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enough to return to the show! This week is Don
Wilbanks, AE5DW. Don makes history tonight by
being the first guest to make a repeat appearance.
And with any luck, this won't be the last. You
know him from amateur radio news line and Ham
Nation. His day job is working at the iHeartMedia
radio stations in New Orleans, producing commercials
and formerly an on air personality. Don is a
native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, first licensed in
1995. He's an extra class. and an active volunteer
examiner. And he drives a trans am that might
just be cooler than the firebird I used to have
many years ago from pick you'd Mississippi. It's
Don will banks 85 D W. Well, that's quite, quite
an entry. Yeah. I, uh, I was looking on the hands
off live .com website and I noticed that I'm
the first, uh, repeat offender. So you are. I'm
kind of scary. Yeah. Which is nice. Yeah. Yeah.
It was, it was a 93 Firebird is the first, first
purchase as soon as I got my first teaching job,
ran out and bought a Firebird. Cool. Well, mine's
a 78 smoking the bandit car. So yeah, it might
be a little bit cooler. So yeah, just a little
cooler. You put some effort into that vehicle.
So, well, I'm all I've really put into it is
money. I mean, I really haven't had to do much
to it. A new alternator and that's really about
it. So. Well, I had, I had brake issues. I had
brakes that would lock up the brake lines. They
would test them one direction, but the, the GM
brake lines would, would not work the same in
the opposite direction. And I locked up two sets
of brakes on that car. It was. See, I have just
the opposite. My daily driver is a 2001 Firebird
and. I have to be really, really careful driving
in the rain because those brakes get very wet,
very fast. And I first discovered that in the
rain as I'm driving home from new Orleans one
day, traffic was kind of heavy and I hit the
brakes and nothing happened. I'm like, holy crap.
So I've learned very, very quickly to leave that
extra buffer space between me and the car in
front of me when it's raining as it has been
the last two days. So yeah, it's kind of scary.
Yeah. I remember they were a little, uh, a little
slick. Yep. So yeah, well, Enough of that. Yeah.
Let's talk about this. Second Bill Pasternak
young ham with the year award. So, so tell us
about the award, how it got started and, um,
and we'll go from there. Well, Bill Pasternak,
the late great, uh, W a six ITF, who, uh, was
one of the founders of newsline, uh, 30 something
years ago, decided that, uh, he wanted to, um,
honor young. Amateur radio operators who are
doing something cool with ham radio, and it's
this was back I want to say newsline got started
around 76, so this would have been probably 78
or so That he had the idea and Yezu was on board
from the very beginning and CQ magazine was on
board from the very beginning as well and That's
how it got started. They just decided to start
honoring these these young hams who were doing
something Who are done something kind of cool?
So that's that's kind of how and when it got
started and It's it's a minute, you know you
What are the criteria you know for? For being
awarded this well it you just have to do something
kind of cool with amateur radio that either furthers
the state -of -the -art of ham radio or something
Cool with ham radio that does something neat
for your community or whatever we've had People
who have been net control operators for for one
One instance the Florida wildfires several years
ago a winner who was from New Orleans from 93
1 he was 16 years old as I recall He was manning
one of the one of the One of the What's the what
am I I'm blanking I'm blank anyways during it
during a hurricane he was one of the shelters
during a hurricane. No, he was at a shelter and
he was basically the only one with a radio and
there wasn't anybody there kind of in charge
and the roof blew off and he got everybody kind
of together and made sure everyone was safe and
got the word out. So that's one of the things
that he won for. One of our winners from Houston
a few years ago as a young ham was teaching astronauts
how to use amateur radio. for their trip up to
the International Space Station. So the awards
are as unique as those, the reasons for these
people winning are as unique as the kids who
have won them or the young adults who have won
them. So it's kind of cool to be around these
kids. Yeah, the ones that I've met and heard
about, it has been a wide variety of things.
Some of them are into contesting and some of
them are into the near space stuff. Yeah. And
there's just, uh, all kinds of, uh, diversity
in those, uh, recipients. So that's great. Well,
tell us about some of these recipients. What
have they gone on to do? I mean, it seems like
that, uh, these award winners just keep going
on to do all kinds of great things after, um,
after high school and, and after college. Yeah.
One of, one of the very early winners, uh, went
on to, um, to be a doctor. Um, we have, um, uh,
Patrick Lassondrew, uh, one of your students
who went on, he is now working with SpaceX and
going to, uh, going to college. And, um, in fact,
he was pretty heavily involved with the, the
recent landing of the SpaceX rocket on that,
on that barge out in the middle of the ocean.
