History of Ham Radios | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

[@Radi0activeBen]

As an amateur radio operator, I give this a 4 out of 10 for accuracy.

[@timsmith428]

Yup..

[@K1BG]

There are many inaccuracies here. Start with the fact that amateur radio started before 1912, and amateur licenses were first required in 1912. Amateur radio is still used today, but I would argue certainly NOT mostly for emergency communications (even though amateur radio has always been available during emergencies). "This is a ham radio" shows an archaic museum piece, which it is. The fact that ham radio today utilizes 21st century radio technology is left out.

[@terrymac9570]

This is what the average general public see, an old valve set or confused with CB, the latest kit is way beyond this 1960s look

[@breakingames7772]

Your radios are useless in a emp event unless u got bgg them protected .. That museum one would still work. So would my 1977 f100. Your car is done for.

[@terrymac9570]

david forte during an emp radio would be the least of my problems

[@markw4udx]

Right! The junk they show was from a long time ago. Today's radios are really advanced. They didnt even mention that amateurs invented the technology that created modern cell phones. The general public thinks ham radio is synonymous with CB radio. That really irritates me! (Sorry for the rant) W4UDX

[@WW5RM]

@@breakingames7772 many of us run old tube type radios that would / should be OK after an EMP. It's a Boat Anchor NET where they fire them up weekly. Also many of us have back up radios in shielded containers. I can guarantee you after a EMP event Ham Radio will still be alive and aiding in the recovery!

[@mrice3274]

At 0:53 They lost me when they showed a digital display showing 27.185 ... the frequency of CB channel 19. Shame!

[@timsmith428]

I agree!!!

[@OnTheAir]

I applaud the attempt here, but it could have been better had it bee reviewed by active hams. As others have noted, it has inaccuracies that occasionally made me wince. I love the history of Amateur Radio but this video would have been very confusing for those not involved with our hobby. For example, jumping from a K3 and then later showing a Heathkit transceiver and calling it a "modern" rig was poorly done. There was no mention of SDR, which with a big monitor would have been very exciting to see. I was very excited the first time I saw the 20m cw band on a monitor from a Flex 6500. I learned that I need to understand that other videos on other topics that I don't know much about, likely have many inaccuracies too.

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

I don't. All wrong, and not much thought was put into it

[@radiotec76]

It looks more like an obituary for ham radio than what ham radio was and what it is today. Understand, I'm listening to this while I'm executing a command from my laptop to run my rtl_sdr to forward I and Q signals raw to my phone's sdr so I can monitor the 2 Meter lunchtime Houston Stir Crazy net.

[@GSGExtreme44]

In my HAM study book, the radio act came into effect in 1912 and not 1927.

[@radiotec76]

There were two and the first one came in 1912 and the second one in 1927. The 1912 one was the famous, "We'll give 'em 200 Meters and down. There. That'll keep 'em out of our hair." So how'd that go?

[@paulblumhardt3827]

Amateur (ham) radio is actually as old as radio itself. It all started with experimenters. Many were teenage boys who were fascinated by electricity. Stations were very simple, a piece of galena, a catswhisker, a coil of wire and earphones connected to a long wire antenna made up the reciever. A transmitter was typically a Ford Model T spark coil, a string of wet cell batteries, a telegraph key connected to a long wire was the transmitter. Signals were very broad and inefficient with ranges of only a few miles. But thats all most "hams" had.

[@tomperry2896]

When we were kids my friend W6QWT built a crude home brew rig using TV tubes for an amp. We had a lot of fun till the FCC field agent showed up.

[@terry5089]

Nice segment. Too bad they stuck a CB radio picture in the middle of the Ham Radio video.

[@terrymac9570]

Terry W7AMI ham /cb most of the general public wouldn’t know the difference,if they knew radio at all.

[@markw4udx]

Mark W4UDX here, yeah I noticed that, too bad so many people think Amateur Radio and CB are the same thing.....ticks me off....shame on the FCC for blurring the lines....

[@TerryMcKean]

Lol! :-D ... yup, especially right after showing that cool Knight Kit TX and VFO at 0:47 ... almost killed the pleasure of that Knight-Kit experience. ;-)

[@mortarmopp3919]

Ham radio isn't "mostly" used for emergencies, it's mostly used for enjoyment.

