00:36:14.369 --> 00:36:19.610 got 15 seconds. But I have heard that they're 00:36:19.610 --> 00:36:22.789 working on a de -expedition mode. I hope I'm 00:36:22.789 --> 00:36:25.570 not letting any secrets out. But there is going 00:36:25.570 --> 00:36:31.289 to be a de -expedition mode for the FT8 program. 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:38.840 And they believe they can speed up the timing 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:42.840 between the exchanges. So it'll be interesting 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:45.019 to see what happens. I don't know if that'll 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:48.059 happen in time for the 3Y. I don't think it will. 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:52.980 And I believe, if I remember correctly, the 3Y 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:57.480 is going to kind of use FT8 on the extreme end 00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:01.570 of the spectrum. In other words, 10 meters, maybe 00:37:01.570 --> 00:37:06.309 12 meters, where the band really isn't open very, 00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:10.929 very far. So they may end up using that to see 00:37:10.929 --> 00:37:13.750 what they can do to work some stations they wouldn't 00:37:13.750 --> 00:37:17.090 have otherwise been able to work. Yeah. And when 00:37:17.090 --> 00:37:24.219 we had in one DG on the show, Don, he was talking 00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:28.760 about the KH -1 Baker de -expedition. He mentioned 00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:33.000 that they were working on a special de -expedition 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:36.300 mode for that. So you weren't letting out any 00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:40.780 secrets there. But it's just going to be really 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:44.539 important to get the latest news on that, so 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:48.119 that way you know what's going on with it. and 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.519 you're able to get that in. But I think both 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:55.219 those big de -expeditions, Bouvet and Baker Island, 00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:58.559 are kind of planning on just using that as a 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:01.599 supplement to things. And like you said, kind 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:06.380 of using that on the extreme ends of the band 00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:09.340 where nothing else would really be feasible. 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:12.199 Right. Right. I think that's what's going to 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:15.159 happen. You're most likely not going to see it 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:22.820 happen on 20 meters. Troy Simpson W9KVR says 00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:26.539 in terms of working DX we take advantage of the 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:33.019 work bands and glad many DX stations use those 00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:37.119 before and after contests. So you think that's 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:41.599 another good way of catching some of those? Absolutely. 00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:44.559 I think Troy's got it. He hit the nail on the 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:51.079 head. The work bands work 79 bands are just fantastic 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:54.300 place to be especially if you've got a decent 00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:58.019 antenna I mean more and more people are showing 00:38:58.019 --> 00:39:02.019 up there, but it's it's nowhere near 20 meters 00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:05.579 or 40 meters or 80 meters or even 15 for that 00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:10.239 matter It's it's a great place to go Especially 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:13.619 if you're a CW or a digital op on the 30 meter 00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:18.369 band All right, very good and we've got a caller 00:39:18.369 --> 00:39:20.969 on the line you need to turn your volume down 00:39:20.969 --> 00:39:27.769 there if you would Go ahead and ask your question 00:39:27.769 --> 00:39:31.829 here to Bernie W3 you are Okay, Bernie, this 00:39:31.829 --> 00:39:36.090 is Mike Davidson in five empty I haven't had 00:39:36.090 --> 00:39:39.969 much feedback Recently because I'm one of those 00:39:39.969 --> 00:39:42.889 that got flooded here in Houston and my station 00:39:42.889 --> 00:39:46.269 is down We'll be moving to Louisiana soon, so 00:39:46.269 --> 00:39:49.809 I'm relying on your daily DX stuff to keep me 00:39:49.809 --> 00:39:53.710 informed about my my side of the 1010 stuff that 00:39:53.710 --> 00:39:56.750 I take care of for the 1010 DX news. Anyway, 00:39:58.050 --> 00:40:01.849 the new country status of Kosovo, I believe I 00:40:01.849 --> 00:40:05.989 haven't heard much of it recently, so get me 00:40:05.989 --> 00:40:10.539 caught up and. You've already answered my second 00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:12.699 question of where you're going for your anniversary. 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:17.739 Go ahead. Yeah, it's it's our 30th anniversary. 