WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.319 Hey, before we get started, be sure to head over to Hamradio two 2 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:09.640 dot com forward slash email Dash sign up to join my email list of over 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:14.240 nineteen thousand subscribers, where I like to send emails about upcoming events, upcoming 4 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:18.320 shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going on with my videos. 5 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:22.800 Once that list reaches twenty thousand, I will be doing a giveaway of 6 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:27.440 another HF radio and that will all be done through the email list. So 7 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:32.479 all you have to do is be a member of the email list to participate 8 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:39.200 in the giveaway. Sign up today and thank you for the support. All 9 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:44.039 right, look at that, all kinds of good stuff going on there. 10 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:49.640 I appreciate you guys being here early. Thank you for joining me. Tonight. 11 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:59.000 It is Sunday night, April seventh, twenty twenty four, and tomorrow 12 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:03.000 is the big eclipse. Tomorrow is the big eclipse, and uh yeah, 13 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:07.200 it's gonna be a fun event. I think it's gonna be a fun event. 14 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:14.120 I've had some recent changes of plans for the eclipse, uh because well 15 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.959 for a couple of reasons. Uh. The first of which is that it's 16 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:25.200 supposed to be it's supposed to be bad weather, cloudy, possible chance of 17 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:30.239 rain tomorrow afternoon evening, but cloudy where I was originally gonna go. Where 18 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.799 I was originally gonna go, it's supposed to be cloudy. Now. This 19 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:34.799 is Texas weather, and you can't really believe it most of the time. 20 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.359 So it would not surprise me to learn that the guys who are out there 21 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.680 right now, which is Kadamurdy, Vern six, Frank, a couple other 22 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:48.760 guys you might know, are out there, and it might just be perfect 23 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:53.040 weather tomorrow. So I might miss out on that. I don't I don't 24 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.920 know. I don't, I don't know, but but we'll see either way. 25 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.879 I don't think that there was gonna be room. I had my RV 26 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.319 down there. My wife and I were in Fredericksburg for vacation last week. 27 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:07.479 I was gonna drive and the place that they're camping is for the eclipse is 28 00:02:07.479 --> 00:02:09.960 about an hour away from there, and I was gonna drive the RV and 29 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:13.800 drop it off on Saturday and come home. We try to get our house 30 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.560 sitter slash dog sitter to extend through Monday, and she was not available, 31 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.879 so we had to come home Saturday, and I was going to go back 32 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:24.879 down there this morning and spend the night camp out, do the eclipse tomorrow, 33 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.479 and come home tomorrow night. But as it turns out, the weather's 34 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.159 supposed to be bad and it doesn't look like there's room for an RV down 35 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:37.280 there, or at least vern took the one spot for an RV down there. 36 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.120 Perhaps perhaps that's a better way to say it. I don't know, 37 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.560 but anyway, so I'm going to be here tomorrow and I am going to 38 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.879 be live streaming with the eclipse. I'm gonna take one of my phones or 39 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:52.360 tablets and set it out in the backyard and connect to my own Zoom account 40 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.199 so that we can watch the eclipse while it's happening. We're gonna do some 41 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:58.039 FT eight on the Flex radio back here. So that's what I'm going to 42 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:02.960 be doing tomorrow for the eclipse. Anybody with a YouTube channel, who Because 43 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.479 the eclipse goes through a specific part of the United States, I told my 44 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.240 wife was going to livestream. She's like, everybody's gonna be watching the eclipse. 45 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:13.280 I'm like, well, people who who the eclipse is not passing through 46 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.400 there that could be watching it, because you know, why would you? 47 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:21.360 It's got a distinct path through North America that it goes through. So if 48 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.159 you have a YouTube channel, if you've been on any of my Happy Hours, 49 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:28.759 if you have ever joined me on zoom before, you are welcome to 50 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:34.560 join me tomorrow at noon Texas time UTC seventeen hundred and we'll watch the eclipse 51 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.439 together, do some FT eight and that kind of thing. So yeah, 52 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:43.680 anybody who wants to do that is certainly welcome to do that. So special 53 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:49.199 shout out guys tonight to all the folks in Green Text YouTube channel members. 54 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:54.960 Appreciate you guys joining tonight and supporting the channel. I see Skeeter and Kooley 55 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:59.560 in there, W zero, RHP, Phil is in there, of course, 56 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.560 in five SKT is in there, Don Dea Gideo is in there as 57 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.680 well as Smoke Signals RF so Don Army full representation tonight. I appreciate you 58 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:11.599 guys being here. Andy and Lee were in there pretty early. See those 59 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.680 guys in there. Looks like KO four PDI Mike is in there, Randall's 60 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:25.720 in there, Brian, Jeff Don again and Jody VA five sar. Good 61 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:30.959 evening guys, So yeah, uh yeah, well I'm going to live stream 62 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.959 the eclipse, so yeah, Originally we were gonna have Originally we were gonna 63 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:43.920 have someone from out of town join us and uh bring a telescope and that 64 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:47.759 can record and record the eclipse. But I think and that person his name 65 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:53.079 is Jason. Also, everybody cool in him radio is named Jason. I'm 66 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:59.000 just gonna say that right now. But Jason from Gigaparts was going to join 67 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:00.680 us, but he's watching the weather and said he's not. It was a 68 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.920 sixteen hour drive one way for him, so he's not gonna come out here. 69 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.240 He said he's got a place in Missouri he's gonna go instead. I 70 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:10.240 still think he's gonna record it with his telescope and send me the footage later, 71 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.879 so we might have some cool We might have some cool footage later on 72 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.600 to look at with the with the recorded eclipse. So I want you guys, 73 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:21.000 how many of you guys? Well, first of all, first of 74 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:24.360 all, let me let me I got a couple of things tonight. Tonight. 75 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.120 It's very shoot from the hip, guys, very shoot from the hip. 76 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.199 So if you guys want to, if you got a question in chat, 77 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.879 please let me know. Frank's night here tonight. Frank's out at the 78 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.279 property so I'm by myself tonight. Kind of nice to do that sometimes, 79 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.319 Arthur Evening, Jason, it will be awesome to see your livestream tomorrow since 80 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:45.800 I'll be in California where we will not be having a full eclipse likely like 81 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.839 many do. Yeah, yeah, I was. I was thinking that the 82 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:51.639 California West Coast, guys, we're not gonna be able to see it, 83 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.439 or at least not a full eclipse. Not a full eclipse anyway, So 84 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:58.839 I'm not sure if it's parcel out there or not. I didn't look. 85 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:01.800 I did not look. But but yeah, y'all welcome to join us tomorrow. 