Thanks for tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on
the air shortly. Please stand by. Thanks for
tuning in. HamTalk Live will be on the air shortly.
Please stand by. This episode of HamTalk Live
is brought to you by Tower Electronics. For cables,
connectors and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit
pl -259 .com and by the HamStation. Get your
new radio or antenna by calling 800 -729 -4373
or go to hamstation .com. Hey, good evening everyone.
It's that time again. It's time for ham talk
live. It's episode number 43 growing your club
and ham radio comedy with Rick Garrett in nine
G S you recorded live on Thursday, December 15th,
2016. I'm your host Neil rap WB nine VPG. Thanks
for tuning into this episode. of HamTalk Live.
Tonight we're joined by comedian Rick Garrett
in 9GSU and we're going to take your calls live
in just a few minutes. Last week on the show
Bobby Graves KB5HAV was here to talk about the
Hurricane WatchNet. if you missed that show you
can listen anytime. All you have to do is go
to HamTalkLive .com and you can catch the replays
there. Or you can download us from most podcasting
sources like iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn,
SoundCloud, Overcast, you name it, we're pretty
much there. And we're even over on YouTube. So
what I'd like for you to do is get your funny
ham radio experiences ready to go and call in
with those during the second segment of the show.
We're gonna talk clubs a little bit first. And
then we're going to have Rick do his little routine,
and then we'll take a break. And after that break,
we want to take your calls of some of the funniest
things you've ever heard on the air or maybe
something you've done or seen at a ham fest or
some kind of ham radio event, maybe a public
service event. So we want to get the comedy going
here tonight. So after all of that, give us a
call. The number that you will call is 812 -NET
-HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. 812 -NET -HAM
-1. Or you can Skype us at HamTalk Live. And
you can also send something by Twitter. Our Twitter
handle is at HamTalk Live. We'd love to hear
your funny stories from either On the air or
a ham radio event, so I'll be back with Rick.
We'll talk clubs and Let Rick tell some funny
stories right after this word from tower electronics
right here on ham talk live This episode of ham
talk live is brought to you in part by tower
electronics Tower Electronics has been the Ham's
Dime Store since 1978. When you need connectors,
mobile and handheld antennas, cables or adapters,
visit Scott or Jill at a HamFest near you. Or
you can order online at PL -259 .com or call
920 -435 -2973. Stock up on those supplies like
PL -259 and end connectors, SMA adapters, audio
cables, soldering supplies, mobile antennas,
and hamsticks. Their silver plated in connectors
are even used on the International Space Station.
Tower Electronics carries MFJ, Comet, Daiwa,
OPEC, Workman and HamPro products. And don't
miss their 0 % off sale going on now! Tower Electronics
online at PL -259 .com proud to sponsor this
episode of HamTalk Live. We'd like to thank Scott
and Jill at Tower Electronics for sponsoring
the show again tonight to help bring you HamTalk
Live. They're on their way back to the Batcave
in Green Bay for a little while. We'll pick up
on the HamFest Tour soon, but they're always
open at 920 -435 -2973 or pl -259 .com. Tell
them you heard it on HamTalk Live. HamTalk Live
is on the air every Thursday night, 9 p .m. Eastern
Time, right here at HamTalkLive .com. And if
you missed the show, You can listen to the archive
on the website or download it from most popular
podcasting sites. Our guest tonight is Rick Garrett
in 9GSU. He's a comedian, musician, and motivational
speaker from Indianapolis, Indiana. Rick has
appeared on the TV series, Who's Laughing Now?,
the Armed Forces Radio and Television Networks,
and many regional and local radio and television
stations. He's been profiled in the Chicago Tribune,
the LA Times, the USA Today, Men's Journal, Men's
Health, and Indianapolis Monthly Magazines. He's
won the Cabana Comedy Contest, Pepper's Comedy
Contest, and the Usher Comedy Award. He's also
been a finalist for Indy's Got Talent and Indiana's
Favorite Comedian. In music, he's currently performing
in a duo with his wife Holly, who is also KC9SPT,
called Patchwork. It's traditional and contemporary
folk music on guitar, hammer, and mountain dulcimers,
fiddle and vocals, and some mountaintop gospel,
bluegrass style gospel music on guitar, dulcimers,
fiddle, and upright bass. He's appeared live
in many music festivals, comedy clubs, and the
Indiana State Fair. Rick's motivational speaking
specializes in helping corporations find creative
ways for problem solving, how to think outside
the box, finding a new way to set yourself apart
from the competition. And in addition, he works
with nonprofits and service groups on topics
of attracting and keeping new members, social
media presence, and growing with the changing
times. And we're gonna talk about that here in
just a minute with some ham radio clubs. He is
available for theaters, festivals, fairs, churches,
and corporate and private events. So if you need
Rick's services you can find him at his website
rickgarrett .net and he's also on social media.
