WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.439 The Ham Radio two point zero audio podcast rip. Thank you for downloading and 2 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:19.239 listening to this podcast. So basically what I do is I take all the 3 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:24.679 audio clips out of my videos and upload them to spreaker, and then from 4 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:30.199 there they're spread out to iTunes and SoundCloud and now Amazon Audible as well. 5 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:34.719 But I want to welcome you and thank you for joining the audio section of 6 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:39.679 this series on Ham Radio. I hope you enjoy it, and I would 7 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:45.560 appreciate you leaving us a comment or a review on whatever podcast service you're listening 8 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:54.799 from. Thank you in seventy three. I hope you enjoy it. Transition 9 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:00.679 and unmute. Good afternoon, good noon show. Oh there it is this 10 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.879 afternoon. That's twelve o one. Good noon to everybody. Good afternoon, 11 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.200 Ham Radio two point er lunchtime livestream. It is good to be back in 12 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.920 the shock. It is good to be back in Texas. It is good 13 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:21.680 to be back in back, just back back in a good Internet connection environment. 14 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.719 Liberty Cave. I was back here a minute ago looking for Mike on 15 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.120 FT eight because he is it. He's at big Ben this week. We 16 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:37.359 were at big Ben last week, and I'm telling you what big Ben is 17 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.879 far enough away. I guess where. I worked a lot of Texas, 18 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.920 North Texas and Houston, Texas stations on twenty meter phone from Big Ben last 19 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.200 week. Now, if I'm activating a park around here, I can't hear 20 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:52.359 anybody from Texas. So I was hoping to get Mike in the log book 21 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:55.040 today, but he was. I saw his hamler come across a couple of 22 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:59.480 times on twelve twenty meters yesterday, and I tuned down to that frequency. 23 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:00.840 I couldn't hear. I could barely hear him in the noise. I could 24 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.480 hear all the stations calling him. I could hear the pilot he's working, 25 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.439 but I couldn't hear him. So I've yet to get him. And I 26 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:13.080 can't see him on seventeen meter ft eight right now either. But seventeen meters 27 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.400 I don't know. Seventeen meters might be a little bit too. I might 28 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.159 be too close to him on seventeen meters. So I was hoping to get 29 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.240 him on twenty meter phone. But but yeah, here we go. Okay, 30 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:29.680 So special shout out to all the folks in green Text today, all 31 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:34.280 you YouTube channel members. A special welcome to W five FBG who just joined 32 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.479 us AC three. I k Ed is in there. One. Luis Valentine 33 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.520 is in there. Good afternoon, racer XO seven. I saw you in 34 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.919 there a minute ago. W A w NA don in five s K T 35 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:52.599 K O four PUU Katie nine VN c oh, Hey there's Lee. What's 36 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.759 up Lee? W five l ee. Good to see you there today. 37 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:00.599 Yes, Don MTC is going to Belton. You should really sign up on 38 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:05.520 their email list. He send an email yesterday and I texted him this morning 39 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.960 and I'm like, dude, because he said something in his email about coming 40 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:14.639 down on Saturday and setting up Saturday, and I'm like, dude, we're 41 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.840 going down Thursday night. I was like, if you want me to cording 42 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:21.080 you off a spot next to us or something, let me know because I'll 43 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.680 get there if you don't get there till Saturday. And then he texted back 44 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:27.319 He's like, I'll probably be there before that. It's like, oh right, 45 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.840 so yeah, hopefully I'll be set up right now. Dawn. You 46 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.400 know where we were that time that I had my big camper down there and 47 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.919 you stayed the night with us. I'm gonna park roughly in that same area 48 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:42.960 because there won't be a Thursday. Typically when I go down on Thursday evening, 49 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.360 it's there's like five or six people in the parking lot, and they 50 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.719 tend to be a little bit more toward towards the east than I am, 51 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.560 so I usually park a couple of rows over, but we'll be We'll be 52 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:59.159 parked roughly about the same spot, and I hope that EMPTYC can come over 53 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:00.879 there and up out next to us. Last time, I think he got 54 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.280 there kind of late and he had to set up on the other side when 55 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.560 you pulled in off the street. He had to set up on the left 56 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.199 side. We're over on the right side when you pull in that first pull 57 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:14.439 in off the street, so that is where that is. But yeah, 58 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:19.920 MTC will be there. He usually plays it by ear watching the weather, 59 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:25.360 and the weather is supposed to be really nice this weekend, so it should 60 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.439 be a great, great weekend. All right, A couple of things. 61 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.399 We're gonna talk about Belton. Those of you who don't know what Belton is 62 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.240 side boom, I'm disappointed, dude. You need to try to drive a 63 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.480 little bit north sometimes. Man, it's not gonna hurt you to drive. 64 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:44.000 It's not that cold upier it's not that cold up here, really, but 65 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.000 you know, drive north sometimes it's all right. You've got a Dodge, 66 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.360 it's not a Chevy. It'll make it. You're all right, So yeah, 67 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:56.120 it's good. A couple of announcements. We're going to talk about Belton. 68 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.480 Belton's a local ham fest. It's called the Belton ham Expo. Excellent 69 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:04.360 place to do swaps and used gear trading. So and take a couple of 70 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:11.360 used items I have to get rid of. Maybe all right, So those 71 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:15.920 of you who may have not been here before or maybe you forgot. Scott 72 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.600 is doing better. I invited him to come on to today's stream and I 73 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:23.639 sent him a Discord message and said, hey, are you going to Belton, 74 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:29.480 And I did not get an answer from him, So not sure if 75 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.759 I'm not sure if he'll be there or not. But we are still taking 76 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:38.160 donations for him on go fund me. He's doing much better. He's been 77 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:42.920 home for a couple of weeks and he's recovering. But he says the medical 78 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:49.199 bills are still coming in. So yeah, he was in an automobile accident. 79 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.920 If you haven't heard, he was in an automobile accident. Totaled his 80 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:57.399 car had to have surgery. He was awakened conscience before the surgery after the 81 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.959 surgery, so I don't think it was life threatening, but at the same 82 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.519 time, I think it was a little bit we'll be able to walk again 83 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.800 type thing because it was something spinal. But we set up a gofund me 84 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.199 for him, and if you haven't had a chance to donate yet, there 85 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.240 is the link in the chat, and thank you to those who have donated. 