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recorded live on Thursday, May 6 2016. I'm your
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N8IDS returns as the General Chairman of Hamvention
for this year. Jim resides in nearby Centerville,
Ohio. He's been licensed since 1987 and has been
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included assistant chairman and chairman of the
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for Hamvention in 2013 and then selected as general
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of two meter and six meter antennas and optimizing
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most of his airtime on two meters and six meters
and in the car around town on two meters and
220 FM. Jim says he's just an ordinary guy doing
extraordinary things with extraordinary people
in the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention.
Mike Coulter, W8CI, is the official spokesperson
of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike resides in Xenia,
Ohio and is the past president of the Dayton
Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention general
chairman in 2011 and 2012. He is currently the
treasurer and board member of DERA and the finance
chair for Hamvention. Mike is an active musician,
Skywar net control and HF operator and he's traveled
the world including Tunisia and the Peace Corps
and as a speaker about ham radio in germany cutter
and india so gentlemen welcome and thanks so
much for taking the time to be on ham talk live
and thank you too neil go ahead mike michael
it's pleasure to be here neil can you hear me
yeah it's a pleasure to be here yeah here you
fine yeah thanks so much for taking time out
and i know jim that was a little extra difficult
for you this evening so i really appreciate you
You doing that but we would just want to hear
a little bit about what to expect. We're about
two weeks away and So tell us all about everything
that's new at Hamvention this year Everything
that's new. Okay taking it slowly and Thinking
about what you really want to talk about as new
will go into a course our awards Which I understand
you probably didn't have a chance to talk with
Frank Biafor. So we'll probably go into that
as well as far as those would be new people as
well. But I think what I'm going to get to is
one of the features that is going to be here
this year, Neil, is a thing that's never been
done before. It's probably never been thought
of and we're very happy to do this and glad we
had a chance to be involved. It all started when
Mike and I We're down in Orlando, and we were
approached by a gentleman who asked the very
standard question of, just like you did, what
are you doing new and exciting at Dayton this
year? Well, we didn't really have a real spat
answer for him, and he said, I've got an idea.
Let me work on it for a little bit, which he
did. Came back to us in a matter of hours before
in fact before the weekend was up Neil He came
back to us with the idea of having a 24 -hour
Super DX station at Hamvention So what is this
going to consist of what's going to happen? What
are we going to do with this? It is just as it
says it's got its own call letters W8D, Whiskey
8 Delta. And we will be operating it 24 hours
the whole weekend starting on on Friday. Now
how far we go into it on Sunday we don't know
so at least we've got two good days planned.
And this will be located in the lobby of the
ball arena which is at door number one. And if
you look at any of your past programs, you'll
be able to find that there. That's why I give
you the nomenclature and also what it's described
as so you know where it's at. And there will
be world -class equipment on this nail. It's
not going to be something that is just, oh, we'll
just borrow this and we'll borrow that from this
guy and that guy. These are very serious people
that come up and they are into DX themselves.
So it's not going to be my old kin would TS 520.
Well, if you want to bring that along, I would
say let's let them do the work. How's that? And
you go over and enjoy what goes on and take a
look. And of course, me talking about this, I
hope you'll have a chance to saunter on down
there and take a look at this with us. Oh, you
bet. OK, but there is there are going to be some
very nice pieces of equipment. Top -of -the -line
icon icon 751 78 51 listen to me 751 78 51 there's
a little bit of difference there. Yes, sir What
I'm saying here along with that top -of -the
-line Yezu and It also is going to be a Kenwood
990. That's all you had to say. I'm there really
Oh, you're a Kenwood guy. Yeah, I'm a Kenwood
guy. So there's a 990 there I've been been drooling
over that since it came out. So well, I'm there
Okay, so sounds like we're gonna have to put
some plastic or something like that around for
those that want to Do that around it. But in
a way backing that up are gonna be to top of
the line again full full power amplifiers and
all of the gear that goes behind it, which are
going to be your bandpass filters, your power
monitors, and tied to two of the hex beams that
are manufactured by Emmet out there. Emmet, honestly,
I hope I'm saying his name right. Yes. And he
runs... From radio waves. Yes, sir. And he and
his wife Rochelle... Were two of the first people
that were contacted by this gentleman that set
it up and Mike was a part of this as well. He
was there and We just started going back and
forth and he he just walked me over To this and
said we're gonna bring this radio and I've got
this antenna and I got this and pretty soon We've
got array solutions involved in this we've got
radio sport and this for the headsets. We've
got Bengali keys We've got the amplifiers again
for array solutions. Everybody is kicking in.