86 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.079 So a lot of things to talk about tonight. This is again, 87 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.879 this is very shoot from the hip. I am gonna share. I'm going 88 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.680 to try to spend some of your money tonight. So I'm gonna try to 89 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.839 spend some of your money tonight a couple of things for a very good cause, 90 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.040 very good cause. We're gonna talk about Jim W six LG. He's 91 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.839 having some health issues. There's a couple of you guys who reached out to 92 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.959 me via email and discord and text messaging and said, hey, can we 93 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:34.079 do can you announce this PayPal link and donation link we have for Jim, 94 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.639 and I said, sure I can. And then and then one of the 95 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.959 guys from the couple of the guys from the Baytown Club. I don't I 96 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.879 don't think they're representing the club, but they're in the chat tonight, ron 97 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:51.439 and n fi BSB. He's in there, so I saw him in there. 98 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:57.800 Make yourself known, dude. And they they are gonna donate a They're 99 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:03.800 gonna auction off one of those real podable intent real podaable antennas, and the 100 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.600 winner of the all the all the proceeds from the auction will go to gym. 101 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.879 So we're gonna do a couple of those things tonight and I will get 102 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:15.399 to that here and just women, and then I got a couple other things 103 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:19.480 I'm gonna be doing as well or talking about as well. So if you 104 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:25.399 want to look at this real quick, this is my first official Rumble live 105 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:30.000 stream. I ate I'm actually live streaming on Rumble right now. And this 106 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.519 is the first time I've ever realized. I've tried this a couple of times 107 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:38.199 in five BSB, Bob, Thanks Bob, I blanked on your name. 108 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:42.360 Sorry about that, My bad. Yeah, Bob. Okay, So Bob's 109 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.879 in the chat right there. So this is my first Rumble stream. You 110 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:47.160 guys check this out. If you don't subscribe to me on Rumble. There's 111 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.040 a link there. You can live stream on Rumble. It works on restream 112 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.120 and I've tried to use it a couple of times. I've just kind of 113 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.920 been fiddling with it. It got it to work tonight. Go figure. 114 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.720 So there's my Rumble live stream right there. Always always always working, always 115 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:07.279 transitioning. So let's see. Uh, let's see. I wonder if they 116 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.040 sent the space station employees home for tomorrow. You never, I don't know, 117 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:18.560 good question. Digital dreamer Okay, don cal had some prizes for Raffle 118 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.160 he helped with earlier today. Yes, I I heard that Callum did some 119 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.439 stuff for Jim also, So we're just gonna we're just gonna hop to that 120 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.039 real quick. Uh. This is the PayPal page that was sent to me, 121 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.919 and I forget who sent this to me. I tell you right now 122 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.120 who sent this to me? Uh, this was the PayPal page sent to 123 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.240 me. I'm gonna share this link in the chat, so you guys can 124 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:48.320 go check that out if you've already seen callum stream. Maybe he shared this, 125 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:54.879 I'm not sure, but this was sent to me by Donald friend why 126 00:08:54.919 --> 00:09:01.399 in why three Z, So I don't know he some somehow he had a 127 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:05.720 hand in setting this up. But this is a donation link for Jim W 128 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:09.360 six OLG. I don't know all the specifics of what's going on with Jim. 129 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:11.360 I have a couple of videos that were sent to me that I have 130 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.360 not watched it. I watched one of them, but not all of them. 131 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.919 But he is having some health issues and we as a YouTube I'm sorry. 132 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.240 We as a Ham radio community, we like to come together for one 133 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.960 another, as we've done before in the past for several other of our community 134 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:31.080 members. And this is the donation link that we're going to share tonight for 135 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.039 Jim. I just posted the link. It's a PayPal link. You can 136 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.279 go in there and put in any dollar amount you want, and that's the 137 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.279 link we're sharing in the chat tonight. So I'm gonna see if this other 138 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.360 thing's up yet. Okay, there'll be an auction up on eBay in a 139 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.200 minute, but it's not live yet, so I'll share that with you in 140 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:52.840 I'll share that with you in a minute. So let's see. Yeah, 141 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:58.320 the PayPal link is just a straight donation. The give it well, we're 142 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.440 doing it. We're not doing in a giveaway. We're doing an auction for 143 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.039 a so it's a rat It's kind of like a raffle raffle slash auction. 144 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:11.639 You go bid on this antenna and the winner of the antenna can all the 145 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:15.919 proceeds. The money that gets bid on the antenna all goes to gym and 146 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.120 then whoever wins it will get the antenna sent to them for free that they're 147 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.440 not gonna charge shipping on it. So once again, special shout out and 148 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.240 thanks to Bob and Ron for doing that. And I'll share the auction with 149 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.840 you as soon as it goes live. It's not live quite yet, So, 150 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.840 like I said, a lot of stuff going on tonight, and I 151 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:39.720 appreciate you guys being here for the for the pre eclipse show and for everything 152 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:48.320 else we're gonna share tonight. Let's see, Izzo says he donated earlier. 153 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.759 If everyone just donates ten dollars, we make a huge difference. Agreed. 154 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:58.480 Don totally agreed with that. Yep, okay, good, all right? 155 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:03.279 So next weekend I was gonna kind of going going in a weird order here 156 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:09.919 tonight, but next weekend is the Belton ham Expo. This is probably the 157 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:16.000 funnest ham Fest slash swapfest in Texas that happens twice a year, usually in 158 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.679 around April and usually again around October if the weather is good. If the 159 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.799 weather is good, this is a really fun show. They have a lot 160 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.879 of outdoor tailgating that goes on in the parking lot all day on Friday, 161 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.919 and then the tailgating on Saturday and the indoor stuff on Saturday happens as well. 162 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:37.440 I have some commitments on Fridays of during this semester, of during this 163 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.440 spring, so i will not be there on Friday, but I'm hoping to 164 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:43.600 drive down there a late Friday night and be there for the show on Saturday 165 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:48.720 this coming week, so like six days from now. The only thing that 166 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:54.039 would change that is if the weather. If it's gonna be thunderstorming, I'm 167 00:11:54.039 --> 00:12:00.559 not gonna go because there's just there's not much the attendant, the tendance is 168 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.759 greatly affected if it does thunderstorm. It's usually not a very good attended show. 169 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:09.879 If it's thunderstorming or raining or windy, or something like that. But 170 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.279 it does. But it is a great show if the weather's nice like it 171 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:16.840 is today. Weather here is nice today. So next weekend is the Belton 172 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.639 Ham Expo. The following weekend is the MORE Overlanding and Off Road Expo in 173 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:26.960 Springfield, Missouri. I saw Kyle in the chat earlier. I didn't see 174 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:31.440 Robert or anybody else out there yet, but Robert Digital rancher Kyle. I'm 175 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:39.200 sorry. Robert and Frank and I are driving to the MORE Expo on a 176 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:43.360 week from this coming Wednesday. We're gonna meet up with Kyle Tim from Graymon 177 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.879 Poda, Freddie Mack from Ham Radio Crusader, a couple other guys. We're 178 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.679 gonna all meet up out there in camp. We're gonna set up an antenna. 