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It's HamTalk Live! It's 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:03.900 episode number 64. HamVenture Award winners 2017 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:09.120 recorded live on Thursday, May 11th, 2017. I'm 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.379 your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:17.180 into this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're 00:02:17.180 --> 00:02:20.889 gonna... on our Dayton Hamvention preview again, 00:02:20.889 --> 00:02:24.310 as we will introduce this year's Hamvention award 00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:28.189 winners to you. And we are joined once again 00:02:28.189 --> 00:02:31.270 by Michael Coulter, WHCI, the official spokesperson 00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:34.449 of the Dayton Hamvention. And we're also joined 00:02:34.449 --> 00:02:37.210 by some of the award winners. So we'll take your 00:02:37.210 --> 00:02:41.110 calls live in just a few minutes. And last week, 00:02:41.270 --> 00:02:43.430 Michael was here to talk about the latest plans 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:46.289 for Hamvention. And he mentioned to me before 00:02:46.289 --> 00:02:49.810 the show that if you still have some questions 00:02:49.810 --> 00:02:52.590 about things going on at Hamvention, make sure 00:02:52.590 --> 00:02:58.169 you drop him an email on he's good on qrz .com 00:02:58.169 --> 00:03:03.460 at w eight. CI, Whiskey8CharlieIndia on QRZ if 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:07.939 you have some questions about logistics and things 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:12.800 over at Hamvention happening next weekend. So 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:16.240 if you still have something going on, let him 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.139 know and he will give you a hand and try to help 00:03:21.139 --> 00:03:24.699 you out however he can. And if you missed the 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:30.120 show, just go over to HamTalkLive .com. and listen 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.360 to that. Or you can catch us on those podcasting 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:38.840 services like iTunes or I should say Apple Podcasts. 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.180 They changed the name. Stitcher, Google Play, 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:44.960 TuneIn, SoundCloud. And we're also on YouTube. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.879 So you can catch us there as well. So tonight 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.699 continues our official countdown to the Dayton 00:03:51.699 --> 00:03:54.159 Hamvention with a series of previews of upcoming 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:58.550 events. at Hamvention and Radio Waves has graciously 00:03:58.550 --> 00:04:02.689 donated a DX80 off -center fed dipole to give 00:04:02.689 --> 00:04:05.669 way to one lucky winner each week. So later in 00:04:05.669 --> 00:04:07.789 the show, we'll give you a chance to call in 00:04:07.789 --> 00:04:12.169 and win. And so make sure you listen to the show 00:04:12.169 --> 00:04:15.330 live. We'll give one away next week as well. 00:04:15.689 --> 00:04:18.490 And congratulations to last week's winner. It 00:04:18.490 --> 00:04:22.779 was Joe, K -Zero, N -E -B. so he'll be receiving 00:04:22.779 --> 00:04:27.930 his DX80 from Radio Waves. So again, we want 00:04:27.930 --> 00:04:30.430 to mention the open house going on next weekend 00:04:30.430 --> 00:04:33.389 at the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting. 00:04:34.610 --> 00:04:37.689 They will have a booth at Hamvention as well. 00:04:38.170 --> 00:04:41.250 But check out voamuseum .org for that information 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:44.069 as well as our social media sites. And don't 00:04:44.069 --> 00:04:47.050 forget about the Contest SuperSweet, contestsupersweet 00:04:47.050 --> 00:04:52.029 .com. Many activities going on over there in 00:04:52.029 --> 00:04:55.129 the evenings. during Hamvention, so check those 00:04:55.129 --> 00:05:00.089 out. Again, that's contestsupersweet .com. And 00:05:00.089 --> 00:05:02.610 the night before Hamvention, or as I like to 00:05:02.610 --> 00:05:05.850 call it, Hamvention Eve, we'll be broadcasting 00:05:05.850 --> 00:05:09.750 live from Dayton. So if you're in the area on 00:05:09.750 --> 00:05:13.680 Thursday, Next Thursday the 18th the night before 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.959 Hamvention stopped by the lobby of Spring Hill 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.399 Suites in Miamisburg That's on the south side 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:23.439 near the Dayton Mall at 9 or I'm sorry 417 North 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:26.079 Springboro Pike will be interviewing the live 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.459 audience there and give away some stuff and take 00:05:29.459 --> 00:05:33.019 some calls and And talk about your favorite part 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:36.600 of Hamvention. So if you're on the road, we'd 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:41.449 love for you to call in and join in with us or 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:43.430 if you're there we'd love for you to come by 00:05:43.430 --> 00:05:46.189 live or if you're at another location in the 00:05:46.189 --> 00:05:49.670 area awaiting Hamvention give us a call and let's 00:05:49.670 --> 00:05:53.029 let's celebrate Hamvention weekend once again 00:05:53.029 --> 00:05:55.069 and if you can't make it to Dayton this year 00:05:55.069 --> 00:05:57.889 give us a call and tell us your favorite past 00:05:57.889 --> 00:06:01.230 Hamvention story so join in the fun drop by Spring 00:06:01.230 --> 00:06:04.949 Hill Suites Dayton South Miamisburg which by 00:06:04.949 --> 00:06:08.759 the way is sold out of rooms at this time So 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:12.339 look for us on Facebook live. Also, during Hamvention, 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:16.040 we'll be doing some periodic live video over 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:19.639 there. 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We're glad to have 00:08:45.509 --> 00:08:48.909 Michael Coulter, W8CI, back with us tonight. 00:08:49.029 --> 00:08:51.450 He's the official spokesperson of the Dayton 00:08:51.450 --> 00:08:55.250 Hamvention, and he's here tonight on behalf of 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:57.470 Dara to recognize this year's award winners. 