Everybody that is hearing about this says, yeah,
I want in on this. So this is a new thing for
us to do. It's how can I say it's going to be
a success? I know it's going to be a success,
but how can I judge it? I can't. It's not been
done before, so. This is one of the reasons that
we've really got onto it because I've never seen
such cooperation between a group of people. And
in fact, they even told me in Florida, Neil,
that they saw each other at these Hamventions
and all these different gatherings of the hams
and everything like that, the shows. They never
really talked with each other. They know each
other they don't but when this group got together
there were people that said well I've been watching
you over here for this year and that year So
now what you've got is a whole group of people
and I don't honestly know how many right now
I'm gonna say a total of between six eight major
players as Vendors there which are then going
to incorporate more We even got a new vendor
that's coming in from England With a pneumatic
tower that's going to put one of the beams up.
So we're going to have two hex beams outside
the building and concurrently along with this
DX station We're going to have if we always have
had an invention The special event station that
is going to be w8bi So right around the corner,
you're going to have w8bi W8d is going to be
sitting there waiting for people to come up and
take a look at what's going on. So now who's
going to operate the DX station? That will be
a crew of people designated by the owners of
the equipment right now, but there are going
to be people allowed to go in from the outside,
our visitors and what have you. And Emmett has
told me he would like to have a lot of the youth
come over and take a look at it and operate the
station, which I think is a very smart move.
getting our youngsters involved, getting them
over there. If they don't know what DX is, then
you really can't tell them, well, no, this is
something that's a little bit too much for you.
No, get them exposed. So I really, really applaud
him for that. Oh, absolutely. That's one of the
things that's near and dear to my heart as a
high school teacher and sponsor of a club. You
know, we're real excited about that and a new
thing that ARRL is doing. with the youth, the
youth rally on Saturday. Yes. I, my assistant
general chair, Ron Kramer, KD8 ENJ, just this
evening, sent me the newsletter. And I was reading
a lot of that stuff in there, what they're doing,
and they're really going to be putting quite
the show this year up there. Doing, of course,
the international portion of things as well.
But then they have the parks on the air as well.
So they're going to put a whole lot of things
on that's going on here to keep everything going.
But I had a very nice conversation with Carol
Perry, your guest, last week while I was down
in Florida. I'd not really had that chance, that
big a chance to talk with her before, but I really
enjoyed it because she's so passionate about
what she does. For as long as she's been doing
it. I think of what 29 years and something like
that. Yeah. Yeah 30 years You know, that's a
long time for almost anything So along with that,
I'm hoping that Emmett is going to be able to
maybe contact her Maybe there's gonna be some
people there. I notice that one of her presenters
his theme is going to be DXing so That would
be one of the nice shoe ins for that kind of
thing. So that is my big spotlight for the year
right now, okay? Very good, very good. I need
to add one thing to that. Sure. I need to add
one thing to that is that one person that we
left out, I'm giving a big thanks to, is our
friend Adil, Whiskey Echo for Alpha Alpha. Adil
is actually from Dubai, and he's been a member
of our club, Daytona and Traya Association for,
I don't know, three or four years now, and he
always wants to help out. at Hamvention. And
he quickly was the one that helped coordinate
this in 24 hours. So I want to make sure that
we recognize that deal as well. Don't you agree,
Jim? Oh, I do, because, well, I wasn't going
to say that myself, but that's fine, Mike, because
I get the impression that he's the kind of guy
that, all right, we'll do this, but I don't want
to be in the spotlight. But yes, I do. That's
fine. You know my apologies for not bringing
that name out there and all that stuff But for
one thing I'll admit this right now. I forgot
what his call was You put it you put the you
put the period eyes got four calls I always do
is I remember the call sign then I can't remember
the name So yeah, I even have a little name tag
that says hi. I can't remember your name either
so You know that works pretty well Can I borrow
that sure sure I'll load that to you. I'll bring
that by whenever I get over there So the theme
this year has been selected. That's the radio
frontier So it's appropriate that you're going
where where no one has gone before worth this
with this contest station of the DX station and
Trying out something new. So that's So that's
great. I know we've already had somebody try
to call. And so we want to get to some of our
callers here in just a little bit. But we want
to knock out a few things here before we do that.
