" THIS IS HAM RADIO " 1970 AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE PROMOTIONAL FILM AMATEUR RADIO 10544
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This film "This is HAM Radio" is produced and directed by award-winning Hollywood producer and amateur radio legend Dave Bell in cooperation with the American Radio Relay League circa 1970. Intended to inspire kids to become interested in amateur radio, this production targeted schools and encouraged teenagers to take up ham radio as a hobby. Various shots of radio usage by people in cars and homes play out with interwoven footage of two youths unraveling and passing wire through a window and assembling it to a radio while upbeat music plays in the background (00:07-01:43). Starting around 01:30, we hear a station identifier, WB6KPN, called out by numerous radio operators. At 01:48 we are introduced to young U.S. amateur radio licensee Matt, as well as Mexican amateur radio licensee Enrique. The Federal Communications Commission regulates radio hobbyists like Matt in the United States. Matt goes on to explain that he and his friends are connected via their ham radio hobby and introduces the reasons he got started (02:26-03:00). He breaks down some of the fundamentals of his amateur radio hobby, including how all contacts (QSOs) and conversations are carried on by Morse code when a hobbyist first gets on the air. The film shows Matt and his radio club friends meeting up outside to test their portable equipment for emergency conditions, as well as to improve operating skills and build their own equipment to further increase their knowledge and skill (03:35-04:15). Matt mentions that the FCC makes it easy for beginners to get on the air. He goes on to describe the classes he and his fellow amateur radio enthusiasts attend in order to pass tests to receive the highest class license available: the Amateur Extra (04:25-04:42). Footage shows Matt’s West Valley Amateur Radio Club in action as they operate. Real emergencies can often provide opportunities for amateurs to put their skills into action. Organizations like RACES, or Radio Amateurs Civil Emergency Service, can assist with evacuation announcements and other emergency communications (05:38-05:58). At 06:41, audio and visuals of Anchorage, Alaska after the disastrous earthquake using the vital rescue communication services of ham radio operators is shown. Matt outlines the basics needs to pass a novice test at 11:00. Building a transmitter or obtaining a receiver from a store can be done cheaply, the narrator states. The American Relay League’s own station, W1AW, and worldwide headquarters is located in Newington, Connecticut (12:40-12:47).
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" (either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional two-way radio services (such as maritime, aviation, taxis, etc.).
The amateur radio service (amateur service and amateur-satellite service) is established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through the Radio Regulations. National governments regulate technical and operational characteristics of transmissions and issue individual stations licenses with an identifying call sign. Prospective amateur operators are tested for their understanding of key concepts in electronics and the host government's radio regulations.
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That was me... licensed in 1970. Ham radio basically saved me and my buddies from drugs. 51 years now on the air every day!
The SF bay area K7IJ repeater and Blake's "Phoenix repeater" on Grizzly peak have made many an amateur go right back to drugs.
Listening to 75 meter these days, you'd think those guys are on drugs ;-)
@@seanfried5583 Yup, hate to concur, but it is a total swamp.
28 me now Ham radio saved me from drugs my college friends where into cocaine instead i spent most of my time on the radio
This is actually more interesting than the stuff ARRL has available nowadays.
Truth.
I used to know someone who was into amateur radio. Back in the 70s, he communicated pretty regularly with someone who's calls were "JY1". It took a while before he revealed who he was-King Hussein of Jordan.
I worked him once myself. He loved ham radio.
Sad I never worked King Hussein. He gave a lot of his free time teaching children in Jordan to pass their Ham exam.
My father was very active in this. I still remember from the early 50s how he built most of his equipment and how his work bench always seemed to have miscellaneous dials, tubes, and meters lying all over it. My brother is active, too, and has been trying to get me interested. I think it's about time I started doing a little research. There's certainly enough time for it now.
This was the chat rooms of the 1970’s
Way before the internet
Wish hams were still this active AND friendly!
brings back alot of memories, my dad kojiu, ran and maintained the repeater in our hometown, gave novice classes when he could and held the record for code speed as well,
Another classic . The music is great and the story line is smooth.
My single tube 'Xmtr" put out 15 watts and was made from an old TV set back in 1968. Worked most of the US and Mexico. Good times!
