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Tonight we're joined by Ken 00:01:56.030 --> 00:02:00.590 Goodwin K5RG and we'll take your calls live in 00:02:00.590 --> 00:02:03.689 just a few minutes. Well on the show last week 00:02:03.689 --> 00:02:07.829 was Christian Kudnick K0STH here to talk about 00:02:07.829 --> 00:02:10.990 the 100 watts at a wire fallout and hopefully 00:02:10.990 --> 00:02:13.770 you had a chance to get on the air last weekend. 00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:17.710 I was able to make just a handful of contacts 00:02:17.710 --> 00:02:20.599 on that. But if you missed the show, you can 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.080 listen anytime. It was a lot of fun. It was over 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:27.560 at hamptalklive .com. And you can also catch 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:31.740 us on the podcast version. We're on Apple Podcasts, 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:34.939 Stitcher, iHeart Podcasts, Google Play, TuneIn, 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:38.300 and SoundCloud. 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The next session 00:03:53.629 --> 00:03:57.729 of Schoolcrub Roundup begins on Monday and on 00:03:57.729 --> 00:04:01.590 20 meters, there's a lot of formal and informal 00:04:01.590 --> 00:04:06.849 traffic being passed for hurricane relief and 00:04:06.849 --> 00:04:15.169 a lot of that is around 14 .250 and 14 .275 which 00:04:15.169 --> 00:04:19.100 is right where the schools usually operate. That's 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:23.560 kind of the recommended area is 14 -250 to 14 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.300 -280. There's also some stuff up on 40 meters 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:33.730 but it's down at 7182 and 7188. So the recommended 00:04:33.730 --> 00:04:37.410 frequencies are a little higher for School Club 00:04:37.410 --> 00:04:41.269 Roundup, but the organizers of School Club Roundup 00:04:41.269 --> 00:04:44.389 wanted to make sure that we didn't unintentionally 00:04:44.389 --> 00:04:46.949 interfere with any weak signals that couldn't 00:04:46.949 --> 00:04:50.259 be heard. Um, you know how that goes. Sometimes 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:53.019 you get on a frequency and you ask if it's in 00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:55.879 use two or three times and you don't hear anything. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.839 And then all of a sudden, Hey, wait a minute. 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.319 There's these people on here trying to pass traffic. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:05.420 So, um, this, uh, time only, uh, we're going 00:05:05.420 --> 00:05:08.480 to shift those frequencies around. So if you're 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:10.959 running school club round up next week, look 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:16.230 for schools just above. below the normal frequencies 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:22.029 of 14 .250 to 14 .280 and the other bands shouldn't 00:05:22.029 --> 00:05:26.110 be affected a whole lot but we want to make sure 00:05:26.110 --> 00:05:30.149 that that word gets out and that we don't cause 00:05:30.149 --> 00:05:34.310 any unintentional interference to those stations 00:05:34.310 --> 00:05:40.470 so be sure to listen first as always and If we 00:05:40.470 --> 00:05:43.670 are on one of those, then we need to move so 00:05:43.670 --> 00:05:46.810 that we can get out of the way. So just wanted 00:05:46.810 --> 00:05:52.629 to mention that and I'll be on from my high school 00:05:52.629 --> 00:05:56.029 with my group. The kids will be on the microphone 00:05:56.029 --> 00:05:59.329 next week. So just wanted to remind everybody 00:05:59.329 --> 00:06:01.990 about School Club Roundup and about the change 00:06:01.990 --> 00:06:05.790 in the frequencies. So help pass the word on 00:06:05.790 --> 00:06:08.610 that. Well tonight our guest is Ken Goodwin, 00:06:08.709 --> 00:06:13.050 K5RG. He was introduced in the hobby in 1955 00:06:13.050 --> 00:06:16.129 in San Juan, Puerto Rico by Father Ed Turner, 00:06:16.670 --> 00:06:22.649 KP4WN and KV4BQ and he was first licensed as 00:06:22.649 --> 00:06:29.470 K1ONW in 1960 as a technician and in 1963 the 00:06:29.470 --> 00:06:32.529 family moved to Boston where Ken became an active 00:06:32.529 --> 00:06:34.970 participant in the Eastern Massachusetts Net 00:06:34.970 --> 00:06:39.180 and the one RN while attending Tufts University. 00:06:40.860 --> 00:06:44.639 W1KN to become an electrical engineer. After 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.860 undergrad, he moved to Texas to work in the space 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:50.660 program in 1968 with the MIT instrumentation 00:06:50.660 --> 00:06:55.860 lab and Dr. Draper's lab. He became an extra 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:58.240 class later and picked his current call sign 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:03.839 of K5RG. He's a life member of ARL, QCWA, and 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:09.740 the OOTC and a member of an officer of the NASA 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:13.339 Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club, W5RRR, 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.079 the Diamond Club of the ARRL, the A1 Operator 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:22.279 Club, BPL and Tapper. And he also has a general 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:24.779 class radio telephone license with endorsements 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:29.220 and ship radar and radio telegraph. And I found 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:33.639 out the other day that he was the Puerto Rico 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.560 national yo -yo champion. So we may have to talk 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.600 about that if we have some time later on. Currently 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:45.600 Ken is the treasurer of W5RRR, the Johnson Space 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.240 Center Amateur Radio Club in Houston, Texas. 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:52.459 So Ken, welcome to HamTalk Live tonight. Well, 00:07:52.459 --> 00:07:55.220 nice meeting you, Neil, in the audio domain, 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:59.240 as they say. And congratulations on the Yo -Yo 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:04.060 Championship. Now, I was... cruising the website 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:07.060 and and and all of a sudden here comes this trivia 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:11.120 question and it was the yo -yo championship so 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:14.839 i'm impressed well only only my closest friends 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:21.259 usually know about that but uh i i prefer to 00:08:21.259 --> 00:08:23.839 say it was the same time i got interested in 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:28.339 amateur radio too well i should mention that 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:31.379 One of the young hams from my hometown club in 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:36.419 Vincennes, Indiana was Tanner Jones, W9TWJ. And 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:39.539 now he's all grown up and now he's in the club 00:08:39.539 --> 00:08:42.120 down there. So there was a little connection 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.679 there. And he's currently the webmaster and QSL 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.279 manager of the club. So he's the one that contacted 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:52.659 me about doing the show. So I'm glad. it all 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:55.480 worked out and we can talk about this uh special 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:59.340 event coming up soon and and if you don't get 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:04.700 enough space tonight and and one of NASA's little 00:09:04.700 --> 00:09:10.220 at least promotions uh slogans is is i need my 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:16.419 space so if you need your space um December 7th, 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:19.899 we're going to have Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ, to 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:23.399 talk about a year -long special event that's 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:25.899 at all of the NASA facilities. But tonight, we're 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:29.100 just talking about the Johnson Space Center in 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:31.899 Houston, Texas. They've got an anniversary coming 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:34.460 up and a special event station this weekend. 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:39.159 So, Ken, tell us all about it. Okay. Well, as 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:46.659 you said, it's our 50th anniversary. We we think 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:52.019 we probably got a steady state start in 1967 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:57.120 There had been a few attempts at radio clubs 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:03.240 at the nearby Ellington Air Force base But I 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.080 think the club started a continuous history in 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:13.450 late 67 so We decided to commemorate the event 00:10:13.450 --> 00:10:19.029 and this weekend, October 13th through the 15th, 00:10:19.029 --> 00:10:24.169 Friday through Sunday, probably starting around 00:10:24.169 --> 00:10:27.330 four o 'clock on Friday, which I just calculated 00:10:27.330 --> 00:10:34.590 is 2100 UTC, 4 p .m. Central Daylight, till probably 00:10:34.590 --> 00:10:38.970 six o 'clock Sunday. be running the club station, 00:10:39.269 --> 00:10:42.909 no special call. We get plenty of response to 00:10:42.909 --> 00:10:48.929 our normal amateur radio call, W5RRR. So we'll 00:10:48.929 --> 00:10:53.889 be in pretty much continuous operation this weekend. 00:10:55.970 --> 00:10:59.690 We've attempted to emphasize having operators. 00:11:00.810 --> 00:11:03.309 Try to get a few of the astronauts that have 00:11:03.309 --> 00:11:06.509 their license out there some of our new members 00:11:06.509 --> 00:11:10.730 We're trying to get interested in the event so 00:11:10.730 --> 00:11:15.830 most likely 20 meters and 40 meters single sideband 00:11:15.830 --> 00:11:20.169 will be the predominant mode Probably in the 00:11:20.169 --> 00:11:25.009 lower part of the general -class subband and 00:11:25.009 --> 00:11:32.460 In operation with that We have a special QSL 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:41.600 card we've been working with KB3 IFH Designing 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.879 a commemorative QSL card for the event that turned 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:51.620 out really nice even though I think we probably 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.000 made Randy a little crazy with all our tweaks 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.399 and changes, but dealing with engineers is never 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.980 easy. So we'll have a special QSL card for the 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:09.460 event. The only thing we ask is that you QSL 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:13.139 with a self -addressed stamped envelope, S -A 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:19.279 -S -E. Our address is good. on QRZ, our webpage, 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:27.759 w5rrr .org. So we'll have a card if you care 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:33.740 to. It's pretty, really, really nice QSL card. 