WEBVTT 1 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:21.200 Hey guys, good evening, Happy Sunday, Comember Wednesday. Get started 2 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:22.280 here in just one night. 3 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.639 All right, let's see, let's think we're going to. 4 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:27.039 Bring it in right here. Good evening, Happy Sunday to everybody. Uh, 5 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:28.479 you know what, I don't even know what the temperature 6 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.879 is here right now, but it's been raining for like 7 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:33.680 the past two days, and I've been talking to people 8 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:40.199 in Discord. That's you know, they're getting temperatures of twenty 9 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.879 degrees ten degrees minus fifteen degrees, some crazy numbers out there. 10 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.319 So I want to know how warm or not warm 11 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.680 it is where you are right now. Put it in 12 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:53.919 the chat. How warm is it or how warm is 13 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:56.960 it not? And let me know how my audio is. 14 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.360 I'm using a different microphone tonight what I normally use. 15 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.919 We're down here at the coast after winterfield Day and 16 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.439 just doing all kinds of cool radio stuff down here. 17 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.520 So shout out to folks in green text in the 18 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:14.039 chat YouTube channel members. I saw A C three A 19 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.360 A C three I K in their first earlier ed 20 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:22.199 Good Evening Radio went in Texas. KD nine ys W 21 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.120 was in there. Let's see kJ five F T T 22 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.120 Chris again let's see prep Pam Paul is in there. 23 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.719 Smoke signals r F good evening, e O D kaboom, 24 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:42.039 k H two x X good evening, Ka Luke, good evening, 25 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.280 Jason Perez, how you guys doing, K T four E 26 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:52.919 M Psycho ham doc or psycham does not psycho psycham doc? Okay, 27 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.639 all right, that's cool. Psycho would be cool too, KO 28 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:01.479 five T y Bill Good evening, Downie nine E g 29 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:06.719 L Good evening, mister j Plovlin, I've seen that one before. 30 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:12.759 One's new Richard Hopkins. Let's see Rix Hamshack good evening, 31 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:19.279 Amateur Signal Network Melvin. Yeah, I think that's kind of 32 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.959 all the ones I saw in their early up tonight. 33 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.759 So good evening to all. Thanks for being here tonight. 34 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:30.160 We're gonna talk about Orlando Hamcash here in just one 35 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:37.360 minute and minus. Okay, yeah, here we go. Nineteen in 36 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:40.399 North Texas. My next thermostat at home earlier told me 37 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:41.920 it was eleven when I first woke up this morning, 38 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:43.759 told me it was eleven at home. Glad I'm not 39 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:47.199 their ouch. Thank you for the super chat. K E 40 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:51.560 four h Z C. Appreciate you being here tonight. Nine 41 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:55.800 degrees feels like negative five right now. Seventy seven. We're 42 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:57.560 gonna find out what it is in Orlando right now. 43 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:59.360 We're not gonna like it. Nobody here is gonna like it. 44 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.000 I can tell you right. No, we should just go 45 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:01.639 to Hamcasion. 46 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:01.800 Now. 47 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.519 Let's just go now. And twenty six in North Carolina. 48 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:08.759 Negative twenty the last three days in the morning, Jake, 49 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.439 where the heck are you man? Negative seventeen in Minnesota, No, thanks, 50 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.839 twenty four in Arkansas, fifty one in Savannah, Georgia, fourteen 51 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:22.560 dropping to six by morning. Wow, that's crazy. Twelve degrees 52 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:29.639 Colorado Springs, twenty five in Roanoke, Virginia. Bill says, good evening, Bill, 53 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.560 all right, Wow, okay, so that's a thing that is 54 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:43.360 definitely a thing. All right. So I had talked last week, 55 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.560 and because I'm kind of an idiot, I had talked 56 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.959 last week about Simplex. We had a really good discussion 57 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.439 about Simplex last week, and I completely. 58 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:47.319 I hear you here. 59 00:06:49.199 --> 00:07:07.279 Yeah, all right, my fault, guys, sorry about that. Yeah, 60 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:09.680 I see the lost audio, Thank you very much. My fault. 61 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.079 My fault. This scene that I had right here, I 62 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.399 didn't have the new microphone added to it, So we're good. 63 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.759 So sorry about that. That that's my fault. We got it, 64 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:22.800 we got it. So yeah, I was talking about the 65 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.079 one forty six five to two stickers on the website. 