On the ham radio scene, Rick and his wife enjoy
organizing and putting on special event stations,
rag chewing, wilderness operating, and especially
SkyWarn. He's been a ham for over 30 years and
monitors 146 .70 in Indianapolis and is often
on 15 and 17 meters. He also enjoys geocaching
and he has quite the collection of pets. So Rick,
welcome to HamTalk Live. Neil thanks so much
for having me and what a great introduction you've
done your homework Well, I try to do my homework.
I I'm a high school teacher So I give homework
a lot, but but I try to I try to do my homework
a little bit. So Appreciate you taking the time
to come on and we want to talk a little bit first
before we get into the comedy here we do want
to want to do that tonight, but One of the things
that you do is the motivational speaking and
trying to help people with their churches and
organizations and keeping members and attracting
members. Tell us a little bit about ham radio
clubs. You know, ham radio clubs are kind of
an up and down thing. And so what are some ideas
that you have to some of those club officers
out there who are trying to attract new people
and keep the ones that they have? Well, that's
a great topic, Neil. And, you know, although
we're focusing on ham radio, I speak to a lot
of groups like Lions and Kiwanis and Optimist
Clubs and the Rotary Clubs and veterans organizations
and declining membership and aging membership
is a problem kind of across the board for all
of us. And there's a lot of reasons for that.
I think one of the big reasons is that as human
beings a lot of times change is kind of difficult
for us. and we don't always understand what worked
30 years ago may not work today. We kind of have
a hard time grasping that. So, you know, it's
really important that we change with the times,
but it's also important that we not change just
for the sake of change, which I've seen some
clubs do. I think we live in a time when people
really want to give back to the community. So
I think for a club to grow, especially a ham
radio club, we have a lot to offer. You know,
the obvious one is Skywarn, protecting life and
property. Perhaps a not so obvious one is the
opportunity to teach young people in the art
of science, engineering, and electronics. And
I think that if we really start hammering on
the educational opportunities, that will really
help us a lot. Those are kind of being neglected
a lot in schools, I think. I'm sure you're familiar
with the term STEM. Oh, yes. Yeah. But I think
that's one thing that hams can really, you know,
we have a history of being at the forefront in
innovation. And I think it's time for us to kind
of reclaim that a little bit. I think we live
in really positive times where people want to
give back to the community. They want to give
back to mankind. So as a club, I think first
and foremost our goal should be giving back.
We have so many opportunities for just social
interaction. and a club that is just social in
nature, probably is not going to survive for
very much longer. The clubs that I see that are
thriving, that are growing, are those that are
really active in the community, supporting Skywarn,
supporting special events, going out into schools
and teaching courses, teaching a technician course,
for example. Those are the clubs that really
seem to be succeeding these days. Another thing
that we have to do, and I see this in all kinds
of organizations, when somebody comes through
the door that we have never seen before, by golly,
the most important thing is to make them feel
welcome. You know that first impression is so
vitally important. If a person walks in the door
and they kind of end up sitting off in the corner
by themselves and nobody really interacts with
them, they're not gonna be back. But if somebody
greets them with a warm handshake and a friendly
smile and hands them a cup of coffee and takes
a genuine interest in them, they're going to
stick around and they're going to be an asset
for the club. One of the other things I think
we need to remember is that when we get a newcomer
into the club is not to overwhelm them right
off the bat. You know, with any, with any club,
with any group, you know, probably 10 % of the
people did 90 % of the work. And I'm sure that,
that you would agree with that. Oh yeah. That's
how I was getting ready to say something about
that. Uh, you know, how do you, you know, I was
going to put you on the spot. How do you take
care of that? Well, you know, I think the key
is when there's a newcomer comes in, find out
what their area of interest is. Maybe they have
a real interest in social media. Uh, or maybe
they have a real interest in publicity, which
are kind of two different things. I could talk
a little bit more about that. Um, maybe they
have a real interest in, uh, public service or
in liaisoning with a police department or a fire
department. So find out what their interest is
in. And just, you know, let them do something
in that area instead of saying here, we want
you to be, you know, president, vice president,
treasurer, trustee all wrapped up into one. So,
um, I think it's important not to overwhelm them
but yet give them a place where they can be useful.
