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episode number 14 live from Dayton Hamvention
recorded live on Thursday, May 19th, 2016. I'm
your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, and thanks for
tuning in to this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight
on the show, it's all about the Dayton Hamvention.
We're gonna take your calls live in just a few
minutes. Last week on the show Tim Duffy K3LR
was here to talk about Contest University. We
had a great time there at Contest University
today so you should make plans to attend that
next year. Also don't forget you can watch some
of those sessions online from Contest University
today. That's at contestuniversity .com and if
you missed the show you can download it anytime
at hamptalklive .com or on Spreaker, iTunes,
Stitcher, SoundCloud, Google Play, TuneIn, or
YouTube. Tonight, we want to take your calls
as always, so in just a few minutes, be ready
to call in. You can call us on Skype. The username
is HamTalkLive or by telephone. The number is
812 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. And
it's all about your calls tonight, so we want
to... have you call in and talk to us. And we
have a live studio audience here at the Spring
Hill Suites near the Dayton Mall at 417 North
Springboro Pike. So we want to get as many people
on the air as possible. We're coming to you live
from the lobby of Spring Hill Suites. We're interviewing
the audience live on the show, giving some stuff
away, having some surprise guest appearances
and taking some calls from listeners, talking
about your favorite part of Hamvention. If you're
on the road to Dayton, we'd love for you to call
in with your hands -free device or maybe exit
for a few minutes so that you can join us. Or
if you can't make it to Dayton this year, give
us a call and tell us your favorite Hamvention
story. You can also tweet us at HamTalkLive.
We do have a few announcements we need to get
out of the way before we get started first of
all The ham talk live t -shirts are finally available.
We have those here on display At our live broadcast
this evening and the store is available online
We have the shirts a few of the shirts available
tonight, but if you order online with shipping
and everything it's $20 And that order is going
to go in on May 31st So you've got until May
31st to order your ham talk live t -shirt just
go to who our Facebook page or the Twitter feed
or the show schedule on ham talk live calm and
We'll have a link to the online store to order.
Also, don't forget the Voice of America Museum
of Broadcasting is having a very special open
house on Saturday night. That's between 630 and
9 p .m. Details are at wc8voa .org. And it's
a great chance to tour the former Voice of America
transmitter site and check out the vintage radio
collection and complete Drake ham radio collection
as well. WC8VOA will be on the air from the museum
as well. So if you're in the area, please check
that out on Saturday night. Tonight's show is
all about celebrating Hamvention, so we're going
to start off by sharing one of my favorite Hamvention
stories. My best friend Eric in 9KDB and I were
making our annual trip to Hamvention and as we
walk into the main arena we hear this Morse code
in the background which really isn't unusual
for Hamvention. But after we finished in the
main arena, we went out to the hallway to go
to some of the other buildings that surround
the main arena and we found this guy just blasting
this cassette tape. And this tells you how long
ago that was. It was a cassette tape. He was
blasting away on this huge boom box and it was
Morse code. Set to music and we laughed and laughed
and laughed and we stopped to talk to the guy
and we were so fascinated that Eric had to buy
one and so we just had to get one for the sheer
novelty of it It's called rhythm of the code.
Here's a little bit of the rhythm of the code
the rhythm of the code a dit is a dot a da is
a dash the rhythm of the code alpha bravo charlie
delta Okay, so you kind of get the idea that
it's very repetitive But that's the whole idea
is if you listen to that over and over and over
and over and over and over again You'll learn
the code and it actually works. So We kept hearing
it every single time we'd go down the hallway,
and it was one of those things that you just
kind of love and hate at the same time. It really
stuck in your head, and we found ourselves playing
it on the way home in the car. And some of my
students over the years have asked about Morris
Code, in fact, including our assistant producer
back in Bloomington, Nick. And I would refer
them to this song. as a starting point to learn
code. So it is available on YouTube. We'll post
a link to that. on our Facebook page and our
Twitter feed if you need to find that or you
can just search for it. So just a few weeks ago
I looked it up and found the guy who created
this. His name is Phil Kawa. K -A -1 -W -J -Q.
