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Ham Nation number 300 and the 2017 Young 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:57.579 Ham of the Year nominations. With our friend 00:01:57.579 --> 00:02:01.700 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, recorded live on Thursday, 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:07.299 March 30th, 2017. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.539 Thanks for tuning into this episode of Ham Talk 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:13.699 Live. Tonight we're joined by the one and only 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:17.300 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, and we'll take your calls 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:21.000 live in just a few minutes. Last week, Pat Barkey 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.879 was on the show in 9RV. He's the editor of the 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:26.960 National Contest Journal. He talked about that 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:32.219 and his amazing contest antenna array out in 00:02:32.219 --> 00:02:34.500 Montana. 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For the third 00:08:57.169 --> 00:09:00.549 time, you're setting another record. You set, 00:09:00.629 --> 00:09:03.230 you set a record last time. Stupid enough to 00:09:03.230 --> 00:09:04.690 come back. Well, you know, I mean, neither of 00:09:04.690 --> 00:09:07.309 us have anything better to do. Oh my goodness. 00:09:08.250 --> 00:09:11.789 Well, it's Don Willbeck's AE5DW. You know him 00:09:11.789 --> 00:09:14.090 from amateur radio news line and ham nation. 00:09:14.250 --> 00:09:17.000 And his day job is working at the. or at least 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.700 they say he works at the I Heart Media radio 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:22.100 stations in New Orleans producing commercials 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:25.559 and formerly an on -air personality. He's a native 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:30.679 of Shawnee, Oklahoma and first licensed in 1995 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:34.240 and he's an extra class license holder, an active 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.019 volunteer examiner. He loves his Harry's razor 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:40.860 and I'm not sure which he loves more that or 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:44.779 his new DX 160 from radio waves. Well, I've been 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:46.399 using them both about the same lately, which 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:52.360 is not much. Unfortunately. So now almost live 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.000 from picky you Mississippi. It's it's Don Will 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.299 Banks. Thanks for coming on the show. You're 00:09:58.299 --> 00:10:01.200 always welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Have you 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:02.899 ever been in the mobile ham fest? Speaking of 00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:05.340 that, I have not. It's a good little ham fest. 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:11.429 I have not feels fun. That's too far south for 00:10:11.429 --> 00:10:14.129 me most of the time. That's true. You're way 00:10:14.129 --> 00:10:16.830 up there. The Huntsville thing. I forget how 00:10:16.830 --> 00:10:20.149 many hours it is even to Huntsville. It's about 00:10:20.149 --> 00:10:22.629 five for me. It's a late night. Yeah, it's a 00:10:22.629 --> 00:10:25.389 late night for me. Five or six, yeah. Yeah, it's 00:10:25.389 --> 00:10:28.049 about six. Because Huntsville, to Dayton for 00:10:28.049 --> 00:10:33.279 me, Huntsville's halfway. Yeah. It's funny. It's 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.220 funny. Dayton is 12 hours from me. Orlando is 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:39.100 about 12 -13 hours from me. And Shawnee, Oklahoma 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:42.659 is about 12 -13 hours from me. So it's just like, 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.919 you know, three of my favorite places is 12 -13 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:50.379 hours away from me. And if I was to, if I'm to 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:52.919 stay in my chosen profession of broadcasting 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:55.600 from where I live here in Picayune, New Orleans 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:59.799 is 63 miles away from me. Uh, golf port, Mississippi 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.960 is 63 miles away from me and Huntsville. I mean, 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.139 uh, Hattiesburg, Mississippi is 63 miles away 00:11:05.139 --> 00:11:08.200 from me. Those are the three closest radio markets. 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:10.940 So it's like, I'm right in the middle of freaking 00:11:10.940 --> 00:11:16.700 nowhere. Well, the next, the next big one on 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:19.399 my list is Orlando. I haven't been to hamcation 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:22.000 and, and I don't know how in the world I'm going 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.340 to pull it off because of the time of year that 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:28.440 is I'm right in the middle of. My teaching schedule 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.399 and everything but Somehow some way I want it. 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.539 I want to make it down there at least once and 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:38.980 Orlando and Dallas are both on my bucket list 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:43.539 one of these days Yeah, yeah some good good shows 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:48.629 out there and Look forward to to seeing what 00:11:48.629 --> 00:11:50.549 all happens at Dayton. And we've got a bunch 00:11:50.549 --> 00:11:54.309 of, uh, preview shows coming up about that here 00:11:54.309 --> 00:11:57.210 real soon. I'm excited about Dayton because it's 00:11:57.210 --> 00:11:59.830 the first year at the new place. Yeah. So, you 00:11:59.830 --> 00:12:03.330 know, Hara had such, Hara had such a mystique 00:12:03.330 --> 00:12:08.129 and, uh, and a, um, uh, uh, je ne sais quoi, 00:12:08.289 --> 00:12:11.549 which I think is, is French for funkiness. Um, 00:12:11.690 --> 00:12:14.370 but it had, it had, it had just such a, I don't 00:12:14.370 --> 00:12:17.879 know that Hara arena was I think as big a part 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:21.779 of ham nation is of ham of hamvention as ham 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:24.559 radio was it's just it was you know you couldn't 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.600 say you couldn't say Dayton without Saying Hara 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.659 and to have it now in Xenia in the new place 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:33.220 It's the beginning of a new tradition, and I 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.539 think that it's I think it's gonna be something 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:37.840 great I'm excited to be going for the first year 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.789 at Xenia. I really am Yeah, yeah, I'm glad, glad 00:12:41.789 --> 00:12:46.809 that you're gonna get there. And it's, it's gonna 00:12:46.809 --> 00:12:50.649 be better. I mean, it has to be better, right? 