How To Plan Your POTA/SOTA

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): How To Plan Your POTA/SOTA 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 Polo Ham2K App, how to plan your POTA/SOTA and hurricane preparedness with regards to insurance. Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link. Gigaparts Link (get 10% with code JOSH) - https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH The HRCC Coffee Club coffee is delicious! https://hamtactical.coffee/shop Ham Radio Minute: Polo Ham2k App is highly recommended. 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: How To Plan Your POTA/SOTA Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar. Preparedness Corner - Hurricane Preparedness: Insurance Edition https://www.yahoo.com/news/insurance-expert-says-understanding-coverage-004442443.html 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....................► ht

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Han Radio Crash Course podcast.
0:18.7	My name is Josh, K-I-6, N-A-Z.
0:25.0	And on Leia, K-N-6 kn6 n w z and we are here to talk about them radios and many other things so let's get started shall we hello leah how are you
0:32.8	this week school's out school is out summer's on summer is officially on short though it's it always feels so short
0:41.4	for these kids these days i don't know how they the summer is short yeah they don't have like the
0:45.1	10 weeks yeah not we had longer than that yeah we got out we have like it was from memorial day is
0:51.6	like when it started is that true true? That's what I remember.
0:54.7	I always remember it starting in June, but you went back in September.
0:59.0	Oh, that's it.
0:59.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:00.2	So you started in June and then September.
1:02.4	That was the big thing.
1:03.7	Yeah, September always felt right too because in California, that's when it actually is like hot.
1:08.8	But it's like, there's a chill in the morning not anymore you know like
1:15.2	when you get in the shower like that's when you're like oh summer's over that's the only way you can
1:22.2	tell in California this is this is not as refreshing as Yeah, and I'm not sweating already.
1:29.6	So welcome everybody to the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast.
1:32.3	We appreciate you coming out, as always.
1:34.8	I would like to remind everybody that this podcast is ad-free if you are a Patreon supporter.
1:40.0	So $2 a month gets you a free podcast every week and free newsletter.
1:43.6	Is it every week?
1:46.1	Most weeks, many weeks.
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