Ham Talk Live*! (*sometimes)

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!