The 17 Foot Whip and Other Inexpensive Antennas

Show Notes (contains affiliate links): The 17 Foot Whip and Other Inexpensive Antennas

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 having a The Contesting Fraternity, inexpensive antennas, a teen who won an award for preparedness and Armageddon the movie.

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No CW Lounge because Leah is studying for her Extra. We left off at K, M, R, S, U, A, P, T and L.

Show Topic: The 17 ft Whip and other inexpensive antennas

Hog Wild in the Salted Ham Cellar.

Preparedness Corner - Kirsten Walker Honored by Elk River Fire Department for preparedness https://www.hometownsource.com/elk_river_star_news/local-teen-hero-honored-by-erfd-for-preparedness-bravery/article_1fb06a82-a223-11ef-936b-4f2be324ff3a.html

HRCC Movie Club

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Armageddon

Likelihood of disaster: 5/5

Preparedness: 2/5

Realistic: 1/5

Characters: 2/5

Plot: 2/5

Entertainment: 3.5/5

Overall: /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

San Andreas 13/30

Airplane 14/30

The Day After (1983) 14/30

The Day After Tomorrow Ranked: 14/30

Fall (2022) 14.5/30

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

Contact (1997) 19/30

The Towering Inferno 19/30

Don’t Look Up 19.5/30

Twister 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

I Am Legend 25/30

10 Cloverfield Lane Ranked: 26.5/30

The next movie is Independence Day.

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