[@erin19030]

I was interested in radio, but not the HAM sector. So i learned electronics , trouble shooting and regulation law. I had a 1st Class FCC Radiotelephone License with a Radar Endorsement until the FCC devalued the 1st class licenses in 1985. My experiences were with a small 5 KW radio station WJJZ and then onto NBC Ch. 4 in NYC as a camera man. I transferred to the RCA research Lab in Princeton where I retired from.

[@2e0wmghamradioandkayaking85]

Wow, there is so much wrong with this video it’s hard to know where to begin.

[@kb5elv]

Nice intro and overview for the uninitiated! But I have nits to pick444most specifically, ham radio didn't get its start in 1926-27 with the advent of the Federal Radio Commission, the predecessor to the current FCC. No, not even in 1912 when amateurs were first licensed and relegated to the "useless" wavelengths of 200 meters and below. Spoiler: they weren't useless, and this "banishment" meant to kill off the amateurs enabled hams to pioneer reliable long distance communications444but I digress. No, ham radio is as old as radio itself. Indeed, Marconi considered himself to be an amateur, and so he was, in the beginning and before licensing. Yep, we help out with emergencies and public service communication, but we still have a lot of fun! If this interests, go read Two Hundred Meters And Down, by Clinton B. de Soto, available in paperback from the ARRL. Fascinating stuff. KB5ELV

[@TheToymaster11]

I am in the process of getting my Tech license and this was posted in my resource guide.

[@terrymac9570]

Time index 01:53 Elecraft K3 the newest radio depicted in this video. But not the latest.

[@garyrushing8046]

Missing some facts in this report and the young lady speaking was a bit misinformed as to what amateur ham radio is used for. Maybe she will learn from this report and some of the comments provided herein.

[@chansetwo]

Presentations like this are why many people think ham radio is yesterday's news, obsolete and pointless.

[@ve3enx95]

3:30 Love the motor drive grafted on to the frequency dial so you don't get carpal tunnel syndrome when hunting DX... :-)

[@warplanner8852]

Hams - amateur radio operators - are not required to have "call letters" or a call sign. They are required to pass a proficiency test on rules, regulations, communications protocols, and the technical aspects of electronics and radio. When they pass the test, they are issued a license and _assigned_ a call sign.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Great history share.

[@Tommyr]

You got to be joking. HORRIBLE "history" share.

[@terrymac9570]

Hey look a K3 , had one of those before I built my KX3 lol

[@kristhompson8112]

Wow A QSL card from little old Napier New Zealand (@ 2.29 NL2AFZ) Art Deco city of the world and my hometown made the cut.

[@alainbibi0047]

Why do some presenters have such high-pitched voices and look like old engineers ?

[@okhamradio]

It's really interesting

[@jamesfrederickjakaproducti669]

Boy did Greenfield Village/The Henry Ford get this story wrong.

[@tomperry2896]

Looks like my dad's station. You could see the filaments glow when he modulated AM. My oldest ham buddies call was 6GN before the W's&K's. Be came W6GN. Passed at 101 YO and was working still on 20 from time to time. I kept dad's told National 182D for years. FWIW I'll old enough to know where you sent the QSL's to Russia.. If you know the address list it in the comments.

[@wild-radio7373]

Freaking love love LOVE Mo Rocca! *edit: spelling ♡

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

My grandfather gave me all his cards that he got

[@markw4udx]

Henry Ford Museum should do a little more research before doing a history report. Amateur Radio operators invented some really important modes of communication, and this clip from Moe completely ignores most of them. They just want to show the old tube-type junk of the past.....

[@HamRadioLiveShow]

I love this video. I’d like to share it on my channel that helps to teach ham radio and reach people about it. This is such a nice historic piece. I’ll be sure to credit your channel, put a link to it in the description section and credit the channel while the segment is playing. I think you sincerely for this gem. It’s something that we all can learn from. It’s part of our history and something that could encourage some young person around the world to earn their ham license. All the best to you there and thank you for helping all of us keep the history of ham radio alive. Larry de K7HN

[@624radicalham]

It doesn't teach a thing. All of the dates were wrong as to when amateur radio started. Not to mention it shows a CB radio in the video. And to top it off it says that ham radio is mostly used for emergencies Did you even watch the video?

[@Billy_Bad_Ass]

@@624radicalham Yes; a _really_ poor and inaccurate video on ham radio history.

[@1stprinceoflite]

It was Tesla that sent the first signal. Marconi didnt develop the test equipment that he used for his radio. Guess where he got it?

