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number 63. The latest Hamvention update from
Dara, recorded live on Thursday, May 4th, 2017.
I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for
tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live tonight.
We continue our Dayton Hamvention preview as
we will be joined once again by Michael Coulter,
W8CI, the official spokesperson of the Dayton
Hamvention and We were planning on Ron Kramer
KD8 ENJ the chairman of this year's Hamvention
to be here but he sends his apologies and had
a meeting about Hamvention he had to attend to
tonight, so Michael is here and we'll be talking
to him and take your calls live in a little bit
and Last week if you missed the show. Oh my goodness
the spurious emissions band What an enjoyable
group of people and an enjoyable show. So if
you missed that, I'll go back and check that
out at HamTalkLive .com or on one of the podcast
services. Pick that up and if you're coming to
date and try to... get to that concert at the
contest. Super sweet. It's Friday night at 10
o 'clock during Hamvention weekend at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel. It was quite entertaining. So check
that out over at HamTalkLive .com and take a
listen. It's pretty good stuff. Well, tonight
continues our official countdown to the Dayton
Hamvention with a series of previews of upcoming
events at Hamvention and radio waves has graciously
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you can hear her at the Youth Forum as well as
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So congratulations to Ruth Willett. And again,
we want to mention the open house going on over
at the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting
during Hamvention weekend. That's on Friday night
and Saturday afternoon and at night until nine
o 'clock. And you can check out voamuseum .org
for all that information, as well as on our social
media sites. and also don't forget about contest
supersweet .com you can find out all the contesting
events going on in addition to Hamvention. And
the night before Hamvention, or as I like to
call it, Hamvention Eve, we will be broadcasting
live from Dayton. So if you're in the Dayton
area on Thursday, May 18th, right before Hamvention,
stop by the lobby of Spring Hill Suites in Miamisburg
that's on the south side of Dayton near the Dayton
Mall. 417 North Springboro Pike will be interviewing
the audience live on the show giving away some
prizes and taking calls. from people talking
about their favorite part of Hamvention. So if
you're on the road to Dayton, we'd love for you
to give us a call on the phone and use your hands
-free device there and give us a call and tell
us your favorite part of Hamvention weekend or
better yet, stop by. And if you can't make it
to Dayton this year, give us a call and tell
us. your favorite hand -vention story from the
past. So join in the fun. Stop by Spring Hill
Suites, Dayton, South Miamisburg, which by the
way, they are now sold out of rooms. Talk to
them this week. So keep looking around. There
are some available, but right now they are booked
up. And also make sure you watch Facebook live.
We'll be doing some streaming from time to time,
giving you some updates from Hamvention so check
out Facebook live as well So get your questions
ready to go for Michael here after the interview
We're going to talk about a few things that that
we've been hearing from our listeners And then
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anytime you like. Michael Coulter, WHCI, is the
official spokesperson of the Dayton Hamvention.
He resides in Zinnia, Ohio and is a past president
of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and a
former Hamvention general chairman back in 2011
to 2012. He's currently the treasurer and board
member of DERA and the finance chair for Hamvention,
an active musician, Skyward Net Control and HF
operator and he's with us tonight. So good evening,
Michael, and thank you for coming on the show
yet again. Hey, good evening, Neil and to everybody
out there. We're counting down the hours now.
And Neil, your show's just so professional. Thank
you for having us on there. Thank you for supporting
Hamvention. And I'm just a spokesperson for the
hundreds of volunteers that we have and the men
and women that are working really diligently
to pull this thing off and make it a super event.
So great to be here, Neil. Well, thanks for coming
on again. We've had you on a couple of times
here for the show with all the changes coming
up and then doing it again next week with some
of the award winners. So we really appreciate
that, especially as this year's a little crazy
trying to get everything figured out for a new
location. And you guys have the... monumental
task of recreating most of Hamvention this year.
There's been a lot of buzz and speculation and
questions so we thank you for coming on so that
we can get the information direct from the source
and I want to make sure we've got plenty of time
for questions tonight but I want to make sure
too that we get to Some of the things that you
consider the most important things to get out
there, you know, when it comes to attending Hamvention,
maybe some of the traffic patterns and that kind
of thing. So we'll talk about that. But the three
things that I'm hearing our listeners talk about,
flea market spaces, traffic. and ways to communicate.