Thanks, Periscope! My dad was in the Army Signal Corp in WW-2 and he could take code at blazing speed. Thanks for the memories!
In the UK, until fairly recently, many of our defence personnel who worked in signals were still expected to do CW at serious speed.
@@stuartcrann They were. Both from speaking to ex Army Signals and my father when fishing informing an Army Officer he could hear Morse code sound carry across a lake. He made them put phones on!
This nerdy hobby launched a career that eventually landed me a job at Qualcomm which afforded a comfortable retirement at 54 .....
Morse code not required for test anymore but it may still come in handy in emergencies....ask Mc Giver....!!
I am still in touch with Gary Lopez WA6MEM who I worked with in 1978 out of TRW Semiconductor in Lawndale when I was supervising test dept in Tijuana assembly plant
( No texting while driving but I do have a telegraph key mounted on my cup holder in my Sienna !! )
before the internet we had HAM and it was good
No, before the internet we had BBSs. I ran several of them in the 70s and 80s. HAM has been around a lot longer than that, over 100 years now. de NT2C
@@life_with_bernie HAM as in bacon
We STILL HAVE HAM!!! HAM will NEVER DIE!!!
@@life_with_bernie That's what he said. And it was good.
@@K1OIK HAM as in make UA-cam videos and hoard free radios. And they don't even turn them on.
I got my first license in 1970. I started as a Novice, WN8GBK. I was 16 and would get on the air every day after school. It was common for a Novice to be a teenager. Almost every QSO I had was with someone around my age with an occasional retiree mixed in. 1970 was just before 2 meter FM exploded in amateur use. The first repeaters came on the air in the early 1970’s. I built my own repeater systems and got involved in HF as time went on. I’m still active today, Dave K8GB.
One of the best amateur radio films I've see to date.
You should check out HAM - ua-cam.com/video/wt5wZhC5crI/v-deo.html
I have several friends that are ham radio people. We use it a lot during tornado season.
Never been into ham but I'm an old cber from way back!!!!!
You don't like pork?
I was only into CB until I reached 55, then received my Technician, General, and Extra, then the Commercial GROL, Radar End, GMDSS and Telegraph T all in 6 months. 73 de KI1Y
Licensed as 20WPM X-tra class VE in '96. A1A is around, but few are home-brewing any more. Yaecomwood seems to be king. 73
Other than hearing the Hammon organ, the biggest kick I got out of this was seeing the rigs. I don't think I could fit that Heathkit 20 meter under my dash in my car today. Did anyone catch the model of the Swans being used? I'm restoring a Swan 500c and they caught my eye.
Brilliant!
Brings back a lot of memories.
Thanks for posting.
I started listening aged 13 when I built a one valve receiver from a kit, the H.A.C. Then built multi-valve receivers and got my G8 call (vhf) in 1974, later learning Morse and getting this G4 in 1976.
About 6 years ago I built a one valve transmitter with a 61BT out of a non-working oscilloscope.
That Swan radio looks nice.
G4GHB.
Music in this is awesome.
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Groovy
My dad, Matt Futterman, who is featured in this film (and is still operating today under the call sign N6PN), suggested that particular track because he thought it sounded somewhat like Morse Code. If I remember correctly he told me that the filmmakers thought the music was too, idk, unconventional, but they agreed to use it as it would likely appeal to kids of that generation who were interested in learning about HAM radio.
Thanks for posting this. My dad was a ham, he did MARS, tornado traffic, worked on the first 2 meter repeater in our town. I helped him build several of those Heathkit rigs in the film... it is a hobby and a public sevice!
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I was an MP at Ft Eustis, VA in the '70s and used to pass this small building with a radio tower and a big sign that read "MARS". I had no idea what that was but it seemed really cool. One day there was a car outside so I stopped to check. A couple of guys invited me in and showed me the place. They routinely turn everything on and contact another station. Very interesting, nice people but a boring story... sorry.