66 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.279 That's right there. I think you should be able to 67 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:33.040 hear me now right here. Yeah, okay, enabled CTCSS, that's good, 68 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.839 enabled CTCSS. I'm a microphone. That was my mistake. So 69 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.519 uh yeah, everyone monitor one forty six five two if 70 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.560 you're driving New Orlando hearing about we can have two weeks, 71 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.439 however long it is, whenever you're gonna leave for land. 72 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.079 This is what I was saying when I was muted 73 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.839 by mistake. So one six five two simplex. I have 74 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.439 the stickers on my website. I've ordered some new stickers 75 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:56.800 that are larger than the ones I have now because 76 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.279 I'm pretty much out of these smaller ones. But but 77 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:02.439 my challenge to you is to monitor one forty six 78 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:04.360 to five to two everyone who's driving to and from 79 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:06.519 Orlando in a couple of weeks. We need to be 80 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.480 on the air and light up that frequency. And if 81 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:10.800 you're just flying in, then get on a get an 82 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:13.879 HT and monitorated. At the show, I'm going to bring 83 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.560 my man pac radio and set up an ed fong, 84 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.519 roll up j pol intenna at my campsite and have 85 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.040 one forty six five to two on and a little 86 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.360 bit higher antenna than I did last time. So that's 87 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.000 what I was saying before, in a nutshell something like that. 88 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.639 Let's bring Michael on talk to him, because y'all probably 89 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:32.080 don't need to hear from me much anymore. Michael, good evening. 90 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:32.679 How are you man? 91 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.080 I'm good, Jason, thank you for having me on the 92 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:35.639 show tonight. 93 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:40.360 Absolutely so. Tell us what's the temperature in Orlando right now? 94 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:41.720 Right now? 95 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:42.320 It is? 96 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:46.320 Let's see, let me give you an accurate reading alight, seventy. 97 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:50.120 Four seventy four? Wow, you guys need to break out 98 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.240 the park. Is I guess seventy four degrees out there 99 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:55.159 in Orlando right now? But you're gonna get some cold 100 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.840 temperatures here coming up in the next few days. 101 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:01.799 I think, Yeah, tomorrow night, tomorrow sometime. We got a 102 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.799 cold front coming through posted to drop us down to 103 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:08.960 near freezing for almost a week. They're saying, this's gonna 104 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:10.960 be like thirties in the morning and fifties during the 105 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.799 day for about a week. Wow. 106 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.919 Okay, Well, at least he's get it's up above freezing 107 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.279 during the day, so that's not too bad, I guess. 108 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:19.200 So true. 109 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:23.360 Good, good, good, Okay, Well, Kyle is my Frank tonight, 110 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:24.080 Good evening, Kyle. 111 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:25.320 How are you hello? 112 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.720 How are you good? Man? How'd it go with the 113 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:29.799 I Share Radio? 114 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.320 That thing is awesome. I cannot wait to them come 115 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:38.360 out out of beta and there's a need they're scratching 116 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:39.000 the itch. 117 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.320 Yeah, total are they going to be a ham Cashion. 118 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:43.679 I don't think they're gonna be at Ham Cason, but 119 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.080 they're going to be at ham Vention anvention. 120 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:46.440 Yeah. 121 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:48.519 I remember seeing him at Hamvention last year, but I 122 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.399 was hoping they'd come to Orlando as well. Yeah, so okay, 123 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:52.919 cool man, thanks for being here. 124 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:54.879 Yeah, thank you. Hi, Michael, how are you? 125 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.759 I'm good? Kyle? Are you good? 126 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:57.279 Good? Good? 127 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.279 Good? All right? Michael. Well, the floor is yours. Tell 128 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.759 us what we can expect from twenty twenty six hamcash 129 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.879 what I'd like to know. I mean, I know you've 130 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:10.440 got some new stuff to tell us, and there's some 131 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:15.519 awards items I've been getting some emails about. But yeah, yeah, 132 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.320 the floor is yours. Go ahead with whatever you got 133 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:17.639 for us. 134 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.159 Yeah, our biggest thing this year. Lots of new stuff, 135 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:27.559 a lot of sighting stuff. So yeah, earlier we did 136 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:29.759 announce all of our award winners, but we did have 137 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.679 a new award this year that we did give out, 138 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.759 which was the Radio Hero Award. A gentleman from India 139 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.879 actually won it. I will not try to say his name, 140 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.000 but he is actually working on coming to hamcashon Hilm 141 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:46.440 and his club down there is doing really good stuff 142 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:52.120 with amateur radio and doing lots of good things since 143 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:57.399 he's actually won award ham Cash and amateur radio is 144 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.399 really getting a huge boost around then, especially in India. 