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And I'd like to introduce 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.600 our guests this evening. First of all, Chris 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.759 Bro, KD8YVJ, is 14 years old from Mason, Ohio, 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:10.699 and he's the 2015 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:13.660 Award winner. Chris is actively involved with 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:17.899 the Westchester Amateur Radio Association, WC8VOA. 00:06:18.719 --> 00:06:23.040 and a tour guide at their club station at the 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.959 Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting. Chris 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.439 has demonstrated ham radio at summer camps for 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:34.100 Boy Scouts and he's with us tonight and he's 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:38.819 also been on some other podcasts and had the 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:42.560 Noisy Key. I forgot about the Noisy Key, I need 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.610 to mention that, the Noisy Key podcast. And Bryant 00:06:45.610 --> 00:06:48.370 Rascal, KG5HVO, has been on the show before. 00:06:48.689 --> 00:06:51.629 He's a 13 year old contester that now lives in 00:06:51.629 --> 00:06:55.610 Montgomery, Alabama. He enjoys operating CW and 00:06:55.610 --> 00:06:59.569 got kind of famous for his start on CW using 00:06:59.569 --> 00:07:02.629 his microphone button as the key. So he started 00:07:02.629 --> 00:07:05.550 off doing it the hard way, but he's got that, 00:07:05.550 --> 00:07:10.910 he's got that... nice, but golly going thing 00:07:10.910 --> 00:07:15.089 now and He got into ham radio through the Boy 00:07:15.089 --> 00:07:18.290 Scouts radio merit badge program and then Austin 00:07:18.290 --> 00:07:23.889 Harris wa8 CCS is from Vandalia, Ohio Just up 00:07:23.889 --> 00:07:27.990 the road from Chris and he was licensed in 2015 00:07:27.990 --> 00:07:32.389 as ke8 bxh but has since taken his grandfather's 00:07:32.389 --> 00:07:37.170 call sign Austin is active in Boy Scouts Where 00:07:37.170 --> 00:07:40.410 he is a senior patrol leader and he's a member 00:07:40.410 --> 00:07:47.050 of the w8 PR Contesting team So we've got all 00:07:47.050 --> 00:07:49.970 three of you guys Chris Bryant Austin. Welcome 00:07:49.970 --> 00:07:53.470 to ham talk live tonight Thank you Neil. It's 00:07:53.470 --> 00:07:56.449 great to be on. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. No, 00:07:56.470 --> 00:08:01.350 we appreciate being asked to do this Yeah, well 00:08:01.350 --> 00:08:03.569 we want to talk a little bit about the trip now 00:08:03.569 --> 00:08:08.639 that you're home and some of us got to hang out 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:11.259 in Huntsville, sorry Austin, we didn't get to 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:15.019 hang out in Huntsville, but you guys are all 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:18.040 back home, but as I was going through preparing 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.259 for the show, I noticed a connection that I hadn't 00:08:21.259 --> 00:08:24.379 really caught onto with the three of you guys. 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:28.319 Not only are you all about the same age and have 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.019 a connection with Ham Radio and with contesting 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:35.000 in Ham Radio, but all of you are also And Boy 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:38.759 Scouts and Boy Scouts was part of your ham radio 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:42.259 experience so you guys must have had a blast 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:46.279 down there in Costa Rica together. We sure did. 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.259 Yes we did. Yeah I thought it was a pretty good 00:08:49.259 --> 00:08:53.159 time. It was a pretty good time huh. Well we're 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:56.700 gonna talk a little bit about the Youth DX adventure 00:08:56.700 --> 00:08:59.779 and the time down there in Costa Rica tonight 00:08:59.779 --> 00:09:03.759 and hear a few stories I'm sure. So let's start 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.740 off with Chris. Tell us about the Youth DX Adventure 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:11.519 program and how young operators can find out 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.460 more information about that and the application 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:17.879 process that you went through to be selected 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:21.320 for that trip. Alright, well thank you, Neil. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.320 And yeah, it looks like for the 2018 trip they're 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:28.159 going to be going to Curacao. It's going to be 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.460 for youth and for adults is what it looks like. 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:37.259 The website for the YDXA is www .qsl .net slash 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:42.220 N6JRL. And then if you Google YDXA or Youth DX 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:45.360 Adventure, it should pop up. Now the application 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:49.139 process isn't fairly hard. Basically, you just 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:52.100 have to make sure you have a valid amateur radio 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:55.039 license. You have to have a passport since you're 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.769 going out of the country. They would like if 00:09:57.769 --> 00:10:02.149 you're in between 12 and 17, and they want you 00:10:02.149 --> 00:10:06.269 to have HF experience for sure. Other than that, 00:10:06.309 --> 00:10:09.269 it's not much harder than that to get involved. 