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It's Henry Good evening, everyone. 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.019 It's time for ham talk live episode number 84. 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:55.040 It's 100 watts in a wire fallout two with K zero 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:59.540 STH recorded live on Thursday, October 5th, 2017. 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:03.760 I'm your host, Neil rap WB nine VPG. Thanks for 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:07.739 tuning in to this episode of ham talk live tonight. 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:11.360 We're joined by Christian Kudnick K zero S T 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.629 H. the host of 100 Watts at a Wire. We're going 00:02:14.629 --> 00:02:18.090 to talk about an operating activity coming up 00:02:18.090 --> 00:02:22.090 this weekend and we'll take your calls live in 00:02:22.090 --> 00:02:28.370 just a few minutes. Last week Lucinda Moody AB8WF 00:02:28.370 --> 00:02:32.490 was here from Handy Hams and talking about the 00:02:32.490 --> 00:02:36.030 program that brings AMRADIO to people with disabilities 00:02:36.030 --> 00:02:39.030 and all kinds of resources there so if you missed 00:02:39.030 --> 00:02:41.550 that show make sure you check it out. just go 00:02:41.550 --> 00:02:45.469 to HamTalkLive .com and you can listen to it 00:02:45.469 --> 00:02:48.789 there on demand or you can catch us on one of 00:02:48.789 --> 00:02:53.069 those podcast things you can download us from 00:02:53.069 --> 00:02:55.849 some of those like Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, 00:02:55.949 --> 00:02:59.849 iHeart Podcasts, Google Play, TuneIn, SoundCloud 00:02:59.849 --> 00:03:03.409 or even on YouTube so you can find us just about 00:03:03.409 --> 00:03:06.699 anywhere. 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Just even if you stop in and say hi or ask 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:43.300 Christian a question about fallout coming up 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:45.759 this weekend or the hundred watts and a wire 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.520 podcast or anything, just just give us a call. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.460 But we'll do that here in just a little bit. 00:03:51.460 --> 00:03:54.319 But first, we're going to talk a little bit about 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:59.710 fallout. So Daring to come back on the show a 00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:04.449 second time is Christian Kudnick K0STH. Christian 00:04:04.449 --> 00:04:07.169 is originally from Baltimore, but now resides 00:04:07.169 --> 00:04:11.210 in Metro St. Louis, Missouri, or as he calls 00:04:11.210 --> 00:04:15.210 it on his show, New Seattle. from all the rain. 00:04:15.229 --> 00:04:18.449 Well, he's a veteran broadcaster, two -time Emmy 00:04:18.449 --> 00:04:21.730 award -winning producer, and he's also a regular 00:04:21.730 --> 00:04:24.470 contributor to Amateur Radio Newsline, along 00:04:24.470 --> 00:04:28.230 with myself. And he's the creator of the 100 00:04:28.230 --> 00:04:31.730 Watts and a Wire podcast. So my friend, Christian 00:04:31.730 --> 00:04:38.149 K0STH. Good evening, Christian. Hey, Neil. What's 00:04:38.149 --> 00:04:40.009 going on with you? This is the best. You've got 00:04:40.009 --> 00:04:43.230 the best music. All these podcasts are out there, 00:04:43.230 --> 00:04:46.370 right? you've got all this great kind of rock 00:04:46.370 --> 00:04:49.850 based music it's uh it's like call it it's like 00:04:49.850 --> 00:04:52.910 being part of a sports rock and roll show yeah 00:04:52.910 --> 00:04:54.910 i've got the best music because i think i've 00:04:54.910 --> 00:04:58.829 got the only music isn't that how that goes music 00:04:58.829 --> 00:05:05.230 everybody else is afraid to be sued what's going 00:05:05.230 --> 00:05:08.709 on well not much you just got to keep keep that 00:05:08.709 --> 00:05:12.649 uh you know Copyright stuff in check. You got 00:05:12.649 --> 00:05:16.110 to make sure you use the the public domain stuff, 00:05:16.110 --> 00:05:18.970 you know Or get somebody where you get a guy 00:05:18.970 --> 00:05:25.629 to sing that ham talk. It's hey Yeah, yeah Yeah, 00:05:25.730 --> 00:05:29.410 that was that was a that was not me That was 00:05:29.410 --> 00:05:32.290 definitely not me. That was a that was a deal. 00:05:32.529 --> 00:05:35.310 I got a deal on that Let me tell you that was 00:05:35.310 --> 00:05:40.990 not That was not but a jam production from from 00:05:40.990 --> 00:05:46.589 Dallas. That was that was some guy in his Bedroom, 00:05:46.649 --> 00:05:49.410 but really really tight underwear. There's no 00:05:49.410 --> 00:05:53.089 way that you did it. Your voice is too basic 00:05:53.089 --> 00:05:59.230 It's this way up there yeah, now somebody said 00:05:59.230 --> 00:06:03.269 that It must be the same guy that did the cars 00:06:03.269 --> 00:06:08.420 for kids commercial Oh yeah, you know 877 cars 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:10.879 for kids, you know, you know, I said it must 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.319 been the same guy, but I don't know. You got 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.620 a, you got a good budget then because those voiceover 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:18.040 guys aren't cheap and you got a really great 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:24.180 sounding female, a YL. Yeah. Yeah. I got a deal. 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:26.740 And, and, and the one I just played a while ago, 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:29.759 if, if you're, if you're sitting there, I'm going, 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.129 wait a minute. I know that voice. I know that 00:06:34.129 --> 00:06:38.970 voice from somewhere. It's from Madden 17 and 00:06:38.970 --> 00:06:42.750 Madden 18. That's my former student, Brandon 00:06:42.750 --> 00:06:45.689 Godden, and he sent me that this week and I thought 00:06:45.689 --> 00:06:49.160 that was kind of a fun... fun thing. So if you're 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.199 recognizing the voice at the beginning of the 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.819 show tonight, that was Brandon. He's the voice 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:59.879 of the Madden series now of the video games. 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:05.319 So he's doing better than his mentor. He sounds 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:08.120 great. I'm sure he sounds great on the air and 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.740 doing the work he's doing. And that's really 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:13.839 cute with the touchdown and all the bands across 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.839 it. It's a good deal. You need to stop showing 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:22.569 off so much. CarlKD9HQT says, we should take 00:07:22.569 --> 00:07:26.329 the theme song and do the Halloween version of 00:07:26.329 --> 00:07:30.029 it. Oh, yeah. That's good. I like this interaction 00:07:30.029 --> 00:07:32.529 with the audience, man. I remember when you first 00:07:32.529 --> 00:07:34.790 started to put this thing together and we were 00:07:34.790 --> 00:07:37.550 talking about it. And you were like, no, I'm 00:07:37.550 --> 00:07:40.129 thinking of doing it live. And I was like, oh 00:07:40.129 --> 00:07:44.480 my. And I was instantly wondering if you had 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.379 the dump button the the notorious dump button 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:50.180 that's in every radio station and you figured 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.420 it all out man you've got a lot of courage oh 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:56.839 yeah we figured it out we got it well hey let's 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:02.220 talk about this fallout 2 it's it's kind of like 00:08:02.220 --> 00:08:08.100 rocky 2 or or Star Trek 2 the wrath of sea child 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:11.589 right Sounds, sounds more like a sci -fi movie. 00:08:11.689 --> 00:08:15.350 So tell us about fallout. Well, it's hard to 00:08:15.350 --> 00:08:17.889 believe it's been a year already because you 00:08:17.889 --> 00:08:20.829 were, you participated last year and you know, 00:08:20.970 --> 00:08:23.810 in theory, all we really want to do is set a 00:08:23.810 --> 00:08:25.769 time in our schedule. I've got a young family, 00:08:26.029 --> 00:08:28.990 so it becomes harder and harder to do things 00:08:28.990 --> 00:08:32.110 on the fly. You know, I hear a lot of hams talk 00:08:32.110 --> 00:08:33.409 about, I think I'm going to go out in the park 00:08:33.409 --> 00:08:36.389 this weekend or Maybe I'll ride through the desert 00:08:36.389 --> 00:08:38.570 and I'll set up you know or whatever it is. It's 00:08:38.570 --> 00:08:42.470 kind of like spontaneous My life just isn't that 00:08:42.470 --> 00:08:44.669 way at this point, but my life is great with 00:08:44.669 --> 00:08:47.350 the children right, but they're just young so 00:08:47.350 --> 00:08:50.269 You know I pick a date way in advance in this 00:08:50.269 --> 00:08:52.710 weekend coming up the seventh and eighth It's 00:08:52.710 --> 00:08:56.230 an opportunity for us as a community to just 00:08:56.230 --> 00:08:59.370 put that date aside if you can and operate a 00:08:59.370 --> 00:09:01.799 little bit knowing that there will be others 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.019 out there. You know, we have people with mic 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:06.639 fright and people just, you know, they get on 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:10.139 the air and they try to call CQ but may be hesitant 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:13.360 to do that. This is one of those opportunities 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.159 where you're gonna hear these stations over the 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.059 weekend and you can work them. It's not a contest. 00:09:18.539 --> 00:09:20.679 It's just an activity. It's kind of a get on 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:24.100 the air, free for all. Any band, any mode you 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:27.659 wanna do. And last year, well actually, with 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:29.809 the tune -up. We've got a 100 watts and a wire 00:09:29.809 --> 00:09:32.309 tune -up that happens a couple of weeks before 00:09:32.309 --> 00:09:35.590 field day. And I ask my sponsors, look, will 00:09:35.590 --> 00:09:39.909 you consider a door prize? That's kind of a common 00:09:39.909 --> 00:09:44.570 thing for HamFest. Give something away. So although 00:09:44.570 --> 00:09:47.529 it's not a contest, you can still win some prizes 00:09:47.529 --> 00:09:50.190 just for participating. You don't have to work 00:09:50.190 --> 00:09:55.250 1 ,000 stations or 500. Just a couple. And you 00:09:55.250 --> 00:09:58.799 go to our website, 100WattsAndAWire .com, and 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.700 you go into activity days and you can click there 00:10:03.700 --> 00:10:05.720 and then you can submit your totals and then 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.419 it's a random drawing. MFJ is giving us a great 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:13.919 portable tripod and a collapsible mast. They're 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.139 also giving a 40 through six meter telescopic 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:21.159 portable vertical. BioEno, which is a really 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.519 hot company right now, it took them a few years 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:26.440 to get traction, but BioEno Power is making these 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.039 great batteries. They're going to give away a 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.639 12 volt. I love them. You got one, right? Yeah, 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:35.679 I used one last year. I've got one too. They're 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.279 a sponsor. They're going to give away a 12 volt, 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:41.740 20 amp hour battery, which is great for 100 watts 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:45.259 portable or less. Radio Waves, Emmet, our friend, 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.759 is going to give away a 40 meter double bazooka. 00:10:48.059 --> 00:10:51.179 And PowerFilm Solar, another young, hot company, 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:55.340 American made products. They're going to give 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:58.169 away a 35 watt. solar panel, and I'm not gonna 00:10:58.169 --> 00:11:00.970 give everything to one person. We're gonna spread 00:11:00.970 --> 00:11:04.009 it around and have multiple people get some stuff, 00:11:04.070 --> 00:11:06.490 but it's a chance for us to get out before it 00:11:06.490 --> 00:11:09.429 really gets cold, and many of us can't do it, 00:11:09.429 --> 00:11:13.389 you know, in the wintertime. We try to. On the 00:11:13.389 --> 00:11:15.330 other side of that, Neil, if you can't get out, 00:11:16.129 --> 00:11:18.590 you're sick or you can't, you don't have a portable 00:11:18.590 --> 00:11:21.529 station, that's okay. You can do it from your 00:11:21.529 --> 00:11:24.309 shack where it's nice and warm or cool depending 00:11:24.309 --> 00:11:26.879 where you are. We just are encouraging people 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.759 to get on the air as we enter into the fall season. 