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I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:03.900 for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:07.909 Tonight, we will be joined by the... One and 00:02:07.909 --> 00:02:12.629 only Christian Kudnick K0STH the host of the 00:02:12.629 --> 00:02:16.689 wildly successful podcast 100 watts and a wire 00:02:16.689 --> 00:02:19.530 to talk about a fun weekend operating activity 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:23.490 called fallout and We will take your calls live 00:02:23.490 --> 00:02:27.050 in just a few minutes last week Skylar Fennel 00:02:27.050 --> 00:02:32.250 KD0WHB the 2016 Newsline Young Ham of the Year 00:02:32.250 --> 00:02:34.530 was here if you missed the show, you can listen 00:02:34.530 --> 00:02:38.620 anytime at HamTalkLive .com Or you can download 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:42.159 the episode from iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:46.099 TuneIn, SoundCloud or YouTube. 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Be sure 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.360 to listen to HamTalk Live every Thursday night 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:23.009 at 9 PM Eastern time right here. HamTalkLive 00:05:23.009 --> 00:05:25.230 .com and if you missed the show you can download 00:05:25.230 --> 00:05:29.149 the podcast from the website and most popular 00:05:29.149 --> 00:05:34.180 podcasting site. Christian Kudnick K0STH is originally 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:37.379 from Baltimore, Maryland and now resides in Metro 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:40.819 St. Louis, Missouri. Christian began his broadcasting 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:44.060 career in Baltimore, Maryland. During the early 00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:48.459 1990s, he worked for Heritage Rock Station WIYY 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:53.279 before moving to Philadelphia. In 1998, he joined 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.319 WMMR and Christian attained the number one ranked 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.519 radio program in Philadelphia and was nominated 00:06:00.490 --> 00:06:03.949 for two air awards including best field reporting 00:06:03.949 --> 00:06:09.430 and best evening program host. In 2003, he moved 00:06:09.430 --> 00:06:12.709 to St. Louis where he became a host for St. Louis 00:06:12.709 --> 00:06:16.230 Public Radio. He has received both Emmy and Telly 00:06:16.230 --> 00:06:19.250 awards for his television work. His documentaries 00:06:19.250 --> 00:06:23.089 have aired on PBS. In 2010, Christian co -founded 00:06:23.089 --> 00:06:26.490 the nonprofit art organization Ballet Initiative, 00:06:27.050 --> 00:06:30.629 which works to train dancers and raise the profile 00:06:30.629 --> 00:06:35.029 of ballet. In August, 2013, he created the first 00:06:35.029 --> 00:06:39.069 audio podcast devoted to the art of ballet. He 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:41.889 also served as host and executive producer of 00:06:41.889 --> 00:06:45.199 National Blues Musi - radio. The show debuted 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:49.680 in St. Louis February 7th 2014 and became syndicated 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:53.120 to stations around the world. Christian was a 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.259 regular contributor of a new ham segment for 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:59.139 Ham Nation before launching 100 watts and a wire 00:06:59.139 --> 00:07:03.449 in May of 2015, 100 Watts to the wire is a podcast 00:07:03.449 --> 00:07:06.149 celebrating amateur radio through the eyes of 00:07:06.149 --> 00:07:09.689 a new ham. The show features topical conversation 00:07:09.689 --> 00:07:12.430 and interviews, news, and an entertaining look 00:07:12.430 --> 00:07:15.329 at the adventures of a ham trying to figure it 00:07:15.329 --> 00:07:18.750 all out. Christian, welcome to ham talk live. 00:07:19.269 --> 00:07:22.629 Hey, good evening, Neil and happy birthday. Oh, 00:07:22.810 --> 00:07:24.790 thank you. We had to throw that in there, didn't 00:07:24.790 --> 00:07:27.920 we? Well, well look. What an accomplishment to 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.459 be the first ever in the history of this planet 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:34.800 at to be five year old and, and licensed amateurs. 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:37.060 And I know they've come a long sense, but you 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:39.000 were banging out the code and everything back 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.420 then. Oh yeah. Yeah. Did, did the code the whole 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:45.740 bit. So, Hey, thanks for having me. Yeah. Thanks 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:48.579 for, thanks for coming on. Well, we're going 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:50.959 to talk a little bit about, uh, about your show 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.660 and, and some of the things that you're doing, 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:55.759 but, um, one of the things that we want to talk 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.579 about right off the bat was this this thing called 00:07:58.579 --> 00:08:02.620 fallout that's coming up that uh is an new operating 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:05.720 activity you you dreamed up here and and you're 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.220 starting that through uh your podcast 100 watts 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:11.660 and a wire so tell us all about fallout and how 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:14.519 we can participate well i think everybody was 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.579 bitten by the uh national parks on the air bug 00:08:17.579 --> 00:08:20.100 i know i certainly was and getting a portable 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:23.649 station set up and you know falls a great time 00:08:23.649 --> 00:08:25.850 the last couple weeks around here in missouri 00:08:25.850 --> 00:08:28.910 i i joke about it being new seattle because it 00:08:28.910 --> 00:08:31.250 rains so much this summer was ridiculous i'm 00:08:31.250 --> 00:08:34.870 so glad to see fall now it's getting a little 00:08:34.870 --> 00:08:36.929 cooler next weekend the weather will break here 00:08:36.929 --> 00:08:40.029 and it's just an opportunity for us as the one 00:08:40.029 --> 00:08:43.049 under what's in a wire community to get out get 00:08:43.049 --> 00:08:45.570 active, test our gear, we can really exercise 00:08:45.570 --> 00:08:48.769 our gear if we choose to go outside. It's not 00:08:48.769 --> 00:08:52.490 mandatory, Neil, you can stay in. But what we 00:08:52.490 --> 00:08:54.070 were thinking about is, you know, it would be 00:08:54.070 --> 00:08:56.889 kind of cool to maybe try and level the playing 00:08:56.889 --> 00:08:59.730 field, although you never really can. I mean, 00:08:59.929 --> 00:09:03.009 field day is, you know, it's rough. It's hard 00:09:03.009 --> 00:09:06.350 to get a spot. You know, you're doing 100 watts. 