Dick Van Dyke, Barry Goldwater, Arthur Godfrey and many others extol the virtues of amateur “ham” radio in this vintage film. I converted this old and somewhat damaged 16mm film to video tape many many years ago when the technology to do that was rather archaic. I have now converted those old video reels to digital movies. Not the best quality but still quite amusing. note: I have corrected the title here on youtube. this is “The World of Amateur Radio” NOT “The Ham’s Wide World” as I had originally posted. I do have the “Ham’s Wide World” also uploaded here.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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  1. newsmaninla
    newsmaninla says:

    To all asking about “better transfers.” They exist – mostly done by me in 1985 on an RCA Film Chain – but these are the property of the ARRL even though they are in my possession. I have them on 3/4″ U-Matic and Betacam SP but do not at present have video tape players for either format on my premises. However, Dave Bell, W6AQ, has done a compilation DVD of all of his ham radio films which he gave the ARRL. Included is an introduction to each show by Dave himself ARRL may have it out in 2012

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  2. KQ1X
    KQ1X says:

    This is excellent! Seeing JY1 King Hussein of Jordan reminds me of working him in the 70s from K1KMV University of Rhode Island Radio Club. I worked him on 15 CW running a kilowatt into a 3 element beam at 100 feet, needless to say I had a very strong signal into Jordan. When JY1 responded to me I mistakenly asked him what the rest of his call sign was. He replied my call sign is JY1 and name is Hussein, I knew right away who it was… 3 weeks later we had a nice QSL card from him!

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  3. timinbovey
    timinbovey says:

    @wa6dij That is not “added flicker”. That in genuine, off the vintage 16mm projector flicker as actually projected and recorded by my video tape camera many years ago. Nothing has been added “for effect” to this post. That’s how it actually looks when projected from the original film on a projector. The flicker is slightly more pronounced because a video camera doesn’t react like the human eye to the frame rate (the eye “fills in” the flicker somewhat the video camera doesn’t.)

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  4. wa6dij
    wa6dij says:

    Oh, sorry but I have used video applications where you can add flicker like that so based on the age of the footage I assume it had been added. Thanks for sharing the film with all of us.

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  5. amp3cx10000a7jp
    amp3cx10000a7jp says:

    It is activity of the nostalgic ham radio of the 1970s.
    Although it did not QSO in Mr. K7UGA Goldwater, KC4USN and JY1 King Hussein are QSO(ing) those days.
    a collins line, SWAN yaesuFT101, TRIO[kenwood]TS520, etc. are seen and a walkie-talkie is also nostalgic.
    It is the wonderful transfer which exceeded the border, a race, and thought to ham radio.

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