Why Ham Radio with Ham Radio Crash Course

Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of ‪@HamRadioCrashCourse‬ talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question.... "Why Ham Radio?"
Use the following links to get your Amateur Radio license and get radio active!
www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio
www.arrl.org/shop/Ham-Radio-Li...
www.arrl.org/join
www.arrl.org/find-a-club
www.arrl.org/find-an-exam
ARRL thanks Josh Nass, KI6NAZ. Check out Josh's KZbin channel at / hamradiocrashcourse

[@KennyJacobs]

Love seeing the ARRL connect with and include HRCC/Josh like this! Smart move!

[@dro6619000]

66 years on the air and enjoyed you presentation 73 W6DRO Previous K6PLV DL4RW

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it! 73

[@seidap]

Well done, Josh. You’re doing great things for amateur radio. ~ K6JBA

[@paulhastings3109]

Thanks Josh 73

[@45auto]

Excellent overview!

[@chuckhowland5146]

Finally an excellent video on The Why for HR! Thanks

[@koldark]

Love the video, I'm sharing this EVERYWHERE

[@ai5dd]

Thanks for talking about the viability of radio first, rather than what a great hobby it is. Which it is :)

[@glennclute7325]

Great Video Josh!

[@wushock92]

Excellent presentation.

[@avann2006]

Passed my Tech and General license exams! Can't wait to get on the air soon!

[@damian_taylor]

Congratulations. If you don’t mind me asking, what did you do to prepare for the exam?

[@Reiner-be5lt]

I recently had a chance to deliver an "elevator talk" on ham radio, and was looking for a video that would sum things up in a nutshell for someone who expressed interest. Nice job, Josh, and good to see the ARRL taking advantage of your presentation skills! 73 de N2PEZ

[@nirpeer1202]

Awesome video! Thank you so much.

[@luisuribe104]

Excellent video. I have a few acquaintances in the prepper community that, while they use radio, are not licensed but are thinking about taking the Tech test. This will go a long way to talking them into getting licensed. Thanks for what you do. Hoorah Bro --KD0FKI

[@dwaynehoffmann8538]

Great vid!!!

[@N0RMJ]

Very Well done. Keep up the good work @Ham Radio Crash Course

[@WillW7WRP]

Nice well done video.

[@kellyphillips4404]

Love 💕 your show ,… watching from Kentucky “ The Bluegrass State “. !

[@flpirate4565]

Thank you. Very well explanation of Amateur radio 📻.

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad it was helpful!

[@avasquez3413]

Very good video, Thank You...

[@BobtheTraveler-WD8NVN]

Thanks for a GREAT VIDEO !!

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad you liked it!

[@geep_geep]

Yesss!!! Josh's videos and the surrounding community had a great impact when deciding whether to take the exam or not!. keep up the good work 73 from EA8 !

[@ARRLHQ]

More to come!

[@DaydreamAboutNiceThings]

Great video ! W4ZTX North Alabama

[@kevinwilson8810]

Great video, Josh! Good information, and great explanation of what ham radio is and the interesting things that can be done with it! 73

[@M0JHN]

Wish I had this when first starting out

[@markmontgomery9722]

hope i can share with my friends well save me a lot of explaining what we can do a great video 73s mi0

[@AD6DMDennis]

Very cool intro to amateur radio. Open the door to 60,000 other sub-hobbies.

[@ARRLHQ]

Thanks for watching, Dennis!

[@MarkusWITH_a_k]

What book should I get to study for my ham license. First timer here

[@wild-radio7373]

Great to see!♡♡♡ appreciate you :)

[@ARRLHQ]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChipEckardt]

Good video. Anyone know where you can buy the device that held a circuit board that lets you flip the board to work on the other side? W9OQI

[@Volgasmetdietroep]

Great video! Ive just signed up on your channel. Hope to see more! 73, PD1EW

[@Cosmicblast77]

The hard part in the beginning is getting the funds to start the hobby. Getting your first HF transceiver. Years ago I was able to use my tax return to buy a used Elecraft built in 99.

[@K5NOV]

Good job Josh!! We need the ARRL to petition for 4m band and it's good to see you involved 👍👍 thanks for sharing

[@BernieDiaz]

Very good video. Makes me want to return to ham radio now that I've settled in the USA (ex-YV1EHG) and retired.

[@ARRLHQ]

Come back in to the hobby! Let us know how we can help!

[@talisay1364]

Something that needs to be said is the cost of equipment. That Icom shown in the early part of this conversation goes for three thousand dollars. By scanning around your shack, I would guess there's in excess of 20,000 dollars of equipment - including the parts that aren't showing: the antennas. You CAN start with small money, but the fact of the matter is that it's an expensive pass time....

[@robertfwagnerjr9480]

I got started for less than $50 with a Baofeng UV5R on a local repeater. Local network every Saturday morning at 9 am. Joined the local ham club that puts on the network for $15.

[@robertfwagnerjr9480]

I think a Xiegu G90 is $500 to get on the HF bands. It has a built in antenna tuner.

[@robertfwagnerjr9480]

My HF antenna was and still is a 29 foot piece of copper wire, say $3.

[@kc0itf]

Just who is the audience for this video? I love when we hams use "commercial off-the-shelf" equipment, we get a pan of a Ham Radio Outlet? Which is a niche store... I was half-expecting you to go into a WalMart and MacGyver yourself a Part 97 radio... so far as I know FRS has retail market supremacy.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

So you're saying the radios we buy at HRO are not commercial off the shelf?

[@kc0itf]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Again? Who's the audience? We hams go to HRO among others, what about the lay person? Can you go to WalMart and buy a Part 97 radio or not???

[@paulhastings3109]

Josh using a laptop outside the house what would be a good starter using win 10 been looking around using or new. Oh just for amateur radio 73 KQ4CD Paul

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

A cheap Tough Book is always a good laptop.

[@furonwarrior]

Wait, hold up, I think Josh took over the ARRL. He’s the new supreme overlord of amateur radio.

[@raoulduke5690]

If he only did, I might renew my membership!

[@vr2ungfarid78]

GM HK AS006

[@ManuelPinner]

I have a Ham Radio Communications License My Self,

[@ARRLHQ]

Great! Maybe we will meet on the air sometime!

[@brichard9485]

A "service" for which we are not allowed to make money or advance our business interests, but the Feds CHARGE US for volunteering to perform...welcome to the USSR, A...USSA

[@dougearnest7590]

Have you discussed this with your Congressman or someone from his or her office? Personally I don't think a lot of people see it as a lot of money, but if it's important to you then drum up some support from like minded people and make something happen. That's something we do in the USA, as opposed to the USSR. In addition, even if you can't get anywhere with the Feds, what about tackling the issue on the state level? Granted, the state can't override the FCC, but you might still get some sort of recognition in the form of -- maybe eliminating sales tax on HAM equipment? Or a break in your state income tax if you have one? I'm sure you or others could think of additional incentives to balance out what the Feds charge you for volunteering. Let me know what you come up with. As someone interested in advocacy on the state level I'd love to hear more ideas.

[@henrycross8776]

Call should be K6LID

[@williethepimp]

Wanted to watch but the jumpy editing is kinda like, "mistakes removed'.

[@k8byp]

Allbs. Theres no such thing as crash course. Thats just an ARRL marketing scam. Signed, Real Ham.

[@Circle1Auditing]

Thanks man

[@NormCobbJrTourLife]

Nice video. I travel the country with my ham radio gear and get on the air whenever and where ever I can. de N1SJK