Nobody really joins a club to sit in a corner.
We want to do something. Now that brings up something
else that I'm thinking of and I'm sorry if I'm
putting you on the spot here. Oh no, that's fine.
One of the things that I think is really challenging
in a club is trying to, and I actually deal with
this a lot in teaching as well, but there's a
wide range of expertise in the room. So you've
got newcomers that have no idea, for instance,
I just heard on the repeater the other day somebody
asked, QSO? I'm like no the no QSL You know yeah,
so they don't know that but then you've got other
people who You know if you go over those basic
terms and everything that you know have been
a ham for 40 years sitting there going Why am
I here? What you know? you know, why can't we
have this nice technical talk on software -defined
radios? So how do you propose that we manage
the wide range of expertise that's present in
a lot of the clubs? Well, you know, this sounds
like an oversimplification, but it really boils
down to knowing your members and finding out
what their interests is. One of my interests
is homebrew antennas. That's something I really,
really enjoy. If you start talking to me about
software -defined radios, I don't have a clue.
You may as well be speaking Greek to me if you
start talking about software -defined radios.
So finding out the individual member's interests
and kind of letting them take the lead in Pursuing
that for the club. I don't know if that makes
any sense or not sure sure, you know Instead
of you know forcing them to do something that
they perhaps don't want to do I Think a lot of
times we we really need to concentrate on developing
Real relationships with our fellow club members
getting to know them a little bit Outside of
the club and we may discover a hidden a hidden
talent, a hidden interest that maybe they don't
even know that they have. And let them figure
out a way to use that interest in the best interest
of the club and of the ham community in general.
What's some of your favorite ways for clubs to
get out in the community and do some of this
service? Well, there's several ways to do it.
Of course, the obvious ones, like we mentioned
already, are SkyWarn. Most clubs support some
local marathons or road races or bicycling races.
I am a big advocate of going into schools and
holding some technician classes. That takes a
little bit doing because as a teacher, you know,
schools are pretty secure these days. Sometimes
members may have to pass a background check or
do a little paperwork to do that. Get out and
teach the young people something about technology.
Another one is that it's often overlooked is
if your club is a 501c3 is a non -profit, a lot
of places like county fairs, Craft and hobby
shows will provide a space free of charge and
go set up at one of those and actually operate
invite people to come in and operate and I know
that we do that for field day Clubs generally
do a pretty good idea a pretty good job of making
open operating on field day But what you're gonna
draw what I have found is what you're gonna draw
on field day is people that are already have
some kind of interest in ham radio even just
Maybe know what the term is but if you set up
in some of these other places We may draw people
that have never even heard the term ham radio
And I think a lot of there's a lot of interest
right now in the maker community and the builder
and hacker Community that you know, there's a
lot of ham radio going on there There is absolutely
with things like Raspberry Pi You know software
-defined radios and all kinds of things like
that It's a great way to reach some of these
people that at hobby shows at certain events
and you know we do face a little bit of a challenge
because It's really easy to talk to somebody
around the world across the globe now through
the internet but we the general public takes
for granted that it's always going to be there.