00:09:07.009 --> 00:09:09.549 Good luck to you, you know. So I thought maybe 00:09:09.549 --> 00:09:12.730 we could try something just as an activity. You 00:09:12.730 --> 00:09:14.970 know, it's not a contest. It's not a special 00:09:14.970 --> 00:09:18.750 event. It's just our community getting together 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:21.210 and getting on the air we do a thing where we 00:09:21.210 --> 00:09:26.409 have 100 watts and a wire IDs and These are free. 00:09:26.409 --> 00:09:28.950 The show is free just like your show is free, 00:09:28.950 --> 00:09:31.730 but we have a website like you do it's 100 watts 00:09:31.730 --> 00:09:34.289 and a wire comm and there's a tab called the 00:09:34.289 --> 00:09:37.330 gathering and What listeners will do is they'll 00:09:37.330 --> 00:09:40.730 give us their name their call sign and their 00:09:40.730 --> 00:09:44.179 email address And they're sequentially issued 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:47.919 an ID. And I wanted to exercise this a little 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:52.019 bit, too, because we've got 1 ,800 people who 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:55.240 possess these IDs now. And I'd love to hear them 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:57.379 on the air. So people could make a game of it 00:09:57.379 --> 00:10:01.899 if they choose, work different IDs, that sort 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:04.840 of deal. But at its core, it's an opportunity 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.399 to get us on the air and work each other. It 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.870 could be five watts, whatever. You know you could 00:10:11.870 --> 00:10:14.690 run high power too. I'm just encouraging people 00:10:14.690 --> 00:10:18.389 you know use 100 watts or less and get on the 00:10:18.389 --> 00:10:20.350 air. It's really what we're doing. It's October 00:10:20.350 --> 00:10:24.909 8th and 9th. Any band, any mode, any time. You 00:10:24.909 --> 00:10:28.429 can work 100 watts and a wire IDs. You can work 00:10:28.429 --> 00:10:31.250 anybody. There's really no rules to it. I just 00:10:31.250 --> 00:10:34.289 would love to see people get out there and start 00:10:34.289 --> 00:10:38.100 calling CQ. And you can work from anywhere, but 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:42.000 you're definitely encouraging people to get outside 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.059 and go, go enjoy the fresh air and the fresh 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:49.980 radio waves. Yeah, no bugs. And hopefully things 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:52.179 are going to be changing. It'll cool off a little 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:54.879 bit where people are, but you can, you can still 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.759 be a lot of people don't have a portable station. 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:59.639 I totally get it. It's not mandatory. That's 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.379 the beauty of this thing is it's not a rule. 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.139 There's no categories. You can get on the air 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:07.009 and do whatever you want. But with National Parks 00:11:07.009 --> 00:11:09.970 on the Air, I can't believe, you know, it'll 00:11:09.970 --> 00:11:12.190 be over soon and then maybe we'll get into the 00:11:12.190 --> 00:11:15.429 worldwide flora and fauna thing, which is, that's 00:11:15.429 --> 00:11:18.789 an interesting program as well, where people 00:11:18.789 --> 00:11:22.450 are working around the world, you know. I definitely 00:11:22.450 --> 00:11:25.169 encourage people who enjoy getting portable and 00:11:25.169 --> 00:11:27.289 maybe getting a little bummed that National Parks 00:11:27.289 --> 00:11:29.950 on the Air will be coming to an end at the end 00:11:29.950 --> 00:11:32.169 of the year to look into the worldwide flora 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:36.299 and fauna. that's a program and it continues 00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:40.379 it's it's ongoing and I found that and so maybe 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:44.379 I can parlay the end of December with you know 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:46.919 joining that one and learning all the rules so 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:51.120 yeah I heard your your show about about the flora 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:57.659 and fauna operating and then so that's that's 00:11:57.659 --> 00:12:00.679 a good way to transition into that I know I'm 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.190 gonna Give it a shot. I'm still trying to figure 00:12:04.190 --> 00:12:07.070 out my schedule that weekend for fallout, but 00:12:07.070 --> 00:12:10.070 I've been meaning to activate the national park 00:12:10.070 --> 00:12:14.309 back in my hometown of incense and and So I'm 00:12:14.309 --> 00:12:16.429 gonna try to knock it all out at once I'm gonna 00:12:16.429 --> 00:12:20.509 try to go portable and go down there and and 00:12:20.509 --> 00:12:22.889 set up for a while and I just got one of these 00:12:22.889 --> 00:12:26.649 new Lithium iron phosphate batteries, so I got 00:12:26.649 --> 00:12:31.230 to go try it out So I thought I better get a 00:12:31.230 --> 00:12:32.909 hold of one of these batteries. You know, you 00:12:32.909 --> 00:12:36.049 never know what's going to happen. So true. It's 00:12:36.049 --> 00:12:39.629 good to have one on hand. So we may take the 00:12:39.629 --> 00:12:43.190 ham stick and a rig and run down there and see 00:12:43.190 --> 00:12:45.789 what we can do and try to find some other friends, 00:12:45.809 --> 00:12:47.690 too. I mean, one of the things I liked about 00:12:47.690 --> 00:12:50.870 I've I've activated three parks. I think it's 00:12:50.870 --> 00:12:54.830 three, maybe four all all in Missouri, except 00:12:54.830 --> 00:12:57.730 for the one near Dayton. And that was the Buffalo 00:12:57.730 --> 00:13:00.970 Soldiers. That was cool. Before Dayton started, 00:13:02.009 --> 00:13:05.490 I met Kilo India 9 Whiskey on a Thursday afternoon. 00:13:06.029 --> 00:13:08.830 Nobody was even around this national park. It 00:13:08.830 --> 00:13:11.669 was amazing. But I think the camaraderie of it, 00:13:11.809 --> 00:13:13.750 getting together with another ham, I probably 00:13:13.750 --> 00:13:16.809 slowed him down. He's an activator that, you 00:13:16.809 --> 00:13:19.409 know, he's doing this as much as he can, over 00:13:19.409 --> 00:13:22.620 a hundred, whatever. And me I'm like talking 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:24.759 like we're talking now. I'm like, yeah So what 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.960 is that ladder line and but the point being is 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.539 you you have some fellowship you get together 00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:32.940 with friends and you can you can do it together 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:35.600 Which is a great thing about the parks plus you 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.419 see all these beautiful things, but I may go 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:42.440 and just activate in a field and Test my equipment 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:47.139 you get outstanding in your field. Yeah outstanding. 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:51.240 Hey, man You got a great laugh. Let it out. Let 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:55.360 it out. You got to go stand in your own field. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:59.019 I see what you did. And there you go. I see what 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:02.000 you did. I like getting out there. I like testing 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:06.019 antennas. I like to build them. And I was kind 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:10.100 of trained early in my ham radio career, I guess 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:13.659 you'd call it, about compromise and not really 00:14:13.659 --> 00:14:16.279 compromising. And compromising was a bad thing. 