00:08:57.870 --> 00:09:01.769 We also have Frank Bauer, KA3 HDO, who was on 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:04.570 the show just a few weeks ago. He's the winner 00:09:04.570 --> 00:09:07.309 of Amateur of the Year this year, and we also 00:09:07.309 --> 00:09:13.419 have Rob Moen, VU2MYH. the special achievement 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:17.519 award winner. So guys, thanks for coming on the 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.860 show and taking time out to do this tonight. 00:09:23.340 --> 00:09:26.480 All right. This is Michael Whiskey, eight Charlie 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.039 India and Neil, it's it's wonderful to be on 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.740 on your program again. Thank you for your support 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:36.799 for amateur radio. And, you know, as a good communicator 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.629 and communicating about what's happened. being 00:09:39.629 --> 00:09:42.629 at Hamvention, we're all very grateful for that. 00:09:42.929 --> 00:09:46.509 And I think you run a very professional program, 00:09:46.629 --> 00:09:49.690 and you take this so seriously. Anyway, I would 00:09:49.690 --> 00:09:52.610 like to take the opportunity to introduce the 00:09:52.610 --> 00:09:56.409 Amateur of the Year, Mr. Frank Bauer, Kilo Alpha 00:09:56.409 --> 00:10:04.659 3 HDO, high definition. operator, and Frank currently 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:09.159 serves as the International Chairman of the International 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.340 Space Station Amateur Radio. Let me get it right. 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.360 It's amateur radio on the International Space 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:21.220 Station. A little bit about Frank. In the mid 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:25.200 -1990s, he proposed a GPS reception experiment 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.620 on the AMSAT phase 3D satellite, which you might 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:32.450 know as AO -40. experiment was to measure the 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:35.669 signal strength of the GPS satellite constellation 00:10:35.669 --> 00:10:40.610 while phase 3D was in high Earth orbit. The AL 00:10:40.610 --> 00:10:45.350 -40 experiment subsequently had been cited often 00:10:45.350 --> 00:10:49.509 in aerospace literature and it remained the most 00:10:49.509 --> 00:10:53.450 comprehensive above the constellation data source 00:10:53.450 --> 00:10:57.649 for nearly a decade and led to changes in the 00:10:57.649 --> 00:11:02.590 system specifications and applications. He holds 00:11:02.590 --> 00:11:06.269 a bachelor's and master's degree in aeronautics 00:11:06.269 --> 00:11:11.070 and astronautics from Purdue University. By the 00:11:11.070 --> 00:11:13.070 way, it's a school where my daughter got her 00:11:13.070 --> 00:11:17.429 engineering degree from. His career in aerospace 00:11:17.429 --> 00:11:23.570 spans four decades within NASA. and in private 00:11:23.570 --> 00:11:27.809 industry. He's been licensed since 1974 and in 00:11:27.809 --> 00:11:31.389 83 in preparation for the space mission of Owen 00:11:31.389 --> 00:11:36.769 Garriott W -5 LFL. He was responsible for setting 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:40.049 up and operating worldwide retransmission of 00:11:40.049 --> 00:11:43.029 space shuttle air to ground communications from 00:11:43.029 --> 00:11:48.750 Goddard Amateur Radio Club station WA3NAN. You 00:11:48.750 --> 00:11:52.149 know, I remember driving around in my car listening 00:11:52.149 --> 00:11:55.330 to that, and I'd tell my friends, I'd say, hey, 00:11:55.429 --> 00:11:57.529 you want to hear? Let me turn this on for you. 00:11:57.710 --> 00:12:00.690 And they were really very impressed. So thanks 00:12:00.690 --> 00:12:02.570 for that, Frank. I'm still going to impress my 00:12:02.570 --> 00:12:04.870 friends easily. Anyway, Frank's been up to a 00:12:04.870 --> 00:12:06.950 whole lot of things, and I would like for him 00:12:06.950 --> 00:12:09.129 to tell you about some of the things that he's 00:12:09.129 --> 00:12:12.539 doing. And because we've always been impressed 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.720 and have our eye on Frank and he just rose to 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.399 the top this year of our list. And I'll tell 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.759 you the competition is very, very difficult, 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:25.019 very tough for amateur of the year. So Frank, 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.620 with that, tell us a little bit about what you're 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:31.159 up to now and go ahead and shamelessly plug Eris 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.559 and some of the other things that you're doing. 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:36.120 Sure thing, Michael, and thank you, and thank 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:40.240 you, Neil, for having this opportunity to talk 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:45.320 today. Yeah, ARIS is, I'll say, it's a really 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:47.580 phenomenal program. I am really impressed with 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:51.720 the volunteer team across the world. You know, 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:55.159 in the United States, both ARL and AMSAT do a 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:58.559 phenomenal job supporting the program, as well 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:02.899 as some of our sponsors, CASIS and the space 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:06.259 communications navigation organization in nasa 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:09.659 you know we are uh... it's hard to believe that 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:12.720 uh... two weeks after the first crew came on 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.759 board uh... we inaugurated the image radio station 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.159 and we've been operational ever since and so 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.500 that was that was back in november of two thousand 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:26.080 and uh... since then we've done over uh... uh... 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:27.940 a thousand contacts were almost up to eleven 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:31.820 hundred contacts at this point and uh... What 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:36.240 the team has accomplished has been phenomenal. 