Fast and Stupid Satellite Contacts

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 196 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Fast and Stupid Satellite Contacts On this week's episode of Ham Radio Crash Course, a podcast roughly based on amateur radio but mostly made up of responding to emails from listeners, hosted by Josh Nass - KI6NAZ and his reluctant wife, Leah - KN6NWZ, we talk about ISS passes, Satellite contacts and tsunami disasters. Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link. Gigaparts Link (get 10% with code JOSH) - https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH Ham Radio Minute: Blow People’s Minds with the ISS Pass Ham Radio Test Study with Leah - Extra Exam HamStudy: https://hamstudy.org Support by getting something from Signal Stuff: https://signalstuff.com/?ref=622 Gordon West Ham Radio Test Prep Books with HRCC Links -Technician: https://amzn.to/3AVHGU1 -General: https://amzn.to/4ehQ5zz -Extra: https://amzn.to/4efCqJ2 Free Fastrack to Your Ham Radio License Books on Audible (for new to Audible readers): https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/mlp/membership/premiumplus?tag=hrccpodcast-20 Join the conversation by leaving a review on Apple Podcast for Ham Radio Crash Course podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ham-radio-crash-course/id1400794852 and/or emailing [email protected]. Leaving a review wherever you listen to podcasts will help Ham Radio Crash Course reach more hams and future hams and we appreciate it! Show Topic: Fast and Stupid Satellite Contacts Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar. Sovereign citizen against ham radio licenses. Preparedness Corner - Russian Earthquake and subsequent tsunami warnings https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/hawaii-tsunami-scare-aftermath https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-29/la-me-tsunami-explainer Email Correspondent’s Tower: We answer emails with ham radio questions, comments on previous podcasts, T-shirt suggestions and everything in between. Links mentioned in the ECT: HRCC Movie Club Voted and suggested movies here - https://poll.ly/N7Jt2ACU1Epz5PSJmknw CJ’s Nifty List of HRCC Movie Club movies here - https://letterboxd.com/roguefoam/list/ham-radio-crash-course-podcast-movie-club/ The 5th Wave 10/30 War of the Worlds (2005) 10.5/30 Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 11/30 Maximum Overdrive 11/30 The Tomorrow War 11/30 On The Beach (1959) 12/30 The Postman 12/30 Soylent Green 12/30 World War Z 12/30 Waterworld 13/30 San Andreas 13/30 Airplane 14/30 The Day After (1983) 14/30 The Day After Tomorrow 14/30 Z is for Zachariah 14/30 Fall (2022) 14.5/30 Signs 15/30 Deep Impact 15/30 The Birds 15/30 Twisters (2024) 15/30 Armageddon 15.5/30 Sean of the Dead 16/30 Zombieland 16/30 The Book of Eli Ranked: 16.75/30 Love and Monsters 17/30 Frequency 17/30 2012 17/30 Greenland 17/30 12 Monkeys 17.5/30 Threads 18/30 The Survivalist 18/30 Independence Day 18.5/30 Contact (1997) 19/30 The Towering Inferno 19/30 Don’t Look Up 19.5/30 Twister 19.5/30 Dante’s Peak 19.5/30 Tremors 20/30 The Road 21/30 The Quiet Place 21/30 Red Dawn (1984) 22/30 Wall-E 23/30 Blast From The Past (1999) 23.5/30 28 Days Later 24.5/30 Apollo 13 24.5/30 Contagion 25/30 I Am Legend 25/30 10 Cloverfield Lane 26.5/30 The Martian 27/30 On Hiatus Indefinitely Thank you all for listening to the podcast. We have a lot of fun making it and the fact you listen and send us feedback means a lot to us! Want to send us something? Josh Nass P.O. Box 5101 Cerritos, CA 90703-5101Support the Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Shop HamTactical: http://www.hamtactical.comShop Our Affiliates: http://hamradiocrashcourse.com/affiliates/ Shop Our Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hamradiocrashcourse As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Connect with Us: Website...................► http://hamradiocrashcourse.com YouTube..................► https://www.youtube.com/c/HamRadioCrashCourse Podcast...................► https://hamradiocrashcourse.podbean.com/ Discord...................

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the ham radio crash course podcast.
0:13.2	My name is Josh Amitriotryo call sign KI6NAZ.
0:16.3	And I'm Leah KN6NWZ.
0:19.3	And let's get started with the show, shall we?
0:25.8	Leah, how are you doing this week? I don't know. You just got really upset over a ham radio
0:30.2	mystery and I'm a bit taken aback. We're carrying this into the show, right? It's a hot opening.
0:36.6	Leia got a message from someone, a very good friend of yours, someone that you work with a lot.
0:42.9	And her husband was like, I just got all these Motorola radios.
0:45.8	I got to clear them out.
0:46.9	And so I get a cryptic text, and I'm going to read the text.
0:51.7	And I want all dear listeners to follow to follow this a lot like where where
0:55.6	do I find this wonderful where where is I mean I don't know that they're ham radio it is they are
1:01.8	radios yeah so Leah says do you want a bunch of Motorola GRTs for free?
1:12.6	And then that was the end of the question mark ended.
1:16.6	Like, do you want that?
1:17.3	And then for no reason you put crystal radios.
1:22.3	That's what he said.
1:24.5	And I said, what?
1:27.4	Pictures, question mark?
1:28.8	And you went, 10 watt.
1:31.4	No pictures.
1:35.7	And so I replied, sure.
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