86 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.120 We've raised six thousand dollars so far out of a ten thousand dollars goal. 87 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:18.720 The ten thousand dollar goal is just an arbitrary number I picked out of 88 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.439 the air, doesn't mean anything. I just said why not. And with 89 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.360 go fund me, you can not meet your goal or meet your goal, 90 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.480 you still get all the money. So I've already transferred all that money to 91 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:33.800 him. He's made a withdrawal and that's helping him out so great. Thank 92 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:36.279 you to everybody who who's helped out Scott. Yeah, people are talking about 93 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.879 the gun show. Yeah, there's a gun show. There's there's normally there's 94 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:45.079 a gun show and a dog show inside the Expo Center the same weekend as 95 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:49.120 the Beltenham Expo. I I don't know exactly how they coordinate that. This 96 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:55.879 is actually kind of late for Belton this year. Usually for a number of 97 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:59.240 years they were the first weekend in April and the first weekend in October, 98 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.519 and something got fouled up with their schedule a couple of years ago, and 99 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.639 then they were doing like middle of March, like it was too cold, 100 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.199 or it could have been too cold, or it might have been spring break 101 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:12.639 weekend for some people. This one like middle of April. This is the 102 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.519 latest it's been in a long time. But that's good because the weather is 103 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.199 a little bit warmer than it was a month ago. And I was out 104 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:23.360 of town the first weekend in April, so I'm glad that glad that we're 105 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:29.560 gonna have that ham Fest. So yeah, definitely make um, definitely make 106 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.000 plans to go to belt In this weekend if you can. You had snow 107 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.839 and ice this winter. That's why I moved to Houston area. Worm is 108 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:43.439 good. I was in Galveston during the snow and ice, so blah to 109 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.000 you. I was south of you. Uh yeah, it's please copy. 110 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:51.639 What's up, Kyle? How are you today? So yeah, Tom, 111 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.519 you should come into town for it. Dog and gun show and ham Fest. 112 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:59.680 What's what's wrong with that? All right? So here's the ham XFO 113 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:07.120 web site. Put this link in the check as well. Bell County Expo 114 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:11.120 Center. It is right off of Interstate thirty five you exit Interstate thirty five. 115 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.399 I want to say it's exit number. Gosh, I can't remember. 116 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:20.959 Now, there's a significant number. It's Highway one twenty one, which we 117 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.439 have a highway one twenty we have a state Highway one twenty one appear. 118 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.680 I think it's like farm the Market Road one twenty one up there, or 119 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:30.040 maybe it's it's something like that. But I remember the exit. I used 120 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:31.159 to know the exit number. I don't remember the exit number right now. 121 00:08:31.679 --> 00:08:35.240 But it is right out you exit the highway. You go a half mile 122 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.200 west and it's right there, and it's this big, huge looking expo center 123 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:45.840 that is um In fact, if you just google it, say Belton Expo 124 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.480 Center, you can't you get You can see it easily from the highway, 125 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:54.240 and that's what it looks like, right Yeah, that's what it looks like 126 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:01.159 right there. You can easily see that from the highway and just look for 127 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.799 that dome thing. So it's it's inside it's actually around the corner. They've 128 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:07.279 got like age. Our show is not in the dome. It's in the 129 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:09.960 like the garage area. But it's a huge garage. You can drive a 130 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.480 car into it. A lot of people set up inside of there for tailgating, 131 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.159 indoor tailgating out of their cars because you can. Because he's got these 132 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:22.120 huge garage doors. You can drive up to Stephen. Thank you. Exit 133 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:24.000 two ninety two. Okay, yeah, I figured I knew it was somewhere 134 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.519 around the high two hundreds, but I couldn't remember. I could remember what 135 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.559 it was, So exit two ninety two. Yeah, you exit two ninety 136 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.360 two, go west, which for me, that'll be turn right because I'm 137 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.960 combing from the north. If you're coming up from Austin, San Antonio, 138 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:41.320 you'll turn left, go west for like a half mile. It's right. 139 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.919 You can't miss it. It's right there. Look for the big parking lot 140 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:46.159 with all the freaking antennas on it. You will not miss it. It's 141 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.080 right there. So so that's happening this year. This is one of the 142 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.200 few ham fests I know about that happens twice a year. It happens every 143 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.720 spring, usually around the April time frame, like I said a minute ago. 144 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.639 Sometimes they do it in late March, usually around on the first second 145 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.399 weekend in April, and then it will happen again, happen again this fall 146 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.360 in October. I don't know what the dates are really. They used to 147 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.799 have a thing up here, they used to have a thing up here for 148 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.279 future dates, but I don't I don't see that. I'm not gonna go 149 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:22.120 dig for it right now. So you know, Robert usually makes that show 150 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.759 done, So that's a good question. He's usually there. He's been there 151 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.200 lest two or three times. I've been there in his big fifth wheel that 152 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:35.399 he brings. So but yeah, good deal. So yeah, the show 153 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:41.279 says it goes from like seven thirty to two on Saturday, but it will 154 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:48.000 be done by noon. We are probably going to pack up about noon and 155 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.279 maybe even a little bit before. We'll see how the show goes. We'll 156 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.720 see how the crowd's going. It does not go till two. There's one 157 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.039 guy that showed up a couple of years ago and he's like, man, 158 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.159 I just got off work. He got there at like twelve thirty. He's 159 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.919 like, I just got off work. Everybody's gone like, yeah, it 160 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.480 doesn't last long. Now Friday it'll go all day, but Friday's the unofficial 161 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.039 show. And to me, if the weather's nice, Friday is the fun 162 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:11.519 show because it's outdoors, no structure at all. It's just people set up 163 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:16.080 in the parking lot. The guy with the big bumper pool. UM smoker 164 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.320 will be there, I'm sure, and it'll be smoking brisket and sausage and 165 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:24.399 breakfast food tomorrow morning and whatnot, or um Friday and Saturday morning rather, 166 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.480 and it'll be There'll be a lot of other people set up there selling used 167 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.120 gear out of the back of their card. It's just a fun it's very 168 