00:12:53.129 --> 00:12:54.950 Another thing is, you know, I mean, as you know, 00:12:54.950 --> 00:12:57.659 if you've gone to Dayton, For a number of years. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:59.860 It takes you about three years to figure out 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:02.139 where everything. Oh, yeah I know, you know, 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:05.039 I remember I remember I was doing a interview 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:08.340 for for Newsline and yeah, there's this girl 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:12.899 that was coming out from New York State I think 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:15.720 it was that had done a video blog and she'd never 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.419 been to Dayton and so, you know, she was like 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:21.690 so so How do I, you know, what's my plan? What 00:13:21.690 --> 00:13:24.029 do I do? You know, what, what do I have to go 00:13:24.029 --> 00:13:26.149 see first? Where do I go? And it's like, you 00:13:26.149 --> 00:13:29.590 know, I have that, that hair arena layout, which 00:13:29.590 --> 00:13:34.480 was, not easy because yeah yeah you had to know 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:37.320 where all the secret hallways were and and everything 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.059 and so I always had my plan and so I'd go in 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:43.179 I go to this forum I go to this forum then I 00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:45.139 go you know oh well I'm over here on this side 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:48.019 so I can go here you know and I knew where everything 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:51.600 was do oh yeah if you need that this you go over 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:54.700 to this room the room with the wood floor on 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:59.080 it and you go in there the one with the gold 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:02.730 curtains Yeah, right the one the one you go up 00:14:02.730 --> 00:14:04.850 audio alley and then you take a right and you 00:14:04.850 --> 00:14:07.360 go in there Don't go straight Don't go through 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.500 the food court area you got to go through that 00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:11.379 hall and you got it You can go these little stairs 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:13.539 are up the ramp and then from there you can get 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:15.480 over to the hallway to go to the fight Oh my 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:17.740 god, it was and and right pointing out where 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:20.460 the good bathrooms were it's gonna be so it's 00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:24.259 gonna be so cool to to to you know think fondly 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:26.580 about all the mess that Hera was but you know, 00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:29.940 it was such a such a tradition and the venue 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:35.120 had had The venue was a good bit of what Hamvention 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.100 was. It was the thing you love to hate. And so 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:41.320 to be in this new venue is just, and a lot of 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.639 it would be outside. I think it's going to be 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:46.200 great as long as the weather holds. Yeah. Now, 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.019 okay. Now you brought up the bathrooms. Yes. 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.840 I had my favorite bathroom picked out. Where 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:57.320 was your favorite bathroom? Probably the ones 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.269 over by the forum rooms. Ah, you got it. Now, 00:15:00.289 --> 00:15:01.929 there was another one that was off in a little 00:15:01.929 --> 00:15:04.769 hallway that was over, I think, on the other 00:15:04.769 --> 00:15:08.789 side of the forum rooms that was behind, I think 00:15:08.789 --> 00:15:10.830 there was a little, almost like a little food 00:15:10.830 --> 00:15:14.169 area on the wall of one of those, and you could 00:15:14.169 --> 00:15:16.610 go to that one back there, and that one was probably 00:15:16.610 --> 00:15:19.129 the road less traveled, so to speak. Yeah, and 00:15:19.129 --> 00:15:23.929 last year, that was where Emmett did the superstation. 00:15:24.110 --> 00:15:26.700 They had it back there in that little... a little 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:29.720 entrance there. You know, I started going to 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.580 Dayton in 99 and not once have I ever been able 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:34.980 to find the special event station. I've always 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:39.320 wanted to work it. So that's going to be one 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:42.220 of my goals at Xenia is to try to find the special 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:45.139 event station and actually operate. Yeah, one 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:48.179 of my goals is to help him out with that a little 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:50.700 bit more. I ended up doing it a little bit last 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:54.120 year, just kind of by default. So I'm going to 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.080 try to get some time blocked out to do that. 00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:59.740 The whole one sees that Radio Waves antennas 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:03.179 are just the best people. Oh, yeah. They've become 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:07.889 such dear friends of... of us, of my family and, 00:16:07.889 --> 00:16:10.529 uh, you know, both Dawn and Tyler and they're 00:16:10.529 --> 00:16:13.470 just, just, I don't know, just class, class people 00:16:13.470 --> 00:16:16.049 love them to death. Yeah. And, and Emmett just 00:16:16.049 --> 00:16:18.210 told me he's coming on the show next week to 00:16:18.210 --> 00:16:22.690 do some spring antenna stuff. So we're looking 00:16:22.690 --> 00:16:25.490 forward to, uh, to having him on. Well, tell 00:16:25.490 --> 00:16:28.409 us about the, tell us about this big thing. Ham 00:16:28.409 --> 00:16:32.210 nation 300. You've been sending out the memes 00:16:32.210 --> 00:16:35.690 on the Twitter. I don't know if you saw QRZ .com 00:16:35.690 --> 00:16:38.830 today, but somebody had clicked on the link just 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:43.710 because it had less Nessman on it. And so this 00:16:43.710 --> 00:16:48.330 guy says, this guy says, you know, I had to click 00:16:48.330 --> 00:16:51.090 on it because it had had less Nessman on it, 00:16:51.090 --> 00:16:53.850 you know. And so he said his favorite line was 00:16:53.850 --> 00:16:57.870 WKRP in Cincinnati where we have more music and 00:16:57.870 --> 00:17:04.480 less. Nessman, yes. One of my favorite scenes 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.099 is where he's reading the news and he's doing 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:11.259 the PGA report and he calls Chichi Rodriguez, 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.819 Chai Chai Rodwick Weez. And of course Johnny 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.960 Fever is standing behind him and he reaches over 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.539 and he puts his hand over the mic and he goes... 