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<v Speaker 1>Ham Radio Prep has a new course for MCom Emergency

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<v Speaker 1>Communications dealing with RACS, ares, OXCOM and a few other

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<v Speaker 1>things if you are interested in learning more about radio prepping,

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<v Speaker 1>radio preparedness and just general radio MCom. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people get into Ham Radio because of MCom, so this

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<v Speaker 1>course is a step in the right direction. I'm looking forward.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm probably gonna end up taking this course myself. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you are interested in this course, you can save

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty percent discount off of the link in the

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<v Speaker 1>description blow from this course in every other course with

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<v Speaker 1>the coupon code of Jason twenty. Ham Radio Prep sponsors

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<v Speaker 1>this channel, and I enjoy talking about the new products

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<v Speaker 1>they have. So let's take a look right now. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here with Jim in for BFR from Ham Radio Prep,

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys have a new course that you want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about. As I understand it, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. James sent me an email a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about it, but I'm going to learn myself right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So Jim, welcome to the channel. Thanks for joining us

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<v Speaker 1>to day, and yeah you bet, let's hear what you

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<v Speaker 1>got to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, So, new course we have at Ham Radio Prep

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<v Speaker 2>is called Emergency Communications one oh one. And the whole

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<v Speaker 2>idea is basically, well, it's founded in the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>our students who take our license exams said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we asked him at the end, Hey, what else do

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<v Speaker 2>you want to learn about? And MCom was a big

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<v Speaker 2>thing for him. So we've been putting this together. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And as we started to put it together, it was

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<v Speaker 2>really interesting too, because we would engage with MCom leaders

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<v Speaker 2>and they were all like, yeah, we need something like this, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>do something like that. Glad to hear that, And just

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<v Speaker 2>at random, I'd be bumping into other hands they knowing like, oh, hers,

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<v Speaker 2>you're putting together an m comcourse. That's a great idea,

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<v Speaker 2>so nice so that it really works out well and

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's gonna be a great demand for it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's ready to go now or you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>releasing it this month in September.

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<v Speaker 2>Ready to go now. Launched it about ten days ago, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's three parts. So we are going in with

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<v Speaker 2>the assumption and we might be wrong, but we're running

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<v Speaker 2>with the assumption that our license course students are going

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<v Speaker 2>to start with this course, so they're really going to

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<v Speaker 2>be starting from I just passed, Now what do I

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<v Speaker 2>do kind of place, So it starts off like your

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<v Speaker 2>experience and MCom would start off. You're going to join

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<v Speaker 2>a group like areas or races, and they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do community service events. They're gonna do parades and marathons

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<v Speaker 2>and those kinds of things. So the whole first half

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<v Speaker 2>of the course is getting you up to speed through

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<v Speaker 2>the scenario of we call it the big city marathon

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<v Speaker 2>and what do you need to know to get started?

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<v Speaker 2>Everything down to buying a radio, pushing the push to

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<v Speaker 2>talk button, programming in a repeat, all those kind of

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<v Speaker 2>things going on a net. All those kind of things

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<v Speaker 2>are covered in the first half of the course to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that you have the real true basics on

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<v Speaker 2>you could walk out tomorrow and be part of an event.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I get a lot of comm on some of

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<v Speaker 1>my I have some training videos on well, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>technician class in general class that I've done that I've

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<v Speaker 1>recorded from a local club, and just on some other

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<v Speaker 1>random videos here and there. I often get comments that say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the licensing exam does not really teach you

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<v Speaker 1>what to do afterwards, So it sounds like you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are kind of sort of trying to tackle one of

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<v Speaker 1>those at least one of those things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely. So last year around this time, we came

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<v Speaker 2>out with a course called the HF Master Class, and

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<v Speaker 2>that was people who just graduated I want to get

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<v Speaker 2>into HF, I don't have an elmer. What are the

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<v Speaker 2>things they need to know? And it took them through

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<v Speaker 2>buying a radio and a power supply and attended all

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<v Speaker 2>those kinds of things. So this does a similar thing

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<v Speaker 2>for people who want to get into MCom. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>it starts you off with that getting grounded in public

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<v Speaker 2>service background, how to use the radio, and then it

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<v Speaker 2>kind of moves on to looking at all of the

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<v Speaker 2>different groups. So there's areas you think about to traditional

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<v Speaker 2>MCom groups, right, You're going to think about aries or

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<v Speaker 2>races or oxcom, But there's groups like Skywarn and Hurricane

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<v Speaker 2>Watchnet and other groups. Uh Saturn is another group of

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<v Speaker 2>the Salvation Army, and the Red Cross has their own

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<v Speaker 2>MCom folks. So there's it's it's broader than just those

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<v Speaker 2>three main groups. But we really spend the bulk of

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<v Speaker 2>our time talking about the three big ones, Ares, Races,

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<v Speaker 2>and ox COM, with the idea being that by the

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<v Speaker 2>time you get through this, you've learned. Went through and