My first radio club was the West Valley ARC - WB6KPN was a member! Matt is now N6PN. Went on my first Field day with them in 1975,
I enjoyed watching this video. Technology has changed but the spirit of amateur radio hasn't. I've held my license for 23 years now and still enjoy amateur radio today as much as I did when I started ... if not more so. 73 DE KD5COL
Sitting here watching this and admiring that N6QDQ (Ed) at 4:11 has a Drake 2-B receiver. I have one with the 2-AC crystal calibrator and the 2-BQ Multiplier and notch filter sitting within a foot of my PC. It's over 50 years old and works great, unlike me at over 50 years old...lol Eric W1ECM
LOL. The dog taking the Ham Radio class at 14:00. Love it.
This whole video and concept are awesome. Thanks for posting this.
Wow! What a ride down memory lane. That video was done six years before I got my Tech license.
Awesome!!!!!
Fantastic video!!!!!
Yep, that was back when you could use a big ole soldering gun instead of a small soldering pencil to do work on a circuit. Back when great big old radios were popular with an Astatic D-104 in front of you. Long live the old days of radio. Just passed the test for my Technician license and am already ready to take the test for a General license.
Ham Radio introduced me to the wide world and I learnt Portuguese thanks to the late Alfredo Silva CT1DQD. 73 Bob G0IMB
Good luck trying to get kids interested in this for more than a week. 😂
It's actually much easier when the old farts stop the crumby attitudes and crapping on newbies.
this is wonderful
I've been licenced since just before my 13th birthday back in 1990, my first contact was an Amateur Television demonstration at my local ham club. 73 de KB8KNM
I started my Ham Radio adventure in 1974 but really got interested several years prior just listening to the shortwave receiver that I had. Brings back a lot of memories de WA4JAT
Sharlene WB6FFE is a SK 😪
3:51 I've only participated in Field Day twice, because it is scheduled just after the summer solstice. In Florida, Field Day is miserably hot, with a deluge, high winds and intense lightning in the late afternoon. While late June may be the only time of year Field Day is practicable in Newington, Conn. I'd be more likely to participate were it in March or November.
thats way I learned ham radio read ARRL books and 25 dollar shortwave radio and built tube oscillator. the good days !
It was the awesomest, most awesome thing in alllllllllllllll of awesomedom!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really digging those groovy tunes baby.
I loved this video! It's a video time capsule from 1970 and a great tribute to the hobby. It has tube radios, solder smoke, good looking women, and a friendly dog. What more could a guy want??
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This is so old school its cool! KK4BFN, Northern Florida Section Manager, ARRL Southeastern Division
73 from Melbourne FL de KI1Y
The kids in this video had no time for spray painting other peoples fences.
they had plenty of time to balance radio with a little mischief
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Ham radio was once an interesting and very rewarding hobby. But not now - being able to call anyone in the word on a cellphone, or send an email, makes it look stupid.
But the reasons for its demise as a popular hobby predate cellphones and the internet and are evident in this old 70's film: Store-bought equipment and obsolete technology. While it talks about making your own equipment, almost all the gear shown is store-bought. There's not much fun, and no real gain in knowledge, in being an appliance buyer.
When I was in junior high school (early 60's) I decided that ham radio was just the thing - I had been reading electronics magazines and had successfully designed and built a solid state stereo system. In electronics generally, tubes were going out and transistors were coming in. So I built a receiver for a ham band (all solid state) and set about building a 10 watt transmitter, also all solid state. As the licensing authority here in Australia essentially limited novice hams to the VHF bands, this was quite a challenge, but I mastered it.
Up to that point, I had not met or spoken to any other hams. But once on the air, the universal response was "You built in yourself? With transistors? Are you nuts? You should have just bought an old tube-type taxi transceiver and changed the crystals." (Lots of these old tube transceivers had been scrapped because the Govt had decided to halve the channel spacing). I was disgusted. I was under a misapprehension - I thought ham radio was about designing and building it yourself, so you could learn the technology, learn some radio engineering, and help advance the state of the art. Silly me - it's not that at all - its about old men having a gossip. After a few weeks I forgot all about ham radio and never went back to it. You'd think they would want to see photos and the circuit. No, they were not interested - they thought it was stupid.
Since then, the odd ham has said to me something along the lines of "oh, but we are researching propagation, advancing that field." Well, sorry mate, no way. In the 1950's and 60's the US military did and sponsored a heck of a lot of research into propagation. It's all available in professional journal papers and textbooks - far beyond what any ham would know.
Are you finished?
