WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:04.200 Where you're going to get going. I'm letting the live 2 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:12.679 stream start and notify everybody. Good evening. In fact, I'm 3 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:14.519 gonna move over to the other side because the sun's 4 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.640 behind me. So if I put the camera like that, 5 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:35.479 it's no good. Hey, Don, that's better. Right. We are 6 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.840 at back for Tom. We are at Back forty Brewing 7 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:48.320 in Huntsville. Let me know how that I did a 8 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:50.280 speed test on the internet here and now I was 9 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.759 getting three hundred megs down and one hundred megs up. 10 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.439 There's no reason the stream should be delayed tonight. Hopefully 11 00:00:55.479 --> 00:01:00.359 it's much better than it has been. Let me know 12 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.359 how that looks, how it sounds. I do have my 13 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:03.920 it's a loud in here, but I have a microphone, 14 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.799 so hopefully that squelches out most of the background noise. 15 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.480 Looks good. Tom says great, video and audio down says okay, 16 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:19.439 thanks guys. Hey, Freddie Mac, you're home already. 17 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:20.760 Aren't you. 18 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:29.319 My wife is in the chat. Good evening, five nine, 19 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:33.879 thanks guys. All right, So we're at Back forty Brewing, 20 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:40.719 which is right here here it is, and it's a 21 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:49.640 pretty cool buried slash restaurant here in Huntsville. Jeff, good 22 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.280 to see you, Lee, good to see you. Oh Freddy, 23 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:59.920 you're still driving? Uh ko four p D. I gets 24 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.400 see you, Jody v A five S A R. I 25 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.719 go to see you. 26 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:07.439 What didn't plays? 27 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.039 There we go? I don't let you leave? Said he 28 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.280 made it just home now in South Illinois. Randall, you're 29 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.479 missing one hundred degrees today. No, I'm not missing it. 30 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.599 I wouldn't say i'd be missing it. Bob. All right. 31 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:26.080 So the first thing I want to let you guys 32 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:30.680 do is watch me order a beer. And once I 33 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:32.599 order a beer, I'm going to go around and talk 34 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.240 to all the guys that are here with me and 35 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:37.439 ask them what their favorite part of the ham Fest was. Wow. 36 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.520 If I hold the phone like that, my thumb's right there, 37 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:48.759 isn't it weird? Okay? I haven't had a beer in 38 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.479 thirty years. Well there you go. Tom made it, Hope 39 00:02:52.479 --> 00:03:01.080 about an hour ago. This place has a lot of 40 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.639 I p as. They have a lot of beers, but 41 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:05.719 most of them are I pas. So the selection is 42 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:08.960 not great. The selection is good, the variety is not great. 43 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.240 Get a hike out, wheat beer heffelwaizen. How's that? I 44 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.639 hope you had a great time. Wish I could have 45 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.159 been there this year. Kevin, try it for next year. 46 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:41.199 Put it on the schedule for next year. I'm already 47 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:43.240 putting chairs on tables behind me. I wonder what time 48 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:56.879 they close. I'm not sure. I just signed up for 49 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.360 your text messages. You have to teach me how to 50 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.120 do that. Oh yeah, sure, it's not cheap, man. It's 51 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.360 a service that I pay for that is not cheap. No, 52 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.960 Tank is not here. He and Robert flew out about 53 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.919 one o'clock or something today, so they are. They're probably 54 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.399 home by now. Hopefully we'll see him popping the chat 55 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:21.959 here shortly. But he and Robert w five it O ITR. 56 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.120 Mike's in the chat in a yo, Jason, give me 57 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.199 a hazy please. All right, buddy, which one do you want? 58 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:31.160 Which one do you want? Tell me which one you want. 59 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:33.519 I'll get you one. There's a couple of them here. 60 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:44.439 There's too many freaking IPAs on this board. Number nineteen, 61 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.040 that's the one I see. Okay, all right, good, hey man, 62 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:51.560 I got the live stream on YouTube going. But I'm 63 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.959 not showing you. I'm just showing myself. So I want 64 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:59.959 to hike out, please, And also a crow point. All right, Mike, 65 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:03.519 Mike drove us here, so I guess I owe him 66 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:12.120 