Talk briefly about the award winners, because
as you mentioned, Frank was not able to be with
us. And so we do want to mention them real quick.
Need to ask you the the questions that you probably
don't want to hear about her arena and all that
kind of thing But we'll we'll try to take it
easy on you for for the most part anyway So talk
about the the award winners for just a couple
of minutes if you would okay, and I'm gonna do
a cheat sheet here says I happen to have right
in front of me a pre -release of the of the new
booklet So I'm gonna get down to come on Why
can't I find I see I was gonna be prepared for
this and I wasn't so my apologies to your to
yourself and your audience We're not having this
right in front of me Michael, of course would
have said now, you know, you practice this long
enough. Let's not get that Okay, I just got to
it Do you have the list there Michael? Do you
wait a minute? I'm not gonna let you off that
easy Mike Do you have the list in front of you?
Do you want to take one or two or a thing like
that? Mike No, go right ahead. I do have the
list in front. Can you hear me? Can you hear
me? I can hear you. I do have the list. I do
have it. All right. But what I was going to ask
was, as long as you're going to be introducing
the amateur of the year, why don't you take Joe?
OK, you've got the list. OK, all right. All right.
Yeah, our amateur of the year is that. Can you
not hear me? Yes, I hear you. Hello? The image
of the year is Joe Taylor, Kilo 1 JT and he was
first licensed in 1954 and he's had several call
signs but he was the professor of astronomy.
at the University of Massachusetts from 1969
to 1981, and then a professor of physics at Princeton
University. He served there also as a dean of
the faculty for six years. Here's another big
thing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics
in 1993 for discovery of the first orbiting pulsar.
leading to observations that establish the existence
of gravitational waves. And since his retirement,
he's been busy developing and enhancing digital
protocols for weak signal communication by amateur
radio, including JT65 and WSPR. He chases DX
from 160 meters through the microwave bands.
So we were really pleased that he is going to
be there this year and accept the award. And
so that is our image of the year, Dr. Joe Taylor.
So back to you, Jim. Back to me, Jim. OK, and
let's continue on, Neil, with technical achievement.
John S. Burningham, W2XAB. Now John's been licensed
since 1970. And it's currently W2XAB. He's got
a whole list of the different calls he has here,
but he's been involved with amateur radio repeaters
for over 40 years. After working in the aerospace
industry in Motorola, he now teaches higher education.
He's been a senior lecturer at Clayton State
University in the Department of Computer Science
and Information Technology. And he teaches in
there in computer networking. And he'll retire
in May. He's retiring this month, so this ought
to be a pretty nice trip for him to come down
as his retirement. I hope he's going to be relaxed,
anyway. Life member of AWRL and QCWA. Belongs
to Amstat, Tapper, in addition to a lot of local
clubs where he's at between 10 and 15 states.
He's currently an active DMR community, having
published a beginner's guide. and his article
in QST and contributing author in the ARRL 2016
handbook, which is kind of a deal too. He has
also presented a number of forums at HamFest,
including Hamvention promoting DMR. So there
you have technical achievement, John S. Burningham,
W2XAB. Back to you, Mike. Mike? All right. I
got you. OK. Okay, the Special Achievement Award
this year goes to Stan Orzeppa, Whiskey Alpha
One, L -O -U, and the Special Achievement Award
recognized Stan as an advocate for cutting edge
technologies that are now commonly used in amateur
radio. Stan's authored five books and wrote over
1 ,200 pieces for the ARRL and Tapper. while
evangelizing the use of home computers, packet
radio, APRS, DSP, and software -defined radio
in amateur radio. Stan has sampled almost every
entree on the Hammer Radio menu and served in
a slew of roles, including section manager at
Connecticut. Presently, Stan is director and
secretary for Tapper and serves as editor of
Tapper's newsletter. So we are really really
excited that Stan we think that's a good choice
for our special achievement award so finally
that brings us down to Club of the year and Jim
here we go for club of the year Goes out to our
friends in Rocky Mountain ham radio Rocky Mountain
ham radio is out in the suburb of Denver, Colorado,
which it happens to be Just around the corner
from where my brother -in -law lives. So I'm
pretty familiar with the area, but I did not
know that the club was there when I made visits.
