Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or Tool? + Last Week of Alpha Antenna Giveaway

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 179 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or Tool? + Last Week of Alpha Antenna Giveaway Sponsored by Alpha Antenna. https://www.alphaantenna.com 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 spurious emissions, 4th of July Preparedness and whether ham radio is a service, hobby or tool. For the secret word, go to this page at Alpha Antenna and tell us what the minimum combined length of the gutter and downspouts should be for the HOA Buster HF Emcomm Antenna. https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/hf-base-antenna-gutter-for-6-through-160-meters/ Alpha Antenna Giveaway: https://forms.gle/pXRcQXvM2UBbbujy7 Ham Radio Minute: Filthy No Good Spurious Emissions Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link. Ham Radio Test Study with Leah 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! Preparedness Corner: 4th of July Disasters https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/14sa8rb/small_story_about_4th_fire/ Show Topic: Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or a Tool? 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: 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)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast.
0:13.0	I'm Josh K I6NAZ.
0:14.9	And I'm Leia, KN6NWZ.
0:17.5	And we like to talk about the radios.
0:19.8	So let's get started, shall we? And we like to talk about the radios. So let's get started, shall we?
0:23.7	And we want to make a note here.
0:26.1	Big thank you to Alpha Antenna for sponsoring this episode of the podcast.
0:30.7	Alpha Antenna has an impressive array of antennas, both for Bay Station portable and their HOA Buster, which is what we are giving away
0:40.3	next podcast.
0:41.9	We are picking a winner in the next podcast.
0:43.8	So this is your opportunity to get in on the action.
0:47.3	Leah, very quickly.
0:48.4	Let's tell everybody what is in that prize package and how the heck do they get involved
0:53.4	in this?
1:11.6	It's one 10 to 80 meter HOA Buster Antenna, one 60 foot 80, 10 to 80 meter HOA MCOM elements, 18 feet of Alpha RG 58U and an MCOM equipment bag.
1:16.6	They can enter by going into the show notes. Oh.
1:17.6	There is a link to an entry form.
1:20.6	But here's the tricky thing.
1:22.6	Uh-oh. There's a trick.
1:24.6	What we really want is for not only you amazing podcast listeners to be able to win, but we want fans of Alpha Antenna to win.
1:36.9	So this week's secret word is, I guess.
1:41.5	A number.
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