WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.500 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:13.859 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.859 --> 00:00:18.260 .com and by the HamStation. Get your new radio 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:24.399 or antenna by calling 800 -729 -4373 or go to 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:32.579 hamstation .com. It's Ham Radio, with Neograp, 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:38.399 here we go, welcome to Hamtop Live, call in, 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:59.880 let's talk, Neil's your guy, Hamtop Live. Good 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:02.539 evening, everyone. It's time for another episode 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:07.519 of HamTalk Live. Episode number 31, Skylar Fennel, 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:12.640 KD0WHB, the 2016 Bill Pasternak Newsline Young 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.299 Ham of the Year. Recorded live on Thursday, September 00:01:16.299 --> 00:01:22.799 15th, 2016. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.439 Thanks for tuning in to this episode of HamTalk 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:29.829 Live. Tonight, we're joined by Skylar Fennel, 00:01:29.950 --> 00:01:35.790 KD0WHB, the 2016 Bill Pasternak amateur radio 00:01:35.790 --> 00:01:39.230 news line, Young Ham of the Year. And we will 00:01:39.230 --> 00:01:43.810 take your calls live in just a few minutes. Last 00:01:43.810 --> 00:01:48.329 week on HamTalk Live, Sam Rose, KC2LRC, and Sterling 00:01:48.329 --> 00:01:52.230 Coffee, N0SSC. We're here to talk about youngsters 00:01:52.230 --> 00:01:55.450 on the air camp in Austria, which they attended. 00:01:55.849 --> 00:01:58.709 and how they plan to bring a similar event to 00:01:58.709 --> 00:02:01.549 the United States. 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Be sure to listen to HamTalk 00:04:25.829 --> 00:04:28.529 Live every Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern 00:04:28.529 --> 00:04:31.759 Time. right here at HamTalkLive .com. And if 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.980 you missed the show, you can download the podcast 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:37.060 from the website and most popular podcasting 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:41.459 websites. Skyler Fennell, KDZero WHV is 18 years 00:04:41.459 --> 00:04:45.339 old from Denver, Colorado. He's an amateur extra 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:49.779 class license holder since 2014. He became a 00:04:49.779 --> 00:04:55.800 ham in 2013. Skyler is the 2016 AWRL Rocky Mountain 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.980 Division Young Ham of the Year, as well as the 00:04:58.980 --> 00:05:01.660 recipient of the Rocky Mountain Division Technical 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.220 Achievement Award this year. At the Huntsville 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:08.079 Ham Fest last month, he was presented with the 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:13.339 2016 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Amateur Radio Newsline 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:16.269 Young Ham of the Year Award. Skyler's interest 00:05:16.269 --> 00:05:18.670 in basic electronics began when he was in the 00:05:18.670 --> 00:05:21.670 fourth grade. He built a laser spiral graph, 00:05:22.089 --> 00:05:25.430 audio amplifiers, and a high voltage transformer 00:05:25.430 --> 00:05:28.509 driver or two. And a high school friend, Jordan 00:05:28.509 --> 00:05:32.629 Walters, KD0MLV, introduced Skyler to amateur 00:05:32.629 --> 00:05:34.990 radio when he was a freshman in high school. 00:05:35.389 --> 00:05:39.029 That led Skyler to becoming a ham and engaging 00:05:39.029 --> 00:05:42.069 in many technical projects. Schuyler started 00:05:42.069 --> 00:05:44.990 operating satellites and became a net control 00:05:44.990 --> 00:05:47.389 and webmaster of the Colorado satellite net. 00:05:47.990 --> 00:05:52.189 He began working with the AB0BX STEM school amateur 00:05:52.189 --> 00:05:55.149 radio club in nearby Littleton, Colorado and 00:05:55.149 --> 00:05:57.410 got involved in the group's near space balloon 00:05:57.410 --> 00:06:01.189 launches. He became project manager for its 440 00:06:01.189 --> 00:06:04.149 megahertz repeater and helped put together an 00:06:04.149 --> 00:06:06.850 all -star and echo link repeater for students, 00:06:07.089 --> 00:06:10.230 serving as a mentor for the construction of the 00:06:10.230 --> 00:06:14.160 project. He also added All -Star to several area 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.360 repeaters. Skyler started the Denver School of 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.060 the Arts Amateur Radio Club in August 2015 and 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:26.040 was trustee of the club called KE0FXH. This past 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.040 May, Skyler spoke at the Youth Forum at the Dayton 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:32.600 Hamvention on the topic, Home Brewing on a Budget. 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:35.699 He is an Eagle Scout, a rank he achieved at age 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:39.790 13. He also combined his interest in cycling 00:06:39.790 --> 00:06:42.329 and amateur radio, assembling a bicycle mobile 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:47.470 setup with VHF and UHF radios. Skyler is also 00:06:47.470 --> 00:06:49.790 an accomplished pianist and earned the first 00:06:49.790 --> 00:06:52.670 place trophy in the recent U .S. international 00:06:52.670 --> 00:06:56.029 duo piano competition in Colorado Springs this 00:06:56.029 --> 00:06:59.170 past February. He's currently a freshman at New 00:06:59.170 --> 00:07:02.689 Mexico Tech, where he is majoring in electrical 00:07:02.689 --> 00:07:06.209 engineering. So Skyler, welcome to HamTalk Live! 00:07:07.470 --> 00:07:09.910 Thanks so much for having me tonight. It's a 00:07:09.910 --> 00:07:14.470 pleasure to be here and I'm excited for the show 00:07:14.470 --> 00:07:20.410 tonight. Anyway, sounds like you have a pretty 00:07:20.410 --> 00:07:23.350 cool amateur radio club there with a lot of students 00:07:23.350 --> 00:07:26.310 and really excited to speak with you tonight. 