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His day job is working at the iHeartMedia 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:52.939 radio stations in New Orleans, producing commercials 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:56.399 and formerly an on air personality. Don is a 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.259 native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, first licensed in 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:03.220 1995. He's an extra class. and an active volunteer 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:05.560 examiner. And he drives a trans am that might 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:10.019 just be cooler than the firebird I used to have 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:13.759 many years ago from pick you'd Mississippi. It's 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:21.500 Don will banks 85 D W. Well, that's quite, quite 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:24.279 an entry. Yeah. I, uh, I was looking on the hands 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:26.360 off live .com website and I noticed that I'm 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:31.379 the first, uh, repeat offender. So you are. I'm 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:35.579 kind of scary. Yeah. Which is nice. Yeah. Yeah. 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:38.720 It was, it was a 93 Firebird is the first, first 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.939 purchase as soon as I got my first teaching job, 00:07:43.459 --> 00:07:46.000 ran out and bought a Firebird. Cool. Well, mine's 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.439 a 78 smoking the bandit car. So yeah, it might 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:51.180 be a little bit cooler. So yeah, just a little 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:54.420 cooler. You put some effort into that vehicle. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:57.439 So, well, I'm all I've really put into it is 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:59.100 money. I mean, I really haven't had to do much 00:07:59.100 --> 00:08:02.209 to it. A new alternator and that's really about 00:08:02.209 --> 00:08:06.589 it. So. Well, I had, I had brake issues. I had 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:09.230 brakes that would lock up the brake lines. They 00:08:09.230 --> 00:08:12.310 would test them one direction, but the, the GM 00:08:12.310 --> 00:08:15.449 brake lines would, would not work the same in 00:08:15.449 --> 00:08:17.810 the opposite direction. And I locked up two sets 00:08:17.810 --> 00:08:20.709 of brakes on that car. It was. See, I have just 00:08:20.709 --> 00:08:24.629 the opposite. My daily driver is a 2001 Firebird 00:08:24.629 --> 00:08:28.139 and. I have to be really, really careful driving 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:30.120 in the rain because those brakes get very wet, 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.379 very fast. And I first discovered that in the 00:08:33.379 --> 00:08:36.159 rain as I'm driving home from new Orleans one 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.559 day, traffic was kind of heavy and I hit the 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.059 brakes and nothing happened. I'm like, holy crap. 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.039 So I've learned very, very quickly to leave that 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.019 extra buffer space between me and the car in 00:08:46.019 --> 00:08:47.899 front of me when it's raining as it has been 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:49.799 the last two days. So yeah, it's kind of scary. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.820 Yeah. I remember they were a little, uh, a little 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:56.980 slick. Yep. So yeah, well, Enough of that. Yeah. 00:08:57.059 --> 00:09:01.360 Let's talk about this. Second Bill Pasternak 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:04.399 young ham with the year award. So, so tell us 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.500 about the award, how it got started and, um, 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:10.259 and we'll go from there. Well, Bill Pasternak, 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:13.580 the late great, uh, W a six ITF, who, uh, was 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:16.460 one of the founders of newsline, uh, 30 something 00:09:16.460 --> 00:09:20.440 years ago, decided that, uh, he wanted to, um, 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:23.799 honor young. Amateur radio operators who are 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:26.200 doing something cool with ham radio, and it's 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.200 this was back I want to say newsline got started 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:31.940 around 76, so this would have been probably 78 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:36.299 or so That he had the idea and Yezu was on board 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:38.519 from the very beginning and CQ magazine was on 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:43.440 board from the very beginning as well and That's 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:45.519 how it got started. They just decided to start 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.759 honoring these these young hams who were doing 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.539 something Who are done something kind of cool? 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:54.340 So that's that's kind of how and when it got 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:59.059 started and It's it's a minute, you know you 00:09:59.059 --> 00:10:02.620 What are the criteria you know for? For being 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:05.179 awarded this well it you just have to do something 00:10:05.179 --> 00:10:09.600 kind of cool with amateur radio that either furthers 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:14.440 the state -of -the -art of ham radio or something 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.759 Cool with ham radio that does something neat 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.700 for your community or whatever we've had People 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:25.919 who have been net control operators for for one 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:29.019 One instance the Florida wildfires several years 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:32.159 ago a winner who was from New Orleans from 93 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:37.159 1 he was 16 years old as I recall He was manning 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:45.200 one of the one of the One of the What's the what 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.940 am I I'm blanking I'm blank anyways during it 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:50.600 during a hurricane he was one of the shelters 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.460 during a hurricane. No, he was at a shelter and 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:56.679 he was basically the only one with a radio and 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:58.279 there wasn't anybody there kind of in charge 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.139 and the roof blew off and he got everybody kind 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:04.000 of together and made sure everyone was safe and 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.940 got the word out. So that's one of the things 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:10.000 that he won for. One of our winners from Houston 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:15.419 a few years ago as a young ham was teaching astronauts 00:11:15.419 --> 00:11:19.600 how to use amateur radio. for their trip up to 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.759 the International Space Station. So the awards 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.600 are as unique as those, the reasons for these 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:28.620 people winning are as unique as the kids who 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.879 have won them or the young adults who have won 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.179 them. So it's kind of cool to be around these 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:34.559 kids. Yeah, the ones that I've met and heard 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:40.259 about, it has been a wide variety of things. 