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Thanks for tuning into this 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:05.920 episode of Ham talk live. Tonight on the show, 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.659 Joe Eisenberg, KZeroNEB, the kit building editor 00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:13.370 at CQ Magazine. is here to talk about his recent 00:02:13.370 --> 00:02:16.210 trip to the Green County Fairgrounds in Xenia, 00:02:16.210 --> 00:02:20.349 Ohio, which is the new home of the Dayton Hamvention. 00:02:20.870 --> 00:02:24.629 And we'll probably talk some kit building as 00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:27.530 well. I know he's got a new kit he's excited 00:02:27.530 --> 00:02:30.430 to talk about. So we'll probably throw in some 00:02:30.430 --> 00:02:32.229 kit building as well. But we're going to start 00:02:32.229 --> 00:02:36.090 off with some Hamvention stuff tonight and we 00:02:36.090 --> 00:02:39.250 will take your call. 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He is the longtime kit building editor 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:53.839 at CQ Magazine and often makes presentations 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:58.240 about kit building and offers kit builds at HamFest 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.339 conventions and club meetings. Joe started Ham 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:04.000 Radio at a very early age and has been licensed 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.680 since 1969 and he's also very well known for 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.040 his Dr. Seuss hat that he wears only at Dayton. 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:16.519 And, uh, he lives in Lincoln, Nebraska and avid 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.720 corn husker fan. We won't hold that too far against 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:22.959 him since you don't play Kentucky. So we'll deal 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.060 with that. And he works at the IT industry for 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:28.939 his day job. So Joe, thanks for coming on ham 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:31.339 talk live tonight. And especially on such short 00:07:31.339 --> 00:07:34.560 notice, we, uh, we were kind of holding the spot 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:38.439 open here and, um, I appreciate you coming on 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.350 on short notice tonight. Well, thank you very 00:07:41.350 --> 00:07:44.750 much Neil and I can tell you that the people 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:48.350 in Dayton are very very busy You'll never see 00:07:48.350 --> 00:07:52.089 a more dedicated group of people. In fact having 00:07:52.089 --> 00:07:54.589 dinner with the general chairman before the club 00:07:54.589 --> 00:07:58.990 meeting Four weeks ago. I was astonished at how 00:07:58.990 --> 00:08:04.800 many texts and phone calls he gets and He's retired, 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.160 so his real full -time job is being chairman 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.740 of Hamvention. And he says it starts when he 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:13.339 gets up and it goes till late in the evening 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:16.519 that he's getting calls over all different aspects 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.560 because he's basically trying to reinvent the 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.259 biggest ham show in the world in a new place. 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:27.100 In past years, it's only been minor changes here 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:31.019 and there, and now it's a complete sea change 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:34.399 of what it's gonna look like. Now one year when 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:38.200 I was doing the my little ham fest down in Evansville, 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:47.600 which was nowhere close to Dayton We had A little 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:52.899 mix -up shall we say with the the fairgrounds 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:56.620 people and They they rented our building out 00:08:57.470 --> 00:09:02.929 And so we had to change locations and it was 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:05.409 still, you know, the same fairgrounds, but it 00:09:05.409 --> 00:09:08.820 was different building, different setup. and 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:11.559 oh my goodness it was like starting all over 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:14.940 again because you just got to replant everything 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:18.539 and try to make things fit with less room and 00:09:18.539 --> 00:09:22.379 and you know locate this and locate that and 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:26.480 change this traffic pattern and change and oh 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.379 it was it was just like starting all over again 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:34.440 so I can only imagine what they're having to 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:38.990 go through changing things, trying to park everybody 00:09:38.990 --> 00:09:44.590 on site now and splitting up into separate buildings 00:09:44.590 --> 00:09:48.190 and just all of the things that are that are 00:09:48.190 --> 00:09:51.909 going on to make that change where normally you 00:09:51.909 --> 00:09:54.509 get into a routine and you know people kind of 00:09:54.509 --> 00:09:57.990 know their jobs and everything's you know running 00:09:57.990 --> 00:09:59.929 fine. You make some little tweaks here and there 00:09:59.929 --> 00:10:04.230 to improve and then now all of a sudden all that's 00:10:04.230 --> 00:10:09.080 gone and It's kind of exciting in a way. It's 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.080 also kind of a downer in a way that, you know, 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:15.519 after going for so many years to Hera, it's like, 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:20.940 you know, the pattern, you know, where you want 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:23.799 to go, which places you want to make sure to 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.100 get to, you know, and you can prioritize things 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:32.460 and you've got this plan. Well, I, and now it's 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:35.440 all God. Yeah, I told them I said you know I 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.419 can tell somebody on my UHF frequency or on DMR 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:41.860 Hey, meet me in front of the icon booth well 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:43.860 