Ham Talk Live*! (*sometimes)

R.J Bragg, WY7AA will take your calls about the Come and Get Wyoming special event station! If you need Wyoming in your log, here's a great chance to get it! 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 Howell, K4FMH is here to take your questions about the new Portable Ops Challenge. It's a new contest that will put portable stations against the big stations that will take place October 3 & 4.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. Po...

Tad "Walking on the Sun" Cook, K7RA, student of the sun and author of the ARRL Propagation Bulletins, will be here to talk about Solar Cycle 25, and what all those numbers mean on his bulletins. 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.

Michael Cauley, W4MCA and Mike Banigan, KJ4UDO from the Orlando Hamcation will be here to talk about the plans for the 2021 Orlando Hamcation, as well as the nominations for the Carole Perry Educator of the Year Award. Be sure to listen in to get all the details and call in with your questions. Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segm...

The 2020 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year award winner Christopher Brault, KD8YVJ and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW from Amateur Radio Newsline will be here to take your calls, comments, and questions as we congratulate Chris on his ham radio accomplishments. Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in segment...

Ham Talk Live is BACK with Eric Guth, 4Z1UG from the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo! Eric will tell us about the speakers, exhibitors, and all the happenings at this virtual hamfest, and as always 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 t...

Julie Swigert will be my guest on the show to talk about the N4J Wedding Special Event Station happening next week! Also a programming note.... Ham Talk Live! will be off the air July 9 and 16 for the wedding and honeymoon. 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...

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 th...

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 question...

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...

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 fro...

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 qu...

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.html Be sure to CALL in with your questions and...

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...

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 a...

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...

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 virt...

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...

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 @Ham...

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...

Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO and Marty Sullaway, NN1C from Team Exuberance, an all star youth contesting team, will be here to talk about their latest event: CQWW WPX CW 2020! The team is bringing in the best youth CW operators from around the world to compete at the K3LR station in western Pennsylvania. Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 859-982-7373 live during the call-in...

Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB from CQ Amateur Radio Magazine is back with more exciting new kits! Be sure to call in with your questions about kit building during the show! 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. To see the video from the Orlando ARC...

Ham Talk Live! goes back to college and joins a fraternity! Maxwell Zines, WM4TH, will take your questions about a new ham radio club at a University of Tulsa fraternity! 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.