00:10:10.210 --> 00:10:12.309 The application's pretty easy, just your name, 00:10:12.549 --> 00:10:16.889 call sign, class, that sort of thing, and what 00:10:16.889 --> 00:10:20.870 your interests are in amateur radio, and some 00:10:20.870 --> 00:10:23.690 of the contests you do, and stuff you're familiar 00:10:23.690 --> 00:10:29.509 with. Okay, we're very good so carousel for next 00:10:29.509 --> 00:10:32.789 year so if you're interested make sure you check 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:36.250 out that website and I'm sure they could use 00:10:36.250 --> 00:10:39.669 some some financial help as well if you are an 00:10:39.669 --> 00:10:43.190 older person and would like to to help out the 00:10:43.190 --> 00:10:48.389 cause so Bryant why don't you tell us about the 00:10:48.389 --> 00:10:52.549 trip down there and and the setup you guys had 00:10:52.549 --> 00:10:56.610 down there in Costa Rica Thank you, Neil. This 00:10:56.610 --> 00:11:00.049 was a phenomenal operating experience. The three 00:11:00.049 --> 00:11:03.309 of us really meshed together very well as a team, 00:11:03.649 --> 00:11:07.629 and we had an effective rotation going. Austin 00:11:07.629 --> 00:11:10.870 pounded the 20 meter and 17 meter bands during 00:11:10.870 --> 00:11:15.669 the day. Chris always managed the pile -ups efficiently. 00:11:17.090 --> 00:11:20.129 This time, I opted to leave my microphone at 00:11:20.129 --> 00:11:24.539 home and use my CWP instead. Our hosts, Byron 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:28.179 and Rose, were gracious and hospitable. They 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:31.700 were very nice hosts, and especially they coordinated 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:36.000 some tourism events. Jim and Ron, our team leaders, 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.539 let the team operate freely, but they were also 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:43.879 very professional at guiding us behind the pileups. 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:48.799 We learned a lot from them. DX Engineering donated 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.669 a hustler vertical for us to operate on, and 00:11:52.669 --> 00:11:56.649 then we gifted it to our host. Thank you to DX 00:11:56.649 --> 00:11:59.389 Engineering. The vertical performed very, very 00:11:59.389 --> 00:12:03.129 well. Finally, we learned that Chris makes some 00:12:03.129 --> 00:12:07.110 delicious grilled cheese. Now, on to our equipment 00:12:07.110 --> 00:12:12.870 setup. For our SSB and digital setup, we used 00:12:12.870 --> 00:12:18.659 an ICOM 7300 and an Ameritron ALS 500 MR mobile 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:22.639 amplifier that put out a good 400 watts. Thank 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.879 you to ICOM America for donating the ICOM 7300. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:31.039 For our SSB and CW station, we used an ICOM 718 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:38.240 at 100 watts. And that was our CW station. For 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:42.809 our antennas, we had a long periodic. It ran 00:12:42.809 --> 00:12:46.389 20 meters through 10 meters continuously and 00:12:46.389 --> 00:12:48.710 it worked pretty well, especially in Europe, 00:12:48.929 --> 00:12:51.210 which we had some pretty good take -off angles 00:12:51.210 --> 00:12:56.830 into. We also had a Butternut HF6V vertical antenna 00:12:56.830 --> 00:13:01.250 that was 75 meters through 10 meters. Fortunately, 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:04.629 there were no work bands installed. We also had 00:13:04.629 --> 00:13:08.750 a Hustler 6BTV vertical donated by DX Engineering. 00:13:09.049 --> 00:13:14.029 They ran 75 meters to 10 meters. We also had 00:13:14.029 --> 00:13:19.529 a 40 meter inverted L. We had some pretty decent 00:13:19.529 --> 00:13:23.990 propagation while we were there. 10 meters was 00:13:23.990 --> 00:13:28.649 OK, especially into North America. We had some 00:13:28.649 --> 00:13:32.870 poor propagation to South America. 15 meters 00:13:32.870 --> 00:13:37.029 was an interesting band, because I expected it 00:13:37.029 --> 00:13:40.480 to be good during the morning hours into Europe, 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.299 just on my past experience. But it turned out 00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:48.220 to be a really good gray line and almost stayed 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:51.879 open for most of the time late into the dark 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:58.299 after sunset. 17 meters was okay throughout the 00:13:58.299 --> 00:14:01.179 day. In the mornings we could work some Europeans 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:03.159 and in the afternoon we would normally get a 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.169 decent North American pile up. 20 meters was 00:14:06.169 --> 00:14:09.570 our best band. It produced over 65 % of our contacts. 00:14:10.730 --> 00:14:13.129 30 meters was the band that was open when no 00:14:13.129 --> 00:14:17.649 other band was. We were able to get some Europeans 00:14:17.649 --> 00:14:21.230 very late at night. So during the European sunrise, 00:14:21.610 --> 00:14:24.529 it would be about 10 o 'clock local time. So 00:14:24.529 --> 00:14:27.070 we would get some over the pole propagation. 00:14:28.230 --> 00:14:31.330 40 meters was very good in the early evening. 00:14:32.199 --> 00:14:35.360 which we were able to get some decent European 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:40.039 openings and North American openings. So that's 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.879 it for our propagation. So back to you, Neil. 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:45.820 All right. Very good. And you know what I'm going 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:50.340 to say, right? I was going after the clean sweep. 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:52.840 I was trying to get all three of you guys before 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:57.139 you left and I got Austin and then I got Chris 00:14:57.139 --> 00:15:01.549 and then I'm like, Okay, I gotta get Bryant. 00:15:02.049 --> 00:15:06.690 Where's Bryant? No, he's on 30 meters on CW So 00:15:06.690 --> 00:15:10.169 I go over to 30 meters on CW and I'm like, okay 00:15:10.169 --> 00:15:14.490 I've done a few CW contacts in the last year, 00:15:14.509 --> 00:15:16.870 but that was the first time in like 20 years 00:15:16.870 --> 00:15:21.049 and Okay, I'll give it a try and of course I 00:15:21.049 --> 00:15:26.230 could not hear you at all So I missed out on 00:15:26.230 --> 00:15:28.970 it. So I don't know It was the wrong time for 00:15:28.970 --> 00:15:35.649 30, I guess, because I heard 20 and 17 just fabulous 00:15:35.649 --> 00:15:39.850 from you guys. And I don't know. I don't know 00:15:39.850 --> 00:15:43.429 what happened. But we gave it a try, anyway. 00:15:43.909 --> 00:15:47.710 Well, Austin, you jump in here. Tell us about 00:15:47.710 --> 00:15:51.549 the numbers. How many contacts did you make in 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:56.210 the team if you've got those? What was the best 00:15:56.210 --> 00:15:59.570 part of the experience besides Chris's grilled 00:15:59.570 --> 00:16:04.690 cheese? All right. Well, I personally made about 00:16:04.690 --> 00:16:08.049 $500. I was kind of like the janitor. When they 00:16:08.049 --> 00:16:10.889 needed a break, I just kind of swooped in because 00:16:10.889 --> 00:16:15.649 I have a lot of experience contesting with WAPR. 00:16:17.610 --> 00:16:21.809 Bryant had about 1 ,500 maybe a little more maybe 00:16:21.809 --> 00:16:28.350 a little less and Chris had around 1 ,000 and 00:16:28.350 --> 00:16:31.450 our that makes for our total contacts about 3 00:16:31.450 --> 00:16:36.269 ,100 and the best part about the trip was probably 00:16:36.269 --> 00:16:43.159 being the DX working crazy pileups And just experiencing 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:46.080 the culture down there in Costa Rica was a really 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:50.360 fun experience. OK. Well, it sounds like it was 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:53.799 a great time for all of you. And it was a lot 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:57.779 of fun working you guys, too. Well, except for 00:16:57.779 --> 00:17:00.299 Bryant. And I got to give him a hard time about 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:02.720 it. It's not his fault, but I can give him a 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:06.500 hard time about it, anyway. Well, sounds like 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:12.150 a great time. OK. So all right. So Chris? Yes. 00:17:12.329 --> 00:17:16.390 Brian brought it up. Oh no. Can we have the grilled 00:17:16.390 --> 00:17:22.329 cheese recipe? Sure, why not? I can give you 00:17:22.329 --> 00:17:24.609 part of it. Some of the items were in Spanish. 00:17:25.210 --> 00:17:29.490 My Spanish is chiquito, which is just a little 00:17:29.490 --> 00:17:33.690 bit. I think that's it. We're going to go with 00:17:33.690 --> 00:17:39.230 that's it. So the bread down there is known as... 00:17:39.230 --> 00:17:41.910 Yeah. It's known as bimbo bread is what it's 00:17:41.910 --> 00:17:46.390 called So you put some butter. I think it was 00:17:46.390 --> 00:17:48.710 like it's the it's not butter or I can't believe 00:17:48.710 --> 00:17:50.430 it's not butter You know that type of things 00:17:50.430 --> 00:17:53.769 like a off off the market butter. It's right 00:17:53.769 --> 00:18:00.269 weird, but it was good the yellowest butter We'll 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:03.549 go with that and Just put that on the bread, 00:18:03.549 --> 00:18:06.130 you know butter it up put it on the griddle out 00:18:06.130 --> 00:18:10.490 about 250 300 Let's sit there put a slice of 00:18:10.490 --> 00:18:12.730 cheese on it do the same thing other slice of 00:18:12.730 --> 00:18:16.349 bread butter it up and Just keep flipping it 00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:19.130 till it gets about golden on both sides serve 00:18:19.130 --> 00:18:23.210 that delicious Yeah, there you go. There you 00:18:23.210 --> 00:18:26.750 go. It's it's the Chris bro grilled cheese special 00:18:26.750 --> 00:18:29.910 ladies and gentlemen coming soon coming soon 00:18:29.910 --> 00:18:35.809 to Coming soon to the Dayton Hamvention Food 00:18:35.809 --> 00:18:39.119 court right is that right? Maybe I don't know 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:41.099 I tried doing it back up here and it didn't taste 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:43.799 the same so it might be a Costa Rican exclusive 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.519 I don't know well, I have to tell this story 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.779 on my mom because My mom used to like to get 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:53.759 on the local repeater and talk to a friend of 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:57.779 hers and they would start talking about recipes 00:18:57.779 --> 00:19:02.559 and So everybody got irritated that they were 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:05.980 tying up the repeater with with this useless 00:19:06.760 --> 00:19:13.460 recipe talk And how dare they tie up the repeater? 