So I thought we'd go ahead and tackle those first,
and then we'll open it up and see if we've got
any other questions running around out there.
So first, let's take on this flea market thing.
I know a lot of people are still trying to get
a flea market space and there's still a few there.
So give us an update on where things are with
the exhibit space and the flea market space.
Okay, you asked me a lot of questions there.
Let's see if I got a mom. Let's start with the
flea market that has been a really a challenge
for us this year to read Create the flea market
which we have but I know I think that we've been
slow and getting some information out but slow
because Yeah, I really hope that people can understand
just how difficult it's been. We started, you
know, kind of a clean slate. We have this new
location and then we had to lay out everywhere
that where all the spaces were going to be for
the flea market. So that meant measuring everything,
getting measured out there and taking a CAD CAM
program, then laying that in and getting it on
the Internet. and then beginning to take sales.
We've had a multitude of issues in the flea market
area, not due to the volunteers, but just some
of the mechanics of it. We are pretty much working
through all those issues, and we're down to maybe
about 100 more vendors that were getting information.
out to verify that they've got their spaces and
all the information that they require. So if
you haven't heard anything yet, hang on a little
bit longer because the information is forthcoming
and these guys are working every day to make
this happen. And I guess the other thing I want
to say about that too is that we have as many
usable spaces as we did the previous year. So
there are, and it's actually at this point, it
looks like it will be sold out. So if you're
coming there and you haven't made reservations
and you haven't heard from us, you're probably
not gonna get a flea market space. I mean, we
have really, I mean, we have 104 acres there,
includes parking in there. But we have absolutely
sold that out. Um, so let's talk about inside
exhibits. Is that all right, Neil? Yeah. Yep.
Yep. Yep. Let's go to that. Okay. And I apologize
here in Ohio right now. I live south of Zina
out in the countryside below Zina. Um, and, uh,
the weather's pretty rough here right now and
I'm using a Jews net, um, on the Skype. So sometimes
that can be iffy in the rain and the cloud. So
I apologize if I break it break up a little bit
let's talk about inside exhibits and I hope that
you go website take a look at that take a look
at all the vendors that are going to be there
where they're located the names of the buildings
which we will have those names on the outside
of the of the Expo Center buildings so and that
is actually all sold out you know if you aren't
in there you can get on waiting list. But we
have six buildings at this point. So that's a
complete sellout. I think that that's been going
pretty good. Of course, we had some slow problems
getting things going and trying to get everybody
satisfied. And I want to remind everyone, this
is a learning year for all of us. All of us are
going to a new space. We're all going to experience
the invention together in a new location. And
we're going to learn from this. Our team is going
to learn. You all who come will probably learn
some things, too. And maybe some of the smaller
details that, well, when you were at Hera, you
had it all worked out. When we were at Hera and
ran it, we had it all worked out. But it's going
to be a little bit different ball game here.
So Inside Exhibits is looking good. We've got
to finish up the flea market spaces. That information
is is forthcoming All right. Yeah, very good.
