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It's episode number 65. 00:01:51.709 --> 00:01:56.209 It's Road Trip Live from Dayton 2017, recorded 00:01:56.209 --> 00:02:00.230 before a studio audience on Thursday, May 18th, 00:02:00.269 --> 00:02:04.950 2017. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:02:04.950 --> 00:02:08.370 for tuning into this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:02:08.550 --> 00:02:10.789 Tonight, we continue our Dayton Hamvention preview. 00:02:10.969 --> 00:02:14.090 It's our final chapter. as we celebrate the event 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:17.610 that is the Dayton Hamvention. We're taking your 00:02:17.610 --> 00:02:20.990 calls and your stories live here at Spring Hill 00:02:20.990 --> 00:02:25.210 Suites, Miamisburg on the south side of Dayton. 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:28.090 And last week, we featured all the Dayton Hamvention 00:02:28.090 --> 00:02:30.770 award winners. So if you missed the show, you 00:02:30.770 --> 00:02:34.229 can listen anytime. Just go to HamTalkLive .com 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:37.810 or you can listen on one of those podcast thingies. 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.159 iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, SoundCloud, 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:44.740 or we're also on YouTube. And tonight's the last 00:02:44.740 --> 00:02:47.370 installment of our official countdown to... The 00:02:47.370 --> 00:02:50.889 Dayton Hamvention and Radio Waves has graciously 00:02:50.889 --> 00:02:55.189 allowed us to give away one last DX80 off center 00:02:55.189 --> 00:02:57.689 fed dipole to one lucky winner. So later in the 00:02:57.689 --> 00:02:59.930 show, I'll tell you how you can win this week 00:02:59.930 --> 00:03:03.050 and congratulations to last week's winner. It 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:07.990 was Eric in 9KDB and he'll be receiving his DX80 00:03:07.990 --> 00:03:11.389 from Radio Waves. So tonight we're coming to 00:03:11.389 --> 00:03:15.569 you from the meeting room A of Spring Hill Suites 00:03:15.569 --> 00:03:19.180 in Miami's Berg near the Dayton Mall at 417 North 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:22.400 Springboro Pike. So if you're in the area stop 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.520 by and if not give us a call. We'll be interviewing 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:29.699 some of the audience members who are here and 00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:32.639 we're giving a few things away and we have some 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.229 surprise appearances hopefully coming up. and 00:03:36.229 --> 00:03:39.270 we'll be taking calls from listeners and interviewing 00:03:39.270 --> 00:03:42.169 people here about your favorite part of Hamvention. 00:03:42.870 --> 00:03:46.650 And if you're on the road, we'd love for you 00:03:46.650 --> 00:03:50.569 to call in with your hands -free device or exit 00:03:50.569 --> 00:03:53.370 and talk to us for a minute or two. If you can't 00:03:53.370 --> 00:03:55.770 make it to Dayton this year, give us a call anyway 00:03:55.770 --> 00:04:00.689 and tell us your favorite Hamvention story. You 00:04:00.689 --> 00:04:05.889 can also tweet us at at HamTalk Live and the 00:04:05.889 --> 00:04:08.990 next couple of days look for our mascot. Our 00:04:08.990 --> 00:04:11.889 mascot is going to be wandering the grounds of 00:04:11.889 --> 00:04:15.770 Hamvention. It's Hammy the Pig, V -E -1, B -C 00:04:15.770 --> 00:04:19.509 -N. There's an inside joke there, by the way. 00:04:19.870 --> 00:04:26.389 V -E -1. Bacon. If you get it. Well, anyway, 00:04:26.430 --> 00:04:29.810 he'll be roaming the grounds. So say hi to Hammy. 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.620 Get your picture taken with him and tweet that 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:36.199 picture to us at HamTalk Live and include your 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.180 call sign and the hashtag HamTalk Live or put 00:04:40.180 --> 00:04:42.420 it on our Facebook page or our Instagram account 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:47.660 and we'll tell you what you might win here in 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:50.170 just a little bit. And again, we want to mention 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:52.370 the open house at the Voice of America Museum 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:54.949 of Broadcasting. That's going on tomorrow and 00:04:54.949 --> 00:05:00.170 Saturday. Check that out at voamuseum .org. We've 00:05:00.170 --> 00:05:02.430 got that on our social media sites as well. And 00:05:02.430 --> 00:05:04.990 contest super sweet. It's got all kinds of stuff 00:05:04.990 --> 00:05:07.910 going on. Check those out at contest super sweet. 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:13.779 So we're sharing our Hamvention stories and last 00:05:13.779 --> 00:05:16.139 year I shared one of my favorite Hamvention stories. 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:20.100 We talked about the rhythm of the code song and 00:05:20.100 --> 00:05:22.459 we played the rhythm of the code song then and 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:27.310 I remember what back Phil Kawa who wrote the 00:05:27.310 --> 00:05:29.970 song was playing that over and over and over 00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:32.990 and over again and It's kind of driving everybody 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:36.269 crazy, but we had to get one just for the sheer 00:05:36.269 --> 00:05:39.850 novelty of it And so we talked about that. So 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:43.129 This year I was thinking okay. We got to come 00:05:43.129 --> 00:05:47.990 up with another favorite Hamvention story, so 00:05:49.289 --> 00:05:52.329 I went through a couple, but the one that kind 00:05:52.329 --> 00:05:55.670 of stuck out in my mind to tell was one time 00:05:55.670 --> 00:06:01.910 I took a friend of mine, Tom, KE9ZV from Evansville 00:06:01.910 --> 00:06:07.889 over here to Dayton -Hanvich. Now, Tom was blind. 00:06:09.089 --> 00:06:14.490 And so Tom couldn't see. And so we decided... 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:18.290 uh to get on the repeater the local repeater 00:06:18.290 --> 00:06:22.889 as we were leaving town and so he had his handheld 00:06:22.889 --> 00:06:27.389 and i had my mobile rig and so we started talking 00:06:27.389 --> 00:06:31.810 to each other through the repeater and of course 00:06:31.810 --> 00:06:35.209 you know i'm driving because he obviously can't 00:06:35.209 --> 00:06:38.529 but so he calls me on the repeater and so i start 00:06:38.529 --> 00:06:40.470 talking to him back and forth on the repeater 00:06:40.470 --> 00:06:43.389 oh hey neil where are you uh uh well you know 00:06:43.389 --> 00:06:46.050 well i'm i'm here on the highway where are you 00:06:46.050 --> 00:06:48.970 you know oh i'm just going down the highway you 00:06:48.970 --> 00:06:51.709 know and so you know everybody you know so everybody 00:06:51.709 --> 00:06:54.110 could hear you know what why wait a minute what's 00:06:54.110 --> 00:06:57.519 going on here tom can't drive and you know and 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.699 so we were actually in the same car just uh on 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:03.279 the way to Dayton so that was that was a that 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.420 was a good Hamvention story so anyway Tom if 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:08.759 you're listening uh hope you hope you're doing 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.160 well and uh and can get back to Hamvention at 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:17.120 some point so that was uh KE9ZV Well, I hope 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.019 you'll call and share your Hamvention stories 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:23.480 and we have some people lined up here in the 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.019 interview chair and we'll take your calls also. 