145 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:04.679 All the articles that was posted about him radio and 146 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.720 him went in this award, I mean this news article 147 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.519 after news article he was sending me from all over 148 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:14.879 that area down there, So it's really good publicity for 149 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:16.879 amateur radio and. 150 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:19.039 Handcasion totally good. 151 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:26.039 So other things that's happened, of course, our awards banquet, 152 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.600 which we do have, but this year we're changing it 153 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.559 up a little bit. We're actually doing our first ever 154 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.399 actual banquet open to the public on Saturday night, so 155 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.240 you can come to it. It's a farm to table 156 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:44.120 dinner at Rosen Plaza all of our info is on 157 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.039 the website table at the top that says banquet. Just 158 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.279 click on that. All the info is there for it. 159 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:53.759 So we will do awards ceremony to start with, then 160 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.519 we'll do the dinner. Then we will have a keynote 161 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.679 speaker which is going to be Bob Interbitten's from Arr. 162 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:05.960 We'll be talking about communications basically. So the good thing 163 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:10.120 about this is Ham Casson does fall on Valentine's weekend 164 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:14.600 this year, and that is Valentine's Night, So if you 165 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.960 want to take your wife or your significant another to 166 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:21.159 a great dinner, it's a five star place, great food, farmed, 167 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.919 a table, all fresh. It's a way to take her 168 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.320 out after the show for her. Allowing you to come 169 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.879 to Hamcashon on Valentine's awesome. 170 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.879 That's a great idea. That's a fantastic idea. Okay, okay, good, 171 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.240 good to know. What's the name of the place again. 172 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:42.120 It's going to be Rosden Plaza Plaza Okay okay, yep, yeah. 173 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.000 Yeah, it's the same place that we usually did the 174 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:47.000 dinner for the award ceremony before. It's just going to 175 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.679 be in actually one of their banqwell halls. 176 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:53.440 This time, gotcha Okay, good, excellent, okay, yeah. Cool. 177 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:57.120 So other big things. One of the huge things this year, 178 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:00.559 we've got eighteen new vendors that's never been a hamction. 179 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:03.840 Good. 180 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:08.720 Yeah, all commercial fenders. A lot of them are spull TENA, 181 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:15.759 Macony's Signals Solutions, Seed Studio, A Mesh Company, UH, National 182 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:20.919 Amateur Radio Alliance, Air met Error, Armate, arm Reate Towers, 183 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:27.120 U s W Magazine, Hamside Radio Club of America, UH 184 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:33.879 three C Hamshack, Bad Dog Tools, LO Mesh, Morris Nexus, 185 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:38.879 UH one Voice of America Museum is actually coming U 186 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:45.480 Maker Nova Aylmore Brand Amateur Radio Directory Radioddity. One of 187 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:47.600 the big ones this year is going to be her 188 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:50.879 name is Donna snow King. She's an author and she 189 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.679 will also have a Livy Medal of Honor recipient in 190 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.840 their booth, UH making their his first UH radio contact 191 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.399 deren HAMK So he's actually the only living Amateur Radio 192 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:10.000 Metal of Honor recipient. Really well yeah, So lots of 193 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.799 mesh stuff this year. I think we got a total 194 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.600 of the three new ones and I think there's still 195 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.559 two other ones, so about five different mesh ones this year, so, 196 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:20.480 which is good totally. 197 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.200 Yeah, good, Yeah, I knew that. I knew that Seed 198 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:25.840 Studios was going to be there. That was Dave who 199 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.000 was in the zoom chat a minute ago. Okay, so yeah, yeah, 200 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.080 he's I knew that. He said they were they were 201 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.639 going to be there. So in fact, I think we're 202 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:35.159 gonna kind of kind of carpool, not carpool. I think 203 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.240 we're gonna kind of caravan up there together on our drive. 