Okay, I tell you what Michael We are getting
some some breakups on the audio and and we got
most of that but it was a little Little rough
at times. So I think what I'm gonna do is is
go ahead and take our second break and if we
could go to go to plan B here with the with the
phone if you don't mind and we'll get that switched
over and we'll be right back with Michael and
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preview. So we will get to that in just a little
bit. But right now let's get back to Michael
who was telling us that all the inside exhibits
are sold out and they have a waiting list for
that and there's still about 100 flea market
spaces. that they're they're trying to Get all
the details worked out on and looks like that's
going to be a sellout too so anything else you
wanted to to talk about on the spaces before
we go to to the traffic No, I think that that's
pretty clear on the spaces and that if you haven't
made application and Like I said, we have maybe
down to 100 folks that we haven't made contact
with. Don't come at the last minute and expect
to get a space. Unfortunately, this is gonna
be a huge, I think a huge crowd. Like you mentioned
earlier, all the hotels, motels, bed and breakfast
in Greene County are sold out and maybe there's
surrounding areas where people can get. spaces
but and they can call the convention visitors
bureau of clinton county and montgomery county
and clark county those are some of the counties
right around the area that people could you know
where they could stay and be in good shape but
as far as all the spaces go it's going to be
it's a sellout by the way in the flea market
area there'll be huge spotlights on in that area
all night long with some very good security and
the place will be totally locked up. Actually,
it'll be more security and and improvement from
what we had in here arena. Go ahead, Neil. Okay,
very good. Yeah. All right. Well, let's Let's
switch over to traffic and I actually had a chance
a few weeks ago to make the drive took the test
drive there And so tell us what the plan is on
on traffic and update us a little bit since Last
time you were on on on what we're looking at
there Okay, as you know, we have, and this all
fits together, we are using a professional engineering
group who's working with us as well as the county
engineer and different law enforcement agencies
in the area to help plan how we're going to have
a really good, steady, good flow into the parking
areas. But I also want to mention too, because
that we are expecting a crowd of, the last few
years we've had maybe 26 ,000 or so, 25, 26 ,000,
and this year we're expecting probably 30 to
35 ,000. It's just gonna be huge, and I think
a lot of people wanna be there to say, hey, I
was at the very first one. So online, very soon,
within the next few days. you will be able to
see at our website, the handbenchin .org website,
you will be able to see the different parking
areas in the region that you'll be able to park
and get a free bus ride right in, right straight
in. So that is going to be a real advantage.
And we have five of those. parking areas where
people can park and then take the bus in and
they'll be strategically located in almost every
direction right around Hamvention. So we, as
you know, the Xenia City School System, well,
Xenia Community Schools, which is a large part
of Green County, is closed on the Friday of Hamvention
and we are using some of their buses as well
for transportation. And they have graciously,
the county, Green County has graciously helping
us with the cost of those buses. So the transportation
and we're paying very close attention to that.
The other thing is, since it's free parking and
free bus service, we won't be stopping traffic
like out front to say, okay, now give us your
three bucks or however much and then we get it.
You got to wait and make change and then get
the next car. We're just, we want to settle people
in right away. And we have a crew of people who
have been trained in doing that. So we will,
will we, um, make mistakes there? We might, but
we are trying hard to mitigate that and do the
very best we can in traffic flow. All right.
Now, um, if, if you're driving, um, to Hamvention,
then what would you uh, suggest, um, people should
do, should they go ahead and, and, and drive
to the fairgrounds first? Should they get on
the talk in? Uh, what, what, what do you suggest?
All right. That's a very good question. I would
suggest that, you know, if you have your, um,
radio gear with you and you should have for an
event like this, because a lot of people in,
at HERA, it was pretty automatic. Everybody knew
how to get there. We have our talking group that's
really working hard to be able to answer everybody's
questions as they do every year. And this is
going to be new to them as well. So I would review
the maps. We are going to have several maps online
and I don't think they're quite all on there
yet, as well as maps of the fairground and the
inside exhibits and flea market. And even the
food vendors and we're trying to be very detailed
in the information and we are proofing that right
now I have seen copies of it and we are trying
to get that proof. So we'll get that completed
very quickly But I would make sure that you review
ahead of time how to get in there and make sure
that you review the frequencies to use for talking
and listen And you'll probably hear somebody
calling with the same issue that you have. And
we have, police will be out there even miles
away to try to keep traffic moving very smooth
into the expo center. Now, I heard a few people
asking about signage. um, some signs there where
to make the, some of the turns a few miles out
or is, or police officers or anything there?
Well, that's a really good, really good point.
We have, um, we will have different police entities
from the state highway patrol, the sheriff's
office to, uh, Xenia police. They'll all be helping
and we will have signage and we are getting a
special, uh, excuse me, special road signs that
we'll be using to help guide people into the
hand -vention event. We'll probably even have
them clear down on Interstate 71 south of Xenia.
There'll be lots of signs to come in. You'll
see banners along the highway once you get into
Xenia welcoming you to... Hamvention this year.
Yeah, I saw the one of the big digital billboards
just coming in to To Green County and had the
the hamvention Sign already up there is one of
the rotating spots on there. That was that was
pretty cool Yeah, now the the talk in frequencies
your primary talk in frequency 146 .940 but like
I said, please stay please look on the website
and make sure you have that written down before
you come and you might use a GPS to get in but
I would say the very best thing is to review
the latest maps because because they're going
to explain to you how to get there they're going
to explain we have different ways to get in if
you are a vendor you have a separate way in if
you are a visitor or you have a separate way
in so take a look at the maps that will soon
be on there before you make your trip into the
location itself. I will also mention if you're
planning on camping, there's a beautiful campground,
it's a state park campground south of Xenia,
probably about six or seven miles south of Xenia.
