WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:32.740 It's Hem Radio! Good evening, everyone. This 00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:36.740 is HamTalk Live episode number three. Gary Pierce, 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:40.899 KN4AQ, recorded live on Thursday, March 3rd, 00:00:40.979 --> 00:00:46.479 2016. And I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:49.600 for tuning into this episode of HamTalk Live. 00:00:50.380 --> 00:00:54.060 Tonight on the show, Gary Pierce, KN4AQ, will 00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:57.619 join us. Gary will talk about his wildly successful 00:00:57.619 --> 00:01:01.579 video podcast, Ham Radio, now. during the last 00:01:01.579 --> 00:01:03.799 part of the show we will as always be taking 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.819 your calls live. Last week on The Big Show Don 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:11.319 Wilbanks AE5DW was our guest and Don and I really 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.799 had a blast and we will do it again soon to talk 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:18.079 about the Young Ham of the Year award once that 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.799 nominating period begins so we'll have that coming 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:25.099 up soon and if you missed that show or any future 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:27.980 show you can listen to the replay on HamTalkLive 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:32.079 .com or you can pick that up on Spreaker, TuneIn, 00:01:32.099 --> 00:01:36.799 iTunes, SoundCloud, or YouTube. Well here we 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:38.700 are at episode number three and I'm learning 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.840 some things and relearning some things from my 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.439 audio past. So I'm trying to make a few adjustments 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:47.379 to the show and one of the adjustments we're 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:49.920 going to make tonight is make sure we have time 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.769 for live calls because that's kind of the main 00:01:52.769 --> 00:01:55.870 goal of the show, and last week we did not hit 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:58.750 that at all. So be ready to call in. We're going 00:01:58.750 --> 00:02:01.189 to take calls a little earlier this evening. 00:02:01.769 --> 00:02:05.349 So in just a few minutes, be ready. You can Skype 00:02:05.349 --> 00:02:08.610 us at HamTalk Live, that's the username, HamTalk 00:02:08.610 --> 00:02:13.189 Live, or by telephone. The number is 812 -NET 00:02:13.189 --> 00:02:20.759 -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. And we're trying 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.159 out a new call system tonight and hope so we 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.099 can improve some in that area. So I'd like to 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:30.639 thank Nick Bauer, KC9GZY for handling the Skype 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.180 switchboard and the social media duties tonight 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:36.460 during the show and in weeks to come. And I'll 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:40.740 try not to call him snardly too often. So tonight, 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:44.039 Gary Pierce is my guest from Ham Radio Now. Gary 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.979 grew up in Chicago and is now in the Raleigh, 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.620 North Carolina area. And four years ago, he started 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:54.759 the show Ham Radio Now. So Gary, welcome to HamTalk 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:59.360 Live. Neil, it is nine o 'clock on the East Coast. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.780 Normally at this time of night, I would be sitting 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:07.180 on the couch with my wife next to me, a cat on 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:11.120 my lap, probably another cat sitting on my arm, 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:15.099 a mug of hot chocolate perched precariously on 00:03:15.099 --> 00:03:17.979 the arm of the sofa. We will be watching. Well 00:03:17.979 --> 00:03:21.639 these days probably scandal So this would better 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.759 be worth it. So yeah better be worth it. And 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:28.479 you know, it could be one of those Anything can 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.960 happen Thursdays you were talking about but we 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:37.819 won't go with the with the vegetables tonight 00:03:37.819 --> 00:03:42.020 We won't go there, but maybe we can get a bazinga 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:47.409 or two in there. So Actually, I should admit 00:03:47.409 --> 00:03:51.509 this that one of the reasons for the time slot 00:03:51.509 --> 00:03:54.250 although it's not a major reason for the time 00:03:54.250 --> 00:03:58.789 slot but one of the reasons that it's at the 00:03:58.789 --> 00:04:02.330 time that it is is So that it doesn't interfere 00:04:02.330 --> 00:04:08.030 with Big Bang Theory. So That actually was was 00:04:08.030 --> 00:04:10.629 one thing but yeah, that's what I do I DVR it 00:04:10.629 --> 00:04:13.330 in fact, I haven't actually watched it I need 00:04:13.330 --> 00:04:18.170 to catch up on it, but But yeah, that's one of 00:04:18.170 --> 00:04:22.529 the many reasons I don't watch anything live 00:04:22.529 --> 00:04:27.290 and Yeah, I find that I that I do that more and 00:04:27.290 --> 00:04:32.089 more Is just you know, it's it's too easy to 00:04:32.089 --> 00:04:35.769 hit that little skip button and and and go through 00:04:35.769 --> 00:04:44.519 everything Hopefully we'll catch up back. Yep. 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.860 You're coming back. I think we're good there. 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:50.120 Okay. Okay. Well, like I said, we're trying out 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:53.180 the new Skype thing. So we'll, we'll see how 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:55.699 that goes. So anyway, tell us about ham radio 00:04:55.699 --> 00:05:02.060 now. Um, tell us how, how that started and what 00:05:02.060 --> 00:05:08.240 your goals are with the show. Well, I was hoping 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.480 you would ask me that question. Um, But the actual 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:18.399 start of ham radio now began in 1970 and this 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:22.360 is what it sounded like Gary I think we better 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:26.399 We better take a break here and I think we're 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:31.279 going to switch or Skype over Sounds like we're 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:35.120 having issues here. So so let me let me put you 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.139 on hold here and we'll take our first break and 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:43.519 Then we'll come back with more with Gary Pierce 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.019 KN4AQ right after this word from one of our sponsors 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.579 Tower Electronics right here on HamTalk Live. 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.060 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:55.120 by Tower Electronics. Tower Electronics has been 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.660 the Ham's dime store since 1978, bringing connectors, 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.439 antennas, cables and other parts to the world. 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:04.040 Scott and Jill travel the country bringing their 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.740 store to you at HamFest, but you can also order 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:14.199 online at PL -259 .com or by calling 920 -435 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:19.740 -2973. 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Well, I was hoping you would 00:07:37.009 --> 00:07:41.550 ask me that question. Um, but the actual start 00:07:41.550 --> 00:07:47.009 of ham radio now. Begin in 1970. And this is 00:07:47.009 --> 00:08:15.970 what it sounded like. And by all means, don't 00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:18.610 touch the dial. That could seriously cause you 00:08:18.610 --> 00:08:23.290 to catch what I might have. Peggy Lee. Thank 00:08:23.290 --> 00:08:26.550 you, Scott. Thank you, brother. Yeah, okay, so 00:08:26.550 --> 00:08:30.129 that was the beginning. 1970, WDOR, Sturgeon 00:08:30.129 --> 00:08:33.549 Bay, Wisconsin, when I was actually a real broadcaster 00:08:33.549 --> 00:08:35.990 because I drew a paycheck. So I wasn't totally 00:08:35.990 --> 00:08:40.669 a wannabe, but boy was I a wannabe. And I just, 00:08:40.669 --> 00:08:42.690 you know, I'd fallen in love with broadcast radio 00:08:42.690 --> 00:08:45.210 as well as ham radio. throughout my teens and 00:08:45.210 --> 00:08:48.169 really wanted to be on the air someplace. And 00:08:48.169 --> 00:08:50.429 once I got there, I realized I had a problem. 00:08:50.850 --> 00:08:56.529 I didn't have anything to say. So I worked on 00:08:56.529 --> 00:08:59.450 that for a while. Yeah, you got to fix that. 00:08:59.769 --> 00:09:02.570 Yeah, let me and did that one sound okay? Yeah, 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:07.049 that sounded great. Okay, good. So advance the 00:09:07.049 --> 00:09:14.419 story to 1988. Most of my career has been in 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:17.899 video editing. I wanted to be in radio but I 00:09:17.899 --> 00:09:19.820 couldn't really get work because you could tell 00:09:19.820 --> 00:09:25.360 how good I was. I did video editing for about 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.500 12 years and then I had to try radio one more 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:38.399 time. So here's the one more time. Good time 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.919 to tell you that KFWJ is rated at number one. 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.679 Arbitron has just completed the Mojave County 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.500 Listener Survey. KFWJ rated number one in all 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:49.679 of Mojave County. The most listened to of all 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.399 AM and FM stations both sides of the Colorado 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.340 River from Blythe to Lake Mead. How about that? 00:09:55.860 --> 00:10:01.090 Number one, thanks to you, our listeners. KFWJ, 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:04.629 KBBC, Lake Havasu City, the American home for 00:10:04.629 --> 00:10:14.110 the London Bridge. So I got better. I'm not sure 00:10:14.110 --> 00:10:16.330 when my voice changed, but I was 38 years old 00:10:16.330 --> 00:10:18.309 then and clearly my voice changed sometime after 00:10:18.309 --> 00:10:21.070 that. You just brought back some real memories 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:24.570 because I remember the I saw it on the radio 00:10:24.570 --> 00:10:27.360 campaign. Yeah. There are a lot of radio stations 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:31.480 that use that to to sell advertising, which of 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.860 course is the number one thing in radio. Yeah, 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.940 in some radio. Yeah, and it was an AB promotion. 