And Phil was nice enough to give us permission
to use it on the show today. And he said he sold
a lot of those tapes that year but also created
a lot of enemies. So thanks to Phil. And if you
want to learn some Morse code, there's a great
way to start. So I hope you'll call in and share
your Hamvention stories. Give us a call at 812
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feed. Just search for HamTalk Live. Tonight's
show is about celebrating the event that is the
Dayton Hamvention. We'd like to get as many of
you on the show as possible. We have some people
here in the lobby of Spring Hill Suites with
us right now. And some of the folks are way on
the way to Dayton and some folks. Can't make
it here for one reason or another but regardless
we want to hear from you So tell us your favorite
event during hamvention what you absolutely?
positively can't leave without buying or Just
your favorite hamvention story from the past
We don't have a scheduled guest this evening
So we have plenty of time to take as many calls
as we can doesn't have to be long But give us
a call and join the fun eight one two net ham
one 812 net ham one or you can Skype us at ham
talk live and we already have two very special
guests with us on Skype so Andy K9 AWM are you
there? I am Neil. Good evening. I guess at this
point Okay, so Andy you're calling in you're
on your way over here to Dayton and you're in
Richmond is that right? Yeah, we're staying at
one of the hotels here in Richmond, Indiana We
were hanging out in the lobby and listening to
the show and I thought we'd call in and say hello
this evening Well, thanks for giving us a call.
We really appreciate that Andy and I was wondering
if you could Do a little reporting for us Well,
maybe okay First of all, I was wondering How
many cars are in the parking lot with antennas?
There actually are several we were checking out
some of the antennas as we were making their
way back in After supper earlier this evening
and seeing a lot of out -of -state license plates
as well So yeah, it's there's quite a few porcupine
mobiles out in the parking lot here in Richmond
tonight Okay. Now one of the things that you
got to remember when you're, when you're driving
in Dayton is if you go down main street, they
have these electric trolley lines that hang above
main street. And there's been more than one incidents
of somebody with one of those Texas bug catcher
antennas that forgets about that when they're
driving on main street. that is not a good idea
it doesn't sound like it yeah it's it's it's
not a good idea not a good idea at all okay so
um what's the furthest license plate that you've
noticed in richmond oh gosh what's the furthest
license plate we've seen today guys i'm sitting
here with uh We saw a W -0 at supper earlier
today, so that's probably the furthest out. So
was that Colorado? Do you remember? Yeah, it
was out in that area somewhere. I don't remember
exactly where it was, but it was a good piece
of driving no matter where it was coming from.
We have an audience member from Texas in the
room here at the hotel. Lot of people driving
in Okay, so one more question here Andy before
you go and then we've got dr. Scott right on
the line so Tell us about dinner tonight. What
what what was what was the atmosphere at the
dinner? Did you see any hams? Did you have dinner
we went to one of the local restaurants here
in Richmond and actually did see a few Hands
we check into our local net back in Indiana tonight
all on the echo link tonight And I got some interesting
looks from from the waiter and some of the other
people around us We were all on our phones all
talking to the same place It was kind of odd
to have five guys all on the phone. So did you
have ham for dinner? No, no, we had steak, of
course. Oh, but it's not ham. It's ham -vention.
We had some guys in here last night. Yeah, we
had some guys in here last night that had no
idea what ham radio was. And so one of my students,
Ryan, who's helping me out here tonight. Was
explaining what ham radio was and and then I
chimed in and said well, it's just a bunch of
people sitting around eating ham Yeah, I'm sure
they bought that yeah, they did what was it that
he said he thought it was a Potato eating contest
how I got ham radioed to be a potato eating contest.
I have no idea Well, Andy, thank you so much
for giving us call live on the scene in Richmond
Indiana Right on the border between Indiana and
Ohio and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow
at hamvention Indeed. Well, we'll look you up.
You're saying that you know what I couldn't leave
without I can't leave without one of those ham
live t -shirts All right. Well, we'll have to
take care of that All right, Andy, thank you
so much All right, thank you very much Neil all
right eight one two net ham one is the number
and We're gonna go next to dr. Scott, right and
when I last saw My friend dr. Scott, right? He
was all dressed up suit and tie Going off to
some fancy party Are you there Scott? Yeah, so
tell us about the a double -rl banquet The a
double -rl has a banquet every day to promote
Support to the league for all of the activities
we had about 250 people tonight from across the
world outside of the United States and the North
American countries and a large group of people
in North America. When we had the privilege tonight
of hearing for the first time Tom Gallagher,
our new CEO of the AWRL, talking about his vision
and he had an exciting new announcement that
I think you and your listeners are really happy
to hear about. Very good. So do you have anybody?
