WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.919 It's Ham Radio with Neil Rapp. Here we go, and 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:11.359 welcome to Hamtop Live. Call in, let's talk, 00:00:11.779 --> 00:00:16.760 Neil's your guy. Hamtop Live, here we go on Hamtop 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:31.309 Radio. Hey, good evening, everyone. Let me get 00:00:31.309 --> 00:00:34.170 this button turned on here. Good evening, everyone. 00:00:34.310 --> 00:00:37.390 It's time for Ham Talk Live. It's episode number 00:00:37.390 --> 00:00:43.509 325, live from Hamvention 2025, recorded on Thursday, 00:00:43.590 --> 00:00:48.679 May 15th, Hamvention Eve. I'm your host Neal 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.780 Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this special 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:55.560 episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight we're joined 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:00.159 by Paul Brown, WD9GCO. and Eric Elwell, Katie 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:07.219 for BNT and Michael Coulter, W8CI. Well, we've 00:01:07.219 --> 00:01:11.140 got a couple of firsts here for the show. And 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:15.099 first is we have a new location because we're 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:18.799 not at the same old hotel we used to stay at. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.799 And so we're coming to you from Holiday Inn in 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:28.500 Fairborn and. just just renovated. In fact, I 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:30.980 think I'm the first one to use this room since 00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:35.980 the since the renovation happened. And so it's 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:40.060 it's looking really nice. And it's it's also 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:43.280 a first because we're streaming live on YouTube 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:48.840 because, well, Spreaker quit streaming live. 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.890 And so there wasn't much of a choice. So I set 00:01:53.890 --> 00:02:02.730 it up to stream on YouTube. But in time for the 00:02:02.730 --> 00:02:06.709 random banter. I love it when I get here for 00:02:06.709 --> 00:02:13.069 the random banter. Hang on. Let me put on the 00:02:13.069 --> 00:02:15.530 headphones. And now, is there a level for the 00:02:15.530 --> 00:02:17.430 headphones, Neil? Because I can't hear myself. 00:02:17.849 --> 00:02:19.750 And you know how much I love to hear myself. 00:02:20.129 --> 00:02:23.090 Well, okay. All right. That's fine. I can do 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:28.270 it. Now I can hear myself. Well, and here's the 00:02:28.270 --> 00:02:30.550 video shop. We're not used to doing video. No 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:32.789 kidding. So this is rare. I mean, we haven't 00:02:32.789 --> 00:02:36.370 done HamTalk Live for a long time. Yeah, but, 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:39.710 you know, it's it's HamVision time. So we got 00:02:39.710 --> 00:02:44.050 to do it. And this is a special year for you 00:02:44.050 --> 00:02:48.219 because you're like a big deal this year. Yeah, 00:02:48.219 --> 00:02:51.159 and because you're a big deal, I have something 00:02:51.159 --> 00:03:00.460 for you, Neil. So you remember, you remember 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:05.080 a few years ago you treated me to a stack of 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.659 headshots. Yes, I remember that. You still have 00:03:07.659 --> 00:03:10.159 some. And I brought one this year, apparently. 00:03:10.740 --> 00:03:12.479 And you still have one. And you still brought 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:15.780 me one. I have some, I will make sure you have 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:18.939 one. But you now have your very own headshot. 00:03:18.939 --> 00:03:25.020 Oh, I have. I have my own. Headshots. Here we 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:27.819 go. And it's with the news line logo and everything. 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:31.479 Yeah. And it says 20, 25 hand bench, an amateur 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.960 of the year, 20, 21, Carol Perry, educator of 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.259 the year. And it also says close personal friend 00:03:38.259 --> 00:03:43.319 of Paul Brown, WD 9 GCO. Very, very nice. That's 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.199 the important one. Yes, very nice touch, a close 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.900 possible friend of Paul Brown WDI GCO. Now do 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:53.099 you understand why I didn't have the monitor 00:03:53.099 --> 00:03:58.039 on? I can hear myself twice in delay. Right. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:08.280 So I'm turning it off. I'm turning the monitor 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.439 off. Yeah, the digital delay is just too much. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:16.480 So if you come by the Yoda booth, make sure Neil 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:18.199 will have these with him. And if you would like 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:21.360 an autographed photo of Neil, he has some. Now, 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:24.100 these are color. Yours were black and white. 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:26.759 Oh, there's not as many of them, though. Well, 00:04:26.779 --> 00:04:30.060 OK. I did get you 100. So how many did I rate? 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.860 I think, well, this was real quick, and I printed 00:04:33.860 --> 00:04:36.600 them kind of at home -ish, so I didn't print 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.680 100. If there's a demand, we'll get more made. 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.740 You think there'll be a demand? Well, you are 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:45.959 a close person, friend of Paul Brown. Paul Brown, 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.100 wd .gco, yes. I would imagine there will be a 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:51.560 demand, because we know how much mine have been 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.920 in demand. I have, I think, 80 of them left. 00:04:56.140 --> 00:04:59.139 Yeah, it's gonna be 79 before the weekend is 00:04:59.139 --> 00:05:04.420 over right weekends over. Yes Okay, so so there 00:05:04.420 --> 00:05:07.139 you have it, you know first time at this location 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:11.439 first time On on YouTube this studio is a lot 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:14.199 nicer than the last one. Yeah, it is it actually 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:16.939 is okay, so we're gonna we're gonna take a look 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:20.060 at the weather and We're gonna we're gonna look 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:23.860 at some things to help these find people who 00:05:23.860 --> 00:05:26.360 are coming to Hamvention so they don't make the 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:28.720 same mistake that I made yesterday coming in 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.720 and missing my turn. So we're going to talk about 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:33.959 that. And we're going to talk to Michael Coulter, 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:37.079 W8CI. He's going to tell you about all the latest 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.199 changes that have been made, because there have 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:44.199 been a few last minute changes. And then later 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:48.680 on, you're doing a remote broadcast, right? I 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.360 can try. Okay, you got your phone charged up 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:56.220 zoom on it and all that I do Okay. Okay. All 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:59.000 right. We'll be we'll be ready to go All right. 