And through various things we've been involved
in, if you've been a ham for people that have
been hams for any period of time, we know that
there are times that ham radio really does save
lives. And of course, I'm not a big fan of this
term, but the prepper community is pretty large
right now. And that's a good way to talk to some
of those folks. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Well, if you've got some questions about how
to grow your club and how to do some of these
things that Rick's talking about, we're going
to give you a chance to call in here after a
while. And so maybe we'll come back and visit
that. But right now, I am going to just... Turn
everything over to Rick and do a little of the
lighter side of ham radio So I understand you've
got your comedy routine all worked up. So before
you you take over my show here I'm gonna give
it a try. So so so okay. Here's here's a couple
Do you know what you call an? explosion in J
a land Oh, I do not. Yaggy boom! See, I let you
do the punchline on that one. Yaggy boom. Yeah,
I forgot. You have my script. Do you know what
a micro Henry is? Go ahead and tell us, Neil.
It's a little guy who's all wound up. Well, what
do you think should it should I keep my day job
or Well, you know, I would give it a try Well
in front of a class I am on stage every day kind
of more or less, but yeah, I don't know I'm gonna
leave I'm gonna leave the comedy up to you. So
I'm standing back. The bike is all yours. Ladies
and gentlemen, it's Rick Garrett You know one
thing that we as hams have in common is that
we like to eat Just you know Holiday dinners
and you know if you go to any field day. There's
just tables and tables of food One of my favorites
is our local club in the fall has an annual ham
and bean dinner But we are not allowed to bring
not allowed to bring our radios to that because
you know technically it is a blasting zone so
Was kind of waiting for the for the rev shot
there, but yeah, we got we got it. We got it.
I Got it. So recently a survey of hobbies that
have the highest rate of obesity And you know,
I'm a pretty big guy myself and ham radio operators
actually ranked number two We are not as fat
as Dungeons & Dragons players, but we are fatter
than the Star Wars nerds. So There's that As
a ham and in my job I get to travel a lot and
I love traveling I love operating while I'm traveling
Enjoy doing CW while I'm traveling. That's that's
always a lot of fun But one of the things I like
to do while I'm traveling is reading the road
signs and Neil just down not too far south from
you Near Orleans, Indiana. I know you know where
that is on a little bit farther south of you.
Yeah, there's a great big billboard You may have
seen it In great big letters, it says illiterate
call 1 -800 learn to read Here in Bloomington
by the way, we have this road down down down
the road for me that's named that road Yes, I
know exactly where that is. Yeah, it's that road
Yep, so I keep wanting them to rename Rogers
this road. So then you'd have the corner of this
and that road but I 70 just outside of st. Louis
that says texting and driving kills text 411
for more information The one that really makes
me is the one up at Meeks Mortuary and Funeral
Home up in Muncie, Indiana that says customer
parking only. The odd way, you know, don't know
if you get over to Ohio much but there's a I
was over doing a you know, we're Troy, Ohio They
have a very nice idea over there. In fact, our
ham talk live t -shirts are made in Troy, Ohio.
Oh Very good. Well just outside of Troy. There's
another town called Chillicothe, Ohio and went
through there when I was at the ham fest last
year and As you pull into Chillicothe, Ohio There's
a great big billboard that says, and I'm not
making any of this up, says, free shotgun with
the purchase of a diamond engagement ring. And
it's got the name of a jewelry store in the middle.
Wow. You drive through town. Yep, true story.
You drive through town, and when you exit town,
there is a huge billboard that just has two words
on it. Outdoor drama. And it got me to thinking,
if you're giving away a shotgun with an engagement
ring, you're going to have some outdoor drama.
There's no two ways about that. That you are.
That you are. So yeah, my wife and I, we do a
lot of traveling and we both enjoy operating
when we're traveling. We play music, play country
music. We play the real country music like Hank
Senior and Ernest Tubb and Hank Snow. not the
pop country you hear on the radio today. You
do know what you get when you play a country
music record backwards, don't you? I do, actually.