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:17.380 with this and and so you know this is back when 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:20.480 repeater time was was a little harder to get 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:22.980 a hold of because we didn't have cell phones 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:25.700 and everything and had to walk to school uphill 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:28.059 both ways through ten feet of snow and without 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:33.869 any shoes in the middle of a sharknado, but So 00:19:33.869 --> 00:19:36.410 finally they decided that they'd start going 00:19:36.410 --> 00:19:39.730 off on Simplex, which they were like 30 miles 00:19:39.730 --> 00:19:42.269 apart. So, you know, we had to have a beam and 00:19:42.269 --> 00:19:45.250 everything. And so they'd get over there on Simplex. 00:19:45.990 --> 00:19:52.150 And secretly, everybody that was on the repeater 00:19:52.150 --> 00:19:58.269 started turning the knob over to Simplex to listen 00:19:58.269 --> 00:20:06.089 to Franny and Mom. talk about recipes. They didn't 00:20:06.089 --> 00:20:09.769 want to admit it, but they did. They went over 00:20:09.769 --> 00:20:13.450 and listened. So you never know who may be listening 00:20:13.450 --> 00:20:17.829 to your recipe. It was mostly Brian's dad that 00:20:17.829 --> 00:20:20.490 just like, here's what you should do. And then 00:20:20.490 --> 00:20:26.109 I did it. So I'm not a chef. There you are. Now 00:20:26.109 --> 00:20:29.109 I'm the grilled cheese chef. But before that, 00:20:29.569 --> 00:20:32.470 I was not a chef. Chef bro. There we go. All 00:20:32.470 --> 00:20:34.470 right. There you go. 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And before we take our 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:11.980 caller here, there was a story about flat hammy 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:17.220 and a dog yes there was Austin you want to take 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:20.700 that one yeah I'll sure take this one all right 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:23.119 so we were just playing blackjack on the bed 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:28.009 and during the storm when we were not operating 00:23:28.009 --> 00:23:31.130 and All of a sudden, you know, they let their 00:23:31.130 --> 00:23:34.329 dog out. He has to use the restroom so, you know, 00:23:34.349 --> 00:23:36.789 we're just minding our business and the dog just 00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:38.910 comes running up to the glass and just you know 00:23:38.910 --> 00:23:41.869 looking at us and barking and we had a flat hammy 00:23:41.869 --> 00:23:45.490 and I thought of the great idea of showing him 00:23:45.490 --> 00:23:50.210 flat hammy so so I grabbed him and I just Poked 00:23:50.210 --> 00:23:52.529 him up to the window and the dog just started 00:23:52.529 --> 00:23:57.150 flipping out his eyes went crazy It was it was 00:23:57.150 --> 00:24:01.690 quite a scene and I got some of it on video But 00:24:01.690 --> 00:24:06.650 yeah, it was it was quite funny actually It was 00:24:06.650 --> 00:24:10.529 hilarious and that pretty much went on the rest 00:24:10.529 --> 00:24:16.950 of the trip The first one was probably the best 00:24:16.950 --> 00:24:22.519 one the first time Austin did it Yeah, that's 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:26.240 pretty funny it was the best one first that was 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.619 Well, you never know what you these guys are 00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:33.799 up to and speaking of a Guy that you never know 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:38.680 what he's up to our first caller tonight is Marty 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:41.680 Solway KC one chicken with fries good evening 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:45.200 Marty Good evening Neil so great to be able to 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:49.839 call in to Hamtuck live So we've got the the 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:55.140 the teenage special here What's your what's your? 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:59.099 Comment or question for the group here So my 00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:03.759 first comment is I got I got Bryant and I got 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:11.519 But anyways my question to them and maybe they 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.740 can't I'll go around and answer this I don't 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:15.900 know if one of you guys wants to take this was 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:19.690 there one special cue or one special contact 00:25:19.690 --> 00:25:22.109 or one special moment from that trip on the radio 00:25:22.109 --> 00:25:24.970 that You'll take that you take back from you 00:25:24.970 --> 00:25:28.569 and you remember out of all the moments out of 00:25:28.569 --> 00:25:30.569 the trip I assume you had a lot of fun one moment 00:25:30.569 --> 00:25:33.809 one contact you made you took my question Marty. 00:25:33.809 --> 00:25:41.230 Oh, yes We'll start off with Brian go ahead Let's 00:25:41.230 --> 00:25:45.269 see. I was operating 20 meter sideband on Friday 00:25:45.269 --> 00:25:49.960 night. I believe And I got a call from K3LR, 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:55.579 Portable Victor Echo 3. And Mr. Tim Duffy was 00:25:55.579 --> 00:26:01.660 operating a portable while vacationing at Lake 00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:05.539 Ontario. So that was a really cool contact. But 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:07.920 there's probably a lot of other cool contacts. 