a beer. That's the man, I love the god that word. 67 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:21.519 I have an hour? Oh too, oh till closing. Oh, 68 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:28.160 we probably won't go that longest. Hyrus, what's up? K 69 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.480 six R D J forty five? 70 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:30.759 Auto? 71 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:31.360 What's up. 72 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:43.600 That? Johnston? Yep? Okay, which one is the hazy? This 73 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.360 is the hazy. I'll come back and get that one. 74 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:52.439 Only got two hens, okay, m carrying Mike's beard first, 75 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:06.560 and that was all on the line string buddy. Sorry, 76 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:08.399 all right, I'm gonna go round the table. We're gonna 77 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:15.480 ask everybody what their favorite thing about the ham Fest was. No, 78 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.800 you're good, and it looks like Carlos moved down to 79 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:27.560 this end of the table, so we're gonna start with him. 80 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:32.360 Carlos estasand oh good. So we're on the live stream. Man, 81 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.000 I want to know what your favorite thing about the 82 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.439 ham Fest was, dude, My favorite thing about my about 83 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:45.480 the ham Fest was finding my radio bag, so refinding it. 84 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.360 So there's a long story and I'm gonna make a 85 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:50.079 video about it. Hopefully you'll have it out in a 86 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:54.040 week or two. But Basically, I lost my radio bag 87 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:57.079 in air, I said, I. As soon as I left 88 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:01.240 the airplane, my radio detached itself and disappeared into the 89 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.720 white blue yonder. And I legitimately had a moment where 90 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.480 I was like, oh my god, let it land in 91 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.319 an open field. Let it land in an open field. 92 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.480 Let it not hurt anybody. Let it not hurt anybody. 93 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:14.319 Let it not hit a car. Let it not hit 94 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:20.120 a car. And I found it within an hour, and 95 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:23.560 that quickly. I didn't realize you found it that quickly. Yeah, 96 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.319 my phone was in the bag, so I was able 97 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.480 to define my feature. Yeah, to retrieve it and retrieval 98 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.680 location and find it. And nobody was hurt, There was 99 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:34.680 no property damage. It was beautiful. So in general, that 100 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:36.759 was my favorite thing about the Hamfest. Now that said 101 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.720 about the actual ham Fest, Man, my favorite thing was 102 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:46.879 meeting everybody. The Huntsville Hamfest is super friendly, and it is, 103 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.079 without a question, the ham Fest I go to to 104 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.439 hang out with my friends, right yep. So hanging out 105 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.000 with everybody at Montesano, hanging out with everybody at the show, 106 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:03.079 meeting that I haven't met before that are fans, It's uh, 107 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.240 it's It's humbling and rewarding at the same time. When 108 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.959 somebody says, hey, my granddaughter is into amateur radio because 109 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:13.480 she saw you doing a cues so parish and mobile 110 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.000 and now she wants to do you know, work you 111 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.079 perishing mobile. So stuff like that for me, it makes 112 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.000 my day. Uh, it made my weekend. 113 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:22.800 Uh. 114 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.240 So yeah, the people, the hanging out the thing man, 115 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.879 just uh that this handfest is super friendly and the 116 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.000 hanging out just spending the best This is the best 117 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.159 hand fest for hanging out with friends, spending time with 118 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:40.080 the people that that have similar uh mindsets about what 119 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.759 we do, and uh, just just chilling out. 120 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:43.200 Uh. 121 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.600 There's very little pressure. That's the flea market is amazing. 122 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:47.679 There's not a ton of vendors, but the vendors that 123 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:51.360 are there are always quality. Yes, so you know you 124 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.759 don't you don't always need a date. They rctually for 125 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.480 your first handphest date. It's overwhelming as hell. Uh. But 126 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.080 Hunts only super friendly if you have an opportunity to 127 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.279 come down here, come down here. If this is a nice, 128 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:07.799 very nice place. Very true, very true. Thanks man, I'm 129 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.039 glad you find your bag. 130 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:10.879 Too. 131 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:14.360 All right, we're gonna go down the table here I get. 132 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.200 We had several people leave. I go live and people leave. 