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:02.240 Well first let's check the weather now the weather 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:06.060 Yeah, the weather forecast suddenly changed I 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:08.720 got a text from Michael Coulter last night at 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:15.040 like 10 minutes to midnight and showed the weather 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:20.040 outlook that had been released. And so we wanted 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.339 to kind of get the word out on the weather, but 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:25.500 it looks like we'll actually be in decent shape 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:29.819 during Hamvention hours. So let's hear more about 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:35.319 that from our exclusive Spectrum One News Hamvention 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:39.279 weather forecast with chief meteorologist Eric 00:06:39.279 --> 00:07:10.899 Elwell, KD4, BN. and tea. Thanks, Neil. Here's 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:12.959 your hand benching forecast for this weekend. 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:15.139 We are keeping a close eye on storms the next 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:17.839 couple of nights. for tonight will monitor storms 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:20.220 that could come in late after midnight between 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:22.000 about midnight and six a .m. a little bit greater 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.779 threat as you get up north of I 70 but we'll 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:26.540 still watch that closely there is a chance that 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:28.379 if those storms can make it one or two of those 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:30.259 could be strong so you might have a way to be 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:32.500 alerted to severe weather overnight now most 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:34.959 of the day Friday looks dry another sunny warm 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:36.540 afternoon with temperatures in the lower to middle 00:07:36.540 --> 00:07:38.279 eighties but once again Friday evening a little 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.620 bit earlier but any time after about five or 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:42.680 six o 'clock Friday evening the threat for more 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.300 storms and some of those could be strong or severe 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:47.050 in fact a little bit greater threat for severe 00:07:47.050 --> 00:07:48.490 weather here Friday evening. We'll have to pay 00:07:48.490 --> 00:07:50.410 attention with that potential for some damaging 00:07:50.410 --> 00:07:52.430 winds and hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. 00:07:52.930 --> 00:07:55.529 So another evening to stay weather aware. The 00:07:55.529 --> 00:07:57.250 good news is all this gets out of here for Saturday 00:07:57.250 --> 00:07:59.930 and Sunday. Maybe a few early showers on Saturday, 00:08:00.149 --> 00:08:02.410 a little breezy, cooler. Temperatures fall back 00:08:02.410 --> 00:08:04.449 into the 70s, but should be a pretty nice weekend. 00:08:04.930 --> 00:08:07.470 With the exclusive HamTalk Live, Hamvention Weather 00:08:07.470 --> 00:08:10.009 Forecast on Spectrum News 1, Chief Meteorologist 00:08:10.009 --> 00:08:13.689 Eric Elwell, KD4BNT73. All right. Thanks again, 00:08:13.689 --> 00:08:17.079 Eric, for that. catch Eric on spectrum cable 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.740 on spectrum news one across Ohio on channel one. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.939 And when you're here in the Dayton area for continuing 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:27.339 weather coverage, I know he recorded that for 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:31.500 us five o 'clock for Eric. So he's keeping an 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:34.840 eye on on all of that. And Paul, I should mention, 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:37.919 I want to apologize to all the people who are 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.139 watching the show because, you know, we're radio 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:45.389 guys and. We don't, we don't do video. And so, 00:08:45.389 --> 00:08:47.950 you know, it's kind of like, I just kind of threw 00:08:47.950 --> 00:08:51.929 it together and the shots are all off and I'm 00:08:51.929 --> 00:08:54.269 not even watching YouTube right now. There's 00:08:54.269 --> 00:08:57.190 probably people in the chat and I have no idea. 00:08:57.330 --> 00:09:00.809 I believe the term is faces for radio. Yes, exactly. 00:09:00.929 --> 00:09:04.259 We have faces for radio. So if the lighting's 00:09:04.259 --> 00:09:08.840 off and you only see like half of Paul or whatever, 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:13.080 yeah, then I have no idea. There's a camera, 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.039 but we aren't seeing ourselves, so we're just 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:18.840 guessing. Yeah, so we're just guessing. So that's 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:23.580 it. All right. Well, let's take a look at the... 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:27.120 Oh, I need to turn that off so I don't hear it. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.620 Okay. Let's take a look at the gas prices. Actually, 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:34.820 gas prices around here are actually pretty good. 00:09:35.620 --> 00:09:38.299 I need to fill up in the morning. Yeah, it's 00:09:38.299 --> 00:09:40.519 actually better than home, which home is usually 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:45.360 really good. But the best price right now is 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.179 Meyer just down the street from us on Colonel 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:52.700 Glenn Highway. It's two forty eight in Xenia. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:58.500 It's 253 at the Speedway on US 68 and the Shell 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:04.100 on US 68 and Kroger on Main Street. And most 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:07.220 places in the in the Xenia area in the southeast 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:11.600 area are running around 253 to 258. Somewhere 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:16.799 in there, I think Costco was 264. So, you know, 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:20.399 Most of the the prices are pretty good in the 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.919 southeast area So kind of a closer you get to 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.700 Hamwich and the better the gas prices the place 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:27.620 right up the street from us is cheaper than Costco. 