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The chairman and spokesperson 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:07.620 recorded live on Thursday, May 6 2016. I'm your 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:11.280 host Neil Rapp WB9 VPG. Thanks for tuning into 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:14.879 this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight on the 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:19.379 show James Tieterman in a IDS. and the General 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:22.159 Chairman of Hamvention, and Michael Coulter, 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.120 W8CI, the official spokesperson of Hamvention, 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.080 will be here to talk about what's coming up this 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.620 year and the future of Hamvention. 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Visit their 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:54.759 website at PL -259 .com if you can't make it 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.420 to their booth at Hamvention. And be sure to 00:05:57.420 --> 00:05:59.699 listen to the show every Thursday night at 9 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:02.660 p .m. Eastern Time right here. on HamTalkLive 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:05.540 .com and check out our Facebook page and Twitter 00:06:05.540 --> 00:06:11.300 feed to search Ham Talk Live. Jim Tieterman, 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:14.579 N8IDS returns as the General Chairman of Hamvention 00:06:14.579 --> 00:06:17.839 for this year. Jim resides in nearby Centerville, 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:21.240 Ohio. He's been licensed since 1987 and has been 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:25.709 involved with Hamvention since 2004. His positions 00:06:25.709 --> 00:06:28.990 included assistant chairman and chairman of the 00:06:28.990 --> 00:06:31.930 communications committee and the security committee. 00:06:32.470 --> 00:06:34.610 Jim was selected as an assistant general chairman 00:06:34.610 --> 00:06:38.990 for Hamvention in 2013 and then selected as general 00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:43.189 chairman in 2015. Jim enjoys extensive homebrew 00:06:43.189 --> 00:06:45.970 of two meter and six meter antennas and optimizing 00:06:45.970 --> 00:06:49.500 them as well as rebuilding rotors. He spends 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:52.379 most of his airtime on two meters and six meters 00:06:52.379 --> 00:06:55.139 and in the car around town on two meters and 00:06:55.139 --> 00:06:59.379 220 FM. Jim says he's just an ordinary guy doing 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:01.819 extraordinary things with extraordinary people 00:07:01.819 --> 00:07:06.019 in the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention. 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.720 Mike Coulter, W8CI, is the official spokesperson 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.879 of the Dayton Hamvention. Mike resides in Xenia, 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.920 Ohio and is the past president of the Dayton 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.879 Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention general 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:22.779 chairman in 2011 and 2012. He is currently the 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:26.319 treasurer and board member of DERA and the finance 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:30.360 chair for Hamvention. Mike is an active musician, 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.240 Skywar net control and HF operator and he's traveled 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.639 the world including Tunisia and the Peace Corps 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:40.389 and as a speaker about ham radio in germany cutter 00:07:40.389 --> 00:07:43.769 and india so gentlemen welcome and thanks so 00:07:43.769 --> 00:07:46.230 much for taking the time to be on ham talk live 00:07:46.230 --> 00:07:51.370 and thank you too neil go ahead mike michael 00:07:51.370 --> 00:07:54.470 it's pleasure to be here neil can you hear me 00:07:54.470 --> 00:07:56.410 yeah it's a pleasure to be here yeah here you 00:07:56.410 --> 00:08:00.089 fine yeah thanks so much for taking time out 00:08:00.089 --> 00:08:02.410 and i know jim that was a little extra difficult 00:08:02.410 --> 00:08:05.050 for you this evening so i really appreciate you 00:08:05.729 --> 00:08:08.529 You doing that but we would just want to hear 00:08:08.529 --> 00:08:10.910 a little bit about what to expect. We're about 00:08:10.910 --> 00:08:16.069 two weeks away and So tell us all about everything 00:08:16.069 --> 00:08:19.410 that's new at Hamvention this year Everything 00:08:19.410 --> 00:08:23.589 that's new. Okay taking it slowly and Thinking 00:08:23.589 --> 00:08:26.509 about what you really want to talk about as new 00:08:26.509 --> 00:08:32.110 will go into a course our awards Which I understand 00:08:32.110 --> 00:08:35.309 you probably didn't have a chance to talk with 00:08:35.309 --> 00:08:37.889 Frank Biafor. So we'll probably go into that 00:08:37.889 --> 00:08:40.029 as well as far as those would be new people as 00:08:40.029 --> 00:08:44.990 well. But I think what I'm going to get to is 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:47.570 one of the features that is going to be here 00:08:47.570 --> 00:08:51.690 this year, Neil, is a thing that's never been 00:08:51.690 --> 00:08:54.909 done before. It's probably never been thought 00:08:54.909 --> 00:08:57.950 of and we're very happy to do this and glad we 00:08:57.950 --> 00:09:02.110 had a chance to be involved. It all started when 00:09:02.110 --> 00:09:06.019 Mike and I We're down in Orlando, and we were 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.960 approached by a gentleman who asked the very 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:12.080 standard question of, just like you did, what 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:16.139 are you doing new and exciting at Dayton this 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:21.279 year? Well, we didn't really have a real spat 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:23.899 answer for him, and he said, I've got an idea. 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:27.279 Let me work on it for a little bit, which he 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:31.750 did. Came back to us in a matter of hours before 00:09:31.750 --> 00:09:35.070 in fact before the weekend was up Neil He came 00:09:35.070 --> 00:09:40.970 back to us with the idea of having a 24 -hour 00:09:40.970 --> 00:09:48.850 Super DX station at Hamvention So what is this 00:09:48.850 --> 00:09:50.830 going to consist of what's going to happen? What 00:09:50.830 --> 00:09:54.070 are we going to do with this? It is just as it 00:09:54.070 --> 00:09:59.669 says it's got its own call letters W8D, Whiskey 00:09:59.669 --> 00:10:04.889 8 Delta. And we will be operating it 24 hours 00:10:04.889 --> 00:10:09.110 the whole weekend starting on on Friday. Now 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:11.669 how far we go into it on Sunday we don't know 00:10:11.669 --> 00:10:14.690 so at least we've got two good days planned. 