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.409 And I got to thinking, Maybe this hobby isn't 00:14:19.409 --> 00:14:22.710 for me. I really have to compromise. I don't 00:14:22.710 --> 00:14:25.309 have all the money. I don't have all the land. 00:14:25.870 --> 00:14:28.629 I may actually have to use a tuner at some point, 00:14:28.629 --> 00:14:33.409 maybe on 80 meters or 160. So I was kind of programmed 00:14:33.409 --> 00:14:37.090 against the compromise. So portable operations 00:14:37.090 --> 00:14:39.389 early for me, I was like, ah, you may need a 00:14:39.389 --> 00:14:41.830 tuner. I don't know. It's kind of... And all 00:14:41.830 --> 00:14:44.549 of a sudden, you know, I got to thinking why 00:14:44.549 --> 00:14:48.120 am I being told so much? you can only do it this 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.519 way. The spirit of ham radio is to try different 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.500 things. And if you're in an emergency situation, 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:57.460 who cares if you get a tuner involved or if your 00:14:57.460 --> 00:15:00.919 G5 RV isn't resonant. You know, here at my home, 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:03.399 you know, I like my antennas to actually work 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.480 for me and that's just my preference. But out 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.080 in the field, it's a different game. And I think 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:11.379 anytime you can get your radio out, get an antenna 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:14.539 up, test it and do it, the more you do it, You 00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:16.440 know, at least for me, I've gotten a little faster. 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:19.919 I'm really slow, Neil. These portable ops, you 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.080 know, I used to go, but I'm a tinkerer, too. 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:25.500 I'm going to put the antenna up and I'm going 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:27.799 to test it. You know, I'm checking it out. I'm 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:30.080 an antenna analyzer. Well, you know, it's working 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:35.159 on 20. Well, not so good on 40. And well, you 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.480 know, so I'm out there doing it like that. I'm 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.700 curious to see how the performance is going. 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:42.200 Some people are just out there to bang it out. 00:15:42.269 --> 00:15:45.090 And so whatever your preference is this activity 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:49.029 day or weekend, indoor, outdoor, whatever you 00:15:49.029 --> 00:15:51.269 want, just get on the air. I know there's 1800 00:15:51.269 --> 00:15:54.470 people out there with these IDs and it would 00:15:54.470 --> 00:15:57.350 be fun to hear them passed along, you know, over 00:15:57.350 --> 00:15:59.269 that weekend. And if you're somewhere, just say 00:15:59.269 --> 00:16:01.629 where you are, you know, give a true signal report. 00:16:02.110 --> 00:16:04.590 No big, no big deal. Just kind of get out there 00:16:04.590 --> 00:16:08.429 and have fun. And if you don't have an ID, do 00:16:08.429 --> 00:16:11.399 it anyway. Oh yeah, absolutely because there's 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:13.639 more people, as you know, you and I have talked 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:17.360 about listeners before, right? I mean, we have 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:21.639 over 700 ,000 licensed amateurs in our country 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.059 alone. Japan has over a million. You know, the 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:27.940 UK, when you put everybody in one big pot, you 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:30.960 and I, quite frankly, Neil, aren't really, we're 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.620 scratching the surface. There's a big audience 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:36.940 out there and the point being is more people 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:41.259 don't know about us. then do. And I think what's 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:44.179 worked well with 100 watts and a wire is that 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:48.659 it's an inclusive sort of thing. I started it 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:52.779 because I felt that I was asking my Elmers or 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:54.940 anybody who's getting into ham radio and here's 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:58.720 that term, like a mentor, I was asking them so 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.500 many questions. I started to feel bad and I thought, 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:03.759 you know, I probably need to leave them alone. 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.940 I'm never going to learn all this right away. 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:10.470 And so up crops 100 watts in a wire where you're 00:17:10.470 --> 00:17:13.410 just kind of following me along and then I asked 00:17:13.410 --> 00:17:17.549 people who know things to kind of teach me. K3LR, 00:17:17.549 --> 00:17:20.289 you know, came by and talked about tower safety. 00:17:22.210 --> 00:17:24.730 Lots of other people about emergency communications 00:17:24.730 --> 00:17:27.690 and that sort of thing. Teach me so and I can 00:17:27.690 --> 00:17:30.289 kind of pass it along. And then the Facebook 00:17:30.289 --> 00:17:35.089 community soon followed and it became a safe 00:17:35.089 --> 00:17:38.980 place where people could ask questions of people. 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.900 And if anybody came along that was like, oh, 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:44.380 and they come from time to time. Oh, you should 00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:47.559 know that that was on your test. And Neil, as 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:49.559 you know, I mean, you took your test 100 years 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.259 ago, 40 years ago for Pete's sake. The tests 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:55.859 don't give you all the practical things. You 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:58.380 know, you have to kind of pass the test and get 00:17:58.380 --> 00:18:01.819 out there and learn a little bit. So the community 00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:04.940 online, the digital community, is a way where 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:08.079 people can ask questions in a safe place. Even 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.140 if they go to the mundane and they come back 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:13.839 again and again with different people, it's okay. 