Huntsville and DefCon Recaps

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Education, Leisure, Hobbies, How To, Technology

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 195 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Huntsville and DefCon Recaps 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 portable SSTV, Huntsville and DefCon recaps and Baba Vanga predictions. Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link. Gigaparts Link (get 10% with code JOSH) - https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH Ham Radio Minute: Fun with Portable SSTV. 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 Leah@hamtactical.com. 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: Huntsville Hamfest and DefCon Recaps Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar. Sovereign citizen against ham radio licenses. Preparedness Corner - Baba Vanga Predictions for 2026 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/astrology/zodiacs-astrology/baba-vanga-predictions-for-2026-will-scare-you-alien-contact-natural-disasters-global-war-and-more/articleshow/123416653.cms 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: Doug’s Sleepy Hollow Park Video - https://youtu.be/tLFnq2dM-XY 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 P

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast.
0:11.9	My name is Josh Amateur Radio Call Sign K-I-6N-A-Z.
0:15.0	And I'm Leah K-N-6-N-W-Z.
0:17.6	And I don't know how to do this anymore.
0:19.5	What is this a podcast?
0:20.7	Let's get started, shall we?
0:24.3	Hello, Leah. How are you? Collectively, in the past two weeks, we have gone to three conventions.
0:32.3	Three? I went to one, you went to one, and we both went to one. That's right. And we will be
0:38.5	talking about DefCon here later in the show as well as a little bit about Huntsville Hamfast,
0:43.1	but that's going to be more one-sided. But yeah, how are things? Leah, how's your
0:46.8	week-back regular life status? Tired and short of time. Short of time and tired. I hear you. But other than that,
0:57.6	things are moving along. The kids are back in school. A little early, not even Labor Day yet.
1:04.1	Don't know how I feel about that. Still not used to that concept. And all the activities have kicked
1:08.5	back up. Yep. I mean, they were pretty busy already.
1:11.5	But, yeah, welcome back to...
1:13.4	Ben did his court of honor.
1:15.6	Court of honor, the final tally.
1:17.7	11 merit badges at summer camp.
1:20.3	Very impressive.
1:21.7	Very impressive.
1:22.9	I have also sorted out my issues.
1:25.1	I had a number of people reach out to me within scouting about
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