179 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:52.279 Steve from Alpha Antenna's is gonna be out there. We're gonna have a 180 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:58.639 really fun and cool showing of Ham Radio, taking Ham Radio to an overlanding 181 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.559 show, which we've done for two years in the past, but not to 182 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.039 this scale. We've scaled it up this year, so it's gonna be really 183 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.000 fun. So if you guys are around the Springfield, Missouri area in two 184 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.919 weekends, go check that out. Moreexpo dot com is their web address. 185 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:18.559 You can go check that out and see it below. So let me see 186 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.559 them. Oh yeah, Richard K six RDJ, he'll be there with us 187 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:31.200 in Springfield. There we go. So I'm just reading the chat here guys. 188 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:37.919 Okay, there's Kyle. Thanks for joining us. Kyle really looking forward 189 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.240 to the more Expo in a week and a half. Absolutely, it's gonna 190 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.200 be a fun show, be really fun. It's been fun show last two 191 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:50.679 years. I have high expectations for it this year. So okay, here 192 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:56.120 we go, Here we go. The auction is now live. So once 193 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.679 again, if you guys want to buy a real potable real I can't say 194 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:07.919 that word real podaable antenna, you probably don't want to bid on this. 195 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:13.879 This will get you. The winner of this auction gets you a real potable 196 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.960 antenna. But it's going to go for more than than it more than it 197 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:26.919 should because all of this money goes to Jim W six LG and it's going 198 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:31.559 to a good cause. So here is the link to the eBay auction. 199 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.279 We're just gonna eBay it off. Place the bid right now and see what 200 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.840 kind of money we can raise for Jim so this is we're auctioning off this 201 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:45.480 antenna, and I share the PayPal link earlier that you can just do a 202 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.720 straight up donation ten bucks is great if you want to do more than that, 203 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:54.000 awesome. Uh so that's that's what we're doing for a gim W six 204 00:14:54.120 --> 00:15:00.679 LG tonight, m is Oh, this is one of the you sent me. 205 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:07.799 Uh let's see six ZHO three brewing in Connecticut toasted pumpkin ale Ooh that's 206 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:13.600 good. Wow, tastes like toasted pumpkins. It's good. It's good. 207 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:18.000 Oh that's really good. Yeah, that's really good. Okay, So yeah, 208 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.200 you guys go, I'm gonna pin that link to the top of the 209 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:26.519 chat pen this message. There we go, the eBay auction link right there, 210 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:35.639 and you guys can go check that out and see how it goes. 211 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.639 I'm gonna hit refresh on this. Oh, I see where already got two 212 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:43.440 bids one hundred and seventy seven fifty. So good luck to somebody. Maybe 213 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:45.440 I'll go in there and bid a big number on it and see if you 214 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:56.440 guys outbid me. Uh yeah, Callum is doing some sort of auction fundraising. 215 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.240 I did not catch Calum stream from earlier today, but I'm told that 216 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.600 he had something going on for Jim as well. So hey, if you 217 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:07.840 guys donated to that already, don't feel like obligated to donate tonight. But 218 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.679 you know what's do whatever you want to do, do as much as you 219 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:15.879 feel comfortable with. So it's totally up to you. Here we go. 220 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:23.320 Okay, there's that. Yep, Okay, Toasted pumpkins tastes like pumpkins, 221 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:33.279 and toast tastes like this beer. Tim, Yeah, oh that's good. 222 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.159 I like it. I like pumpkin beer. I like pumpkin ale. This 223 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.960 is not the season for it. They all come out around October, right 224 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:42.720 after the October fests, and I bought a bunch. I bought four or 225 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:48.399 five local four packs of craft beer up in Connecticut when I was up there, 226 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.759 when Kyle and I were up there a last fall, and I gave 227 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:53.200 him to down. I'm like, well, you ship these to me because 228 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.080 I don't want to check him on the way home. He's like, yeah, 229 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.639 sure, and I forgot about him and he emails me like a month 230 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.759 ago, dude, I still have this beer. You want it. I'm 231 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.519 like, oh, yeah, okay, let me say here. Let me 232 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.680 send you a shipping label. So he shipped them all to me. And 233 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:11.680 oh yeah, I've had some good beers from Connecticut compliments of don Izzo. 234 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.359 I bought him, but he shipped him to me, so that that's the 235 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.839 bigger thing right there. So good deal. All right, y'all are talking 236 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:27.000 about GMRS Antennas. Is that Callum's raffle ended solds three thousand tickets at three 237 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:32.519 pounds each. Hey cool, good good. We had talked about doing a 238 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:37.480 raffle. I'm not sure there's some weird YouTube rules behind doing a raffle and 239 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:42.359 and raffles. Since I'm in Texas, I got to follow the Texas law 240 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.359 of doing a raffle. Also, I believe I can do a raffle once 241 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:51.759 a year as a for profit organization. And but I don't know what the 242 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:56.680 YouTube rules are. I've never actually done a raffle on YouTube, but I 243 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.680 need to look into that because that's a really good idea. That's a really 244 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.880 good idea, so I will. So hats off to Callum. Hope you 245 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:04.680 guys caught his live stream. Calum always has a good show going on, 246 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:10.160 and uh, I'm glad he was able to raise that much money for Jim. 247 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:15.839 That's great, it's time. It was time to clean out the garage. 248 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:22.920 Done, says yeah, okay, cool. Uh let's see uh that 249 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:27.119 out. This auction should end on your live stream next week. Oh okay, 250 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.839 yeah, six days and twenty three hours. Okay, excellent. I 251 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.119 didn't realize it was going that long, but good. Okay. Hey, 252 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.440 that gives me an opportunity to send it out to a lot more people, 253 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:44.799 so good, excellent. Okay. So the great thing about an auction is 254 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.160 you don't have to buy a raffle ticket. Only the winner has to pay, 255 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:53.000 and they can choose to pay how much they want to. I guess, 256 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:57.559 so got to be the biggest, the biggest payment. So there we 257 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:00.160 go. So we'll look at doing we might look at doing something different. 