WEBVTT 00:00:10.159 --> 00:00:12.980 Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:30.949 the air shortly. Please stand by. Thanks for 00:00:30.949 --> 00:00:33.670 tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on the air shortly. 00:00:33.929 --> 00:00:39.549 Please stand by. This episode of HamTalk Live 00:00:39.549 --> 00:00:43.049 is brought to you by Tower Electronics. For cables, 00:00:43.149 --> 00:00:48.570 connectors, and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or 00:00:48.570 --> 00:00:53.880 visit pl -259 .com and by the ham station get 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.079 your new radio or antenna by calling 800 -729 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:36.609 -4373 or go to hamstation .com Good evening, 00:01:36.849 --> 00:01:40.530 everyone. It's HamTalk Live, episode number 62, 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:45.069 The Spurious Emissions Band, recorded live on 00:01:45.069 --> 00:01:49.049 Thursday, April 27th, 2017. I'm your host, Neil 00:01:49.049 --> 00:01:53.430 Rapp, WB9 VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this episode 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:57.430 of HamTalk Live. Tonight we continue our Dayton 00:01:57.430 --> 00:02:01.069 Hamvention preview, as we'll be joined By the 00:02:01.069 --> 00:02:03.989 spurious emissions band and we'll take your calls 00:02:03.989 --> 00:02:08.050 live in just a few minutes. Last week on our 00:02:08.050 --> 00:02:12.610 second preview show, Carol Perry, WB2MGP was 00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:17.009 here to talk about the upcoming youth forum at 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:20.250 the Dayton Hamvention. And if you missed that 00:02:20.250 --> 00:02:24.550 show, you can listen anytime at HamTalkLive .com 00:02:24.550 --> 00:02:27.889 or on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, 00:02:28.030 --> 00:02:31.949 SoundCloud, or on YouTube. And so tonight does 00:02:31.949 --> 00:02:35.509 continue our official countdown to Dayton as... 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.000 We have a series of previews of upcoming events 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.020 at Hamvention and around Hamvention. And Radio 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:44.340 Waves has graciously allowed us to give away 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:48.599 a DX80 off -center fed dipole to one lucky winner 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:51.699 each week. So later in the show, I'll give you 00:02:51.699 --> 00:02:55.949 a chance to call in and win. So be sure to listen 00:02:55.949 --> 00:02:59.150 to the show live whenever you can, and congratulations 00:02:59.150 --> 00:03:05.509 to last week's winner. It was JD N0IRS. So he'll 00:03:05.509 --> 00:03:10.210 be receiving his DX80 direct from RadioWave. 00:03:10.289 --> 00:03:14.129 So congratulations JD, and thanks again for calling 00:03:14.129 --> 00:03:19.469 in last week. Well, there's a lot going on on 00:03:19.469 --> 00:03:22.610 Hamvention Weekend that we're not going to have 00:03:22.610 --> 00:03:25.310 time to do shows about. may schedule some of 00:03:25.310 --> 00:03:29.990 these next year but the QRP community has four 00:03:29.990 --> 00:03:32.469 days in May prior to Hamvention and then there's 00:03:32.469 --> 00:03:34.590 Contest University that you heard about two weeks 00:03:34.590 --> 00:03:37.569 ago. that takes place the day beforehand, Vincent, 00:03:37.650 --> 00:03:42.129 but let me do a couple of quick plugs here. First, 00:03:42.669 --> 00:03:45.969 Carol Perry mentioned last week, and we ran out 00:03:45.969 --> 00:03:49.930 of time to talk about it, that the forums, especially 00:03:49.930 --> 00:03:54.270 hers, they have to start right on time. And since 00:03:54.270 --> 00:03:58.349 it's a new venue, new buildings, and new traffic 00:03:58.349 --> 00:04:00.990 patterns and everything, it may take a little 00:04:00.990 --> 00:04:05.000 longer to get to things on time. So you want 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:10.300 to plan early and get there early so that you 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:12.719 can get there when they start because they will 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.040 have to start right on time. And there's so much 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:19.420 to do in such a little time, you know, that she's 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:22.199 got to do that. So make sure you leave a little 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.040 early. And also we want to mention again the 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.980 open house at the Voice of America Museum of 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:32.740 Broadcasting. on Friday night and Saturday afternoon 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:37.540 and evening. Check out voamuseum .org for that 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:42.680 information or wc8voa .org and they'll tell you 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.139 all about that. Also, we have that on our social 00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:49.019 media site so that's a great evening activity 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:53.399 to go to as well as many others that are listed 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:57.939 over at contestsupersweet .com. There's some 00:04:57.939 --> 00:05:00.439 contesting and DXing events going on. So you 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.199 can find all that information there. So make 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:07.240 sure you check that out. And one of the things 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:11.680 going on in the super suite is a concert. And 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.060 that's going to be given by our guests tonight, 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.800 the Spurious Emissions Band. So get your questions 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.000 ready to go. We're going to do the interview 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:25.399 with the entire band. And we actually pre -recorded 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:29.540 that. A few weeks ago when they were all together 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:33.079 rehearsing so a little different tonight part 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.790 of the show is pre -recorded but Couple of the 00:05:36.790 --> 00:05:39.910 members are here live and I hear one of them 00:05:39.910 --> 00:05:41.850 in the background high ward I haven't even had 00:05:41.850 --> 00:05:45.930 time to say hi to you But anyway, they're they're 00:05:45.930 --> 00:05:48.589 waiting here. So as soon as we finish playing 00:05:48.589 --> 00:05:51.509 the interview and take our break We'll come back 00:05:51.509 --> 00:05:55.290 and then we'll give you a chance to talk to Ward 00:05:55.290 --> 00:05:57.790 silver and Kirk Pickering They're here tonight 00:05:57.790 --> 00:06:00.889 And ask your questions and you'll also have a 00:06:00.889 --> 00:06:04.750 chance to win one of those dipoles. So the phone 00:06:04.750 --> 00:06:07.300 number So you can get your dialing fingers ready. 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:13.639 It's 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:16.899 Or you can call us on Skype. It's just HamTalk 00:06:16.899 --> 00:06:20.439 Live on Skype. You can also tweet us. Our Twitter 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:24.759 handle is at HamTalk Live. So get a hold of us 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.920 and we'll give you a chance to call in and win 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.220 in just a little bit back. 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And of course 00:08:16.730 --> 00:08:19.790 May 19th through the 21st they will be at the 00:08:19.790 --> 00:08:22.470 Dayton Hamvention. Or you can give them a call 00:08:22.470 --> 00:08:29.589 at 920 -435 -2973 or visit their website pl -259 00:08:29.589 --> 00:08:32.950 .com and tell them you heard it on HamTalk Live. 00:08:33.029 --> 00:08:35.090 We're on the air every Thursday night 9 p .m. 00:08:35.090 --> 00:08:38.690 Eastern Time right here at HamTalkLive .com and 00:08:38.690 --> 00:08:41.549 if you missed the show We have an archive. You 00:08:41.549 --> 00:08:44.429 can go to HamTalkLive .com and listen anytime 00:08:44.429 --> 00:08:47.889 or you can download it from most of the popular 00:08:47.889 --> 00:08:51.629 podcasting websites. Well, a few weeks ago, the 00:08:51.629 --> 00:08:54.809 Spuri Submissions Band met for their annual rehearsal 00:08:54.809 --> 00:08:57.649 in preparation for their concert at the Dayton 00:08:57.649 --> 00:09:00.330 Hamvention. After the break, we'll be joined 00:09:00.330 --> 00:09:02.610 by some of the band members to take your questions 00:09:02.610 --> 00:09:05.250 live. But first, the interview segment tonight 00:09:05.250 --> 00:09:07.549 was pre -recorded as the band was rehearsing, 00:09:07.549 --> 00:09:10.769 so we could bring you all the band members at 00:09:10.769 --> 00:09:14.769 once. So thanks to Sean Kutsko, KX9X, who is 00:09:14.769 --> 00:09:17.110 the drummer in the band for taking care of the 00:09:17.110 --> 00:09:20.629 Skype duties and making the recordings at the 00:09:20.629 --> 00:09:22.929 rehearsal so we could get some better sound quality 00:09:22.929 --> 00:09:25.330 for you and you'll have a chance to listen to 00:09:25.330 --> 00:09:28.970 a song or two maybe. Pink Floyd, The Rolling 00:09:28.970 --> 00:09:31.389 Stones, Peter Frampton, and The Eagles are all 00:09:31.389 --> 00:09:34.490 but a few of the famous bands that haven't been 00:09:34.490 --> 00:09:37.429 the opening act for the Spurious Emissions band. 00:09:37.470 --> 00:09:40.909 So let's go ahead and get to that interview and 00:09:40.909 --> 00:09:45.120 we'll be back in just a little bit. welcome back 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:48.620 to ham talk live tonight our guests are the spurious 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:53.059 emissions band members uh normally i read a bio 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:55.879 of everybody but it wouldn't be a true band interview 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:58.539 unless we weren't around let everybody introduce 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:03.659 themselves so guys uh let's let's find out who 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:06.580 the members of the spurious emissions band are 00:10:06.580 --> 00:10:13.539 hi i'm inky I'm thinking. I'm not. Is this on? 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:22.600 Yeah. This award in 0AX. Hi, I'm Sean KX9X. Scott 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:28.440 W4PA. Kirk K4RO. Okay, now tell us a little bit 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.960 about the day jobs here a little bit so people 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:36.120 can associate those call signs with who you are. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:43.220 OK, well, N0AX and editor for the ARL, handbook, 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:45.940 antenna book, ham radio for dummies, license 00:10:45.940 --> 00:10:50.340 manuals, Mr. Guilty Party when it comes to information. 00:10:50.580 --> 00:10:54.379 So that's what I do. That's my day job and I'm 00:10:54.379 --> 00:10:58.179 glad to do it. Sean, KX9X, I'm the media and 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:01.639 public relations manager at ARRL, creator of 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.580 the National Parks on the Air program last year, 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.919 avid backpack QRP 'er, and satellite operator. 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:12.740 Hey, I'm Scott, W4PA, I'm the owner of VibroPlex 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:16.659 and International Radio and Venture and Vintage 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:19.879 Manuals Incorporated, and we distribute several 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.519 other lines of amateur radio equipment in the 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.580 United States, in addition to the ones we manufacture. 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:28.049 And I'm Kirk. I don't know what to say here. 00:11:29.309 --> 00:11:33.129 I'm a 30 -year IT veteran and still do a lot 00:11:33.129 --> 00:11:35.690 of Unix system administration for a day job. 00:11:35.889 --> 00:11:39.350 And I'm a huge fan of old -time string band music. 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:42.690 I play fiddle and mandolin and banjo and other 00:11:42.690 --> 00:11:45.710 things like that, pursuing that love. Very good. 00:11:45.870 --> 00:11:49.350 Well, let's talk about the weekend job here. 00:11:49.490 --> 00:11:51.850 The Spurry Submissions Band that you guys started 00:11:51.850 --> 00:11:56.730 up back in... 2010, if I read correctly here. 00:11:56.909 --> 00:11:59.269 Tell us how the band got started and how it came 00:11:59.269 --> 00:12:04.470 about. Oh, this is Ward, N0AX. Kirk and I were 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:07.950 just playing around at the Dayton Hamvention. 00:12:08.909 --> 00:12:10.990 Kirk brought his mandolin a couple times. I started 00:12:10.990 --> 00:12:13.230 playing mandolin, and so we just started hacking 00:12:13.230 --> 00:12:16.970 around together. And then Scott brought a... 