00:07:27.389 --> 00:07:30.089 Yeah, we've had some really good luck with that. 00:07:30.209 --> 00:07:32.889 I know you've met a couple of those students. 00:07:34.289 --> 00:07:38.430 and we've had a good time and I know that the 00:07:38.430 --> 00:07:41.750 STEM school group you know I know a couple of 00:07:41.750 --> 00:07:44.930 people out there and that's an excellent group 00:07:44.930 --> 00:07:49.269 also so glad you were able to participate in 00:07:49.269 --> 00:07:53.379 things with them. We're also joined tonight by 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:56.180 amateur radio news lines Karen Eve Marie Katie 00:07:56.180 --> 00:08:01.860 to GUT We talked to Don Wilbanks a e5dw and he 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:04.860 had planned on being here but somehow we kind 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:09.220 of mixed up which week it was and Then this week 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:12.860 he came up with some lame excuse that it was 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:16.339 his wedding anniversary and he probably shouldn't 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:22.579 miss that so Don's not here But, as we lovingly 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:25.939 call her at Amateur Radio Newsline, Karen the 00:08:25.939 --> 00:08:29.839 News Squirrel is with us tonight. Hi, Karen! 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.539 How are you doing, Neil? I'm very pleased to 00:08:34.539 --> 00:08:37.259 be here. I'm also very pleased that Don Will 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:41.879 Banks is a good husband, a good and loving husband 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:46.460 to his wife, and is off celebrating. I hope we 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:51.340 can do this award and Schuyler justice in Dawn's 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:55.360 absence and get the message out about Young Ham 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.700 of the Year. Absolutely. So happy anniversary 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:03.500 to Dawn and Dawn and Dawn's wife, Dawn, deserves 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:09.659 a medal for being married to Dawn. That's a good 00:09:09.659 --> 00:09:16.470 thing. So Dawn, thanks for all of that. We teach 00:09:16.470 --> 00:09:19.649 a lot of things in school. We teach a lot of, 00:09:19.649 --> 00:09:24.090 you know, science and history and math and English 00:09:24.090 --> 00:09:26.629 and everything. And you get to learn a lot about 00:09:26.629 --> 00:09:28.610 those things and you've had a chance to learn 00:09:28.610 --> 00:09:31.309 a lot about science. And then at the School for 00:09:31.309 --> 00:09:34.889 the Arts, you focused a lot on your music and 00:09:34.889 --> 00:09:37.029 all kinds of things. But there's one thing that 00:09:37.029 --> 00:09:40.889 they may not teach you and that is you don't 00:09:40.889 --> 00:09:45.049 forget birthdays and anniversaries. Okay, Don 00:09:45.049 --> 00:09:47.789 may be a little crazy at times, but he's very 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:53.470 smart man That's one of those life lessons that 00:09:53.470 --> 00:09:57.470 you just got to pick up along the way so So now 00:09:57.470 --> 00:10:00.169 that you've been the the young ham of the year 00:10:00.169 --> 00:10:02.649 for a few weeks how did you enjoy your trip to 00:10:02.649 --> 00:10:06.789 Huntsville and the award ceremony and and Tell 00:10:06.789 --> 00:10:10.830 us about what what's happened since? Well, I 00:10:10.830 --> 00:10:13.460 had a great time in Huntsville it was kind of 00:10:13.460 --> 00:10:18.220 a hectic week though. We drove down with my dad 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:22.159 down to New Mexico from Colorado to set up a 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:27.039 college. We had to take a flight out Friday just 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.000 to make it to Huntsville Friday night. But of 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:34.799 course the flight got canceled. So we arrived 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:40.080 there at around noon on Saturday and had a great 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.070 time at the ceremony and met a lot of great people. 00:10:44.610 --> 00:10:47.210 Chris, the Hiram -Percy Maximum Award, he's a 00:10:47.210 --> 00:10:50.409 great kid. And unfortunately had to leave Sunday 00:10:50.409 --> 00:10:53.850 morning to get back to college and start on Monday. 00:10:54.850 --> 00:10:56.990 So kind of a busy weekend, but I had a great 00:10:56.990 --> 00:11:01.409 time in Alabama. Yeah, I'm sorry. I had to miss 00:11:01.409 --> 00:11:05.360 it. I had planned on being there. It just wasn't 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.159 working out in the schedule. I kept trying to 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.559 move everything around and it just didn't work. 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:12.379 Huntsville is always a great time and I'm glad 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:14.600 you got to be there and you got to see Chris. 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:21.049 Chris is quite a trip himself. Glad you got to 00:11:21.049 --> 00:11:24.490 do that. So, Karen, I know you've got to run 00:11:24.490 --> 00:11:27.330 here before too long. Stay with us however long 00:11:27.330 --> 00:11:30.549 you can. But why don't you take a moment to tell 00:11:30.549 --> 00:11:33.830 us about how Newsline heard about Schuyler and 00:11:33.830 --> 00:11:37.590 his accomplishments and how he was selected as 00:11:37.590 --> 00:11:40.789 this year's Young Ham of the Year. Absolutely. 