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:43.919 Some of them are into contesting and some of 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:47.399 them are into the near space stuff. Yeah. And 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:51.019 there's just, uh, all kinds of, uh, diversity 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:54.659 in those, uh, recipients. So that's great. Well, 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.960 tell us about some of these recipients. What 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.960 have they gone on to do? I mean, it seems like 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.779 that, uh, these award winners just keep going 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:08.279 on to do all kinds of great things after, um, 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.360 after high school and, and after college. Yeah. 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:14.000 One of, one of the very early winners, uh, went 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:21.279 on to, um, to be a doctor. Um, we have, um, uh, 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:23.799 Patrick Lassondrew, uh, one of your students 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.899 who went on, he is now working with SpaceX and 00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:31.059 going to, uh, going to college. And, um, in fact, 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:35.000 he was pretty heavily involved with the, the 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.139 recent landing of the SpaceX rocket on that, 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:39.639 on that barge out in the middle of the ocean. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:41.419 He was involved with that. So that's very cool. 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:45.120 Uh, the winner, uh, before him, I believe, Aaron 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:51.919 King. She is going to MIT and she has been interning 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.019 with ... Google and one of the things she was 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:56.039 working on was the ... Google Loon project which 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:58.320 was a high -altitude balloon ... project over 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.500 in Australia to bring broadband Internet to ... 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:05.500 the whole entire continent of Australia so it's 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:08.700 amazing ... what you know what they've gone on 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:11.259 to do just very ... impressive very impressive 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:15.870 young adults. You know, hearing, you know, what 00:13:15.870 --> 00:13:18.029 these, what these kids have done and they've 00:13:18.029 --> 00:13:20.250 gone on and it's, it's kind of like, we almost 00:13:20.250 --> 00:13:24.330 need to do a reunion and see, you know, where 00:13:24.330 --> 00:13:27.269 are they now? We have been talking about that 00:13:27.269 --> 00:13:30.490 forever. And eventually that was one of the things 00:13:30.490 --> 00:13:32.450 that bill always talked about wanting to do. 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:35.379 Um, you know, we didn't, we didn't make that 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:37.840 in his lifetime, but, uh, that's one of the things 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.279 that, that I think we should do. And, and it's 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.940 something that's, it's, it's kind of on the back 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:43.659 burner and we're going to do that eventually 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:45.779 one of these years, I think. Yeah, that'd be 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:47.720 great. And of course, Patrick, I keep up with 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:50.019 him since he was one of my students and yeah, 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:52.879 he's, uh, finishing up at Cornell. He's got another 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:55.100 month or so to go. And then, uh, he's headed 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:57.899 out to West, uh, space X and we're going to have 00:13:57.899 --> 00:14:00.179 him on the show right in between. He's got like 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:04.970 a week. between Cornell and going out to SpaceX. 00:14:05.250 --> 00:14:07.110 So we're going to have him on to talk a little 00:14:07.110 --> 00:14:09.950 bit about the Young Ham of the Year experience 00:14:09.950 --> 00:14:13.950 as well. So tell us about this nomination period. 00:14:14.269 --> 00:14:16.990 This is why we're doing this right now is to 00:14:16.990 --> 00:14:21.309 promote the nominations for this. So who should 00:14:21.309 --> 00:14:24.090 be nominated and why should they be nominated? 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:28.600 Well anyone who is under the age of 18 who lives 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:32.419 in the United States including I believe Hawaii 00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:36.059 and Alaska and also Puerto Rico I believe and 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:41.059 also Canadians are Are eligible as well all the 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:43.799 information can be found on the on the amateur 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.580 radio newsline website Which is a our news line 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:49.720 dot o -r -g there is a y -h -o -t -y tab at the 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:55.490 top Which stands for young ham of the year? basically 00:14:55.490 --> 00:14:59.129 any young person under the age of 18 again with 00:14:59.129 --> 00:15:03.769 living in the United States or Canada is eligible 00:15:03.769 --> 00:15:08.129 there is a whole form a nominating form outlining 00:15:08.129 --> 00:15:11.549 exactly the kind of the kind of things you need 00:15:11.549 --> 00:15:14.970 to submit and we've got I think at last count 00:15:14.970 --> 00:15:19.370 so far this year three or four nominees which 00:15:19.370 --> 00:15:25.679 is good we The nominating period is open generally 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:32.019 from March through June, I believe. The end of 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:34.120 June, I think. Yeah, from March, April, May, 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.659 and June. Right, June 30 is when the nominating 00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:42.000 