More Modular Radios + Alpha Antenna Giveaway Winners

Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast

Show Notes (contains affiliate links): More Modular Radios + Alpha Antenna Giveaway Winners

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 making microphones, more modular radios and CDC emergency preparedness funding cuts.

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

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Alpha Antenna Magloop and HOA Buster Antenna Giveaway Winners

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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: Making a microphone.

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

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Show Topic: Modular Radio

Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar.

Preparedness Corner - CDC Emergency Preparedness Funds Cut https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/health/cdc-emergency-preparedness-funding.html

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:

Swiss Preparedness - https://www.notvorratsrechner.bwl.admin.ch/en

Swiss Bunkers - https://youtu.be/9bPIaHg11mI?si=xFkbxSdgzKhmvVfI

Swiss Gun Ownership - https://youtu.be/wnBDK-QNZkM?si=imVcaiikwG8DxML0

Binging with Babish at Buccees - https://youtu.be/JmYXrf0TMis?si=EgDr1WQyv7FGCpuw

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

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