He was involved with that. So that's very cool.
Uh, the winner, uh, before him, I believe, Aaron
King. She is going to MIT and she has been interning
with ... Google and one of the things she was
working on was the ... Google Loon project which
was a high -altitude balloon ... project over
in Australia to bring broadband Internet to ...
the whole entire continent of Australia so it's
amazing ... what you know what they've gone on
to do just very ... impressive very impressive
young adults. You know, hearing, you know, what
these, what these kids have done and they've
gone on and it's, it's kind of like, we almost
need to do a reunion and see, you know, where
are they now? We have been talking about that
forever. And eventually that was one of the things
that bill always talked about wanting to do.
Um, you know, we didn't, we didn't make that
in his lifetime, but, uh, that's one of the things
that, that I think we should do. And, and it's
something that's, it's, it's kind of on the back
burner and we're going to do that eventually
one of these years, I think. Yeah, that'd be
great. And of course, Patrick, I keep up with
him since he was one of my students and yeah,
he's, uh, finishing up at Cornell. He's got another
month or so to go. And then, uh, he's headed
out to West, uh, space X and we're going to have
him on the show right in between. He's got like
a week. between Cornell and going out to SpaceX.
So we're going to have him on to talk a little
bit about the Young Ham of the Year experience
as well. So tell us about this nomination period.
This is why we're doing this right now is to
promote the nominations for this. So who should
be nominated and why should they be nominated?
Well anyone who is under the age of 18 who lives
in the United States including I believe Hawaii
and Alaska and also Puerto Rico I believe and
also Canadians are Are eligible as well all the
information can be found on the on the amateur
radio newsline website Which is a our news line
dot o -r -g there is a y -h -o -t -y tab at the
top Which stands for young ham of the year? basically
any young person under the age of 18 again with
living in the United States or Canada is eligible
there is a whole form a nominating form outlining
exactly the kind of the kind of things you need
to submit and we've got I think at last count
so far this year three or four nominees which
is good we The nominating period is open generally
from March through June, I believe. The end of
June, I think. Yeah, from March, April, May,
and June. Right, June 30 is when the nominating
period ends and then we get the Young Ham of
the Year committee together to decide who the
recipient is going to be and then And then we
will meet in the Huntsville, Alabama, Hamfest,
which is exactly three months after Dayton. It's
the third weekend in August in Huntsville, Alabama.
And that is where we honor the winner for Young
Ham of the Year. Well, that's great. So be sure
to go to arnewsline .org, check the Y -H -O -T
-A or Yehuda. Yeah, Y -H -O -T -Y. Right, why
HOTY? Okay. Yeah, yeah, we need more we need
more acronyms Yeah, why honey? Yeah, why honey?
Yeah, Patrick came back from from Cornell and
said yeah We figured out everything That that
needs to happen in science. Everything is a TLA
and I'm like, okay, what what's a TLA? It's a
three -letter acronym. Yeah, so they had a Three
-letter acronym for three -letter acronyms and
so ... everything has to have everything has
to have an ... acronym so well we have five.
Yeah you're really up there so we have a five
-letter ... acronym with actually two ways to
pronounce it either ... either why hottie or
yahoo D. Take your pick whichever one floats
your boat. So go to the website, check out the,
uh, the criteria there. And, uh, there is some
documentation there that, that you need to, uh,
fill out and include, uh, with that. So make
sure you, you go there and check that out. And
if you've got somebody in mind, why, uh, why
nominate them? I know we're, we're going to be
sending some and, uh, I've know some other folks
that have been talking about it. So, um, there's
more forthcoming. So. And the criteria is nameless
names out there. There is a criteria that you
have to follow. I mean, there you can't just,
Hey, my kids, an eight year old, um, my kids,
an eight year old extra, you know, give them
a radio. No, it's, it's way more than that. We're
not going to, we don't give the award away just
because you're an eight year old extra or, or
whatever. Um, you know, my kids net control for
the weekly net. I think he should be young ham
of the year. Well, that's, that's all fine and
dandy, but they're, uh, You know you have to
earn this where there was one actually a ...
couple of years ago we did not do a young ham
of the ... year awards the only time that we
did not. Present one because we didn't feel that
that. We didn't get I won't say we didn't get
any any ... deserving nominees but we didn't
get any nominees that ... that really really
stood out so rather than then give ... it away
just for the sake of giving it away. We decided
not to dilute. the prestige, I guess, if you
will, of being Young Ham of the Year, and we
decided to not give it away that year. And of
course, you know, there is precedent for that.