period ends and then we get the Young Ham of 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.120 the Year committee together to decide who the 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.100 recipient is going to be and then And then we 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:52.940 will meet in the Huntsville, Alabama, Hamfest, 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.080 which is exactly three months after Dayton. It's 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.539 the third weekend in August in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:03.360 And that is where we honor the winner for Young 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.720 Ham of the Year. Well, that's great. So be sure 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:11.340 to go to arnewsline .org, check the Y -H -O -T 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:16.559 -A or Yehuda. Yeah, Y -H -O -T -Y. Right, why 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.100 HOTY? Okay. Yeah, yeah, we need more we need 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:23.519 more acronyms Yeah, why honey? Yeah, why honey? 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.620 Yeah, Patrick came back from from Cornell and 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:33.220 said yeah We figured out everything That that 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:36.919 needs to happen in science. Everything is a TLA 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:41.120 and I'm like, okay, what what's a TLA? It's a 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.360 three -letter acronym. Yeah, so they had a Three 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:47.539 -letter acronym for three -letter acronyms and 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:50.820 so ... everything has to have everything has 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:53.299 to have an ... acronym so well we have five. 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:58.159 Yeah you're really up there so we have a five 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.240 -letter ... acronym with actually two ways to 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.379 pronounce it either ... either why hottie or 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:06.220 yahoo D. Take your pick whichever one floats 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:11.119 your boat. So go to the website, check out the, 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.839 uh, the criteria there. And, uh, there is some 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.000 documentation there that, that you need to, uh, 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:19.559 fill out and include, uh, with that. So make 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:22.859 sure you, you go there and check that out. And 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:25.839 if you've got somebody in mind, why, uh, why 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.099 nominate them? I know we're, we're going to be 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:31.259 sending some and, uh, I've know some other folks 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:34.220 that have been talking about it. So, um, there's 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:38.309 more forthcoming. So. And the criteria is nameless 00:17:38.309 --> 00:17:41.130 names out there. There is a criteria that you 00:17:41.130 --> 00:17:43.289 have to follow. I mean, there you can't just, 00:17:43.369 --> 00:17:46.230 Hey, my kids, an eight year old, um, my kids, 00:17:46.289 --> 00:17:48.329 an eight year old extra, you know, give them 00:17:48.329 --> 00:17:51.069 a radio. No, it's, it's way more than that. We're 00:17:51.069 --> 00:17:53.349 not going to, we don't give the award away just 00:17:53.349 --> 00:17:55.930 because you're an eight year old extra or, or 00:17:55.930 --> 00:17:58.569 whatever. Um, you know, my kids net control for 00:17:58.569 --> 00:18:00.269 the weekly net. I think he should be young ham 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:02.130 of the year. Well, that's, that's all fine and 00:18:02.130 --> 00:18:05.240 dandy, but they're, uh, You know you have to 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:07.480 earn this where there was one actually a ... 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.960 couple of years ago we did not do a young ham 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:11.920 of the ... year awards the only time that we 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.940 did not. Present one because we didn't feel that 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:20.460 that. We didn't get I won't say we didn't get 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:22.700 any any ... deserving nominees but we didn't 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:25.160 get any nominees that ... that really really 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.380 stood out so rather than then give ... it away 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:31.000 just for the sake of giving it away. We decided 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:35.079 not to dilute. the prestige, I guess, if you 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.240 will, of being Young Ham of the Year, and we 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.440 decided to not give it away that year. And of 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:42.539 course, you know, there is precedent for that. 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:46.140 The Dayton did not give away an amateur of the 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:48.960 year a few years ago for basically the same reason. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:53.839 So, you know, it's not a, hey, you know, my kid 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:55.900 has a license. Can he be Young Ham of the Year? 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:59.900 Well, not necessarily. but get the nominations 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:04.180 in and just, you know, it does need to be somebody 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:08.640 who's over and above the norm, I guess would 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:12.680 be the best way to put that. So, so tell us what 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:16.259 the winner is, is going to receive this year 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:19.480 as much as you can. And, uh, and a little bit 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.779 about that presentation at the Huntsville Hamfest. 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:24.750 Well, the, uh, the, the, the winner gets, um, 00:19:24.869 --> 00:19:26.650 a trip to the Huntsville ham fest with their, 00:19:26.650 --> 00:19:28.910 with their family, which is really cool. Uh, 00:19:29.009 --> 00:19:31.890 Yezu being one of our corporate sponsors, they 00:19:31.890 --> 00:19:36.190 get, uh, uh, they get a lovely gift from Yezu, 00:19:36.630 --> 00:19:39.130 which is neat. Um, it's, uh, the last few years 00:19:39.130 --> 00:19:43.509 has been an eight 17, um, which is a cool little 00:19:43.509 --> 00:19:45.690 radio. I'm not sure what they're giving away 00:19:45.690 --> 00:19:49.349 this year. Probably another eight 17. Well, the 00:19:49.349 --> 00:19:53.069 rumor mill is. I don't know this is correct. 