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:39.460 Alright, so what's the exchange? What do you 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:43.639 say when you do that and what are your goals 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.360 for this year? It's very simple. I think you 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:51.059 just call CQ 100 watts and a wire fallout. People 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:55.799 will be curious. We have a good strong fan base 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:59.139 for the show, but there's over 700 ,000 of us 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:01.879 out there, and many don't know about my show 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.820 and your show and all the shows, frankly. They 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:07.320 may, but they don't know. So I think it's an 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.240 opportunity to teach people about this community, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.659 teach people about the show, and just really 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:15.820 get on the air and have fun. We just wanna work 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:20.200 some stations. It helps kinda raise some awareness 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.059 about what we're doing. this safe place that's 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:25.360 been created for people where it's okay not to 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:30.960 know everything and just get on in work and I 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.700 like to hear a true signal report when I when 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:36.379 I get involved I know you're a big contester 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:40.259 and Five -nine gets a lot of flack, you know 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:43.080 if you want to give five nines by all means But 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.100 you know if you got to dig one out and give them 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:48.659 a four by four Let them know. I kind of like 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:51.899 to know what my antenna's doing and what propagation's 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:54.340 doing. And that's it. If you've got a 100 watts 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:57.799 ID, you can exchange that. You can get those 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:00.779 at the website as well. That's 100WattsInAWire 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:04.860 .com. You click on the gathering page, and you'll 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:08.340 be sequentially issued a number, a 100 watt ID. 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:11.870 You can share that. I know you have one. I have 00:13:11.870 --> 00:13:15.610 one. And just give that signal report. If you're 00:13:15.610 --> 00:13:17.370 curious to know what state they're in, whatever. 00:13:17.830 --> 00:13:21.509 Start a conversation. It's all very simple. No 00:13:21.509 --> 00:13:25.029 rules. All bands, all mode, all weekend. Do what 00:13:25.029 --> 00:13:27.649 you like. It doesn't have to be 100 watts of 00:13:27.649 --> 00:13:31.110 power, even. And last year, I don't know if you 00:13:31.110 --> 00:13:33.350 were gonna mention this, but I set up in my field, 00:13:33.649 --> 00:13:36.029 I was just putting together my portable station, 00:13:36.389 --> 00:13:38.409 and I know you had a portable station you were 00:13:38.409 --> 00:13:42.440 gonna try out too. And you and I connected during 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.360 the fallout, and we ended up working some stations 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.379 together. We just sort of would pass. It was 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:52.039 fun. It's just out there with 100 watts. So the 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.019 intention is to get on the air in the end and 00:13:55.019 --> 00:14:01.500 maybe win some cool prizes too. And I was commenting 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:05.580 that that was one time when you were outstanding 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:10.220 in your field. Yeah, that was not your best joke. 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.059 But, you know, maybe because I didn't get it 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:17.259 right away and I was like, yes, I am just outstanding. 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.259 Oh, damn Neil. Got me again. You're like the 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:28.659 Bob Hope. Well, I had fun. Now, last year I kind 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:31.940 of double dipped. I went down to my hometown, 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:36.399 Vincennes, Indiana and Went down to the George 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:38.840 Rogers Clark Memorial, which I'd been wanting 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.399 to do the national parks on the air thing down 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.840 there because I figured oh no one else will do 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.419 that one well, I get there and there's already 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:52.580 somebody there and So I stopped in, you know, 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:57.600 I had my my 50 and my my bio inno battery and 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:02.279 Some hamsticks from tower electronics and and 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.159 had all that stuff and I couldn't get the mounts 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:06.960 to work I couldn't get anything to work, but 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.679 I stopped in said hi We took some pictures and 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.480 talked for a while and it was a Patrick twig 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.259 in 9o QT and his wife Mary was actually on the 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:21.440 air at that point W9 MAP and they're from Champaign, 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:23.620 Illinois and they were going all over the Midwest 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:26.559 activating national parks. So here I thought 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:29.299 you know, nobody going to activate George Rogers 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:31.679 Clark I better go down there and sure enough 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.100 there's somebody there the same day but they 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:37.259 were nice enough to loan me their antenna so 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:40.539 I could get you know some contacts so I drove 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:43.100 over to the other side of the parking lot and 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:46.519 and got on and found you and got on and made 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.860 made my minimum for national parks on the air 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:54.279 and did the the fallout thing at the same time. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:57.299 So that was pretty cool. It was fun and I ran 00:15:57.299 --> 00:16:01.940 into those two at Dayton this year. They were 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:05.559 at Dayton and got a chance to talk to them again 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.860 and thank them again and kind of catch up with 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:12.440 what they were doing. Isn't that sweet? That 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.379 really is the spirit of Ham Radio is that another 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:17.620 guy comes in who's struggling who's a ham and 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:20.480 they put you on the air and I remember that we 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.639 took our sweet time. We were working stations 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.559 all across the country together, and they didn't 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.639 once come over to you and was like, hey, buddy, 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.600 hey, we saw the park. I sat on a rock. You've 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.879 been out here for 45 minutes. That's a good point, 00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:39.179 though. You can go up on a summit. You can double 00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:42.320 dip like Neil did. You can go into a state or 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.399 national park if you're doing the Parks on the 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.120 Air. The National Parks on the Air program is 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:49.700 finished, but Parks on the air is another great 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:52.519 opportunity. So you can, you can go up there 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.639 and go to a park, state park, whatever, do whatever 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:58.399 you like. Just get on the air this weekend and, 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:02.039 uh, and participate. It'll be a lot of fun. All 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:05.240 right. So make sure you, uh, you get on there 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.500 this weekend. I'm going to try to, uh, to carve 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:10.559 out some time. I've got, uh, got some things 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.660 that I've got to take care of with, uh, with 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:15.000 dad's estate and all that kind of thing. But 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.819 I'm going to try to. carve out some time, probably 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:21.420 from the shack this year. Um, but, uh, we might 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:24.200 try to get that battery hooked up and do something 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.980 portable on Sunday. You never know. What are 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:30.599 you going to do? What are you going to do? My 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.400 plan is I know you listen to the show. Sometimes 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.779 I've got an old wooden shed, um, because of the 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.740 scheduling with family, I've got an old shed 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.579 that I kind of it's on the edge of the woods 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:43.849 and I used it for field day this year. and a 00:17:43.849 --> 00:17:45.589 couple other random things. I think I'm gonna 00:17:45.589 --> 00:17:48.710 split my time between the old wooden shed doing 00:17:48.710 --> 00:17:52.289 100 watts and then maybe coming in in the evening 00:17:52.289 --> 00:17:54.650 because there's some family things that are happening 00:17:54.650 --> 00:17:57.269 in our life. You know, we're much more than ham 00:17:57.269 --> 00:18:00.309 radio operators. We're fathers and sons and brothers 00:18:00.309 --> 00:18:03.710 and everything. So there's things happening at 00:18:03.710 --> 00:18:05.809 certain times over the weekend that I need to 00:18:05.809 --> 00:18:09.450 participate in at home. So I think I'll split 00:18:09.450 --> 00:18:12.930 my time up. maybe come inside, work 80 meters 00:18:12.930 --> 00:18:15.890 in the evening time. That's what I do. I thought 00:18:15.890 --> 00:18:20.089 about putting that small team together and activating 00:18:20.089 --> 00:18:22.950 the arch again, but there's still a lot of construction 00:18:22.950 --> 00:18:24.569 down there, and then with the scheduling, it 00:18:24.569 --> 00:18:27.329 didn't really work out. It's one of those kind 00:18:27.329 --> 00:18:30.849 of places that's really cool to activate, but 00:18:30.849 --> 00:18:34.349 it's not necessarily the easiest thing, especially 00:18:34.349 --> 00:18:37.750 with additional... You know things I talked to 00:18:37.750 --> 00:18:40.589 Emmett he wanted to bring the MCOM vehicle and 00:18:40.589 --> 00:18:43.329 so you're you need to be at certain places in 00:18:43.329 --> 00:18:45.750 other words You can't go exactly where you may 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:48.329 want to go with that vehicle. So I said let's 00:18:48.329 --> 00:18:50.950 wait We'll do it when it gets much colder and 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:53.369 we'll go down and activate that but I think I'll 00:18:53.369 --> 00:18:58.170 split I'll split some time Okay, very good. Well, 00:18:58.170 --> 00:19:01.509 it sounds like a fun time on the air so get on 00:19:01.509 --> 00:19:03.809 this weekend and hopefully the sunspots will 00:19:03.809 --> 00:19:08.720 cooperate and get on the air and call for CQ 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:12.480 100 watts of the wire fallout and exchange those 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:16.000 numbers if you have those. But get on the air 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.819 and get out outside and portable if you can. 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:22.640 Here in the Midwest we've still got some pretty 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.299 good pretty good weather. Um, should be a good 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:29.180 time. Well, we're going to go to the phone soon 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:31.339 and we're, we're getting some, some tweets and 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:34.500 some activity in the, in the chat here. Uh, but 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:36.819 we're going to go to the phone soon and, and 00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:40.900 pick up some of those. But this week you, you've 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:43.259 been, you've been pushing this show pretty, pretty 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:47.079 hard. And, and one of the things that you were 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:51.000 joking about was that you're, you're the Regis 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:54.630 Philbin to this show. Right. Tell the truth. 00:19:55.049 --> 00:19:58.970 Regis was always the one on standby. So Dave 00:19:58.970 --> 00:20:02.190 Letterman could just call him up and say, Regis, 00:20:02.269 --> 00:20:06.589 we had a cancellation. I need you to come on 00:20:06.589 --> 00:20:08.710 the show. And so you're, you're joking around 00:20:08.710 --> 00:20:11.089 that, you know, the only reason I had you on 00:20:11.089 --> 00:20:15.410 the show was somebody canceled, you know. Oh, 00:20:15.450 --> 00:20:18.130 I'm sure some answer not canceled or some wonderful 00:20:18.130 --> 00:20:21.740 person. And it's like, oh, what's happening in 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:26.740 the world? Oh, dang. Oh, what the heck. So I 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:31.900 decided that we're going to do something special. 