The thing is... the predominance in the video is dark hair. Today, grey.
What strikes me is that there are precious few coming up behind us.
Wish that the local clubs and the ARRL were better at making amateur radio both appealing and also more in the eye of the younger generations. Nobody is going to be attracted to something that they don't know about...
(and yes, I know that the internet is there - but ham radio was hardly ever a mainstream activity)
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Oh Mr Bear
Amateur radio was the rage 'back in the day'. The magic of talking to someone across the street or across the country or an ocean was a rage!!. There was a nice video about a controversial educator who had the first radio broadcasts way back then and there was fierce competition who was going to be the first, with voice transmissions using radio. Spark gap was the beginning of the magic.
The fella's name was Charles Herrold.
Here is nice video and and some re-enactment. There is some original footage of the station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIVv_2cGaQabout an hour long.
Almost every young boy was fascinated by radio and the Ham hobby.
The decline has come about by today's culture and instantaneous communications with the internet and iPhones, etc etc. But Amateur radio is still somewhat relevant.
Fred
