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Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

How TSA Really Feels About Your Ham Radio + Alpha Antenna Giveaway!

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8625 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): How TSA Really Feels About Your Ham Radio   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 the the best part of waking up in camping, how the TSA really feels about your ham radio and the cancellation of BRIC.    Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link.   Gigaparts Link (get 10% with code JOSH) - https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH   Alpha Antenna Magloop and HOA Buster Antenna Giveaway Entry Form https://forms.gle/SnFCqt9S1migi3AYA   Giveaway runs April 20 to May 10.  Check out the Alpha Antenna Magloop specs here (affiliate link) https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/vhf-uhf-hf-emcomm-magloop-magnetic-loop-100-watts-alpha-antenna/?aff=5 And the HOA Buster Antenna specs here (affiliate link) https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/hf-emcomm-hoa-buster-uhf-hf-antenna-gutter/?aff=5 The HRCC Coffee Club coffee is delicious! https://hamtactical.coffee/shop   Ham Radio Minute: The best part of waking up camping is ham radio and your cup.    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: Air Travel with Amateur Radio   Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar.    Preparedness Corner - https://cepr.net/publications/disaster-preparedness-axed-by-fema/   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.ha

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast.

0:14.1

My name is Josh, Amit Radio Call Sign K-I-6N-A-Z.

0:17.0

And I'm Leah K-N-6N-WZ.

0:20.0

And it's time to get started talking about them radios and many other things.

0:24.9

So let's start, shall we?

0:28.4

Hello, Leia.

0:30.0

Hi.

0:30.9

Quite a busy week slash month.

0:35.0

Oh, the month of May is crazy.

0:37.4

So last weekend was the Hammescape, which I kind of wasn't initially planning on going,

0:45.2

but then I realized we moved the camp out to go to Hammescape. Well, it was to not conflict

0:52.0

with a local. Those were your goals.

0:55.5

Oh, it was for you to go.

0:57.8

That's how I took it.

0:59.2

Oh.

0:59.4

That's how I took it.

1:00.4

So anyway, Hammescape.

1:01.6

You misunderstood me.

1:02.8

Hammescape went off without a hitch.

1:05.6

It was very nice.

1:06.5

I did a very fun, I think, ham festy thing to do that Big Bear offers that many other hamfest

1:12.9

simply cannot. Big Bear is surrounded by summits. Okay. And so I was only going out for one

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