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.419 Yeah It's not worth me driving over there then 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:33.659 yeah, that's what I usually do is go over there 00:10:33.659 --> 00:10:37.980 to Costco, but no, okay so right now it's it's 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:41.259 Meyer just Probably look out the window and see 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:45.940 it cheap is good. Yes, absolutely All right. 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.340 Well We're going to talk to Michael Coulter, 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.580 WHCI, and find out some more about Hamvention 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:55.820 to help your trip here. It's Hamvention Eve live 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:58.840 with HamTalk Live. And we'll be back right after 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:02.460 this word from Tower Electronics right here on 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:09.700 HamTalk Live. His two cents is worth $37 in change. 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.500 He once ran a marathon. because it was on his 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:28.940 way to Dayton. He works FT -8 by ear. He once 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:32.620 worked North Korea on every band in one minute 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:40.100 using only a microwatt. He slowed down his code 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:45.889 speed to work a DX -pedition. to 200 words a 00:11:45.889 --> 00:11:52.769 minute. He is, indeed, the most interesting ham 00:11:52.769 --> 00:11:58.169 in the world. I don't always put on my own PL 00:11:58.169 --> 00:12:02.509 -259s, but when I do, I prefer them from Tower 00:12:02.509 --> 00:12:07.710 Electronics. Stay resident, my friends. Tower 00:12:07.710 --> 00:12:11.169 Electronics has all the adapters, cables, connectors, 00:12:11.850 --> 00:12:17.230 and yes, PL259s you need at a ham fest near you. 00:12:17.610 --> 00:12:28.159 Or visit pl -259 .com. And Tower Electronics 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.419 will be at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend. 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:34.440 They're in Building 3, booth 3103 and that surrounding 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.019 area. Or you can visit them online if you're 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:40.779 not here at PL -259 .com. Tell them you heard 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:44.460 it here on HamTalk Live and they will probably 00:12:44.460 --> 00:13:10.629 charge you double even. And welcome back to Ham 00:13:10.629 --> 00:13:14.090 Talk Live or Hamvention Prep episode coming to 00:13:14.090 --> 00:13:17.470 you live from Fairborn, Ohio here on Hamvention 00:13:17.470 --> 00:13:20.149 Eve. Thanks for tuning in tonight. We hope we're 00:13:20.149 --> 00:13:23.309 helping make your trip to Hamvention more enjoyable. 00:13:23.350 --> 00:13:29.120 And before we talk to Michael Colter, W8CI, you 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.700 know, it wouldn't be a HamTalk Live episode if 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:34.059 we didn't do this. It's time for the HamTalk 00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:38.220 Live joke of the week. Now it's time for the 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:41.500 HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week. The 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:44.259 part of the show where Rick tells us a ham radio 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:47.159 joke. The HamTalk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.899 Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now here's 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:55.159 Rick Garrett in 9GSU with today's HamTalk Live 00:13:55.159 --> 00:14:03.100 Joke of the Week. The external speaker on my 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:05.960 HF rig went out so I sent it away for repair. 00:14:06.350 --> 00:14:09.309 It's been two weeks and I still haven't heard 00:14:09.309 --> 00:14:36.460 anything. Yeah, I think that one fit on that 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:40.080 one. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Well, yesterday 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.620 I had a chance to sit down with Michael Coulter, 00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:45.299 WHCI, the official spokesperson of the Dayton 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:48.960 Hamvention. And we talked about traffic and parking 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:53.399 and all kinds of stuff. And let me let me give 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.440 this disclaimer, because when we talked yesterday, 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:59.659 the weather forecast was not quite the same. 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:06.350 And so. It's not far off, but we kind of snuck 00:15:06.350 --> 00:15:09.970 in that severe stuff possible overnight thing. 00:15:10.710 --> 00:15:14.190 So keep in mind this was from yesterday, but 00:15:14.190 --> 00:15:16.730 we'll go to this interview with Michael Coulter, 00:15:16.830 --> 00:15:22.710 WHCI. Here live at Hamvention 2025 with Michael 00:15:22.710 --> 00:15:26.250 Coulter, WHCI, the official spokesperson of the 00:15:26.250 --> 00:15:29.289 Dayton Hamvention. And Michael, looks like it's 00:15:29.289 --> 00:15:31.860 going to be another great year. Yeah, it's going 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:34.539 to be a great year. We have ticket sales that 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:36.639 are strong, if not stronger than they've been 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:41.120 in many, many years. And we have vendors. Actually, 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.220 there was a waiting list of vendors to get in 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:47.100 here. And they're here. And let me say something 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:51.289 about the vendors. Some of these, or most of 00:15:51.289 --> 00:15:54.830 them, are just absolutely beautiful. It's just 00:15:54.830 --> 00:15:57.470 not just a couple tables turned together. I mean, 00:15:57.590 --> 00:16:00.610 some of these vendors come in here and they have 00:16:00.610 --> 00:16:04.110 absolute works of art. And the radios and equipment 00:16:04.110 --> 00:16:07.289 that they're selling. And there'll be new equipment 00:16:07.289 --> 00:16:11.809 that will be unveiled. And I just can't tell 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:14.529 you what a great event this is. Neil, you've 00:16:14.529 --> 00:16:16.409 been coming here a long time, and so have I. 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.120 Every time it gets really close to wow, it's 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.279 really going to happen. You know, everybody here 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:28.879 is excited and are over 600, nearly 700 volunteers. 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:32.879 These are the people that make this happen. I'm 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.860 just a volunteer. None of us get paid to do this. 