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The latest Hamvention update from 00:01:48.989 --> 00:01:53.950 Dara, recorded live on Thursday, May 4th, 2017. 00:01:54.170 --> 00:01:58.329 I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for 00:01:58.329 --> 00:02:01.510 tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live tonight. 00:02:02.269 --> 00:02:05.250 We continue our Dayton Hamvention preview as 00:02:05.250 --> 00:02:07.909 we will be joined once again by Michael Coulter, 00:02:07.969 --> 00:02:12.139 W8CI, the official spokesperson of the Dayton 00:02:12.139 --> 00:02:16.400 Hamvention and We were planning on Ron Kramer 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.419 KD8 ENJ the chairman of this year's Hamvention 00:02:19.419 --> 00:02:22.379 to be here but he sends his apologies and had 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:26.180 a meeting about Hamvention he had to attend to 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:30.740 tonight, so Michael is here and we'll be talking 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:33.800 to him and take your calls live in a little bit 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.719 and Last week if you missed the show. Oh my goodness 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:41.099 the spurious emissions band What an enjoyable 00:02:41.099 --> 00:02:44.919 group of people and an enjoyable show. So if 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:48.139 you missed that, I'll go back and check that 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:51.680 out at HamTalkLive .com or on one of the podcast 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:56.000 services. Pick that up and if you're coming to 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.770 date and try to... get to that concert at the 00:02:58.770 --> 00:03:01.729 contest. Super sweet. It's Friday night at 10 00:03:01.729 --> 00:03:05.110 o 'clock during Hamvention weekend at the Crowne 00:03:05.110 --> 00:03:08.509 Plaza Hotel. It was quite entertaining. So check 00:03:08.509 --> 00:03:14.449 that out over at HamTalkLive .com and take a 00:03:14.449 --> 00:03:17.400 listen. It's pretty good stuff. Well, tonight 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.039 continues our official countdown to the Dayton 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.560 Hamvention with a series of previews of upcoming 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.560 events at Hamvention and radio waves has graciously 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.620 allowed us to give away a DX 80 off center fed 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:34.159 dipole to one lucky winner each week. So later 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.460 in the show, I'll give you a chance to call in 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:39.639 and win. So be sure to listen to the show live 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:42.139 whenever you can and congratulations to last 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:47.639 week's winner. It was Ruth KM4LAO and she's going 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:51.939 to be receiving her DX80 from Radio Waves and 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:55.919 you can hear her at the Youth Forum as well as 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:02.439 the Southwest Ohio DX Dinner. over at Hamvention. 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.819 So congratulations to Ruth Willett. And again, 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.419 we want to mention the open house going on over 00:04:09.419 --> 00:04:12.039 at the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.659 during Hamvention weekend. That's on Friday night 00:04:14.659 --> 00:04:19.040 and Saturday afternoon and at night until nine 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.879 o 'clock. And you can check out voamuseum .org 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.560 for all that information, as well as on our social 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:30.269 media sites. and also don't forget about contest 00:04:30.269 --> 00:04:34.670 supersweet .com you can find out all the contesting 00:04:35.599 --> 00:04:40.600 events going on in addition to Hamvention. And 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.519 the night before Hamvention, or as I like to 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.379 call it, Hamvention Eve, we will be broadcasting 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:50.720 live from Dayton. So if you're in the Dayton 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:55.100 area on Thursday, May 18th, right before Hamvention, 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:59.459 stop by the lobby of Spring Hill Suites in Miamisburg 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:01.959 that's on the south side of Dayton near the Dayton 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.709 Mall. 417 North Springboro Pike will be interviewing 00:05:05.709 --> 00:05:08.949 the audience live on the show giving away some 00:05:08.949 --> 00:05:11.779 prizes and taking calls. from people talking 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:15.800 about their favorite part of Hamvention. So if 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.759 you're on the road to Dayton, we'd love for you 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.939 to give us a call on the phone and use your hands 00:05:21.939 --> 00:05:24.319 -free device there and give us a call and tell 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.259 us your favorite part of Hamvention weekend or 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:30.579 better yet, stop by. And if you can't make it 00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:32.680 to Dayton this year, give us a call and tell 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.410 us. your favorite hand -vention story from the 00:05:35.410 --> 00:05:38.470 past. So join in the fun. Stop by Spring Hill 00:05:38.470 --> 00:05:41.529 Suites, Dayton, South Miamisburg, which by the 00:05:41.529 --> 00:05:44.509 way, they are now sold out of rooms. Talk to 00:05:44.509 --> 00:05:49.069 them this week. So keep looking around. There 00:05:49.069 --> 00:05:52.750 are some available, but right now they are booked 00:05:52.750 --> 00:05:56.230 up. And also make sure you watch Facebook live. 00:05:56.310 --> 00:05:58.649 We'll be doing some streaming from time to time, 00:05:58.769 --> 00:06:03.000 giving you some updates from Hamvention so check 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.139 out Facebook live as well So get your questions 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:09.699 ready to go for Michael here after the interview 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:12.339 We're going to talk about a few things that that 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:14.199 we've been hearing from our listeners And then 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.379 we're going to open it up for some calls and 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:20.379 that telephone number to call is eight one two 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:24.600 net ham one That's eight one two six three eight 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.259 four two six one or you can Skype us our username 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:32.019 is ham talk live you can also tweet us. 