00:19:54.289 --> 00:19:58.809 But the rumor is the 817 is being replaced. Well 00:19:58.809 --> 00:20:01.930 see that there you go I don't know. Could very 00:20:01.930 --> 00:20:04.069 well be but but anyway I know that's what they've 00:20:04.069 --> 00:20:05.769 ... been giving away for the last number of years 00:20:05.769 --> 00:20:09.529 is the 817 ... which is a cool radio CQ magazine 00:20:09.529 --> 00:20:13.289 has some neat stuff. Typically there's something 00:20:13.289 --> 00:20:15.930 from Hile sound another one of ... our. Another 00:20:15.930 --> 00:20:19.509 one of our sponsors radio waves antennas has. 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.339 Come on in recent years and Emmett normally has 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:24.900 something for the winter space camp. There's 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:26.819 a trip to space camp, which is always pretty 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:30.259 cool. And that's that's what the winter and a 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:33.019 plaque. We we do a plaque and we've got about 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:36.960 a 15 or 20 minute ceremony at I believe it's 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:39.400 at two o 'clock on Saturday afternoon of the 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:42.279 ham fest where we kind of get everybody together 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:46.799 and and we honor the we honor this the the young 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:49.859 ham of the year. And it's it's it's a. It's a 00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:54.700 true honor. Um, for me, I, I, I feel it. It's 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:58.319 a true honor to be able to, to do that. Um, it's 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.980 something I look forward to every year. I absolutely 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.680 love being part of the young ham of the year 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:05.480 award. Yeah. It's, it's a great thing. And we 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:10.819 always have to joke about, um, yelling over everybody. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.039 Yeah, a little bit. Well, you know, the, the, 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:17.400 the, the announcer down there, which he does 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:24.960 it. He's always like, why don't these people 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:29.220 listen? Well, you know, we're doing it right 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.779 in the middle of the ham fest and it's Saturday, 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.440 the busiest day, which of course, you know, you 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.960 want to have it there for your, for the widest 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:37.440 audience possible. And the Huntsville ham fest 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.799 has been the home for, um, for the young ham 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:42.599 of the year award. Uh, since I've been licensed 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.480 since 95, 94, 95, I believe was the first year, 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:48.140 which, uh, was the year that I got, got my ticket. 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:50.599 So I've, I've only made, I've only missed one 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:52.680 year going to Huntsville since, since being licensed. 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.119 And that was the year that we did not give the 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:58.019 award away. So, uh, Huntsville is a great home. 00:21:58.140 --> 00:22:00.279 We'd love being based in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.299 And we hope to hope to be there for a long time 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:05.200 to come. Huntsville. I, it's always describe 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:10.640 it as the easiest classiest. Ham fest out there. 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:14.599 It's, it's just so easy to walk in and get you 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:18.819 and, um, you know, if you can stay next door 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:23.619 or even just a block or two away and the facility 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:26.240 is great. You know, it, you know, things aren't 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.779 caving in and we don't have raw sewage everywhere. 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:33.019 And, you know, it may not be as big, but, but 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:36.799 it's a great facility. It's easily, I would say 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:42.180 probably. certainly top 10 and maybe top one 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:44.559 of the top five hamfests. It's certainly one 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.059 of the friendliest hamfests you're ever going 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:48.400 to be to attend. And that's their trademark. 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.819 It is their trademark and the coolest thing is 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:54.099 it is all under one roof. You have on one half 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:56.759 of the von Braun Center you have the flea market 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.619 area and then on On the other hand, on the other 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:02.940 side, you have the vendors and the manufacturers. 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:05.460 And it is like a mini Dayton, except everything 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:08.299 is under one air conditioned roof. And North 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:11.779 Alabama in August can be a little bit uncomfortable. 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:15.359 So to have that, to have that all in under one 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:17.660 air conditioned roof is just the coolest thing. 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:21.000 I love the Huntsville Hamfest. And to find out 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.660 more information on that, their website is really 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:27.440 easy. Remember it's hamfest .org. Yeah. So go 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.339 to, go to ham fest .org and you can find out, 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.099 uh, they have, um, of course reduced rates for 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:37.380 hotels. Uh, the, uh, the main host hotel, which 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:41.640 is the embassy suites is actually connected to 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:43.779 the Von Braun center by a sky bridge. So you 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:45.380 actually, you, you never have to get out in the 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.819 weather if you don't want to. Yeah. I love staying 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:50.470 over there across and then you can. Go back and 00:23:50.470 --> 00:23:53.609 forth and lock your stuff up and it's great. 