00:10:15.909 --> 00:10:20.570 And this will be located in the lobby of the 00:10:20.570 --> 00:10:25.570 ball arena which is at door number one. And if 00:10:25.570 --> 00:10:28.190 you look at any of your past programs, you'll 00:10:28.190 --> 00:10:29.889 be able to find that there. That's why I give 00:10:29.889 --> 00:10:33.950 you the nomenclature and also what it's described 00:10:33.950 --> 00:10:37.470 as so you know where it's at. And there will 00:10:37.470 --> 00:10:40.590 be world -class equipment on this nail. It's 00:10:40.590 --> 00:10:43.509 not going to be something that is just, oh, we'll 00:10:43.509 --> 00:10:45.250 just borrow this and we'll borrow that from this 00:10:45.250 --> 00:10:49.629 guy and that guy. These are very serious people 00:10:49.629 --> 00:10:51.970 that come up and they are into DX themselves. 00:10:52.409 --> 00:10:55.870 So it's not going to be my old kin would TS 520. 00:10:56.169 --> 00:11:01.690 Well, if you want to bring that along, I would 00:11:01.690 --> 00:11:04.909 say let's let them do the work. How's that? And 00:11:04.909 --> 00:11:07.889 you go over and enjoy what goes on and take a 00:11:07.889 --> 00:11:10.990 look. And of course, me talking about this, I 00:11:10.990 --> 00:11:13.049 hope you'll have a chance to saunter on down 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:15.149 there and take a look at this with us. Oh, you 00:11:15.149 --> 00:11:18.889 bet. OK, but there is there are going to be some 00:11:18.889 --> 00:11:22.250 very nice pieces of equipment. Top -of -the -line 00:11:22.250 --> 00:11:30.549 icon icon 751 78 51 listen to me 751 78 51 there's 00:11:30.549 --> 00:11:35.269 a little bit of difference there. Yes, sir What 00:11:35.269 --> 00:11:40.929 I'm saying here along with that top -of -the 00:11:40.929 --> 00:11:44.750 -line Yezu and It also is going to be a Kenwood 00:11:44.750 --> 00:11:49.250 990. That's all you had to say. I'm there really 00:11:49.529 --> 00:11:52.629 Oh, you're a Kenwood guy. Yeah, I'm a Kenwood 00:11:52.629 --> 00:11:55.889 guy. So there's a 990 there I've been been drooling 00:11:55.889 --> 00:11:58.529 over that since it came out. So well, I'm there 00:11:58.529 --> 00:12:00.830 Okay, so sounds like we're gonna have to put 00:12:00.830 --> 00:12:03.450 some plastic or something like that around for 00:12:03.450 --> 00:12:06.289 those that want to Do that around it. But in 00:12:06.289 --> 00:12:10.730 a way backing that up are gonna be to top of 00:12:10.730 --> 00:12:16.840 the line again full full power amplifiers and 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:18.740 all of the gear that goes behind it, which are 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:21.879 going to be your bandpass filters, your power 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:27.679 monitors, and tied to two of the hex beams that 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:32.320 are manufactured by Emmet out there. Emmet, honestly, 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:35.340 I hope I'm saying his name right. Yes. And he 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:38.779 runs... From radio waves. Yes, sir. And he and 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:42.259 his wife Rochelle... Were two of the first people 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:44.360 that were contacted by this gentleman that set 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:46.240 it up and Mike was a part of this as well. He 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.500 was there and We just started going back and 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:54.500 forth and he he just walked me over To this and 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:56.259 said we're gonna bring this radio and I've got 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:59.419 this antenna and I got this and pretty soon We've 00:12:59.419 --> 00:13:02.659 got array solutions involved in this we've got 00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:05.259 radio sport and this for the headsets. We've 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:08.809 got Bengali keys We've got the amplifiers again 00:13:08.809 --> 00:13:12.929 for array solutions. Everybody is kicking in. 00:13:13.309 --> 00:13:15.450 Everybody that is hearing about this says, yeah, 00:13:15.549 --> 00:13:19.669 I want in on this. So this is a new thing for 00:13:19.669 --> 00:13:25.649 us to do. It's how can I say it's going to be 00:13:25.649 --> 00:13:27.789 a success? I know it's going to be a success, 00:13:27.850 --> 00:13:30.409 but how can I judge it? I can't. It's not been 00:13:30.409 --> 00:13:34.200 done before, so. This is one of the reasons that 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.639 we've really got onto it because I've never seen 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:41.940 such cooperation between a group of people. And 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:44.500 in fact, they even told me in Florida, Neil, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.779 that they saw each other at these Hamventions 00:13:47.779 --> 00:13:51.200 and all these different gatherings of the hams 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.340 and everything like that, the shows. They never 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:56.129 really talked with each other. They know each 00:13:56.129 --> 00:13:58.549 other they don't but when this group got together 00:13:58.549 --> 00:14:00.169 there were people that said well I've been watching 00:14:00.169 --> 00:14:02.450 you over here for this year and that year So 00:14:02.450 --> 00:14:05.549 now what you've got is a whole group of people 00:14:05.549 --> 00:14:07.669 and I don't honestly know how many right now 00:14:07.669 --> 00:14:11.070 I'm gonna say a total of between six eight major 00:14:11.070 --> 00:14:14.690 players as Vendors there which are then going 00:14:14.690 --> 00:14:21.850 to incorporate more We even got a new vendor 00:14:21.850 --> 00:14:25.230 that's coming in from England With a pneumatic 00:14:25.230 --> 00:14:28.129 tower that's going to put one of the beams up. 00:14:28.129 --> 00:14:30.450 So we're going to have two hex beams outside 00:14:30.450 --> 00:14:34.830 the building and concurrently along with this 00:14:34.830 --> 00:14:39.149 DX station We're going to have if we always have 00:14:39.149 --> 00:14:42.450 had an invention The special event station that 00:14:42.450 --> 00:14:46.450 is going to be w8bi So right around the corner, 00:14:46.450 --> 00:14:51.549 you're going to have w8bi W8d is going to be 00:14:51.549 --> 00:14:53.960 sitting there waiting for people to come up and 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.340 take a look at what's going on. So now who's 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:59.799 going to operate the DX station? That will be 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.340 a crew of people designated by the owners of 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:04.100 the equipment right now, but there are going 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:06.860 to be people allowed to go in from the outside, 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:10.500 our visitors and what have you. And Emmett has 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:15.080 told me he would like to have a lot of the youth 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.399 come over and take a look at it and operate the 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:20.679 station, which I think is a very smart move. 00:15:21.649 --> 00:15:24.509 getting our youngsters involved, getting them 00:15:24.509 --> 00:15:27.909 over there. If they don't know what DX is, then 00:15:27.909 --> 00:15:32.769 you really can't tell them, well, no, this is 00:15:32.769 --> 00:15:34.090 something that's a little bit too much for you. 00:15:34.090 --> 00:15:37.289 No, get them exposed. So I really, really applaud 00:15:37.289 --> 00:15:40.549 him for that. Oh, absolutely. That's one of the 00:15:40.549 --> 00:15:42.889 things that's near and dear to my heart as a 00:15:42.889 --> 00:15:45.809 high school teacher and sponsor of a club. You 00:15:45.809 --> 00:15:49.110 know, we're real excited about that and a new 00:15:49.110 --> 00:15:52.570 thing that ARRL is doing. with the youth, the 00:15:52.570 --> 00:15:56.870 youth rally on Saturday. Yes. I, my assistant 00:15:56.870 --> 00:16:01.370 general chair, Ron Kramer, KD8 ENJ, just this 00:16:01.370 --> 00:16:05.350 evening, sent me the newsletter. And I was reading 00:16:05.350 --> 00:16:07.169 a lot of that stuff in there, what they're doing, 00:16:07.190 --> 00:16:08.909 and they're really going to be putting quite 00:16:08.909 --> 00:16:11.990 the show this year up there. Doing, of course, 00:16:12.129 --> 00:16:14.149 the international portion of things as well. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:17.919 But then they have the parks on the air as well. 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.679 So they're going to put a whole lot of things 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.620 on that's going on here to keep everything going. 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:26.500 But I had a very nice conversation with Carol 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:29.419 Perry, your guest, last week while I was down 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:32.779 in Florida. I'd not really had that chance, that 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:34.860 big a chance to talk with her before, but I really 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:38.379 enjoyed it because she's so passionate about 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:41.299 what she does. For as long as she's been doing 00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:43.519 it. I think of what 29 years and something like 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:46.679 that. Yeah. Yeah 30 years You know, that's a 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:50.460 long time for almost anything So along with that, 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:52.779 I'm hoping that Emmett is going to be able to 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:55.059 maybe contact her Maybe there's gonna be some 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:57.799 people there. I notice that one of her presenters 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:03.559 his theme is going to be DXing so That would 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:05.400 be one of the nice shoe ins for that kind of 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:09.849 thing. So that is my big spotlight for the year 00:17:09.849 --> 00:17:13.349 right now, okay? Very good, very good. I need 00:17:13.349 --> 00:17:16.950 to add one thing to that. Sure. I need to add 00:17:16.950 --> 00:17:19.430 one thing to that is that one person that we 00:17:19.430 --> 00:17:22.829 left out, I'm giving a big thanks to, is our 00:17:22.829 --> 00:17:26.730 friend Adil, Whiskey Echo for Alpha Alpha. Adil 00:17:26.730 --> 00:17:29.750 is actually from Dubai, and he's been a member 00:17:29.750 --> 00:17:33.329 of our club, Daytona and Traya Association for, 00:17:33.430 --> 00:17:35.950 I don't know, three or four years now, and he 00:17:35.950 --> 00:17:39.240 always wants to help out. at Hamvention. And 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.779 he quickly was the one that helped coordinate 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:44.420 this in 24 hours. So I want to make sure that 00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:47.440 we recognize that deal as well. Don't you agree, 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:50.440 Jim? Oh, I do, because, well, I wasn't going 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.119 to say that myself, but that's fine, Mike, because 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.480 I get the impression that he's the kind of guy 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.700 that, all right, we'll do this, but I don't want 00:17:57.700 --> 00:18:00.589 to be in the spotlight. But yes, I do. That's 00:18:00.589 --> 00:18:03.150 fine. You know my apologies for not bringing 00:18:03.150 --> 00:18:05.289 that name out there and all that stuff But for 00:18:05.289 --> 00:18:08.269 one thing I'll admit this right now. I forgot 00:18:08.269 --> 00:18:13.109 what his call was You put it you put the you 00:18:13.109 --> 00:18:17.869 put the period eyes got four calls I always do 00:18:17.869 --> 00:18:19.970 is I remember the call sign then I can't remember 00:18:19.970 --> 00:18:23.549 the name So yeah, I even have a little name tag 00:18:23.549 --> 00:18:25.849 that says hi. I can't remember your name either 00:18:25.849 --> 00:18:30.920 so You know that works pretty well Can I borrow 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.460 that sure sure I'll load that to you. I'll bring 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:36.700 that by whenever I get over there So the theme 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:39.599 this year has been selected. That's the radio 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.500 frontier So it's appropriate that you're going 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:45.740 where where no one has gone before worth this 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:50.059 with this contest station of the DX station and 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:54.130 Trying out something new. So that's So that's 00:18:54.130 --> 00:18:56.829 great. I know we've already had somebody try 00:18:56.829 --> 00:18:59.869 to call. And so we want to get to some of our 00:18:59.869 --> 00:19:03.029 callers here in just a little bit. But we want 00:19:03.029 --> 00:19:06.930 to knock out a few things here before we do that. 00:19:07.289 --> 00:19:09.289 Talk briefly about the award winners, because 00:19:09.289 --> 00:19:12.849 as you mentioned, Frank was not able to be with 00:19:12.849 --> 00:19:15.690 us. And so we do want to mention them real quick. 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:19.900 Need to ask you the the questions that you probably 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:22.779 don't want to hear about her arena and all that 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:25.319 kind of thing But we'll we'll try to take it 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:29.119 easy on you for for the most part anyway So talk 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.160 about the the award winners for just a couple 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.420 of minutes if you would okay, and I'm gonna do 00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:37.460 a cheat sheet here says I happen to have right 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:43.720 in front of me a pre -release of the of the new 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:48.759 booklet So I'm gonna get down to come on Why 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.859 can't I find I see I was gonna be prepared for 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:53.660 this and I wasn't so my apologies to your to 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:56.500 yourself and your audience We're not having this 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:58.099 right in front of me Michael, of course would 00:19:58.099 --> 00:20:00.019 have said now, you know, you practice this long 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:02.460 enough. Let's not get that Okay, I just got to 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:05.460 it Do you have the list there Michael? Do you 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:07.619 wait a minute? I'm not gonna let you off that 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:09.259 easy Mike Do you have the list in front of you? 