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:40.190 I mean, there's no little stipend. that any of 00:16:40.190 --> 00:16:42.490 us, especially on the board, we get a little 00:16:42.490 --> 00:16:47.190 extra, we do not. And we pride ourselves on that. 00:16:47.350 --> 00:16:50.570 And this year, our theme is radio independence. 00:16:51.850 --> 00:16:54.009 And you know, Neil, that means a lot of things. 00:16:54.490 --> 00:17:00.629 And to me, I've thought a lot about that, radio 00:17:00.629 --> 00:17:03.970 independence, and what that means, and how many 00:17:03.970 --> 00:17:07.289 people in the world have not had. And still to 00:17:07.289 --> 00:17:11.349 this day, don't have radio independence and communications 00:17:11.349 --> 00:17:15.049 independence. And now look what we've got. Pota 00:17:15.049 --> 00:17:18.250 and soda and you know, that radio independence 00:17:18.250 --> 00:17:24.190 could die if we don't protect our spectrum. Very, 00:17:24.230 --> 00:17:28.650 very true. And you know, all of those and more 00:17:28.650 --> 00:17:32.559 are represented here. You can you can learn a 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:35.660 lot about whatever aspect of amateur radio you're 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:41.000 into Right here at Hamvention. So I know you 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.460 know in the past now, you know last year I My 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:46.420 schedule didn't allow to do the show so we missed 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:49.559 last year, but I know previous years you've always 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.180 said that you put in your call to the National 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:56.329 Weather Service and asked them to to make sure 00:17:56.329 --> 00:18:00.210 that the forecast is good. So what's our weather 00:18:00.210 --> 00:18:02.930 outlook looking like? Well, it's good that you 00:18:02.930 --> 00:18:06.890 ask that. And they're working hard on it. And 00:18:06.890 --> 00:18:09.269 unfortunately, the National Weather Service has 00:18:09.269 --> 00:18:13.029 had some cutbacks. But the weather looks like, 00:18:13.390 --> 00:18:17.549 yeah, will we get some rain? We expect any rain 00:18:17.549 --> 00:18:20.349 or storms that we have to come at the end of 00:18:20.349 --> 00:18:24.170 the show each day, if we get any. That generally 00:18:24.170 --> 00:18:26.930 is the case. And, you know, could it rain a little 00:18:26.930 --> 00:18:29.809 bit? It could sprinkle. But, you know, that's 00:18:29.809 --> 00:18:33.009 hand -vention. And, you know, the grounds are 00:18:33.009 --> 00:18:36.029 not muddy right now. We have good drainage. Everything's 00:18:36.029 --> 00:18:40.049 cut, you know, and in good shape. But we have 00:18:40.049 --> 00:18:43.170 we are looking for good weather. And, you know, 00:18:43.250 --> 00:18:45.970 it's a little a little rainy here the last few 00:18:45.970 --> 00:18:48.549 days. But the way those weather patterns work, 00:18:48.589 --> 00:18:52.130 they move out and then. good weather. The good 00:18:52.130 --> 00:18:55.450 weather like the good DX will be here. There 00:18:55.450 --> 00:18:59.089 we go. While we're talking about the National 00:18:59.089 --> 00:19:02.589 Weather Service, you were mentioning to me a 00:19:02.589 --> 00:19:05.990 bit ago before we started recording that they 00:19:05.990 --> 00:19:08.650 had to, you had to make some adjustments to the 00:19:08.650 --> 00:19:11.130 forums. Go ahead and tell us a little bit about 00:19:11.130 --> 00:19:15.029 that. Oh yeah, we are, we were heartbroken and 00:19:15.029 --> 00:19:19.819 one of the things that I do is I live just south 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:23.039 of here between Zena and Wilmington, Ohio. And 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.970 I am my actual... a net control operator at the 00:19:27.970 --> 00:19:30.670 National Weather Service. And in this region, 00:19:30.930 --> 00:19:35.990 we cover southern Ohio. If you take a, well actually 00:19:35.990 --> 00:19:38.569 the southern half of Ohio, if you take a line 00:19:38.569 --> 00:19:41.390 and draw it about 15 miles north of Columbus, 00:19:41.789 --> 00:19:45.970 right across the state and south, that's our 00:19:45.970 --> 00:19:50.630 area, plus a lot of northern Kentucky counties 00:19:50.630 --> 00:19:55.460 as well as eastern Indiana. So now, Because of 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:58.559 the government cutbacks, they are they're not 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.519 allowed to do any more ins on -site Sky warm 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:06.000 training, which is a spotter training so critical, 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.319 especially around here. We're disappointed but 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:15.589 the the head guy down there at the National Weather 00:20:15.589 --> 00:20:18.410 Service gave me a call and he's really heartbroken. 00:20:19.009 --> 00:20:21.109 They were planning on having a forum here and 00:20:21.109 --> 00:20:24.390 they had to cancel that forum. And they always 00:20:24.390 --> 00:20:26.210 have a booth here and they're not allowed to 00:20:26.210 --> 00:20:28.930 come up and do the booth. So we have Skywarn 00:20:28.930 --> 00:20:31.390 people that are gonna take over the booth to 00:20:31.390 --> 00:20:35.910 give out Skywarn information. But unfortunately 00:20:35.910 --> 00:20:38.829 having to cancel their forum at the last minute 00:20:38.829 --> 00:20:44.509 was... Very, very, very sad, but we have a person 00:20:44.509 --> 00:20:49.410 in there, a trainer, and that's gonna be Michael 00:20:49.410 --> 00:20:53.049 Martens out of Wisconsin. And those of you who 00:20:53.049 --> 00:20:56.410 follow much on YouTube know that Michael has 00:20:56.410 --> 00:21:00.069 wonderful videos, and he's really a POTA expert. 00:21:00.349 --> 00:21:02.730 He doesn't say he is, but I think he is. I enjoy 00:21:02.730 --> 00:21:05.900 his videos. But not only do I like his videos, 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.000 I mean, he's never trying to put anything down, 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:11.359 he's very positive, and my God, we need positive 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:14.819 in this hobby all the time. And he's very positive, 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.799 and the other thing that he does is he, in the 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.279 descriptions of where he's going, he studies 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:24.140 the history of the area, and as he's driving 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:27.039 down the road, he'll point out, you know, this 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:29.759 group founded this little town, and this is what 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.319 they did. Very, very interesting. And that part 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:35.599 of the country, Wisconsin, is a very interesting 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:39.579 place. And I have found that out just by watching 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:42.619 his videos. But irregardless of that, we have 00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:46.359 a lot of great forums that are going to take 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:51.480 place. And the RCA has a forum on the effects 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:54.940 of AI and amateur radio. And that one's going 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:57.559 to be on Friday morning. That should be a great 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:01.019 forum. But I don't want to go through and talk 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:04.019 about all the different forums. What I do want 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.660 to urge you to do is to look at our website, 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:11.259 which is hamvention .org, or download the joint 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:15.400 ARL Hamvention app. It's got tons of information 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.259 on it. And there's a lot of evening activities 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.140 that will be listed there, plus on our website. 