WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.679 Thank you for choosing to download the Ham Radio two point zero audio podcast rip. 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:09.000 This is the audio taken out of a video or a live stream I 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:13.039 did recently. You can catch all my videos on YouTube Ham Radio two point 4 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:18.280 zero and catch us live every Sunday night at seven pm Central Standard Time for 5 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:22.359 a different topic each week. Thank you for the support, and thank you 6 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:34.320 for being a member of the community. It was wonderful. Yep, it 7 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.920 was. It was really good there. I mean you could chett coast to 8 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:45.039 coast. I know, yeah, yeah, no, not really, not 9 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:51.320 really, but we're we're just set the go live button. All right. 10 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.079 Well, so all right, man, hey, good to meet you John. 11 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.000 All right, guys, let me know how the audio is. Let 12 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.959 me know how the video is. I don't know if it's good. Video 13 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:19.200 Talk to one sounds good. Good morning, Tom says, all is fine. 14 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:26.840 Wes, what's up dude? Uh? Robert, Robert? Are you 15 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.760 here? I haven't seen you. I assume you're not here. All good 16 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:38.359 sounds good? Thank you, Thanks guys, appreciate that. All Right, 17 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.680 we're gonna take you a walk around to Houston Hamfest, which stay opened about 18 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:51.280 a half hour ago, and I wanted to do a live stream first thing 19 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:56.560 this morning. K E. M R D and Steve cam nine G should 20 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:00.000 be here, but they're not, so would be here later. I assume 21 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.879 they're on their way. Robert says, he's on his couch, on your 22 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:13.840 couch. Uh, that's cool, all right, I'm gonna walk outside for 23 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:24.960 a second. Excuse me. We have a very gloomy day out here. 24 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:32.000 There's a lot of people in the swap area, but it's growing right there. 25 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.080 You can see that. We'll go out there here in a minute. 26 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:49.439 So no, you're good. Hey, And they've got an air They had 27 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.319 an aries meeting over there in that building this morning. A lot of MCom 28 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:57.319 stuff set up here. So there's that guy right there has a has a 29 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.719 Class B camper van with some antennas on it, so I might go have 30 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:05.199 to talk to him in a minute. Yes morning, the loss of Bob 31 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.240 Hayle. Thanks guys for mentioning that. If you haven't seen the Josh did 32 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:10.639 a tribute to him on his channel, go watch that. If you haven't 33 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:16.360 seen it yet. I watched it yesterday. It's pretty good. So okay. 34 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:22.639 So that's the that's the outside gloom of the swap Fest. I'm gonna 35 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.199 walk you guys around the inside first, because I think it's a little bit 36 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.759 more to see in the inside, and it's actually missing on me right now. 37 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:46.400 And okay, reading the chat here, m okay, let's see Mike. 38 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:52.560 Thanks for the super chat. All right. A b R is here 39 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:58.520 because they're in the area, so camera's face the other way. You can't 40 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:05.960 see me right now. Some new chokes from them legal limit right there and 41 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:23.959 the transformer. So but they've got a pretty good showing here. Got a 42 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.439 couple of new vendors here this year that we're not here last year, so 43 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.480 we're going to see those here in a minute. A lot of swaps fest 44 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:40.240 stuff here. Thank you Steve for sharing that link. This is the main 45 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.439 building. They have another building here, uh next door with a maker space. 46 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:48.399 We might walk over there here in a minute. Well, I hope 47 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:57.600 you find a home for it. Raffle tickets, huh. There's your prizes, 48 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:03.000 all right? Five twenty five dollars or twenty five tickets for one hundred 49 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:11.480 dollars. How many for twenty five dollars, five for twenty five for twenty 50 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.199 gotcha? Okay, I might get some, but I need to talk to 51 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.079 you Okay, that's fine. I always feel guilty if I win something like 52 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:34.279 that, though, so I might come get some though. All right, 53 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:48.519 okay, him? Wear is this here? Shirts and hats to get printed 54 00:05:50.040 --> 00:06:00.160 as you wait? They're usually here. They make it too. Uh most 55 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:09.639 of these shows they I think they're at Belton as well. Some cool stuff 56 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:21.079 in here, right, So Mastrant is here, first time they've been here. 57 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:27.040 So they've got a small table. But there's