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.940 Do you want to take one or two or a thing like 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:15.089 that? Mike No, go right ahead. I do have the 00:20:15.089 --> 00:20:17.369 list in front. Can you hear me? Can you hear 00:20:17.369 --> 00:20:21.329 me? I can hear you. I do have the list. I do 00:20:21.329 --> 00:20:23.970 have it. All right. But what I was going to ask 00:20:23.970 --> 00:20:26.609 was, as long as you're going to be introducing 00:20:26.609 --> 00:20:29.029 the amateur of the year, why don't you take Joe? 00:20:30.509 --> 00:20:34.910 OK, you've got the list. OK, all right. All right. 00:20:35.549 --> 00:20:39.150 Yeah, our amateur of the year is that. Can you 00:20:39.150 --> 00:20:45.299 not hear me? Yes, I hear you. Hello? The image 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:52.200 of the year is Joe Taylor, Kilo 1 JT and he was 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:57.000 first licensed in 1954 and he's had several call 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.599 signs but he was the professor of astronomy. 00:20:59.849 --> 00:21:03.369 at the University of Massachusetts from 1969 00:21:03.369 --> 00:21:07.410 to 1981, and then a professor of physics at Princeton 00:21:07.410 --> 00:21:10.730 University. He served there also as a dean of 00:21:10.730 --> 00:21:14.750 the faculty for six years. Here's another big 00:21:14.750 --> 00:21:17.650 thing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics 00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:22.170 in 1993 for discovery of the first orbiting pulsar. 00:21:22.569 --> 00:21:25.730 leading to observations that establish the existence 00:21:25.730 --> 00:21:30.069 of gravitational waves. And since his retirement, 00:21:30.170 --> 00:21:33.289 he's been busy developing and enhancing digital 00:21:33.289 --> 00:21:37.109 protocols for weak signal communication by amateur 00:21:37.109 --> 00:21:43.009 radio, including JT65 and WSPR. He chases DX 00:21:43.009 --> 00:21:46.029 from 160 meters through the microwave bands. 00:21:46.569 --> 00:21:49.809 So we were really pleased that he is going to 00:21:49.809 --> 00:21:52.210 be there this year and accept the award. And 00:21:52.210 --> 00:21:56.950 so that is our image of the year, Dr. Joe Taylor. 00:21:57.750 --> 00:22:00.990 So back to you, Jim. Back to me, Jim. OK, and 00:22:00.990 --> 00:22:03.549 let's continue on, Neil, with technical achievement. 00:22:04.609 --> 00:22:12.089 John S. Burningham, W2XAB. Now John's been licensed 00:22:12.089 --> 00:22:18.579 since 1970. And it's currently W2XAB. He's got 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:21.299 a whole list of the different calls he has here, 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:24.460 but he's been involved with amateur radio repeaters 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:28.299 for over 40 years. After working in the aerospace 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:32.200 industry in Motorola, he now teaches higher education. 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:34.980 He's been a senior lecturer at Clayton State 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:38.180 University in the Department of Computer Science 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:41.460 and Information Technology. And he teaches in 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:45.039 there in computer networking. And he'll retire 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.099 in May. He's retiring this month, so this ought 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:49.259 to be a pretty nice trip for him to come down 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:51.579 as his retirement. I hope he's going to be relaxed, 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:57.000 anyway. Life member of AWRL and QCWA. Belongs 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.779 to Amstat, Tapper, in addition to a lot of local 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.319 clubs where he's at between 10 and 15 states. 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:07.039 He's currently an active DMR community, having 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.160 published a beginner's guide. and his article 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:15.579 in QST and contributing author in the ARRL 2016 00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:18.440 handbook, which is kind of a deal too. He has 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:20.839 also presented a number of forums at HamFest, 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.599 including Hamvention promoting DMR. So there 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:27.720 you have technical achievement, John S. Burningham, 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:35.460 W2XAB. Back to you, Mike. Mike? All right. I 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:40.619 got you. OK. Okay, the Special Achievement Award 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:45.839 this year goes to Stan Orzeppa, Whiskey Alpha 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:50.519 One, L -O -U, and the Special Achievement Award 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:54.200 recognized Stan as an advocate for cutting edge 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:56.859 technologies that are now commonly used in amateur 00:23:56.859 --> 00:24:01.160 radio. Stan's authored five books and wrote over 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:04.539 1 ,200 pieces for the ARRL and Tapper. while 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:07.859 evangelizing the use of home computers, packet 00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:12.400 radio, APRS, DSP, and software -defined radio 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:19.079 in amateur radio. Stan has sampled almost every 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:21.460 entree on the Hammer Radio menu and served in 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:24.819 a slew of roles, including section manager at 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:27.920 Connecticut. Presently, Stan is director and 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:31.460 secretary for Tapper and serves as editor of 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:35.339 Tapper's newsletter. So we are really really 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:37.900 excited that Stan we think that's a good choice 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:40.819 for our special achievement award so finally 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:45.460 that brings us down to Club of the year and Jim 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:50.240 here we go for club of the year Goes out to our 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:53.859 friends in Rocky Mountain ham radio Rocky Mountain 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:57.099 ham radio is out in the suburb of Denver, Colorado, 00:24:57.200 --> 00:25:00.539 which it happens to be Just around the corner 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:03.019 from where my brother -in -law lives. So I'm 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.859 pretty familiar with the area, but I did not 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:07.640 know that the club was there when I made visits. 