00:11:41.049 --> 00:11:45.009 Absolutely, Neil. We had a pretty big pool of 00:11:45.009 --> 00:11:49.470 contenders this year. All of them very tough 00:11:49.470 --> 00:11:53.970 competition, so I don't envy the committee. That 00:11:53.970 --> 00:11:57.190 was not an easy decision to make. Now, Skyler, 00:11:57.830 --> 00:12:01.610 you had two people who were very much in agreement 00:12:01.610 --> 00:12:05.049 on wanting you to be Young Ham of the Year and 00:12:05.049 --> 00:12:09.129 sent in their applications. This was not an easy 00:12:09.129 --> 00:12:12.490 task for one of the folks who nominated you because 00:12:12.490 --> 00:12:17.580 computer glitches being what they are, The computer 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:21.080 containing your nomination froze up and could 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:24.779 not be emailed. And we ended up reverting to 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:27.580 good old fashioned snail mail. I had the pleasure 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:31.259 of going to the EO box here in New York and picking 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:36.759 up a hard copy version of an endorsement of you. 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:41.299 And so I confess that while I was scanning it, 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:47.840 to send these scanned pages via email. I read 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:52.059 every page and was completely blown away by what 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.659 you have been able to do in such a short amount 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:59.779 of time. And honestly, you embody very much, 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:03.960 I think, the spirit of what Bill Pasternak had 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:06.759 in mind when he created this Young Ham of the 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:11.559 Year Award so many years ago. It's not an easy 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.940 decision and the folks in the committee were 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:19.100 impressed by everyone but you were way above 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:24.340 in in so many areas that it just seemed it just 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:27.980 seemed it was going to be you this year and You 00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:31.700 have had quite a good year. I must say so things 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:36.940 can only get better as time goes on We are very 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:42.899 excited to watch you develop in the various areas 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:47.960 where your interest lies, and we can't wait to 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.360 watch you and see what you're going to do next. 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:56.600 We will be watching, you know that. Well, thanks 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.139 so much. Yeah, amateur radio news line. I think 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:02.899 right after I was licensed or maybe even before, 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.279 I heard it on just a little VHF radio on the 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.500 local repeater. I just really loved listening 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:13.480 in and it's a great program and Bill Pasternak 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:19.360 definitely seems like a really great guy. He 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:25.559 had extremely high standards. I know I'm meeting 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:29.139 him through the friends he left behind when he 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:33.840 passed away and wish I could have known him personally. 00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:39.620 To gather some of his wisdom and and also really 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:43.620 to understand why his standards were what they 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:46.539 were They make for a wonderful show certainly 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:51.179 and I'm glad you're a listener but you see in 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:53.759 Being the award recipient you're you're living 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.659 out a lot of what he believed in And I think 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:58.759 that's such a good thing. You know, the fact 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:02.179 that you can carry this legacy forward, carry 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:05.899 the hobby forward at a time when technology changes 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:09.019 from day to day, from minute to minute. You know, 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:12.220 you're going to be making a living in it and 00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:14.600 this is going to be your hobby and this is your 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:20.820 passion. And you will be mentoring Countless 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.559 numbers of people as you as you go into the future 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.259 and grow and share Share what you love and what 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:29.220 you believe in and it's just a great thing you 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:32.820 you are a goodwill ambassador for ham radio and 00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:37.580 an educator and an advocate and You're only a 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:39.799 college freshman. There's so much more for you 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:47.049 to do yeah Thanks so much and Yeah, I really 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:49.149 look up to all the people who've mentored me 00:15:49.149 --> 00:15:53.769 through the hobby and definitely I Keep on that 00:15:53.769 --> 00:15:56.730 legacy and mentor other kids get them into the 00:15:56.730 --> 00:16:00.990 hobby and Definitely try my best to keep the 00:16:00.990 --> 00:16:04.730 hobby