133 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.840 I'm offended. Come here you want? Can you give me 134 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:21.440 two minutes? 135 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:23.080 Yeah? 136 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:28.039 Yeah, yeah, I gotta go to the water for to 137 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.759 t o isp. I just got a hand alert that 138 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.600 t O is on FT eight, so he's not hurting 139 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.879 that bad. So sit down. What's your favorite thing about? 140 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.320 What's your favorite thing about? The ham Fist Joe Brett. 141 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:42.799 You, me, and everybody else. I love the whole thing. Really, 142 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:44.919 don't mean I can't pick out the best thing that's 143 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:45.799 elementary for me. 144 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:46.799 To say, pick one thing? 145 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.039 Now? 146 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:50.320 Would you buy anything? 147 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.120 I bought a bunch of little little trinkets, Uh, you 148 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.879 know three D printed stuff. Everybody got these little wrenches. 149 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.720 Oh yeah, you ain't got a three D printed SMA. 150 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.600 You got to catch up with the cool guys. I 151 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:08.000 got connectors individual. I bought individual connectors, and then chat 152 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:13.600 radio vendor had bags of connectors for like twenty bucks, 153 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:15.000 so I had to get one of those. 154 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.440 Yeah yeah, I don't know. 155 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.360 I was buying little things that would fit in my pocket. 156 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:19.960 All well. I think I bought more to the ham 157 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:21.879 Fest than I ever have, but it all fit in 158 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:22.320 my pocket. 159 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.279 It's all little stuff, so yeah, okay. 160 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.399 And Friday night I went down to Gigle Parks and 161 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.120 got me a new three D printer because I didn't 162 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.399 think they would have those town fests, but yeah they did. 163 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.399 Did the bamboo printer? Did you get? You got one 164 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:36.120 of those? I think I want to get one of 165 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:38.519 those might as well. Okay, yeah, I might get one 166 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.039 of those soon. We'll see. I gotta have one of those, 167 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:40.320 all right. 168 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.279 It just fits in the shack. 169 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.240 Yeah, yeah, fits in the shack. All right. Man, I 170 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.360 know you guys have tried to get out of here 171 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:48.360 and thanks me. I appreciate it. All right. That was 172 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.399 Joe Brett. In case those of you who don't know, 173 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:53.240 this is Steve KO FOURFL. What's going on, Jason, what's 174 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.960 the what's the favorite thing about the ham Fist this weekend? 175 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.240 Favorite thing of the ham Fest this weekend? 176 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.960 Well? 177 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.840 Oh, I'm not sure. 178 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.240 You know. 179 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:06.279 I've had a great time with everybody, yep, you know, just. 180 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:11.159 To hang out and Friday up at Monsano, the o, 181 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.320 the pot to hang out, the cook the feed there. 182 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.480 I actually got a couple of deals. 183 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.919 And I've got uh what five. 184 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:24.200 Kids to build down for my channel really that I'm 185 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:25.600 hoping to do within the next month. 186 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.240 You got did you get any of those kids here 187 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:28.679 this weekend? 188 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.639 I got them all here, this one five, well, one 189 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.480 of them I already had. 190 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:35.039 I got okay, I got three here this weekend, and 191 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.279 I've got a few other things. 192 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:41.000 I did an open box this morning with Jess okay. 193 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.440 And I'm actually gonna tag on the box that I 194 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:46.200 bought mystery box from Gigga Parts. 195 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.039 I wanted. I wanted to buy one of those. I 196 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:51.879 may get They have those on the website all the time, 197 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:53.320 so I might get one of those. But those are 198 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:53.919 fun to open. 199 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:55.679 She bought one hundred dollars mystry box. 200 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.200 I went cheap. 