Tonight. lined up for us tonight well i don't
work we're on the bus actually headed back to
the hotel so uh... i don't but let me tell you
what tom gallagher talked about tonight he has
called for the first time the national association
of amateur radio double rl developed a practical
curriculum focus on high school age students
to introduce them radio activity ham radio in
general And he asked tonight if anyone would
step forward to sign the program, the curriculum.
He offered to name the curriculum, after that,
and to make them an honorary publisher at USP.
So we're all excited and hoping that someone
will step up to the plate to do, Neil, what you
have been doing at Wilmington South with a curriculum
that will appeal to 21st century students, you
know, who are very engaged in social media. rapid
fire, digital communication, and in fact Tom
tonight urged the membership of the League to
get active on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat,
Snapchat, you name it, any social media platform,
and he also challenged us to grow the ARRL from
150 ,000 to 225 ,000 members in the next five
to eight years. What do you think about that?
I think that's a very worthwhile goal. I am very
much in favor of that and I think that the education
initiative sounds like a wonderful idea and of
course that's near and dear to my heart because
I've been doing that kind of thing but I think
that's a very wise decision. I like that. to
find Tom Gallagher, and if they're following
me, I follow him now, and to just let him know
how useful Twitter can be to talk about ham radio
activity, whether it's a new DX spot that has
appeared, or a new achievement by a school club,
or just something new in ham radio that you're
doing that's interesting, innovative, exciting,
or really just serving the public. So I hope
that's it. Those who follow HamTalk Live on Facebook
and Twitter will do the same to the league and
to Tom, and help me and others promote communication
via Twitter to reach the next generation of ham
operators. In case you're wondering, there was
no ham tonight. That's the banquet for the ARRL.
Okay, yeah. I was wondering that. Item only.
Okay. I know that you were very interesting.
Whether the desserts were either a plus or a
minus. And I've been for five or six of these
events in the last few years. And tonight is
a five -star event. They outdid themselves tonight.
All right. Well, it sounds like the ARRL put
on a nice, uh, nice event there and some new
initiatives and trying to raise some funds for
those. So it sounds like a great time Scott.
Thanks so much for being there to report on that
for us and give us a call and great to see you
today. Neil great to see you and I just like
to put a plug in in case you haven't. There's
at least one Bloomington South student speaking
tomorrow at the youth forum at Dayton and anyone
interested in seeing your great work and what
exciting things students are doing should check
in after the stop by and do the presentation.
And you may want to share the YouTube video link
for some of your student presentations with the
Bloomington Club because you really have a strong,
good, mature group of students here. Congratulations
again, and it's a pleasure to be on the show
one more time. I'll say 73 and 75, and catch
up with you at the handbook. All right, Scott.
Thank you for doing that. And yeah, Maria Lysandru,
KD9BUS, is going to speak at the instructor forum.
Friday morning at 1030. So she will also make
an appearance at the youth forum on Saturday.
But yeah, if you get a chance, stop by and check
out that talk. And we've got another special
guest coming up, but it is time to take a break.
So we will return to ham talk live after this
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812 -NET -HAM -1 is the telephone number. 812
-NET -HAM -1. Well, we have another special guest
on the line with us this evening. You've heard
her voice occasionally on the liners here on
HamTalk Live. In fact, you just heard her voice
a few minutes ago. And the person with that amazing
voice is joining us live tonight. It's Lee Morgan.
Lee is from Ohio. And while we're kind of in
the neighborhood anyway, she was gonna try to
be here. But her day job is kind of... getting
in the way so she's live on the phone with us
this evening and she does some voice work for
a variety of video games radio stations podcasts
and all kinds of things so a shout out to lee
and if you'd like to um get her information to
do some recording for you you can message us
here at the show and we'll get that back to you
so uh lee good evening hello how are you i'm
i'm good And I think I'm better now, and I think
the audience is better now after hearing that.
So how are you enjoying Ohio? Oh, it's been great.
We've had a great day today. We went down to
the Crowne Plaza for a workshop on contesting.