Yeah, you get your wife back and your dog back
and your truck back. I used to tell that joke
a lot because when I worked in radio, it was
at a country station. Oh, awesome. I know that
one. So my wife and I were we were out playing
the International Route 66 festival a couple
of years ago Been on the road all day long and
we were checking into the hotel Late late one
night and I had a guitar case in one hand and
the banjo case and the other my wife had her
fiddle with her and we were trying to check in
and this young girl about 16 17 years old come
running up to us and and She looks at her cases
and she looks at us and she says are you guys
musicians? And, you know, I kind of resisted
the urge to be a smiley -elec, and I said, yes,
we are. And she said, well, I'm a musician, too.
And I said, well, that's awesome. What do you
do? She said, karaoke. Got me to thinking, you
know, saying you're a musician because you do
karaoke is kind of like saying you're a surgeon
because you played Operation when you were 10
years old. Oh, my. Or you're an artist because
you make a sandwich at Subway. Eat fresh. Yeah,
that's right. You're a comedian because your
name is George Lopez. Oh, wow. How many of your
listeners actually are in Indiana? But we, Indiana
just spent $250 ,000 to come up with a new state
motto. And I'm sure you remember your lifelong
resident of Indiana. Uh, I'm sure you remember
some of our older state mottos. You probably
remember, uh, crossroads of America. Wander Indiana
on our license plate. Yep. Um, Amber waves of
grain was on there for a while. Yeah. I'll just
ask you, which I changed to Amber waves of rain,
but. Yes, pretty appropriate. I'll ask you, do
you know what our new state motto is that we
spent a quarter of a million dollars on? The
new state logo or state motto. I do not. You
can go look this up. It is honest to goodness.
I don't even know what that means, but we spent
$250 ,000 on that. And I actually sent some,
uh, sent some suggestions, uh, for the new state
motto I sent to Indiana, at least we're not Kentucky.
Oh, Indiana potholes build character. Uh, Indiana,
the orange barrel is our state flower. Oh, and
I always said it was the state tree. So, Oh,
well that worked. Uh, Indiana we're almost as
flat as Kansas. Uh, my favorite Indiana, we turned
to Michael Jackson white. I made the mistake
of, uh, I actually made the mistake of telling
that a couple of weeks ago in Gary, Indiana.
And, uh, now I know what a restraining order
is all about. Uh, yeah, that might do it. That
might just do it. Oh my anymore. Oh gosh, there's
lots of stuff that I could talk about. You know,
hands are, we kind of have a stereotype of being
a little bit different, a little bit odd, a little
bit geeky. Kind of like Trekkies. When we're
at a hand fest, we're in our element. You know
Trekkies when we're and I'm a Trekkie when we're
when we're at a Star Trek convention or in our
element But when we're out in the general public,
we just kind of feel like we don't fit, you know
We feel like we're just a little bit different
We kind of just Don't recognize each other. We
just kind of give that little head nod of recognition.
Oh, yeah Yeah, you're a ham, but speaking of
a Star Trek, you know, one of my one of my favorite
one of my heroes in entertainment is William
Shatner. He really is. The guy's 83 years old,
still going strong, still working all the time.
And you know, he'd been doing these commercials
for Priceline for the longest time. Did you know
that he just signed a 10 -year contract for a
new sponsorship? I did not. Yes, he's going to
be advertising hot dogs. CONS! It's the wrath
of the hot dog the wrath of Khan Ladies gentlemen,
it's Rick Garrett and I'm already getting tweets
saying what no He didn't know that I'm a University
of Kentucky fan when he told the Kentucky joke.
So already getting tweets about it. So, all right,
we got to take a break. We'll be back. We're
going to take your calls. We want your funny
stories. about being on the air right after this
word from The Ham Station here on Ham Talk Live.
This episode of Ham Talk Live is brought to you
by The Ham Station. For over 37 years, The Ham
Station has sold new and used radios, antennas,
accessories, and equipment to hams everywhere.
Give Dan or Jeff a call at 800 -729 -4373 or
order online at hamstation .com. HamStation carries
all the major brands like Icom, Yezu, and Kenwood,
and they have a wide selection of radio scanners,
MFJ accessories, Heil sound products, amplifiers
by Mirage and Ameritron, Cushcraft antennas,
and more. Easy online ordering is at hamstation
.com or call 1 -800 -729 -4373 to place an order
and talk it over with the experts. The Ham Station,
proud to sponsor this episode of Ham Talk Live.