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.480 Being able to allow hams around the world to 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.980 talk to the astronauts on orbit, when we get 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:48.879 a crew member that's interested in talking to 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:53.120 hams on the ground, and all of the students and 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.659 getting students excited about amateur radio. 00:13:56.509 --> 00:13:59.730 That's a very important thing, not only excited, 00:14:00.169 --> 00:14:02.570 but actually getting licensed. The interesting 00:14:02.570 --> 00:14:05.950 thing is, it's not just the students that get 00:14:05.950 --> 00:14:11.389 interested in licensed, even the adults. Actually, 00:14:11.870 --> 00:14:14.850 the head of the education group at CASIS used 00:14:14.850 --> 00:14:18.730 to be a ham, and then he got relicensed from 00:14:18.730 --> 00:14:23.250 his experiences with ARIS. I feel very strongly 00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:27.340 that the program You know, its primary goal is 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:31.399 to interest, get students inspired and educated 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.259 on getting employed in STEM careers. In other 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:37.980 words, science, technology, engineering, math. 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:42.639 But a critical piece of, you know, one of the 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:47.759 important facets of ARIS is also getting the 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.759 general public aware of amateur radio and interested 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.480 enough to actually become part of our hobby. 00:14:57.620 --> 00:15:02.960 Well, you know, Frank. We use examples of all 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:06.200 the time when we try to persuade people, getting 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.700 involved in amateur radio, the ability to be 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:11.360 able to talk to an astronaut. I mean, what a 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:12.960 great way to spend your time, you know, spending 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:15.779 around the Earth and talking to children all 00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:17.500 over the Earth. And the work that you've done 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:21.399 there has been to make sure that happens. And 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:24.159 now you have some youth activities going on as 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:29.480 well, don't you? Youth activities from an Eris 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:34.440 perspective or other things? Yes, the Eris perspective. 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:44.139 Don't you make contacts with different schools? 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:49.039 Not you, but the astronauts as they orbit the 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.860 Earth? Yes, so that everybody understands Eris. 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.320 An important piece of it is that we have this 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:02.799 international team, and we are working with students 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:06.419 and allowing them to talk to the astronauts for 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:10.179 about 10 minutes when the space station goes 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:14.480 overhead in their area. As part of that, it's 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:17.919 a whole buildup of education. They learn about 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:22.320 amateur radio. wireless technologies, they learn 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.399 about space, they learn about orbits, and how 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.080 when the space station comes overhead, they learn 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.220 about what the astronauts are doing on board, 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.460 what kind of research they're doing, and that 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:35.100 excites them and gets them interested in the 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:39.139 fact that, you know, science and engineering 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:43.500 are actually very exciting activities to be involved 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:46.860 in, and they get this hands -on, the beauty of 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:50.490 ARIS. is that the students actually get hands 00:16:50.490 --> 00:16:52.950 -on experience. They get to pick up the microphone, 00:16:53.029 --> 00:16:57.330 talk to the astronauts, and as part of that, 00:16:58.210 --> 00:17:02.669 every contact, which we're doing about 60 to 00:17:02.669 --> 00:17:05.609 80 contacts a year, in other words, at least 00:17:05.609 --> 00:17:08.710 one to two a week, every one of these contacts 00:17:08.710 --> 00:17:12.009 for each school is a tremendous learning experience. 00:17:12.369 --> 00:17:17.140 So in that regard, yes. And we do them in schools, 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:22.420 we do them in large activities like conferences, 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:29.779 and we do this moon day activity in Dallas, which 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:35.140 is celebrating the Apollo 11 moon landing. And 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:38.539 so we're doing these things many times a week, 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:45.700 and like I said, about 60, 80 times a year. That's, 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:47.859 that's the information that I wanted to hear 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:50.599 too, Frank. Thank you. We got just a couple of 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.220 minutes. Is that right? Uh, for before our first 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:56.140 break, Neil? Yeah, we got about five minutes 00:17:56.140 --> 00:18:02.339 or so. Okay. Let me ask you, Frank, um, since 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:04.759 you've been, um, an amateur radio operator, I 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.500 know I'm going to catch off