And I know you're not real familiar with ham
radio, but it's a thing where you just have a
set amount of time and you try to talk to as
many people as you possibly can from as many
different places as you can and so there's a
lot of strategy going on today so I had some
of my students with me and some friends with
me and so we've had a we've had a great time
we're looking forward to the convention starting
tomorrow I was actually planning to try to go
tomorrow but You got to work. Yeah. Now you were
telling me that, uh, you've got some relatives
that may get to go. Is that going to work? My
father -in -law is going to try to make it. He
has dialysis, so we're not too sure yet if he's
going to or not. Well, I hope he can, uh, I hope
he can do that. And was just seeing on the, um,
on the news wall ago that they're estimating
that Hamvention puts 12 million dollars into
the economy every year into this area so it's
it's a big deal so I hope he can go and I thank
you for giving us a call and recording all these
liners for us you always do a great job and if
anybody out there needs some some voice talent
why we will definitely get you in touch with
Lee. And it doesn't have to sound like this either.
Yeah. Yeah. She's got several different voices
that she does. So, um, tell us just real quick
here. Uh, what, what's one of your recent projects
that you've been working on? Um, I've been doing
this, um, web novel. It's called Ethernia, and
I've got a few different voices in there. Great.
Well, we'll have to check that out. Well, thanks
for calling, Leigh Ann. Appreciate it. It's good
to talk to you. And it was nice chatting with
you. All right, take care. You too, Neil. All
right, thanks. 812 Net Ham 1 is the phone number.
and we want to give a shout out to Miguel Orama
WZ1Y he says hello via Twitter and he can't make
it to Hamvention this year but he's listening
and and missing out so hi Miguel good to hear
from you and thanks for listening to the show
um okay um Kevin why don't you come on up here
and we'll get you on the air and nick if we've
got somebody else on the line let me know here
but we're gonna we're gonna get kevin on here
kevin surprised me walked in a while ago this
is uh canine hx kevin berlin from the greater
terra hote indiana area or as i call it terrible
hote but uh anyway kevin surprised me and and
walked in tonight. How are you doing? I'm delighted
to be here, Neil. And I was quite surprised,
too, to walk through the front door of the motels
we were checking in tonight and see that your
broadcast was going to originate from here. It's
an invention is always a special time of year
for me. I was thinking on the way over. I think
this is the. 40th year that I have attended I
think the first one we came to it was in 1976
and It's been a long time a lot of things have
happened over those years and a lot of good memories
and Some of the night so good But all in all
I keep coming back it's one of the greatest events
I think that We have to enjoy in ham radio That's
that's fun now 1976 was when I got my license
and in July July 17th, I'm gonna hit 40 So I'm
not sure what kind of celebration we're gonna
do for that, but we'll have to figure out out
something so so you just Happen to land here
at the same place and saw the signs out front
and here you are Yeah, pretty much my wife is
always in charge to the hotel reservations last
several years we came over for the entire weekend
and vend in the flame market and Just by chance
we happened to land here at this hotel and Was
very pleased to see that you were here this evening
and we'd have a chance to come at least see the
show live So it's been pretty cool Well, I'm
glad you stopped by glad you came and I'm sure
I will pass along a hello from eric because I
know he'll say that And I have a dinner with
pete tomorrow night. So so i'm sure he'll send
along his His welcomes as well. So that's kevin
k9hx. Thanks for coming and kevin real quick
here now now Kevin's a broadcast engineer and
two -way guy and all that kind of thing. What's
the So I want to know what's the one thing that
you cannot leave? without this weekend Boy that's
a that's a good one Well, I always come to Dayton
to buy I guess our antenna connectors you can
you can never have too many connectors and You
can buy them off of eBay or any place like that.
You don't know what the quality you're gonna
be so And come over here and lay your hands on
them look at them see if they're decent or not
So that's going to be my number one is to to
go home with some decent antenna connectors now,
you should check out a session from this morning
as we went to a session at contest university
and they actually gave us a pl 259 connector
everybody in the place and There was a what 45
minute presentation on PL 259s and how to wrap
them and what sealant to use and how to do all
that. And it should be on the archive on Contest
University. So you'll have to have to check that
out. Well, we've got another familiar face with
some Terre Haute ties. But that's been a long
time ago, or Brazil, actually. Brazil, Indiana,
not Brazil, the country. It's Corey Shields,
KB9GHU, and he was a guest on our show just three
weeks ago, I think it was. And he's going to
be talking at the Tapper Forum in the morning
about the Sat Nogs, and he's wearing his Sat
Nogs t -shirt and everything. How's it going,
Corey? It's going good, Neil. Thanks a lot. for
the opportunity here. I had to go back to the
beginning of the show. One of my memories of
Dayton might have been around the same year with
the rhythm of the code. I actually bought one
of those tapes in the mid -90s, I think it was.