All ham, all the time. Ham Talk Live. Join the
conversation. Call us on voice with Skype at
HamTalk Live or give us a call at 812 -NET -HAM
-1. That's 812 -638 -4261. Now here's more HamTalk
Live. Welcome back to HamTalk Live. The HamStation
has you covered for both new and used equipment.
Give Dan or Jeff a call at 800 -729 -4373 or
go to hamstation .com and tell them you heard.
it on HamTalk Live. Be sure to listen to HamTalk
Live every Thursday night 9 p .m. Eastern Time
right here at HamTalkLive .com. Check out our
Facebook page and Twitter feed. Just search for
HamTalk Live and even open up Instagram this
week so we'll give that a try. Well it's time
for your calls and we had somebody try to call
here a minute ago so we'll get... We'll get back
to that here in a second. But if you have a funny
ham radio story to share with us, give us a call
at 812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. Or
you can Skype us at HamTalk Live or Tweet at
HamTalk Live. Or if you want to talk about ways
to grow your local ham club, we can do that as
well. So give us a call 812 -NET - Ham one eight
one two net ham one. So, uh, what's the funniest
while we're writing here, uh, on people to call,
go ahead and call, um, what's the funniest thing
you've ever heard on the air? You know, there's
a, uh, there's a ham that I'm acquainted with
and I'm not going to tell you what city he is
in. Uh, but he kind of butchers the English language
in a very humorous way. I have heard him say
many times, but it's a mute point, which is one
of my pet peeves. It's a mute point. But the
two best I just heard in the last couple of weeks,
he was telling the story of how he was going
to get something out of his basement. And apparently
there's low head clearance when he walks down
the stairs to his basement and he hit his head
and said he was thought he was going to have
to go to the hospital because he was afraid he
had given himself a Caucasian. I believe he met
a concussion. Yeah, I would think so. Yeah And
the other one was he he was having some A lot
of hams we like to talk about our health issues.
It seems like that's kind of a stereotype He'd
been having some digestive issues and ended up
with a with a case of diverticulitis Which is
which is no fun at all And so the doctor told
him he should not eat things that are hard and
crunchy like carrots, celery and things like
that. And so he told us all that the doctor told
him he could not have any more carnivorous vegetables.
Carnivorous? Carnivorous vegetables. A little
word switch there. Just a little, little wittle
on there. Yeah. Okay. You cannot eat any more
Venus fly traps up here. There you go. There's
a carnivorous. There we go. 812 -NET -TAM -1
is the phone number. Call in with your question
about a club or a funny story, something funny
you've heard on the air. Share it with us at
812 -NET -TAM -1. It's 812 -638 -4261. We'll
stand by for your calls here. Sorry if anybody
was offended earlier. just trying to have some
fun here so we're trying to have some fun and
so if if if somebody's offended we're like we're
sorry uh but uh anyway give us call 812 uh net
ham one six three eight four two six one is that
number give us your your funny ham stories what
one of the things i heard on there one time this
is this is totally serious and it's kind of funny
but it's kind of sad at the same time is this
guy calling CQ and he says CQ CQ no lids no kids
extra class only please that's funny and you
know what That's actually kind of sad at the
same time. It is, it is. It's funny. But then
you think about it's like, okay, this guy has
no respect for anybody unless it's a extra class.
That's right. Well, you know, kind of going back
to growing the clubs and so on. Uh, the biggest
detriment, I think to any kind of organization
where there's ham radio or a service club or
a church. Or any one of a hundred other things
is kind of that kind of what this guy was doing
kind of that spirit of elite ism And you know,
we all went through that if you've been a ham
for for a number of years We kind of went through
that when the code requirement was dropped You
know, we heard a lot of folks say oh well I they're
not real hams because they didn't have to learn
the didn't have to learn the code So, you know,
I think it's really important in a club to guard
against that, that spirit of elitism against
somebody that maybe has not been a ham for as
long or maybe isn't as technically proficient.