Beautiful drive, it's all country drive. It's
a place called Caesar's Creek State Park. Great
place to stay, and it's a beautiful location.
It's 278 sites, and they have 30 amp electric
hookups as well for your RV or camper. Anyway,
go ahead. Sounds good. Alright, so 146 .94 is
the primary talk -in, but make sure you check
out all of that stuff. Let's run a little bit
over here to other means of communications. I
know the Fairgrounds was looking at some internet
upgrades and doing some of that. Oh wait, let's
talk about that. Yeah, let's talk about that.
On the internet, our club has put in a significant
amount of money to have wired internet in that
building. Wi -Fi, we may not have that this year
for just general use. I don't think that we're
going to quite be able to pull off the Wi -Fi,
but we will have wired internet. So stay tuned
on whether we're going to have Wi -Fi anywhere
or not. But I will also say that on the phone
systems, we've had the big carriers notified
and had them in. They brought their engineers
because we're trying to bring those cows in or
convincing them you ought to bring cows in so
we can improve the cell phone connectivity. So
that's cows basically cell tower on wheels to
help take an extra load of cell phone activity.
So we think that, well, we know that engineers
have been out there. We've seen them. We actually
have a backup plan for internet in the facility
as well. We have two different internet providers
that we have on the location. So especially for
the vendors, they definitely need to have good
internet connection, and it's important to them.
As far as Wi -Fi, I can't say for sure we're
going to be able to get that completed and finished
this year. Okay. All right. Very good. And for
somebody who hasn't been, the joke has always
kind of been, wouldn't it be nice to do a black
body radiation study of Hamvention with all the
RF going on? If you bring your handheld, And
you've got to try to find a frequency to use.
What's your advice? Well, my advice, my advice,
um, um, good luck. Yeah. And you can do it. I
think that that becomes the challenge of, um,
of the, um, amateur radio operator who the refined
amateur radio operator who can figure out. good
private frequency to operate on back and forth
with their friends and You know, I've done it
now. You got to remember. These are metal buildings
as well So they're gonna be kind of like Ferdy
cages. So it will that will present another interesting
opportunity So yeah, yeah, so good luck with
that. It's got a good luck with that 1 .2 gigahertz
maybe Well, yeah, be prepared for that. If you
haven't been before, you know, it's kind of like
field day. The only stupid question is, is the
frequency in use? Because yes, it is. Well, yeah,
you know, but it's, um, that's all part of the
excitement of hand -vention. I think people are,
I personally think there's going to be a couple
of kinds of people that come to it. They're going
to come to it and they're going to go, wow, this
is pretty. These guys are trying and it's a pretty
exciting new venue. Wow, the restrooms are in
pretty good shape. And they have actually gone
through because personally, I told them that's
one of the biggest complaints I get year after
year is the restrooms. And I told them, make
sure your restrooms are in good shape and your
sewer lines. You know what they did there at
Expo Center, they actually gutted all their restaurants,
painted them, resealed the floors, put everything
back together, and they have it ready. Beautiful.
We're going to have a lot of different food trucks
in there, a lot of different kinds of foods,
and it won't be the... God love them, I loved
working with the Whampoa family there. But the
food was always like, really? Do we all have
to eat like this? So we have a lot of great choices
on food. We're going to have a commemorative
beer stein that we're going to sell. So these
are just little things, but they're all coming
together. We're planning a lot of youth activities.
Mainly, we want to really attract the youth from
Zini because, wow, they're going to be off of
school. We're going to have some scavenger hunts
for them. We're offering free tickets to every
student from the Xenia City schools that want
to come. That's a big sacrifice for those poor
kids that miss a damn school. Oh, I know. I'm
sure they're really disappointed. I can imagine.