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:34.399 And that number call is 812 -NET -HAM -1. 812 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.000 -638 -4261. So we're going to take a quick break 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.300 and then we'll be back with your Hamvention stories 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:46.610 right here on HamTalk Live. This episode of HamTalk 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:49.670 Live is brought to you in part by Tower Electronics. 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:52.319 Tower Electronics has been the Ham's Dime Store 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.699 since 1978. When you need connectors, mobile 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:58.980 and handheld antennas, cables, or adapters, visit 00:07:58.980 --> 00:08:02.560 Scott or Jill at a HamFest near you. Or you can 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:08.759 order online at PL -259 .com or call 920 -435 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:13.759 -2973. Stock up on those supplies like PL -259 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.040 and end connectors, SMA adapters, audio cables, 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:44.620 soldering supplies, mobile antennas, Look for 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:47.460 me at Dayton. I'll be the one wearing the Yesu 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:50.580 hat. You're listening to HamTalk Live with Neil 00:08:50.580 --> 00:09:05.320 Rapp. Thanks to Scott and Jill at Tower Electronics 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.159 for sponsoring the show tonight to help bring 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.259 you HamTalk Live. They've been here all week. 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:13.419 They're setting up in building 3. They'll be 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:17.519 around 35 .01 in building 3 at Hamvention this 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:21.240 weekend. Look for those rotating lights inside, 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:24.580 also outside in the flea market. They're at 91 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:29.409 .13. They're in a tent there. So look for 9113 00:09:29.409 --> 00:09:32.769 on the curve just east of building 3 and look 00:09:32.769 --> 00:09:35.610 for the big yellow blimp up in the sky with the 00:09:35.610 --> 00:09:38.409 red fins. There's even a map on our social media 00:09:38.409 --> 00:09:41.710 sites. You can see exactly where they're located 00:09:41.710 --> 00:09:47.129 or you can call them at 920 -435 -2973 or visit 00:09:47.129 --> 00:09:50.610 their website at pl -259 .com. Tell them you 00:09:50.610 --> 00:09:54.309 heard it right here on HamTalk Live and you'll 00:09:54.309 --> 00:09:57.889 get the same price as everybody else. Everybody 00:09:57.889 --> 00:10:00.110 here was talking about the zero percent off sale. 00:10:00.110 --> 00:10:02.389 They were they were excited about the zero percent 00:10:02.389 --> 00:10:06.750 off sale and and and they said they saw Scott 00:10:06.750 --> 00:10:09.610 Hi, Scott, by the way, I know you're listening 00:10:09.610 --> 00:10:13.370 and they saw you out there setting up and and 00:10:13.370 --> 00:10:15.110 they were gonna ask you about the zero percent 00:10:15.110 --> 00:10:18.370 off sale, so You're gonna have you're gonna have 00:10:18.370 --> 00:10:20.909 to up that a little bit. Maybe well, anyway, 00:10:20.950 --> 00:10:23.110 we're on the air every Thursday night 9 p .m. 00:10:23.110 --> 00:10:26.779 Eastern time to ham talk live comm And you can 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:29.360 listen to the archive if you miss an episode 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:33.519 or the popular podcasting websites have us. But 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.519 tonight's show is all about celebrating the event 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.820 that is the Dayton Hamvention. We'd like to get 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:43.620 as many of you on the air as possible. And we've 00:10:43.620 --> 00:10:46.480 got folks on the way to Dayton and some folks 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.960 that can't make it. So regardless, we want to 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.620 hear from you. So tell us what your favorite 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:54.519 thing is during Hamvention. What you absolutely 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.860 positively can't leave without buying or your 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:00.740 favorite story from past Hamventions. So we don't 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:03.080 have a scheduled guest this evening. You are 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.740 the guest. So we've got plenty of time to take 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:08.279 your calls. Doesn't have to be long, but give 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:11.059 us a call. Join in the fun. It's 812 -NATAM -1, 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:16.720 812 -638 -4261, or Skype us at HamTalk Live. 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:20.139 And each night of our Hamvention previews, we've 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:24.080 been giving away a radio waves DX80, and that's 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.860 a compliment of radio waves. And so this week, 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:30.649 what we're going to do is we're going to... give 00:11:30.649 --> 00:11:36.409 everybody a chance that on Twitter to get a DX80. 00:11:36.610 --> 00:11:39.289 So instead of calling in to win tonight, what 00:11:39.289 --> 00:11:42.149 you do is you get your picture taken with Hammy 00:11:42.149 --> 00:11:45.440 the Pig. our new mascot. He'll be roaming around 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.759 at Hamvention this weekend. Get your picture 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:51.320 with Hammy and tweet it to us at HamTalkLive 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.879 with your call sign and the hashtag HamTalkLive 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:57.100 or our Facebook page or Instagram and we're going 00:11:57.100 --> 00:12:01.340 to pick a winner out of those pictures. So get 00:12:01.340 --> 00:12:05.200 those pictures. He'll be roaming around there. 00:12:06.029 --> 00:12:09.190 Hope you can you can do that and that's the the 00:12:09.190 --> 00:12:12.669 last of the DX 80s for a while So thanks again 00:12:12.669 --> 00:12:15.789 to Emmett over at radio waves for doing that. 00:12:15.789 --> 00:12:20.769 So yesterday on the way in I Did a little bit 00:12:20.769 --> 00:12:23.549 of Facebook live so you can you can check that 00:12:23.549 --> 00:12:30.049 out on Facebook if you want to and I took a little 00:12:30.049 --> 00:12:33.710 shortcut through and went out by hair arena and 00:12:33.710 --> 00:12:40.289 I thought you know Certainly somebody is going 00:12:40.289 --> 00:12:43.289 to show up at Harrow Arena thinking. It's Hamvention 00:12:43.289 --> 00:12:45.830 Weekend. It's always at Harrow Arena. Somebody's 00:12:45.830 --> 00:12:48.149 going to show up. So I thought, well, we'll go 00:12:48.149 --> 00:12:51.889 by there and see. And there wasn't anybody there. 