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:23.759 So when you come to Hamvention, You know, you 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.119 gotta have a plan. If you come here and go, well, 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:28.680 this place is big, and you start wandering around, 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:31.700 you could miss things. You could miss one of 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:34.259 the most wonderful forums that would just hit 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:37.140 right at what you want. So take a look for that, 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:39.299 and then when you're talking to the vendors, 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:43.079 they wanna help you any way they can. We're all 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:46.859 into this amateur radio thing together, and it's 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:49.220 a partnership, and we all consider it a partnership, 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.500 Neil. I know you do, with all the stuff you do 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:55.880 with youth. Plus, we have some tremendous youth 00:22:55.880 --> 00:23:01.500 activities through the RCA and also through the 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:05.200 ARRL, so please take a look at that. Yeah, a 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:09.720 lot of great forums. I will be at the youth forum 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:14.240 and try to get to some of the other ones as I 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:17.980 can. We've got a lot going on. Of course, we've 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:20.640 got our Yoda Youth Socials on Friday and Saturday. 00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:26.119 And I actually had one of our Yoda campers' parents 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:28.619 contact me. They're coming to Hamvention for 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:32.019 the first time and said, hey, what are we doing 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:36.079 the evenings? So I just had that talk with them. 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:41.220 I know you mentioned some work here being done 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:43.660 at the fairgrounds that you wanted to talk about. 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:46.480 So what's happening here at the Green County 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:49.900 Fairgrounds? Well, I think it's in great shape. 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:53.390 You know, the grounds look Looked super. Grass 00:23:53.390 --> 00:23:56.849 is all cut really nice. Everything's lay marked 00:23:56.849 --> 00:24:02.569 out. And of course we work with police departments, 00:24:02.670 --> 00:24:05.390 the fire departments from around the area. And 00:24:05.390 --> 00:24:07.549 that includes, you know, our state highway patrol, 00:24:07.789 --> 00:24:11.990 sheriff, and Xenia township fire department, 00:24:12.069 --> 00:24:15.549 as well as Xenia police department. And we work 00:24:15.549 --> 00:24:19.670 together to make sure that it is safe. atmosphere 00:24:19.670 --> 00:24:23.930 for everybody and I will say that the fair board 00:24:23.930 --> 00:24:26.589 here at the expo center has they have worked 00:24:26.589 --> 00:24:29.230 with us they're out here working to to make sure 00:24:29.230 --> 00:24:34.769 this is a you know a top -notch event and and 00:24:34.769 --> 00:24:36.710 it's like I mentioned our volunteers are all 00:24:36.710 --> 00:24:39.609 doing so much because in this area at least the 00:24:39.609 --> 00:24:41.289 people that work with handvention and they come 00:24:41.289 --> 00:24:44.029 from all over the world to work here it's a very 00:24:44.029 --> 00:24:48.130 international event and the exciting thing is 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.779 We all see it as, you know, our give back to 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:55.319 amateur radio in one way or the other. It's our 00:24:55.319 --> 00:25:00.099 give back. And, and that goes along with radio 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:02.700 independence. You know, we're independent, but 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:08.059 yet we're giving back. Yeah, I noticed the fair 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:12.180 board president pulling weeds while ago. They're, 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:14.960 they're really, really after it to make this 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:21.049 a great event. Another thing that I found on 00:25:21.049 --> 00:25:24.549 the way in today, which I kind of expected but 00:25:24.549 --> 00:25:26.990 wasn't necessarily prepared for like I wanted, 00:25:28.269 --> 00:25:33.569 was the drive in from Dayton. The interchange 00:25:33.569 --> 00:25:37.509 there at Trebine Road was under construction 00:25:37.509 --> 00:25:40.730 last year and starting to... You know, we're 00:25:40.730 --> 00:25:43.049 kind of waiting for Hamvention to be over before 00:25:43.049 --> 00:25:45.910 they go in full force on that. And they've had 00:25:45.910 --> 00:25:49.190 a year to work on that. And so the traffic pattern, 00:25:49.210 --> 00:25:54.079 if you're coming in on 35. from Dayton is a little 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:56.920 bit different, so why don't you talk a little 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:59.819 bit about that. Yeah, that's a great point, a 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:02.319 great comment, is that if you are coming in from 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:05.960 the Dayton area, and you're following 35N, that 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.519 there isn't a place you want to get off at Trayvine 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:11.519 Road, and we have a couple of those big signs 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.700 along the highway that will tell you to stay 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:17.809 in the right lane. because it's kind of counterintuitive. 