WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.399 Hey, before we get started, be sure to head over 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.320 to Hamradio two dot com forward slash email dash sign 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:12.039 up to join my email list of over nineteen thousand subscribers, 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.880 where I like to send emails about upcoming events, upcoming 5 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.920 shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going 6 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.280 on with my videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.039 I will be doing a giveaway of another HF radio 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.600 sign up today. And thank you for the support. It 9 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:35.679 is seven two in Texas and once again thank you 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:43.359 for joining tonight. Let me check one thing here, make 11 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.280 sure that I've got everything situated the way it's supposed 12 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:50.880 to be. Yep, all good there, so we're going to 13 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.399 transition right there. Hey, guys, good evening, Thanks for joining tonight, 14 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.159 and I hope everyone had a really good Winter field 15 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.079 Day weekend. We had we had an adventure. We had 16 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:09.319 an adventure for Winter field Day weekend because uh, I 17 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:10.920 don't know, I don't want to. I don't want to 18 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:12.480 take up too much job talking about that. But we 19 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:16.439 used we ended up using a new call sign. The gracious, 20 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.439 the very very gracious folks out at Ham Radio Clubhouse 21 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.560 allowed us to use their call sign of WIS Whiskey 22 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:27.400 two Hotel, Romeo, Charlie, and there's a story behind that 23 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:30.519 that I'll be happy to share with you on their 24 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.719 clubhouse live stream this Tuesday, about forty eight hours from now, 25 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:41.000 for their two hundredth episode live stream, So two hundred 26 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:45.760 episodes in uh, it's this coming Tuesday. I guess that'd 27 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.519 be the twenty eighth and I've I've already got an 28 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.599 invite to it. They invited me to that episode two 29 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:53.920 or three weeks ago, really looking forward to that. That's 30 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:55.799 where I'll be Wednesday night, So you guys be sure 31 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.680 to add that to your calendar and we'll be, uh, 32 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:01.799 we'll be hanging out there for a little bit. So 33 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:07.879 there we go. It's gonna be fun time. So I 34 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.479 mentioned earlier this month, at the beginning of twenty twenty five, 35 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:19.199 that I'm gonna be doing giveaways for every pretty much 36 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.240 well for the first several months of the year, for 37 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.520 several months of the year. This is the form here. 38 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:28.159 If you go to Henrito two dot com forward slash 39 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.439 January twenty five, I'm gonna put this link in the 40 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:35.520 chat right now. There we go. This is where you 41 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:41.840 sign up to win the first radio I'm giving away, 42 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.319 which will be a week from week from today. So 43 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.719 next Sunday's live stream will be a giveaway of this 44 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:52.960 brand new jazu FT eight ninety one, so that we've 45 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:54.919 got about last time. I haven't looked at this list, 46 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.120 and I don't know, maybe three or four days something 47 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.840 like that. Last I looked, we had just under a 48 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:06.439 hundred people signed up, so that is a good number, 49 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.199 but there's certainly room for more. So you guys, go 50 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.680 sign that up or sign up if you're interested in 51 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:15.759 winning that right there. That'll be the January giveaway. Get 52 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.240 it'll be the January giveaway, but we're gonna do the 53 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.599 live stream on February second. And then I've already got 54 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:26.120 the radio for February, which is right here, brand new 55 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:30.080 Icy seven oh five. Special shout out to ray at 56 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.479 Icon for the generous support here. These are radios that 57 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.039 I purchased, but I got this one directly through ICM. 58 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.560 I got this eight ninety one through the gigaparts. Let's 59 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:42.439 make a deal sale that we've done on this channel 60 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.680 last month or earlier this month, and then and then 61 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.639 I got this one through ICM. So sign ups for 62 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:54.960 the seven oh five will start the night of February second, 63 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.039 So I'll turn off the sign ups for this radio 64 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:59.240 a few hours before the live stream. I got to 65 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.960 download the list, sort it, take out all the duplicates 66 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:05.400 because you only get one entry, and get all that ready. 