The Dayton did not give away an amateur of the
year a few years ago for basically the same reason.
So, you know, it's not a, hey, you know, my kid
has a license. Can he be Young Ham of the Year?
Well, not necessarily. but get the nominations
in and just, you know, it does need to be somebody
who's over and above the norm, I guess would
be the best way to put that. So, so tell us what
the winner is, is going to receive this year
as much as you can. And, uh, and a little bit
about that presentation at the Huntsville Hamfest.
Well, the, uh, the, the, the winner gets, um,
a trip to the Huntsville ham fest with their,
with their family, which is really cool. Uh,
Yezu being one of our corporate sponsors, they
get, uh, uh, they get a lovely gift from Yezu,
which is neat. Um, it's, uh, the last few years
has been an eight 17, um, which is a cool little
radio. I'm not sure what they're giving away
this year. Probably another eight 17. Well, the
rumor mill is. I don't know this is correct.
But the rumor is the 817 is being replaced. Well
see that there you go I don't know. Could very
well be but but anyway I know that's what they've
... been giving away for the last number of years
is the 817 ... which is a cool radio CQ magazine
has some neat stuff. Typically there's something
from Hile sound another one of ... our. Another
one of our sponsors radio waves antennas has.
Come on in recent years and Emmett normally has
something for the winter space camp. There's
a trip to space camp, which is always pretty
cool. And that's that's what the winter and a
plaque. We we do a plaque and we've got about
a 15 or 20 minute ceremony at I believe it's
at two o 'clock on Saturday afternoon of the
ham fest where we kind of get everybody together
and and we honor the we honor this the the young
ham of the year. And it's it's it's a. It's a
true honor. Um, for me, I, I, I feel it. It's
a true honor to be able to, to do that. Um, it's
something I look forward to every year. I absolutely
love being part of the young ham of the year
award. Yeah. It's, it's a great thing. And we
always have to joke about, um, yelling over everybody.
Yeah, a little bit. Well, you know, the, the,
the, the announcer down there, which he does
it. He's always like, why don't these people
listen? Well, you know, we're doing it right
in the middle of the ham fest and it's Saturday,
the busiest day, which of course, you know, you
want to have it there for your, for the widest
audience possible. And the Huntsville ham fest
has been the home for, um, for the young ham
of the year award. Uh, since I've been licensed
since 95, 94, 95, I believe was the first year,
which, uh, was the year that I got, got my ticket.
So I've, I've only made, I've only missed one
year going to Huntsville since, since being licensed.
And that was the year that we did not give the
award away. So, uh, Huntsville is a great home.
We'd love being based in Huntsville, Alabama.
And we hope to hope to be there for a long time
to come. Huntsville. I, it's always describe
it as the easiest classiest. Ham fest out there.
It's, it's just so easy to walk in and get you
and, um, you know, if you can stay next door
or even just a block or two away and the facility
is great. You know, it, you know, things aren't
caving in and we don't have raw sewage everywhere.
And, you know, it may not be as big, but, but
it's a great facility. It's easily, I would say
probably. certainly top 10 and maybe top one
of the top five hamfests. It's certainly one
of the friendliest hamfests you're ever going
to be to attend. And that's their trademark.
It is their trademark and the coolest thing is
it is all under one roof. You have on one half
of the von Braun Center you have the flea market
area and then on On the other hand, on the other
side, you have the vendors and the manufacturers.
And it is like a mini Dayton, except everything
is under one air conditioned roof. And North
Alabama in August can be a little bit uncomfortable.
So to have that, to have that all in under one
air conditioned roof is just the coolest thing.
I love the Huntsville Hamfest. And to find out
more information on that, their website is really
easy. Remember it's hamfest .org. Yeah. So go
to, go to ham fest .org and you can find out,
uh, they have, um, of course reduced rates for
hotels. Uh, the, uh, the main host hotel, which
is the embassy suites is actually connected to
the Von Braun center by a sky bridge. So you
actually, you, you never have to get out in the
weather if you don't want to. Yeah. I love staying
over there across and then you can. Go back and
forth and lock your stuff up and it's great.
So great ham fest, uh, very, very well done ham
fest. And, uh, so, um, nominate somebody for
this or, or, you know, maybe you can go and watch
the presentation and, and check that out. Cause
it's a, it's a great experience. Well, we're
going to take our other break, but we'll be back
with more with Don wheelback and your chance
to call in and when we're going to try, uh, Try
the game show thing again, but this time we're
giving something away. We'll be back. Yeah. Yeah.
And it, and it's pretty big. That's a high class.
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Young Ham of the Year Award. And we're going
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we'll take some calls here and by the way, I
know you can't hear the the audio But I found
this song called New Orleans. You'll have to
you'll have to check it out. That's what was
playing there We picked that just for you. Oh
great. So So give us a call here. I know we've
got one call we're expecting if I believe we
have a Young Ham of the Year award winner giving
yeah here in just a minute Cannot wait saw she
tried to text earlier and I Was too busy with
the show to try to figure out where she was so
hopefully she'll give us a call here but but
if you have a question for Dawn about the nominating
period or any of the The things why give us a
call eight one two net ham one or Skype it ham
talk live Well How are things? How are things
going with Newsline these days? You know where
we're getting there where we're having an issue
though, and I can't quite figure out what it
is For some reason we're having trouble with
people who are playing Newsline via echo link
and They're using a thing called echo producer
Which is an add -on to echo link and it works
fine for some people and for others it doesn't
and we have yet to figure out why. It has been
driving us crazy for months now. So once we get
that figured out, I think we'll be just fine.
We've got some new talent, which is really cool.
You're one of them. uh... one of our and one
of our new uh... new guys voicing uh... stories
for us and we men we appreciate it so much just
you do a great job and we're so happy to have
you on the team uh... karen eve mary katie two
g u t is taken over the writing duties of course
for bill hard to believe that it's been almost
a year now that he's been uh... that he's been
gone uh... but you know where where uh... we're
doing our best to continue on and um... it's
uh... it's a labor of love Yeah, it's been a
lot of fun and I do had the issue with echo link
and finally Found a way around everything. So
well share that share whatever you did with me.
Sure. Whatever you do with me via email We don't
worry about that, but yeah, we've working for
some but not others and I have yet to figure
out why so we have a we have a young lady on
the phone here that's uh, It's waiting on us
Anna. How are you? I'm pretty good. How are you
guys? Hey, how are you? How are you? I'm better
now. That's good to hear. I've been listening
to the show a little while here. You're the one.
Yep. She's the one, the one that's listening.
Oh, we might have to, I don't know. There was
another caller trying to, trying to get through
here a minute ago. So we may have to. Well, I
have, I have a question for Anna. How How has
being Young Ham of the Year, because Anna is
our current, AnnaVLW0ANT is our current Young
Ham of the Year, what's this year been like being
Young Ham of the Year? How has this year been
treating you? It's been pretty awesome. It's
kind of weird, actually. I've been to a couple
hamfests since Huntsville, and on both occasions
I've had people recognize me and come up and
have they talk to their kids, and it's just kind
of surreal, honestly. Isn't that cool? Yeah,
that's that's that's so cool. So so remind us
again. What was it that? That got the attention
of the nominating committee to select you as
young ham of the year Well done, I guess that's
a better question for you than I but I can tell
you what I've done in the the past That route
so I got my license when I was eight years old
Got my general a year later when I was nine And
since then, or since that time period, I had
done a lot of talks and speeches at different
events. In 2011, I went to Contest University.
I'm a big contestor. I also ended up going to
Costa Rica on a de -expedition a few years back.
So yeah, I think it was just the fact that I
had been in the hobby for a while and that I've
been enjoying it. Might have caught the attention.
I don't I'm not quite sure I think that said
the fact that that at such a young age you jumped
in and became I mean you've done you've done
stuff that that that Older or more seasoned hams
or maybe hams that have decades and decades under
their belt have not Have not done for one reason
or another. You have, you have jumped kind of
in the deep end and swam like a fish, I guess.
And she's going at this, this near space stuff
now. She's got all that going on. That's true.
So yeah, that's, um, so yeah, you're, I mean,
you're, you're just. You're a very deserving
winner and we're so proud to have you Be part
of the young ham of the year family. You're you're
you'll be part of our family from now on So whether
whether you like it or not, you're stuck with
us Well, like Neil was saying thank you Don by
the way for that kind words. Um, yeah, I'm into
the The outer space stuff nowadays I have a school
program that we do high -altitude balloon launches
with our next payload launches in a couple of
days, actually. I think it's about a week and
a half away. And we're going to be sending up
a bunch of things called Pong Sats, which are
little experiments that fit in the side of ping
-pong balls. So that should be pretty interesting.
Well, that's neat. You know, here lately, the
high -altitude balloon stuff seems to be a trend
with some of our winners, like Aaron King. What
what brought her to our attention was a video
that she did when she was accepted to MIT The
acceptance letter came in an aluminum tube with
instructions to hack the tube do something cool
with it So she put a GoPro on it attached it
to a balloon and send it up to 91 ,000 feet and
recovered it and documented that with about an
eight or nine minute GoPro video and you can
you can find that if you look up Aaron King balloon
ERI and King balloon on YouTube. It's it's a
it's a it's a pretty neat video It is I saw that
at Dayton at the youth. Yeah, she when she presented
there and yeah, and oh, I mean the Video was
just fabulous. So I believe I was there with
her and I are with him. Sorry With Neil at the
youth form and she's incredible. I hope one day
I get to see her at either Dayton or Huntsville
Yeah, she's, I was hoping she would come to Huntsville.
She's just been, she's been so incredibly busy.
But yeah, she's, she's, she's amazing. And all
of the Young Ham of the Year award winners that
I've been involved with in the last 21 years,
each one, it seems like, just amazes me more
than the one before. And, and it's just, I tell
you what, I've... A lot of people complain that,
you know, it's kids these days and, you know,
the world's in trouble when you look, you know,
these are the kind of people that are going to
be running the world. Well, let me tell you something.
If our Young Ham of the Year winners are any
indication of the people who are going to be
taking over for us old folks, and I say that
in a relative way because I'm 55, I'm firmly
convinced that there are way more good apples
on the tree than there are bad Way more good
people in the world than there are bad and way
more good kids in the world than there are bad
and If if the majority of them are are like the
people that we've been giving this award to every
year I think the world is gonna be just fine.
So I I have I have hope and And so I'm not real
worried about the future because people like
like you Anna and Aaron and Padraig and and All
of the other winners that the names escaped me
now that I've known for the last 21 years They're
gonna be the ones running running this world
for us old people and you got to be nice to the
nerds Well, yeah, exactly. Exactly nerds are
gonna run the world So so so yeah, I think the
world's in good hands with with people like like
you at the helm Anna Right and it all kind of
goes back to our the mentors. I've had in the
past you Don and Neil and Brian and vibes edgy
said GT as well All you guys have just made the
young people in this hobby Ten times smarter.
So thank you for that. Yeah, Brian milshosky
in 5z GT. He is a former young ham of the year
winner So yeah, he's he's he's one of the family
as well. So like I said, it's just each one seems
like just Once I every time I think well, I can't
be impressed anymore the next year. It's like
holy cow So yeah, it's it's it's so much fun
and and and humbling and such an honor to be
involved with this whole news line and young
ham of the year thing and it's and it's because
of of people like you and all of our winners.
So thank you so much for making the Young Ham
of the Year thing such a cool thing for those
of us who are involved in it. Anna, thanks so
much. Yeah, thanks so much for doing all that
you do and thanks for giving us a call tonight.
We appreciate it. Yeah, hope to see you in Huntsville.
Hope to see you in Huntsville this year. Yeah,
hope to see you too. I'll see if I'll be able
to make it. Good. All that'd be great. All right,
sweetie. All right. Such a treat. There's Anna.
Yeah. Such a treat. And she's got years to go.
I had the best time hanging out with her last
year in Huntsville. It was just the best. She
has got quite a sense of humor. Still waters
run deep with that one. Let me tell you, she
is funny. She's very funny. Oh my God. She's
just such a sweetheart. Yeah. Well, couldn't
couldn't ask for a better winner from last year.
And you're gonna see who the winner is this time
around. So make a great family to the whole veal
family. Oh, yeah, absolutely. So go to AR newsline
.org and make sure you click on the Yehudi. Tab
and and get that filled out. So We've got a few
minutes here and and we wanted to try something
new with the show and so we're going to try to
do some some some live contests and Don, I know
you are a big fan of WKRP in Cincinnati like
I am. Yes, I am. Because we work in radio and
we realize how real a lot of that stuff is. Like
the time that they call up and say, well, why
didn't you say that the radio station was off
the air? Well, the radio station is off the air.
How are we going to announce to you that the
radio station is off the air radio station is
off the air. So, so there's all kinds of great
things. Of course, the Turkey drop was, was always
big, but there was this one episode where Dr.