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:37.879 And we ran this, we ran a special events back 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.899 in the 25th anniversary of Apollo and it blew 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:45.019 up in our face. We ended up with a situation 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:47.759 where we were gonna have to spend more money 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:51.039 than the club had to fulfill the certificate 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:54.480 that we promised. So this time it's a nice QSL 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:57.779 card, self -addressed stamped envelope this weekend. 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:03.500 So I think that's the short of it. All right. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:09.379 Very good. So listen for W5RRR on sideband mostly 00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:13.480 on 20 and 40 in the lower part of the general 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:19.440 class. uh, sub band and, um, you can find it 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:24.759 on the spots too. I'm sure. Yeah. Um, and, uh, 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.120 give them a call and get a, get a nice, uh, QSL 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:32.419 to boot. So, um, be sure to, to check out their, 00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:36.580 uh, web pipe webpage to w five RRR, uh, dot org 00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:39.559 and, uh, and get on the air this weekend and 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.860 give them a call. So, um, Tell us about this 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:45.779 shack that you've got for the club and how that 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:54.620 ties into NASA's mission. Okay. Well, let's see. 00:13:54.700 --> 00:14:00.139 As I say, we got started in 67 and, you know, 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:04.059 reasonable number of amateurs associated with 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:08.039 what was then the Apollo project. And at that 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.789 time it was the manned spacecraft center. later 00:14:11.789 --> 00:14:15.649 changed to the Johnson Spacecraft Center but 00:14:15.649 --> 00:14:22.029 the club the club really took off in association 00:14:22.029 --> 00:14:29.669 with our being the force behind Sarex shuttle 00:14:29.669 --> 00:14:36.169 shuttle amateur radio on board the shuttle the 00:14:36.169 --> 00:14:42.730 first time that we got amateur radio into space 00:14:42.730 --> 00:14:47.309 which was back in Because I wrote this down I 00:14:47.309 --> 00:14:50.909 can't find it now, but I think it was 1983 with 00:14:50.909 --> 00:14:57.029 Owen Gary at dr. Gary at w5 LFL Gave them we 00:14:57.029 --> 00:15:02.690 were able to qualify a handheld Ended up with 00:15:02.690 --> 00:15:05.850 a foil antenna that went into the overhead window 00:15:05.850 --> 00:15:12.779 of the shuttle and Dr. Garrett took amateur radio 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:20.240 into space and talked about lots of contacts. 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:26.159 It was really quite an event and the club was 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:30.320 behind it. I think we've had three other shuttle 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:34.879 missions that carried amateur radio on board. 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:38.600 Each one got bigger and better. And I guess the 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:43.700 way I like to tell the story is the amateur radio 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:47.659 club was so successful with amateur radio and 00:15:47.659 --> 00:16:03.799 space, which became the genesis of C. amateur 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.259 radio on board the International Space Station. 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.759 Gee, all I can think of is AMSAT. ARISS, A -R 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:15.720 -I -S -S, amateur radio on board Space Station. 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:22.240 So NASA saw that having amateur radio was quite 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:28.460 a desirable feature, so they took over the program 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:32.799 and after... Seven years of doing it, I think 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:45.559 we were. The ARIS amateur radio equipment became 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:51.000 an educational tool. The contacts today are scheduled 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.940 between the schools. and the amateur radio stations 00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:58.460 aboard the International Space Station, of which 00:16:58.460 --> 00:17:00.299 there are three, and they're about to get a new 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:08.200 one. So, ARIS has been really successful. I participated 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.640 in a couple events with some of the schools in 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:16.839 the local area. We classically use a telebridge 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:21.180 contact. a telephone call to a station that's 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:24.259 in the ground track of the space station at the 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:27.519 time. The students get to ask questions of the 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.140 astronauts for about 20 minutes if it's an optimum 