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:17.740 The community is sort of accepting and the ones 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:20.980 who get frustrated, the guys who know a lot but 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:23.019 aren't interested in passing it along or think 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:25.839 it's a dumb question, they sort of weed themselves 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.160 out. You know, this really is a place where people 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:33.329 can come and and share the information and the 00:18:33.329 --> 00:18:36.930 joy of it, really. So you get the podcast. That 00:18:36.930 --> 00:18:39.490 happens in the early part of the week. You get 00:18:39.490 --> 00:18:41.650 a couple days. On Thursday nights like this, 00:18:41.670 --> 00:18:44.490 when you're on, you see gatherings crop up on 00:18:44.490 --> 00:18:47.329 the air. People in the community are calling 00:18:47.329 --> 00:18:49.789 CQ and trying to work and talk and meet other 00:18:49.789 --> 00:18:52.710 people. So this activity day was a way to kind 00:18:52.710 --> 00:18:55.670 of take it out more, organize it a little bit, 00:18:55.769 --> 00:18:57.769 give some time to talk about it. Thank you for 00:18:57.769 --> 00:19:00.200 letting me talk about it, by the way, You know, 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.119 it's hard. It's, it's hard to get people to come 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.920 together at any time, really. I mean, you know, 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:09.740 so. Well, we wanted to, uh, to get some promotion 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:12.819 out there on it and, and get things going. And, 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:15.559 and you did a perfect segue into my next question, 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.480 which was going to be about, um, the community 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.740 because, uh, you know, my day job is teaching 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:28.259 and, and, and even this week, I've heard some 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:35.309 questions. That I just want to go What? You know, 00:19:35.650 --> 00:19:40.589 but if you do that you often discourage them 00:19:40.589 --> 00:19:43.289 from asking those questions and if they don't 00:19:43.289 --> 00:19:45.950 know they need to ask those questions and so 00:19:45.950 --> 00:19:49.450 You've you've really worked hard at making especially 00:19:49.450 --> 00:19:53.009 I see the Facebook community a lot You've worked 00:19:53.009 --> 00:19:56.410 hard at making sure that that Facebook community 00:19:56.410 --> 00:20:03.200 that that group of people have a safe place to 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:06.880 ask these questions so that they're not intimidated 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:10.400 and everybody jumps in and gives their two cents 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.759 worth, but it's a safe place where they're not 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:16.599 going to feel like, you know, oh my gosh, I shouldn't 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.900 ask this question. I should know this already 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:23.339 or somebody's going to jump down my throat because 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:26.599 You know, I'm supposed to know that, you know, 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:29.319 and so you've done a great job with that. And 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:34.519 I think that that's something that was very much 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.839 needed because Elmer's sometimes can be few and 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:41.359 far between. And think about the next generation 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:44.400 as a teacher, you know this and you and you, 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.880 you know, you've got a club there. You're teaching 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:50.119 the next generation. Think about the great knowledge 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:53.000 of the Elmer's that are here today. When they 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:58.279 pass there's a big gap between you and me and. 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:01.140 I will say people in their safe fifties and then 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:03.359 it goes seventies eighties you know what i mean 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.200 there's a interesting demographic when you look 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:09.980 at. The information being passed you know sure 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:14.220 i wanted a safe place i you know i started it 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:16.910 off because i knew i was asking a lot. And I 00:21:16.910 --> 00:21:18.430 had joined some other groups. I don't even know 00:21:18.430 --> 00:21:20.509 what they're called anymore. But, you know, it 00:21:20.509 --> 00:21:22.730 was kind of like, wow, really, man, you're asking 00:21:22.730 --> 00:21:26.190 that question. I knew that I didn't want 100 00:21:26.190 --> 00:21:28.950 watts and a wire to be that, you know. So the 00:21:28.950 --> 00:21:33.130 show follows my struggles. It follows my success. 00:21:33.230 --> 00:21:36.130 And then I'll talk to somebody even like yourself, 00:21:36.190 --> 00:21:39.369 who's got 40 years in the game that can kind 00:21:39.369 --> 00:21:45.140 of open doors and go, oh. Ah, oh. So with Facebook 00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:48.980 sort of feeds into the show, you know, it gives 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:52.680 some of that content is naturally being created. 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:57.559 The people can express happiness or unhappiness 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:00.920 with the show or raise questions or, hey, can 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:05.359 you talk about this idea? So moderating it has 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:08.490 become easy. I don't like the edit. As much you 00:22:08.490 --> 00:22:10.250 know that was another thing. I didn't want to 00:22:10.250 --> 00:22:14.609 really edit or censor anyone So kind of putting 00:22:14.609 --> 00:22:17.190 the point out there quickly that look It's not 00:22:17.190 --> 00:22:19.529 going to be tolerated if you you know you put 00:22:19.529 --> 00:22:21.589 some weird thing up there We don't buy and sell 00:22:21.589 --> 00:22:24.390 and show all that kind of stuff on You know on 00:22:24.390 --> 00:22:27.009 the page that that kind of opens you up to a 00:22:27.009 --> 00:22:29.509 new thing if you're buying and selling stuff 00:22:29.509 --> 00:22:33.930 So we don't really do that, but you know Don't 00:22:33.930 --> 00:22:35.829 know what I'm doing man, but the people seem 00:22:35.829 --> 00:22:39.150 to like it which is cool and it's safe so you 00:22:39.150 --> 00:22:42.369 can come there and and You feel that on the air 00:22:42.369 --> 00:22:44.869 sometimes too. You know you when you do these 00:22:44.869 --> 00:22:48.730 shows and the podcast It's not quite it is like 00:22:48.730 --> 00:22:52.950 radio in some ways But you put this podcast up 00:22:52.950 --> 00:22:54.950 here. You are you take a file and you're uploading 00:22:54.950 --> 00:22:57.670 it And you know who knows where it's going and 00:22:57.670 --> 00:23:00.630 who knows when they're listening exactly You 00:23:00.630 --> 00:23:03.690 don't know if they're reacting to what's funny 00:23:03.690 --> 00:23:06.049 or what you're trying to do or if they like it. 00:23:06.970 --> 00:23:09.990 So things like the fallout, it's an opportunity 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:12.769 to get that feedback. Being on the air and having 00:23:12.769 --> 00:23:14.849 a gathering on the air like that really gives 00:23:14.849 --> 00:23:18.130 you a chance to hear the people. And that's really 00:23:18.130 --> 00:23:20.650 important too. Again, same with the Facebook 00:23:20.650 --> 00:23:23.849 page. You get to see the reaction and you can 00:23:23.849 --> 00:23:25.789 gauge what they want, what they're interested 00:23:25.789 --> 00:23:29.609 in. So it's a good resource for me too. keep 00:23:29.609 --> 00:23:32.650 it safe and they keep me in, in content and topics. 