What Can Ham Radio Do For You During An Emergency?

Show Notes (contains affiliate links): What Ham Radio Can Do For You In An Emergency   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 Doomsday Radio, lightning safety tips, and what ham radio can do for you in an emergency.    Have a drink with us! Today, we’re drinking… Foggy Manchester    Josh has a short tip with the Ham Radio Minute: Doomsday Radio   Join the conversation by leaving a review on iTunes 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!   What We Used This Week:    Josh suggests the Kenwood TH-F6, the mobilinkd TNC3, the Yaesu FT5D and the Geochron Atlas 2 4K.    Leah suggests Cull Lobsters: Shop for Canadian cull lobsters for a case. Locally, they are only about $100 delivered for 12-15 whole lobsters and a great way to jazz up a celebration.  Ham Radio Crash Course A-store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hamradiocrashcourse   Preparedness Corner: The CDC has lightening safety suggestions. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/lightning-safety/index.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:    Jeffrey suggests the entire collection of Foxfire Books: https://amzn.to/3BtaYog   Matt is going on a ham quest. Check out way to join his ham club focused on ham adventures. https://amzn.to/3BtaYog   Vic sends an old York Peppermint Patty Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj3dmK0Nktg   Rich tells us about Sandy Becker and the Dave Casper connection with info from http://nostalgiacentral.com/   General License Crash Course: Leah continues her General Studies and wraps up her recent practice test.    Show Topic: 10 ways ham radio can help you in an emergency 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 alot to us!   Want to send us something? Josh Nass  P.O. Box 5101 Cerritos, CA 90703-5101Support the Ham Radio Crash Course Podcast:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Shop HamTactical: http://www.hamtactical.comShop 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)