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Michael Coulter, WHCI, is the 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:49.820 official spokesperson of the Dayton Hamvention. 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:54.440 He resides in Zinnia, Ohio and is a past president 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.679 of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and a 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:01.929 former Hamvention general chairman back in 2011 00:09:01.929 --> 00:09:05.429 to 2012. He's currently the treasurer and board 00:09:05.429 --> 00:09:08.769 member of DERA and the finance chair for Hamvention, 00:09:08.929 --> 00:09:13.389 an active musician, Skyward Net Control and HF 00:09:13.389 --> 00:09:16.149 operator and he's with us tonight. So good evening, 00:09:16.149 --> 00:09:18.330 Michael, and thank you for coming on the show 00:09:18.330 --> 00:09:24.730 yet again. Hey, good evening, Neil and to everybody 00:09:24.730 --> 00:09:29.470 out there. We're counting down the hours now. 00:09:29.629 --> 00:09:33.370 And Neil, your show's just so professional. Thank 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:35.950 you for having us on there. Thank you for supporting 00:09:35.950 --> 00:09:41.129 Hamvention. And I'm just a spokesperson for the 00:09:41.129 --> 00:09:45.490 hundreds of volunteers that we have and the men 00:09:45.490 --> 00:09:47.789 and women that are working really diligently 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:50.490 to pull this thing off and make it a super event. 00:09:50.889 --> 00:09:54.240 So great to be here, Neil. Well, thanks for coming 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.360 on again. We've had you on a couple of times 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:01.440 here for the show with all the changes coming 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:05.500 up and then doing it again next week with some 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:08.440 of the award winners. So we really appreciate 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:11.899 that, especially as this year's a little crazy 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:15.860 trying to get everything figured out for a new 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:20.610 location. And you guys have the... monumental 00:10:20.610 --> 00:10:25.529 task of recreating most of Hamvention this year. 00:10:26.250 --> 00:10:28.590 There's been a lot of buzz and speculation and 00:10:28.590 --> 00:10:33.450 questions so we thank you for coming on so that 00:10:33.450 --> 00:10:37.389 we can get the information direct from the source 00:10:37.389 --> 00:10:39.330 and I want to make sure we've got plenty of time 00:10:39.330 --> 00:10:43.090 for questions tonight but I want to make sure 00:10:43.090 --> 00:10:46.759 too that we get to Some of the things that you 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.539 consider the most important things to get out 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:54.659 there, you know, when it comes to attending Hamvention, 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:56.820 maybe some of the traffic patterns and that kind 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:59.860 of thing. So we'll talk about that. But the three 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:04.600 things that I'm hearing our listeners talk about, 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:09.399 flea market spaces, traffic. and ways to communicate. 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:13.200 So I thought we'd go ahead and tackle those first, 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.879 and then we'll open it up and see if we've got 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.019 any other questions running around out there. 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:25.320 So first, let's take on this flea market thing. 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:29.840 I know a lot of people are still trying to get 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.840 a flea market space and there's still a few there. 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:37.620 So give us an update on where things are with 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:43.240 the exhibit space and the flea market space. 00:11:48.090 --> 00:11:50.169 Okay, you asked me a lot of questions there. 00:11:50.190 --> 00:11:52.490 Let's see if I got a mom. Let's start with the 00:11:52.490 --> 00:11:55.590 flea market that has been a really a challenge 00:11:55.590 --> 00:12:01.649 for us this year to read Create the flea market 00:12:01.649 --> 00:12:06.549 which we have but I know I think that we've been 00:12:06.549 --> 00:12:08.789 slow and getting some information out but slow 00:12:08.789 --> 00:12:12.440 because Yeah, I really hope that people can understand 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:16.259 just how difficult it's been. We started, you 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:18.519 know, kind of a clean slate. We have this new 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.899 location and then we had to lay out everywhere 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:26.559 that where all the spaces were going to be for 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:29.600 the flea market. So that meant measuring everything, 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.399 getting measured out there and taking a CAD CAM 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:35.960 program, then laying that in and getting it on 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:41.179 the Internet. and then beginning to take sales. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:46.179 We've had a multitude of issues in the flea market 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:49.879 area, not due to the volunteers, but just some 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:53.360 of the mechanics of it. We are pretty much working 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:56.419 through all those issues, and we're down to maybe 00:12:56.419 --> 00:12:59.799 about 100 more vendors that were getting information. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:06.700 out to verify that they've got their spaces and 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:10.440 all the information that they require. So if 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.100 you haven't heard anything yet, hang on a little 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:17.440 bit longer because the information is forthcoming 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:20.919 and these guys are working every day to make 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:25.220 this happen. And I guess the other thing I want 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:29.299 to say about that too is that we have as many 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:36.700 usable spaces as we did the previous year. So 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:41.080 there are, and it's actually at this point, it 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.519 looks like it will be sold out. So if you're 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.600 coming there and you haven't made reservations 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.259 and you haven't heard from us, you're probably 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:51.220 not gonna get a flea market space. I mean, we 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:53.879 have really, I mean, we have 104 acres there, 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.580 includes parking in there. But we have absolutely 00:13:58.580 --> 00:14:01.919 sold that out. Um, so let's talk about inside 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.399 exhibits. Is that all right, Neil? Yeah. Yep. 