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Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

HexTenna In The Field!

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8625 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 204 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): HexTenna In The Field!   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 Josh’s ham weekend with the HexTenna, making CW great again, preparing for the solar eclipse and the movie I Am Legend.    HRCC Campout RSVP - https://forms.gle/rMPmBo4ZLVHCpATUA   Ham Radio Minute: How do you make CW great again?    Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link.    Ham Radio Test Study with Leah - Sub element 3 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/3EGELhO -General: https://amzn.to/3g8R9gf -Extra: https://amzn.to/3Tlis5j   Free Fastrack Track 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! CW Lounge: K, M, R, S, U, A and P. M k  k k  p m p p u p k m. S m k u p t t t s a t s.      Show Topic: HexTenna In The Field!    Preparedness Corner: Prepare for the solar eclipse   https://news.iu.edu/live/news/34771-public-safety-officials-highlight-need-for HRCC Movie Club:    https://poll.ly/N7Jt2ACU1Epz5PSJmknw    I Am Legend   Likelihood of disaster: 5/5  Preparedness: 5/5 Realistic: 3/5 Characters: 4/5 Plot: 4/5 Entertainment: 4/5  Overall: 25/30   Red Dawn (1984) 22/30   Frequency 17/30   Don’t Look Up 19.5/30   Threads Ranked: 18/30   Twister Ranked: 19.5/30   The Birds Ranked: 15/30   10 Cloverfield Lane Ranked: 26.5/30   The Book of Eli Ranked: 16.75/30   The Day After Tomorrow Ranked: 14/30   The next movie is The Postman.  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:    Big Bear Hamfest - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-bear-mini-hamcation-registration-820516275267 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 alot 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....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook................► https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi (Josh) Instagram.................►https://instagram.com/hamtactical (Leah) Instagram.................►https://instagram.com/nasscorners (Leah)

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the ham radio crash course podcast.

0:12.6

My name is Josh, Amitradio call sign, KI6NAZ.

0:16.0

And I'm Leia, KN6NWZ.

0:19.2

It's time for the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast.

0:22.1

Let's get started, shall we?

0:24.9

How's it going, Leah?

0:26.0

I learned about Slab City today.

0:28.5

Slab?

0:29.2

Have you ever heard of it?

0:30.8

No. Maybe. I don't know.

0:33.3

Oh, where do I start?

0:38.3

It is

0:39.5

California land

0:42.9

that just has a bunch of squatters on it.

0:48.3

Where is this?

0:50.2

Imperial County.

0:51.7

Okay.

0:53.0

So the desert.

1:02.1

Okay. And it is populated by like upwards sometimes of like 4,000 people. Okay. All right. And it's just off-grid living.

1:11.2

Okay.

1:12.8

They don't pay any property taxes. I think I watched a video, a YouTube video on this.

1:16.2

And people said it's like a libertarian paradise, right?

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