258 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.960 I'll do some research this week about doing raffles in the state of Texas in 259 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.680 the United States on YouTube and see what I can find on that. Maybe 260 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:15.039 we can do something like that upcoming. So there's that right there. Okay. 261 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:19.119 The raffles system ensures compliance with Google's rules. I've seen a few. 262 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:23.640 Yeah, I've seen the our A F F A L. Is that a 263 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:29.240 system? Is that a website? Jody I'll look that up. I'll look 264 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:44.759 that up. That's cool, okay, good, did duh? Is anyone 265 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:48.000 going to do a HAM setup at the expires and may? I don't know 266 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:55.359 what that means. I'm sorry, I'm not sure what that means. The 267 00:19:55.440 --> 00:20:00.920 refall system our a f F A L Callum is using a third party service 268 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:03.960 to keep everything above board. Three thousand tickets at three to eighty per ticket. 269 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:08.960 Okay, good. Check out special events Whiskey to Echo tomorrow for solar 270 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:14.160 eclipse will be live on YouTube. Cool. Okay, yeah, I'm feared 271 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:22.680 there'll be a few things live on YouTube. Good good, good, okay, 272 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.720 thank you for that information. I'm just reading through the chat right now. 273 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:41.920 Stream is working flawlessly without Frank. Wow, so good, good, 274 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:48.599 good observation there, Don That is a fantastic observation. I'm glad you noticed 275 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:52.200 that. Thank you, Thank you for that. That's fantastic. I'm have 276 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.960 to do a do it clip of this part of the livestream and send it 277 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:06.400 to Frank Frank's laptop before he breaks it. Yeah, no doubt. Oh 278 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:11.720 yeah, that's good. Okay. You guys are talking about a GMRS and 279 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:22.839 tenor with biker and black I see that. Are any of y'all here's one. 280 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.519 Are any of y'all or any other Ham going to be at the Overland 281 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.720 Expo West May seventeenth, the nineteenth if so I can help on Sunday the 282 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:37.119 nineteenth, So, Doug, that's the largest. That's the largest Overland expo. 283 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:41.319 Overland Expo is a company and they have five or six overland shows in 284 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.920 the United States every year. Overland West, the one in Arizona is the 285 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.079 largest one. And the reason I will probably never get to go to that 286 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:52.440 show is because that's the same weekend as Daytonhamvention. So I've been to the 287 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.599 Overland Mountain West show in Colorado and the Overland East Show in Virginia. Both 288 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.000 were fantastic shows. I would love to go back to both of those, 289 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:06.240 But I will probably never get to attend the Overland West show in Arizona as 290 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.200 long as it's the same weekend as Ham mentioned every year. So unless something 291 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:12.920 starts to fall on a different weekend a few years from now because they because 292 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:18.599 of however the dates fall and whatnot, I'll probably never get to go to 293 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.559 that show. So you guys, let me know how you if you go 294 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:22.240 to that show. Let me know how you like it. But realistically you 295 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.359 should probably go to Dayton. But you know, it depends on if you 296 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:30.279 live close. If you live in Arizona, you live close to that show, 297 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:32.200 then yeah, you might want to just go there instead of going all 298 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:51.839 the way to Ohio. Yeah. Let's see. Okay, let's see. 299 00:22:51.880 --> 00:23:00.279 Just reading through the chat here, you guys are talking about it. Five 300 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:06.200 oh one C three tax exempt nonprofit blah blah blah. That doesn't that doesn't 301 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:19.599 apply to me. Okay, shots fire run. That's good. Overland East 302 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:22.240 and Mountain are tiny compared to West. I'm sure that's true. I've heard 303 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.519 that West is the biggest show. But again it's the same weekend as Ham 304 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:36.599 mentioned, so I'll probably never get to go to it. We'll always have 305 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:41.039 Overland East in Virginia. I really enjoyed that. I went to Overland East 306 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:47.240 two years ago. I think it was twenty twenty one. I think it 307 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:51.279 was twenty twenty one when I went, and I thought that was a freaking 308 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:56.480 awesome show. Gigaparts went out there that year and had a they had a 309 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.720 booth there. So I flew to Huntsville and then and it's like an eight 310 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:04.480 or nine hour drive from from Huntsville to the to the something like that. 311 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.640 Maybe ten hours, I don't remember. We drove from Huntsville, Alabama to 312 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:11.799 Virginia and I hung out with them for the weekend. Then we drove back 313 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.720 and I flew home from Huntsville. But it was that was a fun show. 314 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.640 I enjoyed the heck out of that show. I really want to go 315 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:22.799 back. Kyle and I have talked about going back this year. I if 316 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:25.720 I go back this year, I will want to drive and probably make like 317 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.319 a week or two long road trip out of it. It's up in the 318 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:30.720 air right now. I want to do it. There's a couple other things 319 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:33.000 out there that there's two or three overland events that kind of take place within 320 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:38.720 a three week period of that time in October and around the Virginia and that 321 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:47.400 area out there. But it's, uh, it's it's up in the air 322 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.920 right now. I want to do it. I don't know if my schedule 323 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:52.880 is going to allow it, but we're gonna. We're gonna try it and 324 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.039 see what happens. What's up ed ac three ik is first, you guys, 325 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.160 he heard it here first. So that is the thing. Something else 326 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:08.559 I thought of something else. I thought of that we kind of talked about 327 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.279 in Orlando. I talked to one or two people about this Orlando. I 328 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:22.480 would like to do you guys have you guys have her well, some of 329 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.200 you might have heard of. Like they do, they do some things called 330 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:32.759 gatherings in the camping world. Paul Meddle State Armory does a gathering every year. 331 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:36.880 Sometimes they call it a rendezvous. There's two or three places that do 332 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:45.160 rendezvous in Overland. They rendezvous in the Ozarks. Brent Whiskey seven back Roads, 333 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.160 he does a rendezvous up in Wyoming. I think once a year. 334 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.799 There's a couple of rendezvous things. I would like to do a Ham Radio 335 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:57.319 two point zero gathering slash rendezvous, probably in Texas, somewhere in a camping 336 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:03.960 and a larger camping area where people who have overland rigs or you just want 337 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.720 to come out and throw up a tent. That's fine, and we do 338 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:11.119 a gathering and we probably sell tickets to it. Something nominal, not very 339 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:15.880 much, just something to pay for like some catered food and whatnot. I 340 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.519 I want to do something like that upcoming, probably next year. Something like 341 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.559 that. We don't have time to plan something like that this year, but 342 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.519 I want to try to do that this year or I'm sorry, next year, 343 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:30.319 So we will see. We will see about that. Something bouncing around 344 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:33.759 in my head right now. So you guys, let me know if if 345 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:41.200 that sounds something sounds like something you would be interested in. Uh, you 346 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:44.839 mean like this week, Frank. You know, if you'd been here on 347 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.720 time, Frank, you would already heard me talk about that. So yeah, 348 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:51.640 somebody I is, Oh, I guess that that was your fault. 