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:23.059 Chi Chi Rodriguez unless goes what he says his 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:25.960 name is Chi Chi Rodriguez unless goes back and 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.940 says Mr.. Rodriguez was just freaking hilarious 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:33.940 You've been seeing maybe if you follow social 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:38.220 media these hashtag ham nation 300 memes and 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.980 yes, I'm the guilty party I've been putting those 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:43.319 out. Well. We're actually making We're making 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.900 the official announcement on ham nation next 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:50.630 week as to what that's all about what i can tell 00:17:50.630 --> 00:17:55.410 you is that uh... without spilling all of the 00:17:55.410 --> 00:17:59.250 beans is that uh... as events go this one will 00:17:59.250 --> 00:18:04.069 be special and there you have it ladies and gentlemen 00:18:04.069 --> 00:18:06.210 don will banks and and thanks for your good night 00:18:06.210 --> 00:18:08.309 now you know we've we've done those before we 00:18:08.309 --> 00:18:10.190 did what i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:10.190 --> 00:18:10.230 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:10.230 --> 00:18:10.769 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:10.769 --> 00:18:10.849 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:10.849 --> 00:18:19.069 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:19.069 --> 00:18:19.069 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:19.069 --> 00:18:19.309 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 00:18:19.309 --> 00:18:20.690 i i i i i i i i i Kick up the you know kick it 00:18:20.690 --> 00:18:22.630 up a notch and and we're doing that again this 00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:24.509 year so there's gonna be a lot of new twists 00:18:24.509 --> 00:18:32.589 as to what the the The Soiree will be so We'll 00:18:32.589 --> 00:18:34.369 be we'll be talking about that and actually the 00:18:34.369 --> 00:18:36.670 the number 300th episode will be the week of 00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:41.430 Dayton Oh my planning on doing this without without 00:18:41.430 --> 00:18:44.920 giving away too much the week after so because 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:46.579 it's you know what with us all going to be in 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.819 Dayton are going to be a bit of us in Dayton 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:50.339 you can't really do something like that and try 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:52.140 to do any kind of an operating event which is 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:55.720 what it'll be so it's scheduled for the week 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:58.140 after so but anyway a lot more information is 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:59.680 forthcoming we're actually having a planning 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.240 meeting another planning meeting by skype with 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:06.099 uh... the principles uh... saturday so i'll have 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:09.259 to take a break from the uh... a m rally and 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:11.500 uh... not probably not go to the car show that 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:14.059 that uh... my spring car show uh... and i'm gonna 00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:16.940 hang out and play a m and uh... talk about uh... 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:19.180 ham nation three hundred so yeah i'm glad you 00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.960 mentioned a m rally because i meant to mention 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:23.400 that Yeah, I've got more memes coming up that 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:25.059 I haven't quite figured out what I'm gonna do 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.839 yet. I've got a I'm trying to figure out what 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:28.180 I'm gonna do with Starsky and Hutch. I'm trying 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:31.339 to find a Starsky and Hutch picture of them in 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:33.779 the car on the radio because my first thing was 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.640 trying to find pictures of everybody on some 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:38.700 kind of a microphone and I have not found a Starsky 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:40.960 and Hutch image of them on the microphone yet. 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.720 So that's like the holy grail for me right now. 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:47.599 Very interesting. Sure, there'll be some smoke 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.740 in the band. I'm sure some. Oh, yeah. I think 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.220 I've already done one, but there'll be another 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:56.299 so yeah, I was somebody had picked up starski 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:59.480 and hutch again Can't remember his antenna TV 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.460 or probably a cozy you want one of those that 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:04.880 I watch all the time They had my show it back 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.559 up. Yeah, yeah So yeah, you may have some luck 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:11.019 there. So that's what that's what the ham nation 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:13.079 300 thing is all about it's going to be an operating 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:16.119 event and Above and beyond that. I really can't 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:18.599 tell you more, but you can tune into ham nation 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.650 next week There you go, so we'll have to check 00:20:22.650 --> 00:20:28.980 that out and Yeah, the the meme thing is It's 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:31.980 been pretty entertaining. So yeah, good job on 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:35.440 that. Yeah It's funny how something will I'll 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.299 be making or doing something about something 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:39.460 entirely different and I'll look at I'll go oh 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:41.619 wait a minute I can I can mess with that ham 00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:43.460 nation 300 wise and that's how the one about 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:46.579 the dog and the cone of shame Came about yesterday. 