204 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.519 But we still got to hammer that out. But looking 205 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.960 forward to that. And then and then low Mesh. You 206 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.600 mentioned them. I haven't heard of that one. I'm not 207 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.919 familiar with them. 208 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:51.440 Yeah, Lo Mesh. It's actually he's actually a local guy here. 209 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.559 I think he's like help in Gainesville area. He worked 210 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:58.960 with another mesh company, one of the developing companies, for 211 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.519 a while, and he started a his own business. 212 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:03.360 So good. 213 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:10.240 So yeah. The other one that many people heard about, Quicksilver, 214 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:16.279 the gentleman actually bought the company. He will actually be 215 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.519 at Hamcasion also so good. 216 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:25.200 Good, not be going nowhere, which is good, good, good, excellent. Kyle, 217 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.200 do you have a question. 218 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:34.759 The Marconi signal systems? That is, I think Marconi makes 219 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:38.039 if I'm thinking of the same people tell me if 220 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:41.759 I'm correct here, Michael. He makes a CW key for 221 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:47.879 remote c W keane and uses an ESP thirty two 222 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.919 and communicates over the internet, and it is a really 223 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.799 cool product. So if that's the same person I'm thinking of, 224 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:01.320 that would be cool to see him at AMCATIONI. 225 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:07.519 Mm hmm, I believe that is the same one. 226 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:12.000 I believe, Yes, it's that Max in five. Uh, this 227 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.840 call is he's got an INN five call? 228 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.240 Yeah, I'm not sure on that one, but. 229 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:22.879 Well, if it is, that's great. 230 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:29.639 If not, we'll learn about somebody new. Yeah. Good, Well, 231 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.240 I've gotta I gotta get a I gotta get a 232 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.519 list of those new vendors from you, Michael, so I 233 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.559 can uh make sure I visit all those and maybe 234 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.559 get a few recordings of interviews with him. 235 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.519 Yeah, definitely, that'd be great. 236 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.720 I don't know if I don't know if gray Man 237 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:49.320 PoTA is oblivious or joking, but he says his wife 238 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.919 is so selfless. She is insisting that I go to 239 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.879 him vention and not worry about her. Well himvention's in May, 240 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:58.320 so I'm not sure if that was a typo or 241 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.039 or if he's just and like, I'm not gonna make 242 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.639 it to hamcasion because of Valentie's Day. But okay, good 243 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:08.160 for you, buddy. I don't know the end that his 244 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:09.319 timate could go either way. 245 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:14.440 So gray Man, Poda, I hope that in February you're 246 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.960 not driving to Dayton. I hope that you're coming down 247 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:18.119 to Orlando. How about that? 248 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:18.960 That is true? 249 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:22.279 So he made the wrong turn somewhere, right, Yeah, I made. 250 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:27.640 A left turn in Aberquerque, left turn at Albuquerque. 251 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:32.079 That's awesome, all right, Michael, go ahead, man? What else? 252 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:33.359 What else you got for us? 253 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:39.839 Other things? Was? We do have the stuff that the 254 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:43.480 associated items during casion. So we have the Florida Contest 255 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:47.480 dinner of course on Friday night that infos on the website. 256 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:50.200 We have a kit bill with Joe Eisenberg on Wednesday night, 257 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:52.759 and that's gonna be a good one. He's actually doing 258 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:58.480 a vertical like almost like a Poda style antenna. So 259 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:01.240 which is a good one. That'd be a good turnout. 