going around Well, I think you will be 00:16:04.730 --> 00:16:07.710 making news more news. I think you will be making 00:16:07.710 --> 00:16:10.710 headlines. I have a feeling This is the first 00:16:10.710 --> 00:16:15.110 of many conversations You'll be having with us 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:18.980 And amateur radio news line will certainly be 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:22.279 hearing of you again and again over time all 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.700 good all good things and you know, we wish you 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:33.379 so much success and and Discovery and fun because 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:38.879 all of that is ham radio Yeah, definitely well 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:44.149 Skyler While we're talking about inspiring other 00:16:44.149 --> 00:16:48.750 kids, and I know that some have inspired you, 00:16:49.350 --> 00:16:53.590 why don't you talk a little bit about your inspiration 00:16:53.590 --> 00:16:58.929 to Excel and Ham Radio and how you got into that 00:16:58.929 --> 00:17:04.150 and some of the things that you did to receive 00:17:04.150 --> 00:17:11.150 this award. Said I've always just loved electronics 00:17:11.150 --> 00:17:14.430 and always I'm curious about how things work 00:17:14.430 --> 00:17:17.549 and that's really what Got me into the hobby 00:17:17.549 --> 00:17:20.609 when my friend in ninth grade told me about it. 00:17:20.609 --> 00:17:23.750 It just seemed like everything fit perfectly 00:17:23.750 --> 00:17:27.849 and when I finally got my license on July of 00:17:27.849 --> 00:17:32.589 2013 I Went to my first ham fest with Jordan 00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:36.720 my friend Katie zero Mel B and everything there. 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:40.019 It was just everything I would have ever wished 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:42.539 for. I've never, never seen a flea market full 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:47.440 of jungle, not John, but electronics and just 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.799 everything I ever want to see. So let's be honest. 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:57.579 Some of it is junk. Not all of it, but some of 00:17:57.579 --> 00:18:01.430 it, some of it is junk. I may have been a victim 00:18:01.430 --> 00:18:03.930 of the free pile a little too much that first 00:18:03.930 --> 00:18:08.609 day. Yeah, that happens. It kicked me back when 00:18:08.609 --> 00:18:11.490 I had to go into college and figure out what 00:18:11.490 --> 00:18:17.789 to do with all that stuff. But anyway, so after 00:18:17.789 --> 00:18:21.009 that I started checking in on nets and really 00:18:21.009 --> 00:18:23.589 getting to meet people over the air. And that's 00:18:23.589 --> 00:18:28.670 when I started the amateur satellite net. I also 00:18:28.670 --> 00:18:32.230 got interested in internet linking and repeaters 00:18:32.230 --> 00:18:36.490 through that because of the different links that 00:18:36.490 --> 00:18:41.250 I had brought into the net. And eventually I 00:18:41.250 --> 00:18:43.789 got worldwide coverage through that amateur satellite 00:18:43.789 --> 00:18:52.970 net, and that was a lot of fun. So a lot of the 00:18:52.970 --> 00:18:56.630 projects that I've just really loved building 00:18:56.630 --> 00:19:00.029 and being a part of or like repeater construction, 00:19:01.390 --> 00:19:05.250 high altitude balloon projects. And the STEM 00:19:05.250 --> 00:19:08.049 school actually got me interested in their high 00:19:08.049 --> 00:19:11.930 altitude balloon team. And from Paul, he heard 00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:16.769 me over the net and got me to help with the repeater 00:19:16.769 --> 00:19:24.069 project and get that going. But anyway, yeah, 00:19:24.150 --> 00:19:28.569 I think just the biggest inspiration Seeing what 00:19:28.569 --> 00:19:34.230 I can do with stuff and getting things to work 00:19:34.230 --> 00:19:37.190 and maybe not doing what it's intended to do, 00:19:37.910 --> 00:19:41.049 but it's always exciting to see some sort of 00:19:41.049 --> 00:19:45.910 result and just there's plenty of things you 00:19:45.910 --> 00:19:48.869 can do in the hobby and it's just all really 00:19:48.869 --> 00:19:53.500 been amazing to me. Very good. Well, you're just 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:55.619 getting started at college. You've just been 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:58.319 there for a few weeks now at New Mexico Tech 00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:01.640 and electrical engineering so tell us how that's 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:05.019 going so far and Tell us about the ham radio 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:07.220 club there. It sounds like you've got some good 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:11.079 things Starting back up there at New Mexico Tech 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:18.059 Yeah, um we just had club fair a week ago and 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:22.670 we set up an HF antenna had a VHF stuff set up 00:20:22.670 --> 00:20:26.130 as well had a little Fox Hunt demo and a few 00:20:26.130 --> 00:20:29.710 other things and actually managed to get 50 members 00:20:29.710 --> 00:20:34.309 to sign up so I I was kind of surprised and excited 00:20:34.309 --> 00:20:37.130 we got that many because the little high school 00:20:37.130 --> 00:20:40.950 club I started baby barely had three showing 00:20:40.950 --> 00:20:45.349 up and It's kind of hard to get interest but 00:20:45.349 --> 00:20:48.509 I'm glad we had this much interest in the school 00:20:48.509 --> 00:20:52.089 and will definitely be working on projects throughout 00:20:52.089 --> 00:20:58.049 the year. The first meeting we had about 12 -ish 00:20:58.049 --> 00:21:01.390 kids show up, so definitely not the 50, but I 00:21:01.390 --> 00:21:05.549 think it was a pretty good turnout and definitely 00:21:05.549 --> 00:21:15.769 the club are going to keep it going. I know with 00:21:15.769 --> 00:21:19.670 our school it we have two rigs, but only one 00:21:19.670 --> 00:21:22.910 real good antenna So, you know, we may use a 00:21:22.910 --> 00:21:28.049 rig for listening and some but Trying to manage 00:21:28.049 --> 00:21:33.369 We had 20 last year And trying to manage 20 people 00:21:33.369 --> 00:21:37.990 in one radio. It's it's a little difficult. So 00:21:37.990 --> 00:21:41.869 About a dozen about 12 has been a kind of our 00:21:41.869 --> 00:21:45.240 standard number most years and And that seems 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.920 to work out pretty well if we plan it right and 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.480 rotate people through. So I think if you end 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.559 up with a dozen quality members, I think that's 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:04.200 a good thing. Yeah, definitely. And I don't think 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:09.460 only getting on HF will be our primary thing. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.740 I think I'm going to try to bring the technology 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:17.059 in and we're gonna set up a repeater, get it 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:20.720 linked in and work on different projects like 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:25.460 that. Maybe try to get into microwaves and just 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:28.759 try to explore the hobby more. But definitely 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:31.619 we are, our first thing is to work on getting 00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:35.519 an actual HF antenna set up and all that figured 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.819 out because right now it's just kind of a room 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:40.970 with. No antenna hooked up. There's plenty of 00:22:40.970 --> 00:22:43.970 gear in there, but Yeah, okay. So you do have 00:22:43.970 --> 00:22:46.829 you do have a room already that that you can 00:22:46.829 --> 00:22:53.769 use Yes We Were lucky to keep the room is kind 00:22:53.769 --> 00:22:55.750 of in jeopardy over the summer. They're picking 00:22:55.750 --> 00:23:00.750 up trying to figure out things but luckily the 00:23:00.750 --> 00:23:04.410 Advisor for the club managed to keep the room. 00:23:04.470 --> 00:23:08.799 So we're happy about that Yeah, now I've been 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:12.660 in those shoes before when I went away to college 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:16.500 And went to University of Southern, Indiana and 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:22.720 tried to get that club started again We did have 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.700 a room that was kind of an arrangement with some 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:33.400 of the telecom Stuff for the university and it 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:39.160 was literally a mop closet There was a sink in 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:44.299 the floor There was an air conditioning unit 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:50.880 that drained into the sink into the floor There 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:55.680 was room for one chair And the humidity was so 00:23:55.680 --> 00:24:00.420 high in there with that water that It just destroyed 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:04.660 the contacts on on the radios and so we had to 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:09.029 constantly try to You know revamp stuff and replace 00:24:09.029 --> 00:24:13.690 stuff and and we kept trying to Move out of the 00:24:13.690 --> 00:24:17.730 mop closet Into some other room that didn't have 00:24:17.730 --> 00:24:20.569 the you know that and we tried to get the drain 00:24:20.569 --> 00:24:23.910 You know rerouted so that at least it would be 00:24:23.910 --> 00:24:26.569 sealed up and everything and and we thought we 00:24:26.569 --> 00:24:29.210 were going to be able to move and then All of 00:24:29.210 --> 00:24:32.329 a sudden we thought we were gonna have to move 00:24:32.329 --> 00:24:36.849 Because they wanted to take that Room and use 00:24:36.849 --> 00:24:39.829 it for something else and so, you know, it was 00:24:39.829 --> 00:24:42.390 tough We thought we you know, we may end up losing 00:24:42.390 --> 00:24:45.910 our space, but fortunately we were able to hang 00:24:45.910 --> 00:24:48.829 on to it So I've been in those shoes. So I know 00:24:48.829 --> 00:24:52.150 how that goes, but hopefully That'll work out 00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:54.150 and that's good If you've already got some gear 00:24:54.150 --> 00:24:57.910 and you've got a place to do it why why that 00:24:57.910 --> 00:25:02.170 helps and then Now I was I used to be a big repeater 00:25:02.170 --> 00:25:06.069 junkie and I still do some repeaters and some 00:25:06.069 --> 00:25:10.470 IRLP and echo link linking and streaming of the 00:25:10.470 --> 00:25:14.309 repeater and that kind of thing. So, do you have 00:25:14.309 --> 00:25:19.369 a nice high site to put your antenna there or 00:25:19.369 --> 00:25:23.430 is that going to be a little lower profile system? 00:25:25.470 --> 00:25:29.509 Well, there's a few options I'm looking into 00:25:29.509 --> 00:25:32.809 right now. There's a big mountain right to the 00:25:32.809 --> 00:25:38.140 west of the school. And mountain and and it has 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:40.799 amazing coverage. I can hit hit it with a handheld 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:44.099 in the basement because it's a giant tall mountain 00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:48.339 and It's only about maybe three and a half miles 00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:52.819 line of sight west So that would be a nice site 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:56.160 And it would be great if we can get up there 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.259 unfortunately, it's very hard to get up to the 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:04.480 site because it's the testing facility on the 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:09.599 road up on the way. So it's you have to have 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:12.059 only certain people can go up and there's all 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:16.980 this rules and stuff. So that might be a little 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:20.319 tricky, but that would be option number one. 