201 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.120 I bought the fifty dollars. 202 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.840 Okay, all right, but I haven't opened my yell I'm 203 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.840 it when we get back to the campsite. I'm gonna 204 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.559 open mine, record it tonight tonight. 205 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.399 Oh, I got to be there for that, and then 206 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.120 I'm gonna edit the video and put the actual price 207 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:10.799 so I can show. 208 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.320 The value of what was actually in the nice very 209 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:16.720 cool and actually Carlos and I had lunch, Yeah, I 210 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.639 kind of lunch dinner with Mark Smith from Hall of Electronics. 211 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:20.840 Yep. 212 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.480 Over at Dreamland Barbecue, and then we went by Gigabarts. 213 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:27.480 Oh my god, if you have not been to the 214 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.759 store and it's a mecca, then you wanted to go. Yes, 215 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.480 And I spent. 216 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.000 Another seventy bucks to at the store. So I did 217 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.320 a new tour of the store when on Thursday. We 218 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.879 got here Wednesday night. So I went to the store 219 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:42.919 on Thursday and did another tour because I did a 220 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.840 tour on their opening grand opening week back in March, 221 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.200 and people love that video. Oh yeah, and there's a 222 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.120 lot more in the store now than there was back then. 223 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:51.960 So we're gonna I'm looking forward to seeing how this 224 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.320 new video does. Oh yeah, good catch up with you, 225 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.080 dude and Jody. Yes, I did try the beans. 226 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.440 They are well worth it, but you've got to be 227 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.320 able handle heat. 228 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.000 Yeah, Frank's beans were the highlight of that. I was 229 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:05.919 like telling everybody, you gotta try this, you gotta try this, 230 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.840 try the beans. So thanks man, Thanks appreciate it. Yep, 231 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.120 all right, I'm gonna I'm gonna stay on this side 232 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.320 of the table because the backlight if I go over 233 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:19.279 there is too bad. So yeah, all right. Bill Ham 234 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:22.840 Radio tectonics. What's up, buddy, how y'all doing? Yeah? What 235 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:24.759 was your favorite part of the Hamfest this weekend? 236 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:29.360 Community? Hanging out with these guys is always my favorite part. 237 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:31.679 There were a couple of little things I needed to 238 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:34.200 pick up, but they were little like destroyed the antenna 239 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:37.240 on my truck, so getting to replace a beauty parts 240 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:40.600 a replacement, and then I found a bunch of little 241 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.600 uh three. 242 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:43.279 Printed parts that were well printed. 243 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.679 Tons of thing was talking about and uh, other than that, Uh, 244 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.840 it's always hanging out with the guys and gals in 245 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.559 the community. 246 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:58.559 That's what I think. Bill has a very fun trailer 247 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:02.879 that he built out of a sixteen by seven foot 248 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:06.759 cargo trailer and it was totally empty when he got it, 249 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.919 and he completely built out the inside as a mobile hamshack, 250 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.799 the green Ham Machine, the green Ham Machine. So my 251 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.639 wife's in the chat now she's gonna hear me say this. 252 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:18.320 Guess what's in my head? Now, I's got to build 253 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.039 a hamshack if we moved to Galveston anyway, So maybe 254 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.320 I'll just put in a trailer. 255 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.799 He's selling an idea over the Oh yeah. 256 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.600 I mean she's used to this every time I have 257 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.720 a good idea. I put it on a live stream 258 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:30.600 and then she looks at me. She's when I get back, 259 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:33.600 she's like, yeah, I heard what you said. So yeah 260 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.519 yeah mobile hamshack. I don't know how you can beat that. 261 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:38.679 That place is cool. I love it. Yeah, I would 262 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.960 never change it. 263 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.080 So it's uh, basically it's the same thing as had 264 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.879 a shit, except it's on its street, it's highly legal, 265 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.879 and it's gotten wheels. 266 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:47.480 Right. 267 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:51.120 Yeah, good, it's a handweat yeah, hamshat. 