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.180 Otherwise, I probably would have been able to 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:11.559 talk with him, but I certainly will now. So when 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:15.559 I had the honor of calling out there, we did 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.559 get their information and I'd like to share some 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.279 of that with you. And it says it's based out 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.019 in, of course, like I said, the Denver area, 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:27.039 but it's services other than ham radio and clubs 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.000 and Aries groups to help them be successful. 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:33.160 and technical assistance, classroom training 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:36.119 on a myriad of subjects, mentoring, equipment 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.400 system design, and public service are among the 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:41.980 things that they do. Now the group owns and maintains 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:46.160 fixed analog digital DMR repeater assets including 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:49.559 one of the premier DMR private networks in the 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:52.400 nation linked with an amateur band microwave 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:55.039 network that spans the front range of the Rocky 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:57.680 Mountains and from Cheyenne, Wyoming. to cannon 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.740 city colorado and expansion in progress to albuquerque 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:04.859 new mexico now just think about the area i just 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.380 talked about i've traveled most of that and that's 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:11.099 a long stretch so if they've got this out there 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.420 and i've sampled some of their radio work out 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.940 there because there's some of the parts of our 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:17.640 family that are amateurs up in the evergreen 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:20.319 area and you can do this stuff and it's really 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:24.509 neat to see this fella anyway continuing on The 00:26:24.509 --> 00:26:27.390 group also owns, operates, deployable communications 00:26:27.390 --> 00:26:30.750 command posts, 26 -foot trailer, capabilities 00:26:30.750 --> 00:26:33.269 that include satellite, internet, terrestrial 00:26:33.269 --> 00:26:37.130 4G internet, D -star, IP telephone, DMR, HF, 00:26:37.369 --> 00:26:40.930 VHF, UHF, packet, pack door, you name it. It 00:26:40.930 --> 00:26:42.789 sounds like they've got something just about 00:26:42.789 --> 00:26:47.170 to rival what we've got here in Dayton. Rocky 00:26:47.170 --> 00:26:49.910 Mountain also maintains VE teams for licensing 00:26:49.910 --> 00:26:52.470 upgrades and they work jointly with associated 00:26:52.470 --> 00:26:55.470 youth organizations. The Cherry Creek Young Amateur 00:26:55.470 --> 00:26:58.410 Radio Club to ensure a steady stream of new hams 00:26:58.410 --> 00:27:00.849 and ready to become the next generation of members. 00:27:01.829 --> 00:27:04.390 No dues. Now there's a club. Now there is something 00:27:04.390 --> 00:27:07.890 neat. How many clubs you know that have no dues? 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:11.039 Membership is granted by ongoing participation 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.740 in our events throughout the year. Rocky Mountain 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:16.339 Ham Radio is not in competition with anyone. 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:20.660 It exists to serve anyone. So this attitude and 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:23.180 what they had there, the list, this is why we 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:26.039 picked them. And we're very, very happy and honored 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:29.579 ourselves to have Rocky Mountain Ham Radio as 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:32.319 our club of the year. Back over to you, Neil. 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.799 Very good some excellent excellent choices and 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:40.019 glad that you're able to recognize all of those 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:43.019 Special talents and special people out there 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:48.059 So thank you for telling us all about those We 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:50.099 are gonna have to take our final break here, 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:52.000 but we'll be back with more. 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Thanks to the sport of the ham station 00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:18.769 for bringing ham talk live to you each week Dan 00:29:18.769 --> 00:29:20.690 and Jeff are just a phone call away to answer 00:29:20.690 --> 00:29:23.450 your questions about a new rig or antenna. Call 00:29:23.450 --> 00:29:30.490 800 -729 -4373. James Teeterman, N8IDS, the General 00:29:30.490 --> 00:29:33.509 Chairman of Hamvention, and Mike Coulter, W8CI, 00:29:33.930 --> 00:29:36.009 the official spokesperson of the Hamvention, 00:29:36.130 --> 00:29:38.210 are kind enough to join us this evening. We're 00:29:38.210 --> 00:29:41.470 just two weeks away from the big event, and we'll 00:29:41.470 --> 00:29:43.769 start taking calls here in just a moment, but... 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:46.700 First, we do want to start off with a little 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:49.160 bit about Harrah Arena. Of course, last year 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:53.500 we walked in and saw the displays of what it 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:55.779 was going to look like this year and some things 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:59.599 happened and that kind of fell through. And just 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:02.700 recently, the Dayton Daily News had an article 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:06.460 about maybe the fairgrounds relocating to the 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:11.819 Harrah Complex. So there's always these... questions 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:15.259 swirling around. So if you guys would, would 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:18.619 want to speak to those, uh, to our listeners 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:21.559 and, and just, uh, fill us in on what you can 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:25.460 about, uh, hero arena in that situation. Okay. 