guard with this question, 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.680 but, but one of the most exciting things that, 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:13.480 that, that you have seen as an amateur radio 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.359 operator. Maybe working with the heiress or another 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.160 organization. Can you relay a little bit of that 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.039 in just a few minutes? Yeah, you know I want 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.799 to yeah, I want to say something about amateur 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:28.900 radio and you know the fact that What amateur 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:31.839 radio has done for my career if you will? And 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.839 and I think you you hit on it when you talked 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.059 about the GPS activities And and how that actually 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:40.779 affects amateur radio is affecting humans, you 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:45.970 know around the world so I got involved in ham 00:18:45.970 --> 00:18:48.650 radio, and I would not have gotten involved in 00:18:48.650 --> 00:18:52.210 GPS if I didn't have that ham radio experience. 00:18:54.109 --> 00:18:57.069 My background is guidance, navigation, and control, 00:18:57.150 --> 00:19:00.450 and GPS, of course, is navigation. But there's 00:19:00.450 --> 00:19:03.390 a substantial amount, as you're aware, in GPS 00:19:03.390 --> 00:19:07.710 of RF, and getting comfortable with that through 00:19:07.710 --> 00:19:10.690 amateur radio allowed me, and I will say, in 00:19:10.690 --> 00:19:15.049 multiple veins, my Work career and my image radio 00:19:15.049 --> 00:19:18.410 career. I'll call it collided in a positive way 00:19:18.410 --> 00:19:23.849 multiple times and So, you know, I can't say 00:19:23.849 --> 00:19:27.759 anything, you know The image radio activities 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:31.680 and community is a tremendous capability that 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.799 has allowed things to happen. So relative to 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.759 GPS, what we are able to do is actually demonstrate 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.539 that you can use GPS at very high altitudes. 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:46.019 So one of the most important altitudes in space 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:50.079 is around the geostationary belt, where a lot 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.180 of communication satellites and Earth weather 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:56.910 satellites are. So we demonstrated through that 00:19:56.910 --> 00:20:01.069 experiment on phase 3D, AO40, the ability that 00:20:01.069 --> 00:20:03.910 you can actually use GPS at those altitudes and 00:20:03.910 --> 00:20:07.329 even beyond that. And because of that now, the 00:20:07.329 --> 00:20:10.089 most recent weather satellite, GOES weather satellite, 00:20:10.130 --> 00:20:15.269 now is using GPS for navigation. And it's getting 00:20:15.269 --> 00:20:21.930 tremendously better images from space and weather 00:20:21.930 --> 00:20:26.619 predictions from space. amateur radio, through 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:29.000 amateur radio, through both the MSAT activity 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.440 on AO40, as well as that experience of amateur 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:35.579 radio, allowed that to happen to the point where 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:41.240 our weather satellite data, the actual forecasting, 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:45.160 is going to improve from a five -day forecast 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:48.880 to a seven -day forecast. And there's tremendously 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:53.430 better warnings that are going to happen for 00:20:53.430 --> 00:20:56.029 tornadoes and things like that so this is so 00:20:56.029 --> 00:20:58.329 you know this is that melding of amateur radio 00:20:58.329 --> 00:21:01.710 into other activities scientific activities and 00:21:01.710 --> 00:21:05.089 engineering activities where this hobby is just 00:21:05.089 --> 00:21:08.529 phenomenal and I'm I'll say I'm forever forever 00:21:08.529 --> 00:21:11.309 grateful for the fact that I got involved in 00:21:11.309 --> 00:21:13.910 amateur radio because it has helped my career 00:21:13.910 --> 00:21:16.930 and it has helped you know everyone on earth 00:21:16.930 --> 00:21:23.079 from that perspective You know Frank you are 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:28.279 so humble In your accomplishments and you're 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.339 giving back to amateur radio I think that we're 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:33.579 all you know I know our club has been pretty 00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:36.559 in awe of The things that you've accomplished 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:39.079 and I know and I know it isn't all you a lot 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:42.980 of it is your team but the ability to lead a 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:47.880 team around the world and to have an effect on 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.880 so many amateur radio operators around the world. 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:56.940 And not only that, to do things to prepare for 00:21:56.940 --> 00:22:00.259 tornadoes. I know in Ohio we get a lot of tornadoes. 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:04.299 So at any rate, I really appreciate understanding 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.779 that a little bit more and understanding what 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.710 you're doing. So, Neil, let me turn it back to 00:22:08.710 --> 00:22:11.750 you if you need to take a break. Yeah, we do, 00:22:12.390 --> 00:22:15.710 but we need to get, tell you what, let's do it. 00:22:15.710 --> 00:22:18.910 Let's go ahead and get Rom and then we'll save 00:22:18.910 --> 00:22:24.369 Rob for after the break and the club we need 00:22:24.369 --> 00:22:26.750 to do after the break and we kind of need to 00:22:26.750 --> 00:22:29.190 move along so we have a little bit of time for 00:22:29.190 --> 00:22:31.690 questions. So why don't you go ahead and talk 00:22:31.690 --> 00:22:37.039 to Rom for a bit. Okay, really good. So thank 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:39.480 you again, Frank, and I think we'll be back to 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:42.400 you. All right, our special achievement winner 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:46.940 this year is Ram Mohan, Victor United II, Mike 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:51.640 Yankee Hotel. And Ram is the executive vice chairman 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:54.779 and director of the National Institute of Amateur 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:59.079 Radio in Hyderabad, India. And he was licensed 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:05.180 as a radio amateur grade one since 1988. and 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:08.460 he's conducted a number of experiments on HF 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:13.319 and VHF communication equipment and has carried 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:17.759 out a lot of propagation tests, organized training 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.200 programs. He's organized the expeditions, workshops, 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:24.799 and general amateur radio activities including 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:30.410 public service communication. He's done So many 00:23:30.410 --> 00:23:33.630 things. You know, one of the things that he has 00:23:33.630 --> 00:23:37.150 done is he's worked in a lot of emergency situations, 00:23:37.549 --> 00:23:40.190 not just sitting there in Hyderabad at their 00:23:40.190 --> 00:23:43.390 station there, but he actually, in the Nepal 00:23:43.390 --> 00:23:48.410 earthquake, he led a group up there of Indian 00:23:48.410 --> 00:23:53.490 amateurs that actually were on the ground setting 00:23:53.490 --> 00:23:57.589 up communications and working to to help rescue 00:23:57.589 --> 00:24:01.029 people and reestablish the communications in 00:24:01.029 --> 00:24:05.750 that area. So he's done a lot for youth. He does 00:24:05.750 --> 00:24:08.170 a lot for, he meets with lots of government officials 00:24:08.170 --> 00:24:11.970 throughout India. He's traveling around there 00:24:11.970 --> 00:24:16.910 all the time to be a real disciple for amateur 00:24:16.910 --> 00:24:20.390 radio. And I know he's done a lot to streamline 00:24:20.390 --> 00:24:23.849 their testing process. So with that, Ram, why 00:24:23.849 --> 00:24:25.450 don't you talk just a little bit about what you 00:24:25.450 --> 00:24:29.700 do. Yeah, very good. Good morning to all of you, 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:33.700 Michael, Frank and Neil. And thank you very much 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:38.559 for having me on the show today. And it's really 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:43.059 exciting to be here talking to all of you. And 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:48.619 thank you all for the kind words. Firstly, amateur 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:51.940 radio in India is also a very exciting activity 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:57.750 for the youth. Many young people in India want 00:24:57.750 --> 00:25:01.970 to be in touch with the STEM activities and get 00:25:01.970 --> 00:25:06.009 involved into amateur radio. Awareness of this 00:25:06.009 --> 00:25:10.069 activity in India is still on the lower side, 00:25:10.170 --> 00:25:15.009 I could say. We are just trying to introduce 00:25:15.009 --> 00:25:18.930 and create awareness on the activities for the 00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:22.829 youth to get involved. and enjoy and have fun 00:25:22.829 --> 00:25:25.490 and interacting with people all over the world, 00:25:26.210 --> 00:25:29.269 get to learn things about wireless communications 00:25:29.269 --> 00:25:35.150 as they practice the art of amateur radio. And 00:25:35.150 --> 00:25:38.210 interestingly, it has grown into leaps and bounds. 00:25:38.349 --> 00:25:40.569 A lot of young people are getting involved into 00:25:40.569 --> 00:25:44.150 the activity. They are all excited to get into 00:25:44.150 --> 00:25:48.480 the world of amateur radio. do -it -yourself 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.680 concept helps in building a skill for them and 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:57.019 lot of technical institutes are coming forward 00:25:57.019 --> 00:26:01.259 and they encourage the students to get involved 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:04.720 in amateur radio. It is our effort to take the 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:08.779 message across to all the young people who want 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:11.319 to get involved into amateur radio activity. 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:17.279 When we are in India, it requires a lot of support 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:22.279 from the government agencies and others also 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:28.579 because of the regulations and opening up the 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:33.039 things. Amateur radio licensing is not as easy 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:37.059 as you get in the United States. They go through 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:41.680 a lot of process. And sometimes it takes about 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:44.799 a year to get a license. But in the recent times, 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.059 and with all the effort that has been put in 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:51.160 over the years, now you could get a ham license 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:55.480 in about a month. So it attracts more and more 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:58.000 young people to get involved into the activity. 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:01.900 And depending on the individual interests, some 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:08.319 of them take up building their own radios from 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:10.559 the kids that are locally available in the market. 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:14.019 Some of them get involved in social service activities 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:17.859 or public service communication. So it's a good 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:23.839 support all around that we get in India. Ron, 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:26.839 would you mind talking a minute about your... 