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:34.920 We're going to do something that I've only done 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:38.140 once before. It's one of my favorite things that 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:42.019 I've done on the show. And the only other person 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:45.339 that's been asked to do this is Don Wilbanks, 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:50.390 AE5DW. And it was one of the, you never heard 00:20:50.390 --> 00:20:55.250 of it. It was one of the things that we did very 00:20:55.250 --> 00:21:01.849 early on in the history of HamTalk Live. So yes, 00:21:01.950 --> 00:21:04.289 ladies and gentlemen, that music is back. If 00:21:04.289 --> 00:21:07.730 you've been a long time listener and first time 00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:12.650 caller of the show. Ladies and gentlemen, boys 00:21:12.650 --> 00:21:15.609 and girls and other various life forms, it's 00:21:15.609 --> 00:21:30.269 time once again. So here's how this works. I 00:21:30.269 --> 00:21:32.809 give Christian a choice between two things and 00:21:32.809 --> 00:21:36.250 he asked to pick the one that he would rather 00:21:36.250 --> 00:21:41.670 do. So we're going to do that, but wait, there's 00:21:41.670 --> 00:21:46.940 more. because on Twitter here in just a minute, 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:50.359 we're gonna post one of the questions that we're 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:54.259 gonna ask Christian and everybody that's listening 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:56.660 is gonna have a chance to vote. We'll leave it 00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:59.180 open for a few days for your people who aren't 00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:04.180 listening live and you'll be able to vote and 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:08.519 you'll be able to pick which one you would rather. 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:15.960 You would rather choose so oh, yeah. Oh, oh We 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:18.660 got we got we got all kinds of stuff going on 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:21.960 the chat Do I get to ask you questions Neil? 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:26.799 No, no, no. No, I'm the host see I'm the host 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.900 so so alright, so so we'll post one of those 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:35.319 up here on the on the Twitter thing here in just 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:40.299 a minute, but okay, so here you go Ham talk live 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:44.380 Would you rather would you rather have your antenna 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:49.119 blown over by a tornado or? straight line wins 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:56.559 oh I've got experience in straight line wins 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:59.960 So I think I would go with that one straight 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:02.920 line wins Okay, you're going with straight line 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:06.500 wins because it seems like there was that show 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:11.559 where every week it was okay this antenna fell 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.640 down okay it did that antenna fell down and it 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:18.119 did they didn't actually fall down but they were 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:21.440 breaking and snapping yeah you know what i tied 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:23.779 them like guitar strings to the trees and that 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:26.180 that's not good because trees move and that's 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:30.380 a hard lesson for a newer ham yeah but tornadoes 00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:32.180 man they're no joke they can take everything 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:37.230 out yeah okay All right, here's the next question 00:23:37.230 --> 00:23:40.049 and this one's going up on Twitter. So this one 00:23:40.049 --> 00:23:43.170 just just went up on Twitter So if you had to 00:23:43.170 --> 00:23:45.970 listen to a conversation if you had to listen 00:23:45.970 --> 00:23:49.849 to a Q So, which would you rather listen to a 00:23:49.849 --> 00:23:57.170 colonoscopy or a root canal? Oh Well, this is 00:23:57.170 --> 00:24:00.529 a 75 meters right is it's kind of a different 00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:04.299 flavor probably You know, when you're on 40 meters, 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:07.160 it's a little different. 80 will get you some 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.180 deep discussion on a colonoscopy. I'm going to 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:12.519 take the colonoscopy because I'm getting to that 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.519 time where we need them more frequently. And 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.240 I've actually had some, if you would like to 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:20.400 talk about that. When I say some, I should say 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:25.660 a couple. Oh, my goodness. Now you talk, Neal. 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.640 Let's talk about the course. No, no, no, no, 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.400 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.359 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.359 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.519 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, haven't had the 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.980 root canal and I haven't had the colonoscopy 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.920 either because I've still got like two years 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:42.400 left so oh before you get the regular yeah all 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:46.740 right here's number three number three put up 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:50.500 an antenna in the rain or take down an antenna 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:59.920 in the snow oh and I've done both What kind of 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:02.420 rain is it a soft misty rain or like a storm? 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:06.759 No, it's a storm. Oh No, no. Yep. I'll go with 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:09.259 the snow on that one just for safety purposes 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:17.819 All right, all right This one may get you Go 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:22.759 without the hex beam for a month or go without 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:29.779 dipoles for a month Well And this is just my 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:32.539 situation now. I'd probably go without the hex 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:36.420 even though. It's a beam My dipoles are up a 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:39.880 little higher. Oh But that does mean though. 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:42.220 I know this is our time limit on this that means 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:47.460 without the hex I would I would lose 17 15 10 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:52.680 6 so I would actually lose a lot However, I would 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:59.039 lose 40 80 and 160 without the dipoles Seventeen 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.839 is sexy, Neil. Why do you do this to people? 