Episode Details

Show Notes (contains affiliate links): I’m New To Ham Radio, What Even Is All This? 

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 keeping your mind sharp, information for those new to ham radio, Texas state of emergency for the Totality and The Postman movie. 

HRCC Campout RSVP - https://forms.gle/rMPmBo4ZLVHCpATUA

Ham Radio Minute: Keep Your Mind Sharp

Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link. 

Ham Radio Test Study with Leah - Sub element 3

HamStudy: https://hamstudy.org

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Gordon West Ham Radio Test Prep Books with HRCC Links 

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Free Fastrack Track to Your Ham Radio License Books on Audible (for new to Audible readers):

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CW Lounge: K, M, R, S, U, A, P and T.    

Show Topic: I’m New To Ham Radio, What Even Is All This?

Preparedness Corner: State of Emergency for the Totality in Texas https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-county-issues-state-of-emergency-over-solar-eclipse/

HRCC Movie Club: 

https://poll.ly/N7Jt2ACU1Epz5PSJmknw

The Postman

Likelihood of disaster: 1/5 

Preparedness: 3/5

Realistic: 1/5

Characters: 2/5

Plot: 2/5

Entertainment: 3/5 

Overall: 12/30

I Am Legend 25/30

Red Dawn (1984) 22/30

Frequency 17/30

Don’t Look Up 19.5/30

Threads Ranked: 18/30

Twister Ranked: 19.5/30

The Birds Ranked: 15/30

10 Cloverfield Lane Ranked: 26.5/30

The Book of Eli Ranked: 16.75/30

The Day After Tomorrow Ranked: 14/30

The next movie is Sean of the Dead. 

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: 

Ham Sci Experiment Link: https://hamsci.org/seqp-rules

Buc’ees in Colorado: 

https://kdvr.com/news/local/buc-ees-opens-soon-in-colorado-what-to-expect-in-the-store/

The New Truck: