Ham Talk Live*! (*sometimes)

Kevin Zari, KK4YEL and Robert Bankston, KE4AL are here to talk about the need for etiquette and cooperation when operating satellites and how it relates to special events and times like Field Day when the pileups are massive.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Paul Bourque, N1SFE, Contest Program Manager at ARRL - the National Association for Amateur Radio will be on Ham Talk Live! for the annual Field Day Q&A show! Ask your questions live to the ham in charge of ham radio's biggest on air event! We'll talk about the special rule changes for 2020 due to the pandemic, and any other questions you have about Field Day.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

The YOTA crew stops in to take your questions about the at-home summer YOTA activities that are happening since the camp had to be postponed until 2021. Those activities include Virtual YOTA Day, a Special Event Station, a Field Day club entry, and a Field Day remote station. We'll also talk about YOTA Online, brought to you by YOTA in Europe.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Our guests tonight are the members of the Pearson family from Brentwood, TN. They entered the realm of ham radio last year, upgraded right away, and haven't looked back! You may remember 10 year old Ryan, KN4VKW, winning the grand prize ICOM IC-7610 at the Huntsville Hamfest last year. We'll talk with them and share their adventures in getting started with ham radio.Plus, we'll have an update from the Huntsville Hamfest, which was cancelled this morning due to the pandemic.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Paul Jaffe, KJ4IKI from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory - NRL will take your questions about his research on collecting solar energy in space and beaming it back to Earth. Tune in to hear how his ham radio experience is helping with energy research.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Christian Cudnik, K0STH from 100 Watts and a Wire and Hour:73 is here to talk about the show's annual "Tune Up" event in preparation for Field Day and tell us about his new podcast, Hour:73.Also, be sure to complete and share the State of the Hobby survey, which was featured on episode 199. https://www.radiosoth.org/2020/05/2020-state-of-hobby-survey.htmlBe sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

MISSING BEING AT HAMVENTION? Give us a call for open lines on Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern when we take a look at what we are missing at this year's Dayton Hamvention. We have some special reports, special guests, and YOU! We'll commiserate together.Be sure to CALL in with your comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your comments before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Julio Ripoll, WD4R, Rob Macedo KD1CY, and Lloyd Colston, KC5FM from the Hurricane Watch Net and the VoIP Hurricane Net are here to talk about Hurricane Preparedness Week, Weather Observers Day, the 55th anniversary of the Hurricane Watch Net, and the 40th anniversary of the amateur radio station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Hamvention may be cancelled for 2020, but you can still go to Contest University and participate in the Hamvention QSO Party during the former Hamvention weekend. Tim Duffy, K3LR, is here to tell us about the online edition of Contest University as well as the rules for the Hamvention QSO Party and take your questions LIVE.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.For more information about the events discussed here tonight, visit contestuniversity.com and/or hvqp.org.

Two guests are on the show tonight to talk about ways YOU can help COVID-19 research. Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, will be here to talk about how plasma donations can help with a project he is overseeing at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. To learn more about Scott's project, visit https://www.uscovidplasma.org/Sam Rose, KC2LRC, will be here to talk about Folding@Home, a way to help researchers make virtual molecular models of proteins to better understand diseases. Folding@Home has shifted all their distributive computing resources to COVID-19 research. Learn how you can install a simple program on your computer(s) to donate use of the processors in the background to help find a treatment. To join the Folding@Home team, go to foldingathome.org, and join group 59515, Clarkson University. Other groups you might be interested in joining include AMSAT (69710), Do Something Amateur Radio Club (258065), Amateur Radio - HAMS (72200), Amateur Radio Community (254089), Amateur Radio Operators for the Cure (262934), Amateur Radio Science Team (43146), Central Coast Amateur Radio Club VK2AFY (262870), Ham Radio Operators (341), Larry's List: KC Metro Ham Radio (254950), or N18 - HAM Radio Operators from Recklinghausen/Oer-Erkenschwick (258747). After you join a group, be sure to get a passkey.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Dr. Jim Parra, N5HZ will be here to talk about his trip to northern Italy and his day long tour of the Begali key factory! He will take your questions live, and provide an update on how the factory is doing during the pandemic.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Vance Martin, N3VEM will take your questions about the upcoming Parks on the Air "Support Your Parks" Plaque Event coming up in July. We'll talk about Parks on the Air, portable operation in general, and this specific event.Be sure to call in with your questions and comments at 859-982-7373 or tweet us @HamTalkLive during the second half of the show.

Michael Kalter, W8CI, the spokesperson for the Dayton Hamvention is here to take your questions about the cancellation of Hamvention and a new event that will take its place this year - the Hamvention QSO Party.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station international chairman, will be here to tell us all about the new radio on the ISS and answer your questions LIVE.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

Matt Bonadies, KB9YOJ, president of the Southern Indiana Amateur Radio Association, will take your questions about virtual club meetings! SIARA will be meeting virtually due to social distancing requirements from the coronavirus, and we'll discuss ideas about clubs, LIVE.Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment of the show. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.UPDATE: The free ZOOM videoconferencing for longer than 40 minutes is for only ARRL Affiliated Clubs IN THE HUDSON DIVISION. I was able to get more information since the show aired. If you're in the ARRL Hudson Division and your club is an ARRL affiliated club and your club wants to have the longer meeting time on Zoom, contact your director Ria N2RJ at n2rj@arrl.org. We are not aware of any other ARRL divisions having this ability at this time. But, the 40 minute ZOOM conferences are always free!