Otherwise, I probably would have been able to
talk with him, but I certainly will now. So when
I had the honor of calling out there, we did
get their information and I'd like to share some
of that with you. And it says it's based out
in, of course, like I said, the Denver area,
but it's services other than ham radio and clubs
and Aries groups to help them be successful.
and technical assistance, classroom training
on a myriad of subjects, mentoring, equipment
system design, and public service are among the
things that they do. Now the group owns and maintains
fixed analog digital DMR repeater assets including
one of the premier DMR private networks in the
nation linked with an amateur band microwave
network that spans the front range of the Rocky
Mountains and from Cheyenne, Wyoming. to cannon
city colorado and expansion in progress to albuquerque
new mexico now just think about the area i just
talked about i've traveled most of that and that's
a long stretch so if they've got this out there
and i've sampled some of their radio work out
there because there's some of the parts of our
family that are amateurs up in the evergreen
area and you can do this stuff and it's really
neat to see this fella anyway continuing on The
group also owns, operates, deployable communications
command posts, 26 -foot trailer, capabilities
that include satellite, internet, terrestrial
4G internet, D -star, IP telephone, DMR, HF,
VHF, UHF, packet, pack door, you name it. It
sounds like they've got something just about
to rival what we've got here in Dayton. Rocky
Mountain also maintains VE teams for licensing
upgrades and they work jointly with associated
youth organizations. The Cherry Creek Young Amateur
Radio Club to ensure a steady stream of new hams
and ready to become the next generation of members.
No dues. Now there's a club. Now there is something
neat. How many clubs you know that have no dues?
Membership is granted by ongoing participation
in our events throughout the year. Rocky Mountain
Ham Radio is not in competition with anyone.
It exists to serve anyone. So this attitude and
what they had there, the list, this is why we
picked them. And we're very, very happy and honored
ourselves to have Rocky Mountain Ham Radio as
our club of the year. Back over to you, Neil.
Very good some excellent excellent choices and
glad that you're able to recognize all of those
Special talents and special people out there
So thank you for telling us all about those We
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but we'll be back with more. We're gonna talk
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yesterday My xyl said she'd leave me if I didn't
give up ham radio over Welcome back to ham talk
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800 -729 -4373. James Teeterman, N8IDS, the General
Chairman of Hamvention, and Mike Coulter, W8CI,
the official spokesperson of the Hamvention,
are kind enough to join us this evening. We're
just two weeks away from the big event, and we'll
start taking calls here in just a moment, but...
First, we do want to start off with a little
bit about Harrah Arena. Of course, last year
we walked in and saw the displays of what it
was going to look like this year and some things
happened and that kind of fell through. And just
recently, the Dayton Daily News had an article
about maybe the fairgrounds relocating to the
Harrah Complex. So there's always these... questions
swirling around. So if you guys would, would
want to speak to those, uh, to our listeners
and, and just, uh, fill us in on what you can
about, uh, hero arena in that situation. Okay.
I'd be glad to do that. And I'll take the first
leg of this mic if you don't mind. Uh, what,
what happened here? What happened here was again,
speaking to what your first subject was there,
Neil. Was that there was a proposal and there
was a lot of enthusiasm and that's why we put
the posters out last year I agreed to do that
in conjunction with the owners of Hera and they
were all good intentions for this to happen and
as you said there were things that did not quite
work out and they were Things that happened to
do with the local government that could not Really
make the things gel. So therefore What was planned
and the plan was very aggressive. I'll have to
tell you that it was very aggressive to be almost
immediate After closing of 2015 ambience and
they were going to be in there in June doing
work that this would have worked But again when
this happened We had to kind of take a backseat
And we didn't really have a lot of information
until it came forward that what did happen was
there was no funding there for it. Of course,
no tiki, no laundry, that kind of thing. It's
kind of a trite way to put that. But again, if
there are no funds to do that, you just can't
do that. So again, there are not going to be
the. the very nice renovations that we would
of course like to have had. You're not going
to see them this year. You're not going to see
any less than what you've had before. They're
working very hard right now to keep things up
to the standard that they have and they will
be able to have and maintain throughout that
weekend. So again, if you don't see those things
and if you had questions about them, I hope I've
answered some of that and alleviated it. The
next question you two came up to was the latest
news releases, which included a statement by
the mayor of Trotwood, which the city of Trotwood
is actually where Hera Arena resides, along with
a part of it in Harrison Township, which is Dayton.