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:36.640 pass. So those two things, Sarex leading to Eris 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:41.619 really got the club started. When the Sarex experiment 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:46.509 started off, one of the major manufacturers I 00:17:46.509 --> 00:17:50.089 forget which one donated a top -of -the -line 00:17:50.089 --> 00:17:54.529 rig, and one of our members had the bright idea, 00:17:54.630 --> 00:17:56.529 well, gee, if one of these guys is willing to 00:17:56.529 --> 00:18:00.029 do it, we should ask the other two. And sure 00:18:00.029 --> 00:18:04.430 enough, we ended up with three top -of -the -line 00:18:04.430 --> 00:18:09.150 rigs from ICOM, Yezu, and Kenwood, which consist 00:18:09.150 --> 00:18:14.549 of the basic resources that we have at the club 00:18:14.549 --> 00:18:20.640 now. along with a satellite station, obviously. 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:31.500 So the club, I guess as the Johnson Spacecraft 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:35.720 Center got deeper into providing benefits to 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:40.819 the employees, the Employees Athletic Association 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:47.019 at JSC, I was going to go through a construction 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:50.559 major construction upgrade and they were more 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:54.480 than willing to to build us a shack and Boy, 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:57.640 did they I don't think they ever said no to any 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.599 of our requests. You should see the ground system. 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.640 We've got in there Must be a couple thousand 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:08.019 dollars of copper in there, but our new shack 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:20.960 was Built in 2007. And as I say, it's got four 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:26.160 stations that are all set up ready to go. Two 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:29.279 weekends ago, we refurbished the antenna farm 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:35.059 for this event and put a new tri -bander and 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:39.160 a 40 meter rotatable dipole on the top of an 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.380 80 foot tower that we replaced most of the sections. 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:48.400 So we're ready to go and That's the the club 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.440 shack today Very nice facility works out great 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:56.000 on field day because it's air -conditioned Wow, 00:19:56.180 --> 00:20:02.380 there you go, but NASA NASA put in a an external 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:05.279 Electrical system so we could quite easily plug 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:09.259 in a generator and run run generator power during 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:14.829 field day Very nice. Well, I remember the Sarex 00:20:14.829 --> 00:20:18.789 missions and in fact, Dr. Garriott's son has 00:20:18.789 --> 00:20:22.230 been on this program and we played some of the 00:20:22.230 --> 00:20:25.769 audio from that and you know, that brings back 00:20:25.769 --> 00:20:29.970 again a lot of memories of being able to talk 00:20:29.970 --> 00:20:32.849 to the space shuttle and like you said, that's 00:20:32.849 --> 00:20:36.230 continued on now with with Eris and they're still 00:20:36.230 --> 00:20:40.420 raising money to get that equipment certified 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:47.039 and up there to boost the power and the capabilities 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:53.059 up there. It all started with the W5 RRR. That's 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:57.920 the start of it. We're very thankful that your 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:03.779 club got that process rolling and did the Sarex 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:09.089 thing and got Eris going. Pretty neat stuff. 00:21:10.329 --> 00:21:15.250 And you guys have some other activities that 00:21:15.250 --> 00:21:19.670 you do. Tell us a little bit about those activities 00:21:19.670 --> 00:21:24.950 that are available and who can be a part of those. 00:21:26.069 --> 00:21:30.250 OK. Well, to go back historically, the first 00:21:30.250 --> 00:21:34.609 special event station we ran was Apollo 17. For 00:21:34.609 --> 00:21:39.920 that, we did get a special call sign. WM5 MSC 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:42.579 for Manned Spacecraft Center, which was the name 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:48.240 at that time. And then the CERECs came along 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:51.460 and we've actively supported AERIS, especially 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:56.759 in the local school districts. As far as the 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:05.630 club is concerned, we are associated with the 00:22:05.630 --> 00:22:10.950 Center legally. We support a number of the activities. 00:22:11.049 --> 00:22:15.250 We're a backup communications source to the Emergency 00:22:15.250 --> 00:22:22.430 Operations Center at the Center. You know, when 00:22:22.430 --> 00:22:25.089 you think about amateur radio on board Space 00:22:25.089 --> 00:22:29.210 Station, we're also a backup communications system 00:22:29.210 --> 00:22:33.720 for Space Station, which If I remember, almost 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:40.019 got used when the computers went belly up one 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:44.000 day. Luckily, the shuttle was docked at the space 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.259 station, so they were still able to control it, 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:51.500 but they called us up and made sure we were ready 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:55.819 to go if they had communication problems. Let's 00:22:55.819 --> 00:23:01.819 see, what else do we do? As far as the club is 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:07.220 concerned, being that we are legally associated 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:11.000 with the center, we do support that activity. 