00:23:32.730 --> 00:23:37.750 And you've had a variety of things, even from, 00:23:37.750 --> 00:23:42.430 you know, from, from ham radio things to even 00:23:42.430 --> 00:23:45.910 health issues and personal struggles with people 00:23:45.910 --> 00:23:49.470 that sometimes, you know, people reach out and, 00:23:49.470 --> 00:23:53.710 and, and, and are helped through that group. 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:57.799 Yeah, we had one and I won't go too deep into 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.400 it but Jim he's in our group and he had it he 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.559 has some family issues at home and he just needed 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:09.140 a place to go and and not vent but I think he 00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:12.259 just was looking for an outlet and I think it 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:16.000 was really humbling for me to see that he's dealing 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:19.059 with things Neil that were We don't you know, 00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:21.839 we don't people don't talk about you know these 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:25.359 struggles in her inner family struggles and again 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:27.819 not the single amount but he of course he went 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:31.099 public with it and the outpouring of support 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:33.740 Was really touching, you know, it's keep your 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:36.400 chin up, you know and hang in there man And and 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:39.240 I've been there and you know, so it's it doesn't 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:42.440 always have to be so radio related We are other 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:46.900 things We're ham radio operators. Yes but you 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:51.700 know we love sports and we love other hobbies 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:58.339 and music whatever it may be it just became a 00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:01.740 place where it's almost like a club but a friendly 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:05.700 place predominantly radio but sometimes when 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:08.480 you need to be held up oh another thing you know 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.220 is what i really like is when somebody gets an 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:13.420 upgrade somebody will get an upgrade from tech 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:19.269 to general or general to Extra class and the 00:25:19.269 --> 00:25:22.549 outpouring of congratulations is oh, yeah, it's 00:25:22.549 --> 00:25:26.150 great and you They take pictures of the CSC ease 00:25:26.150 --> 00:25:28.130 and pop them up there and oh, yeah, I'm always 00:25:28.130 --> 00:25:32.730 liking those That's that's a great way to support 00:25:32.730 --> 00:25:35.769 people in their quest for an upgrade and you're 00:25:35.769 --> 00:25:38.069 a member of the group, too We're so happy to 00:25:38.069 --> 00:25:40.509 have you. We've got some a lot of support Don 00:25:40.509 --> 00:25:45.170 Wilbanks AE five DW He's been supportive of my 00:25:45.170 --> 00:25:50.009 work in general and so he's a member of the group. 00:25:50.029 --> 00:25:53.589 So I think that there are some very notable prominent 00:25:53.589 --> 00:25:57.450 hams also that are around and they're active. 00:25:58.130 --> 00:26:01.829 We recently started a 100 watts and a wired D 00:26:01.829 --> 00:26:04.410 star net, right? Not everybody has D star, not 00:26:04.410 --> 00:26:07.829 everybody likes every mode, we get it, but... 00:26:08.569 --> 00:26:11.430 we came into a generous offer from our friends 00:26:11.430 --> 00:26:17.250 in Canada, there's a reflector, REF026B. And 00:26:17.250 --> 00:26:20.109 on Tuesday night, Jeff, I'm sorry, I'm spacing 00:26:20.109 --> 00:26:22.630 on his calls, I'm bad with that, touch of dyslexia 00:26:22.630 --> 00:26:26.150 I have, but Jeff hosts it every night, or every 00:26:26.150 --> 00:26:28.869 Tuesday night, seven o 'clock. And it's just 00:26:28.869 --> 00:26:31.450 another way for people to reach out through another 00:26:31.450 --> 00:26:34.650 mode and say, hey, and he usually does some sort 00:26:34.650 --> 00:26:37.539 of... question like what was you know your first 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:40.700 big DX or you know these kinds of things that 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:44.079 engage the community so it really community became 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:48.380 sort of the word group was the beginning and 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:51.799 members you know and it evolved into you know 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:56.500 a sense of community yeah definitely a great 00:26:56.500 --> 00:27:00.210 community for people to check out. So check that 00:27:00.210 --> 00:27:03.430 out. A hundred Watts and a wire and remind us 00:27:03.430 --> 00:27:06.690 again of the dates of the fallout and what we're 00:27:06.690 --> 00:27:09.210 supposed to do real quick. And then, uh, then 00:27:09.210 --> 00:27:10.970 we're going to take our break. You're going to 00:27:10.970 --> 00:27:12.750 pay the bills. Is that what you're going to pay 00:27:12.750 --> 00:27:16.829 some bills? A few of them rocking. I don't know 00:27:16.829 --> 00:27:18.589 about all of them, but yeah, just, you know, 00:27:18.650 --> 00:27:21.859 yeah. Right, you're gonna pay me. Pay the Skype 00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:25.119 bill. Because I'm typing the invoice now. No, 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.400 October 8th and 9th, any band, any mode you'd 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:32.599 like, any time of day, indoors or outdoors, you 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:35.160 can get on the air, call 100 watts and a wire, 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:39.549 fall out. And simple exchange, you know, if you're 00:27:39.549 --> 00:27:41.970 interested, you can share your 100 watts IDs. 00:27:42.069 --> 00:27:44.210 If you're curious to what it's all about, ask 00:27:44.210 --> 00:27:46.009 these people. They'll tell you what they dig 00:27:46.009 --> 00:27:49.369 about the community and how you can get involved. 00:27:49.630 --> 00:27:52.750 And I would visit 100WattsInAWire .com, click 00:27:52.750 --> 00:27:55.390 on the gathering tab, and that way you can get 00:27:55.390 --> 00:27:57.569 your ID. And if you want to play along, you want 00:27:57.569 --> 00:28:00.250 to keep track of how many you made, all great. 