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.420 I'd be glad to do that. And I'll take the first 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:31.160 leg of this mic if you don't mind. Uh, what, 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:34.000 what happened here? What happened here was again, 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.220 speaking to what your first subject was there, 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:40.680 Neil. Was that there was a proposal and there 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.079 was a lot of enthusiasm and that's why we put 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:46.119 the posters out last year I agreed to do that 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:49.480 in conjunction with the owners of Hera and they 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.519 were all good intentions for this to happen and 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.660 as you said there were things that did not quite 00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:57.359 work out and they were Things that happened to 00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:00.299 do with the local government that could not Really 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:04.700 make the things gel. So therefore What was planned 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:07.000 and the plan was very aggressive. I'll have to 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.579 tell you that it was very aggressive to be almost 00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:13.500 immediate After closing of 2015 ambience and 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:15.500 they were going to be in there in June doing 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:18.380 work that this would have worked But again when 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:22.440 this happened We had to kind of take a backseat 00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:24.930 And we didn't really have a lot of information 00:31:24.930 --> 00:31:28.109 until it came forward that what did happen was 00:31:28.109 --> 00:31:30.829 there was no funding there for it. Of course, 00:31:31.670 --> 00:31:34.329 no tiki, no laundry, that kind of thing. It's 00:31:34.329 --> 00:31:36.910 kind of a trite way to put that. But again, if 00:31:36.910 --> 00:31:39.450 there are no funds to do that, you just can't 00:31:39.450 --> 00:31:43.170 do that. So again, there are not going to be 00:31:43.170 --> 00:31:46.049 the. the very nice renovations that we would 00:31:46.049 --> 00:31:48.170 of course like to have had. You're not going 00:31:48.170 --> 00:31:51.109 to see them this year. You're not going to see 00:31:51.109 --> 00:31:53.210 any less than what you've had before. They're 00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:55.529 working very hard right now to keep things up 00:31:55.529 --> 00:31:58.529 to the standard that they have and they will 00:31:58.529 --> 00:32:01.089 be able to have and maintain throughout that 00:32:01.089 --> 00:32:04.569 weekend. So again, if you don't see those things 00:32:04.569 --> 00:32:07.009 and if you had questions about them, I hope I've 00:32:07.009 --> 00:32:09.609 answered some of that and alleviated it. The 00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:14.329 next question you two came up to was the latest 00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:18.730 news releases, which included a statement by 00:32:18.730 --> 00:32:21.269 the mayor of Trotwood, which the city of Trotwood 00:32:21.269 --> 00:32:25.750 is actually where Hera Arena resides, along with 00:32:25.750 --> 00:32:28.109 a part of it in Harrison Township, which is Dayton. 00:32:28.210 --> 00:32:32.150 So there's kind of a dual ownership of the land 00:32:32.150 --> 00:32:35.170 up there, but of course, it just really splits 00:32:35.170 --> 00:32:36.890 things. So it's all government things that goes 00:32:36.890 --> 00:32:42.440 on. But what happened there was there were queries 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.680 by our local Fair Board, Montgomery County Fair 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:49.660 Board, who are looking at to replace and have 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.640 been looking at this for a number of years for 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:56.119 their facility downtown. And it just so happened 00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:59.640 that one of the areas was up around Hera. It 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:02.579 got turned around to the story that they were 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:06.440 going to buy Hera Arena. We have been in contact 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:09.319 with the City of Trotwood officials, the spokesperson 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:13.259 for that. has told us directly that there is 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:17.940 no ownership by Trotwood of her arena, which 00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:21.880 if you've heard that, that has no validity. There 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.819 is nothing to that. It's just great rumor. That 00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:28.680 is the story. It is not true. The fair board 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:32.539 itself is doing its due diligence to go out and 00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:35.779 look for new facilities and new venue to where 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:39.089 they can have their fair. at a new place that 00:33:39.089 --> 00:33:41.089 they've been looking at for a number of years. 00:33:41.529 --> 00:33:44.809 So it's just all information gathering. It's 00:33:44.809 --> 00:33:47.069 got nothing to do with what's going to happen 00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:50.549 with Hamvention itself. So to alleviate anything 00:33:50.549 --> 00:33:52.710 else, the first question is, is there going to 00:33:52.710 --> 00:33:55.970 be a Hamvention 2017? As far as we are concerned, 00:33:56.410 --> 00:33:58.309 yes, sir, there will be. Will it be at HERA? 00:33:58.670 --> 00:34:02.089 Our plans call for that right now. Yes. So you 00:34:02.089 --> 00:34:06.589 want to add anything to that, Michael? No, I 00:34:06.589 --> 00:34:10.630 think that that covers it pretty well. We can 00:34:10.630 --> 00:34:12.730 get a lot of speculation out there, but we need 00:34:12.730 --> 00:34:15.769 to just be, you know, let's deal with the facts, 00:34:15.949 --> 00:34:18.409 and that's what the facts are. But I do want 00:34:18.409 --> 00:34:20.070 to add, I guess I do want to add that we've worked 00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:22.789 very closely with HERA for many years. This is 00:34:22.789 --> 00:34:25.849 not the first rumor that's come up about the 00:34:25.849 --> 00:34:29.409 HERA arena or Hamvention. Even back in the days 00:34:29.409 --> 00:34:31.489 when I was the general chairman and assistant 00:34:31.489 --> 00:34:33.889 general chairman, and even before that, we've 00:34:33.889 --> 00:34:37.210 always heard these things. So we have a lot of 00:34:37.210 --> 00:34:40.730 respect for the people at HERA. They're business 00:34:40.730 --> 00:34:43.789 people trying hard to make their business go. 00:34:44.190 --> 00:34:47.369 So that's pretty much it. Go ahead. Next question. 00:34:48.469 --> 00:34:52.789 Okay. Well, thank you guys for filling us in 00:34:52.789 --> 00:34:57.139 on that because that has been. Always a hot topic 00:34:57.139 --> 00:35:00.880 and so hopefully our listeners can take that 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:04.920 and we appreciate you Putting the facts out there 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:08.320 for us and letting us know What's happening? 