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

<p>Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Is Ham Radio a Service, Hobby or Tool? + Last Week of Alpha Antenna Giveaway</p> <p> </p> <p>Sponsored by Alpha Antenna. <a href='https://www.alphaantenna.com'>https://www.alphaantenna.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>On this week's episode of Ham Radio Crash Course, a podcast roughly</p> <p>based on amateur radio but mostly made up of responding to emails from</p> <p>listeners, hosted by Josh Nass - KI6NAZ and his reluctant wife, Leah -</p> <p>KN6NWZ, we talk about spurious emissions, 4th of July Preparedness and whether ham radio is a service, hobby or tool. </p> <p> </p> <p>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.  <a href='https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/hf-base-antenna-gutter-for-6-through-160-meters/'>https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/hf-base-antenna-gutter-for-6-through-160-meters/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Alpha Antenna Giveaway: <a href='https://forms.gle/pXRcQXvM2UBbbujy7'>https://forms.gle/pXRcQXvM2UBbbujy7</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Ham Radio Minute: Filthy No Good Spurious Emissions</p> <p> </p> <p>Announcements: HRCC Net - <a href='https://hrcc.link'>https://hrcc.link</a>. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ham Radio Test Study with Leah </p> <p>HamStudy: <a href='https://hamstudy.org'>https://hamstudy.org</a></p> <p>Support by getting something from Signal Stuff: <a href='https://signalstuff.com/?ref=622'>https://signalstuff.com/?ref=622</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gordon West Ham Radio Test Prep Books with HRCC Links </p> <p>-Technician: <a href='https://amzn.to/3EGELhO'>https://amzn.to/3EGELhO</a></p> <p>-General: <a href='https://amzn.to/3g8R9gf'>https://amzn.to/3g8R9gf</a></p> <p>-Extra: <a href='https://amzn.to/3Tlis5j'>https://amzn.to/3Tlis5j</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Free Fastrack Track to Your Ham Radio License Books on Audible (for new to Audible readers):</p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/mlp/membership/premiumplus?tag=hrccpodcast-20'>https://