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:06.539 It is. I guess I'd have to deal... I think I 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:09.420 want to keep the dipoles because I enjoy listening 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:14.579 to 80 and 160 and 40 is kind of becoming that 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:18.299 desirable band with all the Sun stuff. So I'll 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:22.089 go with the dipoles. Sorry, Hex. All right. Okay. 00:26:22.170 --> 00:26:24.509 Here we go. Here's the last one. And then we're 00:26:24.509 --> 00:26:26.630 going to take a break and then we'll start taking 00:26:26.630 --> 00:26:28.289 calls here. We've already had people calling 00:26:28.289 --> 00:26:31.670 in and chats going chats off the screen. I can't 00:26:31.670 --> 00:26:34.069 even scroll down far enough right now. So if 00:26:34.069 --> 00:26:36.990 you're on the chat, sorry, I'm trying. Okay. 00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:41.990 So here we go. Last question. If you had to be 00:26:41.990 --> 00:26:46.170 stuck on one of these frequencies for the entire 00:26:46.170 --> 00:26:53.140 night, which one would you pick? 14313, 7200, 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:58.599 or 3898? I don't think I have any experience 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:01.200 on the 3898. Is that what you said? I have to 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:05.740 look at that one? Yeah. Oh, that's 75, man. Ah, 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:08.960 man. If I could get 20 meters to sound great, 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:13.420 I would probably in the nighttime. That would 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:20.670 be a trick to do 14313. 7200 is... is kind of 00:27:20.670 --> 00:27:24.109 getting old to me. I'm curious about this 80 00:27:24.109 --> 00:27:26.450 meter frequency you've given. So maybe I would 00:27:26.450 --> 00:27:28.849 pick that just because it's unknown. The other 00:27:28.849 --> 00:27:30.750 two, I kind of know what I'm getting. That started 00:27:30.750 --> 00:27:34.750 before the 7200 thing. Really? Is it the same 00:27:34.750 --> 00:27:37.329 cast of characters? I don't know if it's the 00:27:37.329 --> 00:27:41.970 exact same cast, but it's similar. Yeah, you 00:27:41.970 --> 00:27:44.210 know what man? It would be kind of brutal because 00:27:44.210 --> 00:27:46.470 you know just the way or what they're talking 00:27:46.470 --> 00:27:49.250 about if it's so Against what you believe in 00:27:49.250 --> 00:27:52.630 that's hard man. The 7200 guys are just kind 00:27:52.630 --> 00:27:56.390 of you know Drunken and loud and obnoxious and 00:27:56.390 --> 00:27:58.890 it sounds like a mental institution. So I don't 00:27:58.890 --> 00:28:02.690 think I could hang out there for very long I'm 00:28:02.690 --> 00:28:05.109 curious to the about this 80 meter thing though. 00:28:05.190 --> 00:28:07.609 I'd go with that. Okay, so you're going with 00:28:07.609 --> 00:28:11.859 with 38 98 All right. Yeah. And I wrote that 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:14.059 down because I need to kind of swing by there 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.079 and just see what's happening. Oh, there you 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:18.880 go. I'll meet you there after the show. Yeah, 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:21.259 that's one of those when you're spinning the 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:25.180 knob, you just spin a little bit faster when 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:30.460 you go by that one. All right. Let's have the 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:34.259 after party at 38 .98. Let's all go there afterwards 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:39.170 after the show. That'll fix them. Oh my goodness. 00:28:39.329 --> 00:28:41.049 Well, thank you, Christian for playing ham talk 00:28:41.049 --> 00:28:43.250 live. Would you rather all contestants on ham 00:28:43.250 --> 00:28:45.470 talk live? 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It's 812 net ham 1 8 1 2 6 3 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:47.619 8 4 2 6 1 or you can Skype us or you can tweet 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:50.160 us or if you're on Spreaker you can chat too 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:52.599 and I finally figured out how to scroll down 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:56.539 and and Got this Carl says would you rather get? 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:01.160 Defecated on by a bird sitting on a yaggy or 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:03.500 stick your tongue in the tower like the scene 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:09.859 from Christmas story good Lord Wow, okay. What 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:16.119 do you say? I? Don't know I don't know I've been 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:19.880 pooped on by a bird Yeah, that's happened to 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.559 me, too. I think I guess I'll take that one big 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:34.559 deal. I guess Well speaking of birds, there's 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:40.759 a little bird yes Crimp or solder? Crimp or solder? 00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:45.619 Oh, solder. I don't trust crimp. I don't trust 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:49.839 crimp. You can do both. Yeah, I don't trust crimp. 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:54.380 I'm a solder kind of guy. I am. Well, the phones 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:57.900 have been lighting up, and this little bird told 00:32:57.900 --> 00:33:01.680 me, speaking of a little bird, that Paul Brown 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:05.319 WD9GCO is on the line. So Paul, are you there? 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:11.559 I am. Thanks for calling in. Pretty much at this 00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.460 point, we're a will bank short of getting you 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:21.559 kicked off a speaker. Yeah, pretty much. Good 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:27.299 evening, gentlemen. Good evening. I just wanted 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:31.059 to check in and say that I'm looking forward 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:35.150 to trying to get on. as much as possible unfortunately 00:33:35.150 --> 00:33:38.329 this weekend has turned out to be insane and 00:33:38.329 --> 00:33:43.869 unfortunately my evening hf time is uh until 00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:46.049 halloween is over is pretty much shut because 00:33:46.049 --> 00:33:49.150 i have a 16 foot illuminated spark gap transmitter 00:33:49.150 --> 00:33:52.150 across the street yeah i've seen the pictures 00:33:52.150 --> 00:33:54.289 of that spark gap transmitter that's a pretty 00:33:54.289 --> 00:33:59.869 cool transmitter it's disguised disguised as 00:33:59.869 --> 00:34:04.680 a giant jack skellington Yeah, I hate that guy 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:10.219 Christian it's it's it's some one of these inflatable 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:13.320 Halloween decoration things you get Unfortunately 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:17.559 the electronics inside that make the LEDs flash 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:23.679 broadcast broadband noise Across everything from 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:27.380 the AM broadcast band on up through 30 megahertz 00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:31.039 Have you noticed it? That it may be on a timer. 