00:10:38.940 --> 00:10:43.059 So that was that was cool. So I got better without 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:46.419 any practice in between somehow got better, but 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:51.309 still, you know, radio. That job lasted three 00:10:51.309 --> 00:10:53.169 months. I got fired for talking too much about 00:10:53.169 --> 00:10:55.250 the wrong things and I went back to video editing 00:10:55.250 --> 00:10:59.009 for another dozen years or so So let me advance 00:10:59.009 --> 00:11:03.230 the story to this Television stuff here. You 00:11:03.230 --> 00:11:05.049 had said that ham radio now started four years 00:11:05.049 --> 00:11:09.110 ago, which which it did but its predecessor the 00:11:09.110 --> 00:11:11.929 first video thing that I did actually started 00:11:11.929 --> 00:11:17.610 11 years ago in 2004 Amateur radio video news 00:11:17.610 --> 00:11:21.090 and I I made some programs and sold DVDs, not 00:11:21.090 --> 00:11:25.409 very fast, not very prolifically, but I made 00:11:25.409 --> 00:11:30.690 a few. The reason I started that was in 1983, 00:11:31.950 --> 00:11:35.750 this space shuttle Columbia, I think it was Columbia 00:11:35.750 --> 00:11:40.970 83, right? Had disintegrated on reentry and left 00:11:40.970 --> 00:11:47.509 pieces of itself all over East Texas. Wanted 00:11:47.509 --> 00:11:49.629 to go there and shoot video really bad. I didn't 00:11:49.629 --> 00:11:52.809 have good equipment. I had high -ate Camera and 00:11:52.809 --> 00:11:54.269 stuff and I really wanted to go there and shoot 00:11:54.269 --> 00:11:56.370 video of it. I couldn't get away I was freelancing 00:11:56.370 --> 00:11:58.409 at the time and I had lots of work and I couldn't 00:11:58.409 --> 00:12:01.070 quite get away but I really wanted to do that 00:12:01.070 --> 00:12:03.470 and The reason why I really wanted to do that 00:12:03.470 --> 00:12:08.970 is our media sucks. We're terrible at it Bill 00:12:08.970 --> 00:12:13.649 Pasternak and I have commiserated a lot about 00:12:13.649 --> 00:12:19.740 how badly we do media It's it's really hard to 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:24.200 get still pictures of hams doing important things 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.679 especially in the emergency communications in 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.799 the public safety arena We don't get really good 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.559 pictures of hams doing that we get no video at 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.299 all and Bill tried to start something called 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:39.039 the ham radio video core and encourage hams to 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.299 Acquire and then maybe edit video of us doing 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:45.779 stuff Went nowhere. We're still doing none of 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:50.259 that Katrina came and went almost nothing One 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:52.379 guy went in there with a camera and shot some 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:54.879 stuff, but that never became a program. It became 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.519 a short blurb that the league did So we're terrible 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:02.580 at it. So I really wanted to and I got started 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:09.259 in 2004 Video equipment was starting to get Affordable 00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:11.620 enough now. I wouldn't call it cheap, but I I 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:14.440 could buy a good camera for about forty five 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.720 hundred dollars makes really good pictures and 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.539 I did that and the first story I thought I might 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:26.039 go do was The W3 AO field day operation. I had 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:29.340 been noticing that those guys did something unusual. 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:34.340 They had a 50 a 51 a field day operation and 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:37.220 we worked them from the field day I was at And 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:40.220 I was always thinking, that's that can't be right. 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:43.899 Yeah, exactly. It's got to be a scam of some 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:46.019 kind. So I noticed that they were they were lined 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:48.419 up to do another 50. And I called the guys and 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:50.279 said, can I come up here? And I'm starting the 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.000 same radio television show. Can I come up there 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:57.320 and then document? And they said, yeah, sure. 00:13:57.460 --> 00:14:01.360 Why not? So I did. And although I shot it in 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.960 2004, I finally released the DVD in 2011. So 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.009 you can tell how fast I am. Turning things around 00:14:08.009 --> 00:14:12.730 So but that was the beginning Yeah, take editing 00:14:12.730 --> 00:14:15.769 is slow. Well, I released several others in between 00:14:15.769 --> 00:14:20.190 I did a documentary on a ARDF direction finding 00:14:20.190 --> 00:14:22.429 because it was their national championships were 00:14:22.429 --> 00:14:25.090 just down the road from me Local and they wanted 00:14:25.090 --> 00:14:27.230 to close out so people could see it. So I shot 00:14:27.230 --> 00:14:30.870 that in I think in 2008 and released it only 00:14:30.870 --> 00:14:33.259 a few months later and a couple of other things. 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:36.580 I did a documentary called Digital Voice for 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:41.200 Amateur Radio and I shot that a lot of it in 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:45.799 2008 and got it released within a few months. 