Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or Tool? + Last Week of Alpha Antenna Giveaway

Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or Tool? + Last Week of Alpha Antenna Giveaway   Sponsored by Alpha Antenna. https://www.alphaantenna.com   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 spurious emissions, 4th of July Preparedness and whether ham radio is a service, hobby or tool.    For the secret word, go to this page at Alpha Antenna and tell us what the minimum combined length of the gutter and downspouts should be for the HOA Buster HF Emcomm Antenna.  https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/hf-base-antenna-gutter-for-6-through-160-meters/ Alpha Antenna Giveaway: https://forms.gle/pXRcQXvM2UBbbujy7   Ham Radio Minute: Filthy No Good Spurious Emissions   Announcements: HRCC Net - https://hrcc.link.    Ham Radio Test Study with Leah  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 Track 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!   Preparedness Corner: 4th of July Disasters  https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/14sa8rb/small_story_about_4th_fire/ Show Topic: Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or a Tool?   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:  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)