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.619 I was making a comment to somebody else about 00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:50.980 something and it just the light bulb It was a 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:53.359 light bulb moment. So all the good all the good 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:55.099 stuff comes, you know looking for it, you know 00:20:55.099 --> 00:21:01.390 with this show It happens when I'm driving. I'll 00:21:01.390 --> 00:21:04.589 be driving and I'll be thinking about, now what 00:21:04.589 --> 00:21:08.410 can we do on the show that'd be fun? And all 00:21:08.410 --> 00:21:12.009 of a sudden it just, it's there. And by the time 00:21:12.009 --> 00:21:15.029 you get home, you've forgotten it. Exactly. Exactly. 00:21:15.410 --> 00:21:18.890 I was, I was, I was working on the, uh, on the, 00:21:18.890 --> 00:21:21.430 on the April fool's ads. That's exactly what 00:21:21.430 --> 00:21:23.549 happened two months ago. I had thought of this 00:21:23.549 --> 00:21:25.910 and I thought, Oh, we're going to do, you know, 00:21:25.910 --> 00:21:27.750 we're going to do the magic smoke. We're going 00:21:27.750 --> 00:21:31.549 to put the magic smoke back in the, in the components. 00:21:32.210 --> 00:21:37.549 And, um, I went, Oh, I better get that produced. 00:21:37.730 --> 00:21:39.670 I better get right in that up. So I'm writing 00:21:39.670 --> 00:21:43.650 and I'm gonna like, Welcome to my world. What 00:21:43.650 --> 00:21:48.470 was it that we were going to do? Yeah. Oh, and 00:21:48.470 --> 00:21:53.470 I did the Photoshop thing. I made a print ad 00:21:53.470 --> 00:21:56.450 for that. And that's now on our Facebook and 00:21:56.450 --> 00:21:59.289 Twitter and Instagram. So you have to check out 00:21:59.289 --> 00:22:02.650 the magic smoke picture. And we may or may not 00:22:02.650 --> 00:22:07.220 have. OK, we will have. Another one coming up 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:09.380 here in a little bit. So they're good. They're 00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:11.559 gonna be on there too. All right. Well, let's 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:18.140 talk about the 2017 Bill Pasternak amateur radio 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:21.599 news line young ham of the year award or as I 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:27.680 like to call it You hody. Yep. Why? Yes We want 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.240 to talk about that. I know you said the first 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:34.500 nomination came in today. So remind us all about 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:37.619 who needs to be nominated how you nominate all 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:40.319 that stuff well everything everything you need 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:42.259 to know and the nominating form can be found 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:45.160 in one central place and that is the amateur 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:49.839 radio newsline web page which is ar newsline 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.960 dot org and uh... right up on top there is a 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:57.619 uh... a button labeled y h o t y and if you if 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:59.480 you click on that it tells you what the award 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:02.559 is uh... more poorly who's eligible and uh... 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:06.140 most importantly the nomination form and you 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:08.579 know it's uh... we set a pretty high standard 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:11.200 because well you know we've been doing this for 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:14.200 what for thirty years now i think we've had i 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:18.819 think last year was the thirtieth the thirtieth 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:20.819 award that we've given out there was one year 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:22.299 we didn't do one so it would have been thirty 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:24.480 one but anyway so what we've been there for a 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:29.940 long time and we've had some extremely extremely 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:32.180 impressive young people who have won this award. 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.799 So it's not like you can just write a letter 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.059 and go, hey, my eight -year -old's an extra and 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:40.079 calls the net. Can you give him a radio? That 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:42.859 ain't how it works. I mean, it's... You look 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:46.299 back at some of our previous winners. We've got, 00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:50.259 well, your student, Patrick Lassendreux. KC9UUS, 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:53.180 I believe is his call. He's now working for SpaceX. 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:57.450 We had Aaron King. I can't remember her call 00:23:57.450 --> 00:24:01.150 off top my head, but she is She was doing some 00:24:01.150 --> 00:24:04.250 things with the Google Loon project which if 00:24:04.250 --> 00:24:06.369 you remember about that that was a that was an 00:24:06.369 --> 00:24:09.730 experimental thing to try to bring Wi -Fi internet 00:24:09.730 --> 00:24:14.630 or high -speed internet to the continent of Australia 00:24:14.630 --> 00:24:18.049 Including the outback all done by high -altitude 00:24:18.049 --> 00:24:21.809 balloons. I mean, it's just it's amazing that 00:24:21.809 --> 00:24:24.880 the things that some of these these young kids 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:27.019 are doing and you know i always kind of half 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:29.480 halfway jokingly you know compare myself to them 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.900 and say well you know and here i am in my mid 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.519 -fifties sitting in the in the corner eating 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.579 my crayons and it's not that far from the truth 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:38.180 i gotta tell you no it's it's absolutely amazing 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:41.279 so the bar is set high and the bar is not set 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.140 high by us the bar is set high by the caliber 00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:48.579 of our previous recipients and uh... so go online 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:51.640 uh... look at the uh... You know go ahead and 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:54.440 pull down the the nominating form. It's in a 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:57.500 Word document and and look at it and you'll see 00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:00.000 just exactly what kind of information we need 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.720 and Do a little bit of research and go back and 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.740 look at and see what some of these previous young 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:07.220 hams have been doing and If you know someone 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:10.420 who fits the bill by all means nominate them 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:16.140 and there is no such thing as too much information 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:20.769 we don't want a blank spot on those on those 00:25:20.769 --> 00:25:24.390 nominating forms. The more you can tell us, the 00:25:24.390 --> 00:25:28.329 better off it'll be for us to narrow down a winner 00:25:28.329 --> 00:25:29.869 and the better off it'll be for your nominee 00:25:29.869 --> 00:25:36.490 to be noticed by our judging committee. And it's 00:25:36.490 --> 00:25:39.430 not who you know. We've had a couple of winners 00:25:39.430 --> 00:25:41.269 over the years that have been Newsline staffers 00:25:41.269 --> 00:25:43.809 and it has absolutely nothing to do with who 00:25:43.809 --> 00:25:47.859 you know, who you are. It's all on the merit 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:50.759 of the of the young person that's nominated and 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.539 it's it's something that was near and dear to 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:57.240 To the late great Bill Pasternak w a6 itf's heart 00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:02.640 his big thing in life was was education and making 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:05.339 sure that that this hobby continues this hobby 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:08.220 in this service continues and like anything else, 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:12.160 you know If you've got a club and suddenly, you 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:14.799 know, you don't work to bring new members into 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:17.240 your club. Well People are going to leave by 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:20.039 attrition. People are going to die. And before 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:24.319 you know it, it's going to be you and that other 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.980 goofball that you don't particularly care for. 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.619 It's just going to be you two in the club. And 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:29.539 nobody wants that. So you got to bring new people 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:31.980 into the club. And there's new things going on 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.180 in the hobby and the service all the time anyway. 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:39.200 So share that with the youth. And then sit back. 00:26:39.450 --> 00:26:42.170 you become a seasoned ham or whatever you want 00:26:42.170 --> 00:26:44.710 to call yourself and watch the fun because that's 00:26:44.710 --> 00:26:46.849 the that's the coolest part about getting to 00:26:46.849 --> 00:26:49.529 know these young hams is looking at the things 00:26:49.529 --> 00:26:51.529 a that they've done and be the things that they're 00:26:51.529 --> 00:26:54.049 doing and see think about the things they're 00:26:54.049 --> 00:26:56.410 gonna do I mean it's just absolutely amazing 00:26:56.410 --> 00:26:59.289 and you know that from from you know knowing 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:03.240 and his two sisters and his family and and all 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:05.599 those other great kids that you have in your 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:08.579 in your ham radio club there at the school so 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:10.200 you know exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:14.519 I sure do and I've been able to get to know many 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:19.859 of the winners that weren't at school and we 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:22.059 may talk about some of them here after the break. 00:27:26.450 --> 00:27:28.529 W0ANT, we'll talk about Anna Veal coming up later. 00:27:28.529 --> 00:27:31.289 Anna's doing something really cool as we speak. 00:27:32.630 --> 00:27:35.930 So yeah, we'll have to talk about that. But yeah, 00:27:36.089 --> 00:27:39.089 we've had a lot of great kids come through our 00:27:39.089 --> 00:27:44.309 program and others around the country. And so 00:27:44.309 --> 00:27:47.369 a lot of those show up at the Hamvention Youth 00:27:47.369 --> 00:27:50.150 Forum and speak there. And so I've been able 00:27:50.150 --> 00:27:54.170 to get to know most of those kids. And they're 00:27:54.170 --> 00:27:57.490 really something and they do not disappoint. 00:27:58.029 --> 00:28:00.450 Nope. All right. 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Eastern time right here at HamTalkLive .com. 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.759 Check out our Facebook page and Twitter feed 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:29.759 to search for HamTalk Live. And Donna, had you 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:32.140 muted your saying? I said I'd look for those, 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.859 but I didn't see anything. Yeah, it's like you 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:38.779 couldn't see a thing. Oh my, well it's time for 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:41.619 your calls if you have a question for Don Willbank 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:48.259 say E5DW call right now at 812 -NET -TAM -1 for 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:51.579 the alphabetically challenge that's 812 -638 00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:56.259 -4261 or you can Skype us. You know that Invisitant 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:59.480 is just what you need to get past your HOA. Oh, 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:08.019 yeah. Yeah, it's perfect. It's the Forgotten 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:14.900 the Forgotten the yeah. Oh my goodness It's so 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:18.380 invisible. It's totally