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:16.920 So our members have to be affiliated with the 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:20.839 NASA activities, the NASA facility in some manner 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:26.539 or another. So our membership is limited to some 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:33.109 degree, obviously. We have honorary members and 00:23:33.109 --> 00:23:39.369 things like that, but we also are a... The other 00:23:39.369 --> 00:23:42.109 club in the area is the Clear Lake Amateur Radio 00:23:42.109 --> 00:23:48.369 Club, which is a public service club. And a lot 00:23:48.369 --> 00:23:51.549 of our members are members of both clubs, so 00:23:51.549 --> 00:23:55.869 we participate in their public activities, and 00:23:55.869 --> 00:24:02.079 they and ours. Just this, see, yesterday, in 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:07.099 fact, we supported a fun run at the center associated 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:10.880 with Total Health and Safety Day, which has been 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:13.359 an activity at the center for a number of years. 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.920 And at the end of the day, they have a fun run 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:19.500 and we provide communication support to that 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:25.380 activity. Gee, I should... And some testing, 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:32.930 right? Yes, one of our members has been run as 00:24:32.930 --> 00:24:37.190 the Honcho VEC in the area, so I think it's the 00:24:37.190 --> 00:24:41.670 second Saturday of every month at the recreation 00:24:41.670 --> 00:24:45.109 facility, which is the Gilruth Recreation Facility. 00:24:46.309 --> 00:24:52.109 He sponsors test sessions and I suspect we've 00:24:52.109 --> 00:24:54.750 had over a thousand people go through that over 00:24:54.750 --> 00:25:02.920 the years. See on the air activities antennas 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:08.599 It's just like amateur radio you name it we do 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:15.400 it probably We're we're we're looking at EME 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:21.950 as a possible next technical activity Well, if 00:25:21.950 --> 00:25:26.210 we get the moon base going, maybe we'll get something 00:25:26.210 --> 00:25:29.630 going up there. We're going to shoot. What's 00:25:29.630 --> 00:25:32.329 that trophy for the first amateur radio contact 00:25:32.329 --> 00:25:35.970 with Mars? That's the one I want. That's the 00:25:35.970 --> 00:25:39.470 one I want. Yeah. Well, there's some, there's 00:25:39.470 --> 00:25:43.099 some cool stuff going on down there and uh, and 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:46.980 the 50th anniversary of that club being celebrated 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:50.140 this weekend on the air. So make sure you get 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:55.579 on, give them a call and look for W5RRR on the 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:58.599 air. So we're going to take a break and then 00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:00.259 we're going to come back and we're going to give 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:05.009 you a chance to call in. and ask your questions. 00:26:05.009 --> 00:26:08.369 Again, that telephone number here in just a minute. 00:26:09.630 --> 00:26:13.950 You can give us a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1, 812 00:26:13.950 --> 00:26:19.509 -638 -4261. 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I think we figured out 00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:16.480 that was our technical problem last week. Um, 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:19.460 and then, uh, you can also tweet us at, uh, ham 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:22.680 talk live. So make sure you give us a call and 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:25.680 we do have a call here on the line. So let's 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:29.380 see if we can get that. Uh, yes. Hello. Who is 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:39.740 this? Hi, Tanner. How are you? All right. It's 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:43.920 good to, uh, It's good to hear you. So you have 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:48.900 a question or comment here for Ken We do collectively 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:51.339 have a question for Ken. We hear he likes to 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.480 climb mountains The question is has he ever taken 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:57.779 amateur radio with him? Well evening Tanner, 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:01.400 I knew you guys were gonna lay for me this evening 00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:07.240 so You know the the the secret of mountain climbing 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:12.700 is is to carry as little as possible and I Even 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:16.839 I even found 35 millimeter cameras to be too 00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:20.960 much to carry at 20 ,000 feet. So I've never 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:26.900 