everybody knew where that was it was right across 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:48.259 from the prize booth and Now you know we don't 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:50.220 know where that's going to be we don't know where 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:54.679 anything is I have been there, and I can tell 00:10:54.679 --> 00:11:00.129 you that the amount of Square footage inside 00:11:00.129 --> 00:11:05.129 is smaller than what was at hair arena The good 00:11:05.129 --> 00:11:07.710 news is is that the buildings where the forums 00:11:07.710 --> 00:11:10.730 are are much bigger the rooms are much bigger 00:11:10.730 --> 00:11:14.250 Than what we had at hair arena for forums, and 00:11:14.250 --> 00:11:17.370 we no longer have that room with the partitions 00:11:17.370 --> 00:11:20.269 That separated from the exhibit hall where I 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:22.570 had to pretty much yells for everybody to hear 00:11:22.570 --> 00:11:28.210 over it All the forms are going to be in heated 00:11:28.210 --> 00:11:30.610 and air -conditioned buildings, and they're very 00:11:30.610 --> 00:11:33.909 quiet, and they're completely, absolutely separated 00:11:33.909 --> 00:11:37.529 from the commercial exhibits. So if you want 00:11:37.529 --> 00:11:41.250 to attend the seminars, get ready for a nice, 00:11:41.370 --> 00:11:44.769 comfortable time. Heated, air -conditioned, comfortable, 00:11:45.009 --> 00:11:48.529 and quiet. And most of the buildings that have 00:11:48.529 --> 00:11:51.190 the forms have their own restrooms in those buildings 00:11:51.190 --> 00:11:55.879 as well. You can't hear this. But you just got 00:11:55.879 --> 00:12:03.340 a standing ovation round of applause from no 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:07.440 more dividers in the forum rooms. Yeah, well, 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.399 I have to take it back. The two largest forum 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.059 rooms will have a divider, but it's a lot more 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:16.399 soundproof, OK? OK, we'll take it. But still, 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:19.200 it's heated and air conditioned and more well 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:26.649 lit. The carpet isn't beginning to grow roots 00:12:26.649 --> 00:12:32.850 and things like that. No black mold on the ceiling. 00:12:33.970 --> 00:12:36.370 No, no, it's going to look good. In fact, I made 00:12:36.370 --> 00:12:40.110 a special slideshow in black and white, did some 00:12:40.110 --> 00:12:43.710 artistic photography and I shot it a year ago 00:12:43.710 --> 00:12:46.330 this month when I was there to do a kit build. 00:12:47.789 --> 00:12:51.559 A year ago this month I went. Over to hair arena 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.879 and I started taking pictures and I went in and 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.799 found Karen Wampler who ran the place And I asked 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:00.940 her if I could just wander around and take pictures 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:03.840 and she she asked Why do you want to take pictures 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.980 now? And I said well, you know, I I want I just 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:11.039 want to document this place and then she kind 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.299 of figured out what I was doing and she asked 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:17.559 if I Wanted to have the main arena lit up which 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:21.500 was set up for hockey And I said, sure. And so 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:25.279 there's a lot of very artistic photos in this. 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.379 They were shot in color and then converted manually 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:32.240 to black and white. And I had to pay attention 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.960 to the shading and the contrast and so forth 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:40.679 to make it flow. And so there's a lot of artistic 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.299 photography that's involved in that slideshow. 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.860 And it's called Wish You Were Here. It has the 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:51.820 theme song from Pink Floyd. But the forum rooms, 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:54.279 you're going to love it. Three of them are pretty 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.080 close by. And the fourth one is kind of closer 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:01.779 to the horse track. But it's also indoors, heated, 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:04.460 and air conditioned, and a very comfortable building 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:08.220 with plenty of room. So I think we're going to 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:10.940 have the quietest forum rooms we've ever had 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:16.330 at Dayton. the exhibit halls Quite frankly are 00:14:16.330 --> 00:14:19.230 not heated or air -conditioned, but they're extremely 00:14:19.230 --> 00:14:24.389 heavily ventilated and Big big fans and stuff 00:14:24.389 --> 00:14:26.669 something that we did not have at hair arena 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:29.750 because at hair arena They could not heat or 00:14:29.750 --> 00:14:32.110 air -condition those buildings and the reason 00:14:32.110 --> 00:14:34.870 was is that the doors are always open It could 00:14:34.870 --> 00:14:40.480 never keep up so What people don't realize is 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:43.320 for most of the history of hamvention it was 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.559 never heated or air -conditioned people don't 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.720 realize that So we're kind of at the mercy of 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.320 Ohio weather like we were before but these buildings 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:56.519 are very well insulated and You'll like it because 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.639 the buildings are square There isn't the hodgepodge 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.289 that you saw at hair arena There's also a covered 00:15:05.289 --> 00:15:08.190 walkway between the three largest buildings. 00:15:08.610 --> 00:15:10.830 So if it's raining, you can walk between them 00:15:10.830 --> 00:15:16.769 and not have to get wet. However, as in all hamfests, 00:15:17.090 --> 00:15:21.190 I'd say watch the weather and bring an umbrella 00:15:21.190 --> 00:15:25.149 if you need. The flea market is going to be, 00:15:25.169 --> 00:15:28.289 most of it is going to be inside the horse track. 