raised from my mind the 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:21.119 parody act. That's it It's this it's this it's 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:26.779 the solution to the parody act Yes, the pair 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:32.099 OD. Yes, exactly. It's exactly it so Give us 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:37.019 a call 8 1 2 net ham one or Skype us or tweet 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:40.240 us at ham talk live and And we'll talk about 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.200 that. Let's go ahead and talk about Anna for 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.960 a second I've got some tweets here, but let's 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.880 let's talk about Anna because Anna's out in Las 00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:54.039 Vegas right now the IWCE and she just got a few 00:31:54.039 --> 00:32:00.460 hours ago a Presentation there and an award Radio 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:04.140 Club of America 2017, and I can't remember the 00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:07.019 exact complete name of the award, but they honor 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:10.359 another young person, Carol Perry, and her Radio 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:12.259 Club of America, and that bunch and everything, 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:14.400 and just, yeah, I was so proud of Anna. Anna 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:18.839 is just, Anna is funny, and she's witty, and 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:24.180 she's amazing, and yeah, I just, I just, I just, 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.559 I'm so fond of her and that whole family, so 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:30.400 yeah, very cool. Yeah, really cool stuff and 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:37.960 so we we Posted that video from that from her 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:41.339 dad on our Facebook page so you can check that 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:48.200 out over at the ham talk live Facebook page and 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:51.700 I was gonna try you know the last two times you 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:55.940 were on Don we did the game show things. And 00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:58.180 it was a lot of fun, but I know it was kind of 00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:01.799 silly. And I thought, you know, this time we're 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:04.140 going to try to make it like, you know, we're 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:07.400 going to try to make it, you know, a little, 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.119 a little toned down, a little calmer and everything. 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:13.059 And, and so then I look and see what week it 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:17.839 is and I'm like, Oh, April fools week. Oh no. 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.019 You see where that's gotten us. There goes, there 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:24.940 goes the plan. So in the spirit of that, Yeah, 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:32.700 dr. Scott right k0md I do too, but question number 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:37.059 one came in from Twitter just now In the spirit 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:41.680 of that Question number one is Neil still young 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:45.140 enough to be nominated for young ham of the year 00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:51.259 Not just no, but no Let me repeat that in Spanish, 00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:57.660 yeah When I was young enough to be nominated 00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.819 for young ham of the year there wasn't such a 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:04.900 thing young ham That's right Neil I'm not saying 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.740 Neil is old and that he was a really young ham, 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:10.860 but his first radio was gas -powered Yeah, Cole. 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:16.300 Exactly. Yeah coal fired. Yep. That was it And 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:21.000 he also smoked signals. Yeah, exactly Exactly. 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:23.699 It was it was hard to keep those blankets from 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:26.849 burning He thought tubes were hot. Yeah, exactly. 00:34:28.230 --> 00:34:30.090 Well, he also says, please share with Don that 00:34:30.090 --> 00:34:33.010 we all appreciate his work to promote amateur 00:34:33.010 --> 00:34:37.050 radio and also let me chime in. I was on a net 00:34:37.050 --> 00:34:39.929 earlier at eight o 'clock on the crossroads reflector. 00:34:40.090 --> 00:34:43.730 We've got a wide area net starting here in the 00:34:43.730 --> 00:34:48.469 Midwest and KC9ZAR. Jerry was on there and Andy, 00:34:48.789 --> 00:34:54.079 K9AWM and some others and they also said, be 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:57.420 sure to tell Don that they appreciate all the 00:34:57.420 --> 00:35:01.639 work that he does with Newsline and Ham Nation 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:04.599 and Young Ham of the Year and all that. Well, 00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:12.980 thank you. Kudos to you. There's no I in team 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:16.179 and I just happen to be the most visible member 00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:18.400 because of my association with Ham Nation and 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:21.159 the fact that I've been with Newsline for 20... 00:35:21.130 --> 00:35:25.809 22 years now. So I just happen to be, I guess, 00:35:26.090 --> 00:35:28.150 kind of the face of it now since Bill has passed 00:35:28.150 --> 00:35:31.630 away. But it is a total and complete team effort. 