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.480 laid back, very fun time to be out there on Friday, to set 169 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.320 up in the in the nice weather. And we will have Yeah, I'll 170 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:45.440 be out there with the RV trailer. UM, we'll have um A radio 171 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:50.759 set up and UM just vhf UHF radio. There's a there's a really good 172 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.679 repeater in Eddie, Texas. Eddy Eddie, Texas. I want to say 173 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.840 it's one forty five three ten something like that, but look up the repeater 174 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.360 in Eddie, Texas. It's like eighteen hundred feet in the air. Has 175 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.360 fantastic coverage. You can pretty much hit that repeater from Hillsborough driving south on 176 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.639 thirty five all the way to Belton. And if you're on DMR, which 177 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:13.039 I'll be monitoring DMR Texas statewide, the Troy Texas repeater on the Sea Bridge 178 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:18.159 has excellent coverage in that area. Troy's right next to Belton, So Troy 179 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.559 Texas repeater for DMR Texas statewide talk Group three one eight, and then the 180 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.960 Eddie repeater for analog two meter analog, and then there'll be probably some people 181 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.799 on six top five two as well, I would imagine. But yeah, 182 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:35.559 that's where we'll be. Should be a really fun show. I'm really looking 183 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.279 forward to it. I didn't get to go last March. This time last 184 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:45.399 year, I was in Huntsville for the Hamside event and the Gigaparts Ham Radio 185 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:48.000 Days show, so I missed the one last March. I went to the 186 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.399 one in October of last year and it was fun. I had a good 187 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:58.320 time there and so I'm looking forward to being back here this weekend. Let's 188 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:05.919 see watching the chat. Yeah yeah. Vent Bryce says approximately eighty percent of 189 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.799 the population Texas lives within two hundred miles out of this true because it's pretty 190 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:16.679 much in central Texas. Activate a Texas Tip Parks in the Air after if 191 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:22.120 you get done early, we're we're going to we're going to talk about that. 192 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.840 Uh, there is a one forty seven one forty and Eddie. But 193 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.679 I thought it was maybe that's it. Maybe that's it. Um. I 194 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.759 was thinking it was like three ten one five or one six three ten something 195 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.080 like that. It could be. It could be one seven one forty. 196 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.840 That could be it. Um, I don't I don't remember. It is 197 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.600 the Eddie repeater and it's the one on the tall building. So if you 198 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.840 find out which call sign that is, look up their website and go find 199 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.720 the very tall repeater that that might be it. That might be it. 200 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.480 I don't remember. I only use it twice here, so I don't remember. 201 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.200 I can't remember it. Um. Yeah, I saw you, Evan, 202 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:03.679 see you. There be the so good deal all right? So yeah. 203 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:09.080 So in addition to that, the official Support your Parks weekend for Parks 204 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.879 on the Air is the third full weekend of every three months January, April, 205 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:20.480 July, and October. This is the third full weekend in isn't it 206 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.639 sure? It should be? Yeah? This is the third full weekend in 207 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.120 April, because April first was a Saturday, so it's the first weekend, 208 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.559 so this is the third full weekend in April, so we will be we 209 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:35.840 are set up. I've already got a spot reserved at Cedar Hill State Park. 210 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.480 We're gonna take the RV. We're gonna leave out of there probably about 211 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:43.879 noon nish on Saturday, drive north to Cedar Hill State Park and camp there 212 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:48.919 Saturday night and do parks on the air Saturday afternoon evening Saturday night. Sunday. 213 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.279 I'm probably go home Sunday afternoon sometime. Don't really have a pre planned 214 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.639 time to leave yet. I think check outs at like eleven, but I 215 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.279 can't remember. I might have reserve it for Sunday night just so we could 216 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:05.120 get a late checkout. I can't recall right now. So if you are 217 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.240 in the Cedar Hill the North Texas area, Cedar Hills, kind of south 218 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.240 of Dallas Fort Worth, just kind of in the southern part of the metroplex. 219 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.480 If you are in that area, come out to Cedar Hill State Park 220 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.240 and hang out with us. I don't remember what site number we're in. 221 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.879 I could probably look that up here in a second, but we wanted to 222 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.120 go to Mother neph State Park is a state park this just north of Belton 223 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:31.919 on Interstate thirty five. And apparently they have a very small number of RV 224 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:37.759 spots because when I checked, like three months ago, they were full. 225 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:41.159 We were totally full for this weekend, so we couldn't go there. So 226 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.759 I checked a number of spots and the reason we landed on Cedar Hill is 227 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:50.799 because it is because they had RV spots, RV hook up spots available at 228 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.639 the time. So and I wasn't going to have my I take MARV to 229 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.559 Belton pretty much every time anyway, so I was already going to be in 230 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:02.120 Belton. So that's what that's that's why I was looking for an RV spot. 231 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.159 Okay, So Keith says, one five, three ten, I'm pretty 232 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.519 sure is that the one that's on the you know what, maybe they're both 233 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:11.519 on the Tall building or Tall Tower, I don't know. Three ten and 234 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:18.639 five z x J and onety W five BC. It's one of those. 235 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.480 I want to say it's the three ten repeater. I want to say the 236 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.879 three ten repeater is the one that I'm monitor because it's pretty much available. 237 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.639 You can stay into that repeater almost the whole drive once you get to the 238 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.759 Hillsboro area where thirty five E and thirty five W come together. Once you 239 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:36.279 get there, you can be on that repeater all the way to Builton, 240 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:45.080 which is like a two hour drive. So anyway, that is um that 241 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.440 is that the three ten is at fifteen hundred and fifty feet Okay that yeah, 242 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.480 I was thinking it was the three ten repeater. I was thinking that 243 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.960 that so okay, good, good deal. So yeah, that's the one 244 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:03.240 I'll be on. So yeah, state parks are support Your parks is happening 245 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:07.359 this weekend along with Belton. So it's too bad that Belton is far away 246 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.480 from a state park. But we're gonna go up there on Saturday and we're 247 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:15.119 gonna activate Saturday night, like I said, Saturday afternoon evening night Sunday, 248 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.240 probably leave it out of there sometime Sunday afternoon. So we'll be on parks 249 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.599 in the air from Kilo two nine ninety six, which is the Cedar Hill 250 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:29.880 