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:27.420 Number two would be also a pretty good site for 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:30.240 around campus use and probably even 10 miles. 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:34.500 Distance away at least would be just the top 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:38.160 of the big engineering building and that's three 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:44.619 or four floors and it has Already has some antennas 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:47.779 up there for something So, I don't know if we'd 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.299 interfere with that or they'd interfere with 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:52.359 us But and the nice thing about that is your 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:56.920 feed line run Your loss is minimal whenever you 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:59.180 do that. So that's always cool. I've only been 00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:03.559 able to do that I think once and Well, it sure 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:05.740 was nice to not have to have several hundred 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:10.039 feet of feed line Yeah, that's definitely nice. 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:13.279 And then I guess the third option we would have 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:17.940 to it would be only solar powered and Then unfortunately, 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.900 there's also no internet. So we'd have to have 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:23.269 an RF link if we wanted to add one of the linking 00:27:23.269 --> 00:27:27.990 systems, and that is Timber Peak, which is right 00:27:27.990 --> 00:27:32.150 across from the Magdalene Observatory. It has 00:27:32.150 --> 00:27:35.210 a lot of elevation. You can barely see the campus 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:39.250 from it. It's farther west, but it would definitely 00:27:39.250 --> 00:27:42.890 also be a good site because I went up on a hike 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:48.490 there and there was a couple solar panels. bunch 00:27:48.490 --> 00:27:51.190 of broken antennas and stuff. There's a Wi -Fi 00:27:51.190 --> 00:27:55.349 dish like facing towards the dirt. So I think 00:27:55.349 --> 00:27:59.009 the school does stuff with that as a relay. They 00:27:59.009 --> 00:28:01.569 use that site as they I guess used to use that 00:28:01.569 --> 00:28:03.809 site as a relay. Apparently doesn't work now 00:28:03.809 --> 00:28:06.430 because it's all broken. But that would be the 00:28:06.430 --> 00:28:08.950 third option. And there's probably other stuff. 00:28:09.069 --> 00:28:11.069 But we're trying to get it put together so we 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:15.589 can have a good good thing to propose and try 00:28:15.589 --> 00:28:20.740 to get a good site. So yeah, that's a Repeater 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:23.859 project. Oh, yeah sounds great and and that's 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:27.140 always the challenge is getting a good site for 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:31.619 those as you know, so that sounds like I Tried 00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:34.640 to set up one in my dorm room and I couldn't 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.480 even make it around campus Just there's so much 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.880 RFI around here on two meters I'm getting all 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:43.200 this pulses and stuff and it I could hear it 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:45.299 around campus. It just couldn't hear me very 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:47.720 well at all Because there's just so much local 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:52.980 interference. Yeah, that runs into things too. 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.579 Well, we're going to take a break here. It's 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:59.319 time to pay some of the bills. 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So why don't you fill 00:32:13.690 --> 00:32:17.410 us in a little bit on your most recent launch? 00:32:20.410 --> 00:32:25.289 Okay, yeah. The most recent launch was with the 00:32:25.289 --> 00:32:28.430 club I started up at my school, Denver School 00:32:28.430 --> 00:32:33.309 of the Arts. That was a lot of fun. I started 00:32:33.309 --> 00:32:36.150 a GoFundMe to raise the funds to launch with 00:32:36.150 --> 00:32:39.430 the edge of space sciences and that went pretty 00:32:39.430 --> 00:32:43.529 well. And the final decision on the experiment 00:32:43.529 --> 00:32:50.529 was an APRS transmitter. We got one donated from 00:32:50.529 --> 00:32:53.349 Traxor. We got the parts for an APRS tracker. 