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:48.000 So a lot of work there and then I finally got 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.639 around to doing that field day thing. I shot 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:55.860 the 10th anniversary of the W3AO operation in 00:14:55.860 --> 00:15:00.570 2014 and I still haven't edited that. Haven't 00:15:00.570 --> 00:15:03.549 lost my old ways entirely, but I know what you 00:15:03.549 --> 00:15:06.649 mean We I've got a project at school that we 00:15:06.649 --> 00:15:09.470 shot all the video and did everything and then 00:15:09.470 --> 00:15:14.629 yeah, it's still sitting I totally get that So 00:15:14.629 --> 00:15:19.029 so podcasting the concept of podcasting in online 00:15:19.029 --> 00:15:22.950 stuff actually began about 2004 when I was taking 00:15:22.950 --> 00:15:27.809 a major step into the late 1990s and doing DVDs 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:29.840 The people who understood what was going on, 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:36.620 Leo Laporte, even George Thomas in amateur logic, 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:38.620 not Ham Nation yet, but amateur logic. You started 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:42.379 back then. So guys were getting this. I just 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:47.259 wasn't. I was old school. And then I got invited 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:51.419 to be a guest host on Ham Nation when they started 00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:56.320 down on Twitter in 2011. And I did a bunch of 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.519 those shows. I knew he was going to be on the 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:04.279 road. So he he was cat about for someone who 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.799 had some experience. And he said someone pointed 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.440 in my way, I guess. I haven't seen the DVDs. 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:12.059 And so he asked me if I would do it. And I said, 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:14.519 yeah, as long as you don't ask me to film because 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:17.320 I'd never be able to find time for that. So I 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:22.259 did half a dozen of those shows and he stopped 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:24.840 calling. He just said, he didn't say anything. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:28.000 He just, he stopped calling. And about that point, 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.200 I decided I really did like doing it and thought 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.500 I could maybe do it regularly. So I started the 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:36.899 Ham Radio Now thing and he gave me a guest shot. 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:40.399 My first Ham Radio Now episodes came from the 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:43.299 Orlando hamcation and went down there and shot 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:45.679 a bunch of interviews and a tour of the place 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:50.330 in 2011. And, um, and he gave me a good departing 00:16:50.330 --> 00:16:52.690 shot doing that. And then I just never heard 00:16:52.690 --> 00:16:54.509 from him again. So I figured he didn't need me. 00:16:54.509 --> 00:16:56.450 And he went on to Don Wilbanks and a whole bunch 00:16:56.450 --> 00:17:00.009 of other people. So, um, I've been doing then 00:17:00.009 --> 00:17:03.929 the ham radio now since then. And we're up at 00:17:03.929 --> 00:17:06.230 this, this, by the way, I never introduced the 00:17:06.230 --> 00:17:09.089 video part of the show. Um, your radio listeners 00:17:09.089 --> 00:17:10.809 don't realize we're also making the ham radio 00:17:10.809 --> 00:17:13.890 now probe. So let me introduce it here. Radio 00:17:13.890 --> 00:17:20.920 now episode 246. Look I'm on ham talk live. I 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:24.519 mean listen. I'm on ham talk live Yeah, but we 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.900 don't get the sound effects of the the the lower 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:32.079 third flying in we don't Know we don't I do that 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.680 in post but but yeah, but they'll get that on 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.420 on video You guys will get it, but but but our 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:43.980 listeners won't Get the fly you just get me so 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:50.730 so That's it that's how we got started and then 00:17:50.730 --> 00:17:53.170 I just keep keep turning them out as fast as 00:17:53.170 --> 00:17:56.809 I can I've added Well, I was doing the Tapper 00:17:56.809 --> 00:17:59.990 digital communications conferences on DVD from 00:17:59.990 --> 00:18:03.589 2008 on and then just folded them into the ham 00:18:03.589 --> 00:18:07.630 radio video and One of the things that that you 00:18:07.630 --> 00:18:10.589 do to keep this going because like you said video 00:18:10.589 --> 00:18:15.660 is not cheap You know this show I you know put 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:19.779 together pretty you know not a whole lot of cost 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:27.900 But it's not cheap. So tell us about Arvin Yeah 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:30.779 And I'm on my second generation of equipment 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:33.759 because I bought all the video cameras and stuff 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:38.740 in standard definition four by three ratio just 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:41.599 as high definition stuff was starting to hit 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.859 the market at at this level of production. So 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:48.420 I hung in with standard definition for as long 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:50.519 as I could, but I switched to high definition 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:53.480 before I started Cam Radio Now. So everything 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.900 on Cam Radio Now is hi -def. And once again, 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:03.160 a brand new camera down to Orlando. Arvin, the 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.539 name of Arvin comes from what people were calling 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:09.599 the original program, it's amateur radio video 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:14.559 news. ARVN, one of the world's most terrible 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.380 names for a television program. And it also turns 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:19.839 out that the initials ARVN stand for the Army 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.019 of the Republic of Vietnam, which people reminded 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:27.799 me of over and over and over again. I'm thinking, 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:30.500 well, you know, they're gone and I'm still here. 