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The Blizzard of '67
featuring ham radio reports via WA9RTP "Kids are skiing down Lakeshore Drive". ..WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago brought it's viewers real-time live reports from ham radio operators around the Chicago area in the aftermath of the histori... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/03/2023 |
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Occupying A Public Shelter
Civil War era film Everyone who grew up in the 50s and 60s remembers "duck and cover" civil defense drills in school and why there are little triangles marking 640 and 1240 kc on the AM radio dial. W... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 01/11/2023 |
Ham Radio History |
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The radio man listening to the world from the Arctic
BBC World Service DXing from the ultimate location!Mika Mäkeläinen is a radio enthusiast who listens to stations from around the world in a remote corner of Lapland, 400km north of the Arctic Circle. ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 12/25/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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"School Of The Air" Lessons Broadcast To Outback (1962)
Despite being hundreds of miles from major cities in the Australian Outback, children received individual attention from teachers via shortwave radio. In the 50's and early 60's - AM mod... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 08/12/2022 |
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Crystals Go To War
the origin of quartz crystals This film predates the Novice era by a few years, but shows the important process of making quartz crystals was developed as part of the World War II effort. Many have said that the abil... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 07/31/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Ham Radio Aboard the USS Wisconsin
Museum Ships on the Air - boatanchor style Most of the museum ships of today were still in active service during the DX-60 era, including the USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class battleship that is presently a popular museum ship at Norfolk, VA. &nbs... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 06/09/2022 |
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Some Pittsburg Hams in the 1950s
Vintage Home Movie Here's something unique - someone's home movies showing the ham shacks of W3NVS W3KYN W3DZP KN3JBS from the Pittsburg area in about the mid-50s, based on the vintage equipment shown. No ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 05/24/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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MARS Global Communications Network
Phone Patching from VietNam Another nice showcase of 1970 ham public service featuring Lenore Jensen W6NAZ at her Collins-equipped station in California. ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 05/24/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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1963 FCC Film
with FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow A rare FCC film showing vintage RADIO and TELECOMMUNICATIONS topics including Ham radio, CB, shortwave, and emergency commmunications involving a Coast Guard rescue of a small boat. Narr... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/26/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Two-Way Radio & Ham Radio in Civil Defense Emergency Communications Vintage 1951
Produced by General Electric This excerpt from a 1951 Civil Defense Public Service film describes the vital role of Two-Way Radio and Ham Radio in Civil Defense, emergency response and rescue situations. Filmed in Syracus... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/24/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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"The Old Days of Ham Radio"
G3OJV perspective from the other end of DX Peter Waters G3OJV, principal of Waters and Stanton, takes a visit to the "old days" of ham radio where he longed for an HRO receiver in 1960. Is his theory that the bands were bet... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/24/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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"THE HAM'S WIDE WORLD"
1960s ARRL Promotional Film This 1960s film from the American Radio Relay League gives viewers a look at the “wide world” of amateur radio, also known as ham radio, a “popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics an... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/03/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Dream Receivers of the 1960s-1970's
What was your dream receiver? YouTuber MIKROWAVE1 takes us on a fantastic voyage through the radio catalogs and magazines in search of the ultimate shortwave receiver. It may not have been yours - but every receiver was someo... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/31/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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A Visit to the World's Largest Heathkit Collection
More than 1900 Heathkits - Plus more! "youtuuba" takes us on a quick tour of a mind-boggling collection of Heathkits! Heavy on the test equipment side, but the range of products in this collection includes everything from organs and mi... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/30/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Building Transistor Radios in 1955
at Regency Electronics Those who were hams in 1955 were happily using vacuum tube radios but in the middle of the country - in Indianapolis - a revolution was brewing that would upset the entire industry. Regency Electr... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/19/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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" THIS IS HAM RADIO "
1970 AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE PROMOTIONAL FILM ARRL promotional film produced originally by Dave Bell, preserved by Periscope Films. This was before videotape, a 16mm color film.... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/12/2022 |
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Radio Caroline 1965 documentary "I Love Caroline On 199"
a look at the Pirate Ship broadcaster Technically, 199 meters is medium wave (1506 kHz) but by the original definition of "200 meters and down" being shortwave, it qualifies!Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964, init... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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The Sounds of Shortwave Radio
Radio Shack tape and book from 1972 Radio Shack Tape "The Sounds of Shortwave" (1992) and the cover of the accompanying book "Listening to Shortwave". 22 minutes, starting with an explanation of how radio propagation works, follo... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/22/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Audio Memories from the Shortwave Giants
Interval signals and Musical Signatures A nice collection of shortwave broadcast sounds from deejaysergedc - recorded off the air. BBC Radio, Deutsche Welle, Radio Vaticana, Voice Of America (VOA), Radio France Internationale -- whic... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/22/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Shortwave Interval Signals
from the glory years of shortwave broadcasting Interval signals are used by International Radio stations as identification of their station. Dxer Manto shares many of them in this video along with his collection of vintage QSL cards... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/22/2022 |
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The Novice Station - 1960-1975
from Mikrowave A great video from YouTuber "Mikrowave" about what it was like to set up a Novice ham station. ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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My Introduction to Shortwave Radio pgm. 2, 1968-70
by Evan Doorbell, program #2 This is part 2 of Evan Doorbell's wonderful compilation of the sounds of shortwave from the late 1960s. Remember when WWV identified and sent the time in Morse? ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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My Introduction to Shortwave Radio pgm. 1, 1968-70
by Evan Doorbell, program #1 You've no doubt heard of "Phone Phreaks" - the original "hackers" who used their electronics know-how and lots of persistence and curiosity to explore the inner workings of the old long-distance telep... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Hallicrafters "The Amazing World Of Short Wave Listening" (1959)
Alex Drier, Radio-TV's "Man on the Go" This audio is from a 1959 promotional 45-RPM 7" record for Hallicrafters, narrated by Alex Dreier, who is described as "Radio-TV's Man On The Go". ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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News Report on the Cuban Missile Crisis | October 25, 1962
where were you in 1962> Here's a Universal Newsreel report during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. Footage include segments of Adlai Stevenson's address to the United Nations and military preparati... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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Old Short Wave Radio Broadcasts from the 1960s
thanks to WPE9JPL Hop into the Delorean, set the time dial for 1964 and rev 'er up to 88 miles an hour! Recorded by Short Wave Listener WPE9JEL from Crown Point during the 1960s. Receiver: Hallicrafters SX-110, A... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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"Every Single Minute"
1959 film about Ham Radio Emergency Communications Telling the story of how hams (then and now) provide critical communications during emergencies of all kinds. This was made by the Philmont Mobile Radio Club during the peak of ham radio HF mobile o... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
Ham Radio History |
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"This is Your FCC"
1963 film showcasing our Friendly Cousin Charlie No matter how carefully we managed our transmitters we all lived with a certain fear that one day that black government sedan with a rotating antenna on the roof would stop on OUR street! But who w... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/20/2022 |
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