@@lizzyfan1986 : My comment above is a very old comment now. It says all that needs to be said. As only a single response has been made - yours - I guess I hit the nail on the head. If any hams can come forward and refute it, well and good. It would be great if there is still a place for ham radio. But none have.
@@keithammleter3824 ok BOOMER
@@swlmiami6605 : Ha! SWL! Short Wave Listener! Another strange breed I didn't think existed anymore. For the information of those who have never been a ham, ham radio clubs used to issue certificates entitled "Registered Short Wave Listener" supposedly to encourage schoolboys to study and pass the government exam to qualify for a transmitting licence. You kept a list of stations heard for a few weeks and paid a fee - ah that's it - paying money for no good reason to a bunch of old men so their clubhouse tea got paid for. Do clubs still issue SWL certificates?
I could never see the point in such a thing. Before the internet, shortwave receivers were very common, and lots of people that had no interest in ham radio at all used them to get news reports and music from the country they or their parents came from, in their own language. Basically, any twit can use a receiver. The internet has rendered shortwave radios obsolete.
Building stuff is what I like. I modified a Pye Bantam to work on 4 metres years ago, built a one valve transmitter about 6 years ago, built my hf tx/rx about 25 years ago and looking to get 4m and 6m on it now. The most recent is a 1944 Wireless No.19 Set I had to repair and modified it to use crystals on tx for stability for 80m, 60m and 40m QRP frequencies. It's only 2 Watts out.
I did buy an FT817ND 3 years ago for portable use: small enough to carry on a motorbike.
G4GHB.
It sounds like the opening music is an alternative arrangement of the famous “Our Feature Presentation” that played in movie theaters in the 1970s as well as in a couple Tarantino films like Kill Bill and Death Proof
It’s weird watching a video for what seems like the first time, only to discover I left a comment over three years ago. I guess I have dementia or something
Still cool and groovy
Appliance operator here. To give you an idea how much the standards have been lowered to become a licensed ham radio operator, I'm an advanced extra and can't tell you the difference between DSTAR and Onstar. With the advent of SDR's, CW decoders, and such you don't need to know nearly as much as the people in the video knew... which is sad.
All the equipment in the video, except for the defunct Heathkit, is off the shelf. Nothing was home-brewed. The issue with CW may be due to the code no longer being needed and the dropping of the Novice Class. I see a lot of CW interest here on YT in addressing the mode. It looks like CW is still alive. Has the written Exam test been DEI'ed too?
Real Ham radio as it used to be, please take note today's handy talky users.
3:22 Hombre has blood coming out of his ear!
Wow
YESSIR. Definitely the RF exposure from transmitting. I don't think he is alive today.
It’s called a shadow lol
Radio was SO much cooler then. People built their antennas, hell there was still lots of homebrewing going on. Good times. Great hearing the chirp and sag of those homebrew rigs. You almost never hear that on air any more.
I saw this when I was 12.
Our local club and practiced emergency communication but when a tornado tore a neighboring town all apart several of our members jumped into action. One was what we would call a beginner but he had an excellent little portable radio that he carried it was very strong and I could hear it for miles at my house. I was net control so we established this young man to the Red Cross official who wanted a damage estimates all over the area that's perfect for a guy with the powerful little handy talkie he was out all day looking for a particular house number that had an older woman living there and the Red Cross had the fire department list that said look for this lady to make sure she's OK. Well towards the end of the day he came in to the headquarters and I saw him with a piece of wood. It was a small piece of wood splintered identified where the house number written on it. He had searched all day for that house number and never found it because it was scattered among all of the debris around. However right at the end of his a sign looking he found this hunk of word with the house number on it and uh lo and behold the lady who lived there was sitting in a chair in her backyard crying over her loss. They reported to me and I reported the loss and the description to the waiting Red Cross people, but i also was able to report that the lady was alive and well and very sad about the loss of her house. Red Cross dispatched an EMS to check on the ladies health and the last I heard was by radio that she was OK, hungary, and very sad. Although it was a terrible news I have to laugh when I remember the young man with one piece of wood in his hand that had the house number on it.
