Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Smartphones, the New Radio Interface? 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 portable mag mount antenna systems, smartphone as ham radio interfaces, hikers accidentally activating SPOT device and Maximum Overdrive. The HRCC Coffee Club has arrived! https://hamtactical.coffee Ham Radio Minute: Portable Mag Mount Antenna Systems Signal Stick Mag Mount: https://signalstuff.com/product/bnc-magnetic-mount-for-signal-sticks/?ref=622 Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link . Ham Radio Test Study with Leah - Sub element 5 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 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! No CW Lounge because Leah is studying for her General. We left off at K, M, R, S, U, A, P, T and L. Show Topic: Smartphones, the new radio interface? VGC Radio: https://www.verotelecom.com/VR-N76-Dual-Band-Handheld-Radio-p2511333.html ? Hams Behaving Badly? Preparedness Corner: Hikes accidentally activate SPOT device - https://www.aspentimes.com/news/hikers-accidentally-activate-emergency-device-on-capitol-creek-trail-deploys-mountain-rescue-aspen-search-crew/ SDR making Fake Presidential Alerts - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/using-a-software-defined-radio-to-send-fake-presidential-alerts-over-lte/ HRCC Movie Club: https://poll.ly/N7Jt2ACU1Epz5PSJmknw Maximum Overdrive Likelihood of disaster: 1/5 Preparedness: 3/5 Realistic: 1/5 Characters: 2/5 Plot: 1/5 Entertainment: 3/5 Overall: 11/30 The Towering Inferno 19/30 The Quiet Place 21/30 Fall (2022) 14.5/30 Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 11/30 Contact (1997) 19/30 Zombieland 16/30 2012 17/30 Wall-E 23/30 The Day After (1983) 14/30 Tremors 20/30 On The Beach (1959) 12/30 Deep Impact 15/30 Blast From The Past (1999) 23.5/30 Greenland 17/30 Sean of the Dead 16/30 The Postman 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 San Andreas. 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: Zach Explains Tall Poppies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome Mike’s Dam Failure Link - https://youtu.be/BkzdV62B6Uo?si=sh-KSud0gtrKLOPC Minnesota Voluntary Organization Active in Disaster - https://www.mnvoad.org/ Samaritan’s Purse - https://www.samaritanspurse.org/ Drone Footage from Mike of Minnesota flooding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZnXoPbCQc0 Ross’s Repeaterbook Script - https://www.repeaterlistbuilder.org/ Nick’s link to Conejo Valley ARC - https://www.cvarc.org/2024/06/field-day-2024-pictures/ 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 90703-5101 Support the Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Shop HamTactical: http://www.hamtactical.com Shop 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) Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/nasscorners (Leah)
