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Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

QRP Radios under $200 + Alpha Antenna Giveaway

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Josh Nass KI6NAZ

Technology, Hobbies, Leisure, How To, Education

4.8625 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Show Notes (contains affiliate links): QRP Radios under $200 + Alpha Antenna Giveaway   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 high solar cycle, QRP Radios for under $200 and the next installment of AI Generated Ham Radio Apocalypse. Thank you to Alpha Antenna for sponsoring this episode.    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: Today, anything goes in a high solar cycle.    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: Incredible QRP Radios for Under $200   Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar.    Preparedness Corner - AI Generated Ham Radio War of the Worlds   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 HamTactic

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Ham Radio Crash Course podcast. My name is Josh Amateur Radio

0:16.1

call sign K-I-6N-A-Z. And I'm Leia, K-N-6-N-W-Z.

0:21.2

And it's time to talk about them radios.

0:23.9

We're back again, so let's get started, shall we?

0:27.7

Hello, Leia.

0:28.7

Hello.

0:29.3

Hey.

0:30.2

We're recording early this week.

0:31.9

We are, because I decided I'm going to Big Bear.

0:36.1

Big Bear, Best, Big Bear. Big Bear Ham Fest.

0:38.1

Big Bear Ham Fest.

0:39.1

It was just too good of an opportunity.

0:41.6

Like, I wanted to go, right?

0:43.7

And I didn't really have anywhere to stay.

0:46.2

And I was just kind of like, meh.

0:47.9

I was like that, like, meh.

0:50.2

It's not that I don't want to support the local ham fest.

0:53.6

And it's like 80 miles away.

0:55.2

And it's in Big Bear, a city I love.

0:57.7

So it's like, why am I not going?

1:00.5

It's because we got the camp out like the following weekend.

1:03.0

Yep.

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