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:13.859 I think we worked with Vani Watu on CW. So Chris, 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:17.680 what was your cool contact? Definitely agree 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:21.920 with the K -3LR VE3. That was a cool contact. 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:25.599 I enjoyed some contacts from back home, people 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:28.160 that I knew from the club station. Kind of nice 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:32.779 to see how things were going. I don't know that 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:37.960 one contact. Probably it was the first night 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:40.740 we were operating. And I think I was on 20 meters, 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:43.839 Bryant was either on 30 or 40. And I'm just calling 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:49.519 CQ and a couple ZL stations and I think a couple 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.400 Australians too came back and I was just so surprised. 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:55.240 So those were probably some special moments. 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:58.619 Austin, we'll send it over to you for your special 00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:02.519 contact. All right. I had one special contact 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:07.259 that I was amazed by. I didn't even know where 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:13.279 it was at at first. But I contacted A41NN from 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:17.940 Oman, and that was probably the furthest I got 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:22.880 probably ever. So that was quite exciting for 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:28.720 me. Cool. That was awesome. I've got a question 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:32.240 for Bryant, though. Now, last time you talked 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:38.609 to K3LR. You ended up with a key and a bagali 00:27:38.609 --> 00:27:42.089 So if you asked him what you're gonna get this 00:27:42.089 --> 00:27:51.569 time Maybe a QSL card Maybe a 7300 for me. Hey, 00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:56.529 there we go. Oh, it's been Pretty radios, let 00:27:56.529 --> 00:27:59.809 me say they work really well. Yeah, we had the 00:27:59.809 --> 00:28:03.700 Rika in the Function of just recording the cq's 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:07.240 and stuff that saves your voice big time. Oh, 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.799 yeah Yeah, I like the pair of them for s a 2r. 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:14.099 They are sweet They're nice for Austin was all 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:16.579 over that like there was drool all over. I'm 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:19.700 just kidding Yeah, Austin's already been scheming 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:21.960 before the show of how he can get the hold of 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:26.460 a 7300 so Ever since he he's left. He's been 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:31.519 scheming on how to get one Yes Well, they are 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:35.119 nice rigs. I got one at school and I love it 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:41.599 and it's very, very tempting. I'm kind of looking 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:47.200 at the 7610 and that's a big move for me, Marty, 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:52.480 because, you know, I'm a Kenwood guy. Yep. That 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.740 is one sweet radio, I got to tell you. That's 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:58.700 a really good radio. Well, maybe if Kenwood... 00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:01.380 Has it would have innovated in the last 10 years 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:07.740 we could talk. Oh Unfortunately, they haven't 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:14.420 Well at least at least we didn't talk about having 00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:26.289 a bow thing so Is there a Baofeng button? Yeah, 00:29:26.329 --> 00:29:28.990 the Baofeng button. So the clip of the Spurrie 00:29:28.990 --> 00:29:33.410 Submissions band singing Baofeng. Anytime somebody 00:29:33.410 --> 00:29:38.150 says the word Baofeng on the show. Baofeng! Guess 00:29:38.150 --> 00:29:40.109 I need to buy me some Baofengs and we can do 00:29:40.109 --> 00:29:42.230 the Baofeng show. Alright, I'll let you guys 00:29:42.230 --> 00:29:44.869 do it. Alright Marty, thank you for calling. 