00:15:28.490 --> 00:15:30.990 There's an exception. There's a zone kind of 00:15:30.990 --> 00:15:34.610 near the grandstand area that looks like it if 00:15:34.610 --> 00:15:36.710 you look at it on a Google map It's it's kind 00:15:36.710 --> 00:15:40.129 of brown mud and that's really what it is. It's 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:44.210 a mud bog that's used for tractor poles and so 00:15:44.210 --> 00:15:46.289 Obviously, there's not gonna be a tractor poles, 00:15:46.289 --> 00:15:48.009 but it's not a place you want to have a flea 00:15:48.009 --> 00:15:51.590 market table either But otherwise the flea market 00:15:51.590 --> 00:15:53.899 will be pretty similar to what we're used to, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:56.639 but it'll also have a row of tables that goes 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.559 around the outside of the track, at least most 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.159 of it, except for the bog area. There's also 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.500 going to be more entrances to the track than 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:08.740 you can see on the Google map, as they make it 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:11.240 a lot easier for people to walk and drive in 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.049 and out of it. But one of the neat innovations 00:16:14.049 --> 00:16:16.669 that they're going to do to make sure they have 00:16:16.669 --> 00:16:18.970 enough room for all the inside exhibitors that 00:16:18.970 --> 00:16:20.950 need it is they're going to have what they call 00:16:20.950 --> 00:16:24.850 chateau type tents. I call them wedding tents. 00:16:24.929 --> 00:16:27.970 They call them chateau tents. But they're very 00:16:27.970 --> 00:16:31.629 nice. And those will be on concrete. There's 00:16:31.629 --> 00:16:36.149 a paved parking lot that you can see that's to 00:16:36.149 --> 00:16:39.860 the south of the main buildings. And that's going 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:43.320 to have these chateau tents that have more inside 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:45.799 exhibitors. And the inside exhibitors are not 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:47.379 only going to be in those three buildings, but 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:49.500 there's a fourth building kind of on the lower 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:53.740 right. If you look at the PDF that they now have 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:56.259 on the Hamvention web page, it has the booth 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:59.980 diagram. But it does not have the tent area yet, 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.980 as they're going to see how many inside exhibitors 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:06.130 they have. Figure out how much tent space they 00:17:06.130 --> 00:17:09.609 need now for the flea market vendors They will 00:17:09.609 --> 00:17:12.230 also have a new tent area now. I don't know if 00:17:12.230 --> 00:17:15.630 you remember back around 2000 or 2001 they had 00:17:15.630 --> 00:17:18.730 a tent in the far corner of the flea market yeah, 00:17:18.730 --> 00:17:22.369 and this where That's where the old Radio Shack 00:17:22.369 --> 00:17:27.589 as his place was yeah, and and that's gonna be 00:17:27.589 --> 00:17:34.160 where You'll have some inside Tent vendors now 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.779 there were some vendors that came like those 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:39.299 surplus electronics places that had their own 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:42.220 tents And they will be probably accommodated 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:47.259 in that area as well So there's a grassy area 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:51.380 That's also in front of the main buildings between 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:53.819 that and the street and that will be for the 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:56.900 flea market tents and the Flea market vendors 00:17:56.900 --> 00:18:00.650 that bring their own tents So the flea market 00:18:00.650 --> 00:18:04.549 vendors that need normal stalls will be in the 00:18:04.549 --> 00:18:09.710 stalled area that's in the horse track and then 00:18:09.710 --> 00:18:13.089 there's an area on one edge of the track on the 00:18:13.089 --> 00:18:15.170 outside of the fence that will also have flea 00:18:15.170 --> 00:18:17.309 market stalls and then there will be this tented 00:18:17.309 --> 00:18:22.009 area. that's immediately adjacent. And there 00:18:22.009 --> 00:18:26.630 may also be some outside vendors that are in 00:18:26.630 --> 00:18:29.650 tents or stalls that are between these, because 00:18:29.650 --> 00:18:32.750 there will be all sorts of spaces. And the big 00:18:32.750 --> 00:18:35.549 question was food. Is there going to be the beer 00:18:35.549 --> 00:18:38.430 truck? Yes, there is. They've invited the guy 00:18:38.430 --> 00:18:41.569 with the cheesecake on a stick. Yeah, it wouldn't 00:18:41.569 --> 00:18:43.730 be ham -vention if you didn't have the cheesecake 00:18:43.730 --> 00:18:46.410 on a stick. That's right. That was the first 00:18:46.410 --> 00:18:49.430 question was, Is the cheesecake on a stick going 00:18:49.430 --> 00:18:51.750 to be there? Yeah, and is the beer trucks going 00:18:51.750 --> 00:18:53.710 to be there? And there'll be at least one beer 00:18:53.710 --> 00:18:58.910 truck. They also have talked about the fact that 00:18:58.910 --> 00:19:03.400 there's going to be a large catering. type vendor 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.240 that will be under a large tent serving, as well 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.400 as some local food trucks. And they said that 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:12.859 there will be some healthier eating options, 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:16.259 but there's also going to be possibly some fair 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:21.680 food as well. And speaking about fair food, when 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.740 you go to a state fair or a large county fair, 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:28.019 how do you get from the parking lot to the fairgrounds, 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:31.079 to the gate? It's usually a tractor pulled wagon, 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:35.579 correct? Well, yeah, I've seen some do that well, 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:37.980 that's what's gonna happen here so it'll be like 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:40.359 going to our Nebraska State Fair where you park 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.819 your car and you jump in the wagon that's being 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:46.799 pulled by a big tractor and It'll take you up 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:48.900 to the front gate where you get your tickets. 