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.899 guitar and we started playing in a hotel room 00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:23.960 and we all like bluegrass, Grapefruit Dead, rock 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.080 and roll and at some point the idea of playing 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:31.960 some songs in the super suite hatched and nobody 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:34.159 stubbed it out quickly enough and so it sort 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:38.539 of got legs and I wrote a couple of songs, little 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:42.159 song lyrics, mangled some song lyrics for your 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.759 lion eyes by the Beatles and stuff like I mean 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.679 by the Eagles and Beatles tune or two and so 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.539 we just kind of wandered into the super suite 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:51.620 one time and banged on a beer bottle until we 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:54.740 cleared out enough sonic space had an audience 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:58.320 of about eight and and played away and that that 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.720 was the start of it and now we play once a year 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:06.879 Friday night Crowne Plaza Hotel we have our annual 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.519 rehearsal someplace. It's been at my house and 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.100 this year it's at Kirk's and we're having a good 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:15.080 time and when it stops being a good time we'll 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.419 probably stop doing it but for now it's fun. 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:21.720 All right, next question here for you guys. How 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.000 do you come up with the lyrics and who does that? 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.519 Well, mostly it's me, but Sean's done one or 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.960 two or five, and Kirk's done a couple, and people 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:35.539 contribute some. We've played songs by K1DG, 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.899 and Andy, N2NT was the guy who really gave me 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:42.470 the idea back in the 70s. He was... doing, he 00:13:42.470 --> 00:13:46.590 was mangling songs like Feelings became Feel 00:13:46.590 --> 00:13:49.830 Day and Simon Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence 00:13:49.830 --> 00:13:53.549 became The Sound of DX, which we've done. But 00:13:53.549 --> 00:13:55.570 the guys, you know, everybody pitches in and 00:13:55.570 --> 00:13:59.289 I throw something out there and they help modify 00:13:59.289 --> 00:14:02.289 it, actually get the chords right and that sort 00:14:02.289 --> 00:14:04.269 of thing. I'm doing all the talking here, why 00:14:04.269 --> 00:14:08.450 don't you jump in Sean? Well it's been a... I've 00:14:08.450 --> 00:14:11.389 always had an interest in changing lyrics to 00:14:11.389 --> 00:14:13.629 songs since I was a kid, and I think that that's 00:14:13.629 --> 00:14:16.110 something that you're either predisposed to or 00:14:16.110 --> 00:14:19.370 not. So the idea of coming up with new lyrics 00:14:19.370 --> 00:14:22.929 for existing songs, I think a lot of us here 00:14:22.929 --> 00:14:24.990 in the group have been doing that for quite some 00:14:24.990 --> 00:14:27.809 time. The transition to doing it for ham radio 00:14:27.809 --> 00:14:31.179 stuff, I didn't. pick up on that until I was 00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:33.299 asked to play drums with this group. And after 00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:37.100 that, it became pretty easy to hear songs that 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:40.179 I liked and changing the lyrics around to reflect 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:43.539 ham radio topics. It's pretty addictive. It is. 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:49.000 And it's fun. It's fun to take existing songs 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.240 and change the lyrics around to reflect this 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:56.059 community a little bit. It provides a way to 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:59.659 have some comedy and make some commentary on 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:02.320 some things that are going on that we may not 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:04.600 necessarily have the ability to do in other venues. 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:07.519 I .e. we'd be chased out of the room if we said 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:17.480 it seriously. And maybe also whether or not you're 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:21.690 a fan of Weird Al Yankovic or not. Oh yeah, Weird 00:15:21.690 --> 00:15:23.509 Al. Does that figure into that? He's kind of 00:15:23.509 --> 00:15:26.389 the godfather of all of that. Tom Lehrer. Tom 00:15:26.389 --> 00:15:30.929 Lehrer. Tom Lehrer, yes. I have a fondness for 00:15:30.929 --> 00:15:34.730 Tom Lehrer because of the element song. It's 00:15:34.730 --> 00:15:39.490 just the names of the chemical elements. Yeah, 00:15:40.409 --> 00:15:45.250 sounds great. Maybe we can get Weird Al to pick 00:15:45.250 --> 00:15:48.120 up one of your songs? You think that would work? 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.080 I think his audience would find us kind of limiting. 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:54.000 Yeah, I think that would be detrimental to his 00:15:54.000 --> 00:16:01.240 career. Alright, so can you tell me what, can 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.000 you give me a little sneak peek here on this 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.350 year, what new songs you're working on? Well, 00:16:05.549 --> 00:16:07.190 normally, we like to keep that stuff kind of 00:16:07.190 --> 00:16:09.809 close to the vest. We like to make sure that 00:16:09.809 --> 00:16:12.289 we keep our audience guessing as much as possible. 