Tuesday we had a professional development day,
and I know my kids were just so disappointed
that they didn't have school on Tuesday. I can
vouch for that. Well, is there anything else
that you want to make sure to get the word out
on that's kind of come up recently that you want
to make sure people are clear and aware of before
they make the trek to Dayton? All right. You
can still buy tickets and please look at our
website closely. There are some rumors going
on that you can't buy tickets anymore. You can
buy tickets. You can come in there and get a
ticket. So don't think that we're not going to
sell tickets to whoever wants to come in. That's
been a bit of a rumor going around. Other things
I want to mention too is When you when you're
working with a volunteer and these people are
all volunteers and a lot of them have been working
desperately every day since early August to try
to make this a good event and And we're open
ideas, but I think it's important to thank some
of these people Thank our volunteers because
it's not a you know a WHCI event. It's it's you
know, I'm a spokesperson Yeah, I work hard for
it to make things happen but There's 600 volunteers
you imagine that 600 volunteers none of us get
paid Nobody gets paid. So all these folks are
working hard to to put on a great amateur radio
celebration So I'm just asking if you want to
get on somebody you can get on me But please
thank our volunteers out there whatever they're
doing and I also want to mention too quickly
Neal's that if We don't get questions answered
tonight that my call is WhiskeyAidCharlieIndia,
and I'm good on QRZ. If you send me an email,
I will, and I get a lot of emails, so give me
a few days to get answered. I'll get back to
you, or one of us will get back to you with an
answer, whether you like the answer or not, we
will get back to you, do the very best we can.
You know, I gotta be honest about that, because
sometimes people ask us some pretty tough things
that we just can't deliver on. Anyway, I am I'm
very excited about this event and I'm not waking
up at three in the morning anymore. We got a
lot of things pretty much covered So anyway,
we have much time left. I want to yeah. Yeah,
let's yeah, let's get our calls going and Every
night on our previews. We've given away a radio
waves DX 80 and we want to do that again tonight
and that's compliments of radio waves and So
we're giving away a DX80, the first person to
call into the show with the correct answer to
this question. What is the primary two meter
talk -in frequency for Hamvention? So give us
a call. And we have some calls already on the
line. And our first caller is Joe, K0NEB. Good
evening, Joe. Well, good evening and good evening
to Michael. Always glad to see him every year.
And I really appreciate all the work that the
volunteers put in. Absolutely. And I truly enjoy
the event. And I have one question. I got a newsletter
from one of the inside exhibitors, and he was
referring to building number three as the Marconi
Building. Have you guys named the buildings?
Yes, we have and we didn't name one after you
Joe yet. So That's what you're calling about
or you either you know, but yeah, we're naming
the buildings as well and they'll be Signs will
be hanging out front the names of the building
So instead of just a normal one, two, three,
so that will soon be coming out on the maps that
we have. So That's pretty exciting stuff. Yeah,
very good. I don't know how you figured that
out, but that's good. Well Yeah, like I said,
somebody had a newsletter, I think it was Quicksilver
Radio, and they mentioned the Marconi building.
That's right. Well, this is interesting. They're
naming the buildings, which to me, I think would
help because 123 just doesn't do it. But I remember
the ball arena and the North Hall and the East
Hall and the ice arena. And now we'll have the
Marconi building. And I don't know who's next.
But appreciate that. I also saw that Mendelsohn's
is not going to make it this year. You might
want to comment about that. And also, the other
question I have is you mentioned there be food
trucks. Is there also going to be a larger food
vendor? I know that was mentioned in the past.
Yep, we got large food vendors. We got other.
Believe me, if you're hungry. We got the food,
and we got the food that you want. And we're
going to have places to sit. We've commissioned
an awful lot of picnic tables, and there'll be
different grandstands around where people can
sit in the area. Because one of the things about
hand -benching is meeting up with friends, and
you get something to eat, and you go, let's go
sit down a minute and talk about things. And
so you get a minute. And so we have that covered.
And they'll be like I say the food has been pretty
important us to have You know kind of ramp that
up a little bit as well Yeah, and it's good to
hear from you. Thanks for calling. Yeah, I was
just wondering why Mendelsohn's didn't make it
this year Oh, I'm not I'm not sure where you
heard that. I know that's been up and down. I
can't say I don't know I thought I didn't know
that he was not coming. I know Sandy pretty well,
so Yeah, they put something out on Facebook yesterday.