00:12:52.090 --> 00:12:55.409 But I did get a little video of everything outside. 00:12:55.450 --> 00:12:57.269 And it was kind of fun to be able to drive through 00:12:57.269 --> 00:12:59.909 the flea market, because normally you can't drive 00:12:59.909 --> 00:13:02.529 through there. It was kind of fun. It was kind 00:13:02.529 --> 00:13:07.250 of fulfilling, in a way. But I did open up the 00:13:07.250 --> 00:13:12.970 window and yelled, um, Hey, it's in Xenia this 00:13:12.970 --> 00:13:17.570 year. It's not here. So maybe that worked, but, 00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:20.309 but, you know, it sounds like something that 00:13:20.309 --> 00:13:23.690 Dawn Wilbanks would do. And as it would have 00:13:23.690 --> 00:13:27.070 it, Dawn Wilbanks, the person who's been on ham 00:13:27.070 --> 00:13:30.549 talk live more than any other person on the planet, 00:13:30.889 --> 00:13:35.840 AE five DW is sitting right here. laughing at 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:41.960 me. So Don, how was the trip and why are you 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:45.399 laughing? Well, as far as the trip, the best 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.500 thing you can say about a 14 -hour drive that 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:50.200 begins at 2 o 'clock in the morning after three 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:53.940 hours of sleep is that it was uneventful. So, 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.379 and we're all laughing at you, Neil. We always 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:59.840 all laugh at you. As I'm sitting here listening 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:04.440 to your preamble about Hamvention stories, It's 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.320 not a story that happened to me, but it happened 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.259 to a friend of mine who is a broadcast engineer 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:11.120 at I Heart Media in New Orleans where I work, 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.419 and he's a ham. I can never remember for the 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:17.879 life of me his call because he's really not active 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.200 in ham radio. He's too busy working on broadcast 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.679 transmitters. But several years when they would 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.460 make regular trips to Dayton, they would set 00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:30.639 up a two -meter repeater in the trunk of the 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.360 car. an operating two meter repeater in the trunk 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:36.240 of the car and invariably somebody would find 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.940 it and They would be talking on it. So they're 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:42.080 driving along listening to other people talk 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:46.399 on their repeater. And so People are just marveling 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:49.200 about My god, we've been talking on this thing 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.080 for two hours. I wonder where this repeater is 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.740 Can you imagine this the the the pattern? I mean 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.960 the footprint this repeater must have so Tom 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.320 would you know pull over for an hour and eat 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.759 and not think anything of it, and get back in 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.100 the car, and of course the repeater's dead. They'd 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:06.059 be driving down the road, those two guys would 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:08.519 pop back up, son of a gun, this thing's back, 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.259 this is up, this must be like the world's biggest 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:14.320 mega repeater or something, just laughing about 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.840 that. So funny stuff, the fun you can have up 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:22.960 here with things in and around Hamvention. Just... 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.659 The thing I always look forward to is the camaraderie 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:28.539 and people that that you get to meet up here 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:30.200 This may be the only the only time you'll ever 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:33.379 get to see them Ever especially if it's someone 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:35.919 who lives on the other side of the planet like 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.039 my friend Simon from New Zealand who was who 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.519 was over here You know the only time I get to 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.100 see him unless he comes to New Orleans like he 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:45.950 did we had lunch last week, which was a heck 00:15:45.950 --> 00:15:48.929 of a time, is at Hamvention. And that's the beauty 00:15:48.929 --> 00:15:52.529 of this place, in that it is the biggest gathering 00:15:52.529 --> 00:15:55.250 of amateur radio operators on the planet, and 00:15:55.250 --> 00:15:58.830 therefore we all get to see people that we may 00:15:58.830 --> 00:16:02.110 have only talked to or only hoped to talk to. 00:16:02.210 --> 00:16:05.250 So that's the beauty of Hamvention. I'm looking 00:16:05.250 --> 00:16:07.710 forward to the first year in Xenia. I think it's 00:16:07.710 --> 00:16:12.000 gonna be great, Neil, I really do. Yeah, it's 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.320 been it's been kind of fun because a bunch of 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.399 us newsline people Decided to show up. In fact, 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:22.519 we've got quite a few of us here in the room 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.059 right now and and Karen was just texting She's 00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:29.080 she's still on the way. And so she's saying oh, 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:31.320 I wish I could be there right now but she's gonna 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.500 try to stream it in the car and and call in but 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:41.580 We've got a bunch of us and while you and I have 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:44.120 met and seen each other a few times here and 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.200 there, but a lot of us have been working on Newsline 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:51.259 and haven't really met each other in person before. 