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.200 Ron, could you talk a minute about the Nepal 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.359 earthquake and your efforts to help people there? 00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:41.460 Yes, Michael. When the incident happened in Nepal 00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:47.779 in the month of May 2015, a team of operators 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:54.680 from India, we were given an opportunity to come 00:27:54.680 --> 00:28:00.619 to Kathmandu and help the local amateur radio 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:05.460 operators. set up the amateur radio stations 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:09.640 and provide communications in the remote areas 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:15.000 which are very far and very badly affected after 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:19.960 the earthquake. and we teamed up with the local 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.380 Nepal amateur radio operators because they have 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:25.559 the license to operate the radio stations and 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:31.200 we had the experience of working in similar situations 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:36.180 back in India. So it helped us both ways and 00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:41.579 we could go around different places, set up communications 00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:47.240 for the groups which are working to help local 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:51.900 people and provide communications like the scouts 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:57.220 and guides working there and other organizations 00:28:57.220 --> 00:29:01.400 providing health and medical support, the NGOs 00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:06.859 which needed communications for conducting their 00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:11.259 emergency operations and things like that. And 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:16.119 it really worked out. very well as a team we 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.740 worked along with the Nepal amateur radio operators 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:24.440 and it was a wonderful occasion and even I myself 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:28.680 went on to take a local amateur radio license 00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:34.099 in Nepal at that point in time and it was a very 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:38.140 good support coming locally in Nepal and also 00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:41.839 from us many hams from India traveling all the 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:47.180 way to Nepal. It's a different country, so we 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:50.339 took the effort to go there and help us. And 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:54.019 the government of India also provided us a little 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:59.119 support of transporting hams from India to Kathmandu 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:05.369 at that point in time did really help. Yeah, 00:30:05.369 --> 00:30:08.450 that was amazing. I know that I had the very 00:30:08.450 --> 00:30:12.009 good fortune of being in contact with you. And 00:30:12.009 --> 00:30:16.930 just a quick story is I received an email from 00:30:16.930 --> 00:30:21.410 a gentleman who knew I was in contact with Ram 00:30:21.410 --> 00:30:25.849 in Nepal and his wife was stranded on a bus and 00:30:25.849 --> 00:30:28.609 there were quite a few people on this bus and 00:30:28.609 --> 00:30:32.250 they were going from Nepal to Kathmandu and we 00:30:32.250 --> 00:30:38.329 got the GPS coordinates to Ram and then we found 00:30:38.329 --> 00:30:40.410 out later that there were 19 people that were 00:30:40.410 --> 00:30:44.190 rescued shortly after that by helicopters thanks 00:30:44.190 --> 00:30:46.630 to the fact that he was there and had good communications. 00:30:47.230 --> 00:30:51.750 It's funny how amateur radio works. Rom has also, 00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:55.730 you've been involved in some other major disasters. 00:30:56.150 --> 00:30:59.150 Can you just mention some of those that have 00:30:59.150 --> 00:31:00.990 happened? Michael, we need to, I'm sorry, you'll 00:31:00.990 --> 00:31:03.230 go ahead. We need to kind of hurry up. We're 00:31:03.230 --> 00:31:07.549 running behind here, so. Okay. Rom, go ahead 00:31:07.549 --> 00:31:14.730 and do that. We'll just do it quickly. Yeah. 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:23.140 In India, we have several kinds of natural calamities 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:30.859 hitting the region, really pretty bad ones. The 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:36.859 ones that happened in Gujarat in 2001, the earthquake 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:40.799 took a toll on a lot of people. and there was 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:44.079 a major disaster and hams could provide instant 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:47.299 communications at that point in time. The Orissa 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:51.559 super cyclone of 1999 was a major disaster here 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:57.940 in India and the tsunami of 2004 in the Andaman 00:31:57.940 --> 00:32:01.519 Nicobar Islands where hams from India could go 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:04.240 on and help communications for the administration 00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:09.410 from different islands. of this and I thank Michael 00:32:09.410 --> 00:32:12.910 and Hamvention at that point in time recognized 00:32:12.910 --> 00:32:16.670 the services and gave the special achievement 00:32:16.670 --> 00:32:19.829 award for one of our team leader Mrs. Bharti 00:32:19.829 --> 00:32:24.630 Prasad who handled all the communications and 00:32:24.630 --> 00:32:27.390 we were all part of that particular team and 00:32:27.390 --> 00:32:29.369 helped out the administration at that point in 00:32:29.369 --> 00:32:36.019 time and And we are very fortunate that the award 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.720 comes back to our organization again after so 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:43.599 many years. And we thank the Hamvention and the 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:49.440 awards committee for selecting us. All right, 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.970 Ram, I'm going to... We're to help Neil out back 00:32:51.970 --> 00:32:54.670 to you, Neil. All right. Thanks. Yeah. Thank 00:32:54.670 --> 00:32:57.329 you, Rahman. And congratulations to all the winners. 