67 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:07.840 So and inevitably, every time we do a live stream 68 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.280 for a giveaway, we start the live stream and I'm 69 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.400 talking about this giveaway for the last month. We start 70 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:14.879 the live stream, and people come into the chat, Hey, 71 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:16.959 how do I get into this giveaway? How do I 72 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:18.680 sign up? Where do I go? And I'm like, it's 73 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.720 too late. It's too late because I have to download 74 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.759 the list and I'm actively picking someone from that list 75 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.040 who wins the radio, So you got to sign up 76 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.040 before that. So a little bit different this time. So 77 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:31.600 all the people that are in the chat saying where 78 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:32.959 do I sign up? How do I sign up? I 79 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.560 didn't see the list. Okay, well I'll have the sign 80 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.360 up list ready to go for this one during that 81 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:40.639 live stream, so it'll be that'll be a fun thing 82 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.199 to do, I think, so looking forward to that should 83 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.399 be a really fun live stream. Two days prior to that, 84 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:47.879 we are going to do a Ham Radio Happy Hour 85 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:52.040 this coming Friday, January thirty first for and I'm going 86 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.399 to invite all the usual cast of characters on and 87 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.600 we're going to talk about our plans for Orlando hamp Casion, 88 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:00.519 what we're gonna do, where we're going to be hanging 89 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:07.160 out and what what the what the plans are for that. 90 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:11.279 So that is going to be coming up very soon. 91 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.480 Well Friday, it's going to be coming up Friday. So 92 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.439 I was looking at Frank. Frank's joining the zoom chat now, 93 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.000 So I'm gonna get you guys to come in here 94 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.800 real quick and we're just gonna hop into it tonight. 95 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.600 So thanks for thanks for looking at that, and hope 96 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.639 to see you guys on several different live streams. I 97 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:32.160 will be on this week Tuesday for him Radio Clubhouse, 98 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:37.000 Friday for the Happy Hour, next Sunday for the giveaway, 99 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.560 and then uh and then the following weekend of course 100 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.920 is Orlando ham Cash. What's up fellas, how's Michael, Frank? 101 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:44.639 How are you guys doing? 102 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.279 I am good today and thank you all for having 103 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:49.120 me on the show today. 104 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.240 Uh huh, how's it going? Michael? I can't wait to 105 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.480 see you and about a week or so, and what 106 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.279 do you mean there's there's a happy hour this week. 107 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:03.879 Yeah. Oh yeah, I told you about that one week ago. Sure, 108 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:05.600 docking your pay Frank. 109 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.199 Oh you're docking my pay with my shirt on. 110 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:12.439 Yeah, I know. Yeah. So you got the Tank Radio 111 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:16.920 shirt on tonight, so totally totally yeah, yeah, Ham Radio Happy. 112 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:18.639 In fact, I sent an email after we got home 113 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.920 from Winterfield Day about five hours ago. I sent an 114 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.839 email about it. So to the invite to the Zoom call. 115 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:30.639 So so yeah, Clubhouse on Tuesday for their two hundredth episode. 116 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.399 That'll be fun, and then a happy hour on Friday, 117 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.560 so all fun. Live streams. A lot of live streaming 118 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.720 going on this week. The week but leading up to 119 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.000 Orlando him cation so cool man, thanks for being here, Frank. 120 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.839 No problem, no problem. I can't wait to get to Orlando. 121 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.959 Well apparently, apparently Michael was telling me before the live 122 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.839 stream started that their weather out there is not much 123 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:55.279 more than we are here, so I. 124 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.279 Camera every time. 125 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:05.439 I know. Yeah, yeah, it's been uh it's been a 126 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:10.079 low thirties, mid thirties and high forties and fifties during 127 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:14.360 the day for about a week now. But I just 128 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.680 looked at the weather and it looks like we're warming 129 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.879 up and coming into ham Cashon. We're looking at hopefully 130 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:22.319 seventies and eighties. 