WEBVTT 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:13.220 Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:31.160 the air shortly. Please stand by. Thanks for 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.899 tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on the air shortly. 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:52.340 Please stand by. Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk 00:00:52.340 --> 00:00:54.759 Live will be on the air shortly. Please stand 00:00:54.759 --> 00:01:00.479 by. This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.260 you by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:12.340 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:50.900 .com. Good evening, everyone. It's time for HamTalk 00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:55.200 Live. It's episode number 91, the Buve Island 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:59.620 De -Expedition with Ralph Bidor, KZeroIR, recorded 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:05.079 live on Thursday, November 30th, 2017. I'm your 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.860 host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning into 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:13.020 this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we had 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:17.780 scheduled Ralph Fedor K0IR and hopefully we'll 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:19.939 catch him. We're having some trouble finding 00:02:19.939 --> 00:02:25.800 him right now. So we may have to postpone this 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:28.680 episode. So we'll give it a couple of minutes 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:33.300 and see. But we're not able to find Ralph at 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:37.360 the moment. So hopefully he'll show up. So we'll 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:40.340 go ahead and talk a little bit. and see if he 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:44.539 does, and hopefully we'll be able to bring you 00:02:44.539 --> 00:02:49.840 some updates on the Bouvet Island De -Expedition 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.860 tonight. And if not, we'll reschedule it and 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:56.780 we'll come up with... with an update here before 00:02:56.780 --> 00:03:00.199 they take off. Well last week we took the week 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.659 off for Thanksgiving but remember if you ever 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:05.319 miss a show you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:09.699 .com or you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:12.840 iHeart Podcasts, Google Play, TuneIn, SoundCloud 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:18.360 and we're also over on YouTube and whenever we 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:21.360 have an interview you can call us. Don't forget 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:29.460 that phone number it's 812 NET or you can Skype 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:33.219 us at HamTalk Live and you can also tweet us. 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:36.979 We're at HamTalk Live as well and we come to 00:03:36.979 --> 00:03:41.840 you every Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.560 right here at HamTalkLive .com and be sure to 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:49.500 check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.240 Well the phone is ringing here so let me get 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.439 things rolling here and we'll be back and hopefully 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.439 we found where Ralph is. So we'll be back after 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.000 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.919 HamTalk Live. This episode of HamTalk Live is 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.419 brought to you in part by Tower Electronics. 00:04:08.650 --> 00:04:11.069 Tower Electronics has been the Ham's Dime Store 00:04:11.069 --> 00:04:14.449 since 1978. When you need connectors, mobile 00:04:14.449 --> 00:04:17.730 and handheld antennas, cables or adapters, visit 00:04:17.730 --> 00:04:21.310 Scott or Jill at a HamFest near you. Or you can 00:04:21.310 --> 00:04:27.509 order online at PL -259 .com or call 920 -435 00:04:27.509 --> 00:04:32.529 -2973. Stock up on those supplies like PL -259 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:35.790 and end connectors, SMA adapters, audio cables, 00:04:36.069 --> 00:04:39.250 soldering supplies, mobile antennas, and hamsticks. 00:04:39.529 --> 00:04:41.629 Their silver -plated end connectors are even 00:04:41.629 --> 00:04:44.310 used on the International Space Station. Tower 00:04:44.310 --> 00:04:48.129 Electronics carries MFJ, Comet, Daiwa, OPEC, 00:04:48.370 --> 00:04:51.629 Workman, and HamPro products. And don't miss 00:04:51.629 --> 00:04:55.689 their 0 % off sale going on now. Tower Electronics 00:04:55.689 --> 00:04:59.949 online at PL -259 .com. Proud to sponsor this 00:04:59.949 --> 00:05:04.100 episode of HamTalk Live. Coming to you live from 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:07.199 the glass -enclosed Faraday box, here's Neil 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:13.899 Rapp with more HamTalk Live. Join the conversation. 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.720 Call us on voice with Skype at HamTalk Live or 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:22.240 give us a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:40.259 -638 -4261. Now, here's more HamTalk Live. Thanks 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:43.040 to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics for sponsoring 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.079 the show to help bring you HamTalk Live. They'll 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:49.779 be at the Ocala Florida HamFest on Friday and 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:53.819 Saturday and Plant City Florida on December 8th 00:05:53.819 --> 00:06:01.019 and 9th or you can call 920 -435 -2973 or visit 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:06.300 their website at pl -259 .com and tell them you 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:11.430 heard it on HamTalk Live. So thanks to them and 00:06:11.430 --> 00:06:15.069 we're going to get some well -deserved time off 00:06:15.069 --> 00:06:19.310 before too long. So thanks to them for sponsoring 00:06:19.310 --> 00:06:22.529 the show. Well, we're trading voicemails here 00:06:22.529 --> 00:06:28.170 with Ralph. And so we are going to go to plan 00:06:28.170 --> 00:06:31.970 B here for just a moment. And hopefully we can 00:06:31.970 --> 00:06:39.329 bring him in on the phone line. But If not, like 00:06:39.329 --> 00:06:44.209 I said, we will we will reschedule but let me 00:06:44.209 --> 00:06:51.970 pull up a tune from the ham band and We will 00:06:51.970 --> 00:06:57.110 Listen to that and Hopefully we'll be back with 00:06:57.110 --> 00:07:00.350 with Ralph here. So here's the ham band. Here's 00:07:00.350 --> 00:07:03.009 73 is one of my favorites right here on ham talk 00:07:03.009 --> 00:07:20.759 live Right back to my secure call, the readability 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:25.399 five and strength nine. You never once mentioned 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:29.980 your weather at all, and I didn't mention mine. 