00:32:57.329 --> 00:32:59.970 Uh, indeed very deserving, uh, amateur radio 00:32:59.970 --> 00:33:02.650 operators in their respective fields. And we'll 00:33:02.650 --> 00:33:04.849 talk about the other two awards when we come 00:33:04.849 --> 00:33:08.109 back, uh, the club of the year. And also, uh, 00:33:08.109 --> 00:33:12.019 we'll, um, We'll catch up on the technical achievement 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.000 award quickly when we come back and then we'll 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.400 take your calls right after this right here on 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:20.859 HamTalk Live. 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There's plenty of detail on 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:48.880 our website at hamvention .org, but our technical 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:53.579 achievement winner is Rob Brownstein, K6RB, and 00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:57.260 he has been very instrumental. He founded the 00:35:57.260 --> 00:36:02.260 CW Operators Club, CW Ops, and then he's also 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:09.630 worked really hard with CW Academy. What Rob 00:36:09.630 --> 00:36:13.050 is doing and why we're really excited about his 00:36:13.050 --> 00:36:21.710 work is that using CW to communicate again and 00:36:21.710 --> 00:36:23.570 to keep that alive, even though it's not a requirement, 00:36:23.809 --> 00:36:29.090 he's getting so many people excited into using 00:36:29.090 --> 00:36:32.030 that mode. So we're looking forward to finding 00:36:32.030 --> 00:36:34.750 out more about Rob and looking forward to him 00:36:34.750 --> 00:36:39.610 coming to Also, the Club of the Year, an amazing 00:36:39.610 --> 00:36:43.550 club, the Clark County Amateur Radio Club, and 00:36:43.550 --> 00:36:47.590 they serve the Southwest Washington and Northwest 00:36:47.590 --> 00:36:52.090 Oregon area. And they have, I mean, they've just 00:36:52.090 --> 00:36:53.929 knocked it out of the park with everything that 00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:57.250 they do. You know, we think that Dara is a good 00:36:57.250 --> 00:37:01.070 club, but I look at their website and find out 00:37:01.070 --> 00:37:04.019 all the great things that they're doing. It's 00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:07.739 really a very active club doing a lot of amazing 00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:11.880 things. So we're looking forward to seeing them 00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:14.360 come to Dayton and we hope that you take a little 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.800 bit of time and study a little bit more about 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:20.659 them. I would look at their website, the WS7 00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:25.139 Alpha India Alpha website. It's a very nice club 00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:28.750 website. You'll see for yourself. what they accomplished. 00:37:29.349 --> 00:37:32.170 Anyway, so with that being said, I don't want 00:37:32.170 --> 00:37:35.590 to take away from those two other winners, but 00:37:35.590 --> 00:37:39.590 since we have Ram here from India and Frank from, 00:37:39.670 --> 00:37:41.570 I'm not even sure where Frank is right now. He 00:37:41.570 --> 00:37:44.250 could be in Washington. You never know where 00:37:44.250 --> 00:37:46.789 Frank is. Where are you, Frank, anyway? Today 00:37:46.789 --> 00:37:51.730 I'm in Maryland. Oh, right, he's in Maryland. 00:37:52.010 --> 00:37:55.010 Okay. All right. So what do, what kind of questions 00:37:55.010 --> 00:37:57.570 do we have? Yeah. So let's, uh, let's open up 00:37:57.570 --> 00:38:00.510 the lines. Eight one two net ham one eight one 00:38:00.510 --> 00:38:03.730 two six three eight four two six one. If you 00:38:03.730 --> 00:38:06.610 would like to join in the conversation here, 00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:09.989 or you can tweet us at ham talk live. But again, 00:38:09.989 --> 00:38:13.389 the phone number is eight one two net ham one 00:38:13.389 --> 00:38:17.389 eight one two six three four two six one. Give 00:38:17.389 --> 00:38:21.409 us a call. We've got about four minutes here. 00:38:21.289 --> 00:38:26.369 So give us a call right now and and jump in if 00:38:26.369 --> 00:38:29.849 you've got a question for Frank Bauer Ka3 HDO 00:38:29.849 --> 00:38:35.590 or Rom or Michael on on the awards here Give 00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:39.510 us a call eight one two net ham one and if you 00:38:39.510 --> 00:38:45.869 can tell us what Frank Bauer Ka3 HDO the amateur 00:38:45.869 --> 00:38:48.989 of the year is the international chairman of 00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:53.719 you can win the DX80 off -center fed dipole from 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:56.940 radio waves. So that's a pretty easy question 00:38:56.940 --> 00:39:00.079 if you've been following along here. So if you 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:03.159 can answer that question give us a call 812 -NET 00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:07.260 -HAM -1. The first one to do that correctly will 00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:12.000 get the DX80 from radio waves. even get a chance 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:16.940 to win tonight. So give us a call. And if you 00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:21.579 want to tweet us, you can do that as well. And 00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:25.639 we just have a few minutes here. So we will do 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:34.900 that. Frank, what what? What's your plans for 00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:37.880 next week? What's your plans for for Hamvention? 