Johnny fever and Venus fly trap had to come up
with a contest. So in the spirit of that contest,
it's it's the game show music once again. In
the spirit of that episode, it's time to give
you sort of a chance to win a special prize just
for you. It's time to play. Name that rig. So
you probably should be, but here's how this is
going to work. You give us a call. It's eight
one two net ham one right now. give us a call
and don's going to be here and don's going to
try to play this too and uh you can either take
his guess or you can take your own guess so so
give us a call 812 net ham one and it's going
to be your chance to win so and we have a very
special prize just for you and and and we do
Unlike last time we did this game show thing
with, with Dawn, uh, we do have, we do have a
consolation prize this time, because last time
we, we said we didn't, weren't even giving away
any rice or running. So, you know, the San Francisco
tree, the San Francisco tree. So we do have that.
Okay. So you got a call. Yes. Yes. You got a
call. Oh, and we have a call. Oh no, we have
a call. We have. We have our contestant and I
think I know who our contestant is, but I'm going
to ask anyway, who's our lucky winner. Uh, well,
this is Andy, uh, K nine, a W M and Indiana.
Oh, I was right. Hi, Andy. Thank you for, for
giving us a call. So, so here's how, how you
play name that rig. Okay. I'm going to play an
unaltered recording from a genuine real. produced,
not homebrew amateur radio. And what you have
to do is you have to tell me the make and model
of the receiver that they're using. Okay. So
you listen and then Don, you're going to listen
and make your guess. And then Andy, you can either
take his guess or you can make your own guess,
but If you get the make and the model of the
receiver correct you win your very own brand
new ICOM IC 7300 So how's that? Are you kidding?
I'm not kidding Wow. Oh my gosh Your very own
IC 7300 So I'm right here. No kidding. Yeah,
I know. No pressure. Yeah. No pressure. Will
banks. Here we go. All right. Here we go. You
got to listen. All right. Here it is. Okay. There
you go, Don. Well, I'll even play, I'll even
play it again for you. I'll play it again. Okay,
I'm gonna I'm gonna go out on a limb and I'm
gonna say that is a swan 350 Okay, that's that's
Don's guess that's my handy Well since I don't
have any better guess I guess I'll jump on the
Don bandwagon here in that and go with the swan
as well. Oh you poor soul Okay, so Swan 350 is
the final answer. Well, it's the one we're going
with. We'll go with the final answer. Yeah, okay.
Oh, I'm sorry. But I'll tell you what, you about
gave me a heart attack because you're really,
really close. Really? You are. You're really,
really close. So here's the answer. I wanted
to show a quick video of my Swan twin. This is
just the $600. Wow. Wow. So I had, I had the
make right. You had the bake, right? You just
had the wrong one. Oh my, well, we were closer
than I figured we were that. No kidding. So I
started to say 500 CX because I actually had
a 500 CX. Um, I, I, and so, wow, that I'm, uh,
wow. Yeah. Yeah. That was, that was. That was
close. Well, let's see if we get, we'll give
you another chance to win Andy. So you can win
an official ham talk live glow in the dark rubber
duck. Not, not an antenna. It's a real rubber
duck. You answer this question correctly. Who's
the tech CEO ham a Larry page, the CEO of Google
B Brad Smith, the Intuit CEO or C John Scully,
the former Apple CEO. Oh my gosh, I don't know
either of them, so when you're in a doubt, go
with C. Oh, that's correct! Hey, there you go!
Wow! Yeah, John Scully, the former Apple CEO,
is K2HEP. So you're the very first winner of
the HamTalk Live Glow in the Dark Rubber Duck.
So Andy, I will get that to you, and thanks for
playing the contest nobody could win. I mean,
name that rig! No, but we came close. We came
close, Andy. Congratulations on the rubber duck.
That's cool. Yeah, well, you know, you take what
you can get. Exactly. Yeah. Well, congratulations.
That's hilarious. All right. Well, hopefully
we had some fun with that. Thanks for playing
along, Andy. I'll get that to you. And Don, thanks
for being here. We've got 50 seconds left, so.
Got a read by my closing here, but thanks so
much for thanks for having me I appreciate coming
on and talking about the young ham of the Year
award So that's a wrap for this week's edition
of ham talk live I'd like to thank my guest on
will banks ae5dw at all the callers and listeners
out there in cyberspace And I invite you back
next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when
Frank B4 WS8B will be here to talk about the
Dayton Hamvention Awards. For a list of all of
our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com.
So for now, with Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, this is
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good
DX be yours. Thanks for watching!