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:33.539 But I eventually changed to ham radio now. But 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:37.920 I adapted the ARVN name as the name of the mascot, 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:40.500 a little piggy bank. sitting back here over my 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:44.920 shoulder. Folks on the video can see that. And 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:49.700 he represents viewer financial contributions. 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:54.359 And his name is Arvin, A -R -V -I -N. I've got 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:58.859 a little Arvin reel -to -reel portable tape recorder 00:19:58.859 --> 00:20:01.359 that I got to work into the deal somehow, but 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.660 I've never played with that. So from the very 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:07.140 beginning, I didn't... want to line up advertisers. 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:10.380 I wanted individual contributions from viewers 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:13.180 and they've been surprisingly good. It hasn't 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:18.839 made a living. I would really like for this to 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.960 be a full -time deal and it's not even close, 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:25.240 but it has averaged since Hammerdia now started 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:29.180 about $7 ,000 to $8 ,000 a year, plus a few very 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:32.140 successful Kickstarters for the Tapper stuff. 00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:34.700 Which brought in twelve thousand dollars one 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.920 year and a little over eight thousand the next 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:40.500 but last year The kickstarter didn't work goose 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:43.259 egg, but people have been contributing individually 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:46.099 to the program I also started a patreon when 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:48.799 that stuff got started so people can contribute 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:54.599 on a ongoing basis with the patreon so Probably 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:56.980 most people doing podcasts would say you're making 00:20:57.210 --> 00:21:00.029 $10 ,000 a year off your podcast. You were doing 00:21:00.029 --> 00:21:03.950 awesome, boy. But like I say, and people always 00:21:03.950 --> 00:21:06.869 say, well, don't try to monetize your podcast. 00:21:07.210 --> 00:21:09.250 You're going down the wrong road. Do it for fun. 00:21:09.750 --> 00:21:12.210 But I kind of want this to be a deal. And it 00:21:12.210 --> 00:21:16.690 is expensive to do. Yeah. I'm lucky that my expenses 00:21:16.690 --> 00:21:19.630 are low. And so I just, you know, do a couple 00:21:19.630 --> 00:21:24.720 of very inexpensive ads. That pretty much takes 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:27.559 care of it, you know, a few months down the road. 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.680 Anyway, it will. Is it like a dollar a holler 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:33.819 radio? Yeah. It's not quite a dollar a holler, 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:37.900 but it's not too far off of that. So, um, you 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:42.640 know, hopefully that'll go, but, um, what. You 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:44.859 do them wrong. I do them wrong. You do your ads 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:50.299 wrong. Oh, here in the podcast land, um, the 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:53.960 ads are effective when the host. does them live. 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.400 Live, yes. And you produce yours and almost no 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:01.160 podcasters produce their ads. Yeah. You get that 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:07.019 native advertising feel to them. Oh, Cindy, come 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:09.960 over here. My lovely wife Cindy. She's come on. 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:12.500 Come on, get over. I have no makeup. She's got 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.500 no makeup on. Well, it's radio. It doesn't matter. 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:19.279 Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. It's just radio. She's 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.529 wandering through the studio. But she's not she's 00:22:22.529 --> 00:22:26.309 not She says she's not going to come in front 00:22:26.309 --> 00:22:28.690 of the camera. Well, I don't have a microphone 00:22:28.690 --> 00:22:32.490 for you over there. So holler Yes, holler. Hi 00:22:32.490 --> 00:22:34.650 everybody. Hello everybody. Okay, that's cindy 00:22:34.650 --> 00:22:36.890 katie. Where are you? I see in the people do 00:22:36.890 --> 00:22:40.630 see her but people do see her on on the show 00:22:40.630 --> 00:22:44.690 they I always get a lot of email that says how 00:22:44.690 --> 00:22:48.150 did an ugly old guy like you get a young beautiful 00:22:48.150 --> 00:22:52.109 wife like that and I've got pictures. That's 00:22:52.109 --> 00:23:00.190 the thing. It's blackmail Now I'm lucky now occasionally 00:23:00.190 --> 00:23:04.869 The mouse shows up on the show. Yeah, I'm surprised. 