State Park PODA designation. So there's that right there, Cedar Hill State Park. 251 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:34.160 Put that in the chat. You can go check that out. So 252 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:41.640 I will have a few things for sale out of my garage. I will 253 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:48.880 not I will not be bringing mystery boxes, So no, that's not gonna 254 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:55.279 happen. But have you guys ever seen these drive over standoffs that I have 255 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:56.880 custom built for me. I've got two of these. This green one in 256 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:03.119 the back has been sold. These two black ones are left. And I've 257 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.640 had these for like a year and a half. I had like ten of 258 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:08.279 them, and I sold all of them except these two. And I need 259 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:11.400 to get rid of these two just they're just they've just been sitting in the 260 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.440 backyard. So I've got one that I'm keeping myself, plus these two. 261 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.599 So I'm gonna sell these two. Actually I might have three. I might 262 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:19.480 have three, but I'm gonna sell. I have those set up at the 263 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:23.480 table. Those of you who saw my live stream about the Japanese version of 264 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.960 the Ft eight one eight, I'm gonna sell that radio. In fact, 265 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:33.160 it's sitting right yeah, it's right there, right right there, because I 266 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:36.519 was able to nab a US version of that radio from Gigaparts. I got 267 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.599 I bought their display model after they sold out of all the brand new ones. 268 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:44.440 So um, so I'm gonna sell the Japanese model has not been touched. 269 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:47.640 I have not hacked it, Mars mouded nothing brand new in a box, 270 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:51.400 never been powered up. And if you want that FT eight one eight, 271 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.279 I will have it on the table this weekend if you. If I 272 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.119 don't sell it this weekend, I will probably put it on ham Radioauctions dot 273 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.880 Com see if I can sell it over there, and last resort, I'll 274 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:07.400 put it on QRS. I will also have my I think I'm gonna bring 275 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:12.480 my I have an IC seventy two hundred that I haven't used in forever and 276 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:15.680 I'm gonna bring it and try to get rid of it too. I need 277 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:21.440 to recoup some money. So did you guys see that DX Commander sale that 278 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:26.160 Callum did over Easter weekend? Who bought a DX Commander expedition? He had 279 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.599 a Dxander expedition for a little bit off, a little bit of money off 280 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:37.799 plus free shipping, which shippings like forty bucks. So that was welcomed sale 281 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:45.680 that Callum did. Well, I bought. I bought three of them at 282 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.759 his sale price. I bought three of them myself, and yes I'm gonna 283 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.880 keep one so that so that you guys can ras me about not building it 284 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.359 okay, Actually, Callum and I kind of have a plan for that, 285 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.759 and two of them I'm gonna give away on a on a live stream up 286 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:00.200 coming. I didn't have anything planned for a giveaway this month, so I'm 287 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.200 probably gonna do a giveawey next month. We might do a we might do 288 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.440 a Dayton pre Dayton giveaway live stream or something like that. I don't know. 289 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.920 So we're got a couple of things to give away. I got a 290 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:15.759 couple of O'Shane radios from Better Safe Radio to giveaway. Yeah, so I 291 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:19.759 bought three, gonna giveaway two, two different winners. So that's a thing. 292 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:26.200 Um, I had a purpose for saying that. What was I saying? 293 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.960 Oh so I need to recoup Yeah, so I'm selling these radios because 294 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:33.039 I need to recoup some money. My FT eight one eight Japanese version that's 295 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:37.200 down here. My IC seventy two hundred that I haven't used in a long 296 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:41.599 long time. I've got a Motorola XPR fifty five fifty that I haven't used 297 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:45.400 in a very long time. It's got in fact, it's got old firmware 298 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.640 on it. And um, I've got a I've got a couple of other 299 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:52.200 things. At one point in time, I had a Cobweb. Well I 300 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:56.799 still I have this MFJ Cobweb intendant that MFJ had sent me. I set 301 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.960 it up at the Deer Lease. We used it at fuel Day, like 302 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.039 two or three years ago, and it's I broke it down. It's in 303 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:04.319 my garage. If someone wants that cobwayed antenna, you can have it. 304 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.279 Just take it because I'll bring it with me. You can pick it up 305 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.720 and take it. You have to put it back together. I broke it 306 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.200 down, not all the way, but I broke it down, and it'll 307 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.880 do. I think it's the five band version. I think it's the five 308 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:23.000 band version. So they've got two or three versions of that now. But 309 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.160 it was donated to me. I did a video with it and then I'm 310 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.640 just gonna give it. I just need it out of my out of my 311 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.400 garage. So I might have a couple of other things for my garage in 312 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:37.799 there. Really really trying to clean out my garage get rid of some stuff. 313 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:44.720 That's what the mystery box stuff is coming from. But yeah, so 314 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:51.160 that'll be that'll be belt in Hamfest this weekend. So also this is gonna 315 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:56.960 be the opposite wedge. It said, I am looking for. I really 316 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:00.759 really really like my Icon I C seven thousand I have in my truck, 317 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:03.440 but it's getting a little long in the tooth. I have a problem with 318 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.920 the Icy seven thousand, which is not a radio related problem. Let me 319 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.559 explain. I have all of my radio's mounted behind the back seat in my 320 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:17.160 four door pickup, okay, and I have remote cables run from behind the 321 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:19.920 back seat up to the front where I have a custom mount that I built 322 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.640 where I have all the heads all the heads of the radios on it. 323 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:27.119 Currently I have the FtM three hundred, the Icy seven fifty one hundred, 324 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:32.960 and the Oshane KG one thousand G Okay, I have a two twenty radio 325 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:37.359 I'm about to put in there as well. So I had a problem with 326 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:42.400 my icon a while back where I would turn it on, listen just fine 327 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:45.440 tune through the band, and when I keyed up the microphone, the transmit 328 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.279 light would come on. But when you talked in the microphone, you can't 329 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:52.119 see the meter moving. It's almost like the microphone is dead. I was 330 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:55.000 like, okay, it was a problem with the microphone. I traded the 331 00:22:55.000 --> 00:23:02.519 microphone out. Same issue, like okay, So I removed the ICE seven 332 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.839 thousand from the back of the truck and replaced it with my second I see 333 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:11.119 seven thousand, same power cable, same antenna, same remote cable, same 