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<v Speaker 2>looked at all the things that they want you to

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<v Speaker 2>learn as a beginner, and and those things are already things.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about being on a net using a radio,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are things like what does FEMA do and

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<v Speaker 2>how do you what's about talking about the FEMA Incident

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<v Speaker 2>Command system? Right, All three of those groups want you

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<v Speaker 2>to know that before you get into their group and

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<v Speaker 2>really start to do things. So we cover that u

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<v Speaker 2>and then we went on and looked at some of

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<v Speaker 2>the things like deployment. So people are going to go, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>what I really want to do is when there's a hurricane,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get out and I want to deploy

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<v Speaker 2>to like the Hams did to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really cool, and there were twenty one Hams that

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<v Speaker 2>went there in twenty seventeen. But we really do a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lesson where we deep dive into what actually happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And it starts off with the ARL going all right,

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<v Speaker 2>we need fifty qualified Hams, and by the end of

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<v Speaker 2>that they only got twenty one, and the twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>that got did not have even have all the skills

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<v Speaker 2>they wanted like win Link. So we took those lessons

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<v Speaker 2>learned and we pulled them into the course as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So I really feel like it's a nice well rounded

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<v Speaker 2>Once I know this, I can go to a group,

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<v Speaker 2>my local, whatever group that I want to work with

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<v Speaker 2>and say, hey, I know the basics. Now what are

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<v Speaker 2>the special things that I need to know to work

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<v Speaker 2>in Atlanta Ares or you know, Washington State Oxcom or

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<v Speaker 2>you know what are what's the special sauce of that,

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<v Speaker 2>and that group won't have to teach you. Okay, go

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<v Speaker 2>off and you know, go off and read about FEMA

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<v Speaker 2>stuff because you already have that background.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great, that's great. I hadn't heard that before. About

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<v Speaker 1>the Puerto Rico thing. I had always thought, Now this

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<v Speaker 1>was after the fact, you know, my channel was fairly

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<v Speaker 1>small in twenty seventeen, but I always thought that that

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<v Speaker 1>would have been an excellent time to go down there

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of do some recordings about what Ham's do

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<v Speaker 1>in that type of situation. Parts of the island of

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<v Speaker 1>Puerto Rico were without power for like eight or nine months.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely so, and I talk about that a lot when

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<v Speaker 1>people bring up the whole oh, why do you need

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<v Speaker 1>a radio anymore because we have cell phones today and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, look, you know, this just happened a few

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. I mean, it's kind of ridiculous to think that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, your power and internet are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>up every day. So it's it's that's an interesting topic

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<v Speaker 1>you bring up. So I look forward to reading more

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<v Speaker 1>about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So, so three big short is there that were interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>There was we're out of Metro Atlanta and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a Metro Atlanta ham that deployed and we were able

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of he told his story and we were

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<v Speaker 2>able to go through and and hear what he had

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<v Speaker 2>to say, and they explained and he explained, Hey, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>preparedness wasn't there. They were looking for bilingual people. That

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<v Speaker 2>was difficult to come by. They wanted to use wind

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<v Speaker 2>LINKNOD a lot, and not everybody had it. When they

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<v Speaker 2>got there, they knew that there were hams on the ground,

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<v Speaker 2>but the hams on the ground were all kind of saying, well,

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<v Speaker 2>if something happens, we'll have the repeaters. All the power

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<v Speaker 2>went out, all the repeaters went down, so they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have that backup thing. They said. Finally, we also two

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<v Speaker 2>things to other places where we did a lot of research.

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<v Speaker 2>Was the ARL put out a really detailed post mortem,

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<v Speaker 2>so we were able to go through and capture their thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was another ham that deployed out of ten

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<v Speaker 2>See as well that was able to talk about his

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<v Speaker 2>experience when we found the video where he explained some

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<v Speaker 2>of his stuff as well and brought up some of

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<v Speaker 2>these things as well. So it was really kind of nice,

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<v Speaker 2>well rounded being able to give a good example and

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<v Speaker 2>like I said, lessons learned here are really going to

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<v Speaker 2>be what's in the course and really helped inform the

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<v Speaker 2>course and how we decided to do the course design.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that sounds like an excellent plan. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a great idea. I'm glad you guys are doing something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. So is it it's its own individual course,

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<v Speaker 1>I assume like your HF masterclass.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it is its own individual course. It's ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>bucks and for that you're going to get about five

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<v Speaker 2>hours of video and all the which is longer than

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<v Speaker 2>I think the master classes. I know it's longer than

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<v Speaker 2>our licensed courses. I haven't gone back and looked between

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<v Speaker 2>the two. But it's also got a ton of exercises

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<v Speaker 2>and those kind of things so you're able to follow along.