00:28:00.589 --> 00:28:03.980 Again, not a contest. It's not even a special 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:06.059 event. It's a it's a chance for the community 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:10.059 the people who are in it Elmer's and newbies 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:12.900 and everybody alike to get in get on the air 00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:16.279 and try to make contacts Encouraged us to get 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.160 outside if you can enjoy this weather. It should 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:23.180 be breaking here before October 8th and 9th and 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:26.319 go low power I did hear a lot of struggle with 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.559 field day field day is great great purpose You 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:34.079 know, but That could be different power, different 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:36.480 batteries, generator power. I'm saying let's 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:39.019 get out 100 watts or less and just get on the 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.559 air. So that's it, Neil. That's really the crux 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:44.920 of the 100 watts in a wire fallout. All right. 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:47.400 Well, we hope everybody gets out there and gives 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:51.019 that a shot. We'll be back and we're going to 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:53.400 take your calls live with Christian right after 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:56.059 this word from the HamStation here on HamTalk 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:58.980 Live. 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It is Jason whiskey, three 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:30.779 alpha, alpha X ray number eight. Oh core. Hi, 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.480 Jason. Thanks for calling ham talk live. What's 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.059 your question here for Christian? Hey Christian. 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:39.259 I just want to know what's your, what you thought 00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:41.640 the biggest challenge was when you do portable 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:45.099 operations and myself as being conditions and 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:47.720 I'll use the boy cat point to point prediction 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:51.619 on boy cat .com. to look at bands and conditions 00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:55.079 and which antennas to use and what time, et cetera. 00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:57.900 I just wanted to know what you thought. Well, 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.740 Mike, thanks for that question. Thanks for calling 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:03.440 me. That's great. I've got really limited experience 00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:05.940 a handful of times, several times at my house, 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:08.200 right? So I can go out in the field and it's 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:12.619 easy. I took a trip. I've got family in Montana 00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:16.769 and a couple different areas of Montana. Over 00:32:16.769 --> 00:32:19.529 4th of July. I stayed in Livingston, Montana, 00:32:19.589 --> 00:32:23.890 which I didn't know was so windy and I put my 00:32:23.890 --> 00:32:28.450 My antenna up I set up It's a it's a ranch really 00:32:28.450 --> 00:32:30.289 I mean there's cows and horses and everything 00:32:30.289 --> 00:32:32.710 and so I'm right there in the middle of it and 00:32:32.710 --> 00:32:36.289 I got set up and I was actually over top of a 00:32:36.289 --> 00:32:39.490 cow fans electric fence and all I kept hearing 00:32:39.490 --> 00:32:44.099 was And I was like, this stupid radio, you know, 00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:46.079 and I was like, I was ready to, you know, throw 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:49.160 the radio. So, you know, I make some urgent calls 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:51.359 and I'm like, or text, you know, what is wrong? 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:54.359 And I explained and I was over top of, you know, 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:57.900 this deal. This electric fence was killing me. 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:01.579 And I ended up going out the next day. I totally 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:04.059 quit because I mentioned before, I'm really slow 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:06.880 setting up. I'm getting a little better, but 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:11.670 that was a big challenge for me. I decided to 00:33:11.670 --> 00:33:14.849 work through it. I eventually moved probably 00:33:14.849 --> 00:33:17.910 40 yards away from the fence in a bigger kind 00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:21.910 of pasture. But the wind out there was tough. 00:33:22.029 --> 00:33:24.430 And I think a challenge for me is I should probably 00:33:24.430 --> 00:33:27.930 get myself more acclimated with what you mentioned, 00:33:27.990 --> 00:33:30.329 learning about the conditions a little bit more. 00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:33.710 I can look up and see the weather patterns there. 00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:38.130 In big sky country, you could see a rain cloud 00:33:38.250 --> 00:33:41.490 miles away and I had no idea if it was coming. 00:33:41.950 --> 00:33:45.009 One time I took things down, you know, so I could 00:33:45.009 --> 00:33:48.710 probably get better with, you know, solar understanding 00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:52.109 what's happening beyond the basic weather forecast. 00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:55.430 It's kind of for me with with a family, a young 00:33:55.430 --> 00:33:59.630 family, I'll steal a little time here and whatever 00:33:59.630 --> 00:34:01.269 is happening, as long as it's not lightning, 00:34:01.329 --> 00:34:04.250 I'll go out and try to do it. You know, so my 00:34:04.250 --> 00:34:07.609 planning is way out like this thing in October. 00:34:09.879 --> 00:34:13.380 And anytime they go to a party, I'll run out 00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:15.820 there in the rain. It doesn't matter. So I've 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:20.360 got some things to learn, certainly. And I need 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.300 to get over the hump of, you know, maybe your 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.159 antenna is not going to be resonant out there 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:27.360 just like it is at home. So that's kind of from 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.360 what's your problem? What are you trying to do 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:34.099 better? Well, like you said, it's tough on conditions. 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:36.260 Like sometimes I go to do a soda summit, for 00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:39.019 example, the summit's on the air. And one time, 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:42.019 I remember I went to Pennsylvania and I was going 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.980 to a mountain that's never been activated before. 