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:56.740 So it's going to be an interesting time and going 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:59.460 to have a booth again out at Hamvention. So tell 00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:02.440 us about the Newsline booth that's going to be 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:05.549 out there. The beauty of this is you know we've 00:17:05.549 --> 00:17:08.670 always had a nice relationship with the rain 00:17:08.670 --> 00:17:12.130 report and so anytime that that Bill Pasternak 00:17:12.130 --> 00:17:14.190 or any of us wanted to go and have a little booth 00:17:14.190 --> 00:17:16.029 space we could always go hang out with HAP Holley 00:17:16.029 --> 00:17:20.910 in the rain report. Well this year we're going 00:17:20.910 --> 00:17:26.190 to be through the generosity of a certain microphone 00:17:26.190 --> 00:17:31.460 manufacturer, Mr. Bob Heil, K9EID and through 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:33.900 you know our association with ham nation we are 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:37.039 part of the ham nation booth right there in um 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:40.099 i suppose what will be the new audio alley um 00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:42.119 they're in building five uh what's the booth 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:48.180 uh 5305 uh paul brown w89 gco uh from newsline 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:51.359 tells us that so and uh it's it's a little bit 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.799 smaller area that that bob has this year but 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:57.369 there's a great big open double door like a big, 00:17:57.529 --> 00:18:00.150 huge garage door, load in door that's right there. 00:18:00.170 --> 00:18:01.690 So there's plenty of room for people to come 00:18:01.690 --> 00:18:04.250 up and, and hang out and meet the, uh, the ham 00:18:04.250 --> 00:18:06.609 nation crew and the, and the newsline crew. So 00:18:06.609 --> 00:18:08.470 that's going to be a lot of fun. And thanks to, 00:18:08.470 --> 00:18:12.670 uh, to Bob and Sarah Hile and Hile sound, uh, 00:18:12.829 --> 00:18:15.069 for, for that great opportunity. We've got a 00:18:15.069 --> 00:18:17.170 banner that Bob made for us. And so it's, uh, 00:18:17.170 --> 00:18:18.509 yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. So it's 00:18:18.509 --> 00:18:23.160 a new beginning. Yeah. It should be, uh, should 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:27.380 be good and we'll get a chance to spread the 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:31.700 word a little bit about Newsline and should be 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:36.500 good. So Don mentioned Paul Brown, WD9GCO. He's 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:41.500 also here this evening and been making some plans 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:47.960 for the Newsline booth. So speak up here, Paul. 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:56.400 Hey Neil, nice to be here. Yeah, I've been to 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.819 Dayton several times in the past, but this is 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:01.180 gonna be the first time, because I've been with 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.299 Newsline just a little over a year now, so this 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:06.319 will be the first time officially as somebody, 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.640 other than just, you know, wandering around. 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.819 And Kevin and I were just over there checking 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:15.519 it out a little while ago. So, yeah, there's 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:19.000 space to mingle, and we'd love to meet the listeners, 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.619 because, you know, you and I, and those of us 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:24.119 that... produce the on -air stuff we sit in our 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.160 basements and we record this stuff and you never 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:31.720 actually see who's listening to it. So this is 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:34.660 a this is a good opportunity for us to actually 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:38.140 realize that people actually listen and it's 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:40.519 fun to meet them and listen to them tell you 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:42.299 know how long they've been listening to Newsline 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:46.500 and what they like about it and it's really it 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:51.009 brings faces to it. So that's what I'm looking 00:19:51.009 --> 00:19:54.690 forward to. Other than just sitting in front 00:19:54.690 --> 00:19:56.730 of a microphone and my computer recording stuff, 00:19:57.089 --> 00:19:58.730 or talking to somebody on the phone, actually 00:19:58.730 --> 00:20:00.630 meeting people in person is what I'm looking 00:20:00.630 --> 00:20:05.190 forward to. Now you've got some flyers to give 00:20:05.190 --> 00:20:09.089 out, some little information on Newsline to do 00:20:09.089 --> 00:20:13.269 that, and a few other things that we'll let people 00:20:13.269 --> 00:20:18.130 find out about when they get there. Yeah. At 00:20:18.130 --> 00:20:21.990 least until they you know last My I didn't have 00:20:21.990 --> 00:20:23.730 time to make it make enough, but it's gonna be 00:20:23.730 --> 00:20:26.930 30 ,000 people here this weekend So but if you 00:20:26.930 --> 00:20:29.190 get there while we still have some we have little 00:20:29.190 --> 00:20:31.410 you know little little flyers that list all of 00:20:31.410 --> 00:20:34.789 our website and the Facebook page and and some 00:20:34.789 --> 00:20:38.009 information about us and We'd love to have you 00:20:38.009 --> 00:20:42.890 share that with your friends if you If you have 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:45.509 a local repeater that doesn't carry Newsline, 00:20:45.589 --> 00:20:47.710 talk to the repeater owners and talk to them 00:20:47.710 --> 00:20:51.250 about carrying it once a week. I did that with 00:20:51.250 --> 00:20:53.829 a friend of mine that owns a repeater in our 00:20:53.829 --> 00:20:58.130 area, and we started a Thursday evening information 00:20:58.130 --> 00:21:00.309 net where we start out by playing Newsline and 00:21:00.309 --> 00:21:03.869 then we just take casual check -ins to just talk 00:21:03.869 --> 00:21:08.349 about whatever. So it's already on a lot of repeaters, 00:21:08.349 --> 00:21:10.269 but if it's not on your repeater, talk to the 00:21:10.269 --> 00:21:12.759 repeater. the club or the repeater owners and 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:14.680 see about getting it. It doesn't cost them anything 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:17.700 and it's a good service for the listeners and 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:21.640 it gives them a nice source for news stories 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.359 that they may not have heard about our hobby. 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:28.519 Very good. Well, before we go to break here, 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:33.740 any favorite Hamvention stories from the past 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:38.920 and or what are you looking for this weekend 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:45.720 to buy? No particularly crazy stories from the 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.400 past. It's always just been fun. And it's always 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:52.900 a good time to get to see and drool over the 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:55.220 equipment that costs about the same as my car. 00:21:56.500 --> 00:22:01.640 So, but I kind of already picked out what I'm 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.140 getting. I've made arrangements ahead of time. 