131 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.879 Good, that's normal. There's been a few mornings at Hamcshions 132 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:29.480 in years past where I arrived in the morning and 133 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.680 it was pretty chilly outside, but once the sun came 134 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.600 up and everything it was I always ride. I used 135 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:37.839 to ride with a couple of guys that had swapfest tables, 136 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.879 so they always wanted to get there literally at the 137 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:44.279 crack of dawn, and it was it was chilly sometimes there, 138 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:45.600 but you know what's the sun came up, it was 139 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.079 nice and warm outside. Took your jacket off and hopefully 140 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.839 had shorts on underneath, but it was good. 141 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.040 So a lot of making a floridage joke there. 142 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.600 Yeah, well, yeah, large pendulum swing in the temperature up 143 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:04.319 and down for that weekend. But hopefully seventies and azy 144 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:06.360 sounds beautiful right now. We've been in the thirties for 145 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:10.399 the last week or so. But all right, Michael, Well, 146 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.920 tell us about Frank's gonna be watching the chat for 147 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.839 questions like normal, okay, and tell them. Tell us what 148 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.920 we've got in store for twenty twenty five. What's new, 149 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:22.600 what's going on how many vendors, tables you guys have, 150 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.399 and all the kind of good information that people want 151 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:24.680 to hear. 152 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.279 All right. Of course ham Case is coming up in 153 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.319 about a week and a half, about two weeks now, 154 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:34.759 February seventh, eighth, and ninth at the Central Florida Fairgrounds 155 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:38.919 in Orlando, Florida. Some of the biggest things this year 156 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:45.799 we actually have for vendors. We have fifteen new vendors 157 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:49.480 this year. Never been to Hamdcase really wow. Yeah. So 158 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:55.000 some of them's Unit tread Unit Trend Technologies, Arma Logue, 159 00:08:55.039 --> 00:09:00.799 Halibit Electronics, Rocket Machine Works, expert Amps USA. They actually 160 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.000 got balled out by MTC, so it's kind of a 161 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.600 new company with them coming. Signal stuff, the ones that 162 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.919 sell the little antennas for handhelds are coming. 163 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.919 Oh. We've been trying to get him to come to 164 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.759 him cash for years. I'm glad he's finally making that jump. 165 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:14.360 That'd be great. 166 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:16.559 Yeah, we've been working on the last couple of years 167 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.559 at Dayton, so we finally got to come. So yeah. 168 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:25.080 V E two d X Electronics, one of the Carlson 169 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:31.759 Carlson roof towers Spec five, Yes. 170 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:33.840 Yes, Spec Spec five will be there, and I've been 171 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.759 talking to those guys. They're here in Texas. They're only 172 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.519 about three hours south of Frank and I are. Yeah, 173 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:40.320 so good group of guys. 174 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:44.159 Yeah yeah, M and L Radio Technology. It's a smaller 175 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.840 radio company starting out. Another one that's familiar. There is 176 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.039 probably w FI y I licensing services coming for the 177 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:58.159 first time off grid, w X free, dB radio, I 178 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:02.919 D dot net, and KB three if h QSL cards. 179 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.360 So yeah, we have fifteen brand new vendors never been 180 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:06.480 to the show, which is good. 181 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:11.120 That's good, that's really good. Okay, excellent. I think that 182 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:14.600 there's uh Spec five mainly deals in meshtastic stuff, and 183 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.519 I believe there's in there's somebody else doing mesh tastic 184 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.679 there as well. I was thinking there were two vendors 185 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:21.440 for mesh tastic. 186 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.360 I'm not a hurt for so sure. I know the Okay, 187 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.440 uh Spec five does, I'm not sure who else I know. 188 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.639 I know there's gonna be some mess tastic notes put 189 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.480 up around him. Casson right work a couple of people 190 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.360 on it. Yeah, I think uh your group do YouTubers 191 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:38.320 are supposed to have one up. Also, we're gonna put 192 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:41.240 up for y'all so yeah, so there's gonna be several 193 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:41.799 of them there. 194 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.440 Yeah, totally. Yeah. Rob W five I t R he's 195 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.559 he was part of our winter field Day group and 196 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:50.200 he was telling me he got with some of you 197 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.679 guys to put a like a relay station up on 198 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.000 that tower of the whatever end that I think I 199 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.000 want to say that's the north end, but I'm probably wrong. 