349 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:55.599 You were talking about Frank, and then he just showed up magically, So 350 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.359 I don't know. I don't know, but yeah, it's it's all right, 351 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:07.960 Frank. Oh look at that. It's already up to three hundred and 352 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.640 sixty dollars fourteen bids. You guys keep going with that, that's cool. 353 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:18.400 The eBay auction is pinned to the top of the chat, so yep, 354 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.240 Vern is in there too. Vern. I'm pretty sure you took the only 355 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.000 trailer spot that was out there, so even if the weather was good, 356 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.839 I wouldn't have been able to bring my trailer out. I think I don't 357 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:33.160 know. You were saying you were stuck there, or you might be stuck 358 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.839 there for a few days. So I don't know, man, we'll see, 359 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:48.680 maybe invade Ray Roberts stick maybe we'll see. But yes, see how 360 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:52.079 that goes? Okay, all right, So a couple other things I told 361 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:57.000 y'all I was going to spend your money tonight, right, So couple things 362 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:02.640 I saw James Quirky QRP and thet he did yet another thing. We've got 363 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:08.240 a we've got a clipboard going right now. But but he did a he 364 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:15.559 did up a journal, hardcover quick reference notebook with charts and ITU zones map 365 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.400 by Quirky QRP. And now we've got him radio two point zero logo and 366 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:27.359 QR code that has access that takes you straight to the there we go straight 367 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:33.640 to the UH Technician training classes on my YouTube channel. So if you are 368 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:40.920 interested in that, it's kind of a neat looking thing here, So take 369 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.480 it out there. Those of you who are into paper logging, you like 370 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:45.960 to write down or like to have at least a piece of paper when you're 371 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:48.279 doing PODA. Were you in contesting or something? Be great for that. 372 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:53.759 So you got all the band plans, ITU regions other stuff right there. 373 00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:02.799 Q Morse codes, Morse code letter and number of letters and yeah, letters 374 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:06.440 and numbers of special characters right there. So all this kind of good stuff. 375 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:11.200 So thank you to James Quirky QRP for putting that together. It's a 376 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.839 cool looking piece of kit. You guys go check that out real quick if 377 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:23.559 you want to. Which vertical have you finished? Which vertical have I finished? 378 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:33.720 What does that mean? Vertical antenna t and zero seven views out one 379 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:40.119 more than any of them. Probably. Let's see, there are three trailers 380 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.519 out there. Then how come vern was telling me that there was no room 381 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:47.519 for a trailer went on his video right? Or maybe he said he was 382 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:51.000 stuck. I don't know. He said he was stuck out there? I 383 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.720 don't know. But the point is that the weather out there is supposed to 384 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.680 be all cloudy and you're not gonna be able to see the eclipse if it 385 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.000 is cloudy, and it's supposed to be cloudy here also, although I thin 386 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:06.440 I think that might have changed by now, so I'm not sure. I'm 387 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:10.000 not sure. You know how Texas weather is. It changes every half hour 388 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:19.119 anyway, So Jerry's Simon and Witz Simonon wits got me extra two weeks ago. 389 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:25.319 Good friend got her tech this weekend, didn't score tests, but but 390 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:33.000 did get to hand her the cssee KB two GCG. So well, congratulations 391 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:36.920 on your extra congratulations on your friend getting your tech. Thanks for being here 392 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:41.759 tonight. Always good to hear that. Always good to hear that. In 393 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:48.319 the chat, let's see come to Oklahoma. Supposed to be visible, but 394 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:53.000 storm's rolling in not long after. I think that's kind of what they've changed 395 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:56.119 it to. Here is storm's rolling in afterwards. But I don't know, 396 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:08.720 we'll see I guess let's see there we go, just make some parky. 397 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:12.680 If I had, you know, Frank contees me about missing this weekend, 398 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:17.200 that's okay. If I had told you guys the list of everything that Frank 399 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.599 has missed, then we'd be here for the rest of the half hour. 400 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.359 You know, we're at seven thirty now. I usually go for an hour. 401 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.319 We would be here until eight o'clock. If I was to tell you 402 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:27.920 all the stuff that Frank has missed, yep, yep, yep. So 403 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:37.920 yeah, all right. And the one last thing, let's see checking the 404 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:42.079 auction sixteen bids, three hundred and seventy five dollars. That's great. The 405 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:49.599 last thing that is up now, this is this is brand new and I 406 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:57.880 share this on Instagram a week ago something like that. So Kevin Whiskey zero 407 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:02.440 Alpha Echo Zulu, he makes those big batteries for the FT one, two, 408 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:07.920 three, and five Yazu radios five ampower capacity USB C charging. He 409 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.680 did one for me with him Radio two point zero on the back of it. 410 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.079 So it's got my that's in military green and it's got my logo on 411 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:20.000 the back of it. And he's got twenty of these in stock right now. 412 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:24.759 So there is a link to that in the chat. And I believe 413 00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:29.400 if you use the code of Jason five, it'll save you five percent. 