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.500 We talked and talked for hours and hours. I completely 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:40.220 forgot you're a ham. I don't know your power 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:43.899 or the height of your tower. Frankly, I don't 00:07:43.899 --> 00:07:48.740 give a damn. So 73s, to you and your family, 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:54.600 I'll be seeing you further down the law. 73s, 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:58.680 to you and your family, I'll be seeing you further 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:21.000 down the law. And we have talked about thousands 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:25.860 of things About shoes, about ships, about sealing 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:32.440 wax About cabbages and kings So 73s, to you and 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:36.360 your family I'll be seeing you burning down the 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:42.279 log Yeah 73s, to you and your family I'll be 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:46.169 seeing you burning down the log Alright, well 00:08:46.169 --> 00:08:48.909 that's the the ham band and hey we found Ralph 00:08:48.909 --> 00:08:55.169 and he got delayed and he's He's not able to 00:08:55.169 --> 00:08:57.049 get on Skype here. So we're gonna get him in 00:08:57.049 --> 00:09:00.169 on the phone line so bear with us here for just 00:09:00.169 --> 00:09:05.210 a moment and we will get Ralph on here and in 00:09:05.210 --> 00:09:12.269 fact, I believe We have him right now Ralph Yes, 00:09:12.350 --> 00:09:15.799 sir Okay. There we go. No audio check at all. 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:20.940 We're ready to roll. Oh, thank you. We're just, 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:24.200 uh, just, uh, explaining to everybody that, uh, 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.259 we're going to get you in on the phone line here. 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:30.600 So, uh, this is, uh, Dr. Ralphie Dorr, KZYR and, 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.480 uh, he lives near St. Cloud, Minnesota and has 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.559 been licensed since 1962 and his passions have 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:40.299 been DXing, contesting, and especially DXpeditions. 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:43.240 He's been on several trips including the Vasa 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:48.299 Amsterdam Island Malpelo Bhutan Peters one and 00:09:48.299 --> 00:09:51.679 Saba Island just to name a few and He's currently 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:54.500 organizing and fundraising the bouvet island 00:09:54.500 --> 00:10:00.039 the expedition along with Bob K4 UEE and Your 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.659 other team leader was I didn't write it down 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:12.149 Yes, that's right and He's a retired doctor and 00:10:12.149 --> 00:10:14.509 radiologist and he's an extra class operator, 00:10:14.570 --> 00:10:17.730 operated from 27 different countries and a member 00:10:17.730 --> 00:10:20.389 of multiple radio societies on the board of the 00:10:20.389 --> 00:10:22.850 International DX Association and elected to the 00:10:22.850 --> 00:10:26.570 DX Hall of Fame. So thanks for joining us. Sorry 00:10:26.570 --> 00:10:31.370 we had to take you away there, but we finally 00:10:31.370 --> 00:10:35.870 got you in here. Well, I'm sorry, Neil. I had 00:10:35.870 --> 00:10:38.710 a little computer glitch at the last minute here 00:10:38.710 --> 00:10:42.389 and I couldn't get Skype to play nice with me. 00:10:42.710 --> 00:10:46.679 So we'll do it this way. I have had many a night 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.799 when Skype has not played well with me. So I 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:54.720 totally get that. Well, you've been busy here. 00:10:55.100 --> 00:10:57.860 We've had a lot going on for this trip. We're 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:01.240 getting close. So it's been a little over a year 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.320 since we talked about this. So I'm sure there's 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:10.250 been a lot happening. between then and now and 00:11:10.250 --> 00:11:13.909 been seeing some tweets from the team. So bring 00:11:13.909 --> 00:11:16.370 us up to date on what's been happening since 00:11:16.370 --> 00:11:21.269 we talked last. Well, since we've talked, we've 00:11:21.269 --> 00:11:24.250 maintained a full team. We never blinked there. 00:11:25.710 --> 00:11:28.250 Some of the big events that have occurred, we 00:11:28.250 --> 00:11:31.950 had a team meeting in Atlanta, Georgia in September. 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:36.990 We packed our sea container, a 40 -foot sea container, 00:11:37.929 --> 00:11:40.570 that subsequently went aboard a ship, made its 00:11:40.570 --> 00:11:44.649 way down to Panama, went overland and now through 00:11:44.649 --> 00:11:48.470 the canal to the west coast of Panama. And currently 00:11:48.470 --> 00:11:51.509 that sea container is in San Antonio, Chile, 00:11:52.009 --> 00:11:55.710 waiting to make its last leg down to Punta Arenas. 00:11:56.529 --> 00:12:00.429 Our team will be arriving in Punta Arenas, Chile 00:12:00.429 --> 00:12:05.200 on January 10th or thereabouts. On the 13th, 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.480 we will fly across the Drake Passage and meet 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.980 our ship and hopefully sail a little bit later 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:16.779 on the 13th, begin our 2 ,700 nautical mile voyage 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:20.120 to Bouvet. And of course, there's been all kinds 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:26.179 of preparations punctuating this little scenario 00:12:26.179 --> 00:12:28.940 I've just outlined. I don't think a day goes 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:31.679 by that I don't have a little fire to put out. 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:36.259 And I spend usually multiple hours every day 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:38.940 on this trip. I get up in the morning and never 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:41.759 know what's going to be facing me here. There's 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.679 something new to fix or a new fire to put out. 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.220 But we have no major problems. We're on schedule. 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:52.940 And, you know, no storm clouds on the horizon. 