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:35.469 It's people like Neil, who now is a correspondent 00:35:35.469 --> 00:35:40.070 for us. It's people like Paul Brown, WD9GCO. 00:35:40.929 --> 00:35:43.269 It's people who have been with us for a long 00:35:43.269 --> 00:35:45.210 time, people who are just coming in with us. 00:35:45.829 --> 00:35:49.920 And especially Karen Eve Murray Katie to GUT 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:53.460 who took over the writing and the editing duties 00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:57.920 for bill When he passed away, and I have got 00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:01.719 to tell you that she has been an absolute godsend 00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:06.030 and an answer to our prayers She has been no 00:36:06.030 --> 00:36:08.670 doubt about it. Oh, and she even held on it. 00:36:09.090 --> 00:36:11.250 Oh, yeah She even helped me with the writing 00:36:11.250 --> 00:36:14.150 those scripts for Andy to record for those ads. 00:36:14.289 --> 00:36:18.829 She She even helped out on the Scott right he 00:36:18.829 --> 00:36:21.809 he came to New Orleans and And and took me out 00:36:21.809 --> 00:36:24.010 to lunch. So again doc. Thanks a lot for that 00:36:24.010 --> 00:36:26.329 That was a great afternoon and the next time 00:36:26.329 --> 00:36:28.280 you come down. I hope we can do it again yeah 00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:31.579 and it's uh and we've got uh national physicians 00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:35.139 day coming up so so thanks to scott for good 00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:37.380 i'll have to send him a picture of uh i'll just 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.780 send him a picture of the middle finger and ask 00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:43.480 him if he's if this looks infected yeah well 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.219 here does this look infected to you oh my well 00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:49.139 speaking of scott the second question here also 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:55.510 in in the spirit of of whatever Reflecting back 00:36:55.510 --> 00:36:58.949 to the last time or no the first time you were 00:36:58.949 --> 00:37:05.409 on the show actually Would you rather Use an 00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:08.630 OCF dipole or a resonant dipole. Would you rather 00:37:08.630 --> 00:37:15.269 use low power or high power am or SSB? Well, 00:37:15.530 --> 00:37:17.289 I'm kind of a big fan of the whole shack -in 00:37:17.289 --> 00:37:19.750 -a -box thing. So, you know, one of my favorite 00:37:19.750 --> 00:37:22.409 radios, well, several of my favorite radios have 00:37:22.409 --> 00:37:26.269 been like the ICOM 746, which is, you know, HF 00:37:26.269 --> 00:37:31.090 through 6 meters. I had a couple of ICOM 706s. 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:35.039 HF through 440 and an ICOM 7000 HF through 440. 00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:37.199 So I'm a big fan of the shack -in -a -box thing 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:39.960 and hence I'm a big fan of multi -band antennas. 00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:42.360 I like off -center fed dipoles. I have two of 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:45.119 them hanging up. I've got both of them from Emmett 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:49.420 and Radio Waves. I've got an 80 meter DX80 and 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:53.340 I just put up in the last couple of weeks a 160 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:57.079 meter. DX 160 both from Emmet and I got to say 00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:59.420 I really like being able to just jump over there 00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:02.460 and hit that that antenna selector on my 7600 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:05.800 icon and go from one antenna to the other so 00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:10.260 I'm a big fan of of off -center fed so yeah one 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:14.139 of those rather than a you know a whole bunch 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.639 of antennas falling is I just don't have the 00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:17.380 space for here where I am what were the other 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:21.510 two questions oh is a him or SSB Doesn't matter. 00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:23.929 I like AM because I'm gonna run the gonna try 00:38:23.929 --> 00:38:26.409 to do the AM rally this weekend. Really excited 00:38:26.409 --> 00:38:27.869 about that. You know, I mean, I cut my teeth 00:38:27.869 --> 00:38:31.210 on on on CB radio, which was AM, you know, before 00:38:31.210 --> 00:38:33.969 I saved up and got a sideband radio. So, no, 00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:37.269 AM is fun. AM is fun because nobody does it anymore. 00:38:37.429 --> 00:38:39.309 That's what I like about. Well, I take that back. 00:38:39.530 --> 00:38:41.349 A lot of people do it, but not a lot of people 00:38:41.349 --> 00:38:44.780 do it. So it's not the mainstream anymore. And, 00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:46.719 uh, and this weekend's a good weekend for that 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:49.440 because it's that AM rally and I, and I totally 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:51.380 meant to have that information in front of me, 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:54.000 but I know it's on, it's on news line. So it 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.179 is. And also just go to, I think it's AM rally 00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:58.739 .com or just, just search AM rally and you'll 00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:01.519 find everything you need to know. Yeah. So, so 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:03.800 check that out. And third question, what was 00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:09.300 the third question? Oh, a QRP or a couple of 00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:11.699 thousand. Don't even well. I don't own an amplifier. 00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:15.420 I never have so I'm a hundred watt guy, but you 00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:17.460 know I'll turn it down when I you know just to 00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:21.260 just see so How to watch this plenty for me all 00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:24.199 right very good. Well. Thanks Scott for sending 00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:27.840 in the questions, and we do have time for one 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:31.039 more so give us a call or a tweet or a skype 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:35.840 at 812 net ham one or at ham talk live and get 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:38.500 your questions or comments in for don will banks 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:44.239 hey e5 dw uh while we're waiting here uh i know 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.079 you've been doing some reflections on some of 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:50.860 the past winners on uh on newsline and so let's 00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.300 let's talk about a few of those those past winners 00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:57.300 we talked about anna that's out in Vegas right 00:39:57.300 --> 00:40:00.400 now and got another award and we talked about 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:03.920 Patrick. He's out at JPL right now doing some 00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:08.960 stuff and he's gonna be working for Blue Origin 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:12.480 this summer. Cool. So he's gonna be working there. 00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:18.179 Skyler is in his freshman year out in New Mexico. 