268 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.480 Yeah. 269 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.679 It's good to see you, man. A pleasure, always a pleasure. Thanks, Bill, 270 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:58.840 appreciate it all right, Mike moved go here this, Mike. Yeah, 271 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.279 you can see how the yeah watch that beer there? 272 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:04.559 Yeh got yeah. The lights are kind of weird. But yeah, 273 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:08.480 so Mike in a yo, no YouTube channel. But that's 274 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.879 that's half the fun of it right there. That's pretting 275 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.840 on man. First off, thank you for the beer. Oh 276 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.320 yeah yeah, so yeah, I know. 277 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.159 I was having a good time down here. My favorite 278 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.720 thing coming down here every year is just being in 279 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.440 the park camping. It's what three years in or two 280 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.559 years in a row, we've had this spot. We've already 281 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:26.279 got them booked for next year, so I'm looking forward 282 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.519 to that. 283 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.399 What was the question that you have, what's the best 284 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.960 thing about the ham Fest? And then you should be 285 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.279 talking about your am Oh. 286 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.279 Yeah, oh, I mean I didn't know if you meant besting. 287 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:35.799 Overall or whatever you like the best? 288 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.399 Yeah, as far as like best thing I saw at 289 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.720 the show gear wise, I got my hands on a 290 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:46.879 Harris r F deck. They're old TV station amplifiers and 291 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.679 they can be converted to the ham Pants. I've already 292 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.919 got one that for six meters and I got one 293 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:54.200 for two meters today. You got to add a power supply, 294 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.159 a little pass filter, a few other things. But yeah, 295 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.200 so now I'm gonna pretty much have a raco of 296 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.440 VHF amplifiers. 297 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.879 Major fred Fish chaser here. Yeah, so working on a 298 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.279 really cool fred Fish award here. 299 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.039 Seventy four grids away. 300 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.159 How many grids are there total? For idiot for eighty eight? 301 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.159 Well yeah, wow, that's neat cool man. Well, always great 302 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:17.679 to catch up with you, dud to man, Thanks for 303 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.360 being here. Do you want to come over here? 304 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.159 Not really? 305 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.679 Yeah? Well okay, Mike always likes to talk to the 306 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.759 other mic. There's enough Mike's in ham Radio so can 307 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.840 someone hand me my beer? I forgot to grab it. 308 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.320 Beer. 309 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.639 Thank you. Yeah, that's a bro thing. Thank you very much. 310 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:41.519 Thank be like me and put your buy used by 311 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.000 a used school bus? Put your shock in it. I've 312 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.759 had my wife watching videos on YouTube about people who 313 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:53.039 built coaches out of school buses. It's a little insane, 314 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.919 but it's intriguing. I think I'll start small and maybe 315 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:02.840 work my way up. What's up, Mike? Yeah, exactly. This 316 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:04.680 is the first year we haven't written out here together. 317 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:07.839 I think, yeah, yeah, that's that's my favorite part. 318 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:10.599 Yeah, I'm sure that's true. Yeah. I drive too slow 319 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.319 for Mike because I'm pulling the trailer and he's not 320 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:14.519 pulling the travor. He thinks he could drive faster. So 321 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:17.920 can you can? That's true? What's your favorite thing about 322 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.400 the ham Fest? 323 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.359 So what we were just talking about. I decided last 324 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.279 week when we were driving down from Iowa. I'd been 325 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:26.160 thinking about it for a while, but I've really wanted 326 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.200 to do some car camping and the k Murder exploder, 327 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.960 and so I called up to Monta Sano on Saturday 328 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:38.960 and booked a spot in the Primitive Campground and I 329 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:41.440 just camped there Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and then i'd 330 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.440 been sleeping in my car. Ever, so well what Friday 331 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:49.480 and Saturday, I slept in Josh's hotel. He had an 332 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.039 extra bed that we put the two queens together, so 333 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.200 we had to sleepover. So that was nice, just going 334 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.519 down from the from the hotel and just taking the 335 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.759 little sky bridge over to uh the show. 336 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.000 But uh yeah, So so the car camping was definitely 337 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.480 a success. 