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:10.379 Yep. Yep. Let's go to that. Okay. And I apologize 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:13.299 here in Ohio right now. I live south of Zina 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:18.480 out in the countryside below Zina. Um, and, uh, 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.740 the weather's pretty rough here right now and 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:24.899 I'm using a Jews net, um, on the Skype. So sometimes 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:28.279 that can be iffy in the rain and the cloud. So 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:30.879 I apologize if I break it break up a little bit 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.700 let's talk about inside exhibits and I hope that 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:38.480 you go website take a look at that take a look 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:40.120 at all the vendors that are going to be there 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.500 where they're located the names of the buildings 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:45.159 which we will have those names on the outside 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.700 of the of the Expo Center buildings so and that 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:51.019 is actually all sold out you know if you aren't 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:53.899 in there you can get on waiting list. But we 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:58.559 have six buildings at this point. So that's a 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:02.960 complete sellout. I think that that's been going 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:06.659 pretty good. Of course, we had some slow problems 00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:09.259 getting things going and trying to get everybody 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:12.340 satisfied. And I want to remind everyone, this 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:15.659 is a learning year for all of us. All of us are 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:18.080 going to a new space. We're all going to experience 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:22.100 the invention together in a new location. And 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:24.679 we're going to learn from this. Our team is going 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.679 to learn. You all who come will probably learn 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.340 some things, too. And maybe some of the smaller 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:36.159 details that, well, when you were at Hera, you 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:38.299 had it all worked out. When we were at Hera and 00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:42.600 ran it, we had it all worked out. But it's going 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.419 to be a little bit different ball game here. 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.340 So Inside Exhibits is looking good. We've got 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:51.549 to finish up the flea market spaces. That information 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:56.129 is is forthcoming All right. Yeah, very good. 00:15:56.169 --> 00:15:59.570 Okay, I tell you what Michael We are getting 00:15:59.570 --> 00:16:02.870 some some breakups on the audio and and we got 00:16:02.870 --> 00:16:05.710 most of that but it was a little Little rough 00:16:05.710 --> 00:16:07.750 at times. So I think what I'm gonna do is is 00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:11.750 go ahead and take our second break and if we 00:16:11.750 --> 00:16:15.740 could go to go to plan B here with the with the 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:18.340 phone if you don't mind and we'll get that switched 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:22.320 over and we'll be right back with Michael and 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.399 give you a chance to uh we'll finish up the interview 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:27.639 and then we'll give you a chance to call in right 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.620 here on HamTalk Live. You're listening to our 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:33.240 Dayton Hamvention preview shows here on HamTalk 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:36.100 Live. 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We're getting everything 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:22.470 switched over here and thanks. to Radio Waves 00:17:22.470 --> 00:17:25.990 for giving us a chance to give away those antennas 00:17:25.990 --> 00:17:30.089 this week and every week during our Hamvention 00:17:30.089 --> 00:17:33.589 preview. So we will get to that in just a little 00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:37.809 bit. But right now let's get back to Michael 00:17:37.809 --> 00:17:42.170 who was telling us that all the inside exhibits 00:17:42.170 --> 00:17:44.529 are sold out and they have a waiting list for 00:17:44.529 --> 00:17:47.829 that and there's still about 100 flea market 00:17:47.829 --> 00:17:54.029 spaces. that they're they're trying to Get all 00:17:54.029 --> 00:17:57.009 the details worked out on and looks like that's 00:17:57.009 --> 00:18:00.970 going to be a sellout too so anything else you 00:18:00.970 --> 00:18:03.910 wanted to to talk about on the spaces before 00:18:03.910 --> 00:18:10.450 we go to to the traffic No, I think that that's 00:18:10.450 --> 00:18:15.109 pretty clear on the spaces and that if you haven't 00:18:15.109 --> 00:18:19.470 made application and Like I said, we have maybe 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:21.910 down to 100 folks that we haven't made contact 00:18:21.910 --> 00:18:25.910 with. Don't come at the last minute and expect 00:18:25.910 --> 00:18:28.569 to get a space. Unfortunately, this is gonna 00:18:28.569 --> 00:18:33.690 be a huge, I think a huge crowd. Like you mentioned 00:18:33.690 --> 00:18:37.750 earlier, all the hotels, motels, bed and breakfast 00:18:37.750 --> 00:18:41.410 in Greene County are sold out and maybe there's 00:18:41.410 --> 00:18:44.369 surrounding areas where people can get. spaces 00:18:44.369 --> 00:18:48.529 but and they can call the convention visitors 00:18:48.529 --> 00:18:52.750 bureau of clinton county and montgomery county 00:18:52.750 --> 00:18:55.670 and clark county those are some of the counties 00:18:55.670 --> 00:18:59.430 right around the area that people could you know 00:18:59.430 --> 00:19:02.869 where they could stay and be in good shape but 00:19:02.869 --> 00:19:06.349 as far as all the spaces go it's going to be 00:19:06.349 --> 00:19:09.849 it's a sellout by the way in the flea market 00:19:09.849 --> 00:19:13.599 area there'll be huge spotlights on in that area 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.400 all night long with some very good security and 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.759 the place will be totally locked up. Actually, 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.039 