00:32:54.190 --> 00:32:58.430 We had a last -minute camera that I found in 00:32:58.430 --> 00:33:01.170 the basement. Because we have some extra weight 00:33:01.170 --> 00:33:04.930 and then the primary payload was a it's called 00:33:04.930 --> 00:33:09.109 an electrostatic field mill and it measures the 00:33:09.109 --> 00:33:14.210 it's more the DC electric field so not our not 00:33:14.210 --> 00:33:21.190 as much RF but the DC field in the atmosphere 00:33:21.190 --> 00:33:24.369 and we're testing to see if we could see anything 00:33:24.369 --> 00:33:29.410 interesting up there and made a big graph of 00:33:29.369 --> 00:33:32.910 time versus the amplitude and saw a lot of spikes 00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:35.690 which we thought were lightning and it kind of 00:33:35.690 --> 00:33:39.250 varied slowly as it went up and down so we never 00:33:39.250 --> 00:33:41.849 quite understood what all the data meant but 00:33:41.849 --> 00:33:46.930 it was definitely a fun experiment. Yeah that's 00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:49.789 a cool thing to do and I know those are catching 00:33:49.789 --> 00:33:53.910 on a lot and it's cool just to even watch on 00:33:53.910 --> 00:33:57.160 APRS to just sit back and watch where the thing 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.299 is going and watch the altimeter on it and and 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:03.660 see where things can go. So that's that's great 00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:08.840 that you were able to to carry that out. 812 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:14.719 NET HAM -1 is the phone number 812 -638 -4261. 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:18.179 If you have a question or comment for Skyler 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:21.280 now's the time to call. We have just a few minutes 00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:28.130 left so give us a call 812 NET Ham one or you 00:34:28.130 --> 00:34:32.670 can tweet us or post a comment here on the chat 00:34:32.670 --> 00:34:37.809 One other thing that we haven't talked about 00:34:37.809 --> 00:34:41.630 a whole lot is I Understand you're quite the 00:34:41.630 --> 00:34:44.190 accomplished pianist. So so tell us a little 00:34:44.190 --> 00:34:50.869 bit about about your music Yeah, well I Started 00:34:50.869 --> 00:34:58.300 piano at age seven, I think second grade we got 00:34:58.300 --> 00:35:01.840 a baby grand piano donated from my great grandpa 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:06.679 when he had to move to a smaller place and I 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:10.639 always would just pick around on it and try to 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.880 play stuff so my parents signed me up for lessons 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:17.099 and of course I hated it initially and I didn't 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:20.679 want to go so she found someone else's Suzuki 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:24.179 method actually where they focused more on More 00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:26.519 on the listening and not not jumping right into 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:34.260 the sight reading but and I liked that and Eventually 00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:38.579 kept up with piano and a lot of a lot initially 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:41.920 of my parents forcing me but Definitely, I'm 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:45.739 glad I stuck with it. Yeah, and Sometimes they 00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:52.500 have to do that. I know about that Yeah So yeah, 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:55.940 recently I've been learning jazz at my school 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:58.079 in the jazz band. I've been exploring other things, 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:01.519 but I've mainly mainly played classical music 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:07.780 for my life and Done that but I'm always always 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:11.920 like to learn new stuff and explore music with 00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:16.320 the piano very good now, I played around a little 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:23.579 bit and It's it's always fun to do that. So Congratulations 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:27.079 on all of your accomplishments with that and 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:31.400 also with the Young Ham of the Year Award and 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.900 the Rocky Mountain Division Awards. Congratulations 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:39.480 on all of that and just hope that things keep 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:44.679 going well for you out there and especially at 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:48.090 New Mexico Tech. and hope the club gets going 00:36:48.090 --> 00:36:54.010 well and the repeater and we'll have to keep 00:36:54.010 --> 00:36:57.389 in touch on the repeater stuff. Maybe I can help 00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:00.449 you out a little bit on some of that stuff. I've 00:37:00.449 --> 00:37:05.570 got a garage full so maybe we can work out something 00:37:05.570 --> 00:37:11.010 for you. Yeah, that'd be awesome. That was one 00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:13.849 of my big things when I was growing up with repeaters. 00:37:13.849 --> 00:37:17.380 I tried to do DX. and see how far away I could 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:22.099 get to repeaters. And just in the last few years, 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:24.739 I've been able to do some of the internet linking 00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:26.599 kind of like you're doing. I haven't done the 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:32.300 All -Star, but we've done EchoIRLP and some of 00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:36.260 that stuff. And we did a lot of RF linking is 00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:40.690 what I did and remote receivers and voting. That 00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:43.590 kind of thing and it was fun to play around with 00:37:43.590 --> 00:37:48.530 and I've had to cut back on the system some but 00:37:48.530 --> 00:37:53.349 Just It's spread too far out across the state 00:37:53.349 --> 00:37:58.349 and too much time and money To keep going but 00:37:58.349 --> 00:38:01.070 still do a lot with it and it's a lot of fun. 00:38:01.070 --> 00:38:07.449 Yeah, I My first deck link that I Set up was 00:38:07.449 --> 00:38:11.880 actually an RF link It was, with the Rocky Mount 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:14.980 Radio League, we had their 440 repeater up on 00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:17.260 El Dorado Mountain. Unfortunately, they had to 00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:19.960 take that machine down. It got too expensive 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:24.780 up there, but anyway, 440 repeater up there, 00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:29.460 and then I had a little mobile radio at my place, 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:33.679 which would, it was just a simple input link, 00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:36.019 so it just linked like a normal radio, but it 00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:38.800 would feed all -star. through the input frequency. 