260 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.640 You have to sign up for it. There is still 261 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.759 space available, so if you go under the website. The 262 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.480 other one that y'all probably already know about it, of 263 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.119 course you'll probably be there. I believe it's the fourth 264 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:16.359 annual PoTA meetup, So there's info on the website on 265 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.640 that one, and you do have to register for that 266 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.119 one because there's some new park rules here in the 267 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.319 i think the whole country does not Florida that you 268 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:27.799 have to kind of register to do it apparently. Yeah, 269 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.160 so the info is on the website on that. Also, 270 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.599 we do have an Oxcom class again this year. It's 271 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.240 Monday through Wednesday, so anybody that's looking for Oxcom, they 272 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.960 still have space available for that, so go on the 273 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:44.839 website and you can find that info also, Okay, And 274 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:51.119 then Sunday we are having a Skywine Spoder class on Sunday, 275 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:55.839 so if you're interested in becoming a skyworn spotter, you 276 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:57.720 do not have to be local. It is being done 277 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.599 by one of the local offices here, but they are 278 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:03.240 covering just more than the stuff that they usually cover 279 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.200 for our Florida type of stuff, so they are covering 280 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:09.440 stuff for other areas of the country also for the 281 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:15.720 Skyworn Spotter training and also on Sunday. It is also 282 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:17.920 a free date. You do not have to have a 283 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.240 hamdcasion ticket to come in, so if you're coming just 284 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:24.119 for the spoder class, you can come for it. You 285 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:26.440 do not have to pay cool. 286 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:34.799 That's yeah, that's good. That's good, okay, sweet, Yeah, under 287 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:37.880 forum speakers down here, we got event infos, a lot 288 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.759 of stuff under event info on the website here, so yes, 289 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.880 we'll find a lot of stuff. 290 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:44.599 And then all the forums are upddate on the website. 291 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.000 There are lots of forums there were as soon as 292 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.359 we get updates, we're actually updating them. So that is 293 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:55.279 a live running for the forums. 294 00:19:55.640 --> 00:20:01.839 Good. Okay, how does the how does the RV reservations 295 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.160 look as compared to last year? 296 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.640 It's right on par with last year? So last year 297 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:10.759 I think we hit don't quote me about and fifteen 298 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.319 and we're right on part with that. So for RV's 299 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:19.599 it's good. So people still traveling. 300 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:24.759 So yeah, when is the last day that you can 301 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:28.519 sign up for an RV spot? Do you guys have 302 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.279 a cutoff? 303 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:35.160 We do so on the website on January thirty first, 304 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:39.279 all sales will end for anything on the website other 305 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:42.680 than the banquet. You can still buy banquet tickets after that, 306 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:48.759 but for anything after that point, tickets, RV swaps, all 307 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.759 that will be shut down and then you would have 308 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:57.000 to actually buy it at the the gate basically, but 309 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.000 we've never ran out. We still have swap tables available, 310 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:05.039 so tailgate of course is available, so yeah, we can 311 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:06.279 accommodate yet the gate. 312 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.920 Gotcha good? 313 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.640 Okay, do you get your reservation yet, Kyle? 314 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:13.119 No, That's why I was asking the question. 315 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:16.440 I know you posted the chat a couple of weeks 316 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:18.480 ago and You're like, I haven't even made my reservation yet. 317 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.440 I'm like, well, I'm gonna think about it. 318 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:25.759 January thirty. First, I'm gonna make my RV reservation. I 319 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.319 guarantee you. 320 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.640 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that sounds about right. 321 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.319 Okay. So the other big thing too this year, every 322 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.480 year we've been able to use W one aw Strop 323 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.480 four Slash four for our special event station. But actually 324 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.960 this year it is falling in the ARL two hundred 325 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:52.319 and fifty America contact all fifty states contests, and actually 326 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:55.880 ham Case will count for one of those contacts. So 327 00:21:55.920 --> 00:22:00.759 if you contact W ONEAW Slash four deering him, it 328 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.640 will count as a Florida contact for the contest. 329 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:10.359 Nice. Okay. I think I worked Dash four like a 330 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.599 couple of weeks ago when we were on PODA. 331 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:16.200 Did you. Yeah, it started probably about a month ago. 332 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:21.480 I think different areas, but they have a schedule on 333 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:24.440 their website and it shows each operator and where they 334 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:27.599 are and then the time they're actually scheduled that will 335 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:29.839 count toward the contact. 