Took it home, thought, this is going to be it.
This is how I'm going to learn Morse code. And
a weekend to it, my brother was so sick of it
that he snuck into my room, stole the tape, threw
it away. If you can if you can stomach the repetition
of the music that yes, it could be a good thing
But yeah, yeah my my other big date in memory
contribution. I didn't think it was that same
year some other Guys from the Terre Haute area
Kevin may remember George 9 LKG Ben and I don't
PJ we were Borrowing a an RV from from a mutual
friend. So we were gonna sleep in this RV didn't
really put much thought into where we were going
to park the RV to sleep in it so we started at
the Shiloh Springs Mall which only lasted about
an hour before we were kicked out of there and
bounced from parking lot to parking lot on a
cold night late at night until finally ending
up in a used car lot where we looked like we
really fit in and that was that was our lodging
for the night but hey you know you gotta do what
you gotta do Oh, that's a great story. I like
that. Um, my, my friend Barry, uh, K E four O
X Z would bring his RV and we'd hang out and
copy computer games and half the night. Um, but
yeah, one time the police came and said, Hey,
you can't park here. And so we always have to
tease him about that. He actually should have
been able to park there, but The police showed
up, knocked on his door, so this is a great story.
Come see Corey tomorrow morning. That's at 9
.15 and then you're on at 9 .45. 9 .30. 9 .30.
Okay, so that's the Tapper Forum talking about
sat -nogs, talking about some ground station
satellite receiving. Corey, thanks for stopping
by tonight. Now, are you are you staying here
or two or did you just intentionally come by?
Oh, I intentionally came by. Our hotel is actually
conveniently just right around the corner here.
So we we are still in in Miamisburg and it was
a quick hop over there. So but, you know, thanks
for the the shout out for tomorrow's forum. Yeah.
First thing in the morning, Tapper Digital Forum.
I'll be there if you're. not able to make it
but you're still coming to Dayton. We have a
booth as well in the North Hall. That is the
hall facing the Mendelssohn's tent. And come
see our 3D printed open source satellite station
there. Alright, very good. Thank you. That's
Corey Shields, KB9GHU from Brown County now.
Just crossed the line from Bloomington. We want
to thank him for coming over tonight and wish
you luck in the morning and we had a caller or
two and nix tells me that we lost them so my
apologies sometimes skype doesn't cooperate with
group calls and that's the way we have to bring
everybody in so that we can do this remotely
so if you got cut off call back we'll try to
We'll try to get you in here. Um, we've got about
five minutes left in the show and, um, Dave,
you want to come up for a minute? This is Dave,
uh, K a seven R R a, and, um, he hasn't, uh,
heard the show before, but came in and bought
a t -shirt and, and it's been sitting here. So,
so Dave, tell us where you're from and, um, what
you're looking into, um, due at Hamvention this
weekend. I'm from the Lake Stevens Washington
area and the last three years I've driven down
but this year I ran out of vacation time and
I'm looking to buy a cigarette lighter plug for
one of my radios and a new leadle mount for my
for my FT -857 Delta and I remember one of the
ham stories I remember I got several of them
is that I'll say this last year I drove down
and I got here kind of late I was following the
GPS and when I got down close to the area the
GPS was having me go all over everywhere and
I later looked at the map and realized if I would
have just gone on the freeway and taken a right
after freeway I could have saved a couple hours
Coming coming down, but it had me going through
all these stinking these little little towns
in the middle of night about three four o 'clock
in the morning and that and I only got like maybe
an hour or two of sleep before they have him
convention started So I was real happy with my
GPS Yeah, you got to watch those GPS is they'll
take you on all kinds of wrong turns and They
just build a new interstate In the area where
I live and I'll be driving down the road and
it says I'm in the middle of a field somewhere
it has no idea that there's a road there, so
Well, oh, we've got another call here, but Dave.