still some stuff towers and 58 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:41.959 guy ropes and stuff for tower hardware and tower maintenance whatnot. Look at this 59 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:53.240 AI five D D. Why are you not here? Man? They opened 60 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.279 lawn and they opened at eight, so about a half hour ago, A 61 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.360 little bit longer and half a lawn. Why aren't you here? I know 62 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:11.480 you're in Texas. I forget where though. Got the International DX contest ten 63 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:15.639 meters? Huh? Hey I do, Yeah, I know where you are. 64 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:23.519 I know you're in Oklahoma. So here's Jim the computer guy. Every 65 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.319 time I put Jim stuff on here, somebody puts a comment on the video 66 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.199 and says, hey, send me his phone number. So I hope you 67 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:31.759 guys are reaching out to him. He gave me permission to share his phone 68 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:33.800 number. But not on a live stream. I'll send it to you if 69 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:50.600 you want it. So a bunch of US stuff down this direction equipment check 70 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:55.199 table there. If you buy something you want to get checked good? Checked 71 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.199 here? Good? How are you good? To see you guys here? 72 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:03.800 Glad you'll have a check table going right? You got you got the rig 73 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.319 expert talk for Oh good? Yeah, yeah, rig expert? Good deal 74 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:24.839 good good good, South Texas, Harris County District fourteen areas. So look 75 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.120 at this guy. What's up, dude? How are you good? See 76 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:33.720 it? Hey? How's your dad doing it? Comes home on the twelve, 77 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.879 comes home on the twelve? Good, So I'm getting everything ready for 78 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.600 him now. All right, man? Well you around all day? Uh? 79 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.440 Yeah, I should be around most of the day. It goes to 80 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:50.080 like four. I probably won't stay that long, but yeah, okay, 81 00:08:50.559 --> 00:09:05.799 okay, okay, I'll be around when we're walking the perimeter here. Yeah, 82 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:13.919 check out master rant. Good stuff there. Hey, these guys have 83 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:22.120 a they don't have it running right now? That a flex running yesterday? 84 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:33.039 That this they've got a Hermes light hey with a Zague amplifier. Yeah, 85 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.559 hooked up to the THETIS uh SDR software. THETIS status. However, you 86 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.559 want to say that this is pretty cool. They were listening to some guys 87 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:50.080 calling, uh seek you from a park yesterday and it's hooked to this antenna 88 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:58.080 right there, big Tribander MCom trailer, so you can get in there. 89 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:13.960 Hey, uh quality drop Bryant. Has anybody else said experiencing that? Let 90 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:20.399 me know how the uh let me know how it is. It might, 91 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.120 it might. I don't know how the internet is going to work inside the 92 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:31.240 building. That's the problem. Ta'll let me know. Ros here very fuzzy. 93 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:41.679 Okay, Well, I'm just gonna keep going. So shock in the 94 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:50.320 boxes here. Gym's here, first time he's been at the show. I'm 95 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.360 on the edge of the building right now. Hopefully it got a little bit 96 00:10:52.399 --> 00:11:00.600 better that Yeah, no drops though, Yeah, that's the thing. If 97 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.320 it gets poor quality, that's not much I can do about that, since 98 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.679 we're inside of a building. On eighteen. I'm on AT and T. 99 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:13.120 I just realized the comedy and that I'm on AT and T. I'm always 100 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.360 on AT and T. So, yeah, shack in the boxes here. 101 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:24.360 Jim came down by himself, so he's got all his stuff set up here. 102 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.879 Hro was here hro was here last year and they said, hey, 103 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:39.120 hey, Jim, how are you man? Good weeks? That's right, 104 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:45.039 that's right, twice in two weeks. This is actually a very well attended 105 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.919 him. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, a lot of people here, but 106 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.840 yeah, yeah, good, good, Well, I'm glad. I hope 107 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.360 you do well, man, I think we are. Yeah. Uh Hro's 108 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.919 was here last year for the first time and they said, and they're back. 109 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:01.639 So they said they had a good show last year. So that's good, 110 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:13.080 really good. There's these guys Eddies at the Texas Store. Robert Steve, 111 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.159 manager of the Texas Store. Hey, Robert waved to the camera. 112 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:26.240 Bud wave to the camera. He's busy working. He's like, leave me 113 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:54.799 alone, I'm Workings Freddie Mac, good morning. Some used stuff over here? 114 00:12:54.279 --> 00:13:01.279 Got that going tide lands Hamfest? Is this to I haven't been to 115 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.120 that show in a long time. My house down here is always rented. 