00:23:53.710 --> 00:23:57.109 So great ham fest, uh, very, very well done ham 00:23:57.109 --> 00:24:00.710 fest. And, uh, so, um, nominate somebody for 00:24:00.710 --> 00:24:03.289 this or, or, you know, maybe you can go and watch 00:24:03.289 --> 00:24:06.329 the presentation and, and check that out. Cause 00:24:06.329 --> 00:24:09.150 it's a, it's a great experience. Well, we're 00:24:09.150 --> 00:24:11.349 going to take our other break, but we'll be back 00:24:11.349 --> 00:24:14.509 with more with Don wheelback and your chance 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:18.539 to call in and when we're going to try, uh, Try 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:20.559 the game show thing again, but this time we're 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:23.779 giving something away. We'll be back. Yeah. Yeah. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.019 And it, and it's pretty big. That's a high class. 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:31.680 So we'll see how that goes right after this message 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.559 from the ham station. 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The Ham Station, proud to sponsor this 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:26.759 episode of Ham Talk Live. Ham Talk Live with 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:42.099 Neil Rapp. My shack are yours. Welcome back to 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:45.039 HamTalk Live, thanks to the support of the HamStation. 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.799 To bring you HamTalk Live each week, Dan and 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:50.740 Jeff are just a phone call away to answer your 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:53.119 questions about a new rig or antenna. Call 800 00:25:53.119 --> 00:26:01.380 -729 -4373. Don Wilbanks, 85DW is our guest this 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:03.880 evening. And our topic is the Bill Pasterdack 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.200 Young Ham of the Year Award. And we're going 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:08.559 to start taking calls here in just a moment. 00:26:08.890 --> 00:26:11.710 So go ahead and give us a call and ask Don about 00:26:11.710 --> 00:26:15.029 the nominating process, the award ceremony, or 00:26:15.029 --> 00:26:17.930 anything you'd like to know, give us a call on 00:26:17.930 --> 00:26:21.549 Skype at HamTalk Live. Or if Skype isn't your 00:26:21.549 --> 00:26:25.150 thing, you can call us via telephone at 812 -NET 00:26:25.150 --> 00:26:33.039 -HAM -1. 812 -NET -HAM -1. 812 -638 -4261. So 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.900 we'll take some calls here and by the way, I 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:37.380 know you can't hear the the audio But I found 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:39.920 this song called New Orleans. You'll have to 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:41.859 you'll have to check it out. That's what was 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:44.799 playing there We picked that just for you. Oh 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:48.779 great. So So give us a call here. I know we've 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:53.660 got one call we're expecting if I believe we 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:58.019 have a Young Ham of the Year award winner giving 00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:03.180 yeah here in just a minute Cannot wait saw she 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:09.420 tried to text earlier and I Was too busy with 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:12.259 the show to try to figure out where she was so 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:15.099 hopefully she'll give us a call here but but 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:18.099 if you have a question for Dawn about the nominating 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:21.940 period or any of the The things why give us a 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:26.140 call eight one two net ham one or Skype it ham 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:34.430 talk live Well How are things? How are things 00:27:34.430 --> 00:27:37.789 going with Newsline these days? You know where 00:27:37.789 --> 00:27:40.470 we're getting there where we're having an issue 00:27:40.470 --> 00:27:43.049 though, and I can't quite figure out what it 00:27:43.049 --> 00:27:46.650 is For some reason we're having trouble with 00:27:46.650 --> 00:27:49.609 people who are playing Newsline via echo link 00:27:49.609 --> 00:27:53.190 and They're using a thing called echo producer 00:27:53.190 --> 00:27:55.769 Which is an add -on to echo link and it works 00:27:55.769 --> 00:27:58.069 fine for some people and for others it doesn't 00:27:58.069 --> 00:28:02.079 and we have yet to figure out why. It has been 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:06.619 driving us crazy for months now. So once we get 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:10.019 that figured out, I think we'll be just fine. 00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:14.380 We've got some new talent, which is really cool. 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.230 You're one of them. uh... one of our and one 00:28:17.230 --> 00:28:19.609 of our new uh... new guys voicing uh... stories 00:28:19.609 --> 00:28:22.150 for us and we men we appreciate it so much just 00:28:22.150 --> 00:28:24.509 you do a great job and we're so happy to have 00:28:24.509 --> 00:28:26.990 you on the team uh... karen eve mary katie two 00:28:26.990 --> 00:28:29.130 g u t is taken over the writing duties of course 00:28:29.130 --> 00:28:31.769 for bill hard to believe that it's been almost 00:28:31.769 --> 00:28:34.170 a year now that he's been uh... that he's been 00:28:34.170 --> 00:28:38.029 gone uh... but you know where where uh... we're 00:28:38.029 --> 00:28:41.549 doing our best to continue on and um... it's 00:28:41.549 --> 00:28:45.690 uh... it's a labor of love Yeah, it's been a 00:28:45.690 --> 00:28:49.029 lot of fun and I do had the issue with echo link 00:28:49.029 --> 00:28:52.950 and finally Found a way around everything. So 00:28:52.950 --> 00:28:55.309 well share that share whatever you did with me. 00:28:55.309 --> 00:28:57.130 Sure. Whatever you do with me via email We don't 00:28:57.130 --> 00:29:00.269 worry about that, but yeah, we've working for 00:29:00.269 --> 00:29:02.130 some but not others and I have yet to figure 00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:04.670 out why so we have a we have a young lady on 00:29:04.670 --> 00:29:07.390 the phone here that's uh, It's waiting on us 00:29:07.390 --> 00:29:10.210 Anna. How are you? I'm pretty good. How are you 00:29:10.210 --> 00:29:15.309 guys? Hey, how are you? How are you? I'm better 00:29:15.309 --> 00:29:18.529 now. That's good to hear. I've been listening 00:29:18.529 --> 00:29:21.369 to the show a little while here. You're the one. 00:29:22.009 --> 00:29:24.769 Yep. She's the one, the one that's listening. 00:29:26.049 --> 00:29:29.750 Oh, we might have to, I don't know. There was 00:29:29.750 --> 00:29:31.589 another caller trying to, trying to get through 00:29:31.589 --> 00:29:34.029 here a minute ago. So we may have to. Well, I 00:29:34.029 --> 00:29:37.589 have, I have a question for Anna. How How has 00:29:37.589 --> 00:29:40.170 being Young Ham of the Year, because Anna is 00:29:40.170 --> 00:29:43.890 our current, AnnaVLW0ANT is our current Young 00:29:43.890 --> 00:29:48.390 Ham of the Year, what's this year been like being 00:29:48.390 --> 00:29:51.769 Young Ham of the Year? How has this year been 00:29:51.769 --> 00:29:54.769 treating you? It's been pretty awesome. It's 00:29:54.769 --> 00:29:56.569 kind of weird, actually. I've been to a couple 00:29:56.569 --> 00:29:59.950 hamfests since Huntsville, and on both occasions 00:29:59.950 --> 00:30:02.930 I've had people recognize me and come up and 00:30:02.930 --> 00:30:05.269 have they talk to their kids, and it's just kind 00:30:05.269 --> 00:30:08.990 of surreal, honestly. Isn't that cool? Yeah, 00:30:09.430 --> 00:30:11.990 that's that's that's so cool. So so remind us 00:30:11.990 --> 00:30:16.890 again. What was it that? That got the attention 00:30:16.890 --> 00:30:19.609 of the nominating committee to select you as 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:23.170 young ham of the year Well done, I guess that's 00:30:23.170 --> 00:30:25.369 a better question for you than I but I can tell 00:30:25.369 --> 00:30:28.869 you what I've done in the the past That route 00:30:28.869 --> 00:30:32.829 so I got my license when I was eight years old 00:30:32.829 --> 00:30:36.740 Got my general a year later when I was nine And 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.960 since then, or since that time period, I had 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:43.519 done a lot of talks and speeches at different 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:48.619 events. In 2011, I went to Contest University. 