I’m an EE, took the Amateur Extra Class test cold and passed it on the first try just to see if I could. Then I went out and bought a cheap Chinese HT to see what was going on out there in Amateur Radio Land. I discovered there was nobody, I mean NOBODY I could ever enjoy talking to. It’s a shame because I like to tinker with radios and electronic gear, and I dabble with antenna design in my day job. But sitting in a little room talking to other geezers about the weather and my radio… and more often than not their various ailments and problems… doesn’t strike me as an attractive hobby.
Well Harry, I got into the hobby and became an Extra Class OP back when I was a young teen in the early 90s. I wanted to actually talk to people instead of exchange signal reports, do you know what I did? I asked them questions about things I was genuinely interested in learning about.
Sure, on occasion I would run into a ham who wouldn’t open up but that was few and far between.
You checked into just ONE of the hundreds of things you can do in amateur radio. It's not all about rag chewing. As an EE you might like the more technical areas of the hobby such as microwave or EME where you still actually have to build your own equipment. Those hams are generally more technical.
Look up the term "Busman's Holiday."🙄@@stargazer7644
Me and my cousin are going to a Swap meet in September 11 Sunday morning in Milwaukee
Licensed in 1962 as WH6ELX now NI7U 59 years later.
Been a Ham for a looong time. I have my Grandfathers call now. K7***
I was all set to take my General Class exam but the Corona Virus killed that plan. All exams are cancelled. Maybe this summer when everything calms down. I had to laugh at the kid with the ten-dollar radio. It probably messed up his neighbor's TVs big time.
Keep studying ... by the end of this you should have your extra loll
Viewing this video should be mandatory for new hams these days. They don't seem to have a clue where we hams came from.
Agree! Can you imagine something like this being made today?
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Contesting holds absolutely no attraction for me whatsoever. You can't compete against big stations and it's full of arseholes. I prefer the technical challenge.
Wow! This hobby hasn't changed much at all in 50 years. The radios are a little smaller now, some of them.
Have you tried listening lately? You do know this film is 50 years old, right?
@@HarryHamsterChannel yes to both, i'm an active ham
When all communications go down, Amateur radio goes to the rescue!
I don't think today's citizenry would pitch in.
Wow. This was fun. N6???
tube equipment in the rain i love it. they didn't use proper phonetics back then either. sucks
The "proper" phonetic alphabet has changed over the years.
One thing I did element 1C so I am a coded Extra. Kd1s
I hear an alternate version of Keith Mansfield's "Funky Fanfare" at the beginning.
*best version
Turns out this tune was recorded and re-recorded and re-re-recorded with small and big instrumentation, cut into different versions and named either "Soul Thing" or "Funky Fanfare" like every week between 1968 and 1973...and that doesn't count the cover versions. No way to escape it in that time. 😂 The golden era of "production music" aka "Muzak".
The music was groovy and I thought this video was gonna be a tad corny and it was. I like the part where the guys started hitting on the girl. Clearly HAM was just like CB back then as well. I’ve been off to the side of the hobby for years and made Extra which really means nothing to most people. Basically nowadays how can you word 850 questions in different ways? It’s a good hobby for some but not for all. I did find the field day prep interesting considering that’s how we still do it. A little bit more high-tech but the same approach. It’s the one time of year I come out and hang out with a few of the cooler guys in the clubs. I have no use for the ARRL other than being a go between as our VEC. Thanks for uploading!
Yeah, it is more interesting than ARRL stuff because there are girls and young people in it. They have been ignored by far too many old men who give them no credit for what they do in ham radio. This is EVERYBODIES hobby and emergency service. In my time, I have helped many Boy Scouts and young women into amateur radio. I joined in 1979, and have had a great time. Spent years in MARS and RACES serving our Country and my neighbors in emergencies. Just the glow of tube equipment is still pleasing. Most of the young are entranced by the internet today, but eventually they will get bored with it and return to ham radio.
73 Dr W4FJF.
Nice! Fun to see lots of familiar old gear. de W1AEX
I like this video but it's clear that this video was made to capitalize on CB Radio mania (I mean I've never heard anyone say "go ahead breaker" on the air outside of emergencies - some hams even get upset if you try to join in their conversation), but i talked to someone at ARRL who said it really didn't work and licensees remained flat until no code tech came along, but it's flat and declining now.