00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:46.159 I was only a one -pointer, so everybody's not 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.239 trying to get there to do this. But I get up 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:51.900 there and I notice there's like two giant radio 00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:56.519 towers that are used for the regional radio stations, 00:34:56.539 --> 00:35:00.530 of course. But I didn't realize how much QRM, 00:35:00.530 --> 00:35:03.190 how much interference I was going to get from 00:35:03.190 --> 00:35:05.289 this because of power lines and other things 00:35:05.289 --> 00:35:08.269 that were near as well. And the noise floor was 00:35:08.269 --> 00:35:11.309 literally in the S7, S8. And I'm out there with 00:35:11.309 --> 00:35:15.849 the QRP rig and KX3 and Alex loop, a small magnetic 00:35:15.849 --> 00:35:19.530 loop antenna, trying to get out. And I'm lucky 00:35:19.530 --> 00:35:22.010 if I get one QSO and it's a three, three both 00:35:22.010 --> 00:35:25.030 ways kind of thing. So that's another challenge, 00:35:25.110 --> 00:35:27.429 like you just said. Appreciate you taking my 00:35:27.429 --> 00:35:29.969 question and I'll hope to see you on the fallout 00:35:29.969 --> 00:35:34.550 on October 8th night. Hey, thanks so much Thanks 00:35:34.550 --> 00:35:39.809 so much for calling All right seven three good 00:35:39.809 --> 00:35:42.969 night eight one two net ham one is the phone 00:35:42.969 --> 00:35:45.929 number eight one two net ham one or you can Skype 00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:50.769 at ham talk live or you can tweet at ham talk 00:35:50.769 --> 00:35:56.250 live and We'll see if we get some more calls 00:35:56.250 --> 00:36:00.650 here. And we have another little activity planned 00:36:00.650 --> 00:36:05.409 if we don't. Hey, Neil, you know what? Another 00:36:05.409 --> 00:36:08.449 thing with the portable ops is that, you know, 00:36:08.449 --> 00:36:11.269 you start to think so much. What do you need? 00:36:11.389 --> 00:36:13.429 You know what I mean? And it seems like I needed 00:36:13.429 --> 00:36:16.329 to take everything. And it's kind of ridiculous. 00:36:17.070 --> 00:36:19.010 So one of the things I'm trying to work on is 00:36:19.010 --> 00:36:22.820 really focusing. the essentials. I've got a bag 00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:25.579 over here with antennas in it. I'm not going 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:30.260 to set up a 160 or an 80 die pole that I threw 00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:33.719 together. So there's a lot of editing I need 00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:37.380 to do. Oh yeah, you always want to take the kitchen 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:40.099 sink and everything. I did take the kitchen sink 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:42.699 because you need that. You're going to need that 00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:46.769 and all the tools, all the connectors. Don't 00:36:46.769 --> 00:36:49.389 want to rely just on battery power to the vehicle. 00:36:49.389 --> 00:36:51.190 So you've got your batteries. You've got your 00:36:51.190 --> 00:36:55.449 coax and the rule is though that whatever you 00:36:55.449 --> 00:36:59.769 Don't take is what you will need, right? Exactly. 00:36:59.769 --> 00:37:02.889 So I'm so in my infancy with the portable ops 00:37:02.889 --> 00:37:06.289 that That's that's a big one. I'm still trying 00:37:06.289 --> 00:37:07.969 to edit and figure out I don't need all this 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:10.789 stuff out there. Yeah. Well, we've got another 00:37:10.789 --> 00:37:16.079 call on the line. Who's this? Cuba Bravo 2, Yankee 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:20.639 Sierra India, number 915. Alright, we got Don 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.139 here, go ahead. I don't really have a question, 00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:26.519 I just wanted to say thank you to the both of 00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:31.320 you for being good hams. I've pointed people 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:38.360 to both of your shows as the good ones to mentor 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.360 on instead of some of those that are not. So 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.360 I just wanted to say thank you very much and 00:37:44.409 --> 00:37:48.269 keep up the great shows thanks man oh thank you 00:37:48.269 --> 00:37:51.769 yeah we uh we appreciate that that's uh that's 00:37:51.769 --> 00:37:53.670 the thing you know we christian i've talked a 00:37:53.670 --> 00:37:56.570 lot about uh you know there's room for everybody 00:37:56.570 --> 00:37:59.690 and would try to do things and you know christian's 00:37:59.690 --> 00:38:02.409 got the community thing going i i couldn't handle 00:38:02.409 --> 00:38:05.610 that i i don't have the time to put into that 00:38:05.610 --> 00:38:08.030 but he's got the community and then i've got 00:38:08.030 --> 00:38:10.730 the yeah and then i've got you know this thing 00:38:10.730 --> 00:38:15.110 going on so What you have, though, is frightening 00:38:15.110 --> 00:38:18.050 to guys like me. And I remember when you were 00:38:18.050 --> 00:38:21.010 talking to me about this, and I was like, wow, 00:38:21.130 --> 00:38:23.809 I bet you those conversations, if they were around, 00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:27.929 they would have my nervousness about a call -in 00:38:27.929 --> 00:38:31.469 show. I mean, holy cow. So it's very ambitious 00:38:31.469 --> 00:38:35.710 what you do, and it's very much the now. So you've 00:38:35.710 --> 00:38:37.489 got your own thing happening. You know what I 00:38:37.489 --> 00:38:40.489 mean? I don't know when my team's listening, 00:38:40.550 --> 00:38:43.900 I don't know. Uh, but you're, you're walking 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:47.420 a tight rope out there and I admire that. Well, 00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:49.119 it's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot of fun. 00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:52.119 Really haven't had any, any trouble or as, as 00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:55.679 you like to say, the, the alpha hotels. Yes, 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.159 you will. You'll get them now. And you're going, 00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:01.420 and, and on Twitter today, you said you were 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:03.900 going to list all the alpha hotels that were 00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:06.719 out there. I've got a scroll. You got that list. 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.940 It's a scroll. I throw it and it rolls across 00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:12.710 the floor. You don't have time, but maybe I'll 00:39:12.710 --> 00:39:15.030 come back. You'll let me back and we'll do it. 00:39:15.150 --> 00:39:18.489 Oh my goodness. 812 -NET -HAM -1 is the phone 00:39:18.489 --> 00:39:23.030 number. Help. Get me out of this. 812 -NET -HAM 00:39:23.030 --> 00:39:26.630 -1 or Skype HamTalk Live. We've got time for 00:39:26.630 --> 00:39:32.869 one more. So we'll pause here for a moment. Call 00:39:32.869 --> 00:39:40.619 812 -NET -HAM -1. I don't know how you do the 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:44.360 community. I just... Well, I don't know how you 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.960 did code at five years old. And what do you think 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:49.260 about the new five -year -olds who are out there? 