Ham Talk Live*! (*sometimes)

Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L is on the air to talk about logging software and incorporating Logbook of the World. We will compare and contrast some common logging programs, and take your questions LIVE on the show!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

We are joined by the 2018 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award winner Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW from Amateur Radio Newsline. We'll talk to them about the upcoming award ceremony at the Huntsville Hamfest, and give you a chance to call in with questions or congratulations!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

The Huntsville Hamfest is our topic on this week's Ham Talk Live! Mark Brown, N4BCD is on the show tonight to preview the hamfest and take your questions. And with all of our summer shows, one lucky caller will receive a prize!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

We are coming to you LIVE from Disney World! The good folks at D.E.A.R.S. are hosting us in their ham shack, and we will talk about vacationing in Florida with ham radio, and what D.E.A.R.S. does and their repeaters that are available while you visit the mouse!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Back at the usual time tonight, our guests are from NASA on the Air! Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ, from Marshall Space Flight Center; Mike Logan, KM4WUO from Langley Research Center; and Tanner Jones, W9TWJ and Ken Ransom, N5VHO from Johnson Space Center will give us an update on how the year long special event is going, and how it's going to really ramp up soon with the Apollo 11 anniversary. These guys will take your calls and answer your questions live on the show!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.Links:General Information: https://nasaontheair.wordpress.comContact Tracking System (CTS): https://nota.ka0s.netNOTA on Twitter: @NASARadioClubs hastags #NASAOnTheAir and #NOTANOTA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1101291730008122

Ed Durrant, DD5LP is our link to the World Radiosport Team Championship in Wittenberg, Germany this morning, as we bring you this episode at a special time of 8 am Eastern! Ed has both organizers and competitors on the show as they arrive at the HQ hotel just prior to the opening ceremonies! And YOU can call in to ask YOUR questions live!Once again we will have one of our summer prize giveaways to one lucky caller to the show thanks to Radiowavz antennas and Heil Sound.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.And, we welcome our newest sponsor, ICOM! www.icomamerica.com/amateur

Tonight, Cory Sickles, WA3UVV will take your questions about System Fusion! We'll talk about how it works, and how it compares to other digital voice modes.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.And don't forget, next week's WRTC show is at 8 am Eastern instead of 9 pm!

Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF along with Don Greenbaum, N1DG and the KH1/KH7Z Baker Island DXpedition operating team will join us and take your calls! The team is scheduled to be on the island by satellite phone during the show! (team appearance is subject to arrival and satellite phones working) As long as everything works, we will take YOUR calls for the team live on the job on Baker Island!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Last minute questions about Field Day? What class should your group run? How do I operate from home? How many bonus points can you get for emergency power? Ask all your Field Day questions right here on Ham Talk Live!ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ and Communications Manager David Isgur, N1RSN will take your calls live for all those last minute questions on our annual Field Day Q&A show!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions to @HamTalkLive.

Dr. Ralph Fedor, K0IR, will be here to tell us about the adventures on the trip to Bouvet Island and back, and what the future may hold for their DXpedition plan. We will take your calls live, as usual, during the second half of the show.We also announce the winner of the National Contest Journal giveaway!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

The editor of the National Contest Journal, Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, and deputy editor Dr. Fred Regennitter, K4IU join us to talk about the human side of the World Radiosport Team Championships... the competitors! In the May/June issue of the NCJ, Scott and Fred interviewed many of the team members, and we will talk about what they learned from their interviews and things that didn't appear in the article. They will take your questions LIVE as well!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.If you're NOT a current subscriber to the National Contest Journal, here is your chance to win a FREE subscription for a year! You have until June 14 to answer the question from this episode on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Or, if you don't have any of those, email it to contests@hamtalklive.com. We will select someone from those with correct answers as the winner on June 14. Current NCJ subscribers are NOT eligible!Q: What brand of radio is Martin, a German, using for WRTC?

Adam Whitney, K0FFY and Josh Ward, W3ARD from the Wal-Mart Parking Lots on the Air group will take your calls, take a look back at the event, and look to the next one coming up in July!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Matt Thomas, W1MST, the managing editor at AmateurRadio.com will take your questions about his blog and how you can set up your own ham radio blog!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

We are LIVE from the SpringHill Suites in Miamisburg (Dayton, Ohio) getting YOU ready for Hamvention! We have an exclusive Hamvention weather forecast from Eric Elwell, KD4BNT, StormCenter 7 WHIO-TV Chief Meteorologist; a Dayton and surrounding area traffic report from the Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer, KX8GCS; up to the minute information from the Hamvention Parking Staff about onsite parking, remote parking, and busing; external events information including a call from Gary West, K8DEV from the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, and more!We won't be taking your calls tonight, but we will again starting next week!

Michael Kalter, W8CI will take your questions about the latest upgrades to the fairgrounds for Hamvention, and have the latest news just one week before the big event! And, we'll preview the Hamvention Eve episode coming up on May 17 when we'll have the latest weather, traffic, and parking information possible before Friday morning (which is still available on the traditional outlets as well)!Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the call-in segment of the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.