1970 was still a little early in the CB craze. Covid took its toll on ham radio just like it did on everything else. People couldn't get licensed. Clubs stopped meeting. Hamfests were cancelled. As of yesterday, there were 748,749 licensed hams in the US, pretty close to the 2020 peak of 765,000. This is about double the number that we had before they dropped the morse code requirement. Ham radio is more popular than ever.
Is that the same model radio they used on Apollo 11?
Hello...is there a version of this film without the time referrence showing?....Cheers VK3CSJ
Yes, refer to the contact info shown 1 second into the video.
Does anyone under age 60 participate in ham? Seems that internet, computers, and cellphones have killed this hobby or driven it underground. I wonder how many licenses are still issued each year.
Then sending postcards?
66,844 new licenses were issued in 2023. 63,449 in 2022. That's down a little from our peak of 88,460, but covid impacted ham radio just as it did everything else in life.
I wish the ARRL would market ham radio. They are so anti marketing. Its insane. Then they wonder why the hobby is dying.
Would be good for a young kid to get into it; others too of course.
The gear hasn't got more expensive per se but a lot more complex. A modern HF transceiver with 100w, SDR and touch screen would blow their mind in the 1970s. And lots of head scratching why you would plug into a "computer"?
Start small. There are cell phones now. It's not necessary to spend hundreds of dollars for a radio that may not be useful to you. Then to find out you need more expensive equipment to work other amateur bands. Plus, the mentors are dying off. Start with a thrift store CB. You'll need to access repeaters, as well.
73 de K6ZRX
It's a different world, isn't it?
Not so much. I'm a bit surprised by how little has changed in 54 years.
Periscope Film my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license I have 4 shortwave receivers
Do it it's easy and fun
I do not look at it like a hobby. I am learning to expand my skillset "for such a time" however, if given a job because of it, hey that would be "a peach of a hand". Amateur Extra test coming up. KO4EMH
Is the music at the beginning a musical version` LOLA' The links.
As an active ham, I can tell you that I have seen and heard exactly zero operators in the age group shown in this film. For the iPhone generation who had everything handed to them on a silver platter, ham radio is just too much for them to deal with. We are running amateur fast scan television here in Silicon Valley and can't get anyone under 50 interested in it. The hobby is literally dying out. Sad but true. KJ6RNL.
It's a hobby for rich old guys
N2NMA
@@campervanelvisitoofonyou8720 Poor ones after spending their life savings at Ham Radio Outlet.
That's because the current hams scare away all the prospectives. Plus whackers don't help either
Demographics ain't what they used to be. Average IQ in America is dropping.
It just isn't as cool as back then. The world was a lot bigger back then. I remember my first QSO with New Zealand - at 2am CST. Um, I woke everybody in the house with my cheering. I was 14. Thanks ZL2UW. DE WB5MOU / WD4NFP
there should be a constitutional amendment requiring a ham license as a requirement of citizenship in case of a civil emergency or god forbid..a natural disaster
ANYTHING FILM FROM 1938-1945
The snappy dressers?
Why"HAM" is it a acronym?
No, it isn't an acronym. The true origins of the word are uncertain. We've been called Hams for a very long time.
Interestingly, films like this - even here in Europe - feature quite a few (pretty) women and girls. The reality looks different. It's mostly pimply nerds who do this hobby xD
As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating..."
But why is it called "ham radio" instead of "beef radio" or "fish radio" or something?
@@thatchwhistle There are a lot of theories out there. I believe that the HAM abbreviation been debunked, though. The most likely candidate, although there is no definitive proof, is that professional operators used to make fun of amateur operators' "ham fisted" telegraphy. Ham fisted is a common epithet to people who can't do a manual task well. Amateur radio operators were later identified as "hams" by the professionals. Later still, amateurs decided to "own the term" and started calling themselves hams. The origin of the term will be discussed through eternity, which I like.
Hunts K Heinz
Thank you for that.
@@nicholaselias9312 this is my favorite theory too - and as you say - who knows?
Watch the videos. You'll see.
It's technically called amateur radio.
Yellow vests?
not much has changed since 1970... except the computer has now been involved into ham radio since the 1980´s... nice movie. rgds fm oz1fjb - ou2v