00:12:53.059 --> 00:12:55.740 But in these situations, you never know what 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:58.220 tomorrow's going to bring. But so far, so good, 00:12:58.500 --> 00:13:03.580 Neil. Yeah, well, this afternoon and Thursday 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:06.759 afternoons always ham radio club at school and 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.220 and we were talking about what we were going 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:12.720 to do today and we got to talking about you know 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.460 you being on the show tonight actually and and 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:18.539 so we said well hey let's pull out this video 00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:20.960 and we pulled out the Peter one video which is 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.820 one of our favorites and we got to see you on 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:28.779 there as well as Bob and a lot of the crew and 00:13:29.470 --> 00:13:32.570 We watched the video again and watched the little 00:13:32.570 --> 00:13:36.289 drama at the end where you didn't have everybody 00:13:36.289 --> 00:13:39.409 off the island yet. So, you know, it's like that 00:13:39.409 --> 00:13:44.470 one. You never know what's going to happen. Well, 00:13:44.470 --> 00:13:48.549 that's right. And there's always a factor X in 00:13:48.549 --> 00:13:50.850 these trips. There's always something unexpected 00:13:50.850 --> 00:13:54.870 that, you know, you don't dream that it could 00:13:54.870 --> 00:13:58.090 happen, but it always does. And it may be something, 00:13:58.090 --> 00:14:05.129 you know, very simple. We've rescued a Russian 00:14:05.129 --> 00:14:11.429 ship that was stalled near the Falkland Islands, 00:14:11.629 --> 00:14:15.370 South Georgia Island. We've helped C6 sailors. 00:14:16.990 --> 00:14:19.289 We've set some wildlife free that were trapped. 00:14:19.970 --> 00:14:22.250 And we've had some, you know, difficult things 00:14:22.250 --> 00:14:26.200 like the guy getting stranded on Peter I. Always 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:29.779 something pops up. Yeah, hopefully this time 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:35.059 it'll be an unusually good propagation time That 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:37.700 would be not a nice surprise. That would be a 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:41.860 real nice factor X to have But you know something 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:46.720 interesting about this Move a where we're going 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:50.659 and North America during the time of year that 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:54.529 we're going share a common gray line So North 00:14:54.529 --> 00:14:58.009 America is going to enjoy some enhanced propagation. 00:14:58.570 --> 00:15:01.210 And I think we'll do okay with North America. 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:03.570 It'll be a little more difficult with Japan and 00:15:03.570 --> 00:15:07.009 Europe, but North America should do pretty well. 00:15:08.149 --> 00:15:11.929 Well, that's good news for us anyway, but sounds 00:15:11.929 --> 00:15:16.620 like things are coming together and You've got 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:20.600 a big journey coming up here. So, uh, tell us 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.259 a little bit about this FT eight thing, which 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:27.299 is caught wildfire. You've got a way to, uh, 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:30.379 figured out to do some FT eight, uh, from the, 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:34.539 uh, the expedition. We do. And, uh, you know, 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:37.620 I'm a brand new at this FT eight business. So 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.700 I've been spending time in my shack, getting 00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:42.559 on that move and trying to become familiar with 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:47.049 it. Uh, we're looking at it. not as a primary 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:50.289 mode, but something that we can use when conditions 00:15:50.289 --> 00:15:53.429 are very marginal, the bands have not quite opened 00:15:53.429 --> 00:15:57.529 up yet, and we're hoping that the increased capabilities 00:15:57.529 --> 00:16:01.190 of FTA will allow us to make some QSOs during 00:16:01.190 --> 00:16:04.590 those times that we might not otherwise be able 00:16:04.590 --> 00:16:08.350 to make. If the bands are open and we can use 00:16:08.350 --> 00:16:12.230 the high rate mode, CW sideband, RTTY, we will 00:16:12.230 --> 00:16:15.220 do that. But if things are really marginal, we're 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:18.320 going to try FT8 and see if that will get through. 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.100 Now, is there anything that people need to know? 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.320 Because I know, and I haven't been on FT8 yet. 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:29.860 I must be the one person who hasn't. But I know 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:34.299 it's very structured as far as what data can 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:36.740 go in and be transferred and everything. Is there 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:38.519 something special that they're going to have 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:42.019 to do to make sure that they get through to you? 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:47.460 We've got some instructions on our website. If 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:53.460 you go to the propagation page, you'll find some 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:56.600 instructions on an FDA, our news and updates. 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:02.500 Having accurate timekeeping mechanisms in place 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:05.259 is important because the sequences are 15 seconds 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:08.240 long. And if you get a little bit out of sync, 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:13.029 it's hard to get all the data through. It's not 00:17:13.029 --> 00:17:15.309 terribly difficult. There's a few little nuances, 00:17:15.710 --> 00:17:19.269 but it's not that difficult, really. The software 00:17:19.269 --> 00:17:24.750 is free. If you are on PSK or other digital modes, 00:17:24.750 --> 00:17:28.630 you can do FTA. It's not that difficult. Go to 00:17:28.630 --> 00:17:33.170 our website, check it out. And if you've got 00:17:33.170 --> 00:17:34.869 a neighbor down the street who's doing it, lean 00:17:34.869 --> 00:17:37.029 on him a little bit. You'll be on the air shortly. 00:17:37.609 --> 00:17:47.859 There we go. And that web address is? www .buvedx 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:56.680 .org. And that's B -O -U -V -E -T for buve. Buvedx 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:01.079 .org. Buvedx, all in one word, dot org. Okay, 00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:04.539 so if you're one of those people that are... 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:09.220 going after the FT8 you may get a chance to try 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:14.119 that out once in a while as the band are opening 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:17.819 starting to open up down there. So how's the 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:24.200 fundraising going? Well you know I'm really happy 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.619 with the support that we've received from the 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:30.359 DX community. It's just been outstanding. We 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:34.200 have a little ways to go yet. And our big bugaboo 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:38.680 here is the helicopter. They are black holes 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.720 as far as money goes. Now we can get everything 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:47.980 we need ashore so far with the money that we've 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:50.700 got. Where we're getting into a little bit of 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:53.119 trouble there is that we'd like to get a little 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:56.019 bit more ashore to have two antennas on every 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:58.980 band, all the amplifiers, all the generators. 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:03.940 And so we're a little bit short. with getting 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:06.980 all the things we'd like to get ashore because 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:09.759 of the cost of the helicopters. We're going to 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:12.940 do this thing and we'll do okay. If we could 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:15.819 raise a little bit more money to finance a few 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:18.859 more helicopter flights, we'd do even better. 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:22.339 So that's kind of where we are. I really can't 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:24.539 say enough about the HAM community. They've just 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:29.000 been outstanding and supporting us. The Japanese 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:31.839 DXers have been amazing with what they've done 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:35.519 for us, so we're real happy about that. Little 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:39.900 ways to go, done great, and all in all happy 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:44.440 about it. Okay, and I know I was trying to remember 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:46.839 in fact this afternoon I was telling my students 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:49.559 about the all the helicopter trips you guys had 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:53.500 to take back and forth Over on Peter the first 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:56.019 so how many trips are you thinking it's going 00:19:56.019 --> 00:20:01.140 to take to get all that stuff over there? I am 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:06.000 expecting we're going to need about Probably 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:12.640 about 60 to 70 hours of flying time for the helicopters. 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:16.079 The number of flights is kind of dependent on 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:19.779 wind. If you got a lot of wind, you can't have 00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:22.180 bulky cargo slug underneath the helicopter. You 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:25.259 have to break it down a little differently. So 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:28.880 number of flights is a little hard to indicate, 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:32.299 but I'm thinking we're going to be in the 60, 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:38.220 70 hour flying time range. Quite extensive to 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:42.220 get from the boat. over on the island and so 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:46.700 people can help out still and donate and I'm 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:52.380 presuming that's also on the buvadx .org website 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:57.480 to donate, right? Yeah, there's some donate buttons 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:02.759 in a number of places. We didn't hide them so 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:06.859 you can find them quite easily. And the budget 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:10.869 on this one was Is that still in line with what 00:21:10.869 --> 00:21:14.970 you know? It's yeah, it's in the range of $750 00:21:14.970 --> 00:21:19.589 ,000 and that's it is an amazing figure. Um, 00:21:19.890 --> 00:21:23.829 the cost all it basically is transportation and 00:21:23.829 --> 00:21:27.210 helicopter flights. Uh, our team members have, 00:21:27.210 --> 00:21:30.470 uh, have tried to come up with about half of 00:21:30.470 --> 00:21:33.329 that. And then we're kind of depending on the 00:21:33.329 --> 00:21:36.720 ham community for the other half. And as I say, 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.339 we've been very, very encouraged by what the 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:42.160 hams around the world have done for us. Still 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.220 got a little ways to go to finance all these 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:48.079 flights, but we're getting there. All right. 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.759 Well, that sounds very interesting. And we hope 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.839 to hear you from down there and talk to you while 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.309 you're down there. Just really looking forward 00:22:00.309 --> 00:22:04.569 to adding that into the logbook. So if you want 00:22:04.569 --> 00:22:11.880 to give us a call, please do or a tweet or. You 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.099 can even get on the chat if you're on Spreaker 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:17.380 in the comment section there But the phone number 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:20.619 is eight one two six three eight four two six 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:23.640 one eight one two net ham one if you have a question 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:28.279 for Ralph give us a call and Jesse a a four o 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:31.900 .m.. Says he hasn't used FTA either, so I'm not 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:36.519 the only one so That's good to know So I'll tell 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:39.720 you Neil about ten days ago. I have never used 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:42.859 it either But there's two things I decided I 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:45.900 need to practice on one was Ft8 and the other 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:48.319 one was 60 meters because I have not been on 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.099 60 meters before and since we're gonna do both 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:54.220 of those I thought I have a Polish my skill level 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:57.880 a little bit there. Yeah. Yeah, I finally did 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:02.779 get on the on the JT 65 thing and tried that 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:06.680 out and then Haven't haven't done the Ft8 thing. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.470 So maybe we'll figure that one out Tell us a 00:23:10.470 --> 00:23:15.190 little bit more about how you're going to be 00:23:15.190 --> 00:23:22.769 interacting with people back here. You've got 00:23:22.769 --> 00:23:25.569 a head pilot who we talked to here not long ago 00:23:25.569 --> 00:23:29.690 about some other things. And a webmaster and 00:23:29.690 --> 00:23:34.259 some things. So tell us about... Ways that people 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:37.420 back here can kind of interact with you and find 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:40.859 out where you're at and what's going on and and 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:45.140 how Propagation is going and that kind of thing 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:50.640 Okay On the way, we hope to have a position spotting 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:53.400 device on the ship so you can kind of Follow 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:56.359 our little dock across the ocean from King George 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:00.240 Island to a bouvet When we're on the island, 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:05.410 we're hoping to have some type of satellite internet 00:24:05.410 --> 00:24:08.730 set up so that we can perhaps send some photos. 00:24:09.210 --> 00:24:11.210 I'm not sure if we'll have the bandwidth or the 00:24:11.210 --> 00:24:14.609 finances to send a lot of photos or videos or 00:24:14.609 --> 00:24:17.630 anything like that. But we will have some information 00:24:17.630 --> 00:24:21.190 stream coming from the island. Our pilots will 00:24:21.190 --> 00:24:24.589 be more of a source for your input rather than 00:24:24.589 --> 00:24:28.009 our output. So people will be contacting the 00:24:28.009 --> 00:24:30.930 pilots to reporting how they're hearing us or. 00:24:31.150 --> 00:24:34.009 How propagation is a little different than we 00:24:34.009 --> 00:24:38.789 predicted and so forth to help us in We'll have 00:24:38.789 --> 00:24:43.769 emergency contact Equipment available for family 00:24:43.769 --> 00:24:50.329 and so forth It's isolated out there so Yeah, 00:24:50.690 --> 00:24:53.150 you know, it's not not real easy, but we will 00:24:53.150 --> 00:24:56.109 do it and there will be daily information and 00:24:56.109 --> 00:24:59.339 frequent log updates coming off the island, which 00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:03.960 everybody is interested in. Yeah, I believe the 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:07.539 logo says the most remote location on the planet. 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:13.259 Is that pretty accurate? It is accurate. The 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:17.799 only more remote place on which man has set foot 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:23.759 is the moon. Wow. There you have it, folks. That's 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:27.940 how rare this one is. And you'll have, uh, hopefully 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:32.720 a chance to, um, to get them on the air and you 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:35.440 have, is it 10 days of operation? Is that, is 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:38.380 that right? Uh, we w you know, this is all weather 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:42.640 dependent. Uh, we are going to have 21 days at 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:45.720 the island. Now it may take us a couple of days 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.920 to get on the island. We may have some weather, 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:51.460 you know, delays. We may have to hurry up and 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:55.680 get off the island, but we've got 21 days at 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.859 the island and hopefully that will give us at 00:25:57.859 --> 00:26:01.660 least two weeks on the island transmitting and 00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:06.849 being active. Okay, very good. Well, if you have 00:26:06.849 --> 00:26:09.509 a question, feel free to give us a call. It's 00:26:09.509 --> 00:26:15.029 812 -638 -4261. 812 -NETAM1 is the phone number. 00:26:15.430 --> 00:26:18.369 Or you can tweet us. In fact, let me run over 00:26:18.369 --> 00:26:23.269 there and see what we've got. Oh, we have something 00:26:23.269 --> 00:26:28.819 from... Dr. Scott Wright, KZeroMD. He wants to 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:32.240 know, what is the hardest task? The boat ride, 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:35.099 the antenna assembly out in the cold weather, 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:39.599 or the completion and realization you may never 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:49.559 be back there again? Well, thank you Scott. I 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:51.599 get the question a lot about what's the most 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:55.299 difficult part of a de -expedition. And really, 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:58.579 the hardest thing for me is not what comes before 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:02.160 the de -expedition or doing the de -expedition 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:05.539 itself. It's when I get home and somebody says, 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:09.980 why do you do this? Answering that question, 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:14.980 answering that question is very difficult. But 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:17.900 on the island, I think our biggest challenge 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:22.000 is going to be wind, low clouds. and fog, all 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.180 of which affect us as human beings, trying to 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:28.519 deal with this temperature and so forth, and 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:32.059 our flying, the wind is going to be ever present. 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:35.839 And it does wear on you for a for, you know, 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:40.460 for a time. There's lots of challenges. But I 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:43.700 think our team is aware of them, and we're ready 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:48.380 to meet them. Yeah, man, I know that was that 00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:50.720 was a lot of the problem that you had on Peter 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:55.220 I and I'm presuming you're expecting this to 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:59.759 be a very similar trip. It will be quite similar. 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:04.180 We're a little bit farther north but the weather 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:08.220 seems to probably be a little worse on Bouvet 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:12.059 than on Peter I. It's kind of in the wind belt. 00:28:16.069 --> 00:28:19.190 After watching the the video, I'm just like, 00:28:19.190 --> 00:28:23.470 okay, that's gonna be worse. Well And speaking 00:28:23.470 --> 00:28:28.210 of video, are you guys planning? the usual video 00:28:28.210 --> 00:28:33.670 from from move a Yeah, there will be I'm sure 00:28:33.670 --> 00:28:38.150 a number of different media outlets for the public 00:28:38.150 --> 00:28:42.529 to enjoy. Video, there will be lots of presentation 00:28:42.529 --> 00:28:45.710 at conventions, meetings, and so forth. We'll 00:28:45.710 --> 00:28:48.349 try to make ourselves available to the ham public 00:28:48.349 --> 00:28:53.930 to share the experience. All right. Well, that's 00:28:53.930 --> 00:28:56.390 always fun to watch some of the video and see 00:28:56.390 --> 00:29:00.130 some of the wildlife and see some of the challenges 00:29:00.130 --> 00:29:04.500 that you guys undergo. when you're on one of 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:08.559 these trips. So we'll look forward to that. And 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:12.319 Scott has another, oh, yeah, go ahead. I'm just 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:15.640 going to say a new benchmark in the post -de 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:20.099 -expedition videos and information is everybody's 00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:22.859 bringing a drone to these de -expeditions now 00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:26.039 to get nice aerial shots. And we've talked about 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:28.160 that, but we're a little bit afraid that if we 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.960 launch a drone, it's going to end up in India 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:39.960 or somewhere. Yeah. Or at least the ocean. Yeah. 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:44.420 Yeah. Those are some, uh, some cool videos, uh, 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:49.579 with those, but, uh, that very well could happen. 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:53.720 Well, you were talking about the antennas and 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:57.279 that's Dr. Scott Wright's second question here. 00:29:57.859 --> 00:30:04.019 How will you anchor the 160 meter vertical and 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:07.640 do you think DX Engineering will sell them to 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:12.940 the ham community at some point? I can't answer 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:18.009 the second question. The first question, one 00:30:18.009 --> 00:30:21.349 of our problems is that we don't really know 00:30:21.349 --> 00:30:23.630 what kind of surface conditions we're going to 00:30:23.630 --> 00:30:28.589 encounter. The surface may be a kind of normal 00:30:28.589 --> 00:30:32.450 glacier type material where you have a little 00:30:32.450 --> 00:30:34.890 bit of loose snow on top and then it gets progressively 00:30:34.890 --> 00:30:37.730 more dense as you go deeper and that's probably 00:30:37.730 --> 00:30:41.970 the most, the easiest surface situation to deal 00:30:41.970 --> 00:30:44.890 with. And we've got anchors specifically designed 00:30:44.890 --> 00:30:49.329 for that type of surface. Now, we may find that 00:30:49.329 --> 00:30:53.109 the surface is kind of slushy, kind of a snow 00:30:53.109 --> 00:30:56.210 cone consistency. That's a little bit more difficult 00:30:56.210 --> 00:30:58.869 to deal with. But we've got an anchoring system 00:30:58.869 --> 00:31:01.289 that will deal with that type of surface condition. 00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:07.710 Or we could have almost solid ice that you have 00:31:07.710 --> 00:31:11.809 a hard time putting a normal anchor into. But 00:31:11.809 --> 00:31:14.549 we do have a third anchoring system for that 00:31:14.549 --> 00:31:18.289 type of surface. So, um, yeah, like I say, we 00:31:18.289 --> 00:31:20.730 don't quite know what we're getting into, but 00:31:20.730 --> 00:31:23.630 we know the possibilities and we've got an anchoring 00:31:23.630 --> 00:31:27.690 system to try and meet, uh, any one of them. 00:31:28.150 --> 00:31:31.690 Do you test this stuff out, out up in the Arctic 00:31:31.690 --> 00:31:34.869 somewhere? Or how do you, how do you know what 00:31:34.869 --> 00:31:39.740 these things are going to do? Um, well, you know, 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.680 we've got some experience from Peter one, uh, 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:45.039 and the anchoring, uh, stuff we went through 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.119 there. The other is just do a lot of research. 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.799 Uh, we've talked to some mountaineering teams. 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.619 We've talked to a research team that was on Peter 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:57.480 the first, not Peter the first on Buve, uh, maybe 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.400 one or two years ago. I can't remember. Ask them 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:04.660 what they encountered on the surface. Uh, you 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:06.579 know, we've looked at a lot of weather data and 00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.559 temperature and so forth, trying to anticipate 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:11.640 this. And as far as what to take, you know, you 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:14.619 just kind of use your noodle and technology and, 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:19.079 um, try to figure it out. All I can think of 00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:22.279 is, is, you know, you get over there and you're 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:28.920 like, Oh, I need a USB cable. You know, you get 00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:32.200 all this stuff over there and then you're like, 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:38.180 Oh. I need a quarter inch to three and a half 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:41.640 millimeter adapter, you know? Yeah, yeah. There's 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:45.859 no radio shack on Bouvier anywhere else now either. 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:49.339 Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Well, I think there is 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:53.359 one now, but yeah. I want to be a little bit 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:57.019 more specific about Scott's question about how 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:59.480 are you going to anchor the 160 meter vertical? 00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:07.869 Very well. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Well, I saw 00:33:07.869 --> 00:33:11.549 again, I was just watching that video this afternoon 00:33:11.549 --> 00:33:17.589 and you guys were raising up a vertical and a 00:33:17.589 --> 00:33:21.430 mast and some stuff and I just saw it bend and 00:33:21.430 --> 00:33:29.650 bend and bend and bend. And so hopefully it will 00:33:29.650 --> 00:33:36.599 work as well as it ended up. that trip. Well 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:39.200 DX engineering has put a lot of technology and 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.720 research into the antennas they built for us. 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.660 So I don't think we can we can take better material. 00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:52.619 You know mother nature is tough. Yep absolutely. 