334 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:17.400 face, same mike. Worked great for about two months, and then the 335 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:21.480 same thing happened again. So I'm like, Okay, there's something either in 336 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:26.759 that head or maybe in the microphone jack of that head that's causing me to 337 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:30.440 be able to key the microphone. The transmit light turns red on the face 338 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.480 of the radio, but when you talk into the microphone, it's not producing 339 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:41.079 r F there's no signal coming out. So yeah, so I need to 340 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:45.680 and those radios are getting kind of old, bouncing around in the truck, 341 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.799 blah blah blah, so I need a good The problem is that there's not 342 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:53.799 a decent mobile radio out there right now. Okay, this is gonna ruffle 343 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:57.400 some feathers, and I don't miss my show, so I don't really care. 344 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:00.400 Why not an FT eight ninety one. You want to know the real 345 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:02.400 reason I don't want it. I have an FT eight in n aney one. 346 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.359 You want to know the real reason I don't want to put the FT 347 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:10.400 eight in ninety one in the truck because that's what everybody else has. I 348 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.680 told my wife that. She just gave me that smirk. She's like, 349 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:15.799 yeah, that sounds like you. That's what everyone has. You know why 350 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:21.359 everyone has that freaking radio right now because it's the only in production, truly 351 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:26.200 mobile one hundred radio that's out that's available right now. Okay, Now, 352 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.880 you might argue that the seventy one hundred is and I might end up going 353 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:33.079 to a seventy one hundred. I might end up going to a seventy one 354 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:37.960 hundred, but the funky buzzled screen on the seventy one hundred is cumbersome to 355 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.480 mount. But I did recently learn that the seventy one hundred screen does have 356 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:44.160 a tripod mount screw on the bottom of it, and I can work with 357 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.400 that with the custom mount that I build. So I might end up with 358 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:51.640 a seventy one hundred. I might if I find a good deal on the 359 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:55.519 seventy one hundred at Belton this weekend, I might go ahead and grab that 360 00:24:55.759 --> 00:25:02.799 and switch that out for my mobile radio. But what I'm really looking for, 361 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:11.680 what I'm really looking for is a Kinwood TS four a DHX. I 362 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:15.880 would really like to find the two hundred WAT, not the hundred watt model, 363 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:19.519 the HX, the two hundred watt model. If anyone has or wants 364 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:23.480 to get rid of or knows where to get a Kinwood TS four a DHS 365 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:27.119 and and that's a little that radio is kind of old two, just like 366 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:33.200 the seven thousand, but it's a two hundred watt radio, and Kinwoods have 367 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:37.400 excellent receivers. And I don't care about the freaking d star that's in the 368 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.119 seventy one hundred. That's another reason I was like, ah, but you 369 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.799 can get you can get sometimes, well sometimes sometimes you can get decent used 370 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:52.839 prices on seventy one hundreds. So yeah, so maybe seventy one hundred. 371 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:56.559 I kind of think I'll be able to find a seventy one hundred before I'll 372 00:25:56.559 --> 00:26:00.039 be able to find a four X, so I might just go with the 373 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.599 seventy one hundred. But here's what's going to happen. This is this is 374 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:07.559 how my life works, this is this is my luck. I'll find this 375 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.720 every one hundred for good price and buy it, put it in the truck, 376 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:11.720 and about a week later I'll find a TS for ADHX for a good 377 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:18.279 price. So that's that's that's what that's what's going to happen probably, you 378 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:22.359 know, yeah, yeah, Ed, you want to sell it, dude? 379 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:25.000 Ka nine ees, He says he's using a for a d h X. 380 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.839 You want to sell it, let me know, send me an email. 381 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.799 K C five HWB at gmail dot com tc fits. Thank you for 382 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.359 the super chat, buddy. Good to see you here today. I don't 383 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.279 know if you're I can't remember if you're in Texas or not, dude, 384 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:44.000 but go to Belton if you can, so, yes, let me look 385 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:52.759 at the chat here. The seventy one h six meter two meter for forty 386 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:59.799 all mode in Mars moud it'll do CD whatever CD is, Citizens band, 387 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.920 not compact disc, GMRS, Marine, VHF, etc. Yes, it 388 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:10.799 will, and then and so will the seven thousand I have in the truck 389 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:17.400 right now, which is already marsmoded. Yeah, so yeah, yeah, 390 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.000 seventy one hundred is it's touchscreen. It's black and white, seven thousands of 391 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:25.200 color screen. But the seventy one hundreds and black and white screen. It's 392 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:30.000 um seventy one hundreds of decent radio, don't be wrong. And it has 393 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:33.240 a built in soundcard. Sevente hundred is built in sound card, so I 394 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:41.279 could do FT eight while I'm driving. That's safe, but uh, hardy 395 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.000 dirks, I have it likes talk? I think you mean let's talk. 396 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:51.400 It's okay. Send an email KC five HWB at gmail dot com. Send 397 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:53.559 the defective unit up to me. I'll troubleshoot it for practice. I might 398 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:56.839 do that. I don't think it's the unit though. That's the thing because 399 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.640 it happened with two radio bodies on the same control cable, same control head, 400 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:06.960 and same microphone. So I really, really, really really don't think 401 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:10.480 that it's the body. It's not the radio. I need to put the 402 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:15.599 radio on my bench here. I just haven't done that yet. So does 403 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:18.240 four meter? I have two for remote? Oh that's good. Not that. 404 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:26.680 I not that I need four meters Keith TS four ad x F nine 405 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.599 hundred dollars on qth depending on the condition. That's probably not a bad price. 406 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:37.279 That's probably not a bad price. I have one Jason Z five ZPM 407 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:41.960 Z five Are you a Z five? Wow? Where the heck is that 408 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:48.920 Z five q R Z oh? Gosh, I gotta log back in hold 409 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:56.000 on Z five ZPM. I assume that your call sign. It looks like 410 00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:10.599 a call sign Z five ZPM. Uh, I'm gonna guess you mistyped that. 411 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:17.559 So is that a KZY five in Z five? I don't know, 412 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.960 Hardy, I don't know what your call sign is, but but yeah, 413 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:21.960 send me an email either way. I don't I don't care what your call 414 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.000 sign is. Let's send me an email. Currently, do not have a 415 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.640 car amount, card amount or a field tech? What are you talking about, 416 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:33.440 dude? Um in five ZPM? Gotcha? Gotcha? Okay, so 417 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.880 you are in the US. Good deal, dude, thank you? Yeah, 418 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:44.279 email me or a field tech. I'm not sure where you're talking about 419 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.960 with the currently do not have a card amount? What? D Yeah? 420 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:53.519 I got it done. Thanks, So yeah, let's go do a poda. 421 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:56.720 Yeah, that's what we're doing on Saturday. Philip, you're a KI 422 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.920 five. Are you in Texas? Are you planning on coming to Bell? 423 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.079 Plan to go to Cedar Hill State Park on Saturday afternoon? Everyone's invited. 424 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:07.839 I mean I only have I have my RV with three beds in it, 425 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.920 one for me, one for Frank, went for Mike. So my my 426 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.839 RV spot is spoken for. But anybody can come hang out with this. 427 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:17.519 I picked an RV spot that had a little bit of a kind of a 428 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:19.240 yard next to it, so we'll be able to set up a nintenna or 429 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:23.440 two there and just do some PODA. So um. I did not rent 430 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:26.640 a pavilion or anything like that. I didn't even look and see if they 431 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.359 had those. They probably do, but I just wanted to hang at the 432 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:36.480 RV spot. But anybody's welcome to come by. Y'all can go find a 433 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:41.279 parking spot somewhere and walk over or ride your e bike over something like that. 434 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:47.400 Hardy had that radio out at one of your support your part weekend events. 435 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:53.039 Really Oh yes, it was in a go box. Right, it 436 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:56.079 was in a go box, I think. Okay, yeah, man, 437 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.839 cool? Even better the radio already been in Texas then that, you know, 438 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:08.400 that's just extra win. What bands is MFJ, Cobweb have Hey Wayne, 439 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:15.480 what's up buddy? How are you? Oh? I have to look. 440 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:26.440 I want to say it's six, ten, fifteen, seventeen and twenty. 441 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:30.319 I think I think something like that. I think it's five bands. 442 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.680 I think that's it. I think it's it's either six and ten or it's 443 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:41.400 ten and twelve, ten through twenty it's either six through twenty skipping twelve meters, 444 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.000 or it's ten through twenty including twelve meters something like. It's there. 445 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.319 If you go look up the MFJ cobweb, they have like three versions. 446 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:51.799 The one that's the oldest one, that's the one I have. They sent 447 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:55.319 it to me when it was brand new. It's basically a copy of the 448 00:31:56.079 --> 00:32:00.960 radio waves cobweb. Yeah, so it's a little bit hard to tune, 449 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:06.440 but once you get there, it's it works well. So twenty to seven, 450 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.519 I think you're right done. I think it skips twelve meeting. I 451 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.559 think it's twenty to six and it skips twelve meters if I remember correctly. 452 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:16.480 So yeah it does. It has all the contest bands but not all the 453 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:22.480 work bands. So there you go. Well blow twenty meters anyway above twenty 454 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:27.200 meters Chriss's Belt and Friday also, so unofficially yes, in fact, you 455 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:29.960 know what, there will be people there in the parking lot tomorrow afternoon tomorrow 456 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:35.319 around midday. I will get there tomorrow evening. They have an unofficial tailgate 457 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:38.160 that happens on Friday just because people show up early. The show doesn't officially 458 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.599 start until Saturday morning, but load in is on Friday. That's why a 459 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:44.920 lot of people get there on Friday to load it who are going to load 460 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:49.359 in to the to the indoor area. Load end starts at like ten or 461 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:52.519 ten thirty in the morning, I think Friday morning. So will people be 462 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.799 people there in the parking lot. A few people there in the parking lot 463 00:32:54.839 --> 00:33:00.200 tomorrow night. Most people will get there on Friday day and either camp in 464 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:04.799 the parking lot or grab a hotel nearby and load in on Friday for the 465 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:08.200 show on for the official indoor show on Saturday. So the unofficial outdoor show 466 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:10.839 is Friday. That's the part that I like. If the weather's nice, 467 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:15.240 which it's supposed to be, and then the then they'll be outdoor tailgating on 468 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:19.599 Saturday as well. And more people will show up on Friday night late on 469 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.200 Friday night because they have to work Friday, so they'll be outdoor tailgating on 470 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:30.440 Friday, and there will be indoor festivet indoor swap fest on Saturday only. 471 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:43.519 So has anyone been doing APRS Thursday HF new No not on h not on 472 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:49.039 h I did not have I was in Big Ben this time last week so 473 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:52.839 I did not try it from there because I couldn't find a nearby iGATE. 474 00:33:53.319 --> 00:34:00.319 But I'm planning on trying it tomorrow. Bring your own chameleon bag if you 475 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:08.840 want to sell it. Maybe I don't know that chameleon antenna is long enough. 476 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:12.639 It doesn't fit in the gigaparts bag very well. So I thought about 477 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:16.159 putting that old antenna back in that old bag because I don't know. I 478 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:24.840 haven't decided yet, but we will see, we will see. So I'll 479 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:34.679 have a few things out there. Oh hambone, dad, I use a 480 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:37.000 seventy one hundred molds nice to have one sixty seven meter in one box. 481 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.400 That is what my C seven thousand does. But you know what, I 482 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:45.119 don't even have an intentna plugged into the vhfuh port. I never use my 483 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:50.920 VHFUHF side of the seven thousand. Now it's there if ever need it. 484 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:55.280 If I'm out in the field and um it just uh, you know, 485 00:34:55.440 --> 00:35:00.679 my fifty one hundred dies, then I can to the back and plug in 486 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:05.719 and use VHF so great, But I never have I never have. I 487 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:09.119 thought it would be cool to have that in the truck, but I never 488 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:14.480 use it, not even and what my hope was to always put up some 489 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.639 sort of squat, small squalo on the top of the truck and use it 490 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:20.159 sideband. But I never did get around to that. I might do that 491 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:22.360 one of these days. If I end up with a seventy one hundred, 492 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.639 that might be what I do. Do some two meters side band. That'd 493 00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:30.880 be fun. Frank Um, No, she did not make me shave my 494 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:32.480 beard. I got tired of it, and that's why I shaved off. 495 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:37.239 You're the first one in notice that. Thank you. I actually did that 496 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.280 more than a week ago. But I haven't been live for a while, 497 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:43.440 so yeah, I'll grow it back. I like to change it up every 498 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.719 now and then, So yeah, you can say I haven't shaved since I 499 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:49.440 did shave it, since I cut it all off, I haven't shaved it 500 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:53.199 all. Can the seventy one hundred seven thousand except GPS input like the seventy 501 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:59.880 one hund I have no idea. I have no idea. I don't think 502 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.559 so. I mean the seventy one hundreds a newer and more advanced radio. 