200 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.399 Of the show there the opposite end from the campgrounds. 201 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:01.879 Yep. 202 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:04.840 But yeah, so that'll be fun. That'd be fun to 203 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:07.559 have that up and see what kind of activity we 204 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:08.480 get on that as well. 205 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:14.080 True cool, but yeah, lots of good stuff ham Casion apparel. 206 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.879 If you want a peril you can go on the 207 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.879 website and order it from the attending to Hamction page. Hats, 208 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.399 t shirts, all that type of stuff. There is the 209 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.120 deadline to order it. If you want it, buy ham 210 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.440 Cation and so they will deliver it to you at 211 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.519 Gold Medal Ideas booth. So there is a deadline for that. 212 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:35.080 Of course, people always wants the scooters. We have scooter 213 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.159 rentals through Yellow Scooter again that's up there. We have 214 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.879 lots of free parking on property, a whole bunch of it. 215 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:47.399 So and then this year some of the affiliated events 216 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.000 going on Oxcom Class. We're having that again. I know 217 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:53.919 there's still a few spots available for that. The kit 218 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:58.639 build with Joe Eisenberg K zero n EB this year, 219 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.960 we're actually he's doing a kit built for three D 220 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.559 printed Dipoleda antennas. 221 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:06.120 That's pretty specific. 222 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.480 Yeah. Yeah, so it's for Poda and soda. So it's 223 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:10.720 a pretty neat little thing. 224 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.399 Yeah. 225 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:14.480 Then one day you're probably going to I'm pretty sure 226 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.000 is the third annual hamcashon Poda meet up? 227 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:23.879 Is that for through the Toads guys? I think so, yeah, yeah, yeah, 228 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.399 yeah that on Thursday. Yes, yeah, yeah, we will be 229 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:29.679 Frank and I will be at that one for sure. Absolutely. 230 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:36.039 Yeah. So that's also there and r v's. RV's are 231 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:38.799 welcome on site. We still have space available. We can 232 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:42.120 hold over two hundred RVs on site with full hookups. 233 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.080 So please if you wanted to stay on site, walk 234 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.440 out your r V first thing in the morning, check 235 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:51.320 out tailgate. Once the building's open, you can go inside, 236 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.440 then go right back if you get tired, right back 237 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.000 to your r V. 238 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:59.399 Yeah yeah, that's h Yeah. I was telling Michael before 239 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:03.120 this streams started. I rented an r V this year 240 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.879 and four of us are staying in it. Just it's 241 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.879 just I just got it through outdoors ey and it's 242 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.360 uh somebody locally that has one. So they're delivering it 243 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.039 for us and going to set it up on Wednesday 244 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.279 and gonna be r V in it this year for 245 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.120 the first time at HIM. I've never rvied at him 246 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.519 cash before, so I'm looking forward to it. It's we 247 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:24.279 usually end up hanging out in the parking lot with 248 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:27.360 the RV guys anyway, so now I'll have actually have 249 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:31.559 a place to stay myself, so oh good. 250 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:34.600 And then outdoor v also we have the tailgate area. 251 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.039 We have spaces for over three hundred tilgate spots. With 252 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:42.440 the weather looking good, being beautiful, we should fill that 253 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.519 up pretty good. So a lot of outdoor tailgate stuff 254 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:45.960 going on. 255 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:51.399 Good good, that's uh, that's always a good time out 256 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:57.080 there for sure. Okay, what how many? I mean, do 257 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.600 you guys do pre sale tickets and whatnot? 258 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:04.559 We do? Okay, we are up from last year. I 259 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:09.360 do know that a lot. So so far everything's looking good. 260 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.600 If everything holds the way it's looking or we're predicting, 261 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:17.440 we should have good numbers again this year like we 262 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:18.120 did last year. 263 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:24.559 Excellent, excellent, that's great, great to hear. So okay, good, 264 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.600 I'm just looking. I'm just kind of poking around on 265 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.320 the website here while you're talking, so. 266 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:33.039 Right right here. And if you want forums, we have 267 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.000 lots of forms. Over Friday and Saturday, we have thirty 268 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.320 seven different forms. 