00:26:18.069 --> 00:26:20.430 They don't have this exchange completely done 00:26:20.430 --> 00:26:23.509 yet, but they have enough of it and we'll have 00:26:23.509 --> 00:26:26.589 police out there to direct traffic to make sure 00:26:26.589 --> 00:26:29.789 we get this continuous right turn and keep the 00:26:29.789 --> 00:26:33.049 flow going to the fairgrounds. And we've hired 00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:38.089 a professional parking group to help us make 00:26:38.089 --> 00:26:41.119 sure that we can get people parked. parked safely 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:44.240 and quickly and keep that traffic flowing. And 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:47.920 that's another big addition this year that we've 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:52.819 done. But when you come down 35, be sure you 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:55.859 watch the signs, but stay to the right. If you 00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:57.759 miss it, you miss a turn, you can go right in 00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:00.599 the center of Xenia and make a left on the US 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:04.059 Route 68, and that'll take you right up to the 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.180 fairgrounds. There'll be a turn on Fairgrounds 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:12.769 Road. It's not bad, but our talk in, 146 .940 00:27:12.769 --> 00:27:16.289 is excellent, and I want to put a plug in. There's 00:27:16.289 --> 00:27:19.690 a repeater, which is a wide area repeater. I 00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:22.329 mean, big from Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton area. 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:26.539 lot of good people on there and I talked to the 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.940 guys in charge of that and they're welcoming 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:33.319 you to use this repeater. It's 145 .110 with 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:38.140 a tone of 67. So that's a great repeater if you're 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:42.559 coming in from Columbus even and you need help, 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:46.039 hit that repeater. Guys and gals there will help 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:50.779 you but our talk in is at 146 .940. Make sure 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:54.299 you listen to that one too. Yeah, so yeah instead 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:56.920 of keeping left make sure you keep right if you're 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:02.380 gonna turn there at Trebine Road Let's see we 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:07.859 have Another very important topic to discuss 00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:13.339 this cannot happen with one or two people you 00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:17.980 have An amazing group here of volunteers that 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.339 give of their time. And I know that's always 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:24.220 something close to your heart. So talk a little 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:26.880 bit about the volunteers that are working this 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:31.670 week. I can't say enough for these volunteers. 00:28:32.650 --> 00:28:36.109 A lot of them, you know, a lot of Dayton area 00:28:36.109 --> 00:28:39.309 has a lot of professional people, you know, like 00:28:39.309 --> 00:28:41.789 scientists and lots of engineers because of the 00:28:41.789 --> 00:28:44.490 Bright -Patterson Air Force Base. And there's 00:28:44.490 --> 00:28:49.210 a lot of supporting organizations. But we have 00:28:49.210 --> 00:28:52.589 everybody from, you know, scientists to school 00:28:52.589 --> 00:28:57.170 teachers to, you know... everything in between 00:28:57.170 --> 00:28:59.390 and below or above, whatever you want to call 00:28:59.390 --> 00:29:02.950 it. But they all have a passion for amateur radio 00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.430 and they all have a passion to make this a great 00:29:06.430 --> 00:29:10.009 event. And we work together. You know what the 00:29:10.009 --> 00:29:13.170 amazing thing is, Neil, about the Dayton Amateur 00:29:13.170 --> 00:29:15.309 Radio Association and the hand benching team 00:29:15.309 --> 00:29:19.549 is how minimal the drama is. You know, there's... 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:21.720 In any group, you have little things that happen. 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.599 But I am so impressed with this team, and we 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:27.279 always talk about, okay, we've had that, let's 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.720 just get over it and move on, and let's talk 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:34.299 it out, and let's respect each other. Maybe it's 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:37.859 part of our ham radio group that's getting closer 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:43.599 to their own personal checkout line, but we want 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:47.420 to try to be as respectful. taking that deep 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:50.259 breath and being patient. And so when you're 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:52.839 out here, and if a volunteer is helping you, 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.420 say a volunteer's driving a golf cart and taking 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:58.579 you from point A to point B, thank them. Thank 00:29:58.579 --> 00:30:01.319 a volunteer. They're not getting paid anything 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:04.799 to do this. And out here in the hot sun, well, 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:07.079 the weather will be good, so it won't be hot, 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:13.259 but it's extra work. But thank them. They're 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:15.660 all doing their... They're all doing the very 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:19.900 best they can. Well, Michael, I think that's 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:24.039 that's about everything I can think of. So if 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:28.660 you have anything else, why feel free. Yeah, 00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:31.559 I just want to tell everybody out here and that 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:35.279 Neil is the he won the amateur of the year award 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:40.440 and most deservedly. He was nominated this year, 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:43.339 he's been nominated before, and it is hard to 00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:45.220 win this award. I mean, there's been so many 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:49.960 great people win this, but his work and his love 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.720 in amateur radio, especially toward the youth 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:55.160 of amateur radio and other things that he does, 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:59.960 just can't be beat. I mean, he's an example to 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:04.319 many of us of really the excellence that there 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:07.599 is in amateur radio. to get more people interested 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:11.140 and not only get them interested, get them involved 00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:14.599 and keeping them involved. So if you see Neil 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.960 out there or you want to send him a personal 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.500 congratulations, please do that. Well, I mean, 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:22.759 it's a very, very difficult award to win. He 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:25.880 won this thing and we are all proud of it. And 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:29.039 I have had nothing but people sending emails 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:32.500 back saying, wow, Hanvention did a good job awarding 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:36.480 him with this honor. And so Neil, congratulations 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.079 on that. You won't speak of it yourself, but 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:42.500 we're all very proud of you and we are happy 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:45.039 you're in the amateur radio community. So thank 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.240 you. Job well done. Well, thank you very much. 