Josh (KI6NAZ) of the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel, and his wife Leah (KN6NWZ), talk about suburban life raising two boys in Southern California with a ham radio and preparedness twist in this podcast. Content includes the Ham Radio Minute where Josh gives a short ham radio tip, they read reviews and emails from listeners, share a drink review, Leah takes on practice exam questions for ham radio licensing exams while Josh tries to explain them to her, and they dive into a longer ham radio topic. A segment about suburban preparedness was also recently added.
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Josh (KI6NAZ) of the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel, and his wife Leah (KN6NWZ), talk about suburban life raising two boys in Southern California with a ham radio and preparedness twist in this podcast. Content includes the Ham Radio Minute where Josh gives a short ham radio tip, they read reviews and emails from listeners, share a drink review, Leah takes on practice exam questions for ham radio licensing exams while Josh tries to explain them to her, and they dive into a longer ham radio topic. A segment about suburban preparedness was also recently added.
Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Josh’s Perfect Ham Radio Day
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 checking your comms before you go, Josh’s perfect ham radio day and integrated emergency response..
Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link.
Gigaparts Link (get 10% with code JOSH) - https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH
The HRCC Coffee Club coffee is sunsetting in August.
Ham Radio Minute: Check Your Comms Before You Go-Go
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
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Show Topic: My Perfect Radio Day
Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar. Randy’s Video with an insulting comment
Preparedness Corner - https://www.fema.gov/
Nevada County Integrated Emergency Response https://nevadacountyca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=8299
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:
Ziplining in Colorado: https://advoutwest.com/
German Hacker Fest: https://draussenfuchs.de/
Field Day Recap Video: https://youtu.be/sFl_BSSvXl0
Photo gallery: https://www.cvarc.org/2025/
Club main page: https://www.cvarc.org/
The NWS website: https://www.weather.gov/pimar/PubZone
The template i created in Winlink Template Manager is:
Type: Winlink
To: nws.ftpmail.ops@noaa.gov
Subject: Loudoun County VA Weather Report
Msg:
open
cd data
cd forecasts
cd zone
cd va
get vaz505.txt
quit
Doug’s Travel with Radio Video: https://youtu.be/RQZ3xzOE30g?si=yV2CnfebEeutom2S
Doug’s Lone Star Shack playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMVjWtexndcR2Andu1OxUYGnpfVKxg62D&si=KD6jbhVhPdLFUQcc
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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Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast
Josh (KI6NAZ) of the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel, and his wife Leah (KN6NWZ), talk about suburban life raising two boys in Southern California with a ham radio and preparedness twist in this podcast. Content includes the Ham Radio Minute where Josh gives a short ham radio tip, they read reviews and emails from listeners, share a drink review, Leah takes on practice exam questions for ham radio licensing exams while Josh tries to explain them to her, and they dive into a longer ham radio topic. A segment about suburban preparedness was also recently added.