One of the terms that always kind of stuck in
my crawl was the term, he's an appliance operator.
I don't know if you've heard that or not, you
probably have. You know, we all have our things
that we can contribute to the community And they're
unique to us and I think that we should recognize
all of those just because they're not What interests
us that doesn't make them any less important?
To the club and to the community in general Absolutely,
absolutely Well, we're we've got it just a couple
of minutes left So if you've got a funny story
to share send it to us on Twitter at ham talk
live or Better yet give us a call eight one two
net ham one. That's eight one two six three eight
four two six one Or you can Skype us. It's ham
talk live. I know we had somebody trying to call
earlier and It was just the wrong time. So if
you want to try it again, we will get you in
here. Just the timing wasn't quite right. So
we've got just a couple of minutes remaining
here with Rick. So give us a call, 812 -NET -HAM
-1. Have you ever thought about doing a stand
-up show at Dayton? You know, I would love to
do that. And it's a lot easier to do in a room
of people than it is in front of a Skype microphone
because it really allows you to do the back and
forth and the interaction. And I have actually
played music for a lot of ham events like holiday
dinners and so on and so forth. But I've never
done a stand -up show for them. So that would
be a lot of fun. I would really enjoy doing that.
Yeah, no, I don't know if you have you heard
the of the The the band over there at Dayton
that they play all the parodies. Yes. Yes. Oh,
yeah Well, maybe Maybe we'll have to work on
that and see if you can know I would be tickled
to do that or maybe the Indy Ham fest, maybe
oh, that would be fun Well, we've got just another
minute here, so this is your last chance. 812
Nat Ham 1, 812 -638 -4261. You said you thought
of something and then you forgot. Did you remember
it? I was just going to give a shout out. I know
my friend Chuck down in Greenwood is listening
and Chuck's a good friend of mine and Ham and
also a geocacher we originally met through through
geocaching and If any of your listeners have
ever worked W9IMS the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Club station Uh, they very likely might have
worked either myself or my wife. We're both very
active in that club and, uh, enjoy doing the,
uh, 500 and the brick yard special events. So,
uh, you may have actually worked one of us, which
would be, uh, which would be cool. Very good.
Well, we appreciate you, uh, taking time to come
on the show and. with a little comedy and some
ideas for clubs and some things to do. And, um,
again, uh, Rick is, uh, available for events
and you can find him at rickgarrett .net and
on social media. You want to speak to that real
quick here. We've got about a minute. Sure. Uh,
on Facebook, just look up Rick Garrett, um, or
it's facebook .com slash Uh, either the dulcimer
guy or slash Rick Garrett comedy. I have pages
for both, uh, Twitter. It's Indy Cashier, I N
D Y C A C H E R for geocaching, uh, Instagram.
It's in nine G S U and Snapchat. It also is Indy
Cashier. So I would love to, uh, to be your friend
on any of those. All right. Very good. And then
again, uh, if you're interested in his services,
why rickgarrett .net has some of that information.
So thanks a lot for coming on the show. Thanks,
Neil. And you know what, if you hear me on 15
or 17 meters out there, folks, just please give
me a call. Or if you're slipping through Indy,
check me out on 146 -700. I monitor that most
days. And Neil, we'll chat later, but I'm coming
down your way in April. So hopefully we can get
together and have dinner or something. That would
be great. Be good to see you. All right, Rick,
thanks you so much for being on the show tonight.
That is a wrap. for this week's edition of HamTalk
Live. I'd like to thank my guest, Rick Hagered,
N9GSU, and everyone out there in cyberspace for
listening, and we had one trying to call in,
so sorry we missed you, but we invite you all
back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time
when Brian Lin, KD0HI, will be here to talk about
the Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship, and we're
gonna reveal what... the meaning of 75 is. A
lot of you have been asking me what does 75 mean?
Well, we're going to talk about it next Thursday
night, so be sure to tune in. And for a list
of all of our upcoming guests, just visit HamTalkLive
.com and click on the link. So for now, this
is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the
good DX be yours. 7 -3 and good luck from HamTalk
Live.