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:52.680 It's quite an honor. I look at that list of past 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:55.359 winners. And I just, you know, kind of like, 00:31:55.740 --> 00:32:00.960 really, I'm in this group. But it's always great 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.980 to be recognized for the things that you've done. 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:06.200 And you know, I've been spending a lot of time 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:10.519 on this. So this Yoda thing and the high schools 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:13.000 and then all the youth activities and newsline 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:15.920 and this show, although I don't get to do it 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:20.279 much anymore. But It's been a lot of fun, and 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:22.759 I wouldn't have it any other way. So thank you 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:28.059 for that. All right. Well, we'll come back here 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:30.940 in a minute and talk more about Hamvention right 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.440 here on HamTalk Live. All right. Well, that was 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.900 Michael Coulter, WHCI, the official spokesperson 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:40.579 for the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's Hamvention. 00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:44.319 We'll talk about a few more activities here, 00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:48.380 but Paul, I think it's probably time to get that 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:51.359 remote started. I'm heading downstairs. Okay, 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:55.759 very good. So we'll talk to Paul here in just 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:59.059 a bit. But for updates, as hand -vention is going 00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:01.319 on, you can check the talk -in frequencies, as 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:06.220 Michael said, 146 .94. The PL is 123 on that, 00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:11.160 and the bulletin loop is on 145 .525. and hamvention 00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:13.940 .org the webpage and the social media accounts 00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:18.339 and of course the ARRL events smartphone app 00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:22.079 and Michael mentioned all of those and also the 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:27.019 the wide area system 14511 so just check those 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:30.160 out and you can find the app search for hamvention 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:33.339 in your app store whichever platform you're on 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:36.299 and you can You can check that out. Well, there's 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:39.440 a lot of other activities going on, as Michael 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:42.980 said, and the best place to find those would 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:47.180 be on hamvention .org or on the app. But there's 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:50.859 so many activities going on. I can't get through 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:54.900 all of them, but some of the ones that I noted 00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:57.900 here, of course, the National Voice of America 00:33:57.900 --> 00:34:00.400 Museum of Broadcasting has already started their 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:05.109 open house hours. They're Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 00:34:05.329 --> 00:34:09.769 noon to 9 p .m. And on Sunday from noon to 5 00:34:09.769 --> 00:34:14.170 p .m., you can check that out at voamuseum .org. 00:34:14.829 --> 00:34:17.070 They're in Westchester, Ohio, just south of Dayton 00:34:17.070 --> 00:34:21.690 off of I -75. And you really need to check them 00:34:21.690 --> 00:34:25.110 out if you haven't already. The contest super 00:34:25.110 --> 00:34:27.590 sweet, of course, is every night at the Hope 00:34:27.590 --> 00:34:31.429 Hotel in Fairborn. And that's about 7 p .m. to 00:34:31.429 --> 00:34:34.130 2 a .m. each night. And there's always plenty 00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:38.420 of pizza. Dara is having an open house on Friday 00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:41.960 and Saturday at their clubhouse. And that's from 00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.079 6 to 8 p .m. in Huber Heights. So that's not 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.420 too far away. So you can check that out. And 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.320 then there's all kinds of dinners. There's a 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:54.940 contest dinner, the top baby dinner, all kinds 00:34:54.940 --> 00:35:00.139 of dinners and events going on. So check out 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:05.110 the website and check that out. All right, well, 00:35:05.269 --> 00:35:09.369 for our final part here, we're going to try this 00:35:09.369 --> 00:35:12.409 once again. We haven't done this in a while. 00:35:12.989 --> 00:35:16.429 And maybe the new location will be better for 00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:21.489 us. But Paul Brown, WD9GCO, is down in the lobby 00:35:21.489 --> 00:35:25.349 here and headed out toward the parking lot. And 00:35:25.349 --> 00:35:29.969 we're going to play the game that we tried before 00:35:29.969 --> 00:35:34.659 and see if we have any better luck. Let's find 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:39.760 Texans All right, you're ready I'm ready. So 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:43.300 so Paul's gonna go around and just ask random 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:47.320 people if they're from Texas. Oh And we have 00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:51.460 we have people we have to tell me I'm currently 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:55.039 on with Amdoc live with Neil rap and we're trying 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:58.099 to find our interview by any chance from Texas 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.579 All right. You know, we struck out. We're going 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:03.659 to keep going. Okay. Okay. Where, where, where 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:07.760 are they from? Oh, well, okay. Where are you 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:14.579 from? All South Dakota, South Dakota. Okay. Arizona 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:18.900 is close to Texas. Much closer than South Dakota. 