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<v Speaker 2>And we did some things like for the early part

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<v Speaker 2>of the course. You know, we know that people are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna want to program their radios for FM repeaters for

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<v Speaker 2>DMR and d Star. We put together some worksheets that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of said, here's all the things you need to

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<v Speaker 2>to gather before you go to program your radio for DMR,

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<v Speaker 2>And we all know that's really complicated, so hopefully we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to take some take some of the complication out.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I said, exercise checklist, those kind of things. So

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a go kit checklist where you just be

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<v Speaker 2>able to download it and say, all right, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what's the you know, what are the twenty things I

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<v Speaker 2>need to have? And you know there's some things you

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<v Speaker 2>think about, like, oh, I gotta have co X's, gotta

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<v Speaker 2>have radio, gotta batteries, what about connectors and spare fuses

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<v Speaker 2>and those kind of things, those little things as well

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of help make sure you're you're really prepared.

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<v Speaker 1>We have had that discussion numerous times on some live

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<v Speaker 1>streams I've done. I'm like, just go activate parks on

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth. You will realize what you are missing when

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<v Speaker 1>you get out to the field and try to set up,

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, oh, I don't have a B and C

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<v Speaker 1>tow SMA connector with me or whatever the cases. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a great idea having a checklist like, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>great idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I just tried to do that on my back deck

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<v Speaker 2>the other day. I took my goat kit out and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, all right, I'm gonna go and use one

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<v Speaker 2>of my antennas with my go kit, and I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the right it after I had to come and

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<v Speaker 2>find him. So yeah, it's like that I had. And

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<v Speaker 2>the other tip that we have is you know, pack

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<v Speaker 2>everything up, make it work, then pack it up and

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<v Speaker 2>leave it alone, and so it's ready when you're ready

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<v Speaker 1>Sure absolutely absolutely well, good good, I'm glad. How much okay,

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<v Speaker 2>We've gotten some good interest. There have been some some

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, have it forever does after doing the

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<v Speaker 1>Do you kind of get ideas about questions people are

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<v Speaker 2>So we don't have a we don't have a great

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<v Speaker 1>Well, this sounds like a great idea. I might go

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<v Speaker 1>grab the course myself and go through it. Because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I have said before on a lot of videos, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you program this ry I've said multiple times, and this

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<v Speaker 1>I learned more then I feel like I teach because

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<v Speaker 1>here's wind link now I got to learn how to

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<v Speaker 1>do that, or something like that, so I'm sure there's

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<v Speaker 1>something in that course that I would be able to

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely refreshed myself with Windlink for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>So I So it's nineteen lessons and of those I

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<v Speaker 2>is James Cribs are leading it and we put in

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<v Speaker 2>get embedded with the Peachtree road Race in Atlanta, which

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<v Speaker 2>on July fourth. So James and I both went out.

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<v Speaker 2>We both recorded our experiences, so not only do we

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<v Speaker 2>great and some things we went yeah, we probably should

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<v Speaker 1>Good.

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<v Speaker 2>We also have at the end Max and four mL

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<v Speaker 2>was helpful because he's better at that than I am.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he also did a lesson on batteries or

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<v Speaker 2>So we've got that in there as well. And then

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<v Speaker 2>we put in a lesson on kind of family communications.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's say power goes out, the grid goes down,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to talk to your family at home. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>So how are you doing that and when are you

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<v Speaker 2>So there's some personal preparedness things to go along, because

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<v Speaker 2>you can't deploy to Puerto Rico for three weeks unless

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<v Speaker 2>you know your family's okay at the same time, right right, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>That's great, that's great. Well, I'm looking forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 1>how it works out for you guys, and like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>The Puerto Rico you kind of sold me on it

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<v Speaker 1>know it's not just you know, people think preparedness is

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, no, no, no. Natural disasters happen every day, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes,

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<v Speaker 1>also that's very important. I think that a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>We spent twenty minutes just on that topic because it's

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<v Speaker 2>Do these kind of things. So there's some experiences in

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<v Speaker 2>will show you why you need to a build a kit,

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<v Speaker 2>build your skills, practice your skills, those kinds of things,

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<v Speaker 2>right because and that's another thing we reinforce and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if we do it enough, but you need

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<v Speaker 2>out barely often. And I said in the course virtually verbatim,

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<v Speaker 2>is if I'm going to have an MCom person who's

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<v Speaker 2>or you know however they like to do it, and

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<v Speaker 1>Totally. Yep, I completely agree with that. So good. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad that you guys had done this. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>us about it. I will put a link for those watching.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put a link in the description blow directly to

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<v Speaker 1>this course. And I think does my discount apply to that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it does, yes, James said. I asked and

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<v Speaker 2>James said, if you use your discount, people will get

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, So Jason twenty for twenty percent off

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<v Speaker 1>of this course and all the other stuff that Hanmrado

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<v Speaker 1>Prep advertises and has available in their packages. Jim, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for your time today, man, My pleasure anytime. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is really good and I look forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>Great and look forward to getting your feedback on it

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<v Speaker 1>Totally absolutely yeah, thanks a lot, Jason.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks