Ham Talk Live!

Charlie Emerson, N4OKL, the chairman of the Huntsville Hamfest is here to preview this weekend's big event! Call in LIVE with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or Skype hamtalklive, Tweet @hamtalklive, or join us on the online chat on hamtalklive.com.

Tonight, Tony Tolbert, W9AMT, talks about Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)! DMR is a way to use digital communications through repeaters. CALL with your questions during the show at 812-NET-HAM-1, tweet @HamTalkLive, call us on Skype (Ham Talk Live), or join the chat room.

Tonight, I'm the one talking. This episode is all about getting kids interested in ham radio, and also tips on starting up school clubs. CALL with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1, Skype HamTalkLive, or Tweet @HamTalkLive.

On Ham Talk Live! this week, Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, will be here to talk DXing and Contesting! Val gave a presentation on log analysis at Contest University this year, and she is going to share some of her knowledge with you and answer your DXing and contesting questions - including how to analyze your own logs! CALL IN LIVE with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or Skype HamTalkLive. You can also Tweet your questions to @HamTalkLive.NV9L's favorite log analysis links from Episode 24:1. Q Scope - log analysis and mapping - qscope.org2. CQ Contest - live contest scoring - cqcontest.net3. Log QSO - uses public contest logs for analysis - logqso.com

Tonight on Ham Talk Live!, Nathan Nixon, N7NAN takes your calls about the National Tribal Amateur Radio Association. NTARA promotes and supports ham radio in American Indian tribes as a valuable resource for EmComm. Call us at 812-NET-HAM-1, Skype HamTalkLive, or Tweet @HamTalkLive.

Tonight on Ham Talk Live!, Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, takes your questions about his ALL SDR shack and his many DXpeditions including Palmyra, Navassa, and Heard Island. Call with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or by Skype at HamTalkLive. Or, you can tweet your questions live to @hamtalklive.

This week it's all about Boy Scouts and Ham Radio! Jim Wilson, K5ND, from the BSA Ham Radio station K2BSA, and Will Jourdain, AA4WJ, Sales Representative from Icom, are here to tell us all about how Ham Radio is introduced to Boy Scouts and the role it plays in getting young people interested!CALL in with your questions LIVE at 812-NET-HAM-1, or via Skype at HamTalkLive. Or, if you are mic shy, you can Tweet your questions to @HamTalkLive.

Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, is ill tonight. So we will reschedule her to talk about working those rare DXpeditions, and how to analyze your logs to do better in contests! A.J. Ragusa, KC9EVU, is on stand by to talk about some EmComm, specifically K-9 search and rescue teams that use ham radio! Get all your questions ready to go! After the interview, you can call us on Skype at the user name hamtalklive, or by telephone. The number is 812-NET-HAM-1 (812-638-4261). You can also send a question via Twitter. Our twitter handle is @HamTalkLive.

Field Day is only two days away! So if you have any questions about Field Day... setup, scoring, timing, strategy... this is your chance to get them answered just in the nick of time! Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the former contest branch manager and current media and public relations manager at ARRL is here LIVE to take all of your questions! It's "Field Day Q&A" on this week's episode of Ham Talk Live!

Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, joins us to talk about the new changes to the Extra class license exam question pool, teaching one day and weekend classes for Technician, and his publications including "No Nonsense" study guides. CALL with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or Skype hamtalklive.

Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT joins us live from the news desk in New York! Caryn is the writer for Amateur Radio Newsline. We talk about Newsline, her role in it, and the latest ham radio news. And, we may even talk squirrels and horses! And of course, your LIVE questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or Skype hamtalklive or Tweet @hamtalklive. PLUS, a chance to call in and play Ham Talk Trivia and be a winner at the end of the show!

The kit guy Joe Eisenberg K0NEB, the kit building editor for CQ Amateur Radio Magazine, is here to take all your questions! We talk about some good places to find kits, and the latest news in kit building. And, we may talk a little Dayton Hamvention too! Call us at 812-NET-HAM-1, Skype us at hamtalklive, or Tweet us @HamTalkLIve.

2013 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Pádraig Lysandrou, KC9UUS is here to let us know what he's been up to since the award... particularly his work at SpaceX and the RF part of a satellite he's been working on at Cornell. And, we will recap the road trip to Dayton! Call in with your questions and comments at 812-NET-HAM-1.

Ham Talk Live! is on the road live in Dayton, Ohio at the Spring Hill Suites. We have a live audience tonight, and several surprise calls and guests. We are celebrating Hamvention 2016 with all of our listeners. Call us!

We continue our preview of events going on during Dayton Hamvention with an event that happens on Hamvention Eve! Contest University was founded by 2015 DARA Amateur of the Year Tim Duffy, K3LR. And he will join us to talk about it and take your questions LIVE! Tune in to hear about the leading contesting and DX experts in the world sharing their knowledge with the entire ham community virtually, as well as the physical attendees of this year's event.

On this episode, Jim Tiderman, N8IDS, Hamvention General Chairman; and Mike Kalter, W8CI, Hamvention Spokesperson, are here to talk about what's new at Hamvention and the latest on the future of Hara Arena. They will be taking your calls LIVE about, as they used to say on the FARA system, "the 53 hours that is... Dayton." And you'll have a chance to win a FREE admission ticket to Hamvention for calling in with a question, courtesy of Ham Talk LIVE!

Our Dayton Hamvention 2016 preview continues with Carole Perry, WB2MGP who will be the moderator of both the Instructor's Forum and the Youth Forum, sponsored by the Radio Club of America. Carole tells us about what is happening at the forums this year, and a chance to win a new IC-7100! And, a lucky caller has a chance to win playing Ham Talk Trivia!

The first of our 5 shows featuring the Dayton Hamvention! Corey Shields, KB9JHU, stops by to talk about his presentation coming up at the TAPR Forum on Friday of Hamvention 2016 about a satellite ground station network called SatNOGS. But first, a few words about the woman who raised me as a ham... now that she is a silent key. A short tribute to Margie Rapp, WD9HEE.This show was recorded on Tuesday, April 26 instead of Thursday, April 21 due to my mother's death. Live calls were not available.

Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, returns to Ham Talk Live! to talk about the upcoming Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year Award. The nominating period is now open until June 30. We talk about the award and the nomination process, and take your calls LIVE! PLUS, your chance to call in and WIN!

Craig Thompson, K9CT, joins us from Central Illinois to talk about co-leading the January DXpedition to Palmyra! Join us to learn about the island, the challenges, and ask your questions LIVE!