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.920 And he put together a repeater, I know, and I 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.739 was going to send him some repeater stuff. I 00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:27.239 saw the video that they did with it. That was 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:30.880 a really, really good piece. So how about some 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:34.280 of these others? I can tell you, and this immediately 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.039 comes to mind for two reasons. A, it's the person 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.969 who introduced me to Bill Pasternak. uh... a 00:40:39.969 --> 00:40:42.030 young ham of the year from new orleans he was 00:40:42.030 --> 00:40:44.710 in ninety three i got license in ninety five 00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:46.469 so he introduced me to bill in ninety five and 00:40:46.469 --> 00:40:48.769 also the fact that i just found out that he will 00:40:48.769 --> 00:40:51.590 be at the huntsville ham fest this year and it's 00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:54.170 been a long time since i've seen him i mean like 00:40:54.170 --> 00:40:56.809 probably fifteen years maybe uh... that since 00:40:56.809 --> 00:40:58.449 i've seen him so it'll be really good to see 00:40:58.449 --> 00:41:01.550 kevin as kevin budrow in five x m h he was the 00:41:01.550 --> 00:41:04.010 ninety three young ham of the year winner and 00:41:04.010 --> 00:41:06.329 uh... what brought him to our attention was uh... 00:41:06.329 --> 00:41:07.969 during a hurricane that came through i think 00:41:07.969 --> 00:41:11.730 it was Gilbert's known for South Florida, but 00:41:11.730 --> 00:41:14.730 it also came through New Orleans. And he was 00:41:14.730 --> 00:41:18.769 in a shelter with his handheld radio as a 16 00:41:18.769 --> 00:41:20.769 -year -old kid, I think, 15, 16 -year -old kid. 00:41:21.710 --> 00:41:23.929 And there was nobody else there. There was no 00:41:23.929 --> 00:41:25.510 one from the Red Cross. There wasn't any law 00:41:25.510 --> 00:41:27.750 enforcement or anyone there. And they lost the 00:41:27.750 --> 00:41:29.849 roof. Well, he was able to keep everybody safe 00:41:29.849 --> 00:41:31.969 and get the word out and get all those people 00:41:31.969 --> 00:41:35.750 rescued. There was no injury. There was no loss 00:41:35.750 --> 00:41:39.179 of life. And so that is what got him to be the 00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:41.760 young ham of the year winner and so uh... again 00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:47.110 he uh... he conned me into riding along with 00:41:47.110 --> 00:41:49.369 me to Huntsville. He hit me on the repeater one 00:41:49.369 --> 00:41:50.750 day and said, I want to go to the Huntsville 00:41:50.750 --> 00:41:52.250 Hamfest. Do you go? And I said, well, I didn't 00:41:52.250 --> 00:41:53.489 give it any thought. I didn't know what was at 00:41:53.489 --> 00:41:54.610 the Huntsville Hamfest. He said, well, that's 00:41:54.610 --> 00:41:55.949 where they do the Young Ham of the Year Award. 00:41:56.190 --> 00:41:58.369 And I had been listening to Newsline anyway since 00:41:58.369 --> 00:42:01.869 before I got licensed when I was studying. And 00:42:01.869 --> 00:42:03.570 so I said, you know what? Yeah. He said, I'll 00:42:03.570 --> 00:42:05.230 be happy to split the gas in the hotel. And I 00:42:05.230 --> 00:42:06.969 said, well, yeah, let's go. And he said, great. 00:42:07.030 --> 00:42:09.050 I'll introduce you to Bill. And you know, that 00:42:09.050 --> 00:42:14.030 got me started in this, you know, to where I 00:42:14.030 --> 00:42:17.469 am now, essentially. That was that was that was 00:42:17.469 --> 00:42:19.210 what got me to the point that I am right now 00:42:19.210 --> 00:42:22.070 on my ham radio career and then you you drag 00:42:22.070 --> 00:42:27.610 people like Paul and me and yeah Everybody else 00:42:27.610 --> 00:42:30.230 in and I think what you called it what you called 00:42:30.230 --> 00:42:35.309 it last time you were on was indentured servitude 00:42:35.309 --> 00:42:44.469 Well, that was what? You guys have all your teeth 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:49.480 Yeah, actually and you're not indentured I guess 00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:58.519 I guess I'm not It was funny it was I have to 00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:00.719 remind my students every once in a while my chemistry 00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:04.860 jokes are funny they yeah They they have to be 00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:07.440 reminded every once in a while stand by humor 00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:11.780 on the way. Yes coming up next It's in organic 00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:14.119 chemistry. It's another organic chemistry joke. 00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:17.739 I told one today is it takes all kinds to make 00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:21.619 a world and they they just sat there they they 00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:25.300 didn't we were talking about all kinds and Yeah, 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:27.900 they didn't get it. I think I worked with him 00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:30.920 out al -qaeda al -qaeda. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:38.139 he was in a radio. Yeah. Yeah Well, once again 00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:43.329 the 45 minutes has flown by and we are out of 00:43:43.329 --> 00:43:46.570 time. So Don, thank you for coming back on again. 00:43:46.989 --> 00:43:48.809 Well, thanks for having me. You're always welcome. 00:43:49.329 --> 00:43:52.909 The scam continues, so. Yep, it does. It's a 00:43:52.909 --> 00:43:55.610 slow day. We'll have Don on. Yeah, we'll have 00:43:55.610 --> 00:43:59.869 Don on. Thanks for letting me talk about Bill 00:43:59.869 --> 00:44:01.369 and everything else. I really appreciate it. 00:44:01.550 --> 00:44:04.829 Get your Y -H -O -T -Y nominations in. Yep, get 00:44:04.829 --> 00:44:07.829 them in. We've got to get those in so we can... 00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:10.840 pick those out. I'm not picking them out, but 00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:14.039 the committee is. So that is a wrap for this 00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:16.199 week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to Don 00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:20.099 Wilbanks, AE5DW, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:23.820 for listening and tweeting in next Thursday night, 00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:28.010 9 p .m. Emmet W0QH from Radio Waves, the chief 00:44:28.010 --> 00:44:30.489 engineer, will be here to talk about all your 00:44:30.489 --> 00:44:33.210 spring antenna projects. So don't miss that and 00:44:33.210 --> 00:44:36.070 he'll be taking your questions live. And for 00:44:36.070 --> 00:44:38.469 a list of all of our upcoming guests and shows, 00:44:38.489 --> 00:44:42.090 visit HamTalkLive .com. And with booth announcer 00:44:42.090 --> 00:44:46.469 Andy Morrison, K9AWM, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:44:46.550 --> 00:44:50.690 saying 7375. And as Les would say, may the good 00:44:50.690 --> 00:44:58.750 DX be yours. Thanks for watching.