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:07.140 I'm getting a, cause you and I are Kenwood guys. 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:10.720 And I've made contact with somebody I'm getting 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.359 a piece of equipment that I've always wanted. 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:15.400 And that's the SM220 station monitor, which will 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:19.000 look really nice between my 520 and my 820. So 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:23.960 and I need a dual band antenna. So that's what 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:27.339 I'm going to be picking up. But mostly it's it's 00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:30.059 all about, you know, meeting the news line listeners. 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:32.700 So that's I'm going to be spending most of my 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:37.900 time, I think, around the booth. So. All right, 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.420 very good. Well, if you get out there, make sure 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:45.200 you, uh, you check out the booth against 5305. 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:50.559 Yeah. 5305. So, um, stop by there and, uh, and 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:53.079 visit us. And we've got some more of us. Uh, 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:55.660 we've got Jim Dameron here. We've got Kevin Trotman 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:58.980 here, uh, from news line. So, uh, they're all 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:02.059 here with us tonight. So We may hear more from 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:05.119 them, but we'd like to hear from you. So give 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:09.039 us a call. 812 -NAT -HAM -1 is the phone number. 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:15.160 812 -638 -4261 or you can Skype us or you can 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.579 tweet us. 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Nothing 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:14.279 like impromptu live broadcasting, right? Welcome 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.559 back to ham talk live. That's what I'm supposed 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:19.519 to say and check us out on Facebook Twitter and 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:22.880 Instagram and joining us live Via telephone. 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:27.519 It's the new squirrel herself Karen Eve Murray 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:33.789 Katie to GT. I Karen Hello Neil, hello from westbound 00:25:33.789 --> 00:25:40.009 route 70. I am en route to Hamvention and wanted 00:25:40.009 --> 00:25:43.650 to check in with you guys. All right, well have 00:25:43.650 --> 00:25:46.529 you been able to listen here? I know you said 00:25:46.529 --> 00:25:50.069 you were going to try to. Yep, the connections 00:25:50.069 --> 00:25:53.809 are a little sporadic but I've been able to listen 00:25:53.809 --> 00:25:56.670 and I will be listening till the end of the broadcast. 00:25:57.679 --> 00:26:01.019 All right, very good. Well, what are you looking 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:06.779 for at Dayton this year? I am looking for eyeball 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:09.859 quesos I'm looking to connect with as many of 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:12.859 our friends and listeners as possible during 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:17.180 the two days at the fairgrounds Getting to meet 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:20.680 as many folks as I can getting a sneak peek at 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:24.920 some of the new technology some of the new radios 00:26:25.570 --> 00:26:30.049 and exercising extreme restraint in going home. 00:26:33.329 --> 00:26:37.809 Yes, that's that's going to be hard to do. So 00:26:37.809 --> 00:26:43.210 yeah, good luck with that one. So all right. 00:26:43.329 --> 00:26:47.869 Well, be careful on on the road and and we're 00:26:47.869 --> 00:26:51.089 looking forward to seeing you. Yes, absolutely. 00:26:51.369 --> 00:26:54.539 Great show, Neil. Take care. See you soon. Alright 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:58.640 Karen, thanks for calling. That's Karen Eve Murray 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:03.960 KD2GUT on the road and you can give us a call 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:09.759 too at 812 -638 -4261 or Skype us at HamTalk 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:14.279 Live and we'd love to hear from you and see what 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:19.500 what your plans are for Hamvention. We had a 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:23.180 couple of calls lined up. We haven't heard from 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:27.259 them yet, but we had our man on the street reporter 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:31.140 we were going to check in with out there and 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:34.240 a couple of celebrities, but we haven't heard 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:37.259 from them yet. So hopefully they'll give us a 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:45.460 call here. It's 812 -638 -4261. Everybody seems 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:48.960 to have mic fright here in the room, but we're 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:55.460 gonna convince Kevin here, N5PRE, to say a little 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:59.099 something. He drove up from South Carolina today 00:27:59.099 --> 00:28:04.519 and he's our Newsline website administrator. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:08.700 So Kevin, what do you think? How was the drive 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:11.259 and what are you looking forward to this weekend? 00:28:13.829 --> 00:28:18.490 Hey, Neil, thanks for asking me to be on. It 00:28:18.490 --> 00:28:21.190 was a longer drive than I expected. According 00:28:21.190 --> 00:28:23.730 to Waze, it was supposed to be nine hours, but 00:28:23.730 --> 00:28:28.079 talking with Don, his... He always adds a couple 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.960 of hours every time he goes on a long journey 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:34.019 like this. And that's pretty wise because you 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:36.079 got to make stops every now and then because 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.579 it's so long. You have to have to get something 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:41.220 to eat. And then, of course, if you drink too 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.960 much water, then you have to take care of that 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:46.759 as well. But the thing that got me the most was 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.799 how much construction there was between where 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:51.680 I live and here. And that's what caused most 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:55.130 of the delay. But talk about beautiful scenery. 00:28:55.470 --> 00:28:58.210 I just had a wonderful time looking at all the 00:28:58.210 --> 00:29:00.109 countryside, seeing the mountains, the Smoky 00:29:00.109 --> 00:29:02.369 Mountains, everything, you know, it was just 00:29:02.369 --> 00:29:05.609 great. So I enjoyed that part. But I'm a little 00:29:05.609 --> 00:29:09.049 tired now, you know, but I'm so excited about 00:29:09.049 --> 00:29:11.470 being here. This is my first time at Ham Finch 00:29:11.470 --> 00:29:16.509 and I'm looking forward to, like Karen, doing 00:29:16.509 --> 00:29:18.450 a lot of eyeball QSOs. There's a lot of people 00:29:18.450 --> 00:29:21.250 I've talked to and a lot of people I know. I've 00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:25.210 been doing the podcast for amateur radio newsline 00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:29.029 for about 11 years now. I recently dug up the 00:29:29.029 --> 00:29:33.789 email that I sent to Bill Pasternak and asked 00:29:33.789 --> 00:29:37.750 him after the fact if it was okay for me to do 00:29:37.750 --> 00:29:40.549 the podcast because I noticed that it stopped. 00:29:40.869 --> 00:29:44.170 They had one at one time and it stopped and then 00:29:44.170 --> 00:29:47.289 I took it upon myself just so I could listen 00:29:47.289 --> 00:29:51.859 to it on my iPhone. I took it upon myself to 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:54.119 go ahead and do it. And he says, I'm glad you 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:57.119 did. So he was really happy. So that's how I 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:00.759 got to be part of that family. And I just realized 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.920 it was 11 years the other day that I've been 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:05.539 doing it. So he also invited me to help with 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:08.640 the website. So that's what I'm also doing. And 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:11.640 that's how I can contribute to the amateur radio 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:15.059 newsline community. But I am so looking forward 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:18.059 to taking a lot of pictures and seeing as much 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:22.380 as I can the next few days. But thank you. Very 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:26.400 good, Kevin. Thanks for coming up and chiming 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:30.839 in here on this. And thanks for all you do to 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:35.839 make Newsline out there on the internet and podcast 00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:40.259 forum and online as well for downloading and 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:45.230 all that with the EchoLink and everything. We 00:30:45.230 --> 00:30:47.930 we just want to remind everybody AR newsline 00:30:47.930 --> 00:30:51.329 org is the place to get all of that and we've 00:30:51.329 --> 00:30:57.069 got Got a new look. Thanks to Kevin and and Moved 00:30:57.069 --> 00:30:59.529 some things around there. So make sure you you 00:30:59.529 --> 00:31:06.390 check that out. Well 812 638 4261 is the phone 00:31:06.390 --> 00:31:10.109 number if you'd like to call in. We've got a 00:31:10.109 --> 00:31:12.109 few more minutes that we're going to hang out 00:31:12.109 --> 00:31:15.829 here and talk about Hamvention. We've been listening 00:31:15.829 --> 00:31:20.369 to the talk in a little bit and heard them say 00:31:20.369 --> 00:31:24.269 that the parking lots are opening up at 7 a .m. 00:31:24.529 --> 00:31:28.250 in the morning and if you haven't heard in the 00:31:28.250 --> 00:31:31.789 last week or two they've got some remote parking 00:31:31.789 --> 00:31:37.089 facilities and some shuttle bus service from 00:31:37.089 --> 00:31:41.809 those and they're really encouraging carpooling 00:31:41.809 --> 00:31:44.569 and that kind of thing but you really need to 00:31:44.569 --> 00:31:48.690 go to the official website hamvention .org and 00:31:48.690 --> 00:31:51.730 check out the maps and check out the the parking 00:31:51.730 --> 00:31:55.450 situation and some of the traffic information 00:31:55.450 --> 00:32:00.779 beforehand if you possibly can. They've got some 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:04.720 maps up there now. They also have the forums 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:08.119 that will be streamed, so if you're not able 00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:10.180 to make it to Hamvention, you want to see some 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:15.529 of those. forums, those will be streamed on Ustream 00:32:15.529 --> 00:32:19.829 on DeraLive is the username on there. And you'll 00:32:19.829 --> 00:32:23.769 be able to catch several of those forums and 00:32:23.769 --> 00:32:26.650 both the ones that I'm going to be with tomorrow, 00:32:27.630 --> 00:32:29.910 the instructors forum and then the youth forum 00:32:29.910 --> 00:32:34.390 on Saturday. Both of those are on the list there. 00:32:34.390 --> 00:32:38.329 So make sure you check that out over at hamvention 00:32:38.329 --> 00:32:42.019 .org. I got to talk to Michael Coulter. briefly 00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:47.700 today and was able to do some streaming over 00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:51.460 at Contest University. So I've kind of been going 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:55.220 at it since early this morning with all the broadcast 00:32:55.220 --> 00:33:00.269 stuff today. I'm getting worn out and we haven't 00:33:00.269 --> 00:33:06.410 even started yet. Traffic was a little ugly coming 00:33:06.410 --> 00:33:10.509 back from Contest University today too, so I 00:33:10.509 --> 00:33:14.289 guess there was a wreck on 75. and kind of mess 00:33:14.289 --> 00:33:17.849 things up so make sure you check out those plans 00:33:17.849 --> 00:33:21.109 ahead of time so that you know and where you're 00:33:21.109 --> 00:33:24.349 going and especially if you're going to forums 00:33:24.349 --> 00:33:27.490 and meetings and things give yourself a little 00:33:27.490 --> 00:33:30.430 extra time because everybody's gonna have to 00:33:30.430 --> 00:33:33.210 learn where everything is and how to get there 00:33:33.210 --> 00:33:36.390 and and what's going on and and the the talking 00:33:36.390 --> 00:33:40.210 frequency has already been busy so make sure 00:33:40.210 --> 00:33:44.680 you you check that out and And get on the air 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:47.200 and and and if you get on a repeater there is 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:51.039 this thing called an offset That was one of the 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.640 things I heard on the way back was somebody was 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:57.099 calling on one four six nine four simplex and 00:33:57.099 --> 00:34:00.380 didn't understand why the Talk -in guy wasn't 00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:02.819 coming back to them because he was on simplex, 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:05.559 but I happened to be where I could hear the guy 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:09.119 apparently so Anyway, make sure you get the PL 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.940 tone in there and the negative offset and get 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:17.880 that going. And you can get some talk in assistance. 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:20.300 There are some alternate talk ins as well, as 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:22.519 well as the bulletin that's going to be sent 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:28.780 out repeatedly. So make sure you check out hamvention 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:35.000 .org for all the official information. So check 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.380 that out. Again, the phone number is 812 -638 00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:41.920 -4261. We have just a few minutes remaining, 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.039 so we'd love for you to call in and tell us one 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.559 of your Hamvention stories or something about 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:50.780 Hamvention. Or if you have something you want 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:55.099 to ask about, we'll do our best to help you out 00:34:55.099 --> 00:35:00.460 with that. But we'd love to hear from you. We 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:03.320 had hoped to have our man on the street report 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:06.989 to start going through some of the parking lots 00:35:06.989 --> 00:35:10.429 and figuring out how many ham call signs There 00:35:10.429 --> 00:35:13.650 were so I don't know where where they're at. 00:35:13.650 --> 00:35:17.789 They must have got got sidetracked in our Associate 00:35:17.789 --> 00:35:22.090 producer had to go on a canine search and rescue 00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:26.610 Right before we went to air. So Nick, hope you're 00:35:26.610 --> 00:35:29.670 you're doing well with that and We miss having 00:35:29.670 --> 00:35:34.239 you here So Don, you had that big long drive. 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:37.780 How many ham radio license plates did you see 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:45.619 on the drive? I didn't see all that many. I wasn't 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.500 really paying close attention to the license 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:51.440 plates. I was paying more attention to what the 00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:54.000 drivers were doing with the cars that the license 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.179 plates were mounted on. and nursing a 17 year 00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:02.599 old car with 191 ,000 miles on it on a 1600 mile 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:05.360 round trip road trip. So I wasn't really doing 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:09.579 much sightseeing outside of the car. I did see 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:12.980 a few. I suspect we'll see a whole lot in the 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:15.360 parking lot tomorrow and that's going to be a 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:18.820 lot of fun. Invariably I'll drive my car around 00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:20.719 and someone will see mine and they'll honk at 00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:22.820 me or wave or something if they recognize it. 00:36:24.309 --> 00:36:26.670 Oh, it's the way I drive. Thanks. Thanks, Kevin. 00:36:27.510 --> 00:36:29.889 Yeah. Yeah, another country heard from Trotman 00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:33.690 that chimes in. So that's yeah, I'm looking forward 00:36:33.690 --> 00:36:37.510 to seeing just you could probably work all states 00:36:37.510 --> 00:36:39.469 just visually with the license plates that are 00:36:39.469 --> 00:36:41.409 going to be here and probably get your DXCC as 00:36:41.409 --> 00:36:43.789 well. Getting back to Newsline. Don't forget 00:36:43.789 --> 00:36:46.309 if you're going to go on ARNewsline .org, check 00:36:46.309 --> 00:36:48.750 out the Young Ham of the Year section, Y -H -O 00:36:48.750 --> 00:36:51.690 -T -Y. tab at the top you have until the end 00:36:51.690 --> 00:36:56.250 of this month end of May 31st to get your nominations 00:36:56.250 --> 00:36:58.630 in for Young Ham of the Year which we will present 00:36:58.630 --> 00:37:01.210 three months from this weekend at the Huntsville 00:37:01.210 --> 00:37:05.409 Alabama Ham Fest Neil. Very good now I should 00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:10.769 say a couple of things one is that the worked 00:37:10.769 --> 00:37:14.599 all states thing That's one of the things Julie 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.599 did last year was she had to get her steps in. 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:20.780 She's got the Fitbit thing going. And so she 00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:23.559 had to try to get all 50 states in the parking 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:27.099 lot at Harrah Arena. And so she got pretty close. 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:30.440 She got quite a few of those. The other thing 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.739 that brought to mind is Jim Dameron in ATMW's 00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:38.320 coming up to the chair here, was now that we're 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:41.079 moved to Xenia, we're not going to have the issue. 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:46.099 Going down Main Street of Dayton with those electric 00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:50.179 trolley lines because invariably somebody would 00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:52.980 have one of those Texas bug catcher antennas 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:56.760 and they'd be driving down Main Street of Dayton 00:37:56.760 --> 00:38:01.239 and and here come these electric trolley lines 00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:06.920 overhead and They're driving down Main Street 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:13.519 With this great big antenna on the back And, 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:17.139 yeah, it acts just like a trolley pole. It does. 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:20.860 So that, yeah, we're not going to have to worry 00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:23.519 about that in Xenia. So I guess that's another 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.199 good thing about the move. Well, Jim Dameron 00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:30.059 is going to get the last word in tonight. He 00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:34.079 drove in and is staying here as well, hanging 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:38.780 out with this rowdy newsline crew. By the way, 00:38:39.670 --> 00:38:46.130 I want it to be noted that it is 9 .38 p .m. 00:38:46.269 --> 00:38:51.449 and the Newsline crew is still awake. We were 00:38:51.449 --> 00:38:55.889 accused of, you know, being a rowdy bunch that 00:38:55.889 --> 00:38:59.170 would, you know, be asleep by 8 o 'clock. So 00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:04.110 just want to note that it's 9 .40 and we're still 00:39:04.110 --> 00:39:08.739 awake. So, yeah, sort of. Some of us anyway, 00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:12.579 so Jim How are you and and tell us about the 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:14.539 trip and what you're looking forward to this 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:18.239 weekend? And who says we didn't get a nap before 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:21.420 the show started, you know Well, I tell you what 00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:24.440 I'm just so excited to be here when Karen told 00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:27.880 me That hey, we wanted to get together in Dayton 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:30.780 and meet all the crew Boy, I thought well, this 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.840 is great because you know, as you said earlier, 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.760 none of us most of us have never met And it's 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:39.659 just an honor for me to be here with all of you 00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:41.780 folks and looking forward to the next couple 00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:45.500 of days. And I enjoy doing news live and just, 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:49.199 you know, it's it's amazing how the program is 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:51.500 listened to and the people who hear it. And I 00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:53.639 hear him talking about on our West Virginia phone 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:58.119 net from time to time. Our local I'm a member 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.360 of the Kanawha Amateur Radio Club in Charleston, 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:05.409 West Virginia, and Bill Hunter, K8BS for I don't 00:40:05.409 --> 00:40:08.809 know how many years, decades, as long as Newsline 00:40:08.809 --> 00:40:11.789 has been on, has been providing that program 00:40:11.789 --> 00:40:14.929 on the net. In the early days, it recorded it 00:40:14.929 --> 00:40:17.329 from the phone. Now, of course, downloads it. 00:40:17.650 --> 00:40:20.469 And we appreciate Bill doing that. It used to 00:40:20.469 --> 00:40:23.889 be carried on another repeater in the area. It's 00:40:23.889 --> 00:40:26.889 not now, but hopefully they'll get back to that. 00:40:27.130 --> 00:40:29.530 But I was eating tonight when I got in about 00:40:29.530 --> 00:40:35.440 530 and some folks across the table from me, 00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:38.719 across the room from me, came over and the gentleman 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:41.300 said, you're Dameron, aren't you Jim Dameron? 00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:45.260 And he said, K8MW. I said, N8MW. He said, yeah. 00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:48.280 He said, I used to be in Charleston, but I used 00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:51.300 to listen to Newsline. And he lives in Columbus 00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:54.360 now. So I was honored that he even knew who I 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:57.659 was. like here I am in Dayton thought I was hiding. 00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:59.679 He said what are you doing here in Dayton? I 00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:01.900 said well I heard that actually this area was 00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:04.079 a great vacation spot so I thought I'd come over 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:09.280 for the weekend but anyway I have no particular 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:13.679 plans of things I want to buy tomorrow but mainly 00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:16.019 I just want to meet listeners and of course meet 00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:21.760 all of you folks and I've been I met this is 00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:23.960 sad I know I'm only like three and a half four 00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:28.409 hours away. I live in Charleston. But this is 00:41:28.409 --> 00:41:31.070 the first time I've been to Dayton since 2000. 00:41:31.469 --> 00:41:33.989 So it's been quite a while. So it's great to 00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:36.750 be back and of course I met Bill Pasternak here 00:41:36.750 --> 00:41:39.309 and it was an honor to meet him and to have worked 00:41:39.309 --> 00:41:43.110 with him over the years. But it's a joy for me 00:41:43.110 --> 00:41:50.869 to be a part of this esteemed group. This steamy 00:41:50.869 --> 00:41:54.570 group. And by the way, I like that steamy voice 00:41:54.570 --> 00:42:00.730 you did earlier. Was that you? Thank you very 00:42:00.730 --> 00:42:04.190 much. Yeah, no, that was not me. That was Lee 00:42:04.190 --> 00:42:09.869 Morgan. But yeah, that was not me. Well, Jim, 00:42:09.889 --> 00:42:13.070 thanks for coming and thanks for being on the 00:42:13.070 --> 00:42:16.210 show. And again, just want to remind everybody 00:42:16.210 --> 00:42:20.860 to check out those. frequencies and directions 00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:24.199 and everything tomorrow and we'll see how this 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:27.780 all goes and hopefully the weather will cooperate 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:33.079 with us and we'll just have a great time out 00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:37.750 at Hamvention so hope you can Enjoy it, whether 00:42:37.750 --> 00:42:41.929 you're here in person or if you watch some of 00:42:41.929 --> 00:42:45.250 the streaming video from several different places 00:42:45.250 --> 00:42:49.449 that will be on, we hope you can join in and 00:42:49.449 --> 00:42:53.449 enjoy the event that is the Dayton Hamvention. 00:42:53.630 --> 00:42:57.769 So we're going to wrap things up for tonight. 00:42:58.590 --> 00:43:04.110 I got that in. Yeah. Paul says. He sees why he 00:43:04.110 --> 00:43:06.710 is there. Yeah, and Hammy's in the house. So 00:43:06.710 --> 00:43:09.469 Hammy's here. So we got to get Hammy ready to 00:43:09.469 --> 00:43:13.969 go. So we'll look for those pictures online. 00:43:14.110 --> 00:43:16.210 Don't forget about that. Tweet your picture with 00:43:16.210 --> 00:43:22.210 Hammy to HamTalk Live. And we're going to pick 00:43:22.210 --> 00:43:25.989 a winner for that DX80 dipole from Radio Waves. 00:43:26.510 --> 00:43:30.800 So thanks to everybody for coming. participating 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.960 in the show tonight and listening and just hanging 00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:36.260 out in here. We've got several people in here 00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:39.480 tonight. So thank you all for, for making the 00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:47.909 trip over here and coming and showing up. We 00:43:47.909 --> 00:43:51.610 invite you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m 00:43:51.610 --> 00:43:56.389 Tom Vinson NY0V is going to be back on the show 00:43:56.389 --> 00:43:59.230 but this time he's talking about something that 00:43:59.230 --> 00:44:01.929 I never thought I'd be doing a show about. He 00:44:01.929 --> 00:44:06.650 did a search for Amelia Earhart. and it has a 00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:10.710 ham radio connection so next week tune in for 00:44:10.710 --> 00:44:13.010 that and and we'll get the connection between 00:44:13.010 --> 00:44:17.250 ham radio and his search for Amelia Earhart and 00:44:17.250 --> 00:44:19.969 for a list of all of our upcoming guests visit 00:44:19.969 --> 00:44:24.789 hamtalklive .com so for now this is Neil Rapp 00:44:24.789 --> 00:44:30.030 WB9VPG saying 7375 from Dayton and may the good 00:44:30.030 --> 00:44:34.840 DX be yours Bye!