414 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:34.720 So try that and see because he did set me up a five percent discount 415 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.880 code on his website, so check that out. Jason five will save you 416 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:45.559 five percent on that five amp hour USB C chargeable battery for the Yazoo ft 417 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.559 radios. I have one of these on my radio. I've had it for 418 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:55.839 six months. Works great, awesome, awesome battery and I really appreciate Kevin 419 00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:00.839 doing that one up with my logo on it. So that's something, uh, 420 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:05.279 something else that we've been working on for a while, working on that 421 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:08.559 with Kevin and working on a couple other things with James Quirky QRP. So 422 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:13.160 you guys go check out both of those websites and see what you can find 423 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:17.440 out there, anything to your liking. Okay, let's see what the chat 424 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:27.680 has to say. Huh whiskey, three whiskey, lima whiskey. Wondering what 425 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:32.559 moon bounce will be like tomorrow? Good question. That's uh. I've never 426 00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:42.079 tried any moon bounce, but it's uh, it would be fun to try. 427 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:54.480 Let's see. Cherry says you you were a general for twenty four years 428 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:58.000 before you got your actor. Well, congratulations, sir, that's awesome that 429 00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:02.400 you got the upgrade. You'd it in sts one hundred to two hundred, 430 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:05.839 Which one to buy? You know, I've been thinking about that exact question 431 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:08.480 myself, and I think I want the HT version, which is the one 432 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:12.440 hundred. I think the two hundreds of the desktop version, if I if 433 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:15.639 I have that number correctly, And the reason for that is because I want 434 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.400 to take it with me when I travel, especially if I go to Galveston, 435 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:21.679 because we spend weeks, you know, a week or two three here 436 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.719 and there throughout the year at Galveston. It'd be nice to listen to the 437 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:30.559 Galveston Police and Fire Department out there when I'm down there. Of course you 438 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.159 could do that with a desktop version as well. You just have to pack 439 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:35.880 it up and take it with you have an extra inten I think the HT 440 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.840 just be a little bit more portable. So that's the one I'm thinking about. 441 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:47.440 But that's just my opinion. Yeah, that BP y on the FT 442 00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:52.199 three, No man, My FT five will last for three days monitoring, 443 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:57.280 probably more than that, actually last for three days monitoring with me picking it 444 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.880 up sometimes and keying up my All Star or keying up my open spot to 445 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:06.320 talk into the Texas Patriots Room. Why sf It'll last for three days using 446 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:15.719 regular wear and tear. No no problem at all. Brent's asking, does 447 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:22.719 anyone know of a place or does anyone know of an SSTV transmission from someplace 448 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:25.840 where there will be totality that would be fun? I do not know of 449 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:45.840 anything, but that would I'm sure somebody will do that. Why wouldn't they? 450 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:54.880 Let's see, is he going to make a big battery for the FT 451 00:35:55.280 --> 00:36:00.320 sixty ft soth? You know that might not be a bad one because it's 452 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:07.159 still in production and the original batteries on those radios were Nikad batteries, I 453 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:12.119 think, and they've got some upgraded I think they've got some upgraded lithium ion 454 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:17.800 batteries for that one. But good question. I've asked him to make a 455 00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:22.800 battery for well, I've asked him to make a battery for the D seventy 456 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:24.800 five, because we all know the battery woes with the D seventy five, 457 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.519 those of you who have one of those. So I'm hoping he'll make a 458 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.320 battery for the D seventy five upcoming. But D seventy five form factor may 459 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:36.280 or may not be possible with a battery like that, but we'll see. 460 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:42.199 Ah, that's a good idea. Someone needs to send in a Simpsons old 461 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:52.719 man yells at son Meme via SSTV, whish someone would make one of those 462 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:59.639 batteries for the FT seventy that'd be good. That would be good. Hey, 463 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:01.840 Don, thank you for trying that. Don says, my code works 464 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:07.760 for the battery pack, so Jason five will get you a five percent discount 465 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:13.239 on this battery pack off of this military green battery with my logo on the 466 00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:15.480 back of it. So thank you for that. Two of you who purchased 467 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:21.039 one so far, eighteen or twenty of those in stock twenty. We're in 468 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:24.719 stock eighteen left right now. And let's see what the auction is up to 469 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:32.000 eBay auction. Okay, we're still at three seventy five, but we got 470 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:35.639 a week. I'm gonna send this out an email. I'm gonna talk about 471 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:38.000 it on live stream tomorrow. I'll talk about on my live stream on Wednesday. 472 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:42.039 I'm gonna do five lives, no, four live streams this week, 473 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.199 assuming that I get down to Belton next weekend and do a live stream from 474 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.920 there, which I normally do if I'm at Belton, I will do a 475 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:51.039 live stream on Saturday. So I'm live streaming today in tomorrow. We're gonna 476 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:53.360 do a Wednesday live streaming this stream this week, we're gonna have Flex Radio 477 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.679 on. Kyle's gonna join us, and then I'll have a live stream on 478 00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:00.800 Saturday from the Beltonham Expo if I make it down there. So yeah, 479 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:15.199 four live streams in one week, why not? Okay, what's the source 480 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:19.039 for that big battery? The source? James, what do you mean? 481 00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:30.480 You mean? What power is the battery? It's uh, let's see LFP 482 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:37.320 cells six amp hour thirty two seven hundred lithium iron phosphate bear cells. I 483 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:40.800 believe it's got three of those. It might only have two. I don't 484 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:44.000 remember. No, it's got two of them there, it is right there, 485 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:50.719 it's got two of those, the thirty three two seven hundred thirty two 486 00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:59.199 seven hundred. So that's what that. That's what that is. Yeah, 487 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:08.079 USB charging at the bottom. You can read about it at this link I 488 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:15.159 just shared. I'll share this link again. There we go. Check that 489 00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:22.960 out there. Let's see uh in five, oh, Bob, you guys 490 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:25.480 will be a belt and also, yeah, Ron, you guys gonna have 491 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.079 a booth down there. You guys a lot of times set up a booth 492 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:34.679 in the flea market area outside cool. I hope I hope to see you 493 00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.559 guys down there. I hope the weather holds. I hope it does well. 494 00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:46.559 I hope it does well for that. All right, there we go. 495 00:39:50.199 --> 00:40:08.119 What did I click on here? Okay? There we go. Good. 496 00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:14.320 Oh, there's Kevin in the chat. He says he uses Samsung twenty 497 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:22.199 one seven hundred, Samsung twenty one seven hundred. Okay, so what are 498 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:24.639 those other extra batteries for? In the on that same page there then, 499 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:30.480 Kevin, that's just I was just reading the uh you got some six samp 500 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:37.559 hours there. Let's see there's a long text of Yeah. There it is 501 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:39.800 right there. Okay, so I missed it on the side there because I 502 00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:44.960 was looking at the bottom. Right here uses new genuine Samsung twenty one seven 503 00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:49.559 hundred cells built with a BMS to help protect the battery. Upgraded fifteen white 504 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:55.320 USBC charging module chargeable via USBC. Fully charges in under four hours, typically 505 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:59.440 under three hours. It is fast charging. I do not I knew. 506 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.000 I do know that. I've never timed it. I guess three hours is 507 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:05.079 probably right, but I do know it is fast charging. So there you 508 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.239 go. I was looking down here at the bottom to see and I guess 509 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:12.679 