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.800 Do you think it's on a timer that goes out at 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.900 like, you know 11 or something like that? It 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:41.300 goes off around midnight 1 a .m Yeah, it's and 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:44.659 I've spoken with him before but he he's not all 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:47.059 that willing to let me take it apart and try 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:52.380 to fix it right Naturally his favorite holiday. 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:56.739 Yeah, absolutely Well, hopefully we'll hear you 00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:58.840 deep into the morning. Maybe you stay up late 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:02.019 with a little extra coffee some coffee I'll do 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:08.260 my best. We'll meet you on 38 98 Yeah, now a 00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:12.739 pulse got an antenna for 38 98 now, so Cable 00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:14.619 or something yet though. It's not quite working. 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:19.059 Yeah, I know Let's take it back everybody. All 00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:24.469 right. Oh My goodness well And in rumor has it, 00:35:24.570 --> 00:35:29.150 Christian likes his coffee. I love coffee. That's 00:35:29.150 --> 00:35:34.489 what I understand. That's what I'm hearing. I 00:35:34.489 --> 00:35:40.710 don't love it like that. Well, Paul, thanks for 00:35:40.710 --> 00:35:49.090 calling in. Uh -oh. Looks like I just got a tweet 00:35:49.090 --> 00:35:54.150 from Karen. Uh -oh. Katie to GT, uh, just to 00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:57.510 fall out observation, I can't go portable outdoors. 00:35:58.929 --> 00:36:02.909 Um, hang on here. Uh, but I will leave the window 00:36:02.909 --> 00:36:06.889 open in the shack. Does that count? Totally anywhere 00:36:06.889 --> 00:36:09.869 you want to, you can operate anywhere, any power, 00:36:09.949 --> 00:36:13.150 any mode at any time, just get on the air and 00:36:13.150 --> 00:36:16.389 have some fun. That's our community is, uh, you're, 00:36:16.650 --> 00:36:18.610 you're hearing voices of people in our community. 00:36:18.670 --> 00:36:21.849 They will be on the air. So, uh, Just don't jump 00:36:21.849 --> 00:36:24.150 out that window. Well, you know that if Karen 00:36:24.150 --> 00:36:26.150 leaves the window open to the shack that she 00:36:26.150 --> 00:36:28.889 will have squirrels working CW with her. I think 00:36:28.889 --> 00:36:35.269 she lives in a tree house. Yep, I think so. They'll 00:36:35.269 --> 00:36:38.949 be out there. Hopefully they don't start chewing 00:36:38.949 --> 00:36:48.389 on the wires and get a little shock. All right, 00:36:48.389 --> 00:36:52.530 Paul. Thank you for calling. Appreciate it. You're 00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:55.369 very welcome. All right. Thanks, man. Good night, 00:36:55.530 --> 00:37:00.730 Christian. Bye. 812 -638 -4261 is the phone number 00:37:00.730 --> 00:37:03.110 and we've had some other people trying to call 00:37:03.110 --> 00:37:06.789 in as well. So go ahead and give us a call in 00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:09.469 the chat rooms trying to figure out how big the 00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:13.530 bird is on the bird droppings. So I don't know. 00:37:14.429 --> 00:37:18.500 Hey, Neil. Where's the show gone? Yes. I didn't 00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.420 even know you were recording this part, but listen, 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:23.400 Hey, why is it that you don't like split operation? 00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:29.539 Why don't you like working split? I don't like 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:32.460 transmitting somewhere that I'm not paying attention 00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:38.840 to what's on that frequency. I see. So I never 00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:41.119 have really liked that split thing. I know why 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:45.559 they do it, but it just, I don't know. I just. 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:49.360 I don't like that. And it's kind of weird if 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:52.119 you're just spinning down the band and all of 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:54.840 a sudden you hear all these people calling, but 00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:59.780 there's no one there. So, I don't know. All right, 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:03.500 we got another call, Vance. Vance has been on 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:07.000 Twitter tonight, N3VEM, and he's calling in. 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:10.639 Good evening, Vance. Good evening Neil and Christian. 00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:13.360 It's nice to actually be able to listen to you 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:15.500 live I usually have to catch you on the podcast 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:18.579 later, but Worked out tonight and I figured I'd 00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:20.920 just jump in so that Christian didn't have to 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:27.559 be stuck there alone with you Yeah, okay, I thought 00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:30.820 you did got you got We just took it down hang 00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:36.510 on hang on we we we got We didn't get it in the 00:38:36.510 --> 00:38:40.090 group call here. So hang on a second here. We'll 00:38:40.090 --> 00:38:44.690 get that figured out. All right. Vance, you still 00:38:44.690 --> 00:38:48.110 there? Yep, I'm still here. OK, we're going to 00:38:48.110 --> 00:38:52.289 punch the wrong button. So we're going to have 00:38:52.289 --> 00:38:58.630 to call Christian back here and get this done 00:38:58.630 --> 00:39:06.130 correctly. Or maybe he can call. Let's see hang 00:39:06.130 --> 00:39:10.610 on I gotta get the right Get the right buttons 00:39:10.610 --> 00:39:22.349 going here. I need add there we go No Okay Add 00:39:22.349 --> 00:39:30.070 why are we not adding? Ah I hit the wrong button 00:39:30.070 --> 00:39:35.420 and switched over instead of added to group So, 00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:46.179 let's see maybe we can do can we do this? Nothing 00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:51.119 like live radio Yeah, well Christian was saying 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:53.519 that he needed to to be rescued So I'll just 00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:56.119 I'll just tell him that yeah, I got him the ultimate 00:39:56.119 --> 00:40:02.860 rescue. You got you got it Wow Okay, yeah, he's 00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:05.800 gonna call him He's gonna call in and then I 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:11.480 think we'll have it fixed so Nope, it's We'll 00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:17.800 put your active call on hold Okay, it's not cooperating 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.780 so All right Vance actually, let me let me Let 00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:24.760 me get Christian back on the line and then give 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:27.420 us a call back here real quick. Okay? Sounds 00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:32.860 like a plan. All right. Thanks right now, let's 00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:37.780 see if we can get this to work. All right, Christian, 00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:41.760 you're back. All right. This is live radio, man. 00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:44.719 This is what happens in live radio. No nets. 00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:48.920 We couldn't get everybody in a group call and 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:52.599 it dumped the group call is what happened. So 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.039 Vance is going to call us back and we're going 00:40:55.039 --> 00:41:00.840 to try this again. I thought that OOs got us 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:02.820 because we were getting into some territory. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.199 You're kind of a scientist, so we can talk about 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:11.800 weird stuff. Well, Vance was calling to save 00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:15.739 you. He was trying to call in and he got the 00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:18.099 ultimate save. He got you kicked off the air. 00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:21.539 Yeah, that's one way to do it. It should have 00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:25.000 kept running. So we got a couple of minutes left, 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:28.550 so hopefully he'll... It'll give us a call here 00:41:28.550 --> 00:41:32.309 shortly and we can we can finish up out and Out 00:41:32.309 --> 00:41:35.750 it's saying again. It will put your call on hold 00:41:35.750 --> 00:41:41.389 I can't I can't add it to the group call. So 00:41:41.389 --> 00:41:50.409 Skype is once again Once again causing problems 00:41:50.409 --> 00:41:58.820 vape is tricky in 3 V E M let's see if we can 00:41:58.820 --> 00:42:02.420 now it's it's not working so all right sorry 00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:07.480 Vance we got you on the show anyway but that's 00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:10.739 that's live radio that's that's the way it goes 00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:14.440 I guess so well we're just about out of time 00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:18.460 I knew we I knew we'd be looking at a bunch of 00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:23.090 calls but Sorry, we didn't get you in here, Vance, 00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:28.230 with all of us, but that's live radio. So, Christian, 00:42:28.349 --> 00:42:32.030 one last time, the information on fallout this 00:42:32.030 --> 00:42:36.329 weekend? Well, join us all weekend. You can operate 00:42:36.329 --> 00:42:39.809 any band, any mode, at any time, all weekend. 00:42:39.909 --> 00:42:42.070 You can even start on Friday if you like. Listen 00:42:42.070 --> 00:42:44.449 for the community to be calling CQ 100 watts 00:42:44.449 --> 00:42:48.539 and a wire. And if you participate and you'd 00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:51.860 like to be in a random drawing for prizes from 00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:55.360 MFJ, Radio Waves, Bio and O Power, Power Film 00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:59.199 Solar, all great stuff, just go to 100WattsInAWire 00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:03.760 .com and click on the gathering page and the 00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:06.619 activity days page and it'll take you there where 00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:09.260 you need to be. But by all means, just get on 00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:11.380 the air and try to have fun this weekend. That's 00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:16.019 what it's all about. That it is so hope hope 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:20.360 to be on the air and hope to get on the air Hope 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:24.699 you can get on the air that is and Participate 00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:30.400 in fallout to the wrath of sea child Do you like 00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:33.480 that title is that that does that work? I I do 00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:35.460 like it I feel that there should be a video to 00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:37.679 accompany me there Maybe there should be a promo 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:42.219 running out in the field by myself Standing out 00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:45.960 there. Yep. Outstanding in your field. All right. 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.219 Well, thanks. May the great Dx be yours. Say 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:52.840 it, Neil. Right now. Yep. Yep. Nope. Nope. Right 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:57.599 now. Right now. Yes. Right now. Yep. Right now. 00:43:58.340 --> 00:44:02.320 Wait, wait a minute. Where's Shandy? Shandy! 00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:08.050 Shandy? Look up Shandy, you'll know who we're 00:44:08.050 --> 00:44:11.449 talking about. All right. All right. Well, that's 00:44:11.449 --> 00:44:14.889 going to be it. Thank you for coming on the show, 00:44:14.889 --> 00:44:17.050 Christian and putting up with all this nonsense 00:44:17.050 --> 00:44:20.849 and and hopefully we'll hear you on the air this 00:44:20.849 --> 00:44:23.989 weekend. That is a wrap for this week's edition 00:44:23.989 --> 00:44:27.590 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to Christian K0STH and 00:44:27.590 --> 00:44:29.909 everybody out there for calling in and chiming 00:44:29.909 --> 00:44:32.590 in and invite you back next Thursday night at 00:44:32.590 --> 00:44:35.369 9 p .m. Ken Goodwin K5RG is going to be here 00:44:35.369 --> 00:44:38.449 from the Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club. 00:44:38.809 --> 00:44:41.090 They've got a big anniversary and special event 00:44:41.090 --> 00:44:44.170 station coming up and you can check out all of 00:44:44.170 --> 00:44:47.420 our upcoming guests at HamTalkLive .com. For 00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:50.460 now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven 00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:54.420 three, seven five, and may the good DX be yours.