503 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:06.440 Don't get me wrong, But everyone's talking about, oh, well it does 504 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.679 VHF. Well, so did my seven thousand, and I never use it. 505 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:15.559 It's my point. So um yeah, yeah, yeah, um. 506 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:22.000 I don't know if it accepts GPS input or not. Don't know. Uh, 507 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.960 let's see easy on the bud light, you'll grow moves. I haven't 508 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:30.880 drink, but I haven't had a bud light in three years. Drinks that 509 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:37.360 stuff. Everybody's all everybody's all upset about bud light for their new uh sponsor. 510 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:40.000 I'm not gonna get into that right now. I'm not going to talk 511 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:43.480 about it, but I'm like, who the hell cares? Who drinks that 512 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:49.239 crap? Anyway, I don't know. There you go, We're prior to 513 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.400 you, buddy. H FT eight on two meters is a whot. Yeah, 514 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:54.079 Wayne, I have done FT eight on two meters. It is fun. 515 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:58.760 You are correct that that's true. That's that's true. So so the 516 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.400 seventy one does have a ton sound car and now talking about it ft eight 517 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.480 a minute, so it'll do f tight on two meters. That is a 518 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:06.400 good point. That is a good point. Seven thousand won't do that well, 519 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.599 not natively. Uh A digi rag fixes all that. But yeah, 520 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:14.119 yeah, that's a good point. That's a good point. So and quite 521 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:15.920 Frank. I mean, you know, if if N five zpm hits me 522 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:20.840 up and he has one, he has a good price on that eight four 523 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:22.519 a d h X, I might I might use it because, let's face 524 00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:25.960 it, I want to do the main reason I want to do the major 525 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:32.679 reason I want mobile HF is to do mobile HF. Okay, so two 526 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:39.239 hundred wat's mobile HF with my tar heel of four hundred. Yeah, yeah, 527 00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:44.159 that's uh, that's that's what I want to do. So yeah, 528 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:49.280 I see one scans fast on the Okay, that's good to know. It's 529 00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:59.159 good to know. I'm just reading, uh reading the chat here guys. 530 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:04.079 So yeah, let's look at this over here. Okay, cool, I 531 00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:07.559 got some more people watching, So welcome to the stream if you just joined 532 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:10.119 us. Talk about Belton ham Expo this weekend, which is in Belton, 533 00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:14.480 Texas. It's about two and a half hours south of Fort Worth, well 534 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:20.920 about two hours south of downtown Fort Worth and about an hour or so north 535 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:25.880 of Austin, just south of Temple in Waco, and it is the funnest 536 00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:31.840 ham Fest in Texas twice a year every year in my opinion, if the 537 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:37.159 weather is nice, which it's supposed to be this weekend, So drive up 538 00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:42.159 or down Interstate thirty five exit two nine two, go west for a quarter 539 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:45.920 to a half mile. It's right there behind the Hotel Big Dome building. 540 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:51.840 You can't miss it. So go to Bell County Expo Center Friday if you 541 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:55.960 can, Saturday if you can't, and meet us there and hang out and 542 00:38:57.039 --> 00:39:02.800 have some fun. And then after the festivities are about about noontime when everything 543 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:07.639 starts to wind down on Saturday, we're gonna head to Cedar Hill State Park 544 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:13.840 and work the support your Parks weekend for Parks on the air. So you 545 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:20.039 want to see something that's really kind of sad but sad, But I also 546 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:23.000 am a little bit proud, a little bit proud because I caused this to 547 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:28.320 happen. That's a bean the bee in like an actual bean. No, 548 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.320 I think that's a yellow jacket. What is that? Hold on? Come 549 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:39.599 here, freaking go away. I keep the door open during the day because 550 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:43.599 it's nice outside. Shut it when I live stream it. Okay, all 551 00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:57.159 right, So uh let's see bump. So you want to see something that's 552 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:02.639 really kind of unique. F is number five on the activator's board for Cedar 553 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:07.199 Hill State Park KG five HJ has activated twelve times. And you know why 554 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:12.719 he's done that because I gave him a G ninety, So that's my fault. 555 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.360 Yeah, Yeah, that's good though. That's good though. That's that's 556 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.239 that's that's fun. It's fun to see that. It's fun to see that 557 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:24.039 Frank's been down there. He did that. He did the smartest thing I've 558 00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:29.119 seen him doing a long time, which he went down there last Saturday Sunday 559 00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:37.159 whenever it was Frank, and he activated right before the day change, the 560 00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.840 late he activated late shift. So if you look over here on the right, 561 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:45.280 he's got one hundred and forty five phone contacts on April ninth and one 562 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.119 hundred and seven more on April tenth, and that was for one trip. 563 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:52.199 The clock rolled over and he worked everybody again, which is a smart way 564 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.199 to do it if you want to get a bunch of contacts in your log 565 00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:59.719 in a short period of time. So yeah, so everyone congratulate Frank that 566 00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:04.599 he's on the leaderboard somewhere, and look at his last two act Yeah I 567 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:07.519 know, yeah, that's what I'm talking about, his last two activations. 568 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:13.280 But yeah, he has the FTDX ten now. But he didn't. He 569 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:16.480 hadn't activated that park twelve times with the FTDX ten. He started doing that 570 00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:20.800 park after I gave him the G ninety, which is good, which is 571 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:22.559 why I game the G ninety. It was given to me my MFJ, 572 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:27.239 so I gave it to him. There we go parks in the air, 573 00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:30.679 baby, That is all it's about. So we're gonna activate that park again 574 00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:36.079 this weekend. So I think I've activated that park twice. So it's about 575 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:40.039 a thirty minute drive from my house. You should have come to Mother Nef 576 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:44.599 State Park for PODA. It's like thirty minutes. Yeah, I'm a minx 577 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:49.280 of the Black Veil cool name. I mentioned that a minute ago. I 578 00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:52.800 have I'm taking my RV to Belton, be camping there Thursday and Friday night. 579 00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:59.000 And Mother Neff didn't have any available RV spots for that weekend. I 580 00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:02.360 checked like three months ago, maybe maybe two months ago, like in February. 581 00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:06.440 I checked that, and I'm like that they don't have any available RV 582 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:08.719 spots. So yeah, I would rather have gone to Mother Neph because I've 583 00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:14.400 never activated Mother Neph, never even been to that part before. But I 584 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:16.960 couldn't take I couldn't camp there that night. So I found the closest one 585 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:24.280 to us, closest one between Belton and Home that had some available RV spots. 