he sells sells for other things here, but the twenty one seven hundred is 510 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.199 the ones used in this specific battery pack. There we go. Thank you 511 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:23.360 for that info, Kevin. Does the clips grow in your battery? Yeah? 512 00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:28.719 You could take the stock belt clip from the stock battery case because if 513 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:32.039 you if you know how the the the ft well the ft five the ft 514 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:37.199 five stock battery case, it has that that little case that you put into 515 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:40.239 that it clips into and you put the case on your belt, so the 516 00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:45.360 belt, the screws on the belt clip come in from the back rather than 517 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:47.880 the front, and that fits on here. Just fine. I believe the 518 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:52.400 FT three one will fit on here too, but I had I haven't tried 519 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.239 it on my I need to get a second one of these to put on 520 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:58.199 my FT three. I haven't done it yet. The code for the battery 521 00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:05.679 is Jason five discount five percent discount Jason five with that code, guys. 522 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:12.519 Hey, thanks Dawn, he says, clubhouse Tuesday night will promote the auction. 523 00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.280 Also good. I'm not getting anything for this auction, guys. This 524 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:19.440 is totally done by n FI BSB and AA five r X, both of 525 00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:22.400 them in the chat tonight. UH. This is going to be shipped to 526 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:27.239 the winner and all the proceeds are going to go to Jim W six LG 527 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.840 for his UH for his health issues that are going on right now. So 528 00:42:30.519 --> 00:43:08.559 I'm just promoting it thanks to thanks. Is oh okay just reading through the 529 00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:21.599 chat, Okaank good Ken, I have a question for you. I'm going 530 00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:24.960 to take my seventy three hundred to a park tomorrow with the WRC seventeen foot 531 00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:32.599 whip. I will be on a deck made of fiberglass. Will MT antenna 532 00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:37.519 see the radios as elevated radios? Well, my antenna, probably my intenna 533 00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:46.000 see the radios as elevated radios. I don't know. Good question off of 534 00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:52.440 fiberglass. I don't know. Try it and see. I don't know. 535 00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:55.440 I don't know. I haven't tried that. I never tried that myself. 536 00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:15.119 H Jesus said, Yeah, all the airlines offering eclipse viewing flights are hopefully 537 00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:27.400 checking their planes over today. That's for sure. There we go. Okay, 538 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.559 millions of people crowded into a small area of what could go wrong, 539 00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:44.280 that's for sure. All right, there we go. So there's the battery 540 00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:51.920 pack, there's the auction, there's the PayPal donation page, and there is 541 00:44:52.039 --> 00:45:00.920 the Quirky QRP Journal hardcover quick reference notebook. I think I shared this. 542 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:06.639 I will put all of the links in the description of this video below for 543 00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:09.039 those of you on Team Replay and those of you listening to the audio rip 544 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:21.000 after the fact. In five SKT, yes, you told me that you 545 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:25.679 were buying some acreage somewhere in East Texas, Gunburo City. That's where I 546 00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:29.920 have my family reunion every well, for the last like three years, we've 547 00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:34.920 been out there off of Lake c Cedar Creek Clay. Yeah, Cedar Creek 548 00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:50.239 Clay. So that's cool. Good, that'd be. That's a nice area. 549 00:45:53.559 --> 00:46:05.159 Let's see, Okay, asking Don if he's going to be retiring soon, 550 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:14.119 it's a good place to do it. Just ordered my battery. Thanks, 551 00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:16.880 Ron, appreciate that. Ron. You have the FT seventy. I 552 00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:20.320 know you like the FT seventy better than the FT five. You told me, 553 00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:23.920 so which one are you going to put that on? Maybe you have 554 00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:42.000 an FT five also, I don't recall. Let's see nine in stocks. 555 00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.239 Kevin, we sold eleven of them so far. I knew these would be 556 00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:51.239 popular. He's gonna continue selling these after these twenty are gone, on a 557 00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:54.880 made to order basis. He got He told me I had twenty of them 558 00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:58.840 in stock right now, because we've been talking about this for a couple of 559 00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:01.440 months. So after these are gone, correct me if I'm wrong, Kevin, 560 00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:05.920 after these are gone, he's going to do them on a made to 561 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:07.159 order basis, So when you order one, he'll make it and then send 562 00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:08.960 it to you, so it'll be a little bit of delay. On shipping, 563 00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:14.840 but you will get it, and this is stuff I will be These 564 00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:20.800 are links I will be sharing on my shopping Friday shopping videos when I do 565 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:23.840 those, and in my email blast for a while, for as long as 566 00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:32.199 Kevin wants to continue making them. Can I send my old FT seventy batteries 567 00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:39.039 to Frank if you want to? You got an FT three, Okay, 568 00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:43.599 I don't know. Frank don't have an FT seventy. Frank didn't have any 569 00:47:43.599 --> 00:48:01.760 fusion radios. Does Kevin have an black or orange ones in stock? I 570 00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:07.320 don't think he does an orange one for this specific model. Uh. He 571 00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:13.920 was sold out of the black ones there for a while, and far as 572 00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:15.920 I know, this is the only one he has in stock right now. 573 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:20.360 But maybe we'll do an orange one next. It'd be a fun color to 574 00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:24.280 do, I think, or maybe the red because there's some red well, 575 00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:28.480 no that the orange, like the button there the buttons on the side of 576 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:30.199 the FT five of course on the FT three. I think they're different colors, 577 00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:38.599 but that might be a fun color to do as well. Frank has 578 00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:42.559 a surey know that someone gave him and he doesn't use it. Very true, 579 00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:46.960 don very true, Yep. Yep, he does because he's I don't 580 00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:51.320 know. I don't know. I don't know. I've I gave up making 581 00:48:51.360 --> 00:49:00.639 excuses for Frank a long time ago. Yes, yeah, I wish Frank 582 00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:04.880 would get on All Star with us, but he has not done it as 583 00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:09.159 of yet. I'll have my All Star node running tomorrow during my live stream, 584 00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:13.320 I'll be on FT eight, but I have my All Star node running 585 00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:17.880 tomorrow. It is up now. Let's see. I rebooted it earlier today. 586 00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:22.519 Yeah, it looks like it's working. It's yeah, pretty good out 587 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:30.440 there right now. Katie four UFD is talking on it right now. So 588 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:35.679 there you go, Orange find it when you drop it. Very true, 589 00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:44.639 very very true. So hi viz Orange can be a thing. Kevin says, 590 00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:46.719 there you go. That's a good idea. I think that's uh yeah, 591 00:49:47.039 --> 00:49:52.480 my UV ninety mate, that's Orange. I carry that radio when I 592 00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:54.280 go to my hunting lease, and a lot of the times when I go. 593 00:49:55.119 --> 00:49:58.360 I got one of the early ones, so it's full open transmits. 