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Ham Nation_ Preparing for Winter, Shack Grounding, Antenna Questions & ICS Forms Oct 20, 2021

Show notes

This week, Tim Duffy Joins us to talk about preparing for winter and I have a special antenna question. Don bring us Amateur Radio Newsline and Dr. T for the space weather
Huge thanks to ICOM for supporting Ham Nation on the Ham Radio Crash Course and their twice montly giveaways! http://icomamerica.com/en/amateur/hamnation/default.aspx
Links from the show!
DXEngineering Mast Load Calculator: https://www.dxengineering.com/mastloadestimator
https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Nation: The Value Of A Good Mobile Mount, Radio Observatory and 500th Certificates Are Available Oct 15, 2021

Show notes

This week, Gordo explains how to get a get mobile mount to your car, Joe bring us something fun from the world of kit building, Don has Amateur Radio Newsline with Dr. T and Amanda and Josh talk about the Ham Nation certificates being available.
Huge thanks to ICOM for supporting Ham Nation on the Ham Radio Crash Course and their twice montly giveaways! http://icomamerica.com/en/amateur/hamnation/default.aspx
Links from the show!
https://twitter.com/ai6yrham
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/04/14/angeles-national-forest-missing-hiker-found-safe/
http://www.cvarc.org/cvarc-field-day-2021/#more-11672
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Saves Life With A Photo and GPS, Portable Antennas and Analyzers on Computers Sep 24, 2021

Show notes

This week, we welcome Ben Kuo to talk about how a cellphone image and his knowledge of GPS helped search a rescue find a lost hiker, Gordo is back with short shots, Amateur Radio Newsline and Josh talks about his love of computer connected antenna analyzers.
Huge thanks to ICOM for supporting Ham Nation on the Ham Radio Crash Course and their twice montly giveaways! http://icomamerica.com/en/amateur/hamnation/default.aspx
Links from the show!
https://twitter.com/ai6yrham
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/04/14/angeles-national-forest-missing-hiker-found-safe/
http://www.cvarc.org/cvarc-field-day-2021/#more-11672
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Nation Remembering Bob Sudock WB6FDF, Hurricane Ida Update & Route 66 Sep 03, 2021

Show notes

This week, we catch up with the Ham Nation hosts on Hurricane Ida, Huntsville Hamfest, and we remember Bob Sudock WB6FDF
Huge thanks to ICOM for supporting Ham Nation on the Ham Radio Crash Course and their twice montly giveaways! http://icomamerica.com/en/amateur/hamnation/default.aspx
Links from the show!
http://www.k0nr.com/
https://www.sota.org.uk/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Nation_ Summits On The Air, Huntsville Ham Fest, Update On Our After Show Nets Aug 20, 2021

Show notes

This week, We talk about SOTA with Bob K0NR & Joiyce K0JJW, Huntsville Shortshots with Gordo, and Amanda and Don speak with Kevin KC7FPF about the 500th episode nets and certification logs.
Huge thanks to ICOM for supporting Ham Nation on the Ham Radio Crash Course and their twice montly giveaways! http://icomamerica.com/en/amateur/hamnation/default.aspx
Links from the show!
http://www.k0nr.com/
https://www.sota.org.uk/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Nation The 500th EPISODE! Aug 13, 2021

Show notes

Thank you for watching Ham Nation Episode 500! All your favorite hosts are back for this special episode! We'll talk about the origins of Ham Nation, some classic moments and LOTS of ham radio content.
Huge thanks to ICOM for providng bi-weekly and monthly giveaways for Ham Nation and our special IC-705, AH-705 & LC-192 , see http://icomamerica.com/hamnation for more details!
Links from the show!
Amateur Logic TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas
Amateur Television Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYut14yhNVynXsNK-I_ySdA
https://www.netlogger.org/
https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
https://www.contestuniversity.com/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse #hamradio

Ham Nation YOTA Debrief, Huntsville Hamfest, Young Ham Of The Year & ICOM Giveaway Details Jul 30, 2021

Show notes

Thank you for watching Ham Nation Episode 499! On tonights show Don talks with Mark Brown N4BCD on Huntsville Hamfest and Young Ham Of The Year, Neil Rapp WB9VPG & Adam Johnson KD9KIS also join us to debreif us on the recent Youth On The Air week. Updates with the Amateur Radio Newsline and we'll fill you all in on the 500th episode details an giveaway.
ICOM IC-705, AHF-705 & LC-192 Ham Nation 500th Episode giveaway entry form: https://forms.gle/Rf3WFrcuANyuMtdf9
Big thanks to ICOM for providng bi-weekly and monthly giveaways for Ham Nation, see http://icomamerica.com/hamnation for more details!
Links from the show!
DXEngineering: https://www.dxengineering.com/
Cool Radio kits:
www.qrp-labs.com
www.wa3rnc.com
www.4sqrp.com
Interview with Dr. T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beo_nKUoN7Q
Amateur Logic TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas
Amateur Television Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYut14yhNVynXsNK-I_ySdA
https://www.netlogger.org/
https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
https://www.contestuniversity.com/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse

Ham Nation: Staying Safe During FIeld Day & Last Minute Preps Jun 25, 2021

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Thank you for watching Ham Nation Episode 497! On tonights show Tim Duffy joins us to talk about last minute Field Day preperations. Gordo reminds us about Field Day Safety. Joe brings some new CW transceiver kits and a fun general coverage receiver kit and Don rounds out the show with Amateur Radio Newsline!
Big thanks to ICOM for providng bi-weekly and monthly giveaways for Ham Nation, see http://icomamerica.com/hamnation for more details!
Links from the show!
DXEngineering: https://www.dxengineering.com/
Cool Radio kits:
www.qrp-labs.com
www.wa3rnc.com
www.4sqrp.com
Interview with Dr. T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beo_nKUoN7Q
Amateur Logic TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas
Amateur Television Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYut14yhNVynXsNK-I_ySdA
https://www.netlogger.org/
https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
https://www.contestuniversity.com/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse

Ham Nation: RTTY Mystery, Sporadic E Propagation, HRRR Special Event, IC-705 Wireless Logging For Field Day Jun 18, 2021

Show notes

Thank you for watching Ham Nation Episode 496! On tonights show Gordo will explain Tropospheric Ducting, Amanda visits with the HRRR to talk about their special event, Don brings us Amateur Radio Newsline and Josh will talk about logging for field day wirelessly with your IC-705.
HRRR Event! https://hudsonriverradiorelay.com/n2h.html
Big thanks to ICOM for providng bi-weekly and monthly giveaways for Ham Nation, see http://icomamerica.com/hamnation for more details!
Amateur Logic TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas
Amateur Television Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYut14yhNVynXsNK-I_ySdA
https://www.netlogger.org/
https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
https://www.contestuniversity.com/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
@2:26 HRRR 2021
@22:30 Dxpedition Award
@29:56 Sporatic E education
@53:55 Sporatic E Q&A
@57:20 ICOM commercial
@1:00:00 Don's RTTY experience
@1:03:55Amateur Radio Newsline
@1:07:52 Space Weather
@1:14:30 Livestream Q&A
@1:20:00 Joshs' IC-705 Remote Demo
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse

Ham Nation Tilt Five DXpedition Awards and Ham Radio Meters! Jun 04, 2021

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Thank you for watching Ham Nation Episode 495! On this packed episode we catch up with Jeri Ellsworth & Amy Herndon creators of Tilt Five, Valorie introduces the DXpedition award winners, Gordo explains Spordic-E propagation and Joe tells all about meters! Don rounds out the show bringing us Amateur Radio Newsline! WOW, will Josh be able to handle all this?!
Big thanks to ICOM for providng bi-weekly and monthly giveaways for Ham Nation, see http://icomamerica.com/hamnation for more details!
Links for the show:
📻 Contest university: https://www.contestuniversity.com/
📻 Hamvention Forums & QSO Party: https://hamvention.org/forums-2021/
📻 https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
📻 DXEngineering: https://www.DXEngineering.com
https://www.dxconvention.com/pages/prizes.html
📻 K6K Special Event: https://sites.google.com/view/k6khawaii
📻 Josh Live and In Person In Heber Utah with Fieldcraft Survival: https://fieldcraftsurvival.com/intro-to-ham-radio-15-may-2021-heber-city-ut/
📻 Youtubers Hamfest: https://youtubershamfest.com/
Amateur Logic TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas
Amateur Television Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYut14yhNVynXsNK-I_ySdA
https://www.netlogger.org/
https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021/
https://www.contestuniversity.com/
Afterchat will be on the Ham Radio Crash Course Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Do you have questions about the state of Ham Nation? Please watch this video, we might have answered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgL7u-lMjQE
Gordon West's Study Material can be found here: https://www.gordonwestradioschool.com/
Don Wilbank's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXqPB2Ya0yGTtZtfcO5avQ
Randy K7AGE: https://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
Dr. Tamitha Skove: https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content:
https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi
Podcast...................► https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=ham+radio+crash+course
Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT
Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ
Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi
Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi
SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi
Music by, Sonic D:
Soundcloud.com/sncd
Twitter.com/sncd
Facebook.com/djsonicd
Companies can send demo products to: Josh Nass P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101
#hamnation #hamradiocrashcourse

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