it'll be more security and and improvement from 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.339 what we had in here arena. Go ahead, Neil. Okay, 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:30.180 very good. Yeah. All right. Well, let's Let's 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:35.279 switch over to traffic and I actually had a chance 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.579 a few weeks ago to make the drive took the test 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:43.619 drive there And so tell us what the plan is on 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:47.440 on traffic and update us a little bit since Last 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.660 time you were on on on what we're looking at 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:56.410 there Okay, as you know, we have, and this all 00:19:56.410 --> 00:20:01.630 fits together, we are using a professional engineering 00:20:01.630 --> 00:20:05.049 group who's working with us as well as the county 00:20:05.049 --> 00:20:08.589 engineer and different law enforcement agencies 00:20:08.589 --> 00:20:12.349 in the area to help plan how we're going to have 00:20:12.349 --> 00:20:16.650 a really good, steady, good flow into the parking 00:20:16.650 --> 00:20:20.170 areas. But I also want to mention too, because 00:20:20.250 --> 00:20:24.210 that we are expecting a crowd of, the last few 00:20:24.210 --> 00:20:28.890 years we've had maybe 26 ,000 or so, 25, 26 ,000, 00:20:29.230 --> 00:20:31.569 and this year we're expecting probably 30 to 00:20:31.569 --> 00:20:35.230 35 ,000. It's just gonna be huge, and I think 00:20:35.230 --> 00:20:37.650 a lot of people wanna be there to say, hey, I 00:20:37.650 --> 00:20:41.970 was at the very first one. So online, very soon, 00:20:42.150 --> 00:20:44.519 within the next few days. you will be able to 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:48.519 see at our website, the handbenchin .org website, 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.859 you will be able to see the different parking 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:54.319 areas in the region that you'll be able to park 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:57.519 and get a free bus ride right in, right straight 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:01.240 in. So that is going to be a real advantage. 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:07.170 And we have five of those. parking areas where 00:21:07.170 --> 00:21:10.009 people can park and then take the bus in and 00:21:10.009 --> 00:21:12.910 they'll be strategically located in almost every 00:21:12.910 --> 00:21:17.109 direction right around Hamvention. So we, as 00:21:17.109 --> 00:21:19.990 you know, the Xenia City School System, well, 00:21:19.990 --> 00:21:23.029 Xenia Community Schools, which is a large part 00:21:23.029 --> 00:21:26.769 of Green County, is closed on the Friday of Hamvention 00:21:26.769 --> 00:21:31.930 and we are using some of their buses as well 00:21:31.930 --> 00:21:35.569 for transportation. And they have graciously, 00:21:36.289 --> 00:21:39.910 the county, Green County has graciously helping 00:21:39.910 --> 00:21:44.269 us with the cost of those buses. So the transportation 00:21:44.269 --> 00:21:46.750 and we're paying very close attention to that. 00:21:47.289 --> 00:21:50.109 The other thing is, since it's free parking and 00:21:50.109 --> 00:21:53.230 free bus service, we won't be stopping traffic 00:21:53.230 --> 00:21:55.430 like out front to say, okay, now give us your 00:21:55.430 --> 00:21:58.589 three bucks or however much and then we get it. 00:21:58.589 --> 00:22:00.490 You got to wait and make change and then get 00:22:00.490 --> 00:22:02.730 the next car. We're just, we want to settle people 00:22:02.730 --> 00:22:05.650 in right away. And we have a crew of people who 00:22:05.650 --> 00:22:08.589 have been trained in doing that. So we will, 00:22:08.609 --> 00:22:12.170 will we, um, make mistakes there? We might, but 00:22:12.170 --> 00:22:15.390 we are trying hard to mitigate that and do the 00:22:15.390 --> 00:22:20.569 very best we can in traffic flow. All right. 00:22:20.750 --> 00:22:25.930 Now, um, if, if you're driving, um, to Hamvention, 00:22:26.269 --> 00:22:31.039 then what would you uh, suggest, um, people should 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:34.180 do, should they go ahead and, and, and drive 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:37.319 to the fairgrounds first? Should they get on 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:40.619 the talk in? Uh, what, what, what do you suggest? 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:44.019 All right. That's a very good question. I would 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:47.500 suggest that, you know, if you have your, um, 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:50.779 radio gear with you and you should have for an 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:53.380 event like this, because a lot of people in, 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:55.819 at HERA, it was pretty automatic. Everybody knew 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:59.279 how to get there. We have our talking group that's 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:04.859 really working hard to be able to answer everybody's 00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:07.339 questions as they do every year. And this is 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:10.680 going to be new to them as well. So I would review 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:13.440 the maps. We are going to have several maps online 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.700 and I don't think they're quite all on there 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:21.960 yet, as well as maps of the fairground and the 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:25.559 inside exhibits and flea market. And even the 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:28.779 food vendors and we're trying to be very detailed 00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:32.140 in the information and we are proofing that right 00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:34.960 now I have seen copies of it and we are trying 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.240 to get that proof. So we'll get that completed 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:42.059 very quickly But I would make sure that you review 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:44.960 ahead of time how to get in there and make sure 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:49.319 that you review the frequencies to use for talking 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:54.509 and listen And you'll probably hear somebody 00:23:54.509 --> 00:23:57.450 calling with the same issue that you have. And 00:23:57.450 --> 00:24:01.809 we have, police will be out there even miles 00:24:01.809 --> 00:24:05.109 away to try to keep traffic moving very smooth 00:24:05.109 --> 00:24:13.450 into the expo center. Now, I heard a few people 00:24:13.450 --> 00:24:19.420 asking about signage. um, some signs there where 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:22.720 to make the, some of the turns a few miles out 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:27.940 or is, or police officers or anything there? 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.539 Well, that's a really good, really good point. 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:34.680 We have, um, we will have different police entities 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.619 from the state highway patrol, the sheriff's 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:40.480 office to, uh, Xenia police. They'll all be helping 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:43.779 and we will have signage and we are getting a 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:47.839 special, uh, excuse me, special road signs that 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:52.500 we'll be using to help guide people into the 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:55.660 hand -vention event. We'll probably even have 00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:59.660 them clear down on Interstate 71 south of Xenia. 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:06.440 There'll be lots of signs to come in. You'll 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:09.339 see banners along the highway once you get into 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:14.019 Xenia welcoming you to... Hamvention this year. 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:17.319 Yeah, I saw the one of the big digital billboards 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.440 just coming in to To Green County and had the 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:25.900 the hamvention Sign already up there is one of 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:29.119 the rotating spots on there. That was that was 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:33.660 pretty cool Yeah, now the the talk in frequencies 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:39.900 your primary talk in frequency 146 .940 but like 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:43.950 I said, please stay please look on the website 00:25:43.950 --> 00:25:46.170 and make sure you have that written down before 00:25:46.170 --> 00:25:51.230 you come and you might use a GPS to get in but 00:25:51.230 --> 00:25:53.890 I would say the very best thing is to review 00:25:53.890 --> 00:25:57.890 the latest maps because because they're going 00:25:57.890 --> 00:25:59.750 to explain to you how to get there they're going 00:25:59.750 --> 00:26:02.450 to explain we have different ways to get in if 00:26:02.450 --> 00:26:04.769 you are a vendor you have a separate way in if 00:26:04.769 --> 00:26:07.269 you are a visitor or you have a separate way 00:26:07.269 --> 00:26:11.009 in so take a look at the maps that will soon 00:26:11.009 --> 00:26:14.410 be on there before you make your trip into the 00:26:14.410 --> 00:26:17.970 location itself. I will also mention if you're 00:26:17.970 --> 00:26:22.130 planning on camping, there's a beautiful campground, 00:26:22.269 --> 00:26:25.789 it's a state park campground south of Xenia, 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:28.170 probably about six or seven miles south of Xenia. 00:26:28.349 --> 00:26:31.230 Beautiful drive, it's all country drive. It's 00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:34.329 a place called Caesar's Creek State Park. Great 00:26:34.329 --> 00:26:38.430 place to stay, and it's a beautiful location. 00:26:39.269 --> 00:26:45.609 It's 278 sites, and they have 30 amp electric 00:26:45.609 --> 00:26:50.490 hookups as well for your RV or camper. Anyway, 00:26:50.990 --> 00:26:57.079 go ahead. Sounds good. Alright, so 146 .94 is 00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:59.380 the primary talk -in, but make sure you check 00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:04.079 out all of that stuff. Let's run a little bit 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:08.579 over here to other means of communications. I 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:12.099 know the Fairgrounds was looking at some internet 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:15.960 upgrades and doing some of that. Oh wait, let's 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.119 talk about that. Yeah, let's talk about that. 00:27:19.069 --> 00:27:22.490 On the internet, our club has put in a significant 00:27:22.490 --> 00:27:25.269 amount of money to have wired internet in that 00:27:25.269 --> 00:27:28.750 building. Wi -Fi, we may not have that this year 00:27:28.750 --> 00:27:35.410 for just general use. I don't think that we're 00:27:35.410 --> 00:27:37.569 going to quite be able to pull off the Wi -Fi, 00:27:37.769 --> 00:27:42.529 but we will have wired internet. So stay tuned 00:27:42.529 --> 00:27:44.809 on whether we're going to have Wi -Fi anywhere 00:27:44.809 --> 00:27:48.240 or not. But I will also say that on the phone 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:51.720 systems, we've had the big carriers notified 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:54.000 and had them in. They brought their engineers 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:57.900 because we're trying to bring those cows in or 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.799 convincing them you ought to bring cows in so 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:04.740 we can improve the cell phone connectivity. So 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:09.539 that's cows basically cell tower on wheels to 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:14.940 help take an extra load of cell phone activity. 00:28:15.309 --> 00:28:18.690 So we think that, well, we know that engineers 00:28:18.690 --> 00:28:21.410 have been out there. We've seen them. We actually 00:28:21.410 --> 00:28:27.410 have a backup plan for internet in the facility 00:28:27.410 --> 00:28:31.450 as well. We have two different internet providers 00:28:31.450 --> 00:28:36.549 that we have on the location. So especially for 00:28:36.549 --> 00:28:38.769 the vendors, they definitely need to have good 00:28:38.769 --> 00:28:40.930 internet connection, and it's important to them. 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:45.440 As far as Wi -Fi, I can't say for sure we're 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.359 going to be able to get that completed and finished 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:52.759 this year. Okay. All right. Very good. And for 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:58.900 somebody who hasn't been, the joke has always 00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:02.019 kind of been, wouldn't it be nice to do a black 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:05.180 body radiation study of Hamvention with all the 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:11.950 RF going on? If you bring your handheld, And 00:29:11.950 --> 00:29:14.910 you've got to try to find a frequency to use. 