116 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:11.200 In July. That's our peak season for our vacational we have in in Galveston. 117 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.519 So I haven't made it to this show in a long time. But 118 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:22.159 it is Saturday, July thirteenth. Those of you interested. These guys have 119 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:31.320 a pretty good All Star Network from repeaters throughout Houston, Corpus CHRISTI everything right 120 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.919 there. I took a picture of this. Sorry, I took a picture 121 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:39.840 of this earlier so that I could try some of these repeaters. The island 122 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:45.039 of Galveston is not covered, but a lot of the Houston area is. 123 00:13:45.759 --> 00:14:18.759 It's a good all star system. It's more US stuff in here. So 124 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:26.159 Jim uh, Jim him uh shoot shack in the box, Jim. He 125 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:37.480 that's his first time here as mastrants first time here. And w fur O 126 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.679 p s Is here with his ham gear online stuff for Parks in the Air 127 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.080 and Winterfield Day all that stuff. It's his first time here as well. 128 00:14:46.559 --> 00:15:20.480 So this Hamfest is growing pretty thanks sir, you bet hey appreciate. We're 129 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:28.039 live streaming right now. Man, So how you doing so far? How's 130 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:33.320 the show been? You know we had yesterday? Yeah, yeah, Saturday 131 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:37.000 is always busier. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I hope you have 132 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:41.000 a good show. Man, Glad, glad you're here. He made a 133 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:48.000 long trick to get here, so hey, good to see you. Good 134 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:54.440 to see you, Jason, you too. These guys EPO uh Electronics Parts 135 00:15:54.480 --> 00:16:03.799 Outlet, they're always here at this show. Cool stuff in here, good 136 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.519 morning, Good morning. How are you doing this morning? Pretty good? 137 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:10.919 Oh, we've brought lots of misap here today, lots of mischief. That's 138 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.559 good, really good stuff. You got to come into the store for Yeah, 139 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.559 I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure. You can't bring a whole store. 140 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:22.399 Glad you guys are here. Thanks for being here. You have a 141 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:32.600 Burger tray goes in your cup folder. Hey, that's cool. Never know 142 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:44.240 what you're gonna find it a ham Fest Okay, all right, let me 143 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.440 know how the quality is if it's dropped. I'm in the middle of the 144 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:53.919 building now, so it may or may not be good. Two Thursday. 145 00:16:53.919 --> 00:17:00.480 The size of hamcom session, maybe including a second building which we haven't gone 146 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:07.720 into yet. This is a large building and there's a lot of tables in 147 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:15.039 here, same quality, so it's kind of fuzzy. Still, Okay, 148 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:22.680 it's shooting outside. Ham Fest will go on today until like four pm. 149 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:30.680 People start shutting down probably early afternoon. I would expect typical ham Fest m 150 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:52.160 O is the skyhook that these guys sell that right there, going in. 151 00:17:52.119 --> 00:18:00.440 How are you you're here? That's good? I saw him earlier. Yeah, 152 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:07.480 thanks for being here. Yep, this is Lee's stuff. Right here. 153 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.880 If you guys ever been to a Texas ham Fest or Orlando or Dayton, 154 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:18.000 Lee goes to all the big shows. Is open you want to get 155 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:23.880 to take us lasses or breaking existing? Last time? Now over the now 156 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:30.279 very well is over. Oh, I wonder if he's sold. Look at 157 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:37.839 this. He had a D seventy two yesterday. I wonder if he still 158 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:42.440 got it. No, there it is somewhere. I've got this day that's 159 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:47.079 hold on. I'm I show you guys at D seventy two. It's just 160 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:53.079 the radio by itself. That one's and then I've got a cleaner one from 161 00:18:53.079 --> 00:19:00.559 one twenty. There you go. But he's ever wanted a D seventy two? 162 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:06.000 There it is right there, doesn't even have a belt clip on it. 163 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:27.079 Working good. I'm probably gonna pick up one of these. He's got 164 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:38.319 some some of these military masks fold over? What am I? What's the 165 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:42.079 word I'm looking for? They're they're tent courted masks that break down and they 166 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:48.599 could they unfold to like one length. There's one right there, and he 167 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:53.200 says that these are the official military ones with the true copper on them. 168 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:57.880 So I'm he wants forty five dollars a piece for these, they'd sell for 169 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:02.200 like one hundred and twenty one hundred and forty something like that online. I'm 170 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.279 probably gonna pick up one of those. That's a good addition to have in 171 