I've never taken amateur radio Into the Himalayas 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:32.119 there. I I have taken shortwave radio a couple 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:35.849 of Some expedition members had to get their daily 00:30:35.849 --> 00:30:39.390 ball scores So my job was to listen to the BBC 00:30:39.390 --> 00:30:42.890 and get the ball scores on my shortwave radio, 00:30:42.890 --> 00:30:47.589 but that was about the most we've taken into 00:30:47.589 --> 00:30:55.670 Nepal and Pakistan Wait wait is wait is not your 00:30:55.670 --> 00:30:59.529 friend Now Tanner, how did you find out about 00:30:59.529 --> 00:31:03.839 this yo -yo championship thing? Well, that was 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.099 actually our vice president, I think, who somehow 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:10.259 came up with that tidbit and happened just to 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:14.480 put it on the website. I think I actually, as 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.640 Ken said two weeks ago, we did a big tower event, 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.660 and I think there were some rumblings going around 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:20.279 when we were doing a lot of work, but I didn't 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:24.140 get to hear the whole story about that. But Dave's 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:27.119 the one who posted on our website, anyways. That's 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:32.869 Dave Lee, W5OC. Our vice president. Right. Now 00:31:32.869 --> 00:31:36.670 the story behind that was my father was stationed 00:31:36.670 --> 00:31:40.069 in San Juan, Puerto Rico with the United States 00:31:40.069 --> 00:31:43.369 Coast Guard and I was a member of the Cub Scouts 00:31:43.369 --> 00:31:47.150 and Coca -Cola showed up at one of the pack meetings 00:31:47.150 --> 00:31:51.369 and Gave a demo and passed out free yo -yos and 00:31:51.369 --> 00:31:55.569 said they'd be back in a month to have a contest 00:31:55.569 --> 00:31:59.109 and I think that evening my father said he'll 00:31:59.109 --> 00:32:01.410 he'll lose interest in this in a couple of weeks 00:32:01.410 --> 00:32:07.130 and But that's all it took. So I won. I won the 00:32:07.130 --> 00:32:11.150 pack, the Cub Scout pack, San Juan Air Force, 00:32:11.470 --> 00:32:15.109 San Juan base championship. And they sent me 00:32:15.109 --> 00:32:18.910 on to the the Nationals right there in San Juan 00:32:18.910 --> 00:32:25.089 and got through that. And I just wish I had kept 00:32:25.089 --> 00:32:28.490 some of the the badges and trophies. Somehow 00:32:28.490 --> 00:32:33.740 they've disappeared over the years. But I like 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:36.720 to talk about having been introduced to amateur 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:42.799 radio in Puerto Rico. That was a pivotal event 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:46.589 in my life. Well, you didn't make a dipole out 00:32:46.589 --> 00:32:50.910 of the yo -yo, did you, Ken? That's what I was 00:32:50.910 --> 00:32:52.609 thinking. I was thinking, hey, maybe that'd be 00:32:52.609 --> 00:32:57.029 a good launch method for the dipole. Yeah. Yeah. 00:32:57.390 --> 00:33:00.549 Well, I was thinking the big base of the yo -yo 00:33:00.549 --> 00:33:03.190 is the decent insulator. So yeah, maybe an antenna. 00:33:03.230 --> 00:33:08.109 I didn't know. Yeah. I sure got hit with it enough 00:33:08.109 --> 00:33:14.430 times. Well, Tanner, not to put you on the spot, 00:33:14.430 --> 00:33:16.950 but, uh, you're going to be, uh, operating some 00:33:16.950 --> 00:33:21.529 on this special event. Yeah, absolutely. I'm, 00:33:21.690 --> 00:33:23.950 I'm very fortunate that I get, uh, every Friday 00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:27.450 off. So I'll be ready to go Friday and then Saturday 00:33:27.450 --> 00:33:30.190 we've got the V testing here at Gil Ruth. So 00:33:30.190 --> 00:33:31.809 I'll be helping with that and then getting on 00:33:31.809 --> 00:33:33.470 the air and then I'll probably come out again 00:33:33.470 --> 00:33:36.750 on Sunday and just hang out and get on the air 00:33:36.750 --> 00:33:39.210 as the, as the spots come open. I think we're, 00:33:39.450 --> 00:33:41.529 we're going to rotate folks in and out and just. 00:33:41.789 --> 00:33:44.329 Plan to have a really really fun time this weekend. 00:33:44.369 --> 00:33:47.289 So we we hope we hope to hear you on the air 00:33:47.289 --> 00:33:51.569 Yeah, I I think most of these contacts we're 00:33:51.569 --> 00:33:55.150 not we're not allowing our big contesters to 00:33:55.150 --> 00:33:58.210 Get into this I guess so the cut the contacts 00:33:58.210 --> 00:34:01.750 are going to be informal and hopefully more than 00:34:01.750 --> 00:34:06.450 just a signal report and Requests for the QSL 00:34:06.450 --> 00:34:10.440 card that I mentioned so our new members. Hopefully 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.539 we may even get some astronauts out there that 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.780 are licensed. Almost all the crew members today 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:19.940 are licensed, predominantly for ARES. So it's 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:22.880 informal operation, I guess would be the way 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:27.199 I'd say it. Very good. So you may have a chance 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.820 to even talk to an astronaut by getting on this 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.679 weekend and catching the Johnson Space Center 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.860 Amateur Radio Club 50th anniversary celebration 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.949 on the air. So make sure you get on there and 00:34:39.949 --> 00:34:43.210 Tanner W nine T W J. Thanks for calling in and, 00:34:43.210 --> 00:34:46.190 uh, working with me to get this set up and, uh, 00:34:46.349 --> 00:34:49.949 have fun this weekend. Absolutely Neil. Thank 00:34:49.949 --> 00:34:52.309 you so much for doing this and, uh, your hospitality 00:34:52.309 --> 00:34:53.690 to getting us on the air and a little bit more 00:34:53.690 --> 00:34:56.150 exposure. We really do appreciate it. My phone's 00:34:56.150 --> 00:34:58.110 about to die. So I'm going to get off here. But 00:34:58.110 --> 00:35:00.030 again, thank you, Neil. And thanks to Ken for 00:35:00.030 --> 00:35:02.090 coming on the show to do the interview as well. 00:35:02.650 --> 00:35:06.590 All right. Thanks, Tanner. Seven threes. 