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:51.700 I'm a big contestor. I also ended up going to 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:55.680 Costa Rica on a de -expedition a few years back. 00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:00.720 So yeah, I think it was just the fact that I 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.839 had been in the hobby for a while and that I've 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.369 been enjoying it. Might have caught the attention. 00:31:06.549 --> 00:31:08.549 I don't I'm not quite sure I think that said 00:31:08.549 --> 00:31:10.890 the fact that that at such a young age you jumped 00:31:10.890 --> 00:31:14.109 in and became I mean you've done you've done 00:31:14.109 --> 00:31:18.789 stuff that that that Older or more seasoned hams 00:31:18.789 --> 00:31:21.390 or maybe hams that have decades and decades under 00:31:21.390 --> 00:31:24.559 their belt have not Have not done for one reason 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.480 or another. You have, you have jumped kind of 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:29.859 in the deep end and swam like a fish, I guess. 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.940 And she's going at this, this near space stuff 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:36.920 now. She's got all that going on. That's true. 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:40.579 So yeah, that's, um, so yeah, you're, I mean, 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:44.079 you're, you're just. You're a very deserving 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:47.160 winner and we're so proud to have you Be part 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.240 of the young ham of the year family. You're you're 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.680 you'll be part of our family from now on So whether 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.700 whether you like it or not, you're stuck with 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:57.640 us Well, like Neil was saying thank you Don by 00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.779 the way for that kind words. Um, yeah, I'm into 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:04.119 the The outer space stuff nowadays I have a school 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.400 program that we do high -altitude balloon launches 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.799 with our next payload launches in a couple of 00:32:10.009 --> 00:32:12.250 days, actually. I think it's about a week and 00:32:12.250 --> 00:32:15.730 a half away. And we're going to be sending up 00:32:15.730 --> 00:32:17.769 a bunch of things called Pong Sats, which are 00:32:17.769 --> 00:32:19.569 little experiments that fit in the side of ping 00:32:19.569 --> 00:32:21.930 -pong balls. So that should be pretty interesting. 00:32:22.490 --> 00:32:26.990 Well, that's neat. You know, here lately, the 00:32:26.990 --> 00:32:29.670 high -altitude balloon stuff seems to be a trend 00:32:29.670 --> 00:32:35.130 with some of our winners, like Aaron King. What 00:32:35.130 --> 00:32:37.109 what brought her to our attention was a video 00:32:37.109 --> 00:32:40.130 that she did when she was accepted to MIT The 00:32:40.130 --> 00:32:42.029 acceptance letter came in an aluminum tube with 00:32:42.029 --> 00:32:44.549 instructions to hack the tube do something cool 00:32:44.549 --> 00:32:46.950 with it So she put a GoPro on it attached it 00:32:46.950 --> 00:32:49.170 to a balloon and send it up to 91 ,000 feet and 00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:51.369 recovered it and documented that with about an 00:32:51.369 --> 00:32:55.049 eight or nine minute GoPro video and you can 00:32:55.049 --> 00:32:58.730 you can find that if you look up Aaron King balloon 00:32:59.529 --> 00:33:02.970 ERI and King balloon on YouTube. It's it's a 00:33:02.970 --> 00:33:06.150 it's a it's a pretty neat video It is I saw that 00:33:06.150 --> 00:33:08.549 at Dayton at the youth. Yeah, she when she presented 00:33:08.549 --> 00:33:13.029 there and yeah, and oh, I mean the Video was 00:33:13.029 --> 00:33:15.930 just fabulous. So I believe I was there with 00:33:15.930 --> 00:33:20.670 her and I are with him. Sorry With Neil at the 00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:23.049 youth form and she's incredible. I hope one day 00:33:23.049 --> 00:33:25.210 I get to see her at either Dayton or Huntsville 00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:28.019 Yeah, she's, I was hoping she would come to Huntsville. 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:30.119 She's just been, she's been so incredibly busy. 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.500 But yeah, she's, she's, she's amazing. And all 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:36.299 of the Young Ham of the Year award winners that 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.440 I've been involved with in the last 21 years, 00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:41.400 each one, it seems like, just amazes me more 00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:44.779 than the one before. And, and it's just, I tell 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:47.900 you what, I've... A lot of people complain that, 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.359 you know, it's kids these days and, you know, 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:53.799 the world's in trouble when you look, you know, 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.279 these are the kind of people that are going to 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:57.299 be running the world. Well, let me tell you something. 00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:01.180 If our Young Ham of the Year winners are any 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:04.559 indication of the people who are going to be 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:08.239 taking over for us old folks, and I say that 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:12.429 in a relative way because I'm 55, I'm firmly 00:34:12.429 --> 00:34:14.750 convinced that there are way more good apples 00:34:14.750 --> 00:34:17.849 on the tree than there are bad Way more good 00:34:17.849 --> 00:34:20.469 people in the world than there are bad and way 00:34:20.469 --> 00:34:23.909 more good kids in the world than there are bad 00:34:23.909 --> 00:34:28.190 and If if the majority of them are are like the 00:34:28.190 --> 00:34:30.309 people that we've been giving this award to every 00:34:30.309 --> 00:34:33.710 year I think the world is gonna be just fine. 00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:40.440 So I I have I have hope and And so I'm not real 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.219 worried about the future because people like 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:46.559 