[@jeffreyverry7151]

I like that the first radio was tuned to the 11 Meter band...DE AA2YG

[@radiotec76]

Yeah, 27,185.00 KHz, channel 19, no less.

[@dougthompson5586]

are you sure about those numbers ? I didn`t catch it in the video

[@vladtepes481]

Amateur Radio certainly began prior to 1927. The ARRL and the Radio Society of Great Britain were found shortly before WWI and in the ham radio began in 1912 on a formal basis. Prior to this the were unofficial Ham operators. Ham Radio had a major reset in 1919 when radio was opened again after closure for WWI. This is an interesting but not fully accurate description of Amateur Radio.

[@hotporsche4384]

Needs to be fact checked.

[@bravowave7388]

Bravo...9w2li

[@desmobob900sssp]

SO MANY factual errors! :-(

[@vwxyzabcd]

I came here just to down vote this video because the cover image is not a ham radio.

[@TerryMcKean]

You mean this at 01:15 Pat? ... that looks to me like an awesome homebrew transmitter there... that's about as ham as a ham radio set can get. ;-)

[@TerryMcKean]

.. I also see a Multi-Elmac AF-67 tx sitting next to the homebrew rig.... probably used the AF-67 to drive his homebrew rig. There's a nice HRO receiver there too, along with a cool old BC-221 frequency standard... yup... that's definitely an awesome vintage ham radio setup.

[@cbman4767]

The reason it is called HAM radio is the mores code for ham is .... .- -- The real name for it is Amateur Radio.

[@Capecodham]

mores code?

[@cbman4767]

@@Capecodham Yep another want to be HAM that doesn't know that Morse Code is.

[@Capecodham]

@@cbman4767 you called it mores code Einstein. Try this .- ... ... .... --- ,-.. .

[@cbman4767]

@@Capecodham So what you want to put down a person that has a disability that affects his spelling? But I guess you won't mind if I go after yours. In all of my ham radio tests I scored 100%.

[@Capecodham]

@@cbman4767 As a teacher I have heard all kinds of excuses, but no kid has come up with that one.

[@cannong1728]

1/10 for not making the effort! This was hard to watch....

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

PLEASE DELETE this MESS, do some RESEARCH, and START ALL OVER. Your intro was silly and insulting. First, "ham" is a slang term for "radio amateur." In fact experimenters, hobbyists, radio amateurs are who STARTED and DEVELOPED radio into a COMMERCIAL venture, not the other way around. Also, at one point in your little video, you show a CB (citizen's band) radio, which has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with amateur radio. And no, dear, "ham radio" DID NOT get it's start in 1927. It simply became so popular that the gobt decided to REGULATE it and even that was long before '27. Radio amateurs were VERY active long before the gobt came up with regulations, licenses, and callsigns. Your so called ham radio "this is a ham radio" is not really an explanation. Amateur stations take ALL FORMS of sizes and technology, from "homebrew" to tiny compact solid state transceivers. "Ham radio is still used MOSTLY IN EMERGENCY situations." I would have to say that statement is the OPPOSITE of truth. Please stop the glib, chatty, annoying speech, do some research, actually LEARN your subject. I am 75. I was first licensed in 1965, and went on to be a RADAR electronics tech in the Navy for 6 years. I maintained GCA RADAR and TACAN Incidently, I've known two amateurs in my life who were old enough and licensed far enough back that they did not have a letter before the numeral in their call. One, EG, was Jeff Woodhouse, W7FL, who at one time was 7FL

[@jeffdwyer6105]

Wow , that's some poor journalism, a 17 year old HAM could get the facts and history better . There were radio experimenters before the Titanic in 1910 , the ARRL was formed in 1914 and HAMs were recruited by the Army Sigal corps in WW1 . You showed a CB radio in the video at 0:52 , that's blasphemy !! To say that HAMs today only do emergency communications is only half of the hobby (see I said hobby) . The guy you focused on with the FCC Radio Telegraph license was a commercial radio telegraph operator, his log book showed that although he could also have been a HAM operator , that was NOT his HAM license.

[@EI6DP]

CQ = General Call To All Stations. Not a great video.

[@bill-2018]

Mostly used in emergency situations. Rubbish! People are on every day not in emergencies. I have a 77 year old Wireless 19 Set, valves of course, my modern FT817ND, a one valve transmitter and my home built i.c. and MOSFET set. G4GHB.

[@felixgrove1035]

Perhaps some research could have been done. This is so ignorant.