Yeah, they have a Facebook ad, yeah. Okay. Don't
know. I can't answer that. And I will be there
with my camera ready and two songs all picked
out, all right? Yeah, and you got your hat ready,
too. For people who don't know who this guy is,
he's the cat in the hat and doesn't really start
until you see Joe. That's right. And I have it
already packed in my flight bag. All right, Joe,
you want to give it a shot on this antenna? Sure.
Do you know the primary talk -in frequency there?
Yep, 146 .94, the W8BI repeater. All right. Congratulations,
Joe. You just won a DX80 courtesy of Radio Waves.
So thanks for calling in. You bet. All right,
the phones have been lightened up here. So let's
see if we can get another call in here. 812 -NATAM
-1 is the phone number. 812 -638 -4261. And we've
had several attempts here. So we'll get the calls
on. And we've got another call on the line. And
who's this? This is Marty Salloway, KC1CW. Hey,
Marty. Good to hear you again. Go on to your
question. So this is my question. Hi, how are
you? Pretty good, I hope. So we've heard a lot
about all the fantastic plans that you have,
obviously, for Dayton this year, and it seems
like you put a lot of effort into kind of making
everything work. But what happens if whatever
seems... the thing that magically always seems
to happen in Dayton, Ohio in May is rain. And
what happens... have you guys taken any thought
as far as the getting between buildings and...
As far as food, I know I got the vibe that you
said that's me outside and Kind of the flea market
and getting between buildings. How do you think
that'll work in parking as well in the case of
rain? All right in the case of rain That's a
really good question in between most all the
buildings to major big three buildings There
is actually covered walkways where you can walk
outside and there's a covered walkway And besides,
I do want to mention that we have worked with
the Weather Bureau and other powers that be that
there will not be any rain that weekend. However,
in the flea market area, which is everybody says,
oh, it's going to be a mud bath. It will not
be muddy, even if it rains inches, because underneath
that whole area, that infield they do demolition
derby sometimes they have a lot of outdoor things
and they cannot have a mud area and this kind
of vents go on so it's so they have it the way
that it's built you know a lot of gravel underneath
and drainage and then some soil for the grass
and we also Dayton Amateur Radio Association
we bought a roller a big heavy duty roller and
that will roll that rolls on all that property
out there in the infield of the where flea market's
going to be. So it's going to be smooth, but
people can walk through it. Now, um, at Hera,
you know, during, um, uh, in the flea market
area, yeah, you're going to get wet. There's
places to go to to get out of the rain. Absolutely.
Um, there are six buildings and so we'll be able
to get out of the rain. But yeah, we put a lot
of thought into that too. And getting around
in the main buildings, it's all, you know, either
paved, it's all paved in one way or another.
So it won't be a mud, there won't be a bunch
of mud. So if that is your thought, we definitely
put a lot of concern into that. Anything else,
Marty? Yeah. And the other question as far as
rain is, as far as the I don't want to call them
tents. I guess I'll call them temporary buildings
that you're putting up. I get the impression
that those don't have a floor. What will happen
in those areas in the case of rain? Those buildings
are on asphalt, actually. So they do have a floor.
So it won't be wading through straw and mud.
They are on asphalt. There's a there's a closer
parking lot in there that we're gonna not use
as a parking lot. We're gonna use it for Those
specialized tents. Mm -hmm All right. Well, that's
kind of all I had to ask and by the way, by the
way Marty How many inventions have you been to
this will be my second? All right, that's that's
good. Well great and what's your call? Casey
one CWF That's a good call All right. Chicken.
Thanks for calling Marty. Appreciate it. All
right. Take care. Well, we are out of time once
again. So, uh, yeah. Yeah. I wish I, I wish I
could because the, the phones have been lightened
up tonight, but we're limited to 45 minutes.
So Thanks for coming on the show and filling
us in on those things and again w8ci look him
up on qrz .com and Fire him an email if you've
got a question that you need answered and And
he's going to be back next week, too. We're going
to talk about the award winners From Dara and
the Hamvention. So be sure to tune in next Thursday
night at 9 p .m. Eastern time right here at HamTalkLive
.com. Thanks for listening, thanks for calling
in, and for a list of all of our upcoming guests,
it's over at HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this
is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the
good DX be yours. Thank you.