338 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:08.559 I'm definitely gonna be doing more of that. I already 339 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:12.079 booked a primitive campsite for next year. Good from Monday 340 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.119 to Monday, so I'm looking. 341 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.839 So you'll be down there the whole time next year. 342 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.279 My stuff will be but I'll move around. 343 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:20.319 Yeah, yeah, yeah, good nough. Yeah. 344 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:22.279 I got an electric scooter, so I've been I've been 345 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.160 zipping around the. 346 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:25.039 With a ding with a ding bell on it, and 347 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:27.480 he likes to go to turn. 348 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:29.160 Signals as well that I don't use. Yeah, the bell 349 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.519 is the best part because it's so stupid. Yeah, Joe 350 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.000 Brett stole my thunder and everybody's I think I think 351 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.880 that that three D printed guy just had all the parts. 352 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:40.119 But yeah, he's got these little it's a little tiny. 353 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.039 I mean it's like an inch and a half. It's 354 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.160 a little sma wrench for a dollar. I'm like, so 355 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.720 I bought two, so I'll keep one to. 356 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.279 My buddy Ryan. 357 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:49.519 So I usually usually get him some kind of something 358 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.400 or other when I go. 359 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.000 To the fest, spend a whole dollar on Ryan. I 360 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.000 spent a dollar on Ryan. 361 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.039 Yes, he traded me to a steak dinner that the 362 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.680 tab was like one thousand dollars and he gets a dollar. 363 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.079 He gets a dollar consolation prize. 364 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.480 Right. 365 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:04.519 But then I said, this guy had and he doesn't 366 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.240 have a website or anything. He doesn't want to sell 367 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.440 him other than like a Hamfest. But I found because 368 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.039 I need another infa halfway antenna. 369 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.559 Right. 370 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:14.200 So there was this guy that had a kit that 371 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:17.759 had all the parts other except the wire, and a 372 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.839 really nice three D printed case for it for twenty dollars. 373 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:24.400 I'm like, huh, well you got to. Now I have to. 374 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.240 I have to. 375 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.440 I have a little bit of room in the larger 376 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:29.680 box that I bought for my in fed half waves 377 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.839 because I needed a bigger box to store them all in. 378 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.240 So now I'll have another in fat halfway in that 379 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.599 box that I won't use but yeah, but it's been 380 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.319 a great trip. I am so ready to go home 381 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.440 because we've been on the road for the better part 382 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:45.279 of two weeks. Now, I was, I've been home Sunday 383 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.119 that's it. And Sunday I was. I was editing two 384 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:51.079 videos and uploading them and packing, and then drove out 385 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:55.079 here on Monday, and I'm looking forward to. All I 386 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:56.519 want to do right now is just go to bed 387 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.559 and wake up at the buck crack of dawn and 388 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:03.200 drive the eleven hours back to Huntsville, Texas. Yeah, absolute blast, 389 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.519 as it always is. 390 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:09.119 So yeah, cool, thanks man, appreciate it. Always good time. 391 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.880 So yeah, it's uh. I slept for about four hours 392 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:16.039 on Friday night, so it's a bet at eight thirty 393 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:18.000 last night, slept till six thirty this morning for about 394 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.039 ten hours. I feel pretty good today. I felt pretty 395 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.039 good today after sleeping for ten hours. That'll do that 396 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.519 to you. So I saw K six a RK in 397 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:28.880 the chat. Good evening, he said, major fomo right now. 398 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.559 Well put this on your calendar for next year, buddy. 399 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:33.519 It was good having you here two or three years ago. 400 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:38.400 When you're here Adam, So yeah, there he is. Digital 401 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:42.079