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:45.199 Actually doing it wasn't the hard part, but the 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:50.380 requirements I had to add was kind of crazy. 00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:56.860 So the PL tone, the sub audible tone for the 00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:59.820 carrier can't be sent to the link because you 00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:03.219 don't want all the remote repeaters to hear all 00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:06.619 the local stuff like the IDs and courtesy beep. 00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:12.150 But the crazy requirement was when there's no 00:39:12.150 --> 00:39:14.989 links linked up, we want to be able to send PL 00:39:14.989 --> 00:39:18.090 on the carrier. And when there are links, we'll 00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:21.409 turn it off. So I had to get some help with the 00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:25.489 scripts and have it send DTMF on the first initial 00:39:25.489 --> 00:39:27.869 connection up to the repeater and send another 00:39:27.869 --> 00:39:31.730 DTMF code after the last connection was lost. 00:39:32.829 --> 00:39:38.239 So that was a lot of fun. Trying to get it working, 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:42.659 but it was definitely worth it. Yeah, I've been 00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:45.059 through those some of those battles so I know 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:49.289 exactly what you're talking about and Congratulations 00:39:49.289 --> 00:39:53.130 on making it work. Sometimes it's difficult to 00:39:53.130 --> 00:39:56.730 do that. One last thing here. I know Sterling 00:39:56.730 --> 00:40:00.550 in Zero SSE was going to be calling in and he 00:40:00.550 --> 00:40:03.210 had to catch a flight. So he's going to have 00:40:03.210 --> 00:40:06.010 to listen to this on delay. But he brought up 00:40:06.010 --> 00:40:11.849 a video that you guys did with him a couple of 00:40:11.849 --> 00:40:16.869 years ago about, you know, Having a radio around 00:40:16.869 --> 00:40:19.030 and and you know just having your little bowel 00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:22.070 fang and that and that was it So so is your outlook 00:40:22.070 --> 00:40:26.449 changed a little bit since then? Well, um, definitely 00:40:26.449 --> 00:40:29.070 when you get a bowel fun, there's nowadays a 00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:32.130 lot you can do with it I mean, it's cool that 00:40:32.130 --> 00:40:35.429 it has extended receives you can listen to different 00:40:35.429 --> 00:40:38.769 things and I just don't transmit up there, but 00:40:38.769 --> 00:40:44.789 yeah, I still I still use the bowel fun for Talking 00:40:44.789 --> 00:40:47.690 into repeaters. There's some features that they 00:40:47.690 --> 00:40:51.090 did a good job at a lot of things they I don't 00:40:51.090 --> 00:40:53.949 like about it, but the Belfang definitely will 00:40:53.949 --> 00:40:57.230 get you pretty far in the hobby and Definitely 00:40:57.230 --> 00:41:01.250 for the price. I think it's something worth it 00:41:01.250 --> 00:41:06.849 But HF is also a lot of fun and Now you're able 00:41:06.849 --> 00:41:10.869 to do that now that you have some some equipment 00:41:10.869 --> 00:41:15.510 for that Yeah, definitely that was really nice 00:41:15.510 --> 00:41:19.969 of Yezu to give that really nice HF rig, and 00:41:19.969 --> 00:41:22.750 I've been playing around with it. It's so many 00:41:22.750 --> 00:41:31.289 features. It's a lot of fun. Definitely, I just 00:41:31.289 --> 00:41:35.929 like mess around with stuff. The narrow banding 00:41:35.929 --> 00:41:38.349 for the commercial radios has really also been 00:41:38.349 --> 00:41:41.710 a big outlet because you'll have people just 00:41:41.710 --> 00:41:45.079 giving away that stuff. It's really nice for 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:48.000 linking and building different things out of 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:53.099 packet stuff. They're nice radios too. They're 00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:56.440 wideband and they're not frequency agile, but 00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:59.400 they're really built well on a lot of those commercial 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.099 radios that aren't legal anymore for the commercial 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:05.489 service. Yeah, that's really freed up a lot of 00:42:05.489 --> 00:42:08.230 stuff. Well, we are out of time, so I'd like 00:42:08.230 --> 00:42:10.750 to thank Skyler for coming on. And that's a wrap 00:42:10.750 --> 00:42:14.250 for this week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks 00:42:14.250 --> 00:42:16.929 to everybody out there in cyberspace for listening, 00:42:17.070 --> 00:42:19.869 and I'll invite you all back next Thursday night 00:42:19.869 --> 00:42:23.289 at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. For a list of all of 00:42:23.289 --> 00:42:26.510 our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. 00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:30.619 So for now, this is Neil rap WB 9 VPG saying 00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:34.920 seven three seven five and may the good DX be 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.699 yours