269 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.360 Oh wow. 270 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.039 Yeah. So some of them is like Disaster Communications in 271 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:48.440 Oxcom Florida by Roger Lord and David Brian Brian, Teens 272 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.240 seeking out fun and amateur radio that to be moderated 273 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:55.240 by Carol Perry. Of course, a kick build Technologies for 274 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.600 Success by Joe Eisenberg, and be teaching how to do 275 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:04.080 kids arl is doing an income update by Josh Johnston. 276 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.879 And then also on Sunday last year we did this 277 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.960 for the first time, we will be holding an NWS 278 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:17.159 SKY one class actually Sunday, and yes, so if you 279 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:18.840 want to sign up for that, there's info on the 280 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.480 forums page for that also for Sunday or actually, yeah, 281 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.200 I think it's on Actually it might be under affiliated events. 282 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.080 Actually, yeah, it doesn't look like it's on the forums 283 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.320 pay or at least not down below the Yeah, I. 284 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.240 Think we put it on affiliated events, so you can 285 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.679 sign up for that, and I do know they will 286 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:38.919 have a booth at Hamdcation and you can actually sign 287 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.759 up there if you decide to take it. Also, but 288 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:46.720 also on Sunday we'll have free emission, So Sunday is free. 289 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.559 You don't need a ticket. If you've never been to 290 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:51.639 Hamdcasion you want to come check it out, Sunday's the 291 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.279 day to do it. You won't have to pay to 292 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.080 get in, right. 293 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.679 Yeah, that's great for local people who live close enough 294 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:03.720 to make that worthwhile. That's a really cool thing I'll do. Yeah, excellent, Okay, 295 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:10.159 sweet do you say fifteen or thirty new vendors fifteen 296 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.919 fifteen fifteen fifteen new vendors. That is outstanding. That is 297 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:18.159 great to hear that the that the vendor is the 298 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.440 vendor numbers are growing like that. I really think that's 299 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.000 a great thing. 300 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.679 So it is, and it actually shows that it pays 301 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.399 off going to other hamfests. We go to a lot 302 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:31.360 of them advertised Cation. We talk to all of these 303 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.360 vendors constantly at these other shows, and I think the 304 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.759 more they see us out there advertising hand case, they're 305 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:39.639 starting to see, hey, we want to go to the show. 306 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:41.879 They're trying to grow with stuff like that. 307 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:51.000 So totally yeah, that makes sense, makes sense. Okay, okay, Frank, 308 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:52.600 did you have you come up with anything? 309 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:54.440 Yeah, I got a couple of questions here. 310 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.480 I ahead. 311 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.000 Lately a couple of guys are talking about skywarn and 312 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:05.359 the the the usefulness of that program, and that's pretty cool. 313 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:11.279 There was a question about camping spots from Expert Hand Radio. 314 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.400 Can we get an RV camp spot spot on the 315 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:17.880 spot without an advanced registration? 316 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:23.680 Yes, you can if you come to the show. RV 317 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:28.880 camp or RV spots open on Wednesday, officially at twelve 318 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.960 or two o'clock su as we're able to open the 319 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.480 gates on Wednesday, we start letting into RV's so it 320 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.759 is first come, first serve, So we can't guarantee depending 321 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.839 on what day you come in. We can't guarantee how 322 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:46.279 close you'll be to the actual buildings. But we can 323 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.920 host almost two hundred and fifty RVs on site, and 324 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.279 I know right now we're pre registered with just over 325 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:58.119 two hundred, So yes, there's still available sites for people 326 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:02.279 that come in if you want to pre register forum. Actually, 327 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:07.839 our registration goes down on February first at twelve oh 328 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.359 one am. After that, everything will be at the gates 329 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:16.079 for everything. Rdtailgate swaps everything like. 330 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:21.400 That good okay, and that ticket page I had to link? 331 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.680 Where did I stash it? 332 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.079 Yeah? I saw you. You linked at a minute ago. 333 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:28.000 I highlighted it for you. 334 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:33.279 Yeah, oh well it's