So there's kind of a dual ownership of the land
up there, but of course, it just really splits
things. So it's all government things that goes
on. But what happened there was there were queries
by our local Fair Board, Montgomery County Fair
Board, who are looking at to replace and have
been looking at this for a number of years for
their facility downtown. And it just so happened
that one of the areas was up around Hera. It
got turned around to the story that they were
going to buy Hera Arena. We have been in contact
with the City of Trotwood officials, the spokesperson
for that. has told us directly that there is
no ownership by Trotwood of her arena, which
if you've heard that, that has no validity. There
is nothing to that. It's just great rumor. That
is the story. It is not true. The fair board
itself is doing its due diligence to go out and
look for new facilities and new venue to where
they can have their fair. at a new place that
they've been looking at for a number of years.
So it's just all information gathering. It's
got nothing to do with what's going to happen
with Hamvention itself. So to alleviate anything
else, the first question is, is there going to
be a Hamvention 2017? As far as we are concerned,
yes, sir, there will be. Will it be at HERA?
Our plans call for that right now. Yes. So you
want to add anything to that, Michael? No, I
think that that covers it pretty well. We can
get a lot of speculation out there, but we need
to just be, you know, let's deal with the facts,
and that's what the facts are. But I do want
to add, I guess I do want to add that we've worked
very closely with HERA for many years. This is
not the first rumor that's come up about the
HERA arena or Hamvention. Even back in the days
when I was the general chairman and assistant
general chairman, and even before that, we've
always heard these things. So we have a lot of
respect for the people at HERA. They're business
people trying hard to make their business go.
So that's pretty much it. Go ahead. Next question.
Okay. Well, thank you guys for filling us in
on that because that has been. Always a hot topic
and so hopefully our listeners can take that
and we appreciate you Putting the facts out there
for us and letting us know What's happening?
Okay, we're going to start taking some calls
and looks like we've got some here Already, so
give us a call 812 net ham one is the phone number
or you can Skype us at ham talk live And tonight
on the show, we're actually gonna give away an
admission ticket for the best call. So at the
end of the show, make sure you listen and maybe
you'll be a winner. So who's on the line here?
This is Joe, K0NEB in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hi,
Joe. We were just talking earlier that right
before the show, I saw pictures of Mike Coulter
at the end of your 2006... picture slideshow
video that was on the Dayton Hamvention Facebook
group all ago, so Thanks for doing that more
pictures. You'll see lots more pictures of him
if you look at my 2015 one the boys are back
in town very good and Joe's gonna be on the show
after Hamvention is over and I've got a pin to
give you I've got a button for your for your
dr. Seuss hat, but Joe go ahead and ask your
question The hat is all cleaned and ready to
go and no pins or buttons, so you're going to
have to add to it. Well, I've got one for you,
so we will do that. Go ahead and ask your question
here to Jim and Mike. That's a good question.
Primarily, what is going on with the fair people
and do you think that this is going to be a very
good positive development? I'd like to feel that
one if I can Mike What we're doing there Joe
is as I just said just a little bit ago They
are out putting feelers to find out where it
is. They can improve What they're what they're
doing with their property down there? To say
that are they going to be able to develop that
area? Is it going to be something that they're
going to either include? The Hera complex or
are they going to take it over? Nothing is out
in public that we can put out there. In fact,
we don't know anything, Joe, as to that point.
Would we welcome them to do that? Time will tell.
We need to have discussions with them. We've
not had what I would call any real serious sit
down with them that will come up to anything
that will come to fruition that will get anything
done within time for 2017 timeline. So the answer
to that would be no, there's nothing there right
now Okay. Well, I kind of looked at it as a hopeful
development when I heard about it Yeah, as did
I Joe Thank you very much All right, Joe. Thank
you for calling. Hey Joe looking forward to seeing
you You bet. I'll be there with Joe. That's good
hearing from you you bet All right, there he
is, Mr. Kitman himself. K -0 -N -E -B. Well,
we've got time, I think, for one more call. So
if you have a question, give us a call. It's
812 -net -ham -1. 812 -638 -4261. Give us a call.
And we do have another call, so we'll take that.
Hello, you're on HamTalk Live. Who's this? Hi,
it's Marty KC one see it WF. It's chicken with
fries the next troublemaker Go ahead Marty. What's
your question? so I guess to To to a lovely menu
on the show tonight. My question is as a first
-time visitor of Hamvention this year if I have
two days to see it all What is the order to see
it all? Hmm. What is the order to see it all?