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.200 your kit. You can put it. It's got a it's got the standard 172 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.880 mount on the bottom of the same thing as a hamstick. This right here 173 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:22.119 is that right there? Those are pretty cool and so those are pretty cool. 174 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:29.160 Look at this here it goes moving. I got I'd like to see 175 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:33.160 it as I've never said I'm trying to ever put you can think of who's 176 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:41.359 putting coming off here coming out with a loop antennant. It's still that's the 177 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:47.119 reason why to make You said something about server power supplies. I'm not sure 178 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:51.119 who that guy is. I did not. I haven't seen that. I 179 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:53.039 know what a server power supply is. I know what you're talking about. 180 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.079 I'm not sure which person you're talking about, but I have not seen anything 181 00:20:57.119 --> 00:21:04.440 like that yet so far this show. It's a SUPERINTENDA three element six band 182 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:22.319 yaggy for about about about tree fitted You needed about tree Fitted p R C 183 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:26.480 seventy seven. Yes, that's exactly what it is, and it'll work on 184 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:36.839 multiples of those those old Harris radios tree fitted. I need about tree fitted. 185 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:48.680 Texas State Militia is here, Houston chapter. I just want to steal 186 00:21:48.680 --> 00:22:00.559 that that tack from them right there. That's what I wanted cover the air, 187 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:06.759 So I might have to sign that list here in a minute. We'll 188 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:10.559 see this this Houston chapter, though I don't know if there's a North Texas 189 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:15.160 chapter or not. Yea, So there's a lot of empty tables. I 190 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:21.559 thought they had sold older tables, but perhaps not. I would love to 191 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:27.839 have a PRC radio. The uh those they're just uh, there's just good 192 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.720 quality old radios, those old military style radios. I really like them. 193 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:41.640 So you just hit a bad spot for Internet. Okay, how many people 194 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:48.200 are there? They're armed eighty percent, so whatever that number is, all 195 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:55.680 right, let's go outside and see y'all. Let me know if the internet 196 00:22:55.720 --> 00:23:08.880 picks up here doesn't look as full as last year. I think it's better 197 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:12.079 than last year so far. Of course, you gotta remember that's only one 198 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:15.000 building. There's another building of there, although I think it's all makerspace stuff 199 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:19.799 in that other building, robotics, electronics and whatnot. Much better. Okay, 200 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:23.759 thanks Mike, thanks Freddy. Okay, good, all right, let's 201 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:29.720 walk around the swapfest area. This area was fairly empty yesterday. There was 202 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:33.240 three or four guys out there, a very pixelated inside. You couldn't read 203 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.960 the prices. Oh really yeah, well no, some people were saying that. 204 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.720 They were like, yeah, we get it, you get it. 205 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:51.920 Yeah, there we go. So here's Lee watching me. There you go. 206 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:56.960 Okay, we're gonna get a video about this thing later. That's a 207 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:00.000 pretty cool setup he's got there. So all right, let's go outside and 208 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:04.839 uh, let's go outside and I mean we're outside, let's go let's walk 209 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:14.200 out here to the parking lot and see all of the tailgate swat fest and 210 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.640 used gear that's out here. You know what. One of the guys from 211 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:23.039 Armorlock is here. Talk to him yesterday, Gary, So pretty cool stuff 212 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:30.240 he's got. Okay, let's switch that over. Walk through the outside section. 213 00:24:52.880 --> 00:25:00.599 I'm trying question, you know, kind of take a I got one 214 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:33.279 of those microphones. Cool stuff in there. Make sure you grab one of 215 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:36.319 everything. Side boo. Why are you not here, dude? The show 216 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:38.720 is not too far from you. I've already met like three people from Beaumont 217 00:25:38.720 --> 00:26:12.279 area on the table inside. Hey, what's up? What's up? Guys? 218 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:17.200 Yeah? Uh no, no, no, no other Jason, Yeah 219 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:22.720 right yeah, Ham Radio two point zero vide great, thank you. I 220 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:26.119 gotta talk with you for just a second if you can turn that off. 221 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:29.039 No, we're live streaming right now, So find me in a little bit, 222 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:34.359 okay, uh probably yeah, yeah, I should be inside. Yeah, 223 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:41.039 okay, okay, good. There's a df W unit and that's all 224 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:44.960 the info they'll give you until your flaw an application. Okay, well I'll 225 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:52.039 go check that out then. Okay, so here's armor lock. Look at 226 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.839 this stuff. I've got several of these myself. These are awesome, fixed 227 00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:03.039 one and something else. It's always always cool to see. Uh was it? 228 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.319 You need that for your seventy three hundreds around it? That's your last 229 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.119 one, isn't it? Yeah? This one okay, and that's what happens 230 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:14.640 to mine. That one goes with the radio too. Yeah. Yeah, 231 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.839 oh so he said the whole the whole thing's two hundred and ten dollars. 