Ham Nation
Ham Nation is the new TWIT show about ham radio. Bob Heil, with various co-hosts and guests will cover the excitement and importance of ham radio - from tossing an antenna wire in a tree allowing you to talk to the world, to the importance of ham radio operators in time of disasters. Ham Nation airs live each Tuesday at 6:00 PT/ 9:00ET on http://live.twit.tv.
The show started on May 25, 2011.
Connection to NSFW
NSFW follows Ham Nation at 7:00pm PT / 10:00pm ET. This sometimes results in NSFW starting later than scheduled if Ham Nation runs for the full hour, runs long, or starts late. While Chatrealm was at first somewhat hostile toward the show because they viewed it as delaying NSFW. (This was especially true during the first week at the TWiT Brickhouse when all shows were running late and some uninformed people blamed Ham Nation without realizing it was technical issues at the new studio causing the delays.) By the end of the summer, everyone has come around and most people now appreciate the show and have nothing but the highest respect the very knowledgeable Bob Heil.
NSFW will often have a pre-show on Justin.tv until Ham Nation ends.
Ham Nation will often end the show by telling people to stay tuned for NSFW. After ending the show, Bob, Leo, or others on the line are sometimes still around when Brian and Justin call in and there may be some interaction between everyone while Jammerb gets things ready for NSFW.
Leo mentioned after one episode of Ham Nation that he'd like to move NSFW to give it a better lead-in. While there is some audience carryover between shows, the topics are obviously vastly different.
Nicknames
Chatrealm has given the show some affectionate nicknames.
- Hammer Time
- Ham & Cheese Nation
- Ham Rations
- PiggNation