73 by 00:35:06.590 --> 00:35:13.679 now. 812 -638 -4261 is the telephone number 812 00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:19.320 -NET -HAM -1. If you have a question about the 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:21.699 special event station this weekend or the Johnson 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:25.530 Space Center Amateur Radio Club. or maybe some 00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:29.409 old Apollo questions for Ken. He worked on the 00:35:29.409 --> 00:35:32.969 Apollo missions quite a bit. So give us a call, 00:35:33.090 --> 00:35:38.269 812 -NATAM -1, 812 -638 -4261. We've got time 00:35:38.269 --> 00:35:44.349 for another call or two. So give us a call. And 00:35:44.349 --> 00:35:47.110 you mentioned that the club is kind of limited. 00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:52.449 So You have to be a NASA employee or an employee 00:35:52.449 --> 00:35:56.789 of a NASA contractor or Previously or how does 00:35:56.789 --> 00:35:59.769 that work? Yeah, you've you've said it exactly 00:35:59.769 --> 00:36:03.110 correct Essentially you had to have been badged 00:36:03.110 --> 00:36:06.530 sometime in your history I guess would be the 00:36:06.530 --> 00:36:10.230 way say it. It's since we were supported by the 00:36:10.230 --> 00:36:15.880 employees at employees activity association you 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:21.659 know we have to remain true to that that association 00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:25.760 however the the shack is in the non -secure area 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:28.099 of the Space Center it is open to the public 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.260 and we do you know during field day and things 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:36.559 like that we actively seek people to come visit 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:43.480 us so off space There's a public gate that leads 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:47.099 to the Gilruth recreation center. And you can't 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.699 miss us with the 80 foot tower and this three 00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:53.340 element brand new tri -bander on the top of it. 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:56.219 Yeah. That's always a good way to, to locate 00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:59.920 the station. Look for the antennas up in the 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:05.190 air and you can find us. So very good 812 NatTam1 00:37:05.190 --> 00:37:09.570 is the phone number 8126384261 we have time for 00:37:09.570 --> 00:37:13.570 one more call if you'd like to chime in here 00:37:13.570 --> 00:37:18.309 and Again, we'll mention that this NASA on the 00:37:18.309 --> 00:37:20.969 air thing is going to be coming up in December 00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:26.349 and Be sure to listen on December 7th. Dr. Rob 00:37:26.349 --> 00:37:30.650 Sugg's KB5EZ is going to join us. And every NASA 00:37:30.650 --> 00:37:33.389 facility is going to be participating in that. 00:37:33.389 --> 00:37:37.530 That's going to start around the first or second 00:37:37.530 --> 00:37:41.929 week of December. So we'll be right before that 00:37:41.929 --> 00:37:44.969 starts up. But there will be a lot of celebrations 00:37:44.969 --> 00:37:48.869 going on for NASA. And Johnson will be a part 00:37:48.869 --> 00:37:53.219 of that as well. But this one is all about the 00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:56.059 Johnson Space Center and the 50th anniversary 00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:58.800 of their amateur radio club this weekend on the 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:03.260 air. Again, 40 meters, 20 meters side band is 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:06.260 where most of the activity is going to take place 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:09.980 in the general class portion of the band, so 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:13.710 be sure to look for them. Again that phone number 00:38:13.710 --> 00:38:16.710 eight one two six three eight four two six one 00:38:16.710 --> 00:38:21.050 eight one two net ham one or tweet us at ham 00:38:21.050 --> 00:38:23.590 talk live and in fact I need to run over here 00:38:23.590 --> 00:38:26.989 to Twitter and see if we've got anything over 00:38:26.989 --> 00:38:29.590 there too, and I saw someone else had called 00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:33.329 earlier, but It was during the interview so we 00:38:33.329 --> 00:38:37.170 didn't Good chance to get that in but well I 00:38:37.170 --> 00:38:39.570 can I can tell you about the first special event 00:38:39.570 --> 00:38:44.099 that I had at the club Yeah, okay. Well, um, 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:50.800 it was Apollo 17 I came off my shift During the 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:54.860 mission and you know, it was must have been one 00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:57.980 or two o 'clock in the morning went out to the 00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:02.239 shack to participate in the special event station 00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:08.539 that we had set up WM5 MSC and Walk out there 00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:12.349 and who's there operating? Senator Barry Goldwater. 