00:23:04.890 --> 00:23:08.650 I don't have a cat Bug is yes, Cindy's gonna 00:23:08.650 --> 00:23:12.650 go get me a cat. So yeah, we have a one of the 00:23:12.650 --> 00:23:17.119 other things that we do is Rest cat rescue or 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:19.099 big into cat rescue, especially Cindy, but I 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:23.819 help her out as much as I can and We have a feral 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:25.720 colony with two cats in her right now because 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:27.859 we've been very successful in the trap neuter 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:32.519 return or trap neuter adopt Where you get feral 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:35.720 cats and if they're young enough you You bring 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.900 them in and domesticate them and get them adopted 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:40.880 at a shelter. So we're pretty good at that We've 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.220 got three of our own right now and then in the 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:48.250 house. There's two more Cats that we are Fostering 00:23:48.250 --> 00:23:51.730 until they're ready for being adopted so five 00:23:51.730 --> 00:23:57.750 cats going on. I'm hoping to do a podcast On 00:23:57.750 --> 00:24:01.069 cat rescue because I've surveyed the market a 00:24:01.069 --> 00:24:02.589 lot more people out there into cats and there 00:24:02.589 --> 00:24:05.150 aren't a ham radio and no one's serving that 00:24:05.150 --> 00:24:09.829 mark So I've got the domain rescue cat dot TV 00:24:09.829 --> 00:24:15.880 Yeah, maybe maybe maybe some Jackson Galaxy Well, 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:20.339 the other thing about it is ham radio media, 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:22.559 ham radio online media tops out at about what 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.839 we're doing here in twit. Cats, they get real 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:30.680 big time TV, you know, on cable and Jackson Galaxy. 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:34.619 So we won't hit that level. But it's I don't 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:37.140 think anyone is talking to the to the folks that 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:41.000 do this, this animal rescue, cat rescue. We'll 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:43.299 focus on cats. The people will say why don't 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:45.019 you do dogs, too? And it's just it's not because 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:47.900 we don't like dogs just You know cats are our 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:51.059 thing and we'll talk about dogs, but sure I want 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:54.339 I want to get that ginned up and well Alec now 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:56.500 that I've let the let the world know I guess 00:24:56.500 --> 00:25:00.420 I better get to it. There you go Well, Ali's 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:02.940 been running around here, but since it's radio 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:06.759 You don't hear Ali. So we won't get into that. 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:12.069 Although Ali did try to get in Um, on ham nation, 00:25:12.369 --> 00:25:14.549 she jumped up on the desk right behind me and 00:25:14.549 --> 00:25:17.730 George says, there's a tail coming out of your 00:25:17.730 --> 00:25:25.710 head and like, um, Alley down. So she tried, 00:25:26.069 --> 00:25:31.470 but my favorite cat ham radio video was when 00:25:31.470 --> 00:25:36.079 I was like, probably either five or six years 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:39.400 old and I'm copying code and The cat jumps up 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.359 on top of the HF rig and starts batting around 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:48.759 my pencil while I'm trying to copy CW Got an 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:51.640 old home movie of that. Yep. They're good at 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:55.319 that. Yeah, they are There's tons of tons of 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:59.420 pictures on Facebook of cats sleeping on radios 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:02.279 amplifiers Tube stuff particularly because oh, 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:07.109 yeah, it's warm Oh, yeah Well speaking of get 00:26:07.109 --> 00:26:12.329 any live live calls here. Yeah We do need to 00:26:12.329 --> 00:26:15.190 do one more ad and and I do want to take since 00:26:15.190 --> 00:26:17.910 we kind of had to do things abruptly because 00:26:17.910 --> 00:26:22.309 Skype was being Skype I do want to thank Scott 00:26:22.309 --> 00:26:24.950 and Jill from tower electronics and this is that 00:26:24.950 --> 00:26:28.890 live thing you're talking about because they 00:26:28.890 --> 00:26:31.730 have sponsored the show for the first few months 00:26:31.730 --> 00:26:35.269 and I've used their products in repeater installations 00:26:35.269 --> 00:26:38.029 and at work and at home and they've been really 00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:40.109 supportive over the years with our repeaters 00:26:40.109 --> 00:26:43.150 and with the school and they've got great stuff 00:26:43.150 --> 00:26:47.150 so give them a call or order at PL -259 .com 00:26:47.150 --> 00:26:51.009 and right now we're going to listen to a little 00:26:51.009 --> 00:26:54.450 spot about our other sponsor tonight and that's 00:26:54.450 --> 00:26:56.789 the Ham Station and we'll be back with Gary Pierce 00:26:56.789 --> 00:27:01.490 KN4AQ right after this. 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While we're 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:37.279 waiting, Well, and there's Allie in the background. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.920 I don't think microphone picked her up but I 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:49.339 recently watched your All parody all the time 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:54.440 episode and I I was I had it on YouTube you were 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:56.480 talking about different ways, you know to catch 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.359 the show and and I had it on YouTube but I had 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:02.500 it playing through the car so I had the audio 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:05.400 and the video but I Didn't watch the video. I 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:10.000 was listening as I was driving and You had a 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:14.980 lot of clips there from the actual Subcommittee 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:18.579 discussions and everything and really like how 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:21.279 you how you took that and dug into everything 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:26.720 and and You know kind of picked that apart that 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:33.069 was that was very interesting and It'll be it'll 00:30:33.069 --> 00:30:37.170 be interesting to see where this goes It's going 00:30:37.170 --> 00:30:39.970 way better than I ever expected once we hit a 00:30:39.970 --> 00:30:43.349 Senate version of the bill I thought well, there's 00:30:43.349 --> 00:30:45.349 a chance Of course, I screwed it up because I 00:30:45.349 --> 00:30:47.970 thought it was only a one -year deal and if I 00:30:47.970 --> 00:30:49.910 to put you know at the end of last year I thought 00:30:49.910 --> 00:30:54.829 it was dead and had to be restarted, but I Really 00:30:54.829 --> 00:30:57.529 need to go back and watch the schoolhouse rock 00:30:57.849 --> 00:31:00.950 I'm just a bill on capital and see if they can 00:31:00.950 --> 00:31:02.990 explain that to me. The sessions are two years 00:31:02.990 --> 00:31:05.930 long. So the Parity Act has got another year 00:31:05.930 --> 00:31:08.609 to go and it's picking up more co -sponsors and 00:31:08.609 --> 00:31:10.970 made it out of the original committee in the 00:31:10.970 --> 00:31:12.869 House that was in. It already made it out of 00:31:12.869 --> 00:31:14.430 the first committee it was in in the Senate. 00:31:15.009 --> 00:31:18.289 The next step for that is the full Senate. And 00:31:18.289 --> 00:31:20.809 now it's going to be at the Energy and Commerce 00:31:20.809 --> 00:31:23.750 Committee. It made it out of the Telecommunications 00:31:23.750 --> 00:31:29.190 and I think Electric Toasters Committee. So as 00:31:29.190 --> 00:31:31.269 opposed to the non -electors toasters committee. 00:31:31.509 --> 00:31:35.670 Well, yeah fire So, uh, so, you know, we're still 00:31:35.670 --> 00:31:38.529 in very much the contact your congress people 00:31:38.529 --> 00:31:41.230 and let them know this exists and that you would 00:31:41.230 --> 00:31:44.470 like them to support it become co -sponsors or 00:31:44.470 --> 00:31:47.450 Whatever, especially if they're now in the energy 00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:49.769 and commerce committee. So that's the place to 00:31:49.769 --> 00:31:53.190 go. I thought it was cool that In congress, they 00:31:53.190 --> 00:31:56.690 were talking about us, you know every often Yeah, 00:31:56.690 --> 00:32:00.089 I was very encouraged by a lot of things that 00:32:00.089 --> 00:32:04.029 that they did say that they recognized Just what 00:32:04.029 --> 00:32:07.769 we do and and then it was nice to hear yeah, 00:32:07.769 --> 00:32:09.730 it was mostly boilerplate stuff, you know the 00:32:09.730 --> 00:32:13.549 usual pat on the back, but I Like that better 00:32:13.549 --> 00:32:19.430 than nothing. Yeah. Yeah absolutely Okay, give 00:32:19.430 --> 00:32:24.200 us a call at on Skype net ham talk live Or 812 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:28.339 Net Ham 1 if you have a question for Gary 812 00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:33.400 -638 -4261 we have a few minutes left and and 00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:38.960 the The amendments I remember you talking about 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.480 those a little bit and yeah those amendments 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:45.299 Scare me a little but we'll see where it goes 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:48.200 That's going on right now somewhere in the background. 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:50.680 I think I would like to talk to some of the guys 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.740 at the league and see if they're In the middle 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:56.299 of it, I hope that they are. What happened at 00:32:56.299 --> 00:33:00.240 the communications and technology subcommittee 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:06.240 hearing was people were recognized that there 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.420 is opposition. There's somewhat organized opposition 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:13.380 from what we call the CAI, the Community Associations 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:17.339 Institute. It's an association of homeowners 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:22.000 associations. And they filed Comments with the 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.980 committee so to the ARL and in their filing they 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:29.400 had seven specific points That they would like 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:32.079 to see changed some of them fairly innocuous 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.539 some of them kind of deal -breakers, but that's 00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:38.619 their opening gambit Negotiating position and 00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:42.890 I go through all that in the program All parody 00:33:42.890 --> 00:33:47.289 all the time on ham radio now TV So if you missed 00:33:47.289 --> 00:33:49.250 that stop by there you had mentioned that you 00:33:49.250 --> 00:33:51.650 were Watching the YouTube while you were driving 00:33:51.650 --> 00:33:53.829 and I do have an audio version of the show. It's 00:33:53.829 --> 00:33:57.890 a little hard to get to I'm not I'm a bad podcaster. 