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:21.219 Actually, it was it was last month. But we, you 00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:22.599 know, we're going to we're going to take the 00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:28.199 trip in in late January and early February. But 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:33.519 Kosovo, yes, I there's nothing really official 00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:38.219 that I can say. I'm hearing rumors that finally 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:45.659 The powers that be are realizing this is a country 00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:49.659 and it's time to add it to the DXCC list. And 00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:52.960 that's all I can really say at this time. I think 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:56.460 we may hear more on this probably in the next 00:40:56.460 --> 00:41:01.480 month or two, I suspect. Okay. Have they met 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:04.699 all of the qualifications and it just needs to 00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.360 be maybe one final say so and that's about it, 00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:10.809 you think? No, no, it does not meet the current 00:41:10.809 --> 00:41:16.449 criteria. Okay, I wasn't sure. Okay, got one 00:41:16.449 --> 00:41:18.389 other little trivia piece for you. You know that 00:41:18.389 --> 00:41:22.769 I'm the, like I said, the DX editor and there's 00:41:22.769 --> 00:41:25.869 still about 30 countries that have never had 00:41:25.869 --> 00:41:30.469 DXCC for 1010 and I suspect that there never 00:41:30.469 --> 00:41:37.420 will be just because of uninhabited places, and 00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:40.340 it takes a de -expedition person to go there, 00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:44.420 and it's just something that will never probably 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:46.840 happen. A little piece of trivia for you. Go 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:53.300 ahead. Yeah, I suspect one of them is BS7. That's 00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:55.659 correct. Yes, that's true. Well, plus like Mount 00:41:55.659 --> 00:42:01.920 Athos, the Moncapalo is not a 1010 member, and 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.639 he's the only one allowed to operate. It's going 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:06.039 to be like that, you know. But any which way. 00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:08.340 Anyway, have a good time down on your anniversary. 00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:12.300 And we'll when I get a station and I'm going 00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:15.079 to move over to Louisiana, I think. And it'll 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:17.320 take me a while to get set up. But I'll be using 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.579 a remote station from a friend here in Houston 00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:24.380 to try to keep informed. OK, Mike. Good to talk 00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:27.840 to you. And I'm sorry about the the flooding 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.360 situation there. It was really devastating. I 00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:34.730 know. And thanks for all your support. Roger, 00:42:34.789 --> 00:42:40.710 Roger. And Neil, I'm not used to your regular 00:42:40.710 --> 00:42:45.590 name. I'm still thinking of Rusty. Oh boy, he's 00:42:45.590 --> 00:42:50.650 really pulling it out there. There's still a 00:42:50.650 --> 00:42:53.170 few family members that call me that, but that's 00:42:53.170 --> 00:42:57.610 been about it. But yeah, that's right. Well, 00:42:57.909 --> 00:43:01.010 yeah. When you're that young to get your hand 00:43:01.010 --> 00:43:03.559 ticket, that's significant. Thanks, guys. Happy 00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.780 New Year. Bye -bye. All right, Mike. Thanks for 00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:08.739 calling so much. All right. Well, we're just 00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:11.139 about out of time, Bernie. But thank you for 00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:14.599 taking the calls. I'm glad we had some here for 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:19.820 you tonight. And Troy, W9KVR, again, says we're 00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:24.800 really glad that the Daily DX has QSL info. Troy 00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:27.519 does the same thing I do with the school club. 00:43:28.809 --> 00:43:32.250 so his students enjoy getting all those cards 00:43:32.250 --> 00:43:38.349 so we appreciate all of that so remind us again 00:43:38.349 --> 00:43:45.889 how you can subscribe yep that's www .dailydx 00:43:45.889 --> 00:43:50.250 .com and there's a there's a page there for the 00:43:50.250 --> 00:43:54.289 calendar for a free two -week trial for subscribing 00:43:54.289 --> 00:43:57.309 there's also qsl information and a whole bunch 00:43:57.309 --> 00:44:01.739 of other helpful links. All right, very good. 00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:05.079 Thank you so much for coming on. All right. Thank 00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:07.119 you, Neil. I really appreciate the opportunity 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.199 and want to wish you and all your listeners a 00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:15.519 Happy New Year and go work some DX in 2018. All 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.860 right, there you have it. That's a wrap. for 00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:20.940 this week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to 00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:23.980 my guest, Bernie McCliny, W3UR from the Daily 00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:26.860 DX, and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:29.000 listening and calling in. And we invite you back 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:33.000 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:35.880 For a list of our upcoming guests, just go to 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:38.480 hamtalklive .com, click on the schedule link. 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:42.960 And so for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:48.199 7 -3, 7 -5, and... Nessman saying good day and 00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:52.500 may the good dicks be yours. This has been the 00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:55.320 only news with Les Nessman.