Ham Talk Live*! (*sometimes)

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.

Bob Naumann, W5OV of DX Engineering will take your questions about shopping at Hamvention! We'll talk about new products, deals, and strategies to get the most out of your shopping experience.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.

Hamvention Preview continues with the Youth Forum! Carole Perry, WB2MGP and her young guest Mason Matrazzo, KM4SII (one of the speakers at the forum) will be here to preview the instructors forum and youth forum for 2018. Mason will talk about his DXpedition experiences, and his upcoming presentation.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.

Tonight we have a special, mini episode of HTL about the Wal-Mart Parking Lots on the Air event this weekend (April 28 and 29, 2018)! WMPLOTA is a big hit with satellite operators, and I'll talk about how to get on WMPLOTA and some of the funny awards and bonuses you can get. At a later date, we will have a full, call-in episode about WMPLOTA with the organizers and the next WMPLOTA weekend.

The co-chair of the Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee Michael Kalter, W8CI is on the show to talk about all the Dayton Hamvention award winners for 2018, and we also have the Amateur of the Year Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L and Technical Achievement Award winner Chip Cohen, W1YW join us to take your questions LIVE!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.

Tim Duffy, K3LR, will take your questions about Contest University, the Contest SuperSuite, and the Contest and DX Dinners during the 2018 Dayton Hamvention weekend!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 from tonight's show:www.contestuniversity.comwww.contestsupersuite.comwww.topbanddinner.comwww.contestdinner.comwww.k3lr.com

We kick off our 2018 Hamvention Preview with Norman Schklar, WA4ZXV coming on the show to talk about QRP-ARCI's Four Days in May, a collection of QRP events and Build-A-Thon! Norm is here to take your questions.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.