like you Anna and Aaron and Padraig and and All 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.519 of the other winners that the names escaped me 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.300 now that I've known for the last 21 years They're 00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:52.440 gonna be the ones running running this world 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.679 for us old people and you got to be nice to the 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:59.219 nerds Well, yeah, exactly. Exactly nerds are 00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:03.460 gonna run the world So so so yeah, I think the 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.840 world's in good hands with with people like like 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.599 you at the helm Anna Right and it all kind of 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:10.860 goes back to our the mentors. I've had in the 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:15.460 past you Don and Neil and Brian and vibes edgy 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:20.440 said GT as well All you guys have just made the 00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:24.099 young people in this hobby Ten times smarter. 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:26.760 So thank you for that. Yeah, Brian milshosky 00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.760 in 5z GT. He is a former young ham of the year 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:33.300 winner So yeah, he's he's he's one of the family 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:36.579 as well. So like I said, it's just each one seems 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:41.019 like just Once I every time I think well, I can't 00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:43.340 be impressed anymore the next year. It's like 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:48.019 holy cow So yeah, it's it's it's so much fun 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:52.019 and and and humbling and such an honor to be 00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:55.880 involved with this whole news line and young 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.760 ham of the year thing and it's and it's because 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:01.500 of of people like you and all of our winners. 00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:05.980 So thank you so much for making the Young Ham 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:08.300 of the Year thing such a cool thing for those 00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:12.360 of us who are involved in it. Anna, thanks so 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:17.000 much. Yeah, thanks so much for doing all that 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:20.019 you do and thanks for giving us a call tonight. 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:22.519 We appreciate it. Yeah, hope to see you in Huntsville. 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.800 Hope to see you in Huntsville this year. Yeah, 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:26.380 hope to see you too. I'll see if I'll be able 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:30.219 to make it. Good. All that'd be great. All right, 00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:35.199 sweetie. All right. Such a treat. There's Anna. 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:38.900 Yeah. Such a treat. And she's got years to go. 00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:42.099 I had the best time hanging out with her last 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:45.880 year in Huntsville. It was just the best. She 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:49.880 has got quite a sense of humor. Still waters 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:52.000 run deep with that one. Let me tell you, she 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.019 is funny. She's very funny. Oh my God. She's 00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:59.519 just such a sweetheart. Yeah. Well, couldn't 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:02.679 couldn't ask for a better winner from last year. 00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:05.380 And you're gonna see who the winner is this time 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:08.219 around. So make a great family to the whole veal 00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:11.559 family. Oh, yeah, absolutely. So go to AR newsline 00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:16.780 .org and make sure you click on the Yehudi. Tab 00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:20.579 and and get that filled out. So We've got a few 00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:23.579 minutes here and and we wanted to try something 00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:27.260 new with the show and so we're going to try to 00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:32.320 do some some some live contests and Don, I know 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:36.320 you are a big fan of WKRP in Cincinnati like 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:39.539 I am. Yes, I am. Because we work in radio and 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:43.300 we realize how real a lot of that stuff is. Like 00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:47.420 the time that they call up and say, well, why 00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:49.980 didn't you say that the radio station was off 00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:54.369 the air? Well, the radio station is off the air. 00:37:54.550 --> 00:37:57.150 How are we going to announce to you that the 00:37:57.150 --> 00:38:00.050 radio station is off the air radio station is 00:38:00.050 --> 00:38:02.050 off the air. So, so there's all kinds of great 00:38:02.050 --> 00:38:04.829 things. Of course, the Turkey drop was, was always 00:38:04.829 --> 00:38:07.489 big, but there was this one episode where Dr. 00:38:07.650 --> 00:38:09.690 Johnny fever and Venus fly trap had to come up 00:38:09.690 --> 00:38:15.570 with a contest. So in the spirit of that contest, 00:38:16.369 --> 00:38:20.739 it's it's the game show music once again. In 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:22.900 the spirit of that episode, it's time to give 00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:26.639 you sort of a chance to win a special prize just 00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:36.840 for you. It's time to play. Name that rig. So 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:41.599 you probably should be, but here's how this is 00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:44.840 going to work. You give us a call. It's eight 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:48.380 one two net ham one right now. give us a call 00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:51.139 and don's going to be here and don's going to 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:54.719 try to play this too and uh you can either take 00:38:54.719 --> 00:39:00.280 his guess or you can take your own guess so so 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:05.400 give us a call 812 net ham one and it's going 00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:10.320 to be your chance to win so and we have a very 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:13.380 special prize just for you and and and we do 00:39:13.610 --> 00:39:16.650 Unlike last time we did this game show thing 00:39:16.650 --> 00:39:19.829 with, with Dawn, uh, we do have, we do have a 00:39:19.829 --> 00:39:22.170 consolation prize this time, because last time 00:39:22.170 --> 00:39:24.690 we, we said we didn't, weren't even giving away 00:39:24.690 --> 00:39:27.730 any rice or running. So, you know, the San Francisco 00:39:27.730 --> 00:39:30.429 tree, the San Francisco tree. So we do have that. 00:39:30.590 --> 00:39:34.530 Okay. So you got a call. Yes. Yes. You got a 00:39:34.530 --> 00:39:37.429 call. Oh, and we have a call. Oh no, we have 00:39:37.429 --> 00:39:41.099 a call. We have. We have our contestant and I 00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:43.039 think I know who our contestant is, but I'm going 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:47.800 to ask anyway, who's our lucky winner. Uh, well, 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.820 this is Andy, uh, K nine, a W M and Indiana. 