00:33:58.630 --> 00:34:01.410 I Haven't taken advantage of all the tools you 00:34:01.410 --> 00:34:04.730 immediately got on iTunes and are discoverable 00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:07.410 on the podcast apps and all that stuff, but you're 00:34:07.410 --> 00:34:13.090 you're on my podcast public podcast app. And 00:34:13.090 --> 00:34:18.610 I haven't done that. Really, I should. I've just 00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:22.909 been scrolling my audio versions away on my internet 00:34:22.909 --> 00:34:26.449 service providers site on the Ham Radio Now website. 00:34:27.349 --> 00:34:30.030 And that's not a good idea. That's not where 00:34:30.030 --> 00:34:33.369 media should live. So I've got to move it. I've 00:34:33.369 --> 00:34:36.250 had a fellow offering to provide free hosting 00:34:36.250 --> 00:34:39.840 for my audio and video for over a year. And I 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.360 haven't got around to doing that. I'm late. Well, 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.360 one of the advantages to starting up the show 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:51.420 is I took two months to get ready. So I had all 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.760 the social media stuff set up. I had all the 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:56.219 accounts set up. I had everything all set up. 00:34:57.219 --> 00:35:01.800 In those two months ahead of time. And so I didn't 00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:06.840 know what any of that was. Yeah. And the the 00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:10.730 spreaker thing just has all this stuff integrated 00:35:10.730 --> 00:35:14.449 and so it makes it really easy and honestly I 00:35:14.449 --> 00:35:20.269 found out about it listening to an AM talk radio 00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:27.010 ad over the holidays actually and decided here's 00:35:27.010 --> 00:35:29.409 my chance I've always wanted to do talk radio 00:35:29.409 --> 00:35:33.050 instead of just playing music and here's your 00:35:33.050 --> 00:35:36.929 weather watch forecast for today and you know 00:35:36.929 --> 00:35:39.550 traffic on the eights don't yes oh yes and and 00:35:39.550 --> 00:35:42.929 we're on your side um but anyway traffic and 00:35:42.929 --> 00:35:45.389 weather together yeah yeah exactly traffic and 00:35:45.389 --> 00:35:49.949 weather together on the eights and um you know 00:35:49.949 --> 00:35:53.230 i heard it and i'm like okay here's here's the 00:35:53.230 --> 00:35:56.090 chance to do it and it's it's really worked out 00:35:56.090 --> 00:35:59.289 pretty well um there's there's been a few hangouts 00:35:59.289 --> 00:36:03.130 but we're getting there There's some latent wannabe 00:36:03.130 --> 00:36:05.110 broadcaster in you too because I mean you've 00:36:05.110 --> 00:36:09.170 done professional broadcasting I did I did it 00:36:09.170 --> 00:36:12.070 was part -time but you know it beat flipping 00:36:12.070 --> 00:36:16.929 burgers It was a lot of you and you wanted Yeah, 00:36:17.170 --> 00:36:19.690 so we're we're fulfilling our childhood dreams 00:36:19.690 --> 00:36:23.789 here where no one can tell us what to do. Exactly 00:36:23.789 --> 00:36:26.929 Exactly, and one of the things and I know you 00:36:26.929 --> 00:36:30.110 do a lot with repeaters and I don't know if this 00:36:30.110 --> 00:36:34.170 has been your experience or not but the experience 00:36:34.170 --> 00:36:39.030 we had with our repeater system was that we did 00:36:39.030 --> 00:36:42.090 the IDs the way we wanted to do them, we linked 00:36:42.090 --> 00:36:44.550 to whatever we wanted to do and we did all that 00:36:44.550 --> 00:36:47.909 and then we asked for support if you liked it 00:36:47.909 --> 00:36:53.110 and it worked so much better than a club of 60 00:36:53.110 --> 00:36:57.650 people all trying to figure out how to run the 00:36:57.650 --> 00:37:00.889 repeater. My committee. Yeah, it's not too good. 00:37:01.110 --> 00:37:05.070 Yeah, it didn't work. So that's what I say about 00:37:05.070 --> 00:37:07.949 my show and the support. Yeah. That's what I 00:37:07.949 --> 00:37:10.230 say about my show and the support is you can 00:37:10.230 --> 00:37:13.070 make suggestions. I appreciate your support, 00:37:13.349 --> 00:37:15.829 really, but I'm going to do the show I want to 00:37:15.829 --> 00:37:19.429 do and come along for the ride. Absolutely. Well, 00:37:19.710 --> 00:37:22.690 thanks for coming along for the ride with us 00:37:22.690 --> 00:37:26.599 tonight. It's it's that time. Once again, my 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:31.300 timer is telling me it's time to go So so I have 00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:33.980 thanks for coming along my pun. Yeah to make 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:37.639 my pun Yeah, that's a wrap. Oh, you beat me to 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:39.400 it. I was just getting ready to do it In fact, 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:42.480 Nick said now you always did that in class. Why 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:46.019 didn't you do that on the air? So So yeah a rap 00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:50.210 star. Yes. That's it. That's a wrap For this 00:37:50.210 --> 00:37:52.110 week's edition of HamTalk Live, I'd like to thank 00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:54.690 my guest Gary Pierce, KN4AQ, and all the callers 00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:57.230 and listeners out there in cyberspace. And I 00:37:57.230 --> 00:37:59.789 invite you back next Thursday night at 9 p .m. 00:38:00.190 --> 00:38:04.349 Eastern. My guest will be Tom Vinson, NY0V. And 00:38:04.349 --> 00:38:07.429 Tom recently took a trip to Myanmar or Burma, 00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:10.110 depending on your politics, to help some Boy 00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:12.329 Scouts earn their Radio Merit badge. And you'll 00:38:12.329 --> 00:38:14.809 hear about it right here on HamTalk Live. So 00:38:14.809 --> 00:38:19.130 for now... With Gary Pierce KN4AQ saying over 00:38:19.130 --> 00:38:22.550 and out. This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying seven 00:38:22.550 --> 00:38:26.449 three seven five and may the good DX be yours