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:59.750 Well that's some Some interesting stuff so we 00:33:59.750 --> 00:34:02.950 were talking about propagation a little bit And 00:34:02.950 --> 00:34:05.690 I know you know and and I'm famous for saying 00:34:05.690 --> 00:34:08.869 you know for weather Forecast that any forecast 00:34:08.869 --> 00:34:14.849 over 48 hours is purely a guess but What's the 00:34:14.849 --> 00:34:17.869 propagation forecast looking like we're what? 00:34:19.289 --> 00:34:22.670 Less than two months out so What are we looking 00:34:22.670 --> 00:34:27.980 at so far? Well, our predictions are all based 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:35.639 on Noah's predictions for February of 2018. We've 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.719 got this all laid out on our website. You can 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:41.739 look at videos of propagation moving across the 00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:46.000 world on any band from 10 to 80 meters. And shortly 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:49.559 on our website, we will have a widget where you 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.139 can type in your call sign and your grid square. 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.539 and it will generate a personal propagation forecast 00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:59.579 for you band by band, hour by hour. All in all, 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.000 again, North America is looking really pretty 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.059 good. We may even have some 10 meter openings. 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:09.480 It's not a given, but maybe 12 meters, you know, 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:12.500 maybe a little better. I think 15 on down, we're 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:16.179 going to do pretty well. And we've got some good 00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:19.139 common darkness all across North America, which 00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:24.329 is important. Oh, yeah. yeah excellent excellent 00:35:24.329 --> 00:35:30.409 okay carl kd9 hqt uh wants to know have you seen 00:35:30.409 --> 00:35:33.369 any whales that landed on the shore on the island 00:35:33.369 --> 00:35:43.570 that caused problems any uh whales like a fish 00:35:43.570 --> 00:35:51.500 yes um That would be kind of a beach phenomenon 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:55.739 and we will not be on the beach. The beach is 00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:58.820 very hazardous on Bouvet. It's not very deep. 00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:01.500 There's ice cliffs in the back and the surf comes 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:03.880 across the beach and bangs into the ice cliffs. 00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:06.039 So you don't really want to be there. That's 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.460 why we're going up on the glacier with a helicopter. 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:15.360 I am not aware of any whale incidents at Bouvet. 00:36:15.909 --> 00:36:18.389 I know there's been some whales grounding themselves 00:36:18.389 --> 00:36:20.789 in other parts of the world. Haven't heard about 00:36:20.789 --> 00:36:25.329 that at Bouvet. There are going to be some seals, 00:36:25.730 --> 00:36:27.710 elephant seals, and penguins on the beaches, 00:36:28.190 --> 00:36:30.409 but again, we won't be on the beach to interact 00:36:30.409 --> 00:36:35.650 with those critters. Yeah, and I know back on 00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:39.750 Peter the First, the edges were just cliffs. 00:36:39.949 --> 00:36:41.750 I mean, there was no way in the world they'd 00:36:41.750 --> 00:36:45.380 ever get up there. It's going to be pretty much 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:49.760 that way on Bouvet also. Yeah, yeah. Okay, very 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:53.239 good. Well, it sounds like things are coming 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:57.280 together and sounds like the website, BouvetDX, 00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:03.300 again, B -O -U -V -E -T -D -X .org has... lot 00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:06.139 of information up there always that you can donate 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:10.420 and As you said the widgets coming so you can 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:13.280 get your own personalized propagation forecast 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:16.900 there that's always helpful to have so be sure 00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:21.599 to check that out and We'll look forward to to 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:25.920 getting some more information through the website 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:30.219 and some of the tweets and This is an exciting 00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:34.000 time it now is Is this the most expensive outing 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:37.139 that's been done so far? Is that right? I know 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:41.860 it's close. Yes, I think it is. Um, this is going 00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:47.079 to be a generational de -expedition. Um, we, 00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:49.239 you know, we looked at this, it's the number 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:53.059 two most wanted entity. Uh, we thought if we 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:55.739 were going to go there, uh, we should do the 00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:59.250 best job that we possibly can. because there 00:37:59.250 --> 00:38:01.550 may not be another trip there for a long time. 00:38:02.010 --> 00:38:05.130 So we're going to try to make this as big and 00:38:05.130 --> 00:38:08.610 inclusive and as comprehensive as we can so that 00:38:08.610 --> 00:38:10.610 everybody gets their shot, whether it's an all 00:38:10.610 --> 00:38:13.610 -time new one or a new banned country. So we 00:38:13.610 --> 00:38:17.489 pulled out all the stops, making it expensive, 00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:21.250 making it long for us. It's going to be about 00:38:21.250 --> 00:38:25.409 a seven -week trip altogether. And we want to 00:38:25.409 --> 00:38:30.300 do it right. Unfortunately, white kind of equates 00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:33.039 to dollars in this situation where you have to 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.380 use helicopters to get to a good place where 00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:39.159 you have a good shot at all, you know, all population 00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:41.360 areas. You're not behind a mountain or anything 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:45.300 like that. Um, so this is probably going to be 00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:48.480 the most costly de -expedition perhaps ever. 00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:55.039 And one of the biggest ever. Right. Well, that's 00:38:55.039 --> 00:39:00.050 uh, That's a very major undertaking and so we 00:39:00.050 --> 00:39:04.130 appreciate you and your team taking that on. 00:39:04.510 --> 00:39:08.150 Do you have one more question here that we can 00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:14.110 get in from Troy Simpson W9KVR and he says Jerry 00:39:14.110 --> 00:39:21.340 WB9Z is kind of looking out for their school 00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:28.239 station W9GRS and said that Bryant KG5HVO is 00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:33.320 going to be a youth pilot. So will there be a 00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:38.599 focus on making sure some of those youth and 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:42.579 school stations are in the log? We certainly 00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:45.860 hope so. You know, that's really important to 00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:49.289 us as a ham radio community. to try and involve 00:39:49.289 --> 00:39:51.409 young people and get some new people into the 00:39:51.409 --> 00:39:55.530 hobby. And Bryant is going to be our youth pilot. 