594 00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:02.199 Don't tell anybody, but I carry that radio periodically. I put one of 595 00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:07.559 those new USBC rechargeable batteries on it from Better Safe Radio works great, So 596 00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:13.760 I get to charge that via USBC now. And yeah, the high viz 597 00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:16.800 orange is a cool thing about that. Am I the only person who has 598 00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:20.440 worked tomorrow? You know, my wife is going to work. But they're 599 00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:22.880 all taken off like an hour or so in the middle of the day to 600 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:27.840 do to go outside and go across the street to the park across the street 601 00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:34.119 and watch the eclipse. So assuming the weather cooperates with them. I don't 602 00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:37.639 know. I heard they're closing schools in some areas, and uh, you 603 00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:42.400 know it's good, good luck getting through all the traffic. I don't know. 604 00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:46.480 Hopefully, wherever you're going, you're there now and you'll stay until this 605 00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:51.000 time tomorrow if you know it, if you have any common sense to you, 606 00:50:54.639 --> 00:50:58.920 we're monitoring all local repeaters here in ceverl Texas, and traffic is normal. 607 00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:08.559 Good. Okay, how's the DX Commander build going, Troy. I'm 608 00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:15.360 actually waiting on Shane and Frank. Both of you have a DX Commander expedition, 609 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:17.480 same one I have, and we've all we decided last year we were 610 00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:21.920 gonna build them together. And about once a month, well about once every 611 00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:22.920 month, I send him a message saying, guys, when are we gonna 612 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:25.360 do this. When are we gonna do this? So at this point in 613 00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:37.519 time, I'm waiting on those two guys. Our schools have a noon dismissal. 614 00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:42.480 Where in the ninety five percent totality, got's good, Richard will be 615 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:45.800 driving. You can pull over the side of the road though during the totality, 616 00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:57.360 Richard, depend on where you are. I guess Wolloming is full cloud 617 00:51:57.400 --> 00:52:00.760 cover winter storm morning, So no, they aren't taking time out. Yeah, 618 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:04.960 there's supposed to be clouds here tomorrow, but I think they just recently 619 00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:08.159 changed that, and maybe it'll be clear during the eclipse and then it's going 620 00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:12.840 to cloud up tomorrow afternoon late or something. I don't know. We'll see 621 00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:24.079 what we see when we see it. Because whether some Texas ISDS closed due 622 00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:40.840 to traffic concerns, Yeah, a lot of Texas repeaters are linking together tomorrow. 623 00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:52.280 Interesting, Okay, Kevin's thirty two seven hundred battery cells and BMS units 624 00:52:52.280 --> 00:53:02.599 are excellent. Weather forecast is scaring off the huge crowd? Yes, Yeah, 625 00:53:02.679 --> 00:53:07.320 some of the places when we were in Fredericks for last week, some 626 00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:09.559 of the places were concerned that they were expecting a big crowd. But they're 627 00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:14.679 like. Well, with the weather, we don't know now, so we'll 628 00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:30.719 see no oversized loads allowed in Texas during the highway clip Texas Highways during the 629 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:44.880 eclipse. Interesting, interesting, interesting, well anyway, Okay, so guys, 630 00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:53.760 once again we are supporting Jim W six LG with this PayPal donation link. 631 00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:58.599 I'm gonna share this in the chat again right now, and then this 632 00:53:59.119 --> 00:54:02.639 eBay auction put that in the chat again right now. So go out there 633 00:54:02.679 --> 00:54:07.480 and check that out right now. We're up to seventeen bids at three hundred 634 00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:10.119 and eighty dollars for the real poto a bowl infed halfwave INTENDA. This is 635 00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:14.360 a cool antenna. I took it out to a park. I used it. 636 00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:16.840 It worked great. I've got it in my Explore backpack from Giga Parts, 637 00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:20.440 where I keep a bunch of intennas. This one goes with me everywhere 638 00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:24.079 I go. I've only used it like twice. The last I activated a 639 00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:28.840 park down outside of Fredericksburg two or three days ago, and we were in 640 00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:30.559 a confined space, so I didn't have enough room to roll out a full 641 00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:34.719 intent. I just rolled out a ten meter infed halfwave instead. And I 642 00:54:34.760 --> 00:54:37.800 could have done this one but I couldn't remember how many clicks it was for 643 00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:42.760 ten meters only a ten meters sideband that was so I gotta I need to 644 00:54:42.800 --> 00:54:47.480 print a chart that says how many revolutions and turns get this one in to 645 00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:51.599 balance. So of course, if you have an analyzer with you, it's 646 00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:58.840 not a big deal, but it is a great INTENTNA I really enjoyed using 647 00:54:58.840 --> 00:55:02.039 it the two or three times I've used so we're doing that. We've got 648 00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:08.559 the FT five D battery from W zero a Z right there, discount code 649 00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:14.199 of Jason five for five percent off, and then we've got the quirky QRP 650 00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:23.760 Quick Reference notebook with charts, its and ITU zone map and a QR code 651 00:55:23.800 --> 00:55:30.159 that takes you to the technician training videos on this channel. Some people have 652 00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:34.280 asked about a new general class, and I'm working with one of the local 653 00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.679 Ham radio clubs here to livestream a new general class, hopefully later this month, 654 00:55:37.760 --> 00:55:40.960 so stay tuned on that as well. I will send out links as 655 00:55:40.960 --> 00:55:44.519 soon as I have that and dates and times and whatnot. You guys can 656 00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:47.360 share it with all your local people if you don't mind trying to get trying 657 00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:54.280 to get the word out about that. So that's a work in progress, 658 00:55:55.639 --> 00:55:59.360 all right, Richard seventy three, buddy, thanks for being here tonight. 659 00:56:00.719 --> 00:56:05.360 But that's about it. Guys. We are once again gonna be here live 660 00:56:05.400 --> 00:56:08.519 tomorrow at noon Texas time, which is seventeen hundred UTC, for a couple 661 00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:14.639 of hours during the eclipse. I'm gonna have a camera pointed at the eclipse 662 00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:22.920 and connected via zoom to to my live stream assuming the weather, Assuming the 663 00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:27.760 weather cooperates, we'll be able to see it. If Frank has zoom, 664 00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:34.079 I'll text him later. I haven't seen where he went. I haven't seen 665 00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:36.880 him say anything in a while. What bands does it support? It does 666 00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:42.679 ten to forty meters. It actually actually since it's since it's adjustable, it'll 667 00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:45.639 do anything up to forty meters or down to forty meters. However you want 668 00:56:45.639 --> 00:56:47.119 to look at that. So you can roll it in and do thirty meters, 669 00:56:47.159 --> 00:56:50.800 you can do seventeen meters, you can do twelve meters, ten meters, 670 00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:52.800 six meters. It do all that. You just got to put an 671 00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:57.320 analyzer on it and see and keep rolling it until you get down get the 672 00:56:57.360 --> 00:57:00.440 dip down to where you want it. So it's an adjusta a variable adjustable 673 00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:06.239 antenna that does multi band. So if you if you spin it out to 674 00:57:06.280 --> 00:57:10.360 the forty meter element or the forty meter length, then like most infed halfwaves, 675 00:57:10.360 --> 00:57:15.119 it'll do ten fifteen forty with no tuner so at that one length. 676 00:57:16.159 --> 00:57:21.400 But that's where that is. So seventy three. I'll check out the link 677 00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:24.960 for tomorrow for the solar eclipse and we will see you guys. Then, 678 00:57:25.440 --> 00:57:29.320 thank you. I will put all the links that we talked about tonight in 679 00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:31.119 the description blow as soon as the live stream ends for those of you on 680 00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:36.400 the replay, and we'll talk about them again tomorrow in the live stream there 681 00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:37.400 as well. So seventy three everyone, have a good eating