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:11.039 Okay, we're going to start taking some calls 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:14.699 and looks like we've got some here Already, so 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:18.480 give us a call 812 net ham one is the phone number 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:23.150 or you can Skype us at ham talk live And tonight 00:35:23.150 --> 00:35:24.989 on the show, we're actually gonna give away an 00:35:24.989 --> 00:35:27.210 admission ticket for the best call. So at the 00:35:27.210 --> 00:35:29.949 end of the show, make sure you listen and maybe 00:35:29.949 --> 00:35:32.789 you'll be a winner. So who's on the line here? 00:35:34.130 --> 00:35:38.789 This is Joe, K0NEB in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hi, 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:41.309 Joe. We were just talking earlier that right 00:35:41.309 --> 00:35:43.949 before the show, I saw pictures of Mike Coulter 00:35:43.949 --> 00:35:49.920 at the end of your 2006... picture slideshow 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:52.380 video that was on the Dayton Hamvention Facebook 00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:55.820 group all ago, so Thanks for doing that more 00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:58.480 pictures. You'll see lots more pictures of him 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:02.559 if you look at my 2015 one the boys are back 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:06.639 in town very good and Joe's gonna be on the show 00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:10.079 after Hamvention is over and I've got a pin to 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:12.559 give you I've got a button for your for your 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.500 dr. Seuss hat, but Joe go ahead and ask your 00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:21.210 question The hat is all cleaned and ready to 00:36:21.210 --> 00:36:23.630 go and no pins or buttons, so you're going to 00:36:23.630 --> 00:36:26.909 have to add to it. Well, I've got one for you, 00:36:27.329 --> 00:36:30.050 so we will do that. Go ahead and ask your question 00:36:30.050 --> 00:36:35.650 here to Jim and Mike. That's a good question. 00:36:37.030 --> 00:36:40.670 Primarily, what is going on with the fair people 00:36:40.670 --> 00:36:43.230 and do you think that this is going to be a very 00:36:43.230 --> 00:36:47.739 good positive development? I'd like to feel that 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:51.519 one if I can Mike What we're doing there Joe 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:54.679 is as I just said just a little bit ago They 00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.139 are out putting feelers to find out where it 00:36:58.139 --> 00:37:01.519 is. They can improve What they're what they're 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:04.579 doing with their property down there? To say 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:07.500 that are they going to be able to develop that 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:09.519 area? Is it going to be something that they're 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:13.480 going to either include? The Hera complex or 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.940 are they going to take it over? Nothing is out 00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.119 in public that we can put out there. In fact, 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:21.420 we don't know anything, Joe, as to that point. 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:26.800 Would we welcome them to do that? Time will tell. 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:29.260 We need to have discussions with them. We've 00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:32.980 not had what I would call any real serious sit 00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:35.019 down with them that will come up to anything 00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:37.840 that will come to fruition that will get anything 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.599 done within time for 2017 timeline. So the answer 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.320 to that would be no, there's nothing there right 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:49.280 now Okay. Well, I kind of looked at it as a hopeful 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:54.840 development when I heard about it Yeah, as did 00:37:54.840 --> 00:38:02.900 I Joe Thank you very much All right, Joe. Thank 00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:04.980 you for calling. Hey Joe looking forward to seeing 00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:08.159 you You bet. I'll be there with Joe. That's good 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:12.840 hearing from you you bet All right, there he 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:19.059 is, Mr. Kitman himself. K -0 -N -E -B. Well, 00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:22.420 we've got time, I think, for one more call. So 00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:26.659 if you have a question, give us a call. It's 00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:34.260 812 -net -ham -1. 812 -638 -4261. Give us a call. 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.940 And we do have another call, so we'll take that. 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:40.349 Hello, you're on HamTalk Live. Who's this? Hi, 00:38:40.409 --> 00:38:44.210 it's Marty KC one see it WF. It's chicken with 00:38:44.210 --> 00:38:49.309 fries the next troublemaker Go ahead Marty. What's 00:38:49.309 --> 00:38:55.050 your question? so I guess to To to a lovely menu 00:38:55.050 --> 00:38:58.929 on the show tonight. My question is as a first 00:38:58.929 --> 00:39:04.409 -time visitor of Hamvention this year if I have 00:39:04.409 --> 00:39:07.670 two days to see it all What is the order to see 00:39:07.670 --> 00:39:12.369 it all? Hmm. What is the order to see it all? 00:39:12.909 --> 00:39:15.190 I'd have to ask you a question first and I'll 00:39:15.190 --> 00:39:17.250 turn this to Mike because he is actually more 00:39:17.250 --> 00:39:19.170 familiar with taking first -time people through 00:39:19.170 --> 00:39:23.090 there, but here Here's my here's my And I should 00:39:23.090 --> 00:39:26.610 jump in here Marty is 13 by the way. That's working 00:39:26.610 --> 00:39:31.510 No, he's 14. He's 14 years old gotta correct. 00:39:31.530 --> 00:39:34.590 Yeah, he's from Massachusetts. Yeah. Okay now 00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:38.829 Marty What are your interests that got you into 00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:42.550 ham radio in the first place? What got me into 00:39:42.550 --> 00:39:46.170 ham radio or what getting me to Dayton? No, got 00:39:46.170 --> 00:39:48.449 you into ham radio first. You know, you haven't 00:39:48.449 --> 00:39:49.969 been to Dayton. You said you're going to be a 00:39:49.969 --> 00:39:52.409 first time visitor. So you've not had the experience 00:39:52.409 --> 00:39:56.929 yet. So what I'm asking is what was the interest? 