586 00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:30.039 And that's why we're going to UM. That's why we're going to uh 587 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:44.480 Cedar Hill State Park, PoTA On. So there we go. Yeah, 588 00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.480 you didn't even notice that, did you? For I bet you didn't even 589 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:49.480 notice that you just uploaded your log Hey, congrats on uploading your logs, 590 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:51.760 by the way, But you just stopped, loaded your logs and went to 591 00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:54.679 work, didn't you. You probably he probably even know. Yeah, go 592 00:42:54.840 --> 00:43:02.119 look at the website sometimes, Frank, it's all good. It's all good. 593 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:12.320 I have watched this. Nope, Nope, that's not right. Uh 594 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.800 I can't. Yeah, there it is. Okay. So Galveston Island State 595 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:22.280 Park, I am number four with twenty three activations. I don't even live 596 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:29.119 there. That's a fun. That's a fun. I've got eighteen hundred. 597 00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:32.119 I'm number four on the QSOs as well, almost have a double kilo on 598 00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:36.599 it. Not quite, but we're going back there in late April, and 599 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:43.280 I'll be back at UM. I'll be back. I get some more activations 600 00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:46.719 under my belt. Okay, don K three h five zero Is that the 601 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:57.079 one in Richardson Purtis Creek State Park? Where is that? I don't know 602 00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:01.880 where that is. Purtis Cree east of gun Barrel City. Okay, you 603 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:07.719 said three oh five, Oh right, Dawn, let's Purtis Creek State Park. 604 00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:16.840 Um, same usual suspects out there, K five dgr top of the 605 00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:28.719 leaderboard for activations and QSO's cryptic patriot. Yes, very true. I was 606 00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:30.159 near some soda spots last week at Big Ben, but we didn't. We 607 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:32.760 didn't. We did two hikes last weekend, but neither one of them were 608 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:38.679 soda spots. I don't find the same thrill in soda, although I do 609 00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:43.079 want to do soda. I've done soda twice. So one of these things. 610 00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:44.719 Next time we go back to Big Ben, I might try to plan 611 00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:50.199 a soda trip. Oh you're you're Oh you're the newest. You're the newest 612 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:55.199 activator on that, Dawn, I see you're there. Yeah, Well, 613 00:44:55.199 --> 00:45:01.440 the first activator is in for CD, the newest activator since for eight Yeah, 614 00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:05.119 the latest, the latest activator. Yeah, I see you there, 615 00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:08.760 don cool. I've never even heard of that park. I have to get 616 00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:10.920 out there, one of these days. I haven't heard of that one, 617 00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:16.679 so you'll be at K thirty ten. Okay, let's look that one up. 618 00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:28.039 Ok I like looking at these stats. Fort Parker State Park. This 619 00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:31.360 guy K seven SCN. I talked to him all the time. He used 620 00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:35.800 to be top hunter QSO at Galveston Island, so every time I reckon, 621 00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:37.519 I was like, hey, man, what's going on. I've got him 622 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:39.159 in my log half a dozen or more times. I worked him at Big 623 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:45.039 Bend a couple of times last week as well, So he's a he's a 624 00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:52.639 nice guy to talk to. But the check kine two and who got the 625 00:45:52.679 --> 00:46:00.639 first activation? Ah, let me guess Steven two Henderson Wildlife Management Area. 626 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:07.760 Yeah, there you go, AFL, there you go. I don't see 627 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:22.679 that you've done that recently though I did. Um Candy Kane Abshire Wildlife Management 628 00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:28.760 I have first activator on that. It's just north of Galveston Bay and I 629 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:32.639 I'm number three on the leaderboard with one activation. One guy has eleven activations. 630 00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:37.480 The rest of us all have one. I should go back over there. 631 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:44.280 I should go back over there. Yeah, zero nine seven five Okay, 632 00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:52.400 Frank five Waco Mammoth National Monument oh yeah, okay, yeah, you're 633 00:46:52.440 --> 00:47:00.000 on there with two number five with two cool. You need to put a 634 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:05.719 freaking of avatar on your on your Poto account, Frank, that's fail sauce 635 00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:13.800 using that bass avatar. See k K five DGR's he's got a real he's 636 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:21.159 got a real avatar on his You want to see what a real avatar looks 637 00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:25.159 like, I'll show you. There you go, that's a real avatar, 638 00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:31.320 Frank, And none of this. I don't like gravatar because you can only 639 00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:34.840 speak and C plus plus crap, you know, just go update it for 640 00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:42.199 crying out loud. So Frank's got thirty two parks fifty one activations. That's 641 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:47.480 pretty good. It's pretty good. I've got sixty one parks and ninety eight 642 00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:55.599 activations. Yep three nine h six okay, K three nine h six three 643 00:47:55.920 --> 00:48:00.159 is it? Three? Yeah? Three nine h six. This is one 644 00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:08.599 old Island Heritage Preserve. Yeah, everybody's everybody's activated that once and left. 645 00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:15.679 Oh gosh, that's funny. I've been activated seven times. You have to 646 00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:17.719 take a boat to get there. It looks like it's just kind of a 647 00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:24.320 pain to get to. No one should do C plus plus very true. 648 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:44.280 Very true. K sixty five seventy four Lower Netche's Wildlife Management. Oh yeah, 649 00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:46.519 you're top on that one, aren't you, Philip Wow one hundred and 650 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:51.800 thirteen. You must live close by one hundred thirteen activations. Oh I know 651 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:53.679 where that is? Well, I know the area. I don't. I've 652 00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:59.239 never been to that Wildlife Management park. But yeah, cool, nice, 653 00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:09.440 very cool? All right? One in Done Island, no Kiden? Oh 654 00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:15.400 okay, well anyway, that was? That was where that is? So 655 00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:23.039 poda this weekend after the Beltenham Expo, which we will be there tomorrow night 656 00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:30.119 and we will be staying through Saturday midday, driving up to Cedar Hill State 657 00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:35.079 Park and activating Saturday and Sunday for Parks on the Air. So hope to 658 00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:37.039 work you guys at some time during Parks in the Air. Please do come 659 00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:43.199 by the parking lot on Friday. We're on Saturday. We walk around with 660 00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:45.559 a camera on Saturday. Probably on Friday too, but more on Saturday. 661 00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:53.119 Let's get the indoor part on Saturday and come by Belton if you are in 662 00:49:53.239 --> 00:50:00.280 the area, if it's not too far of a drive, come there. 663 00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:04.119 It's a fun show to just hang out and chill out. And be around 664 00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:10.239 and have fun outdoors before it gets too darn hout in Texas. So all 665 00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:13.639 right, guys, I'm gonna shut it down. Everybody, have a good 666 00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:19.519 afternoon, and we will see you this weekend, hopefully at the Beltenham Expo, 667 00:50:20.159 --> 00:50:21.960 or on the air at Parks in the Air, or maybe even at 668 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:23.199 Cedar Hill State Park seventy three. All y'all have fun,