00:39:14.150 --> 00:39:20.670 So in those days, the NASA recovery ships had 00:39:20.670 --> 00:39:23.449 gone the way of not being needed anymore for 00:39:23.449 --> 00:39:27.710 communication. So the Collins S -lines were a 00:39:27.710 --> 00:39:31.409 surplus. And we had a full Collins S -line out 00:39:31.409 --> 00:39:36.329 there at the shack. And Barry and I sat there 00:39:36.329 --> 00:39:39.590 and made contacts into the wee hours of the morning. 00:39:39.710 --> 00:39:43.070 It's quite a quite an experience. Yeah, that 00:39:43.070 --> 00:39:49.230 would be very very well known ham and and very 00:39:49.230 --> 00:39:53.639 well known public official as well and Just be 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:57.039 able to sit down next to him and be rattling 00:39:57.039 --> 00:40:00.579 off the Q says, wow. That was, that was one of 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:03.559 the worst experiences of worst experiences of 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:06.260 my life. How could an amateur radio operator 00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:11.940 not become president of the United States? Well, 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:15.780 he was close. Yeah, it was close. Very good. 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:23.159 A great memory. All right, well anything else 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:27.579 you need to throw in here before we Say well 00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:31.420 again, yeah for four o 'clock Friday afternoon 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:35.400 until probably six o 'clock Sunday 20 40 meters 00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:43.940 single sideband W5 RRR org and Self -addressed 00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:49.679 stamped envelope for a really nice QSL card association 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:56.940 with KB3 IFH QSL cards. It turned out a lot better 00:40:56.940 --> 00:41:01.940 than... It's nice. It's a nice card. It commemorates 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:05.360 all the activities over the last 50 years that 00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:10.079 the club has been involved in. Very good. Well... 00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:14.260 Sounds like a fun time and I wish you great success 00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:16.980 with that this weekend and congratulations to 00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:21.219 you and the club on, on 50 years and, and hope 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:26.320 there's another 50 coming up. Well, Neil, contact. 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:29.599 Yeah, that's, uh, that's on the, uh, that's on 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:32.539 the bucket list here and no doubt, but, uh, thank 00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:35.780 you very much for giving us an opportunity to, 00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:39.010 uh, put out a little PR associated with this 00:41:39.010 --> 00:41:42.889 special event. We appreciate it and we look forward 00:41:42.889 --> 00:41:47.650 to having some nice informal contacts this entire 00:41:47.650 --> 00:41:53.730 weekend out at W5RRR. All right, very good. Hopefully 00:41:53.730 --> 00:41:58.050 I can squeeze some time in to get that call in 00:41:58.050 --> 00:42:01.829 myself as well. Thank you so much for coming 00:42:01.829 --> 00:42:05.969 on HamTalk Live, and that is a wrap for this 00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:10.030 week's edition. Thanks to Ken Goodwin, K5RG, 00:42:10.210 --> 00:42:13.389 and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening 00:42:13.389 --> 00:42:18.269 and calling in and invite you back next Thursday 00:42:18.269 --> 00:42:22.969 night at 9 p .m. Eastern time. Sean Cutsco, KX9X, 00:42:23.030 --> 00:42:25.289 will be here to talk about more space. He's going 00:42:25.289 --> 00:42:28.329 to talk about getting started with satellite 00:42:28.329 --> 00:42:32.780 operations. So it's your chance to work some 00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:36.900 satellites and talk about that. So Sean will 00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:40.559 be here and we're looking forward to that. For 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:44.159 a list of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:47.139 .com and click on the show schedule link and 00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:49.699 you can see what's coming up over the next few 00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:53.920 weeks. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:42:53.980 --> 00:43:27.050 saying 7375 and may the good DX. be yours. I've 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:31.429 completely forgot you're a ham. I don't know 00:43:31.429 --> 00:43:35.050 your power or the height of your tower. Frankly, 00:43:35.130 --> 00:43:40.170 I don't give a damn. So 73s, to you and your 00:43:40.170 --> 00:43:44.329 family, I'll be seeing you further down the law. 00:43:45.150 --> 00:43:50.170 Yeah, 73s, to you and your family, I'll be seeing 00:43:50.170 --> 00:43:59.360 you further down the law. like a local up here. 00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:04.360 But why don't those whistling Mediterranean's 00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:08.940 check it with frequencies clear? We're warm and 00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:13.119 cozy in our shacks and we have talked about thousands 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:17.920 of things. About shoes, about ships, about ceiling 00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:23.420 wax, about cabbages and kings. It's the 73's.