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:22.910 What's your advice? Well, my advice, my advice, 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:28.490 um, um, good luck. Yeah. And you can do it. I 00:29:28.490 --> 00:29:32.470 think that that becomes the challenge of, um, 00:29:32.529 --> 00:29:37.170 of the, um, amateur radio operator who the refined 00:29:37.170 --> 00:29:40.029 amateur radio operator who can figure out. good 00:29:40.029 --> 00:29:43.450 private frequency to operate on back and forth 00:29:43.450 --> 00:29:46.329 with their friends and You know, I've done it 00:29:46.329 --> 00:29:48.809 now. You got to remember. These are metal buildings 00:29:48.809 --> 00:29:50.730 as well So they're gonna be kind of like Ferdy 00:29:50.730 --> 00:29:54.549 cages. So it will that will present another interesting 00:29:54.549 --> 00:29:58.109 opportunity So yeah, yeah, so good luck with 00:29:58.109 --> 00:30:00.450 that. It's got a good luck with that 1 .2 gigahertz 00:30:00.450 --> 00:30:07.289 maybe Well, yeah, be prepared for that. If you 00:30:07.289 --> 00:30:10.450 haven't been before, you know, it's kind of like 00:30:10.450 --> 00:30:13.730 field day. The only stupid question is, is the 00:30:13.730 --> 00:30:19.230 frequency in use? Because yes, it is. Well, yeah, 00:30:19.230 --> 00:30:21.849 you know, but it's, um, that's all part of the 00:30:21.849 --> 00:30:26.150 excitement of hand -vention. I think people are, 00:30:26.150 --> 00:30:28.470 I personally think there's going to be a couple 00:30:28.470 --> 00:30:30.210 of kinds of people that come to it. They're going 00:30:30.210 --> 00:30:31.990 to come to it and they're going to go, wow, this 00:30:31.990 --> 00:30:35.519 is pretty. These guys are trying and it's a pretty 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:39.180 exciting new venue. Wow, the restrooms are in 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:43.759 pretty good shape. And they have actually gone 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:47.319 through because personally, I told them that's 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:49.640 one of the biggest complaints I get year after 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:53.799 year is the restrooms. And I told them, make 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:56.480 sure your restrooms are in good shape and your 00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:03.880 sewer lines. You know what they did there at 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.740 Expo Center, they actually gutted all their restaurants, 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.319 painted them, resealed the floors, put everything 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:11.839 back together, and they have it ready. Beautiful. 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:14.500 We're going to have a lot of different food trucks 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:16.839 in there, a lot of different kinds of foods, 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:20.880 and it won't be the... God love them, I loved 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:24.119 working with the Whampoa family there. But the 00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:26.640 food was always like, really? Do we all have 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:29.440 to eat like this? So we have a lot of great choices 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:32.660 on food. We're going to have a commemorative 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:35.819 beer stein that we're going to sell. So these 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:37.839 are just little things, but they're all coming 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.460 together. We're planning a lot of youth activities. 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:46.920 Mainly, we want to really attract the youth from 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.420 Zini because, wow, they're going to be off of 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:52.769 school. We're going to have some scavenger hunts 00:31:52.769 --> 00:31:56.609 for them. We're offering free tickets to every 00:31:56.609 --> 00:32:02.490 student from the Xenia City schools that want 00:32:02.490 --> 00:32:06.190 to come. That's a big sacrifice for those poor 00:32:06.190 --> 00:32:10.890 kids that miss a damn school. Oh, I know. I'm 00:32:10.890 --> 00:32:14.609 sure they're really disappointed. I can imagine. 00:32:17.150 --> 00:32:19.650 Tuesday we had a professional development day, 00:32:19.829 --> 00:32:22.369 and I know my kids were just so disappointed 00:32:22.369 --> 00:32:25.990 that they didn't have school on Tuesday. I can 00:32:25.990 --> 00:32:29.170 vouch for that. Well, is there anything else 00:32:29.170 --> 00:32:31.869 that you want to make sure to get the word out 00:32:31.869 --> 00:32:35.069 on that's kind of come up recently that you want 00:32:35.069 --> 00:32:40.210 to make sure people are clear and aware of before 00:32:40.210 --> 00:32:45.789 they make the trek to Dayton? All right. You 00:32:45.789 --> 00:32:50.589 can still buy tickets and please look at our 00:32:50.589 --> 00:32:53.289 website closely. There are some rumors going 00:32:53.289 --> 00:32:55.609 on that you can't buy tickets anymore. You can 00:32:55.609 --> 00:32:58.789 buy tickets. You can come in there and get a 00:32:58.789 --> 00:33:02.170 ticket. So don't think that we're not going to 00:33:02.170 --> 00:33:05.829 sell tickets to whoever wants to come in. That's 00:33:05.829 --> 00:33:09.970 been a bit of a rumor going around. Other things 00:33:09.970 --> 00:33:14.450 I want to mention too is When you when you're 00:33:14.450 --> 00:33:17.269 working with a volunteer and these people are 00:33:17.269 --> 00:33:20.190 all volunteers and a lot of them have been working 00:33:20.190 --> 00:33:25.589 desperately every day since early August to try 00:33:25.589 --> 00:33:28.289 to make this a good event and And we're open 00:33:28.289 --> 00:33:30.589 ideas, but I think it's important to thank some 00:33:30.589 --> 00:33:33.089 of these people Thank our volunteers because 00:33:33.089 --> 00:33:37.569 it's not a you know a WHCI event. It's it's you 00:33:37.569 --> 00:33:39.990 know, I'm a spokesperson Yeah, I work hard for 00:33:39.990 --> 00:33:43.819 it to make things happen but There's 600 volunteers 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:47.400 you imagine that 600 volunteers none of us get 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.000 paid Nobody gets paid. So all these folks are 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:55.180 working hard to to put on a great amateur radio 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:59.359 celebration So I'm just asking if you want to 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.519 get on somebody you can get on me But please 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.819 thank our volunteers out there whatever they're 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:06.380 doing and I also want to mention too quickly 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:09.980 Neal's that if We don't get questions answered 00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:14.079 tonight that my call is WhiskeyAidCharlieIndia, 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:17.219 and I'm good on QRZ. If you send me an email, 00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:20.380 I will, and I get a lot of emails, so give me 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:23.219 a few days to get answered. I'll get back to 00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:25.699 you, or one of us will get back to you with an 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:28.400 answer, whether you like the answer or not, we 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.239 will get back to you, do the very best we can. 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:33.440 You know, I gotta be honest about that, because 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:36.340 sometimes people ask us some pretty tough things 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:40.079 that we just can't deliver on. Anyway, I am I'm 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:44.039 very excited about this event and I'm not waking 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:46.059 up at three in the morning anymore. We got a 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:50.760 lot of things pretty much covered So anyway, 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:53.280 we have much time left. I want to yeah. Yeah, 00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:57.019 let's yeah, let's get our calls going and Every 00:34:57.019 --> 00:35:00.280 night on our previews. We've given away a radio 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:04.300 waves DX 80 and we want to do that again tonight 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:07.880 and that's compliments of radio waves and So 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.000 we're giving away a DX80, the first person to 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:12.659 call into the show with the correct answer to 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:16.619 this question. What is the primary two meter 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:20.360 talk -in frequency for Hamvention? So give us 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:25.139 a call. And we have some calls already on the 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:30.599 line. And our first caller is Joe, K0NEB. Good 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:33.500 evening, Joe. Well, good evening and good evening 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:36.840 to Michael. Always glad to see him every year. 00:35:37.309 --> 00:35:43.650 And I really appreciate all the work that the 00:35:43.650 --> 00:35:50.190 volunteers put in. Absolutely. And I truly enjoy 00:35:50.190 --> 00:35:55.130 the event. And I have one question. I got a newsletter 00:35:55.130 --> 00:35:58.130 from one of the inside exhibitors, and he was 00:35:58.130 --> 00:36:01.989 referring to building number three as the Marconi 00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:04.670 Building. Have you guys named the buildings? 00:36:05.869 --> 00:36:08.949 Yes, we have and we didn't name one after you 00:36:08.949 --> 00:36:12.969 Joe yet. So That's what you're calling about 00:36:12.969 --> 00:36:15.610 or you either you know, but yeah, we're naming 00:36:15.610 --> 00:36:18.630 the buildings as well and they'll be Signs will 00:36:18.630 --> 00:36:20.889 be hanging out front the names of the building 00:36:20.889 --> 00:36:24.030 So instead of just a normal one, two, three, 00:36:24.030 --> 00:36:26.809 so that will soon be coming out on the maps that 00:36:26.809 --> 00:36:30.590 we have. So That's pretty exciting stuff. Yeah, 00:36:30.590 --> 00:36:32.289 very good. I don't know how you figured that 00:36:32.289 --> 00:36:36.739 out, but that's good. Well Yeah, like I said, 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.500 somebody had a newsletter, I think it was Quicksilver 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.820 Radio, and they mentioned the Marconi building. 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:46.659 That's right. Well, this is interesting. They're 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:48.940 naming the buildings, which to me, I think would 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:51.940 help because 123 just doesn't do it. But I remember 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:54.280 the ball arena and the North Hall and the East 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:57.260 Hall and the ice arena. And now we'll have the 00:36:57.260 --> 00:37:00.260 Marconi building. And I don't know who's next. 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:05.159 But appreciate that. I also saw that Mendelsohn's 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:07.000 is not going to make it this year. You might 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:12.420 want to comment about that. And also, the other 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:18.000 question I have is you mentioned there be food 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:20.460 trucks. Is there also going to be a larger food 00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:23.099 vendor? I know that was mentioned in the past. 00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:26.659 Yep, we got large food vendors. We got other. 00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:31.050 Believe me, if you're hungry. We got the food, 00:37:31.250 --> 00:37:34.530 and we got the food that you want. And we're 00:37:34.530 --> 00:37:36.869 going to have places to sit. We've commissioned 00:37:36.869 --> 00:37:39.849 an awful lot of picnic tables, and there'll be 00:37:39.849 --> 00:37:42.650 different grandstands around where people can 00:37:42.650 --> 00:37:48.030 sit in the area. Because one of the things about 00:37:48.030 --> 00:37:50.070 hand -benching is meeting up with friends, and 00:37:50.070 --> 00:37:52.449 you get something to eat, and you go, let's go 00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:54.690 sit down a minute and talk about things. And 00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:57.849 so you get a minute. And so we have that covered. 00:37:59.610 --> 00:38:02.769 And they'll be like I say the food has been pretty 00:38:02.769 --> 00:38:06.010 important us to have You know kind of ramp that 00:38:06.010 --> 00:38:09.170 up a little bit as well Yeah, and it's good to 00:38:09.170 --> 00:38:10.710 hear from you. Thanks for calling. Yeah, I was 00:38:10.710 --> 00:38:13.510 just wondering why Mendelsohn's didn't make it 00:38:13.510 --> 00:38:16.570 this year Oh, I'm not I'm not sure where you 00:38:16.570 --> 00:38:19.110 heard that. I know that's been up and down. I 00:38:19.110 --> 00:38:22.889 can't say I don't know I thought I didn't know 00:38:22.889 --> 00:38:25.969 that he was not coming. I know Sandy pretty well, 00:38:25.969 --> 00:38:29.039 so Yeah, they put something out on Facebook yesterday. 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:32.900 Yeah, they have a Facebook ad, yeah. Okay. Don't 00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:35.699 know. I can't answer that. And I will be there 00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:38.340 with my camera ready and two songs all picked 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:41.300 out, all right? Yeah, and you got your hat ready, 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.679 too. For people who don't know who this guy is, 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:49.380 he's the cat in the hat and doesn't really start 00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:52.519 until you see Joe. That's right. And I have it 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:55.849 already packed in my flight bag. All right, Joe, 00:38:55.989 --> 00:39:00.570 you want to give it a shot on this antenna? Sure. 00:39:01.550 --> 00:39:05.570 Do you know the primary talk -in frequency there? 00:39:06.210 --> 00:39:12.969 Yep, 146 .94, the W8BI repeater. All right. Congratulations, 00:39:13.349 --> 00:39:17.070 Joe. You just won a DX80 courtesy of Radio Waves. 00:39:17.449 --> 00:39:20.929 So thanks for calling in. You bet. All right, 00:39:21.070 --> 00:39:23.650 the phones have been lightened up here. So let's 00:39:23.650 --> 00:39:27.949 see if we can get another call in here. 812 -NATAM 00:39:27.949 --> 00:39:35.730 -1 is the phone number. 