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:56.159 Oh, I was right. Hi, Andy. Thank you for, for 00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:59.820 giving us a call. So, so here's how, how you 00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:03.559 play name that rig. Okay. I'm going to play an 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:09.199 unaltered recording from a genuine real. produced, 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:12.940 not homebrew amateur radio. And what you have 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:15.579 to do is you have to tell me the make and model 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:19.619 of the receiver that they're using. Okay. So 00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:21.940 you listen and then Don, you're going to listen 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:25.920 and make your guess. And then Andy, you can either 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:29.099 take his guess or you can make your own guess, 00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:33.090 but If you get the make and the model of the 00:40:33.090 --> 00:40:36.469 receiver correct you win your very own brand 00:40:36.469 --> 00:40:40.949 new ICOM IC 7300 So how's that? Are you kidding? 00:40:41.269 --> 00:40:46.949 I'm not kidding Wow. Oh my gosh Your very own 00:40:46.949 --> 00:40:55.289 IC 7300 So I'm right here. No kidding. Yeah, 00:40:55.289 --> 00:40:57.690 I know. No pressure. Yeah. No pressure. Will 00:40:57.690 --> 00:41:00.349 banks. Here we go. All right. Here we go. You 00:41:00.349 --> 00:41:11.610 got to listen. All right. Here it is. Okay. There 00:41:11.610 --> 00:41:17.369 you go, Don. Well, I'll even play, I'll even 00:41:17.369 --> 00:41:26.639 play it again for you. I'll play it again. Okay, 00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:29.800 I'm gonna I'm gonna go out on a limb and I'm 00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:38.920 gonna say that is a swan 350 Okay, that's that's 00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:43.820 Don's guess that's my handy Well since I don't 00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:47.239 have any better guess I guess I'll jump on the 00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:50.079 Don bandwagon here in that and go with the swan 00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:57.900 as well. Oh you poor soul Okay, so Swan 350 is 00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:02.579 the final answer. Well, it's the one we're going 00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:04.599 with. We'll go with the final answer. Yeah, okay. 00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:09.719 Oh, I'm sorry. But I'll tell you what, you about 00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:11.960 gave me a heart attack because you're really, 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:16.000 really close. Really? You are. You're really, 00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:19.440 really close. So here's the answer. I wanted 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:24.269 to show a quick video of my Swan twin. This is 00:42:24.269 --> 00:42:30.050 just the $600. Wow. Wow. So I had, I had the 00:42:30.050 --> 00:42:33.130 make right. You had the bake, right? You just 00:42:33.130 --> 00:42:37.610 had the wrong one. Oh my, well, we were closer 00:42:37.610 --> 00:42:40.469 than I figured we were that. No kidding. So I 00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:42.690 started to say 500 CX because I actually had 00:42:42.690 --> 00:42:48.489 a 500 CX. Um, I, I, and so, wow, that I'm, uh, 00:42:48.510 --> 00:42:52.440 wow. Yeah. Yeah. That was, that was. That was 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.539 close. Well, let's see if we get, we'll give 00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:56.519 you another chance to win Andy. So you can win 00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:59.300 an official ham talk live glow in the dark rubber 00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:02.079 duck. Not, not an antenna. It's a real rubber 00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:06.000 duck. You answer this question correctly. Who's 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:11.840 the tech CEO ham a Larry page, the CEO of Google 00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:16.739 B Brad Smith, the Intuit CEO or C John Scully, 00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:22.329 the former Apple CEO. Oh my gosh, I don't know 00:43:22.329 --> 00:43:24.309 either of them, so when you're in a doubt, go 00:43:24.309 --> 00:43:29.429 with C. Oh, that's correct! Hey, there you go! 00:43:29.690 --> 00:43:33.570 Wow! Yeah, John Scully, the former Apple CEO, 00:43:33.730 --> 00:43:37.869 is K2HEP. So you're the very first winner of 00:43:37.869 --> 00:43:40.250 the HamTalk Live Glow in the Dark Rubber Duck. 00:43:41.170 --> 00:43:43.730 So Andy, I will get that to you, and thanks for 00:43:43.730 --> 00:43:47.429 playing the contest nobody could win. I mean, 00:43:47.550 --> 00:43:52.309 name that rig! No, but we came close. We came 00:43:52.309 --> 00:43:54.550 close, Andy. Congratulations on the rubber duck. 00:43:54.789 --> 00:43:57.110 That's cool. Yeah, well, you know, you take what 00:43:57.110 --> 00:44:00.610 you can get. Exactly. Yeah. Well, congratulations. 00:44:01.170 --> 00:44:03.369 That's hilarious. All right. Well, hopefully 00:44:03.369 --> 00:44:05.250 we had some fun with that. Thanks for playing 00:44:05.250 --> 00:44:08.469 along, Andy. I'll get that to you. And Don, thanks 00:44:08.469 --> 00:44:12.030 for being here. We've got 50 seconds left, so. 00:44:12.329 --> 00:44:15.670 Got a read by my closing here, but thanks so 00:44:15.670 --> 00:44:18.010 much for thanks for having me I appreciate coming 00:44:18.010 --> 00:44:20.610 on and talking about the young ham of the Year 00:44:20.610 --> 00:44:22.869 award So that's a wrap for this week's edition 00:44:22.869 --> 00:44:25.409 of ham talk live I'd like to thank my guest on 00:44:25.409 --> 00:44:28.130 will banks ae5dw at all the callers and listeners 00:44:28.130 --> 00:44:30.539 out there in cyberspace And I invite you back 00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.800 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time when 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:36.320 Frank B4 WS8B will be here to talk about the 00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:38.679 Dayton Hamvention Awards. For a list of all of 00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:41.300 our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. 00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:44.380 So for now, with Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, this is 00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:48.860 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good 00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:59.400 DX be yours. Thanks for watching!