00:16:12.590 --> 00:16:15.789 But we're working on, I don't know, we're reviewing 00:16:15.789 --> 00:16:18.889 about 14 or 15 new songs this weekend. Oh, we'll 00:16:18.889 --> 00:16:21.450 see. We can say the group. So we have some little 00:16:21.450 --> 00:16:25.370 feet numbers. We have Gordon Lightfoot in the 00:16:25.370 --> 00:16:31.330 can, Jimi Hendrix, the band. Bob Dylan. This 00:16:31.330 --> 00:16:34.470 is Scott, W4PA. Let me interject something about 00:16:34.470 --> 00:16:38.049 how we do this. The formula that we've settled 00:16:38.049 --> 00:16:42.789 on is to play half of stuff that we've done previously 00:16:42.789 --> 00:16:45.690 and half new tunes. But the new tunes aren't 00:16:45.690 --> 00:16:47.889 necessarily agreed on in advance. Like we have 00:16:47.889 --> 00:16:51.799 a bunch of songs we've been playing. but only 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.860 a few of them will actually end up being the 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:56.799 ones we really play at the show because they 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.419 either work or they don't work. And we found 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:01.659 after having done this for several years in a 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:03.240 row that we don't know which those are until 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.799 we actually get together and play them as an 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.700 ensemble. I mean sometimes we have an idea that 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:10.119 sounds like it's hilarious and a great idea and 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.059 then we try to play it and can't do it or it 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:14.740 just doesn't work. So what we'll do is we'll 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:18.759 play these 14 or 15 songs. And then half of those, 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:20.500 perhaps, will be half of the set, and then the 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:22.960 rest of it will be ones that we thought were 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.599 really good from times past. So we don't play 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.059 the same thing over and over again. Keeps it 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:31.519 fresh for everybody. Like Kirk is fond of saying, 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.960 there ain't no money to be made above the first 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.000 fret. So we have to keep things simple. Because 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.619 we only play twice a year, once for a rehearsal 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:44.400 and once at Dayton. It's got to be simple. Kirk's 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:49.480 our sanity monitor here. And so, you know, we 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.079 keep things straightforward and, you know, they 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.660 sound good and everybody laughs, then we'll put 00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:58.059 them in the book. This is rock and roll. I'm 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:07.740 only here for the money and the girls. All right. 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:12.329 Now, speaking of the girls. Are we getting some 00:18:12.329 --> 00:18:16.349 guest vocalists again this year? We are. We have 00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:19.670 several guest vocalists that sit in with us from 00:18:19.670 --> 00:18:25.029 time to time. A couple years ago, Becky Schoenfeld, 00:18:25.329 --> 00:18:29.069 W1BXY, the managing editor of QST joined us for 00:18:29.069 --> 00:18:32.890 a couple of tunes and did background vocals and 00:18:32.890 --> 00:18:35.309 she will be returning to Dayton this year and 00:18:35.309 --> 00:18:38.690 she will be doing background vocals with us and 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:42.339 working on at least a couple of tunes that feature 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:44.380 her in the lead vocal spot. So you'll have to 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:49.640 come out and check that out. Katie Allen, WY7YL, 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:52.859 has joined us in the past. She's done a couple 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:56.279 of Jimmy Buffett things and some Neil Young stuff 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:59.559 on the background vocals. So there are guest 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:02.299 artists that join us from time to time. We have 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:05.180 two or three people that might show up. that 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:07.539 can't play with the band all the time, K -Zero 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:11.500 BJ and Five -O -T and his wife Cathy, Cookie 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:16.980 Scholl, Val Hodgfeld, NB9L. You know, it's sort 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:20.160 of a Sly and the Family Stone kind of thing. 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:24.319 Like, whoever shows up and can make the bus to 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:26.339 the venue, you know, is in the band, you know, 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:28.640 it's the kind of thing. So anyway, it's a bit 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:31.480 of a pick -up, but yeah, it should be fun and 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:33.559 everybody has a good time and then goes and eats 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:39.440 pizza. Life is good. So for people who haven't 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:44.799 been to one of your concerts, can we fill people 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:49.099 in on how they can attend this? Sure, it's free 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:56.180 to get in five dollars to get out. No, it's held 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:59.700 at the main ballroom at the Crown Plaza in downtown 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.960 Dayton. It's at 10 o 'clock Friday night at the 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.000 weekend at the Hamfest. And there is no admission 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.079 charge. Just walk through the door and into the 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:10.839 lobby and off to the left. Requests are taken 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.880 on $100 bills and we do ignore them. The request, 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:19.720 not the $100 bill. Right. Yes, I have one of 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:22.539 my liners on the show here is that at HamTalk 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:25.900 Live, we have the million dollar request guarantee 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:29.339 that if you give us a million dollars, we'll 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:34.660 take care of your request guaranteed. We'll try 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:37.180 to work it in. All right, very good. Well, free 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:43.519 admission, $5 to get out. May be worth the money. 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:47.819 I'm not sure and so We'll see how that goes if 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:50.140 you don't if you don't like what you hear your 00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:53.519 money will be cheerfully refunded Well anything 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:56.279 else you want to tell us here before we take 00:20:56.279 --> 00:21:00.640 a break? Just like to get in is we like to say 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.519 thanks to DX engineering for sponsoring the stage 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.640 they're responsible for the Providing the sound 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.700 equipment and the stage for making this happen. 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:11.059 I think this is the third year that they've done 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:13.559 this now? Yeah. For the sound equipment, so thank 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.039 you very much. Yeah, Tim Duffy has been a big 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.359 fan of the band and it's encouraged us to keep 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:23.140 coming back and really put in a lot of energy 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:27.640 into making all this happen, so thank you Tim. 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:32.539 All right. Well, we're gonna listen in to a song 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:36.019 or two from the practice session So it's the 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:39.259 spree submissions band right here on ham talk 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:49.859 live Guys this is going on ham talk live. This 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:52.420 is gonna be a big record contract for us on thriving 00:21:52.420 --> 00:22:00.359 on the line. We got to make this good We're just 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:02.619 hoping for that big game one of these years where 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:04.720 we're going to have money to buy Scott new strings 00:22:04.720 --> 00:25:20.890 for his bass. Guys, thanks so much for coming 00:25:20.890 --> 00:25:23.230 on the show and sharing your talents with us 00:25:23.230 --> 00:25:25.950 tonight and have a great time with the rest of 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:28.210 the practice. It sounds like it's off to a good 00:25:28.210 --> 00:25:31.450 start and have a great show again at Dayton this 00:25:31.450 --> 00:25:34.470 year. Seventy threes. Thanks, Neil. Appreciate 00:25:34.470 --> 00:25:38.309 it. Bye -bye. All right, we'll be back to take 00:25:38.309 --> 00:25:41.490 your calls live with some of the members of the 00:25:41.490 --> 00:25:45.009 Sparee Submissions Band right after this on HamTalk 00:25:45.009 --> 00:25:47.799 Live. You're listening to our Dayton Hamvention 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:50.799 preview shows here on HamTalk Live. Every show 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:53.700 from now until our live audience show on Hamvention 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:56.960 Eve, we're giving away a DX80 off -center fed 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.119 dipole courtesy of Radio Waves. 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That's 812 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:45.539 -638 -4261. Now here's more HamTalk Live. And 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:49.200 welcome to Rock Minute with Ian St. Ian. Oh, 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:53.039 wait a minute. That's the wrong show. Welcome 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.259 back to HamTalk Live. The HamStation has you 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:59.000 covered for both new and used equipment. Give 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:03.420 Dan or Jeff a call. 800 -729 -4373 is the number 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:07.039 to call. Or go over to HamStation .com and tell 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:10.599 them you heard it on HamTalk Live. Make sure 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.859 you listen every Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:16.539 Time right here at HamTalkLive .com. Check out 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:18.480 our Facebook page, Twitter feed, and Instagram. 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:22.039 Just search HamTalk Live. You'll find us there. 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:29.589 Well... It's our game show music. Yes, it's time 00:28:29.589 --> 00:28:33.509 for our giveaway and we've added a bonus to the 00:28:33.509 --> 00:28:36.190 call -in segment We're giving away a radio waves 00:28:36.190 --> 00:28:40.710 DX 80 off center fed dipole compliments of radio 00:28:40.710 --> 00:28:43.890 waves this week We're giving away the DX 80 to 00:28:43.890 --> 00:28:47.150 the first person to call into the show with the 00:28:47.150 --> 00:28:54.309 correct answer to this question What song is 00:28:54.309 --> 00:28:56.630 generally regarded as the spurious emissions 00:28:56.630 --> 00:29:00.900 band's signature song? which was the song we 00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:04.319 just played before the break. So now it's time 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.319 for your calls. If you have a question for the 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:10.279 Spurious Emissions Band, call 812 -NAT -HAM -1. 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:16.400 That's 812 -638 -4261. And if you know the name 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:20.440 of the song, you could win one of those dipoles. 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.839 Or you can Skype us at HamTalk Live. You can 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:26.339 do that as well. Or if you'd rather not play 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:30.819 along, but China in you can tweet us at HamTalk 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:36.619 Live and tonight we have with us live from the 00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:43.000 band Ward Silver N0AX on mandolin and Kirk Pickering 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:47.480 K4RO on fiddle mandolin and banjo so guys thanks 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:51.599 for coming on and being with us live tonight. 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:55.220 Good evening. Glad to be here. Good evening. 