336 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.160 Okay, good to know. Yeah, that'd be a fun thing 337 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:38.559 to do, I think. So all right, well, how how 338 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.599 did ticket sales look? 339 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:44.920 Ticket sales are good. So pre sales is right on 340 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:49.160 par with last year, if not a little better. So yeah, 341 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.000 really good. And I do know also with all the 342 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:54.480 new vendors we have for the first time this year, 343 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:57.160 if you remember, the North Building which is where the 344 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:01.279 ticket booth is, that whole center is all boosts this year, 345 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:04.240 so we actually totally filled up the North Hall with 346 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.680 denders this year, which is good. 347 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.039 Nice. 348 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:11.440 Yes, So, and then the other thing that's going live 349 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.680 this coming week, the ARL Events app is actually going live, 350 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.720 so that will have all the information pretty much it's 351 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.000 on our website, on all the forums. Everything there will 352 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:25.599 actually be on that app. Also during ham Cashion if 353 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.079 you want to track who wins prizes stuff like that, 354 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:32.000 all that will be on there also for the hourly winners. 355 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:36.559 Yeah, Michael, what was the do you remember what the 356 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:38.240 attendance was last year? 357 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:47.920 Tendess last year I believe was twenty three thousand and something. 358 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:50.559 Gotcha, that's a lot of people. That's a lot of hamds. 359 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:52.880 Yeah, yeah, that sounds that sounds right. 360 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.240 I was. 361 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.880 I mean, that's that's not that's not a record, but 362 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:58.160 it's getting up there close to being a record, right. 363 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:01.559 Right Prior to the year, prior to COVID was actually 364 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:05.160 our record than after COVID when we come back in 365 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:08.079 twenty twenty one, we were down, but we're starting to 366 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:11.799 grow back up toward that record again, right. I think 367 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:16.960 twenty five thousand, six hundred, seven hundred was actually our 368 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.079 record in twenty twenty. 369 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:27.720 Yeah, twenty seven thousand, Okay, okay, good good. So a 370 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:31.720 couple of questions from the chat. Dave is asking, now, 371 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.359 you may not know about this, and that's okay, we 372 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:37.160 may need to ask somebody else about this. But have 373 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:43.720 you heard anything about a custom mestatastic firmwhere I don't think? Okay, okay, tell. 374 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:46.480 Us about they are working on it. We will put 375 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:49.599 out more information once it's there, but I do know 376 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:52.200 we will have different they're working on I think three 377 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:57.000 different meantastic nodes to be put around the pairgrounds. So, 378 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.119 but it is in the works. 379 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:01.319 Yes, I remember there were two three last year. I can't. 380 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:04.039 I can't remember if we had custom firmware last year 381 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.279 or not. 382 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.359 I don't think we did, but this year there is. 383 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.519 They are working on it. 384 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:11.000 I think we just changed from from long fast to 385 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:13.119 like short fast and change one other change it to 386 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.880 like two hops instead of three, and I think that 387 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.079 was it. But yes, but I mean we get custom 388 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:20.880 firm where for him mentioned, so I'm excited to see 389 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.839 what custom fermwhere they come up for him. Casions so good. 390 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:25.079 I'm looking forward to try to trying that out. Good. 391 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:28.920 The other thing is uh and prep Paan Paul is 392 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:31.519 asking is it r V only or can you tint camp? 393 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.519 And I know what the answer was last year, but 394 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:35.559 go ahead if I don't know if it's changed or not. 395 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:40.480 It has not. Unfortunately, in the city of Orlando, you're 396 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:43.680 not allowed to camp from a tent. Uh. It's not 397 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:47.319 our rules, it's not the fairgrounds rules, it's a city ordinance. Okay, 398 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:50.319 so yes, you cannot do that, even on private property. 399 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:52.680 But you could can't. You could camp in a tent 400 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:54.839 if the tentp is attached to your vehicle. Is that 401 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.559