00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.940 Yes. Yeah. Much closer than South Dakota, but 00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:27.840 all right. Thank you. Okay. Are you guys by any 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:31.730 chance from Texas? Oh my god, Neil! Neil! You 00:36:31.730 --> 00:36:58.739 found somebody from Texas! And so you're obviously 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:02.059 in town for an invention. Is that what's going 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:05.679 on here? I've heard. I just. Yeah. Or you just 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:08.000 stopped by Ohio for the fun of it. Well, it is 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:12.559 a pretty state. Yeah, it is. So and we're doing 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:17.960 cameras here. So what's your name? Jeremy Brown. 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:22.280 Jeremy. OK. And Chase. All right. There we go, 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:26.500 Neil. We got all right. Congratulations, we finally 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:31.820 won. Because like at a casino, yeah, you know, 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.960 when you hit the royal flush, you know, it's 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:36.420 your luck to run out and it's time to go back. 00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:43.559 After all these years. Yes, we finally we finally 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:47.340 found okay. Okay, now now the next the next thing, 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:50.119 Paul. is you have to go through the parking lot 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:53.340 and find license plates with ham radio call signs 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:59.559 from all 50 states. OK, we do have a convention 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:01.340 to get to tomorrow. You know that. Yeah, no, 00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:04.460 you can't come back until you have all 50 states. 00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:09.960 All right, I'll see you sometime next week. Just 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:13.360 kidding. Thank you, Paul. Paul Brown, the GCO, 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:19.789 the man on the street. He won. And don't forget 00:38:19.789 --> 00:38:22.289 everybody stopped by the youth on the air booth 00:38:22.289 --> 00:38:25.110 this weekend and asked for that photo autographed 00:38:25.110 --> 00:38:29.690 by Neil and personal friend of personal friend 00:38:29.690 --> 00:38:32.389 of Paul Brown. That's right. We deny GCO. All 00:38:32.389 --> 00:38:38.050 right. Thanks Paul. All right. Seven three. All 00:38:38.050 --> 00:38:41.489 right. There you go. Paul Brown to 89 GCO. Well, 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:45.300 All right, Paul's going back to, uh, to vendor 00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:48.260 night down at four days in May down in the, uh, 00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.420 on the lower level of the first floor down here. 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:54.320 So he's going back, uh, over there, but, uh, 00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:56.880 before we go, let's, let's take one more, uh, 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.139 look at the weather with, uh, Eric Elwell, Katie 00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:02.260 for BNT. Taking one last look at the weather 00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.780 for hand, Vincent, we are keeping an eye out 00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:06.639 for some storms very late tonight, but a greater 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.440 threat for some storms here in southwestern Ohio 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:11.340 coming up tomorrow evening. Those storms could 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:13.800 be strong, could include damaging winds and hail. 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.699 So we'll watch that closely for Friday evening 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:18.340 from about 6 p .m. to midnight. The weekend looks 00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:20.679 dry with temperatures cooling back down to the 00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:23.739 mid 70s. With your Hamvention weather, I'm Spectrum 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:26.039 News One Chief Meteorologist Eric Elwell, Katie 00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:28.840 for BNT. All right, Eric, thank you so much. 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:33.300 And you can catch him on Spectrum Cable, Channel 00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:37.079 One. Spectrum News One is the name of that channel. 00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:39.929 And we want to thank Eric for. doing that every 00:39:39.929 --> 00:39:44.170 year. Well, that's it for this edition of HamTalk 00:39:44.170 --> 00:39:46.849 Live. It's been a while since we've done one 00:39:46.849 --> 00:39:49.070 of these. So thanks for tuning in, listening. 00:39:49.630 --> 00:39:53.909 And that's it. So that's a wrap for this edition 00:39:53.909 --> 00:39:56.750 of HamTalk Live. Thanks to my guests, Eric Elwell, 00:39:56.849 --> 00:39:59.909 Katie for BNT, Michael Coulter, W8CI, Paul Brown, 00:40:00.050 --> 00:40:02.469 WD9GCO, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:40:02.469 --> 00:40:05.570 for listening. And I invite you back next time. 00:40:05.570 --> 00:40:07.610 And for a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:10.679 go to HamTalkLive .com and you never know, we 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:13.420 may do another special episode or two every once 00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:16.679 in a while. So check that out. So for now, this 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:21.480 is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:33.719 good DX be yours. Well you came right back to 00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:38.539 my CQ call Your Readability 5 and Strength 9 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:43.199 You never once mentioned your weather at all 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:48.400 And I didn't mention mine We talked and talked 00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:52.519 for hours and hours I completely forgot you're 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:57.199 a ham I don't know your power or the height of 00:40:57.199 --> 00:41:01.619 your tower And frankly I don't give a damn So 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:06.860 73's, to you and your family I'll be seeing you 00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:11.199 further down the line You're 73's, to you and 00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:15.119 your family I'll be seeing you further down the 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:19.840 line It's hard to believe that you're empty indeed 00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:24.400 Cause you sound just like a local up here But 00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:28.340 why don't those whistling Mediterranean's Check 00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:35.500 if your frequency's clear In our shacks we have 00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:39.619 talked about thousands of things About shoes, 00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:44.239 about ships, about ceiling wax About cabbages 00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:47.059 and kings So 73's