Thanks for for stopping by and hope you enjoyed
it and hope you have a great time at hamvention
this weekend and There's another old friend and
and I guess he is old now, but I probably shouldn't
say that. But, but we've got another one on here.
I I'm old only relative to like trees that were
planted during the civil war. I'm actually very
young. It's Brian. And do you still have the
WB nine QVR? Uh, yes, I do. I actually tried
for a vanity call a couple of years ago because
I wanted something like N9EE for CW, but I didn't
get what I wanted. So I stuck with WB9QBR. It's
probably a good thing because everyone knows
me as the Q anyway. So if I changed it, it just
wouldn't have worked. So that's why I've kept
mine all these years. It's, you know, it's a
tongue twister of a call, but I've had it for
so long and yeah, everybody knows you as the
queue. Exactly. I have no other identity. It's
strictly the queue. I just wanted to give you
a little sort of behind the scenes information
about the rhythm of the code. Very few people
know this, primarily because I'm making it up,
but it was actually the number one requested
song at Studio 54 for a number of years. Very
nice. Yes, yes. Unfortunately, it probably led
to the demise of Studio 54, but just a little
point of fact that you probably aren't going
to find on Wikipedia. I thought I'd throw that
in. Oh, I'm glad you did. I'm going to have to
talk to Phil about that. That's right. He may
not even know, because again, I'm completely
lying, but you know, it's just he might be interested
in that. Well, Neil, it's good to know that you're
live over at Hamvention and that you're going
to buy everything that I need and deliver it
to me personally. That's the deal, right? Yeah,
that's the deal. I need to make a trip to Evansville,
so, you know. Hey, we got that one. Sorry, Newberg.
Yeah, well, Evansville sort of claims us, you
know, that... Sometimes they do. Sometimes they
don't, but you know, we got I 69 now that just
sort of sort of splits the difference between
Evansville and Newberg. Uh, you know, I'll even
save you the trouble. I'll, I'll meet you like
out on the highway and just transfer all the
goods over to my vehicle. So I'm just, I'm just
that nice a guy. Okay. Well, just send me the
list. We'll get it. We'll get it going. You know,
uh, I don't know. You guys don't have Kroger
down there. Kroger's got this new thing now that
you can order all your groceries online and you
just go pick them up the next day. They bring
them out to your car and everything. Wow. Now
I, I need to do that, but you know, just for
fun, I think I would order like a Snickers bar
and nothing else. And just, just to see them
carry that out to my car. I think that would
be fun. What they need is that service at Hamvention
with like a drive up window for those people
who, you know, it's a long walk. You know, you
can just order this stuff and then go to the
Hamvention drive up window and hand it out to
you. And drive up in the scooter. Exactly. Now
it might be a little tough with one of those,
you know, a hundred foot tri -X towers, you know,
to get that through the drive up window, but
it's worth a try. So maybe you can work on that
for next year. I think that's a great suggestion.
I think I need to call Jim Tiederman and tell
him that, that we need to do that. Exactly. All
right. Brian, thanks so much for calling. Good
to hear from you. We're out of time. So all right.
Have fun there and tell everyone. I said, hello,
even those people that don't know me as the queue.
All right. Brian Ashy WB nine QVR from Newberg.
Thanks for joining us. Well, guys, gals, anybody
else. We're out of time. That's a wrap for this
week's ham talk live. I'd like to thank all my
guests and all the callers. The listeners out
there in cyberspace and invite you all back next
Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern time when 2013
Newsline Young Ham of the Year and my former
student Patrick Lassondrew KC9 UUS will be here
to catch us up on what he's doing with SpaceX
satellite building and the Young Ham of the Year
award. assuming we can squeeze him in because
he's only home for like three days before he
goes back to SpaceX. So for a list of all of
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A big thank you to Ryan Cutshall, KD9DAB. uh,
for being the host here at the hotel and also
to Nick Bauer, KC9GZY who did a great job producing
all the calls this evening back in Bloomington.
Couldn't have done it without you. Uh, so for
now with assistant producer, Nick Bauer, KC9GZY,
this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying seven three seven
five from Dayton and may the good DX be yours.
Thanks for watching!