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:51.440 So very nice So that's what they're going to 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.880 do. They're also going to have many more golf 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.400 carts than they had before. They're going to 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:58.900 have pretty much an army of golf carts to help 00:19:58.900 --> 00:20:01.160 people out that are having trouble getting around 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:05.859 or have boat anchors or things like that, power 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:08.680 transformers and so forth that are probably a 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.359 little more difficult to deal with. And so there 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.109 will be golf carts. But the nice thing is is 00:20:15.109 --> 00:20:17.269 that you'll be able to ride those wagons out 00:20:17.269 --> 00:20:19.829 to the parking area and get a lot closer to your 00:20:19.829 --> 00:20:22.750 car because as fairgrounds, if you measure the 00:20:22.750 --> 00:20:24.990 distance from one end to the other is a little 00:20:24.990 --> 00:20:27.849 over one half mile from one end to the other. 00:20:28.809 --> 00:20:33.410 Now, for the bicycle mobile hams, they never 00:20:33.410 --> 00:20:35.809 had anything near her arena. They could do a 00:20:35.809 --> 00:20:39.730 decent demo. This place has a bike trail that 00:20:39.730 --> 00:20:44.099 actually bisects. Part of the fairgrounds and 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:47.579 it continues across the street along a trail 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:52.460 as well so the bicycle mobile people will actually 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:58.140 have a Great on -site demo area as well That's 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:01.859 that's all excellent. I'm glad to hear that those 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:06.380 things are coming and and Have they have they 00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:12.930 given any? guarantees about No sewage well, you 00:21:12.930 --> 00:21:15.569 know they've they've kind of talked about that 00:21:15.569 --> 00:21:18.789 and It sounds like it's going to be through a 00:21:18.789 --> 00:21:21.309 combination of things number one the facilities 00:21:21.309 --> 00:21:25.289 here are much newer The fairgrounds was pretty 00:21:25.289 --> 00:21:30.269 much leveled in an EF for tornado in 2000 and 00:21:30.269 --> 00:21:33.230 rebuilt in 2001 so most all the buildings are 00:21:33.230 --> 00:21:35.690 brand new and when they did that they changed 00:21:35.690 --> 00:21:40.339 the drainage And that also goes with the drainage 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:43.960 from the infield of the horse track where the 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:51.539 flea market is and things like that. And so what 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:55.359 they've done is they've taken some of the parking 00:21:55.359 --> 00:22:00.940 area and made it into a... soccer field area 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:03.900 during the summer and so to keep those usable 00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:06.779 they obviously have subsurface drainage that 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:11.160 they've put in and The sewage system within the 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.720 place is also modernized and They're also talking 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:20.079 about bringing in large truck type washrooms 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:24.980 mobile washrooms and I've seen that before at 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:29.640 other events and they're very nice. So so we're 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:32.579 hoping everything goes well and we don't get 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:36.180 too much rain and Everybody has a great time 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.700 and I'm looking forward to it because it's my 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:45.460 37th Very good. Very good. Well, we've been trying 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:47.539 to get some dates scheduled here on the show 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:50.480 for the dear folks to come on and take everybody's 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:53.750 questions and We just haven't You know, they've 00:22:53.750 --> 00:22:58.150 been busy. We haven't received any response from 00:22:58.150 --> 00:23:00.329 them yet other than to assure they're going to 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:04.349 come on the show. So hopefully we'll have them 00:23:04.349 --> 00:23:08.569 on soon and then we'll try to get them on again 00:23:08.569 --> 00:23:12.630 within a few weeks of Hamvention when things 00:23:12.630 --> 00:23:15.529 are closer to being finalized. I'm sure there's 00:23:15.529 --> 00:23:19.940 a lot of scrambling going on. Here on HamTalk 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:23.359 Live, we've got five weeks of Hamvention coverage, 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:25.539 so you'll have to listen to that. Obviously, 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.519 they have more up -to -date information than 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:31.140 I do. Basically, the hints I got when I was there 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:34.599 was what the theme was going to be, which is 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:37.099 interesting because I always have a theme as 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:40.200 well. As you know, my slideshows, I take a song 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:46.069 and it has a theme. Two songs I'm actually gonna 00:23:46.069 --> 00:23:49.809 do two of them this year one is the grand illusion 00:23:49.809 --> 00:23:54.990 by sticks and Twice or three times in the song 00:23:54.990 --> 00:23:59.750 it says deep inside were all the same and so 00:23:59.750 --> 00:24:04.609 when they said it's same friends New home. I 00:24:04.609 --> 00:24:07.009 thought well. This is perfect. It goes with the 00:24:07.009 --> 00:24:09.569 song the other song I'm gonna use is the show 00:24:09.569 --> 00:24:13.109 must go on it'll be a funnier look at people 00:24:13.109 --> 00:24:15.940 getting around in the new venue. And that's by 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:18.460 Three Dog Night. So you'll dig around that song 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:21.440 and you'll say, what is Joe gonna do with that? 