00:29:46.009 --> 00:29:52.029 Bye bye. Alright, we'll see ya. 812 -638 -4261 00:29:52.029 --> 00:29:56.410 is the phone number that spells 812 -Netham1 00:29:56.410 --> 00:30:01.950 or you can Skype us or you can tweet at HamTalkLive 00:30:01.950 --> 00:30:05.789 if you have a question for the Youth DX Adventure 00:30:05.789 --> 00:30:10.549 Team. Give us a call and we'd be happy to take 00:30:10.549 --> 00:30:13.690 your questions and since Marty took my question 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:22.559 We'll go to my other backup question here for 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.640 waiting for people to call. So while we're waiting, 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:31.079 what was the biggest challenge of the trip? And 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:34.859 did you try any bodes or bands that you hadn't 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:39.660 tried before? Right? I think there weren't any 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:45.250 big challenges except for when We had this huge 00:30:45.250 --> 00:30:48.690 thunderstorm system just sit on top of us for 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:51.789 about six hours on Saturday. That was not fun 00:30:51.789 --> 00:30:56.369 because we could not get on the radio. But let's 00:30:56.369 --> 00:30:58.690 see, we had a little bit of interstation interference. 00:31:00.230 --> 00:31:02.650 We had to maneuver around that but it was easily 00:31:02.650 --> 00:31:07.269 taken care of. Let's see, we had some static 00:31:07.269 --> 00:31:09.890 electricity on the coax cable so whenever we 00:31:09.890 --> 00:31:12.210 wanted to disconnect the antennas it would shock 00:31:12.210 --> 00:31:16.599 us. That wasn't very pleasant, but oh well, we 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:19.059 just used a paper towel when we disconnected 00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:22.200 the antennas and the problem went away. I think 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.099 it was one of the power supplies. When we turned 00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:28.440 it off, it stopped, so we think the power supply 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:39.079 might have caused some of the cure. Austin? Yes? 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:44.359 Anything? Biggest challenge? Probably the band 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.400 conditions. Yeah when the storm was going that 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:49.819 was probably the biggest challenge Other than 00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:54.940 that it went pretty smooth Okay, very good well 00:31:54.940 --> 00:32:02.660 phone number is 812 Nat Tam 1 812 638 4261 give 00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:07.400 us a call or a tweet or Skype And we'll ask these 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:11.400 guys a few more things about the Youth DX Adventure, 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:16.259 which was to Costa Rica this year, and it's to 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:22.400 Carousel next year. And one of the ways that 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:25.980 you can find out about this is the booth at Hamvention, 00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:31.180 right? Oh, yes. The YDXA has a booth at Hamvention 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:35.240 mostly every year. It's a really good booth. 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:39.460 Last year we raffled off an ICOM 7300 along with 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:51.900 a Baofeng. You're welcome. Yep, there we go. 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:57.519 And Austin didn't get the 7300 there either? 00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:03.930 No, sadly. I tried. We're going to have to figure 00:33:03.930 --> 00:33:08.269 out a way. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't win it either. 00:33:09.750 --> 00:33:13.150 All right. So Annie, so we heard about the dog 00:33:13.150 --> 00:33:16.009 flipping out, and we heard about Chris's grilled 00:33:16.009 --> 00:33:23.470 cheese. So any other stories from the trip? Oh, 00:33:23.470 --> 00:33:26.109 we visited a Cuban restaurant. And that was our 00:33:26.109 --> 00:33:31.950 Costa Rican excursion. It will. Go ahead, Chris. 00:33:32.190 --> 00:33:35.829 Okay, sorry, I mean it was weird because it was 00:33:35.829 --> 00:33:38.829 like He's originally the restaurant owner was 00:33:38.829 --> 00:33:42.769 originally from Cuba moved to Miami and then 00:33:42.769 --> 00:33:45.710 lives in Costa Rica So the food was like Costa 00:33:45.710 --> 00:33:48.630 Rican, but kind of like a Cuban mix type thing 00:33:48.630 --> 00:33:53.029 He made some really good Cuban pizzas a Medium 00:33:53.029 --> 00:33:56.150 -sized pizza is about two feet long enough. So 00:33:56.150 --> 00:34:00.289 we had to get to go boxes That was a really a 00:34:00.289 --> 00:34:03.599 interesting dish And the owner has quite the 00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:06.240 personality. I'm sure Chris remembers all of 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:12.119 it. I think we all remember them. Yes. It was 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.000 also cool because, yeah. And then at the end, 00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:17.860 we got to put our call signs. Everybody signs 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:20.599 their name or something to show they were at 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:23.000 the restaurant. So we did our call signs. There's 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:27.940 a little beam toward the entrance. We just signed 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:31.420 that and it has YDXA 2017 and all our call signs 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:35.239 and then Bryant put his in CW. Uh, of course, 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:41.780 of course. Yeah, of course. Yep. So anything, 00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:44.820 anything exciting on the way there or on the 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:50.900 way back? Um, I took some interesting photographs 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:54.900 just with my phone. Uh, just kind of, uh, they 