I'd have to ask you a question first and I'll
turn this to Mike because he is actually more
familiar with taking first -time people through
there, but here Here's my here's my And I should
jump in here Marty is 13 by the way. That's working
No, he's 14. He's 14 years old gotta correct.
Yeah, he's from Massachusetts. Yeah. Okay now
Marty What are your interests that got you into
ham radio in the first place? What got me into
ham radio or what getting me to Dayton? No, got
you into ham radio first. You know, you haven't
been to Dayton. You said you're going to be a
first time visitor. So you've not had the experience
yet. So what I'm asking is what was the interest?
What was the spurn? What got you into ham radio
in the very first place? What was it? I think
it had to do with technology and the internet
and computers. Okay, so it would be along the
lines of things that would have for software
defined radio type things, the newer type radios
and what have you like that. So I would suggest,
and Mike can correct me if I'm wrong or don't
really have the right answer for you, what I
would suggest is when you get there to get your
hands on one of the programs that are handed
out, take a look at the list of the exhibitors
that are going to be there and Look to see where
it is that you could go to take a look at some
of the newest stuff you have and Then put that
program in your bag Forget it for the first hour
and just walk around On the inside just walk
around and see what catches your eye I'd be interested
to see what it is that catches your eye first,
and I think it's not going to be all the glitzy
stuff It's going to be some of the smaller things
some of the kids. Are you a kit builder? I am,
somewhat. The one thing that brought me to Dayton
in the first place, I guess, what spurred me
on to come was a lot of my, I'm a contestor,
so my contest club is kind of the people that
spurred me on, and then I was asked to speak
at the youth forum, so that kind of drove me
through. I just think there's so much, I'm just
trying to figure out how to take all of it in.
Well, okay. Can I jump in, Dan? Yep, do it. Go
ahead, Mike. Hey, you're a Dxer, Marty. You're
a young guy, and you're going to be part of that
youth forum. But I would suggest, are you going
to be there by any chance on Thursday? There
might be a chance you should. You should go try
to get to Tim Duffy's contest university. I'm
sorry to say it sold out. I was offered tickets.
I'll be at the hotel at the Crowne Plaza, but
I won't get there in time. Send an email. You
won't be there in time? OK. And then the other
thing I do, you can look online and there's a
lot of interesting forums. When Hamvention first
started going back in the middle of the last
century, that was one of the big things was forums.
And there's so many forums and you can get online
and you can see where all these forums are. And
also, did you hear the first part of our program
where we talked about this big DX station that
we are gonna have? for him mention this year
and the the the folks that are running that are
going to be looking for people like you to work
at station so i hope you get a chance to look
at that but uh... i would map out i'd map out
around the uh... forums first that's what i would
do until i tell new people but anyway i hope
that i get to meet you if you're going to be
in carol perry's uh... forum and it's a good
chance i'll get a chance to meet you and i'll
hear up your you are cures that Yes, I'd love
to meet you too. And yeah, Emmett Hohentze reached
out to me about that. So you guys are doing great
things. It's going to be fun. Thanks for having
me on. Thanks for calling, Marty. We are out
of time, but we're going to see you there. Go
ahead, real quick. Mike? That was it for me.
Oh, yeah. Good DX there, Marty. Good DX there,
Marty. We're looking forward to seeing you. Marty,
thank you. Looking forward to seeing you. Marty
look you're very happy to meet you here on the
air. Hope to see you there. I'll be in Carol
Perry's forum in the morning I believe. So look
for the man in the black suit. That's who I am.
Thank you, Marty. Thank you. Okay. Sounds like
we're all going to be there. So be sure to join
us at the Youth Forum. And that's a wrap for
this week's edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like
to thank my guests, Jim Tieterman, N8IDS, the
General Chairman of Hamvention, and Mike Coulter.
W8CI, the official spokesperson of Hamvention,
and all the callers and listeners out there in
cyberspace and invite you back next Thursday
night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when Tim Duffy,
K3LR, will join us to tell us all about the contest
University at Dayton, which again is sold out
at this time. And don't forget our live event
in Dayton on Hamvention Eve. For a list of all
of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com.
So for now, with Jim Tieterman, N8IDS, Mike Coulter,
W8CI, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3,
7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.