232 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:25.519 That works for me. I'll buy that. Yeah. Uh well, here, 233 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.880 take take my car. I'm in Beaumont right, So if you change 234 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:37.480 your mind when you get home later and you've got a bunch of cars out 235 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:47.440 there in the parking lot five O R mark. Where are you? Yeah, 236 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.039 it's cool there here. Yeah, that guy Gary, he's in Beaumont. 237 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:53.079 And the guy Seth that runs the company, he's in Tennessee. I 238 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:59.880 think I think it's Tennessee somewhere up not somewhere up in the in the north. 239 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:03.400 Used to away from Texas and uh when he was here when that. 240 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:06.359 I was talking to Gary yesterday and he was like, oh, no, 241 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:08.839 I I helped Seth run the company. I'm like, oh, that's kind 242 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.920 of cool. So he has a lot of stuff. He's a he's a 243 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:17.039 distributary, he said, reseller. So and he's in Beaumont, Texas. 244 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:22.240 So there you go. They got a new that new that seventy three hundred 245 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.400 cage is new, and they got a new one for uh they got if 246 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:29.000 you go look at their website armorlock dot com, they've got some new stuff 247 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:32.799 for GMRS radios which they didn't used to have. So they're expanding their inventory, 248 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:56.720 which is really good. Yeah, it looks like all right, last 249 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:11.039 row here. Yeah, thanks to you for sharing Armlock website. That's kind 250 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:30.599 of that's neat old radio there. How you doing yeah, that's me. 251 00:29:32.200 --> 00:30:00.640 Yeah, yeah, thanks cool. That's pretty cool stuff there. And that's 252 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:06.799 the complete circle of what's outside of the swap fest. So there we go. 253 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:15.039 I forget to hit that, like thanks, Steve is Coffee and him 254 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.039 Rado starting now. Steve said he was going to be here today, so 255 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.839 I don't know where he's at. I haven't seen him more Mike, I 256 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:26.640 know Frank's not gonna be here. I don't know where Scott is. Scott 257 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.759 lives closest to us. I don't know if he's coming or not. I 258 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:41.440 haven't talked to him. So there we go. But that's about it. 259 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:48.839 It's uh, it's about uh, it's a good show. It's it's it's 260 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:52.440 been a pretty decent show this year. I showed you guys three new vendors, 261 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:56.599 so h Ro's here. They were here last year, Shack in the 262 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:02.359 Box, him him club Gear online or Gear online, Michael Store, he's 263 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:07.960 here, and then Mas strands here and a couple other couple other people who 264 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:12.559 weren't here last time. So the show is growing. I was going to 265 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.160 try to get Bob from our finder up here. He wants to come to 266 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:19.640 the show, but he's having an issue with supply right now, which is 267 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:26.039 not his fault, but that's why he wasn't in Orlando. So at some 268 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:32.839 point I want to get him to come out to the show and we'll see 269 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.119 what it does from there. But thanks for hanging with me, guys. 270 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:38.200 If yeah, club gear online, that's it. That's it, Thanks Steve. 271 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:45.920 It's nice to have someone in the chat with linking capabilities. So there 272 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:51.279 it is, so all right. Twenty twenty four Houston Hamfest, first weekend 273 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:59.079 of March is Arma loc Is Yeah, Arma Loc has They have items here 274 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:04.680 there they're so I've not seen any CW clubs here, although there probably are. 275 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.359 There's a couple of there's a bunch of CW guys in one of the 276 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:15.680 tables in there, but that's it. So it's a smaller show, but 277 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:20.759 not too bad. It's always good to go to a ham Fest, and 278 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:25.039 I'm glad that these guys are growing from where they were the last few years. 279 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:30.880 So check out. Put the first weekend presumably it'll be the first weekend 280 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.759 of March again next year, so put that on your calendar now so that 281 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:38.079 you've got that plan for twenty twenty five and we'll be back here then. 282 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:40.720 So seventy three guys. Thanks for watching this morning.