00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:59.730 had a little flight tracker. On the on the back 00:34:59.730 --> 00:35:01.409 of the seat they had a little screen and you 00:35:01.409 --> 00:35:03.929 could watch where you were so when we were going 00:35:03.929 --> 00:35:07.670 over the Southern part of Florida right where 00:35:07.670 --> 00:35:11.130 the peninsula ends or where it starts curving 00:35:11.130 --> 00:35:14.329 back I got a little picture of that on the coast 00:35:14.329 --> 00:35:20.980 so And that was pretty cool Let's see So the 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:23.980 location where we were operating We were actually 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:26.179 on top of a mountain and you could see the Pacific 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:29.900 Ocean from our operating QTH So that was pretty 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:31.920 cool since I hadn't seen the Pacific Ocean in 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:35.659 quite a while, right? Probably the weirdest thing 00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:38.679 with the the fog since you're in the mountains. 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.940 You're right at cloud level and Sometimes you 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:45.300 could see you know 30 miles away. The area is 00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:49.909 a putarinas and it's just like a little Ocean 00:35:49.909 --> 00:35:53.369 Village type thing and It's about an hour and 00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:55.690 a half two hours away from where we were But 00:35:55.690 --> 00:35:58.929 you could see it and it was there and then sometimes 00:35:58.929 --> 00:36:00.989 the clouds would roll in and you could barely 00:36:00.989 --> 00:36:04.429 see like ten feet in front of you so it was weird 00:36:04.429 --> 00:36:08.929 and just the car rides in general down to like 00:36:08.929 --> 00:36:14.269 the store down to the Yeah, you want to explain 00:36:14.269 --> 00:36:17.789 the driveway to get down and how steep it is 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:21.440 Yeah, the driveway. Yeah, the driveway is quite 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:24.460 steep. When we were walking down to go to the 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:28.519 Cuban restaurant, pretty much the majority of 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:32.460 us slipped one point or the other. It's pretty 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:38.260 steep, but it's crazy how steep it is. And on 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:44.579 the way back up. Our taxi driver whatever was 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:47.079 gonna take us to the top of you know where the 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.940 house was so I didn't have to walk up the the 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:53.960 steep driveway and so there's these two narrow 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:56.159 like little tire where you put your tires on 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.760 to go up because it was mainly gravel and then 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.639 to go up the go up the driveway there is these 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:05.820 two concrete strips basically and So you have 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:08.539 to get your tires on there to go up or else you'll 00:37:08.710 --> 00:37:12.429 you basically won't get up it and so his back 00:37:12.429 --> 00:37:17.449 two tires slid off of the of the path and I thought 00:37:17.449 --> 00:37:24.150 we were gonna die so yeah we just we literally 00:37:24.150 --> 00:37:28.110 he stopped the gas for a second try to start 00:37:28.110 --> 00:37:30.590 it up and it just sat on the middle of the hill 00:37:30.590 --> 00:37:36.449 and we're like oh no what do we do Because you 00:37:36.449 --> 00:37:41.889 can't go up so you got to go down The laws of 00:37:41.889 --> 00:37:46.449 physics That was an interesting moment especially 00:37:46.449 --> 00:37:50.690 when he tried to Get back on the on the treads. 00:37:51.170 --> 00:37:54.449 He actually slid down Maybe about 10 feet and 00:37:54.449 --> 00:37:56.690 I thought that the whole van was just gonna go 00:37:56.690 --> 00:38:00.449 downhill So that was that was scary, but we all 00:38:00.449 --> 00:38:03.900 made it out. Okay? Especially because it's like 00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:06.099 the the one side the right side if you're going 00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:08.980 up the right side There's like a little wall, 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:12.659 you know because of the ground and on the left 00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:15.420 side. It's just like a cliff I mean, it's not 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:17.699 super far down, but you know, it's far down enough. 00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:22.079 You're like You're nervous be careful, please 00:38:24.950 --> 00:38:28.090 Well guys it sounds like it was a great trip 00:38:28.090 --> 00:38:31.150 a great experience for you and you learned some 00:38:31.150 --> 00:38:35.409 things and And had a great time and I know there's 00:38:35.409 --> 00:38:38.929 a lot of people to thank for all of this you 00:38:38.929 --> 00:38:43.010 mentioned The X engineering with the vertical 00:38:43.010 --> 00:38:47.670 and I know QCWA the president was on a couple 00:38:47.670 --> 00:38:51.059 weeks ago and mentioned he donated to to make 00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:56.619 this trip happen and lots of others that donated 00:38:56.619 --> 00:39:01.239 to make all this work. And then there's also 00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:07.369 three other people. that I think probably needs 00:39:07.369 --> 00:39:12.570 some special thanks and also the host and the 00:39:12.570 --> 00:39:15.909 pilot team, the team that puts it all together 00:39:15.909 --> 00:39:18.409 and trains you guys while you're down there, 00:39:19.170 --> 00:39:23.510 but also there were three other people that I'm 00:39:23.510 --> 00:39:30.070 sure deserve some credit for making sure you 00:39:30.070 --> 00:39:35.250 were safely Where you needed to be and we're 00:39:35.250 --> 00:39:39.909 with you the whole time This is this is what 00:39:39.909 --> 00:39:42.909 I say, thank you Austin no, I'm just kidding. 00:39:43.869 --> 00:39:49.190 Yeah Yeah, I got this all right, so we want to 00:39:49.190 --> 00:39:53.849 say thank you to youth DX adventure Dara icon 00:39:53.849 --> 00:39:59.989 DX engineering and to Don Ron and Jim We want 00:39:59.989 --> 00:40:03.369 to thank you. Thank you very much for, uh, uh, 00:40:03.389 --> 00:40:05.809 yes. Uh, thank you very much for, uh, taking 00:40:05.809 --> 00:40:09.349 us on this experience. Yeah. And, uh, thanks 00:40:09.349 --> 00:40:13.349 to our parents that, you know, let us go out 00:40:13.349 --> 00:40:17.889 of the country to this foreign place and do some 00:40:17.889 --> 00:40:22.369 ham radio. So yeah. Yeah. And they got to go 00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:27.690 too. Yeah. Now, did, did you guys get them on 00:40:27.690 --> 00:40:32.699 the air? Any? a little bit Bryant your dad is 00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:36.619 not licensed yet keyword being he's working on 00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:38.420 it he's working right he's working on it right 00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:42.340 now and then I know Austin's dad Austin didn't 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.340 your dad do a little bit he he had a whole whopping 00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:51.039 five contacts yeah that's more than I have in 00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:55.110 Costa Rica 20 year 50 or something something 00:40:55.110 --> 00:40:57.369 like this somewhere in between there He made 00:40:57.369 --> 00:40:59.809 he was basically like if us three were taking 00:40:59.809 --> 00:41:05.050 a break he'd be on so yeah It was a great trip 00:41:05.050 --> 00:41:09.019 for sure All right. Well, you've heard all about 00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:12.519 it. It's the Dave Coltrane Memorial Youth DX 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:17.760 Adventure and coming back next year, 2018, in 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:22.940 Carousel. So make sure you check that out and 00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:27.280 help them with their trip. And if you're a young 00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:32.510 person, They are recommending ages about 12 to 00:41:32.510 --> 00:41:36.690 17 to apply for that. Make sure you check that 00:41:36.690 --> 00:41:41.289 out. And Chris, that website again. The website, 00:41:41.349 --> 00:41:48.989 hold on here, is www .qsl .net slash n6jrl. Or 00:41:48.989 --> 00:41:51.429 you can just Google the youth de -expedition 00:41:51.429 --> 00:41:56.079 and it should pop up on Google. All right, very 00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:59.099 good. Well guys, thanks for being on the show 00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:03.820 tonight and I look forward to seeing you again 00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:09.800 and It was great to see you down at Huntsville 00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:14.460 Chris and and Bryant and and Austin We'll see 00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:18.730 you at Dayton. I guess Yes, definitely For sure. 00:42:19.070 --> 00:42:22.469 All right. Now, before we go, Chris, you were 00:42:22.469 --> 00:42:25.250 running around Huntsville shooting all this video. 00:42:26.570 --> 00:42:30.969 So you got the video highlights ready yet? Almost. 00:42:31.010 --> 00:42:33.889 I've been a little busy, but I got some. I was 00:42:33.889 --> 00:42:36.909 at DX Engineering last weekend. They had a sale. 00:42:37.070 --> 00:42:40.010 So I got some video and some pictures of their 00:42:40.010 --> 00:42:43.110 new tower there. And then I have, like I said, 00:42:43.269 --> 00:42:45.429 like you said, the pictures from Huntsville. 00:42:46.570 --> 00:42:48.550 Yeah, I should be able to get those together 00:42:48.550 --> 00:42:53.349 and should be good. All right, very good. And 00:42:53.349 --> 00:42:56.769 watch for some more pictures of these guys down 00:42:56.769 --> 00:43:01.389 in Costa Rica with flat hammy. And if you have 00:43:01.389 --> 00:43:04.530 some flat hammy pictures, be sure to send them. 00:43:05.050 --> 00:43:10.070 our way as well. So that is a wrap for this week's 00:43:10.070 --> 00:43:12.429 edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests 00:43:12.429 --> 00:43:17.829 Chris Bro, KD8YVJ, Bryant Rascal, KG5HVO, and 00:43:17.829 --> 00:43:22.090 Austin Harris, WA8CCS, and everyone out there 00:43:22.090 --> 00:43:25.650 in cyberspace for listening and calling in and 00:43:25.650 --> 00:43:28.929 invite you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. 00:43:29.170 --> 00:43:32.090 Eastern Time. For a list of our upcoming guests 00:43:32.090 --> 00:43:35.829 be sure to visit HamTalk Live dot com and just 00:43:35.829 --> 00:43:39.889 click on the show schedule link. So for now this 00:43:39.889 --> 00:43:44.210 is Neil Rapp WB9 VPG saying seven three seven 00:43:44.210 --> 00:44:06.619 five and may the good DX be yours. Thanks for 00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.360 watching.