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:26.079 And it's gonna be fun. That camera's gonna be 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.980 busy this year, very busy. They've asked me to 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:31.680 be part of like the ribbon cutting. They want 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.579 me to do two things. They want me to take a picture 00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:37.720 of the ribbon cutting and possibly don the hat 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:42.420 at that point. So we'll see. Because this will 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:46.420 be the 20th. uh Hamvention that it has been won. 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:50.640 Oh well look look for the dawning of the Dr. 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:54.180 Seuss hat at uh this year's Dayton Hamvention 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:57.599 and um Like I said, here on the show, we've got 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.960 five weeks of Hamvention preview shows leading 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:04.740 up to that weekend of May 19th. So be sure to 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:07.740 listen to HamTalk Live for what's coming up over 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:10.940 at Hamvention in Xenia. And we're going to broadcast 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:16.740 live again on Hamvention Eve, Thursday, May 18th. 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.539 That's going to be again from the Spring Hill 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:23.720 Suites in Miamisburg. 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Yes, I will 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:41.359 I'll be seeing them at the Orlando hamcation 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.420 and I like to put in a plug for them as well 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:47.039 because they have some neat low -cost soldering 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.880 equipment and plugs, jacks, and connectors, which 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:53.400 is the thing that I preach the most to have on 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:56.440 hand as a kit builder to make sure you're ready 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.319 to use your kit when it's done. And I rely on 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:02.819 Scott and Jill and Tower Electronics for all 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:07.000 of my connector needs, so definitely visit TowerElectronics 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:13.609 or PL259 .com. Yep, I do as well. They take really 00:28:13.609 --> 00:28:17.730 good care of me. So we appreciate you guys and 00:28:17.730 --> 00:28:22.549 thanks for throwing that in, Joe. Again, that's 00:28:22.549 --> 00:28:30.990 920 -435 -2973 or PL -259 .com. Okay, it's time 00:28:30.990 --> 00:28:35.329 to take some calls, but we didn't talk kits because 00:28:35.329 --> 00:28:37.549 we got all excited about Hamvention and we've 00:28:37.549 --> 00:28:40.190 even got more that we can talk about on Hamvention, 00:28:40.769 --> 00:28:44.670 but let's take a couple of minutes at least to 00:28:44.670 --> 00:28:50.519 talk about this. this new kit that you want to 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:54.660 talk about. And if you want to call in, go ahead 00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:59.240 and give us a call. It's 812 -NET -HAM -1. 812 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:03.900 -638 -4261. You may just have to wait a couple 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:07.480 of minutes while we're talking about the Bayou 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:11.690 Jumper. So what's a Bayou Jumper? Well a Bayou 00:29:11.690 --> 00:29:14.710 jumper is kind of an interesting kit it was partially 00:29:14.710 --> 00:29:18.589 designed by N5ib from Louisiana hence the name 00:29:18.589 --> 00:29:22.529 Bayou and the transmit part and the integration 00:29:22.529 --> 00:29:25.450 part of it and the circuit board layout was done 00:29:25.450 --> 00:29:30.329 by David Kripe NM0S and for those of you who 00:29:30.329 --> 00:29:33.029 don't know him he's designed a lot of the four 00:29:33.029 --> 00:29:38.470 state QRP groups kits and he is Design engineer 00:29:38.470 --> 00:29:43.410 for Rockwell Collins Collins radio in Cedar Rapids 00:29:43.410 --> 00:29:46.730 So he knows what he's doing and he put together 00:29:46.730 --> 00:29:50.869 some pretty incredible radios at very low cost 00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:54.539 This particular kit fits in a wooden box that 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:57.779 you have to buy from Hobby Lobby and that's bought 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:01.380 separately from the kit. You order the kit from 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.299 the four -state group and it does come with four 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.960 blocks of wood that you need to mount the board 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:10.900 inside that box. So it does come with that part 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.140 of it, but you actually need the wooden box itself 00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:15.680 from Hobby Lobby. And if you go to the four -state 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:22.170 QRP page, which is 4sqrp .com, you can... See 00:30:22.170 --> 00:30:26.710 the number of the box that you need to put together 00:30:26.710 --> 00:30:29.829 this kit now What it is is it's a replica of 00:30:29.829 --> 00:30:32.910 a world war two paracet And what these were was 00:30:32.910 --> 00:30:36.430 the originals were a crystal controlled transmitter 00:30:36.430 --> 00:30:42.440 and a variable frequency regenerative receiver 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:45.319 very simple they were three tube sets and of 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.440 course they had to be plugged in or used with 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:50.180 some heavy batteries and these were dropped by 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:54.720 parachute behind enemy lines for people of the 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:58.339 resistance and underground to pick up and use 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:02.440 to communicate back to London and so forth so 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:06.039 just before of course when our military went 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:12.170 into Europe and so they were by nature very simple 00:31:12.170 --> 00:31:14.309 transmitters and receivers they put out about 00:31:14.309 --> 00:31:17.329 five watts and they had a simple regenerative 00:31:17.329 --> 00:31:21.349 receiver well this is the same thing except for 00:31:21.349 --> 00:31:24.950 solid state so you can run it off of 12 volts 00:31:24.950 --> 00:31:29.369 the CW key is built into it just like it was 00:31:29.369 --> 00:31:32.480 in the original and you plug in headphones just 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:35.420 like the original and you got to calibrate the 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:37.980 dial yourself with it and make a chart just like 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:40.440 the original was because it is a regenerative 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:44.279 receiver and the knobs and the placement and 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.660 the way it works is pretty much identical to 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:49.059 the way the original worked it's just with solid 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:52.720 state components instead of tubes so the receiver 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.180 only draws about 20 milliamps on receive which 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:59.200 is pretty phenomenal But it draws a lot more 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.079 than that when you transmit because it's putting 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:03.619 out five watts But there's no heat sink or anything 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:07.720 because he uses class E And there's one toroid 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:10.279 to wind and that's for the regenerative receiver 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:13.900 But there's no toroids to wind for the transmit 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:17.460 filters because they are spiral wound coils that 00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:20.559 are built into the circuit board Already done 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.460 for you. It's it's pretty phenomenal and so The 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:27.339 Bayou Jumper has become a great big seller and 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:30.279 any money that's made from that helps to finance 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:33.720 Ozarkon, which is the four -state QRP's annual 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:37.660 gathering the first weekend in April in Branson, 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:41.319 Missouri. A great place to go. All right, and 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:44.940 we've got a picture of that on our social media 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:48.940 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. So if you 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.920 want to see a picture of the Bayou Jumper, I 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.970 know my friend Scott in 4JN was Commenting how 00:32:54.970 --> 00:32:58.650 beautiful that thing was earlier today. So yeah 00:32:58.650 --> 00:33:02.190 the one I picture The one I sent is the one I 00:33:02.190 --> 00:33:05.369 built and I'm I've yet to sand it and stain it 00:33:05.369 --> 00:33:07.470 yet So, of course, obviously in the photo, it's 00:33:07.470 --> 00:33:10.369 not gonna look as much different But when it's 00:33:10.369 --> 00:33:12.910 done, they would will be a lot smoother and it'll 00:33:12.910 --> 00:33:14.890 be stained and everything and people are putting 00:33:14.890 --> 00:33:17.470 like travel stickers on an old -style travel 00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:20.390 stickers like Paris Rome London or whatever and 00:33:20.390 --> 00:33:22.960 I'm I'm going to decorate mine a little differently. 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:26.140 It'll have luggage tags and stickers from different 00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:32.920 airlines. Nice. Very nice. 812 Net Ham 1 is the 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:35.779 telephone number. If you'd like to call in and 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:39.500 ask a question or a question about Hamvention, 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:42.779 give us a call. 812 Net Ham 1 or you can Skype 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:46.619 us at HamTalk Live or you can tweet to us. over 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:50.000 there on that Twitter thing at HamTalk Live. 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:55.140 And by the way, KB8DNS has sent us a tweet from 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:58.640 Michigan and says this will be his 12th trip 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:03.380 in a row to Dayton and will be at the Buildathon. 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:08.340 So he'll be there with you. And so Rod says seven 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:11.659 three and he's looking forward to the trip to 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:17.769 Dayton. The Buildathon at FDIM is hosted by Rex 00:34:17.769 --> 00:34:24.010 W1REX from Maine and the kit this year is a combination 00:34:24.010 --> 00:34:27.230 of previous kits he's made but he's kind of integrating 00:34:27.230 --> 00:34:29.590 them and kind of redesigning them to make it 00:34:29.590 --> 00:34:32.429 a lot more stable and what it is is a crystal 00:34:32.429 --> 00:34:37.730 oscillator and a more stable crystal oscillator 00:34:37.730 --> 00:34:40.710 that runs a frequency counter so that you can 00:34:40.710 --> 00:34:45.039 plug a crystal in and Test it and what what the 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.659 object is is because so many people are building 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:52.300 these Bayou jumpers that use the the regular 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:56.179 old style crystals People are either taking the 00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:58.860 guts out of a crystal and then putting a modern 00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:01.940 crystal in the same case and closing it up Or 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:05.489 they're actually grinding down the quartz element 00:35:05.489 --> 00:35:08.550 in the crystal like if it's just below the 40 00:35:08.550 --> 00:35:11.750 meter band is ideal and they sand it down a bit 00:35:11.750 --> 00:35:15.349 with the special method and they they get it 00:35:15.349 --> 00:35:18.670 to resonate on one of the popular qrp frequencies 00:35:18.670 --> 00:35:22.289 and so what Rex is going to do is everybody is 00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:24.349 going to get to grind down their own crystals 00:35:24.349 --> 00:35:28.530 to use with this kind of a kit and test it and 00:35:28.530 --> 00:35:31.699 see what exact Frequency it's on and then obviously 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:34.699 take home that device so that you can sand down 00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:38.920 and adjust your own crystals Wow Which I think 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:41.420 is I think it's spectacular now. He did this 00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:46.340 he did this with one test set So everybody had 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:52.039 to test from the same machine in at Ozark on 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:55.880 About eight or nine years ago or so and it was 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:59.360 a lot of fun and so now he's modernizing that 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.159 so everybody gets to build the test set and take 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:05.000 it home and have a couple of crystals that they've 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:08.260 ground and can use with these parasat type radios 00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:11.019 and obviously these crystals once they're ground 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:13.079 and stuff can be used both in the solid state 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.519 version and some people are making tube type 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:19.039 replicas that are are even more hewn towards 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:22.219 the original But I like the solid state one, 00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:24.420 because it's a lot lighter and a lot easier to 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:27.980 deal with. But it's going to be a lot of fun. 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:33.280 Now, the Buildathon at Ozarkon, this one is going 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:39.619 to be an 80 meter CW transceiver. And it's also 00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:44.579 designed by David Kripe, NM0S. And it's kind 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:49.000 of a better version of a Pixi. Much more sensitive 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:51.300 receiver so you can actually hear something a 00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:54.780 lot easier And it will still have the spiral 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:58.280 wound coils on the board just for 80 meters so 00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:02.239 that the output matches the FCC specs for harmonic 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:05.539 output and so forth and makes a bandpass filter 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:09.820 for the input so It's going to be a spectacular 00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:13.530 build -a -thon season Excellent, and we want 00:37:13.530 --> 00:37:16.730 to get into some more ham -vincing stuff, but 00:37:16.730 --> 00:37:19.110 if you've got a question, we just have a few 00:37:19.110 --> 00:37:22.849 minutes left. So give us a call now at 812 -NATAM 00:37:22.849 --> 00:37:28.730 -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. or tweet us over at 00:37:28.730 --> 00:37:32.929 HamTalk Live. And again, on the questions, realize 00:37:32.929 --> 00:37:35.329 that Joe isn't the official spokesperson for 00:37:35.329 --> 00:37:38.429 Dara. He's just one of their special guests and 00:37:38.429 --> 00:37:43.429 has documented by photography tons and tons of 00:37:43.429 --> 00:37:46.869 Hamvention history. So he'll be able to answer 00:37:46.869 --> 00:37:49.329 your questions as best he can, but we're still. 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:54.440 hoping to get some of the committee on here soon 00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:01.079 and again before hamvention takes place so we 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:04.360 can get as much information as possible that's 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:09.059 up to date so 812 net ham one is the number if 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:12.079 you want to give us a call do that right now 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:16.429 and i know During the commercial we were talking 00:38:16.429 --> 00:38:18.989 you said you want to talk a little bit about 00:38:18.989 --> 00:38:24.449 traffic and the Talk -in arrangements and some 00:38:24.449 --> 00:38:28.250 changes that were going on on that. So Go ahead 00:38:28.250 --> 00:38:32.590 and address those and we'll see if we have some 00:38:32.590 --> 00:38:37.510 questions for you All right, Neil. Well The obvious 00:38:37.510 --> 00:38:40.130 obstacle here when you're looking at the Google 00:38:40.130 --> 00:38:42.630 map is the fact that the road that goes in front 00:38:42.630 --> 00:38:45.750 of it is two lanes without a turn lane or shoulder 00:38:45.750 --> 00:38:49.210 So you're going to have to have some active traffic 00:38:49.210 --> 00:38:52.469 control to get things moving there Correctly 00:38:52.469 --> 00:38:54.829 and obviously the local residents are going to 00:38:54.829 --> 00:39:00.110 have to avoid that area They said that they actually 00:39:00.110 --> 00:39:04.190 have somebody who is a professional traffic engineer 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:09.139 And he is working carefully on traffic patterns 00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:12.659 and ideas to get people in and out the quickest 00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:16.320 way possible. And is working with, I think they 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.800 said four different law enforcement agencies, 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:22.480 including the county sheriff, the Xenia police, 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.139 the people that run the park, as well as the 00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:31.440 Ohio Highway Patrol. And they're going to. make 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:34.559 an effort to make sure that traffic moves smoothly 00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:38.380 going in and out because once again, you're bringing 00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:41.699 in 25 ,000 people into a county fairgrounds that 00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:44.719 previously has seen about 8 ,000 or more on a 00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:49.179 peak day in the county fair. So not that it can't 00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:53.019 handle it because it will, but we're going to 00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:57.139 be needing to use the resources as best possible. 