00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:51.619 Are you one of these, oh, you were a no -code 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:54.980 five -year -old. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I could 00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:57.000 see you kind of tripping a five -year -old that 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:59.059 just got his license and thinking, you know, 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:02.769 you didn't even have to do code. When I got my 00:40:02.769 --> 00:40:05.610 ham license and had to walk, you know, uphill 00:40:05.610 --> 00:40:07.869 both ways through 10 feet of snow and a shark 00:40:07.869 --> 00:40:11.690 NATO, you know, I stayed in code. Oh, we got 00:40:11.690 --> 00:40:17.170 another call here. Welcome. Who's this? Hello, 00:40:17.969 --> 00:40:22.570 my name is Jim. And actually my call is N3 RSC 00:40:22.570 --> 00:40:29.469 number two 61. And, uh, I think me earlier and, 00:40:29.789 --> 00:40:34.349 uh, I just wanted to kind of reach out and tell 00:40:34.349 --> 00:40:37.269 everybody that I was just so amazed along with 00:40:37.269 --> 00:40:44.849 Christian about the outreach that I've gotten. 00:40:45.690 --> 00:40:48.530 There was a guy that said, don't go through this 00:40:48.530 --> 00:40:51.670 alone. His name's Jeff. And he says, I'm 50 miles 00:40:51.670 --> 00:40:57.170 away. He emails me his phone number. And he said, 00:40:57.650 --> 00:41:00.539 not only will fix your antenna, You can do something, 00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:03.599 it's just the coolest thing. Hey Jim, why don't 00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:06.820 you just put it in context, just briefly, because 00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:09.159 he's going to have to roll here, but why don't 00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:12.000 you summarize what happened, if you're okay with 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:16.659 that. I am certainly okay with that. What happened 00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:24.000 is my son overdosed on heroin, this was like 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:27.619 a month ago, and a little less than that, about 00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:32.440 three weeks ago. And very tough times in the 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.539 hospital for two days. And when the doctor said 00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:39.320 that they think he's gonna make a full recovery, 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.659 it was just amazing. And we were just so thankful. 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:49.000 However, the rest, as far as rehab, as far as 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:51.179 it's gonna happen again, all these things were 00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:53.639 looming over me and it was just, it was kind 00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:58.349 of making me crazy. And so I... throw them to 00:41:58.349 --> 00:42:02.170 rehab and on the way back from rehab not on the 00:42:02.170 --> 00:42:04.530 way well on the way back I went to the shipwrecked 00:42:04.530 --> 00:42:07.710 tavern and I was eating a cheeseburger and I 00:42:07.710 --> 00:42:10.409 was just starting to think and maybe they're 00:42:10.409 --> 00:42:12.989 right about this ham radio thing that is obsolete 00:42:12.989 --> 00:42:18.190 all this stuff and then I drive home and I see 00:42:18.190 --> 00:42:21.349 my butternut which for about three or four weeks 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:25.440 It's a vertical. It was broken down. It fell 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:28.699 over in the wind. And I just didn't do anything 00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:31.840 with it, just been sitting there. And I started 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:36.059 thinking, I was at this tavern thinking, ham 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:39.460 radio is probably obsolete. And then as soon 00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:44.059 as I see that and kind of, I think, maybe I can 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:48.719 fix that. And it's almost like when you get bitten 00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:51.829 by the bug, It doesn't want to release you that 00:42:51.829 --> 00:42:56.949 easily. So anyway, I have ordered all these parts 00:42:56.949 --> 00:43:00.170 and I have a few people from the group that are 00:43:00.170 --> 00:43:03.150 going to help me work on it. So it's just really 00:43:03.150 --> 00:43:07.929 an exciting thing. And as I said, I was a little 00:43:07.929 --> 00:43:13.750 concerned about sharing that with the group because 00:43:13.750 --> 00:43:16.809 it was kind of a personal thing, but I just felt 00:43:16.809 --> 00:43:19.710 so much like they're my friends. And I just wanted 00:43:19.710 --> 00:43:22.789 to say that I really appreciate that a lot. And 00:43:22.789 --> 00:43:26.969 I appreciate you, Christian. And I think I remember 00:43:26.969 --> 00:43:29.889 a guy on MMR, because I'm in the fringe, and 00:43:29.889 --> 00:43:32.289 I've been listening to it, a guy named Chrisnick. 00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:34.670 I think that might have been you. Is that correct? 00:43:35.110 --> 00:43:38.690 Christian, I just used Christian there at MMR. 00:43:38.809 --> 00:43:41.269 And I know Neil's got a rap here. Yeah, we got 00:43:41.269 --> 00:43:47.440 to go. Listen, I think I'm so happy. that you 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.079 found some solace in the group. And I can't really 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.059 follow that up, Neil, man. You might as well 00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:54.699 take it home. That's about as good as it gets. 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.860 Thank you so much. Thank you so much for calling. 00:43:57.079 --> 00:44:01.579 And we're glad that you were able to find some 00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:04.780 help on there. That's absolutely great. And thanks, 00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:08.079 Christian, for providing a place for that to 00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:10.179 happen. Well, that's a wrap for this week's edition 00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:12.980 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guest, Christian 00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:17.579 K0STH. Also thanks to our assistant producer, 00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:21.119 Nick KC9GZY for being on standby. We ran out 00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:24.079 of time tonight, but thanks for being there. 00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:26.900 And we'll invite everybody back next Thursday 00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:32.159 night at 9 PM Eastern time when Ralph Fedor K0IR 00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:36.010 will be here to talk about the upcoming. DXpedition 00:44:36.010 --> 00:44:39.110 to Bouvet Island and for a list of all of our 00:44:39.110 --> 00:44:42.550 upcoming guests visit hamptalklive .com So for 00:44:42.550 --> 00:44:45.170 now for Christian who reminds you to stay above 00:44:45.170 --> 00:44:47.570 the noise This is Neil Raptow. Will you be dying 00:44:47.570 --> 00:44:51.250 VPG saying seven three seven five and may the 00:44:51.250 --> 00:44:53.050 good DX be yours?