00:39:57.090 --> 00:39:59.829 What was the spurn? What got you into ham radio 00:39:59.829 --> 00:40:02.739 in the very first place? What was it? I think 00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:04.739 it had to do with technology and the internet 00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:08.000 and computers. Okay, so it would be along the 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:11.320 lines of things that would have for software 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:14.239 defined radio type things, the newer type radios 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:16.619 and what have you like that. So I would suggest, 00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:19.659 and Mike can correct me if I'm wrong or don't 00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:21.300 really have the right answer for you, what I 00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:26.059 would suggest is when you get there to get your 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:28.159 hands on one of the programs that are handed 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:31.920 out, take a look at the list of the exhibitors 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:35.420 that are going to be there and Look to see where 00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:37.639 it is that you could go to take a look at some 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:40.980 of the newest stuff you have and Then put that 00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:44.780 program in your bag Forget it for the first hour 00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:48.539 and just walk around On the inside just walk 00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:52.300 around and see what catches your eye I'd be interested 00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:54.199 to see what it is that catches your eye first, 00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:56.099 and I think it's not going to be all the glitzy 00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:58.619 stuff It's going to be some of the smaller things 00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:01.900 some of the kids. Are you a kit builder? I am, 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:06.480 somewhat. The one thing that brought me to Dayton 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.840 in the first place, I guess, what spurred me 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:12.699 on to come was a lot of my, I'm a contestor, 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:16.840 so my contest club is kind of the people that 00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:19.619 spurred me on, and then I was asked to speak 00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:22.099 at the youth forum, so that kind of drove me 00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:24.900 through. I just think there's so much, I'm just 00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:27.199 trying to figure out how to take all of it in. 00:41:28.289 --> 00:41:34.429 Well, okay. Can I jump in, Dan? Yep, do it. Go 00:41:34.429 --> 00:41:42.429 ahead, Mike. Hey, you're a Dxer, Marty. You're 00:41:42.429 --> 00:41:46.309 a young guy, and you're going to be part of that 00:41:46.309 --> 00:41:49.409 youth forum. But I would suggest, are you going 00:41:49.409 --> 00:41:52.369 to be there by any chance on Thursday? There 00:41:52.369 --> 00:41:56.690 might be a chance you should. You should go try 00:41:56.690 --> 00:42:01.050 to get to Tim Duffy's contest university. I'm 00:42:01.050 --> 00:42:05.690 sorry to say it sold out. I was offered tickets. 00:42:06.909 --> 00:42:11.030 I'll be at the hotel at the Crowne Plaza, but 00:42:11.030 --> 00:42:15.150 I won't get there in time. Send an email. You 00:42:15.150 --> 00:42:17.500 won't be there in time? OK. And then the other 00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:19.360 thing I do, you can look online and there's a 00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.460 lot of interesting forums. When Hamvention first 00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:25.619 started going back in the middle of the last 00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:28.480 century, that was one of the big things was forums. 00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.219 And there's so many forums and you can get online 00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:34.440 and you can see where all these forums are. And 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:38.199 also, did you hear the first part of our program 00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:41.079 where we talked about this big DX station that 00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:44.440 we are gonna have? for him mention this year 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:47.739 and the the the folks that are running that are 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:50.619 going to be looking for people like you to work 00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:53.440 at station so i hope you get a chance to look 00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:56.760 at that but uh... i would map out i'd map out 00:42:56.760 --> 00:43:01.119 around the uh... forums first that's what i would 00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:04.219 do until i tell new people but anyway i hope 00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.619 that i get to meet you if you're going to be 00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:08.019 in carol perry's uh... forum and it's a good 00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:10.300 chance i'll get a chance to meet you and i'll 00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:13.949 hear up your you are cures that Yes, I'd love 00:43:13.949 --> 00:43:17.130 to meet you too. And yeah, Emmett Hohentze reached 00:43:17.130 --> 00:43:20.210 out to me about that. So you guys are doing great 00:43:20.210 --> 00:43:22.949 things. It's going to be fun. Thanks for having 00:43:22.949 --> 00:43:25.829 me on. Thanks for calling, Marty. We are out 00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:28.250 of time, but we're going to see you there. Go 00:43:28.250 --> 00:43:32.530 ahead, real quick. Mike? That was it for me. 00:43:33.190 --> 00:43:37.150 Oh, yeah. Good DX there, Marty. Good DX there, 00:43:37.170 --> 00:43:39.289 Marty. We're looking forward to seeing you. Marty, 00:43:39.389 --> 00:43:40.820 thank you. Looking forward to seeing you. Marty 00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:42.860 look you're very happy to meet you here on the 00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:45.340 air. Hope to see you there. I'll be in Carol 00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:47.840 Perry's forum in the morning I believe. So look 00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:50.099 for the man in the black suit. That's who I am. 00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:53.659 Thank you, Marty. Thank you. Okay. Sounds like 00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:57.099 we're all going to be there. So be sure to join 00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:59.699 us at the Youth Forum. And that's a wrap for 00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:02.000 this week's edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:05.760 to thank my guests, Jim Tieterman, N8IDS, the 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:07.780 General Chairman of Hamvention, and Mike Coulter. 00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:10.800 W8CI, the official spokesperson of Hamvention, 00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:13.059 and all the callers and listeners out there in 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.139 cyberspace and invite you back next Thursday 00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:18.039 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when Tim Duffy, 00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:21.440 K3LR, will join us to tell us all about the contest 00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:24.860 University at Dayton, which again is sold out 00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:27.440 at this time. And don't forget our live event 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:31.820 in Dayton on Hamvention Eve. For a list of all 00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:34.559 of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.079 So for now, with Jim Tieterman, N8IDS, Mike Coulter, 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:42.800 W8CI, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:46.139 7 -5, and may the good DX be yours.