812 -638 -4261. And we've 00:39:35.730 --> 00:39:40.989 had several attempts here. So we'll get the calls 00:39:40.989 --> 00:39:45.829 on. And we've got another call on the line. And 00:39:45.829 --> 00:39:50.869 who's this? This is Marty Salloway, KC1CW. Hey, 00:39:51.110 --> 00:39:54.429 Marty. Good to hear you again. Go on to your 00:39:54.429 --> 00:39:57.869 question. So this is my question. Hi, how are 00:39:57.869 --> 00:40:03.019 you? Pretty good, I hope. So we've heard a lot 00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.320 about all the fantastic plans that you have, 00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:08.059 obviously, for Dayton this year, and it seems 00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:10.059 like you put a lot of effort into kind of making 00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:13.659 everything work. But what happens if whatever 00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:16.340 seems... the thing that magically always seems 00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:20.500 to happen in Dayton, Ohio in May is rain. And 00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:23.460 what happens... have you guys taken any thought 00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:27.699 as far as the getting between buildings and... 00:40:27.769 --> 00:40:30.389 As far as food, I know I got the vibe that you 00:40:30.389 --> 00:40:34.730 said that's me outside and Kind of the flea market 00:40:34.730 --> 00:40:37.210 and getting between buildings. How do you think 00:40:37.210 --> 00:40:40.050 that'll work in parking as well in the case of 00:40:40.050 --> 00:40:44.489 rain? All right in the case of rain That's a 00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:47.070 really good question in between most all the 00:40:47.070 --> 00:40:50.170 buildings to major big three buildings There 00:40:50.170 --> 00:40:53.429 is actually covered walkways where you can walk 00:40:53.429 --> 00:40:56.960 outside and there's a covered walkway And besides, 00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:00.219 I do want to mention that we have worked with 00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:02.980 the Weather Bureau and other powers that be that 00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:05.760 there will not be any rain that weekend. However, 00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:09.739 in the flea market area, which is everybody says, 00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:12.579 oh, it's going to be a mud bath. It will not 00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:16.460 be muddy, even if it rains inches, because underneath 00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:20.960 that whole area, that infield they do demolition 00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:23.539 derby sometimes they have a lot of outdoor things 00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:27.159 and they cannot have a mud area and this kind 00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:30.519 of vents go on so it's so they have it the way 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:33.840 that it's built you know a lot of gravel underneath 00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:37.139 and drainage and then some soil for the grass 00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:41.539 and we also Dayton Amateur Radio Association 00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:46.519 we bought a roller a big heavy duty roller and 00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:50.110 that will roll that rolls on all that property 00:41:50.110 --> 00:41:54.190 out there in the infield of the where flea market's 00:41:54.190 --> 00:41:56.429 going to be. So it's going to be smooth, but 00:41:56.429 --> 00:41:59.510 people can walk through it. Now, um, at Hera, 00:41:59.510 --> 00:42:02.849 you know, during, um, uh, in the flea market 00:42:02.849 --> 00:42:05.269 area, yeah, you're going to get wet. There's 00:42:05.269 --> 00:42:08.550 places to go to to get out of the rain. Absolutely. 00:42:09.690 --> 00:42:12.630 Um, there are six buildings and so we'll be able 00:42:12.630 --> 00:42:14.940 to get out of the rain. But yeah, we put a lot 00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:17.559 of thought into that too. And getting around 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:20.199 in the main buildings, it's all, you know, either 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:23.000 paved, it's all paved in one way or another. 00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:26.860 So it won't be a mud, there won't be a bunch 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:30.380 of mud. So if that is your thought, we definitely 00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:34.519 put a lot of concern into that. Anything else, 00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:37.099 Marty? Yeah. And the other question as far as 00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:39.429 rain is, as far as the I don't want to call them 00:42:39.429 --> 00:42:43.230 tents. I guess I'll call them temporary buildings 00:42:43.230 --> 00:42:47.849 that you're putting up. I get the impression 00:42:47.849 --> 00:42:50.610 that those don't have a floor. What will happen 00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:54.869 in those areas in the case of rain? Those buildings 00:42:54.869 --> 00:42:58.710 are on asphalt, actually. So they do have a floor. 00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:03.090 So it won't be wading through straw and mud. 00:43:03.210 --> 00:43:08.320 They are on asphalt. There's a there's a closer 00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:10.639 parking lot in there that we're gonna not use 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:14.300 as a parking lot. We're gonna use it for Those 00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:18.840 specialized tents. Mm -hmm All right. Well, that's 00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:21.739 kind of all I had to ask and by the way, by the 00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:23.699 way Marty How many inventions have you been to 00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:27.739 this will be my second? All right, that's that's 00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:31.320 good. Well great and what's your call? Casey 00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:35.820 one CWF That's a good call All right. Chicken. 00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:42.480 Thanks for calling Marty. Appreciate it. All 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.260 right. Take care. Well, we are out of time once 00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:51.500 again. So, uh, yeah. Yeah. I wish I, I wish I 00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.880 could because the, the phones have been lightened 00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:56.380 up tonight, but we're limited to 45 minutes. 00:43:56.699 --> 00:44:00.469 So Thanks for coming on the show and filling 00:44:00.469 --> 00:44:03.889 us in on those things and again w8ci look him 00:44:03.889 --> 00:44:09.590 up on qrz .com and Fire him an email if you've 00:44:09.590 --> 00:44:14.309 got a question that you need answered and And 00:44:14.309 --> 00:44:16.349 he's going to be back next week, too. We're going 00:44:16.349 --> 00:44:20.869 to talk about the award winners From Dara and 00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:24.969 the Hamvention. So be sure to tune in next Thursday 00:44:24.969 --> 00:44:29.159 night at 9 p .m. Eastern time right here at HamTalkLive 00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:32.039 .com. Thanks for listening, thanks for calling 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.440 in, and for a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:38.880 it's over at HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:44.039 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:47.699 good DX be yours. Thank you.