00:39:57.460 --> 00:40:00.099 And they showed me how they're going to have 00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:03.179 a group that Normally is responsible for parking 00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:05.940 the cars during the county fair and they will 00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:10.360 be Premarking the parking area and organizing 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:13.420 and routing the cars in so everybody gets parked 00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:16.119 as quickly as possible and gets out gets in those 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:20.639 wagons and on to the gates Very good, and then 00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.179 you mentioned something about talking. Yeah, 00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:27.760 of course 146 .94 is the main Darrow repeater 00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:31.630 they may have Another repeater that may or may 00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:34.530 not we're not sure you know might have some recorded 00:40:34.530 --> 00:40:38.369 messages or something and There might be other 00:40:38.369 --> 00:40:41.210 outlets through the local broadcasters and so 00:40:41.210 --> 00:40:45.670 forth to make sure that people know what they're 00:40:45.670 --> 00:40:48.809 dealing with because absolutely the first day 00:40:48.809 --> 00:40:52.809 or two of this thing is going to be Interesting 00:40:52.809 --> 00:40:56.780 because nobody's been there And everybody knew 00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:59.260 where they were going going to hair arena because 00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:02.380 each year only a small percentage five or ten 00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:04.519 percent or so were people who had never been 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.659 there So here you're dealing with almost a hundred 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:10.500 percent of people have never been to this place 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:13.960 so the talking is going to be important and keeping 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:16.099 an ear out because obviously there'll be people 00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:19.019 going the same way you are and Listening to those 00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:21.980 instructions as well as having some kind of GPS 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:26.329 or something might be handy as well Yeah, everybody 00:41:26.329 --> 00:41:30.949 had their own little favorite way to to get there 00:41:30.949 --> 00:41:35.030 and and to get to where you wanted to go and 00:41:35.030 --> 00:41:38.849 That's all gone now. So Well, we're just gonna 00:41:38.849 --> 00:41:42.250 be alerting experience We'll find our new favorites 00:41:42.250 --> 00:41:45.190 and a lot of people are changing where they stay 00:41:45.190 --> 00:41:49.190 My hotel is now in the Beaver Creek area. So 00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:52.760 I don't have to travel as far if I if I kept 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:56.019 my old reservation I'd be driving an extra 25 00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:59.480 30 minutes each way so It's a big difference 00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:01.920 and so there will be people changing where they 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:05.239 stay now now those who stay like at UD at the 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:08.519 University of Dayton dorms and the downtown hotels 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.460 They aren't any farther. It's just a different 00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:13.800 direction. It's about the same time in the same 00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:17.820 distance, and I've checked it out And, uh, but 00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:20.039 if you're staying like in the Northwest part 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:22.179 of town, because you were closer to hair arena 00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:25.400 that that's going to be a longer drive. Yeah. 00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:28.559 And it looks like, uh, mine's about the same. 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:32.699 Uh, I usually end up on the South and, and, uh, 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:35.099 it looks like about the same. Yeah. Miami's burger 00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:38.860 will be right about exactly the same. Yeah. So, 00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:42.559 well, Joe, I hate to say it, but We've run out 00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:47.519 of time We could go on and on. Oh, yes, we could 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:52.119 and I enjoy working with you Neil Well, I enjoy 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:55.840 having you come on and talk about this stuff. 00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:59.760 And of course, we'll have you back soon, and 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:03.059 maybe we'll get more into some of the kits and 00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:06.019 that kind of thing. But thanks for coming on 00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:09.079 the show and sharing what you've learned from 00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:13.500 your visit to Xenia, Ohio, and I look forward 00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:17.079 to seeing you there, if not before. You bet. 00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:20.599 I really look forward to it. All right. That's 00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:26.130 Joe Eisenberg, KZeroNEB, and that's a wrap. for 00:43:26.130 --> 00:43:28.309 this week's edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like 00:43:28.309 --> 00:43:31.010 to thank Joe and all the callers and listeners 00:43:31.010 --> 00:43:33.489 and tweeters out there in cyberspace and invite 00:43:33.489 --> 00:43:36.250 you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:43:36.250 --> 00:43:40.190 Time when George Nicholson in for GRN is gonna 00:43:40.190 --> 00:43:42.670 be here and I'm really looking forward to this. 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:46.059 We've had all kinds of shows about the big de 00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:48.780 -expeditions and some of those top ten de -expeditions 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:51.440 and this is the guy who does all the packing 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:55.159 for those. This is the guy who takes care of 00:43:55.159 --> 00:44:00.260 all of the packing and logistics for Bob Alfen 00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:05.079 and several of the big de -expeditions. So looking 00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:08.280 forward to that next week and for a list of all 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:10.860 of our upcoming guests be sure to visit HamTalk 00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:15.750 Live. So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, 00:44:15.829 --> 00:44:20.750 saying 7 -3, 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours. 00:44:52.809 --> 00:44:57.289 Seven three and good luck from ham talk live