Cheapest Ham Shack Build?

On this week's episode of Ham Radio Crash Course, a podcast discussing amateur radio, hosted by Josh Nass, KI6NAZ and his no license wife, Leah, we cover the cheapest reliable ham shack you can build, answer a lot of emails and get into some ham radio technician exam questions.    Ham Radio Minute: Winter Field Day 2021 is coming.  <a href='https://www.winterfieldday.com/'>https://www.winterfieldday.com</a>   Podcast Reviews: We, like, really like reviews. Thanks for those iTunes ratings. They help the podcast reach more people to grow the hobby!    Leah’s Email Corner: We talk about APRS, multi-band antennas, Winlink, international ham radio, a hamcation to Cambria, CA, the communication from the FCC and ARRL, the FT3DR, Whisper and options to figure out what bands are open based on where you are trying to communicate, Benjamin Heeres,a  Cub Scout, who saved a life and earned a rare Merit award (<a href='https://wwmt.com/news/local/allegan-scout-receives-national-medal-of-merit-award-for-saving-friends-life'>https://wwmt.com/news/local/allegan-scout-receives-national-medal-of-merit-award-for-saving-friends-life</a>), how to get your wife to agree to a mobile radio, bandwidth availability. Josh explains, “What’s that sound on my radio?” And we might have a touch lamp hitting <a href='http://hamtactical.com/'>hamtactical.com</a> soon.    You can email Leah if you want something discussed on the podcast at <a href='mailto:Leah@hamtactical.com'>Leah@hamtactical.com</a>.    Technician Crash Course: Josh finally gives Leah some hints when she’s out of her depth and she considers making a blog with ridiculous ways to remember test answers.    Drinks: Thanks to Grimous for this week’s Grimous beer corner. Josh had a Sketchbook Brewing Company Barrel Ages Turbulence Imperial Stout and Leah has the Half Acre Beer Company Big Hugs Imperial Coffee Stout.    Show topic: Josh talks about the cheapest reliable ham shack build options, that Leah doesn’t think is cheap enough. She keeps suggesting this AliExpress build