00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:44.130 Well, we have Of course, the ARIS team is going 00:39:44.130 --> 00:39:49.309 to be in the AMSAT booth. We're in building one 00:39:49.309 --> 00:39:57.329 room, booth 1007. And so I've got a number of 00:39:57.329 --> 00:40:00.829 individuals, Rosalie White, K1STO will be there, 00:40:02.150 --> 00:40:07.360 my ops lead. Dave Taylor, W8AAS. So there's a 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:09.940 bunch of us will be at the booth and willing 00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:13.599 to answer questions. Of course, you know, one 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:15.340 of the big things we're working on right now 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:19.699 is a big radio upgrade of the ARIS equipment 00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:24.000 called the Interoperable Radio System. So you'll 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.480 get to see that firsthand as part of our booth 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:31.860 and that includes a power supply that can operate 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:35.380 across both the Russian side, the US side, the 00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:38.699 European side, and the whole space station, if 00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:41.920 you will. And then we're going to be using a 00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:46.719 Kenwood D710 that will be in the Columbus module 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:51.440 and in the Russian service module. Sounds pretty 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:54.519 cool. I have to stop by and see that. Check it 00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:58.059 out. 812 -NET -HAM -1 is the phone number 812 00:40:58.059 --> 00:41:03.300 -638 -4261. If you want to win the dipole and 00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:06.360 chime in here, give us a call. And Ram, what 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:11.199 about you? What's your plans for next week? Yeah, 00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:13.539 finally, thanks to Hamvention and Michael again. 00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:17.619 We have a forum coming up on Sunday around 1030. 00:41:18.030 --> 00:41:22.630 We'll be talking about the emergency communications 00:41:22.630 --> 00:41:26.550 in this part of the world. And we will share 00:41:26.550 --> 00:41:30.670 our experience to the participants there, how 00:41:30.670 --> 00:41:33.789 we get to do things for emergency communications 00:41:33.789 --> 00:41:37.949 in India. The region where we come from in India, 00:41:38.309 --> 00:41:41.480 we have cities of disasters that strike. the 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:44.460 region and some of them are really very serious 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:47.880 ones and pretty bad dot causing huge damage to 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:50.780 life property and everything that comes across 00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:55.179 so uh... it's just needed for people in this 00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:58.539 region to be prepared and get trained and be 00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:01.590 hands that can help our local communities at 00:42:01.590 --> 00:42:04.630 any point in time. So we do concentrate and take 00:42:04.630 --> 00:42:09.710 this seriously to help people locally here. So 00:42:09.710 --> 00:42:13.090 that's what we have been successful in doing, 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:15.969 and we continue to do that. And we'd like to 00:42:15.969 --> 00:42:18.070 share our experiences with the people there. 00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:22.000 probably learn something new what's coming up 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:25.139 as frank has said something new is coming up 00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:27.599 and we'll try to pick up some things from there 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:32.000 and learn what's happening very good well guys 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:34.840 thanks so much for taking time out to to come 00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:39.300 on the show and oh we do have a call so let me 00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:42.960 take that we've got about 60 seconds here so 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:47.679 uh caller go ahead hi This is Eric in 9KDB. How's 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:50.900 it going, Neil? Hi. It would be the best friend, 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:55.940 Eric, in 9KDB. What's going on, Eric? Well, believe 00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.900 it or not, I actually know the answer to your 00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:02.539 question. OK. Well, let's take the answer. So 00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:07.719 Frank here, A3 HDO, is the chairman of? The amateur 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:10.039 radio on the International Space Station, or 00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:15.570 ARIS. Very good. We got that right. No, we got 00:43:15.570 --> 00:43:18.489 it right here. Yeah, there we go. We got the 00:43:18.489 --> 00:43:21.769 right music now. So congratulations. Thanks for 00:43:21.769 --> 00:43:23.969 the win on that. And you have a question here 00:43:23.969 --> 00:43:27.949 to throw in. We got just a few seconds. No, no 00:43:27.949 --> 00:43:30.110 question this evening. Just been enjoying listening 00:43:30.110 --> 00:43:32.969 to you guys on a good interview there. All right. 00:43:33.050 --> 00:43:36.090 Well, thanks for calling in. Appreciate it. Thank 00:43:36.090 --> 00:43:38.210 you. We'll see you later. All right. We'll see 00:43:38.210 --> 00:43:41.889 you later 7 -3 to you, too Well, hey, that's 00:43:41.889 --> 00:43:44.329 a great show and guys. Thanks so much for coming 00:43:44.329 --> 00:43:48.090 on that is rap For this week's Ham Talk Live, 00:43:48.150 --> 00:43:50.769 thanks to Michael Coulter, WHCI from Hamvention, 00:43:51.010 --> 00:43:54.409 Frank Bauer, KA3 HDO, the winner of Amateur of 00:43:54.409 --> 00:43:58.489 the Year, and Rob Mohan, VU2MYH, the Special 00:43:58.489 --> 00:44:01.309 Achievement Award winner, and also Rob Brownstein, 00:44:01.610 --> 00:44:03.909 K6RB, we didn't get much of a chance to talk 00:44:03.909 --> 00:44:07.170 about him, the Technical Achievement Award winner, 00:44:07.610 --> 00:44:13.170 and the Club of the Year. We thank you all for 00:44:13.170 --> 00:44:15.769 all that you do for Amateur Radio, and invite 00:44:15.849 --> 00:44:19.750 Everybody back next Thursday night will be live 00:44:19.750 --> 00:44:23.170 from Dayton. So stop by the Spring Hill Suites, 00:44:23.250 --> 00:44:26.510 Miamisburg, if you can, at our usual time, nine 00:44:26.510 --> 00:44:29.730 o 'clock. And for a list of all of our upcoming 00:44:29.730 --> 00:44:33.030 guests, visit hamptalklive .com. So for now, 00:44:33.090 --> 00:44:36.369 this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying seven three, 00:44:36.849 --> 00:44:56.309 seven five, and may the good DX be yours. Thanks 00:44:56.309 --> 00:44:57.010 for watching.