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.279 So give us a call here. We've got another song 00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:02.079 we may play here in a little bit but give us 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:06.519 a call and and ask some questions about the band 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:11.119 and their concert coming up at Hamvention and 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.880 Saturday I actually had a chance to drive over 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:20.420 and was on Facebook live and recorded the drive 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:24.240 from the south side of Dayton over to the Green 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.920 County fairgrounds and so if you want to see 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.640 what that looks like go over to Facebook and 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.859 get on the ham talk live page or put that over 00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:37.200 on YouTube as well so you can you can see that 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:40.779 and we do have a caller so let's see who we have 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:47.299 on the line Well, good evening. This is W5 MRR 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:51.920 from Louisiana. All right, and what's your first 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:58.220 name? Marvin. Marvin. Okay, Marvin. W5 MRR from 00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:01.579 Louisiana. Thanks for giving us a call. And do 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:05.519 you know the name of the signature tune of the 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:10.769 Spurious Emissions Band? I know. I would listen 00:31:10.769 --> 00:31:14.829 to it, just tuned in to the podcast just a bit 00:31:14.829 --> 00:31:18.670 ago. I just found your podcast about a week ago. 00:31:19.170 --> 00:31:22.069 So I'm not a long time listener. I just thought 00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:26.910 I'd call in and find out, you know, how long 00:31:26.910 --> 00:31:30.589 the guy that has had their tickets, you know, 00:31:31.509 --> 00:31:35.930 and if another thing is did being musicians, 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:39.900 help you get your tickets. I know it did mine 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:47.299 back in the CW days. Yeah, I've noticed a definite 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:51.359 correlation between that and the CW. So, Ward, 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:54.779 do you want to start off and then Kirk? Sure. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:32:01.289 Well, I got my license in 72 and I think Scott 00:32:01.289 --> 00:32:05.069 got licensed in the early 80s and Sean maybe 00:32:05.069 --> 00:32:08.990 in the mid 70s. What about you, Kirk? I got my 00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:13.529 ticket in 1976. So we're all about that same 00:32:13.529 --> 00:32:17.829 period. Yeah, that same year I got mine. Well, 00:32:17.869 --> 00:32:21.210 very good. Well, thanks, and you guys are doing 00:32:21.210 --> 00:32:23.970 a great job. I'd love to be able to make it to 00:32:23.970 --> 00:32:29.269 Dayton, but that's a long way from rural Louisiana. 00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:34.880 Yeah, it is, but it's, it's well worth it. Go 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.680 ahead. I'll take the, I'll take the second part 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:40.700 of your question about music and radio, which 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:44.220 I think is kind of an interesting question. It 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:46.539 turns out there are quite a few musicians who 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:49.680 are also ham radio nuts, um, including a few, 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:52.039 including, including a few very well known ones 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:57.119 like Joe Walsh, for example. Um, I actually was 00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:01.420 into the radio thing before music. Um, I really 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.180 didn't start playing music. I guess I really 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:07.440 started playing music probably within a year 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.759 or two of getting my ham license, but the radio 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:12.819 actually came first and has kind of been with 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:18.980 me the whole time. I think that the fact that 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:22.619 music is a form of waves, of course everything's 00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:25.640 waves to me, but music and the fascination with 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:29.430 how it's made and how it sounds. how it's amplified 00:33:29.430 --> 00:33:32.589 and everything about it has a lot of parallels 00:33:32.589 --> 00:33:35.250 that dovetails nicely to the ham radio hobby. 00:33:35.970 --> 00:33:40.130 And I've also heard from more than one decent 00:33:40.130 --> 00:33:44.289 Morse code operator that being musically rhythmic 00:33:44.289 --> 00:33:49.650 can be helpful for learning Morse code. Yeah, 00:33:50.670 --> 00:33:54.089 a friend of mine, a mentor, he used to send CW 00:33:54.089 --> 00:34:00.950 with a banjo. So anyway, I don't want to take 00:34:00.950 --> 00:34:04.730 up all the time, but guys, thanks again. Thanks 00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:08.570 for doing the podcast and 70 degrees to all from 00:34:08.570 --> 00:34:13.730 Louisiana. See you, Marvin. Thanks, Marvin. Thanks 00:34:13.730 --> 00:34:17.460 for calling in. Well, we've got the phones lighting 00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:20.320 up again, so we're going to open up the line 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:24.460 now. So if you are trying to call, give us a 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:28.800 call right now. It's 812 -NATAM -1. 812 -638 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:34.659 -4261. And we will take the next call here as 00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:42.760 soon as that comes up. 812 -638 -4261. There 00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:45.860 we have our next call. So who do we have on the 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:50.179 line now? My name is Ruth and my call sign is 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:55.880 PAM4LAO. Hi Ruth! It's good to hear you. I'm 00:34:55.880 --> 00:35:00.840 glad you called in. So did you catch the signature 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:05.719 tune of the band? Yes I did. I think it's the 00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:10.829 cover of the NTJ. We have a winner. We have a 00:35:10.829 --> 00:35:14.469 winner. That's it. Yes the cover of the NCJ so 00:35:14.469 --> 00:35:17.150 They're going to buy some copies for their mothers. 00:35:17.730 --> 00:35:20.489 So Congratulations, Ruth. Thanks for calling 00:35:20.489 --> 00:35:25.650 in appreciate it and Do you have a question for 00:35:25.650 --> 00:35:29.469 the guys here tonight? Not too much. I just wanted 00:35:29.469 --> 00:35:32.809 to call in I enjoyed listening to the listening 00:35:32.809 --> 00:35:34.489 to the interview and I can't wait to hear you 00:35:34.489 --> 00:35:38.239 all at Dayton Yeah, and Ruth's gonna be speaking 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:43.159 at the the contest dinner, so That's gonna be 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.920 pretty cool. She's gonna talk about her trip 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:49.159 to Saba and I had a chance to interview her a 00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:52.480 few weeks ago for Newsline, so Thanks for calling 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:55.000 in Ruth. Appreciate it and best of luck with 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.739 the with the talk at the dinner Thank you very 00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:04.610 much We'll be looking for you there's Generally 00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:07.409 a crowd that comes over from the collegiate dinner 00:36:07.409 --> 00:36:11.750 and takes up a couple of tables up by stage Stage 00:36:11.750 --> 00:36:16.369 right so plow in there. We'll see ya Alright 00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:19.349 sounds good. I'll see you all then yep, and that's 00:36:19.349 --> 00:36:22.110 and that's the DX dinner dr. Scott right straighten 00:36:22.110 --> 00:36:24.409 me out It's the DX dinner not the contest dinner, 00:36:25.329 --> 00:36:28.449 but it's the Southwest Ohio DX Association dinner, 00:36:28.469 --> 00:36:32.769 so Got that right. All right. Well 812 Nat Ham 00:36:32.769 --> 00:36:38.489 1 is the phone number 812 -638 -4261. If you 00:36:38.489 --> 00:36:44.369 want to give us a call we will take it and we 00:36:44.369 --> 00:36:48.289 have a note here from Greg Marcos as greetings 00:36:48.289 --> 00:36:52.650 boys. So thanks for listening and we've got another 00:36:52.650 --> 00:36:57.610 call. Oh here comes the chicken with fries. Good 00:36:57.610 --> 00:37:00.760 evening Marty. Good evening Neil, it's Marty 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:06.059 KC1CWF. Good evening everybody. Hi Marty. Hi. 00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:09.760 I have a question for y 'all. And my question 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:11.599 is, I might have missed this earlier, but I'll 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:14.840 ask it. How do you guys come up with your ideas 00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:20.320 and lyrics for your songs? Alcohol. That always 00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:24.780 works well. That was a joke. You'll have to ask 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:29.409 the songmaster himself, Ward. Well, I tell you, 00:37:29.570 --> 00:37:34.070 it's just every once in a while a line just occurs 00:37:34.070 --> 00:37:36.909 to me and when it occurs to me, I know I better 00:37:36.909 --> 00:37:39.909 go get on it. So, sometimes I write them down 00:37:39.909 --> 00:37:43.110 in a little notebook and I got one going today. 00:37:43.150 --> 00:37:48.409 I was working on one with Jeff Stye, WK6I out 00:37:48.409 --> 00:37:51.610 on the West Coast. He wanted me to do Dylan's 00:37:51.610 --> 00:37:54.010 Don't Think Twice It's Alright and then he got 00:37:54.010 --> 00:37:56.920 started. and took a whack at it, and I need to 00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.920 sand it down a little bit, so we're gonna go 00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:01.559 back and forth, and we got lots of stuff in the 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:04.619 book, Marty. Well, it's gonna be exciting to 00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:08.260 see you perform in Dayton. Excellent. Have you 00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:11.579 been to one of the shows before? Yeah, I was 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.539 there last year. You were there last year. Okay, 00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:16.840 yeah. Well, you've been before, and you're actually 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:20.969 gonna come back? Yeah, it must have been... I 00:38:20.969 --> 00:38:23.650 don't know what sort of 3D glasses or something 00:38:23.650 --> 00:38:27.550 I was wearing, but. You have to pay your $5 to 00:38:27.550 --> 00:38:31.650 get out again. Yeah, exactly. Free to get in 00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:36.170 five bucks to get out. Best money move we ever 00:38:36.170 --> 00:38:40.590 made. Probably more profitable. Yeah, we got 00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:43.369 nine new songs this year, Marty, so you won't 00:38:43.369 --> 00:38:46.429 have heard anything, any of them before. It's 00:38:46.429 --> 00:38:49.489 good. All right. Well, thanks for taking my question. 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:53.380 Thanks for calling Marty. See you Neil. See you 00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:56.280 later. All right. We've got a couple of tweets 00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.840 here from, from Dr. Scott Wright. So we'll get 00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:02.980 those. Um, already says you're making the rounds 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:05.820 on ham radio media this week. Who's your booking 00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:10.559 agent and what's coming up next? Uh, gee, I don't 00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:14.000 see, I should pay that guy more. I don't know. 00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:17.139 Um, I think the next thing is actually Dayton. 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:20.920 I've got a little downtime here and work on my 00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:23.719 practice stuff. I've got a brand new instrument 00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:28.000 to play and we'll see you in Dayton with it. 00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:32.860 And he also wants to know, for Kirk and for Ward, 00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:36.820 what's your favorite contest? Go for it, Kirk. 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:41.820 Oh boy. You know, I'd probably have to say that 00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:45.360 the one that's closest to my heart is sweepstakes. 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.940 I really love CQ worldwide code, especially. 00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:52.599 But I tell you, my favorite these days is getting 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:55.380 on a couple of times a day on Wednesdays for 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:58.820 the CWOPS one -hour sessions. Those things are 00:39:58.820 --> 00:40:02.940 pure fun. So highly recommended. Yeah, I'm going 00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:05.340 to have to start. CWOPS .org. Uh -oh, there's 00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:10.829 a plug. Oh, we do plugs. That's all right. They're 00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:12.389 a good group, and they're really doing a lot 00:40:12.389 --> 00:40:15.329 to promote CW. So I always like to give them 00:40:15.329 --> 00:40:18.849 a plug. I'm going to give that a try as soon 00:40:18.849 --> 00:40:22.630 as I get done with the handbook edition. And 00:40:22.630 --> 00:40:26.070 I think I'm with Kirk. CW Sweepstakes has been 00:40:26.070 --> 00:40:29.989 my favorite for, oh, geez, the first year I got 00:40:29.989 --> 00:40:33.650 my license. I was active in that. But if you're 00:40:33.650 --> 00:40:35.849 at a big station, there's nothing better than 00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:40.989 CQ Worldwide CW. All right, thanks a lot for 00:40:40.989 --> 00:40:43.750 for answering those dr. Scott right k0md. Thanks 00:40:43.750 --> 00:40:51.949 for tweeting in Yeah Let me let me ask you here 00:40:51.949 --> 00:40:56.610 too. We've got about two minutes left here so 00:40:56.610 --> 00:41:00.309 after we recorded that you guys were going through 00:41:00.309 --> 00:41:03.929 all the songs how did everything go did you got 00:41:03.929 --> 00:41:08.550 everything ready and picked out and Brady great 00:41:08.550 --> 00:41:14.909 role Well Kirk go ahead Well, there were no fights. 00:41:14.929 --> 00:41:19.590 No hospitalization was required. So I Think it 00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:21.409 actually was pretty productive. There's there's 00:41:21.409 --> 00:41:25.670 a lot of new material particularly that I'm just 00:41:25.670 --> 00:41:28.210 not really used to playing certain styles that 00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:31.760 so I'm gonna have to Buckle down. I think it'll 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:34.880 be a good fun set and You know the fact that 00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:37.119 we were able to crank out so many new songs in 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:41.179 such a short period of time Was was nice, you 00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:42.760 know, we've been doing this a while. I don't 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.760 know how many years we've been doing it now But 00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:47.019 I think we might dare I say starting to be able 00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:49.599 to get I get the hang of it But it is important 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:53.260 I think that we get together in person to work 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:55.360 things out and see how they go because his ward 00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:57.480 or someone mentioned in the interview initial 00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.960 interview We don't know whether a tune is gonna 00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:03.559 work until we try to play it together Something 00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.820 sometimes things sound good on paper and then 00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:07.880 we sit down and try to play it and it's a disaster 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:10.599 So and then oftentimes there are great surprises 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:12.400 that come out of nowhere to that when we get 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:17.000 together It's true. I found out that I cannot 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:23.280 sing anything ever done by Marvin Gaye But they 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:25.760 tolerated it, you know, maybe if I did the Barry 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:29.940 White version, you know Yeah, it's like, you 00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:33.559 know, we get together and we've got a fistful 00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:38.699 of lyrics and mostly the right chords and then 00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:42.679 we all have to kind of know it. This will be, 00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:46.239 I think, the 16th time we've played together. 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:50.960 It's eight years of concerts and we typically 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:55.900 only have one little session beforehand. actually 00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:57.960 getting together rehearsed for a weekend and 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:03.239 that's a real hoot last few years and and then 00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:05.739 we just kind of touch it up a little bit on Thursday 00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:08.900 night and then Friday we jump into the blender 00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:13.000 and see what comes out so it's So far everybody's 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:15.480 left at mostly the right places and we're happy 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:19.559 Well, we're we're laughing and we're enjoying 00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:22.019 it here and I'd hope to play climber John but 00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:24.960 we're out of time tonight so we may sneak in 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.920 just a little bit at the end here if we have 00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:31.199 time but That's a wrap for this week's ham talk 00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:34.469 live. Thanks guys for coming on the Spurry Submissions 00:43:34.469 --> 00:43:37.170 Band, and everyone out there in cyberspace for 00:43:37.170 --> 00:43:39.030 listening and calling in. And we'll invite you 00:43:39.030 --> 00:43:42.050 back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. when Michael 00:43:42.050 --> 00:43:44.889 Coulter, W8CI, the official spokesperson for 00:43:44.889 --> 00:43:47.710 the Dayton Hamvention, and Ron Kramer, KD8ENJ, 00:43:47.730 --> 00:43:50.789 will be here, the chairman, to talk about the 00:43:50.789 --> 00:43:54.130 latest updates from the Dayton Hamvention. And 00:43:54.130 --> 00:43:56.489 for a list of all of our upcoming guests, visit 00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:59.969 HamTalkLive .com. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, 00:44:00.150 --> 00:44:04.849 WB9VPG. saying seven three seven five and may 00:44:04.849 --> 00:44:07.510 the good dx be yours and we'll send you out with 00:44:07.510 --> 00:44:11.730 a little bit of climber john all right here we 00:44:11.730 --> 00:44:16.969 go this one's dedicated to all of the tower climbers