I have it somewhere. Justin's asking 335 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:36.960 is there lightsing testing at Hamdcson this year? 336 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.960 There is. We have testing on Friday and Saturday. It 337 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.559 is free to take. We have partnered with Hamstudy dot 338 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:50.319 org and to do that. Everything is electronic, so you 339 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:54.160 will go in. If you pre register, you will have 340 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:56.839 a code it gives you. You go in, they check 341 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.359 your driver's license, hand you a tablet. You punch in 342 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:01.799 that code. It will pull up the test you pre 343 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.880 register for. You take the test. As soon as you 344 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.839 hit submit. You will find out right then if you 345 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:11.039 passed or failed. Uh So there's no waiting for a 346 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.880 VE to actually grade it. Uh so, yes, Friday and Saturday, 347 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:18.000 you can pre register. We would like it if people 348 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:19.960 pre register, so if you do want to do it, 349 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:23.680 please pre register it. This makes it easier daring. When 350 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.680 you go over there, you don't have to if you 351 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.119 don't want to, but we just recommend you do do it. 352 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.359 This makes it makes it quicker when you go there. 353 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:32.920 So that's all online kind of testing. 354 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.039 It's all done through the system online, correct. 355 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:40.000 So yeah, the program they use that him said he 356 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.839 came up with was called exam Tools. Yeah, it's it's 357 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.160 it's a locally installed program on a computer. Now you 358 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:48.200 can do this is what they use to do online. 359 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:50.359 But a lot of clubs use it. They just you 360 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.519 come in and instead of taking a paper, paper and 361 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:55.119 pencil test, you'll sit down in computer and do ham Tools. 362 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:57.920 So it's both. It's it's a digital test, whether it's 363 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.519 online or locally installed, so you. 364 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.400 Don't have to have of all the computer, of the camera, 365 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.279 the computers, the cameras because they're not during it locally. 366 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:08.240 They just provorting the form of the test. 367 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:11.720 It's just it's just an electronic test rather than a 368 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.279 paper pencil test. That's all it is. That's cool, which 369 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.200 makes it much faster, like Michael said, it does. 370 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.599 And it makes it actually faster taking the test too, 371 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:23.680 because once you get done, it will actually tell you 372 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.440 also if you did not answer a question, so it 373 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.079 will actually warn you before you hit submit also, which 374 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.799 makes it nice. 375 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.880 That's good. Okay. Yeah, if you skip one by mistake 376 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.599 or think I'll come back to that and then forget 377 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.200 about it, which which is my thing all the time. 378 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:41.240 So yeah, okay, sweet, that's great, great to hear. 379 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:46.680 Okay, is there any overnight parking allowed or if you 380 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:51.240 want to overnight you're recommended to go into the RB spots. 381 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:54.880 Correct, I would recommend staying outside of the fenced area, 382 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.200 So yes, if you're going to actually stay on property 383 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:00.359 want a camp overnight, we do recommend coming in aside 384 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:02.200 and doing the RV nights. 385 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:07.240 Okay. And they have I mean they allow tent camping too, 386 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:11.440 if I'm not mistaken. No, no, you don't. You don't 387 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.279 allow tint camping. 388 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:16.240 No, it's actually a city ordinance. Uh, there's no camping allowed. 389 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.200 Now here's the caveat of that. If you put a 390 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:23.920 tit in a tailgate of a vehicle, it's perfectly fine. 391 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:26.559 The tit cannot touch the ground. 392 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.880 So a rooftop ten on a jeep or a truck 393 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:30.400 or something would be okay. 394 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:32.960 Correct, And we have actually several people coming this year with. 395 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.359 Those nice Okay, Okay, I was thinking I had seen 396 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:39.839 that before, but yeah, maybe I hadn't seen that a motorcycle. 397 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.799 There's a guy with a motorcycle really like a little 398 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.680 tit that comes off the side of it. 399 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.359 Yeah, okay, okay, oh that's great. 400 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:51.839 I love it. I love it. 401 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.640