00:39:55.889 --> 00:39:58.090 He's going to be working with the other pilots 00:39:58.090 --> 00:40:02.590 and he'll have some specific duties to do. Hopefully, 00:40:03.250 --> 00:40:06.250 it will spark interest in other people his age 00:40:06.250 --> 00:40:10.070 and bring them into the hobby. But yes, we're 00:40:10.070 --> 00:40:14.369 very excited about Bryant and Jerry and Val. 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:18.320 just tremendous resources for the the d -expedition 00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:21.960 the hobby pilot system and involving other people 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:26.599 so it's going to be good excellent very very 00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:30.599 good and i know key nine so you will be looking 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:34.980 for you on there from school as well so hopefully 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.960 we'll we'll make all that work well ralph we've 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.440 got just a couple of minutes left so i'm just 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:43.809 going to open it up to you if you have any Last 00:40:43.809 --> 00:40:47.530 items you need to throw in here, anything that 00:40:47.530 --> 00:40:52.789 you want to make sure people know about. Go ahead. 00:40:52.889 --> 00:40:57.909 You've got just a couple of minutes. Okay. Well, 00:40:57.949 --> 00:41:01.969 as I said, we're going to pull out all the stops 00:41:01.969 --> 00:41:04.730 on this one. I think if I had to say what is 00:41:04.730 --> 00:41:07.630 our best resource or what is most likely going 00:41:07.630 --> 00:41:10.230 to make us successful in this de -expedition, 00:41:10.769 --> 00:41:13.940 it's the team. We have got an outstanding group 00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:16.940 of people, not just good operators, but good 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:20.280 people, common sense. They watch each other's 00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:24.619 backs. They take care of each other. And they're 00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:28.219 all dependable, stable people who will not crumble 00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:33.960 under stress. So that is a tremendous resource, 00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:37.000 a tremendous advantage that we have. And I'm 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:39.480 just really happy to be associated with this 00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:42.420 group of people. They'll do a good job from Bouvet. 00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:48.219 You can count on it. Very good. did post a picture 00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:52.099 of the team members on our social media outlets 00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:54.199 and on the promotions for the show so you can 00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:57.440 check that out if you would like to see the members 00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:01.099 of the team there and we look forward to hearing 00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:05.179 from you from Bouvet here in just a couple of 00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:08.360 months and thanks so much for taking the time 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:12.679 out tonight to give us a call and let some people 00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:16.559 ask some questions about the big trip. Well, 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:20.019 my pleasure, Neil. And I hope we get a lot of 00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:23.880 calls of your listeners in our logbook. And we'll 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:27.159 do everything we can to make that possible. Very 00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:30.559 good. Well, we look forward to that. And Troy 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.599 mentions that at Glenn Raymond School, they're 00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:37.920 very excited about this de -expedition. That's 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:40.159 a big hook for students getting into ham radio. 00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:44.030 And I couldn't agree more. Thank you so much 00:42:44.030 --> 00:42:48.929 for doing that and for adding that youth incentive 00:42:48.929 --> 00:42:52.889 in there too. Sure. If there's anything that 00:42:52.889 --> 00:42:56.090 we can do with the schools, clubs, youth and 00:42:56.090 --> 00:42:58.909 so on, try to let us know. You know, we'll go 00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:01.849 out of our way to try to make it happen for the 00:43:01.849 --> 00:43:04.110 young people, the schools, the clubs and so forth 00:43:04.110 --> 00:43:07.949 that involve youth. Let us know. All right. Very 00:43:07.949 --> 00:43:12.699 good. Well, Ralph, that's a wrap for this week's 00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:16.539 HamTalk Live. Thanks. again to Dr. Ralph Eador, 00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:19.239 KZeroIR, and everyone out there in cyberspace 00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:22.619 for listening and for chiming in tonight. We 00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:26.679 appreciate you as well. And we'll be back next 00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:30.719 Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. Dr. Rob 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:35.059 Suggs, KB5EZ, will be here to talk about an event 00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:38.039 coming up next year. It'll be all next year. 00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:41.880 It's called NASA on the Air. So be sure to tune 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:44.179 in for that. They're going to be launching that 00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:47.280 in just a couple of weeks so you can find out 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:52.179 all the information about NASA on the air coming 00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:56.340 up next week on HamTalk Live. For a list of all 00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:59.460 of our upcoming guests visit HamTalkLive .com 00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:05.179 and for now this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying 7375 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:28.579 and may the good DX be yours. Thanks for watching!